TRAVERS, Xantha Marie

xantha marie travers

PERSONALITY

Boggart: A swarm of wasps. She's allergic to wasp and bee stings and a swarm of wasps flying at her and all around is her worst nightmare and boggart.
Mirror of Erised: Herself wearing the Head Girl pin, making her family proud. Her oldest brother, that passed away, is also there.
Patronus: Xan cannot produce a patronus but if she could her memory would be something family based, probably involving her oldest brother, although most of her memories involving Tal are bitter-sweet.

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You'll never find a friend as dedicated as Xan. For those she loves there are no ends to which she will go. She can become easily manipulated by those that she trusts, she trusts deep and believes all that she's told by those she loves and trusts. Why would they lie? It goes beyond just believing what she's told. She could easily be twisted into someone unrecognisable, the potential is there is someone she trusts enough were to exploit that trust, but let's not go there, let's focus on who Xan is now, what she believes in and how she gets on with others.

Xan is trusting, but not of everyone, only her loved ones. She's patient with them and loves them all very much, more than she could possibly express. She's an incredible friend that will do anything to protect her loved ones. She's extremely empathetic and feels her friends hurts. She's the sort of person that would ignore her mounds of homework for as long as needed to help a friend with an essay or whatever they might need help with. She is self-sacrificing in that regard and she'd probably go so far as to give up her life for her loved ones, although she's rather fond of her life so it would be a very last resort.

Being a Prefect Xan has displayed a great amount of responsibility, compassion and dedication. She's not perfect by any means, she knows she has flaws and tries her best to do better. She can recognise when someone is in need of a little help, even if they don't say anything out loud. Xan was taught to read body language as a way to identify a threat, but it's helped in learning who might need help, too.

Xan's a fan of Chess, she joined the chess team at school and became its captain in her fourth year. She's a pretty advanced player, watching people's tells although it also helps in more than just chess. It can be a bit annoying if you don't want someone to know you've got a secret, Xan's always aware when one of her friends is hiding something and Xan is always curious.

Despite being well trained in defensive combat and being well versed in throwing a good right hook, Xan tries all that she can to avoid any sort of violence. She's good at defusing tension with a little speech, helping to bring realisations that violence isn't going to solve anything. Naturally there are still those that would rather throw a punch or a hex but Xan's been part of the duelling club since her first year, becoming captain in her sixth year. 

Romantically speaking Xan's not had a boyfriend, it's not that she's not open to the idea, it's just that so far no guys have seemed decent enough. If the right guy came along then Xan would certainly be willing to give them a chance. She's not sure what she would be like in a relationship but she's a little dreamy, practically hoping for a prince charming to come along, one that makes her feel giddy and makes her foot rise in the air behind her when they kiss beneath the star and moonlight at the edge of the lake. Yes, she's rather dreamy when it came to romance.

HISTORY

Mother: Purdence Travers née Harlow, 50, Slytherin, Pureblood
Father: Benjamin Travers, 49, Slytherin, pureblood
Siblings: Talbot Pierre Travers, brother, would be 29, forever  Slytherin, pureblood, deceased
____ ____ Travers, brother, Slytherin, pureblood
Partners: None
Others: Flame Travers - owl
Kara Talulla Zabini , former sister in law, close, confidant, considers her a sister
Blaise Zabini, Kara's son from her third marriage, quasi-nephew
Brielle Malfoy née Travers, paternal aunt
Abraxas Malfoy, uncle
Lucius Armand Malfoy , cousin
Narcissa Astrid Malfoy , cousin in law
Draco Malfoy, cousin once removed
Regina Eloise Black , cousin
Perry Harlow, maternal uncle
Urbosa Harlow, aunt
Noah Oscar Harlow , cousin
Fae Constance Harlow , cousin

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Born to a loving but strict family, Xan was the third born for Pure and Ben Travers. With a 12 year age gap between herself and her oldest brother, no one foresaw that the two would be as close as they were. With two brothers older than her and both away at Hogwarts for most of her childhood, Xan was practically raised as an only child, although she loved it when her eldest brother, Tal, was home for school holidays. He would play with her, read to her, teach her self defence and make it fun. Xan’s other brother wasn’t nearly as fun. He was ten years older and had what Xan always thought of as a mean streak, though today she wouldn’t hesitate in classing it as cruel.

Growing up Xan was introduced to all manner of exercise and weapons. Her father was an Auror, something that ran in the family, and her mother was a registered weapons dealer (and vampire hunter on the side, shh!). Xan was taught the basics from an early age, how to warm up for exercise, some basic exercises, and how to cool down. As she got older her training increased to include martial arts and defences. Xan, and her brothers, grew up with a lot of weapons around the home. Her mother’s job meant she had a lot of active displays that they had locked away, both magical and muggle, but as a precaution all the children were taught how to handle each weapon. They knew the ins and outs of them all. Xan found it particularly interesting and fell in love with archery.

The Christmas before Xan was due to attend Hogwarts tragedy struck. Xan’s oldest brother, Tal, had been killed in a shocking and unexpected way. Cutting down a Christmas tree had cost her brother his life and at such a horrific time too. He’d not been married all that long and his young brode had already lost one husband prematurely, but Xan never really thought of that at the time, all she could think about was how she missed her brother and how his death had affected them. Or at least most of them. Her mother and father were lost, Xan was heartbroken, as was his bride, Kara, but Xan noticed her other brother barely seemed phased by it. Xan tried not to think too much about it.

Going to Hogwarts was bitter-sweet. Tal had told her so many things about the castle and she had always looked forward to writing home to tell him which house she’d been sorted in to. The day after she was sorted into Slytherin after a bit of a pause, Xan wrote him a letter anyway and had it delivered to his grave. She was sad the entire day but a few days later some goodies arrived from home, cheering her up.

Xan wanted to make Tal proud. She joined various clubs but by the end of the year she was only in three. She was left with Frog Choir, Chess Club, and Duelling Club. In her fourth year Xan made a play for the leadership of the Chess Club and won. In her fifth year she was made a Prefect, in her sixth year she challenged for leadership of the Duelling Club and won. She hopes to make Head Girl next year but she's not expecting it, thinking there are far more worthy people to the position but she knows her brother Tal would have been proud of her.

OOC

Play By: Crystal Reed
Your Alias: Coco!
Pronouns: Her/she Him/he etc.
Age: 69
Other Characters: 69
Where did you find us: 69ing