| Basics |

Name : Melanie Elaine Williams
Nicknames : Mel - to Duncan alone.
Gender : Female
Date of birth : 6th June 2058
Age : 34

Current Occupation : Ilvermorny’s History of Magic Professor

Previous Occupation : While a graduate student, worked as GA under a Professor Laudin of American History at Emerson College, a muggle school in Boston, Massachusetts. After graduating from Emerson with her Masters in Civic Media: Art and Practice, went on to work under the Boston town Historian until she eventually left to join a nonprofit group called ACE [Alternatives for Community & Environment ] Google it.

Place of Birth : Mobile, Alabama
Current place of residence : Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fluent in : French, American-English
Relationship status : Unrequited.

| Appearance |

Height : 5’7”
Hair color : Chestnut brown
Eye color : Dark brown

| Magical Info |

Heritage : Half-blood (Dad - Muggle, Mom - Witch)
Wand : (work in progress)
Patronus : Crow
Boggart : None of your business.
Amortentia : A certain woman’s perfume; wet paint; brother’s shampoo

| Family |

Father : Logan Williams (deceased)
Mother : Dakota Williams (nee Mosely)
Twin brother : DuncanWilliams

| Education |

August 2062 - May 2064
W.H. Council Traditional School

August 2064 - May 2069
Homeschooled - First in Le Feu, AL
_________then in Philadelphia, PA

SEPTEMBER 2069 - JUNE 2076
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Mount Greylock - Horned Serpent

SEPTEMBER 2076 - JUNE 2080
Wizarding University of Boston, Massachusetts - History of Magic Major; Muggle Government Minor

SEPTEMBER 2076 - JUNE 2080
Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts - Civic Media: Art and Practice

| History |

Mother born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, and Father born in Mobile, the two met at a bar while the two were both on Spring Break in Gulf Shores, AL. Mom went to college somewhere in the area, and the two hit it off immediately. When she graduated university, the two married and had twins shortly after. Once Duncan and Melanie showed signs of magic, the two made an executive decision to move the nearby all wizarding town of Le Feu. Little did they know the town was not all that it seemed.

Le Feu, a French town settled by magical folk back when the French first came to the Americas, is all magic community along the Mobile Bay. Sparkling and warm in the summer, and bristling in the winter, the tourism flourishes in the summer months. Having visited once, the couple decided to relocate to the town so that their children would have an upper hand once they were finally able to start at Ilvermorny. They were paranoid having a muggle parent would somehow restrict them in magical knowledge.

Le Feu had a dark secret. The town secretly held muggles in lesser regard than magical folk, and their isolation and willingness to reside only surrounded by other magical people became apparent to the Williams’. After receiving much negativity after they moved in, the two, with their young children, decided to think about about moving up north, back to Philadelphia. It would bring the kids closer to Ilvermorny, where they would attend school once school aged.

The two siblings grew up hearing slurs thrown at them for being dirty blooded and sometimes physical action would be taken. The parents had initially thought it would be a great place for their kids to grow up...not the case.

One day, there was a fight that broke out because a bunch of elitist witches/wizards got bored and Mr. Williams tried to defend the victims. This led said parent being brutally murdered and the kids and their mom had to move. She decided to go ahead and move to Philadelphia to escape the fights and general prejudice. Since then, the kids (not kids anymore) have been a bit cautious about purebloods; there are secrets Melanie wishes to keep in regard to her feelings about this.

She attended Ilvermorny, was sorted into Horned Serpent. She soared as a student there. Melanie had always been intelligent, but she thrived in the classroom setting. Her passion for social justice grew as she took Muggle Studies as one of her main courses after OWL (or American Equivalent) year. She graduated and went to the same college as her brother at Wizarding University of Boston, then went on to get her masters at Emerson. Her nonprofit job was a job of her dreams, but after spending a year with it, she felt drawn to...other things. More important matters rose up, and Melanie started working at Ilvermorny as her side job. Note: Side job. She continues today as the History of Magic professor. Her desire and love of social change and justice is still very much present.

| Personality/Tidbits |

Neat ● organized; knowledgeable ● patient until you give her reason not to be ● intolerant of bullying, unfairness, and discrimination ● bold and loud ● passionate about her beliefs ● interested in museums and reading historical fiction ● loves her brother and would do anything for him ● interested in females ● no-nonsense professor ● strict in the classroom ● cares for her students’ success ● desires equality between muggles and magical folk alike, and in a perfect world would desire them to live together in harmony ● more to be added as time goes on.