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Portrayed by Asyma Sefic |
Name: |
Ludae Esmerelda Steele |
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Birthday: |
Apr 18, 1923 |
Position: |
Student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Ravenclaw House |
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Half-Blood |
Description
This young woman at a lissome 154.94cm(5'1") and, notably diminutive, fills out her mass at a slight 43kg(94.8 lbs). Though she stands but a head and shoulders below the rest, she does not hold herself with a meek bearing. Despite that she appears as only sixteen years of age, her attitude is proud and cordial.
Ludae is no ginger-haired waif, that is for certain. Though her skin is fair, the teen's radiant locks of strawberry blonde fall in anfractuous curls about her shoulders, both to the middle of her back and the tops of her breasts. Her eyes are a dazzling sapphire, sharp and crisp as they observe the world around her. Above, thin eyebrows arch expressively, conveying emotion upon the girl's face without need for spoken words.
Though they are oft hidden by her unacceptably gorgeous hair, her ears are delicate and vaguely reminiscent of fairytale elves. The graceful contours of her jaw lead down to a delicate chin underneath an elegantly curved mouth, her lips colored shimmering blush. The gentle slope of her small nose is slightly upturned, lending itself to Ludae's fetching appearance. Her cheeks and the bridge of her nose have a dusting of freckles that stand out upon her creamy skin.
At the moment Ludae is wearing a Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry uniform. Rather notable by the blue and bronze colouring she must have sorted into House Ravenclaw. A grey vest edged in blue and bronze covers a crisp white Oxford shirt, buttoned from the belt-line to the collar and accented with a blue tie with narrow bronze stripes. The shirt is tucked neatly into a matching grey pleated skirt. Skirt and stockings meet at the knees, and black shoes are worn on the feet. Over all of this flows a voluminous black robe lined in soft Ravenclaw Blue fabric, unadorned except for a bronze eagle flying over a striped blue background sewn over the heart.
Background
Ludae Esmerelda Steele was born on April 18th 1923 to Dorsey and Kristen Steele of London, England. She is their only child, and as such grew up with a tight-knit family. They were not exceedingly wealthy by wizard standards, but lived comfortably and happily. Her father, Dorsey Steele, was a wizard who married Kristen Rowe, a muggle, a year before Ludae was born. She was raised in a house a few miles outside of the city, spending much of her time out doors, exploring the woods and fields surrounding her country home.
Ludae began attendance at Hogwarts in 1934 and completed her fifth year in 1939, but unlike many of her friends who left to pursue their careers, elected to take her N.E.W.T.s and continue her education. During her first two years at Hogwarts Ludae did not make many friends, having been very shy and reluctant to spend time with her classmates. She accelled at herbology even as a child. In her third year she met Frieda Mullins, a Hufflepuff who shared her love for animals and herbology. They quickly became close friends and spent much of their time together through third to fifth year, giving rise to rumors that they were secretly dating, though that is not the case.
Throughout her third through fifth years at Hogwarts, Ludae's chosen electives were Muggle Studies and Care of Magical Creatures, though the latter was more enjoyable to her than the former. Her core classes mostly recieved acceptable marks, though Herbology is the only core class in which she recieved an Outstanding on her O.W.L.s. Transfiguration, on the other hand, is the only class in which she received a poor grade. Care of Magical Creatures also recieved an Outstanding, and so those two classes, along with Muggle Studies, were chosen for her N.E.W.T.s to continue her sixth year.
While Ludae has never been a very exceptional flier, she has been a member of Broom Club since her third year(at Frieda's urging, as she was also a member). In her fourth year she joined both the Dueling Club and Domestics Club, in an effort to broaden her circle of friends. She remains a very shy individual, however, and has difficulty opening up to people she's only just met. Much of her time is spent studying, often halfway up one of the more safely climbable trees on the Hogwarts grounds if it's one of the warmer days of the school year.
School Performance
Classes |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
Year 7 |
Astronomy |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
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Charms |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
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Defence Against the Dark Arts |
A |
A |
A |
E |
E |
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Herbology |
O |
O |
O |
O |
O |
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— |
History of Magic |
E |
E |
A |
A |
E |
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Potions |
A |
A |
A |
A |
E |
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Transfiguration |
P |
P |
A |
A |
A |
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Flying |
A |
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Care of Magical Creatures |
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O |
O |
O |
— |
— |
Muggle Studies |
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E |
E |
E |
— |
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RP Hooks
Loves the outdoors, herbology, and creatures of all sorts
Dreams of romantic adventures
Eager to make new friends(many of her's left Hogwarts already)
Quirks
- Wealth: Comfortable
- Afraid of Injections
- Graceful
- Timid
- Animal Lover
Logs
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Logs that refer to Ludae |
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Relationships
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Dorsey Steele
Parent. Ludae's father, a half-blood wizard who also attended Hogwarts and now works for the Ministry of Magic(Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophies, Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee). Met her mother in 1920, they were married in 1922 a year before Ludae was born. Being his only child, he and Ludae have a very close relationship as father and daughter, and he has always taken time out of his busy schedule for her.
