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Professor Renée A. Bishop
Name: Renée Arabella Bishop
Nicknames: Renée, Née, Bella, anything else anyone can come up with
Age: 28 (almost 29)
Birthdate: November 27, 2045
Place of Birth: London, England
Blood/Lineage: Pureblood, English/American
School Attended: Hogwarts (2056-2063, sorted into Ravenclaw)
Wand: Birch, dragon heartstring, 11 inches
Patronus: A crup puppy
Special Abilities: Legilimency
Current Occupation: Divination professor at Hogwarts, mystery novelist
Previous Occupations: Private tutor, Divination professor at the Manhattan School of Magic, reference librarian at the Wizarding Library of New York
Post Color: #25b6ff
Model: Emmanuelle Vaugier
Description: Renée has long dark hair, that is naturally wavy, but sometimes she straightens it, and dark brown eyes, that can look intelligent or mischievous, depending on how she is feeling at the moment. She is slender, about 130 pounds, and stands at 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Personality: Renée is very personable and open, willing to talk to people and listen to them, and she likes making new friends and acquaintances. At times, however, she can look serious, especially when she's trying to decipher something about someone. But at other times, her mischievous side comes out, and she's likely to do something silly, pull a prank, something like that. She tries her hardest to fit into English society, but since she had an unusual upbringing, sometimes she has difficulties.
Likes: Art, books, plants, open spaces, animals, the Tarot
Dislikes: People who disrespect her or any of her passions, being unable to see the outside world, ignorance, liars.
Family:
Geoffrey Bishop and Anneliese Edwards (parents)
Sebastian Liam Bishop (brother, 19 years old)
Marital Status: Single
Pets:
Anastasia, a phoenix
Bowie, her crup puppy (recently acquired and named after the old Muggle singer, who she’s still convinced was actually a Wizard)
History: Renée was born the eldest daughter of Geoffrey Bishop, a English publisher of Wizarding books, and Anneliese Edwards, an American actress and witch. Geoffrey had met Anneliese when she had traveled to London to take part in a play on the West End, and quickly fell in love with the beautiful young actress. Thankfully for him, she reciprocated, and they got married a year after they first met. She chose to settle in England for a while, not wanting her new husband to have to move just so she would be happy, and besides, she could find work just as easily there as she could back in New York. Anneliese got pregnant a few years after her marriage, and gave birth to her daughter in England.
However, when Renée was four years old, her mother got the chance to star in a Broadway play, and since she was getting a little tired of England, Anneliese went to Geoffrey and asked if they could travel to America. He agreed, able to work for his publishing firm pretty much anywhere he needed to, and the small family moved to New York. Renée was placed in an exclusive school for young wizards and witches, once she turned six, where she managed to cultivate many of her skills and likes. Except for one; she had been born with predilection for the magical ability of Legilimency, passed down from her father's side, although he himself didn't have the skill, nor did her immediate grandparents. So she was essentially left on her own to figure out how to deal with it, which she managed to do through books.
When she was 10 years old, her brother Sebastian was born, which Renée wasn't entirely sure about. Her parents, especially her mother, had been busy before, leaving her on her own a lot (although she had still developed a strong affection for them), and after her brother's birth, much of their attention shifted. And, considering she got her letter to Hogwarts a year after that, her own interaction with Sebastian was limited to school holidays and the like. Because of that, it almost made her relationsip with her brother like that of a cousin, or something similar. They’ve never been extremely close.
At Hogwarts, Renée was sorted into Ravenclaw, which nobody really found strange, given her propensity of immersing herself in books when she wasn't trying to find ways to get into trouble. Using her legilimency, as well as the fact that nobody expected the little bookworm to be a troublemaker, she got away with most of the things she did. And the rest of her time was spent holed up in the common room, the library, or out in the grounds, writing short stories and other little fanciful things, when she wasn't doing homework or developing her burgeoning interest in divination as well as continuing to augment her knowledge about her ability.
She did well on all her exams, getting 11 OWLs and 9 NEWTs, and transferred to Wizarding university, where she earned a degree in divination. After graduation, she chose to travel Europe for a while, visiting both Wizarding and Muggle museums, libraries, and other interesting places, learning more about her chosen subject and acquiring Anastasia in Russia. But when she turned twenty, her mother died in what was described as a freak accident at the theater she had been acting in, and Renée was forced to cut her travels short to return to New York and help her father and brother deal with the loss. Which was made more difficult due to the near-estranged relationship with her brother, but they managed to handle it as well as possible.
While she was in New York, she acquired a job teaching divination at a fairly new Wizarding private school, as well as worked for a Wizarding library in the city and tutoring people on the side in her pet subjects. Any excess energy she had was channeled into writing, and she wrote her first novel at the age of 24, a Wizarding crime/mystery novel loosely based on the circumstances of her mother's death, which she believed to have been the result of a Killing Curse although she hasn’t deciphered the reason someone would murder her mother. She chose to seek out a publisher other than her father, as well as developed the loose pen name of Arabella Edwards, wanting to avoid accusations of nepotism, and after publication, her book became moderately successful. Enough that her publisher asked her to write more, making the book into the start of a series, based on the cases of her main character, Johanna Evans.
She continued with her teaching position for three more years, before she decided she wanted to branch out again, get out of New York for a while. After making sure her little brother was doing well, having graduated and searching for his own career in New York, and her father was okay as well, she traveled back to England, packing up her belongings, as well as Anastasia and Bowie, who she had gotten shortly before. She moved into a little flat, writing her second book at the same time she was trying to send out feelers for another job. When she found out Hogwarts was looking for a new Divination professor, she applied for the position, and quickly became the newest professor at her alma mater.
“Hogwarts, A History” Information: because I like how Maxie did it xD
Doll:
Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw
Name: Renée Arabella Bishop
Date of Birth: November 27, 2045
Years attended Hogwarts (or other school): 2056-2063
Special positions held at school (if any): n/a
Current Hogwarts Staff Position: Divination professor
Previous Occupation(s): private tutor, reference librarian, novelist, Divination professor
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