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Helga Hufflepuff - Part 1 of IDEK
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Character: Helga Hufflepuff
Fandom: Harry Potter
Character Notes: I have written in her journal a history, a basic personality and notes section. I have taken the history, personality, and other bits from there.
History: Part 1 - The Ancestry
Helga Hufflepuff was written to have come from the valley broad. In truth, she came from Wales. Almost a century and a half before her birth, her ancestors the Geats left their homeland. Götaland. was facing increasing invasions by both Muggle and Magical forces. The Hufflepuffs packed up their belongings and moved across the sea.
They did not move far.
The Hufflepuffs settled quite comfortably on the Isle of Anglesey where they lived for a few decades before moving again, this time trying to get away from the Viking raids. They had been there, done that and wanted to be finished with it. They moved north and eventually stayed on Holy Island. Employing both house elves and several charms, both restorative and defensive, they were able to turn a former Roman watchtower, Caer y Twr, into a very comfortable home.
For the most part, the magical family kept to themselves. Magical knowledge was written down into their family's grimmoire and passed to the next generation. In the time when there were no schools, this was how they taught their children. Everything that the owner knew, discovered and learned was recorded. When they became of age, the grimmoire was duplicated and handed over to them. Through a unique spell, what was written down in one Hufflepuff grimmoire was written down in all of them. At the time of death, their grimmoire was buried with them. By the time that Helga received hers, it contained over five centuries worth of information.
Re: Helga Hufflepuff - Part 2 of IDEK
Helga was born in the year nine hundred and seventy. Her parents were Eleanor and Llewellyn Hufflepuff.
Her kind nature was evident at a very early age. Often she would bring home injured animals, magical and non magical alike. Occasionally the animals weren't injured, Helga just wanted to give them a good home. It was very difficult for her to release them back into the wild but her parents always made her. There was one exception. She had once found two orphaned badger cubs. She had intended to release them once they were able but always they came back. After the fourth time, her parents accepted their presence.
Throughout her entire lifetime Helga was a doer of good deeds. It did not matter the size, it did not matter how difficult, the location did not matter nor did who the person was. If it would help and if the cause was just, Helga offered her assistance. She developed a nickname after a while, Helga the Kind.
She was charitable, accepting of others regardless of their station in life. Being kind was certainly not enough to make her the greatest witch of her age. Or was it? In an era of much violence and hardship, kindness was and still is a rare thing. It did make her stand out and people knew of her because of that. However, she wouldn't fully come into her legendary status until many years later.
With this kindness came a certain sense of naivety. Helga was an idealist and wanted to believe the best in people. Some found it endearing, others were a bit annoyed with it. It was something about her that others could take advantage of and she was deeply hurt by some betrayals. However, Helga was never taken advantage of for very long. She can only be pushed for so long before she pushed back.
Re: Helga Hufflepuff - Part 3 of IDEK
Muggles were becoming increasingly paranoid. Attacks on folks suspected to be witches were on the rise. In most cases, real witches could get themselves out of trouble. Giants were a nuisance as well. Another threat came from the outside forces that were continuously threatening to invade, raid or take over. Something had to be done to ensure that the next generation was protected. They needed a place where they could be taught in safety.
It was decided that such a place should be built. Helga was asked if she would like to help and she accepted the invitation.
Over the course of building Hogwarts, Helga became very good friends with Rowena Ravenclaw. All of the Founders were friends but those two were especially close. It took a couple of years to build the castle. Wizards and witches from other countries had to be consulted for some aspects of the castle's construction. It proved difficult to get some of them to cooperate but in the end Helga's charm won out over their objections.
She always had the feeling that something was left out. Never could she put her finger on what it was. There was something missing and it constantly nagged on her mind. Helga had even gone so far as to ask Rowena what she thought. Rowena thought she was being ridiculous. They had planned for everything. Helga still had her doubts. It wasn't until she heard Godric complaining about the lack of quarters for the groundskeeper that Helga had her idea. They needed a room that could be anything even if that was a lavatory, laboratory, a spare room to study, a place to hide or anything else. Without the other's knowledge, Helga created the Room of Requirement. If a student needed it, they would find it.
Once construction began, the arguments started. Rowena only wanted to teach those who were intelligent and smart, in short young witches and wizards like herself. Godric only wanted to teach those of an adventurous spirit, those who were brave and not afraid of fighting that good fight. Salazar only wanted to teach the young magical folk that had been born to other witches and wizards, preferably those who were very cunning. At the very least he did not want to teach anyone related to the foreigners that were constantly invading and conquering England. Helga just wanted to teach anyone capable of doing magic. To her, it seemed such a shame to build such a large castle without using all of it.
The arguments lasted for weeks. The Founders had retreated to their separate corners of the castle. It threatened to break them up, even before the Hogwarts opened. Helga let them have their alone time. She believed that if they had time to cool off they would come to their senses. She was wrong. More weeks went by until Helga had finally had enough. They were past the stage of being ridiculous and were now just being childish.