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Kristen Steele
Parent. Ludae's mother, married to her father in 1922. A muggle unaware of the wizarding world up until 1934 when Ludae received her letter to Hogwarts. At first she was shocked and frightened, but after she and Dorsey had a long late-night talk, Kristen hesitantly accepted this new side of the world. Though for the first year she was terrified that something awful would happen to Ludae at Hogwarts, she has since grown more accustomed to the wizarding world and accepting(and even proud) of Ludae's magical talents.
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Hephaesta
Girlfriend. Phae and Ludae are both sixth-years, so have known each other for some time, even though they ran in separate circles of friends. During fourth and fifth year, Ludae helped tutor Phae in herbology, but they have always maintained a more academic relationship, until recently when Ludae asked her on a date. It's not really a secret anymore that things went swimmingly, and Ludae could not be happier with the result(as is frequently revealed by the huge smile on her face).
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Elise
Friend. Elise and Ludae have only recently begun to become friends after the events at the Pantomime, despite having met one another in passing several times beforehand in the Ravenclaw commons.
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Elspeth
Friend. Ludae and Elspeth have both shared a love of herbology, not to mention time in domestics club, that has resulted in the both of them sharing a long academic relationship together.
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Evelyn
Friend. Evelyn, like Elspeth, also shares Ludae's love of herbology. In addition to taking Care of Magical Creatures with Ludae and, along with Elspeth, Herbology, they've also spent many hours studying together in the library.
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Gareth
Acquaintance. Gareth and Ludae don't know one another very well, but maintain a friendly academic rapport as they are both Ravenclaw students.
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Sybil
Acquaintance. Sybil and Ludae have had few poor interactions, but Ludae feels the only thing keeping them from becoming real friends is Sybil's more purist views in regards to relationships with muggles. Sometimes it frustrates Ludae to speak with Sybil about these sort of things, but when it comes to academic subjects they get on splendidly.
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Myrus
Friend. Ludae and Myrus, like many other Ravenclaws that Ludae knows, share an attraction to herbology and magical creatures. They also attend dueling and domestics clubs together, and Ludae has received some tutoring in Charms from Myrus.
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Madeline
Acquaintance. Ludae does not know Madeline very well, but they both share a love of climbing trees, and have begun to bond over that. They have seen one another up in the branches of select trees on the Hogwarts grounds.
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Angelus
Acquaintance. Ludae knows Angelus mainly because of her friendship with Evelyn and Elspeth. She has heard an awful lot of things about him lately, but she doesn't consider much of what she's heard to be credible.
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Ignatius
Acquaintance. Though they have not had much direct interaction, Ludae and Ignatius both attend Broom and Dueling Club, and also Care of Magical Creatures.
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Hailey
Acquaintance. Ludae and Hailey met only recently, when Hailey accidentally found herself seated at the Ravenclaw table during dinner. After expressing difficulties with herbology Ludae offered to tutor Hailey.
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Frieda Mullins
Friend. Hogwarts graduate, fifth year. Sorted into Hufflepuff. Met Ludae in their third year, and despite being sorted into different houses, quickly became very close friends. Though Frieda left Hogwarts after her fifth year to pursue an apprenticeship at the Ministry, she and Ludae still remain in contact and occasionally meet to catch up with one another.
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Melody
Acquaintance. Melody and Ludae shared several classes together during the first five years of their attendance at Hogwarts. In addition to the standard core classes, they were also in Care of Magical Creatures through their fifth year.
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Niles
Acquaintance. Ludae does not know Niles very well, and has had limited interaction with him. She finds him to be rude and disrespectful.
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Abraxas
Acquaintance. Ludae finds him to be disrespectful and obnoxious, and only tolerates him because she must. He is, after all a prefect from a family with great(if in Ludae's opinion undeserved) political power.
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Binns
Like pretty much everybody who is required to listen to his lectures, Ludae has a lot of difficulty remaining awake in his class. She does make a valiant effort, like so many Ravenclaws, to keep her head off her desk and her hand moving to take down notes, but on more than one occasion she's missed a good portion of the lecture.
