| ANDROMEDA TONKS; biography |
[09 Mar 2010|03:56pm] |
NAME: Andromeda Chrysanthe Kallisto (nee Black) Tonks; Andie to her intimates
DOB: 3 July 1953
BLOODLINE: pureblood of the noble house of Black
YEAR & HOUSE: Slytherin class of 1971
OCCUPATION: Healer, obstetrics/gynecology ward, with a focus on neo-natal care, St. Mungo's
FAMILY: husband, Ted Tonks; daughter, Nymphadora Tonks (aged 6); sisters Bellatrix and Narcissa; brothers-in-law Rodolphus Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Andie is accomplished in both Occlumency and Legilimency, which is a Black family trait that she cherishes. Also, she is an accomplished Healer.
LIKES: Painting, vivid colours, jazz, nighttime, the stars, constellations, astronomy, coffee, licorice, dogs, silk, babies, children, her daughter, her husband
DISLIKES: Estrangements, family disloyalty, war, violence, death, rodents, spiders, chocolate.
PERSONALITY: A conversationalist. An artist, so somewhat eccentric. She thrives in the nighttime. She is completely devoted to her husband and daughter and it shows (part of which was she was trying so hard to prove his worth and to validate her disownment). She doesn’t mind a lazy day. She usually keeps to herself. She's always been slightly rebellious. She likes to change her hair color, especially now that it's obvious her sister is someone whom she no longer wishes to look like.
HISTORY: Born second daughter to Cygnus and Druella Black in 1953, Andromeda discovered the easiest thing to be was invisible. While her older sister, Bellatrix, soon stood out as domineering, stubborn, powerful, and brash and her younger sister, Narcissa the perfect pureblooded, dainty daughter, Andromeda was, well, ordinary. To begin with, this made Andromeda want to sink into the woodwork, but after her sorting at Hogwarts (Slytherin, like every other Black), when it became apparent that she didn’t even stand out at school (she overheard someone near her say, “Oh it’s just another Black, of course she’s a Slytherin” after her sorting), she became somewhat of a rebel.
At first it was little things—painting instead of schoolwork, taking a liking to Divination over more respectable studies, becoming friendly with (pureblooded) members of other houses. When it became apparent that she needed help in Charms, Professor Flitwick assigned her a tutor. A Muggleborn tutor, a Hufflepuff, a boy a few years ahead of her. She was instantly entranced by his jovial, laid-back nature, and soon she found herself calling him a friend. He graduated and went on his way before she did, though Andromeda could never quite shake Ted Tonks from her mind.
After her graduation from Hogwarts, Andromeda entered the Healer-in-training program at St. Mungo's, despite protests from her family about women not needing to take a job. Even though she still lived at home, she greatly enjoyed her work in the childbirthing ward. She was, several times, given lists of acceptable matches, pureblooded men with whom her parents wanted her to make a match. She dated some of them, usually finding them stuffy and maniacal and not at all what she wanted for her life. It was just happenstance that she ran into her former tutor, Ted Tonks, at a Muggle market.
In late 1972, Andromeda discovered she was pregnant with Ted's child and, squaring her shoulders, told her parents. Not only was her family aghast at her disgraceful pregnancy, but it was made worse by the fact that Ted was Muggle born. Even though she begged her parents to come to her wedding, they flat-out refused. Regardless, Andie and Ted married in a small Catholic Muggle ceremony. Less then a year later, their daughter, Nymphadora, was born and on the same day, Andromeda was officially disowned from the Black line, blasted off the family tree by her aunt Walburga, and pegged as a blood traitor. Despite her efforts not to show it, this hurt her a lot and while she never regretted her love for her husband or daughter, she is still upset about it.
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