One evening, Helga summoned them all into the Great Hall. She told them all a different reason for wanting to speak with them. If they knew the truth then they wouldn't have come. Measures were taken to prevent them from leaving and after they were all done yelling at her, she stated her reasoning for bringing them all together. She had a plan for settling their arguments.
They would each teach the type of child that they wanted. Rowena would select the smart. Godric would get the brave. Salazar would get the cunning. Helga would take the rest. It should take too long to speak to each child to determine where they belonged. Her plan ended up being a success.
None of them, except for maybe one, had any idea of what was to come.
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However, all of that kindness came at a price. She is a little bit naive and sometimes people underestimate her because of it. Stupid, she is not. Helga wants to see the good in people and believes that everyone had the capacity to be good. Sometimes it just wasn't the case and it causes her to feel very sad, heartbroken even. She can go on the defensive quite easily such as when others think
Despite all of that kindness, Helga was fiercely loyal to her friends and family. She is rather like a mother bear in that aspect. No one got between her and her friends or her and her students. It just is not allowed to happen (by allowed Helga will do her best to put an end to it).
Helga is a natural when it comes to Herbology and Healing, in fact those are her strongest strengths. Coming in at a close second would be Charms. She can do limited amounts of wandless magic but it doesn't always work. She is also handy in a kitchen and with food charms especially. Helga has never met a kitchen that she didn’t like.
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Re: Helga Hufflepuff - Part 6 of IDEK
[The scene opens on an old workroom. Much of the view is hidden thanks to a young, blonde haired woman standing in the way. She is not wearing anything anyone would consider modern or even recent. Helga reaches up and presses her finger into the mirror. There is a concerned expression on her face. She isn’t sure but she could have sworn that she saw something other than her own reflection in the surface, possibly.]
Hello? Is someone there? Oh, Helga, what are you doing? You are talking into a mirror. What would Rowena say if she could see you now? Oh, you know what she’d say. She would say that you are being quite silly in talking to a mirror. Well, at least it’s not the Erised mirror. That could go badly.
[Helga steps away from the mirror and sits down at a table; more of her workroom is visible now. It is a bit of disarray as though someone has just come through and recently decided to fling everything off of the shelves. Potion ingredients lay scattered on the floor. Tools and utensils have been flung everywhere with some even embedded to the walls. Helga is still in the process of cleaning everything up but the mirror, which as an intended gift, had taken precedence over her workroom.
She begins to tidy up her table, pulling various pieces of parchment, rags, and cleaning supplies together so that she may sort them. Helga sighs softly, Peeves is a terribly annoying thing to have to clean up after.
It’s when stands that she notices something in the mirror again. She could have sworn that she saw someone in it, not just her reflection. Helga tilts her head to the side and again approaches it.]
I know I saw something that time. Oh, bother. Godric, if that is you playing a joke of some kind I have to say that I am not amused or impressed. I have work to do.
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She shouldn’t use magic on this, she thought. That would be too easy and too impersonal for her very best friend. Knowing just want to do, Helga brought the mirror into her private workroom and laid it on a table. She didn’t want anyone to see it and practically no one came in anyway. It was the perfect place to hide it. Again, she touched the mirror, this time her fingers brushed over the silver triskelion and the interlaced Triquetra knots. Once clean it would be beautiful, Helga was sure and she knew just how to go about cleaning it up. With a smile still on her face, Helga left the mirror alone in her workroom to go and fetch a few things.
On, her way back to her workroom, Helga had the unfortunate timing of running into Peeves. There wasn’t much to be done about him. He had come with the castle and Helga was always unluck with him, he didn’t like to listen to her a bit.
“Hello Helga Belga Telga!” Peeves cried out, hovering several feet above her head. “Always work work work!”
“Hello to you too Peeves.” Helga replied, trying to be polite. “Yes, I like to keep busy, thank you.”
“I know! You should see what I left for you in your workroom!” Peeves cackled at her and then floated away.
Helga fit a pit growing in her stomach and raced to reenter her workroom. Her stomach sank into that pit. “PEEVES!” There were not many things that caused Helga to shout in anger. Her workroom being destroyed by an annoying poltergeist was one of them. Everything was a mess. It was going to take her hours to clean and restore everything. Why had he done that? If she knew of a way to get rid of him, Helga in that moment, would have used it.
“Oh, bother.” She frowned as she examined the destruction. Helga approached the table and was dismayed to see that not only had several different kinds of potions been displayed on the mirror but so had a variety of potion ingredients. The mirror was no longer a simple restoration project. Some of those potions were never meant to mix. It was going to take her ages, she was sure.
It didn’t take her ages to clean the mirror, merely two hours of scrubbing until her fingers were nearly raw from the work. In the end, the mirror shined. And while Helga was pleased with her work, there was still more work to do. There was no time like the present and after Helga carefully hung the mirror on the wall, she got to work with cleaning the rest of the room.
Re: Helga Hufflepuff - Part 8 of 8 ^_^
http://community.livejournal.com/the_love_hotel/2991195.html (Don’t judge me bros, there’s no smut in that post. It's safe.)
http://community.livejournal.com/dear_mun/34449513.html - Her last post in Dear_Mun in which this game was suggested.
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