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Lunet
Ludae loves the stars and thinks they're beautiful, but Astronomy has never grasped her the way that it does Professor Lunet. Ludae has a great deal of respect for the woman, however, but due to the relaxed and laid-back manner of teaching has never been able to focus on the class as much as others.
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Kettleburn
As a student focusing on Care of Magical Creatures, Ludae has a very strong rapport with Professor Kettleburn. She respects him and likes him, but unlike so many of the female students at Hogwarts, only rolls her eyes a little instead of swooning at how handsome he is. Ludae was very displeased, even upset, to hear of his current suspension from his position at Hogwarts.
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Viridian
While Ludae has never particularly excelled in Charms class, she has found a modicum of respect for Professor Viridian due to his willingness to intervene in bullying at Hogwarts. Though she does not necessarily approve of his methods, she appreciates that someone makes the effort. That said, being a timid person much of the time, she finds his rather imposing presence makes her uncomfortable, and so she stammers a lot when required to interact with him directly.
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Arcadius
Defense Against the Dark Arts was one of Ludae's least favorite classes, due to the nature of some of the things she was required to learn. Additionally, she finds Professor Arcadius to be incredibly frustrating as a teacher, though she is appreciative of his work-intensive lesson plan.
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Hooch
Ludae found working with Madam Hooch to be quite exciting, as it was her first time flying on a broomstick when she took the course in her first year. Halfway through the year, Ludae fell off her broomstick and broke her arm, and appreciates the concern that Madam Hooch showed at the time. Though it has been several years since, she and Ludae remain on good terms.
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Beery
Ludae has been in love with Herbology since her first class, and has Professor Beery to thank for it. She has spent more than one free period after class helping him tend to the plants in the greenhouse throughout her first five years at Hogwarts, and considers him a great mentor and friend. News of his resignation has been very upsetting for Ludae, but she will likely continue correspondence with him, both to maintain contact and seek advice when she feels she needs it.
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Tasciovanus
Ludae has always had a rocky relationship with Tash, as she could never assess just how genuine of a person he was due to his ability to fill just about any roll that has been needed of him. She respects that ability, however, as it is a rare one, but she has never been able to feel he is trustworthy, especially after his association with the S.C.U.M.s class.
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Spleen
Ludae, like so many other students, has suffered her fair share of injuries while attending Hogwarts. She has always found Madam Spleen to be a compassionate and knowledgeable, if strict, caretaker of the mortal form. She quickly learned that it is best to simply do what Madam Spleen tells you to in order to receive the most effective healing possible.
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Annie
Ludae does not know Annie very well, as they have not spent much time in discussion. She finds her to be a very helpful individual and appreciates her knowledge of the school's collected works within the library.
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Uma
Like any good Ravenclaw, Ludae has a fairly good rapport with Madam Patil. She is never late in returning her borrowed books, and does not cause trouble in the library. They do not talk much(it's a library, after all) but she has passed more than one exam with flying colors thanks to Madam Patil's excellent knowledge of the available books in the library at Hogwarts, not to mention those that could be found in the book store in Hogsmeade.
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Ogg
Ludae is terrified of Ogg and avoids getting in his way whenever possible.
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Pringle
Like Ogg, the Hogwarts caretaker frightens Ludae, and she makes efforts to avoid crossing paths with him if she can.
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Paeonia
Unlike most girls at Hogwarts, many of whom swoon over Professor Kettleburn, Ludae finds herself blushing and nervous around Professor Palancher. Despite not being particularly outstanding in the course of Muggle Studies, it is this inexplicable attraction that has encouraged Ludae to continue with the course at the N.E.W.T. level. Of course, despite this(and that it might be obvious to the professor), the two have maintained an exceptionally academic relationship, as Professor Palancher knows better than to become involved with a student, and Ludae is simply too shy to make the attempt.
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Galatea
Up until she was fired from Hogwarts, Professor Merrythought was Ludae's Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. They did not speak much beyond the academics of the class, as it was one of the two courses that Ludae struggled with in her first years at Hogwarts. Still, Ludae was sad to see the professor go, as she does not personally agree with the conditions under which she was removed from her position.
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Dumbledore
It is no secret that Dumbledore is an exceptional wizard, and as far as Ludae is aware, one of the best(if not the best) to ever walk the halls of Hogwarts. Though she does not know much about him personally, she greatly respects him for that fact alone. Though she struggled with transfigurations class under him, she has never harbored any ill will towards him. She was pleased to hear of his succession to headmaster in 1939, and has had limited contact with him since.
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