Role:: Professor of Charms at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. Head of Ravenclaw House
ThreeWordSummary:: Brilliant, logical, high-standards
UsuallyFoundIn:: Charms classroom, Ravenclaw Tower, School Library (restricted section)
Details
Description
Your eyes are immediately drawn to Professor Bourne, who commands attention with an air of elegance and precision. About 40 years of age, she wears dark blue, impeccably tailored robes with subtle bronze accents, a quiet symbol of her authority as Head of Ravenclaw House.
Her jet black hair is pulled into a severe yet stylish bun, highlighting her sharp features and high cheekbones. Her expression remains neutral, though a flicker of calculation is evident in her piercing grey eyes, as if weighing and evaluating everything around her. Thin, firm-set lips reinforce her composed demeanor.
Additional Description
Her movements carry a deliberate efficiency, each gesture purposeful and without waste. She stands with perfect posture, radiating authority, and her wand rests in hand as though a natural extension of her will. A faint, crisp scent—like parchment and polished wood—seems to accompany her presence.
An aura of brilliance and strict logic surrounds her, reflecting a mind that values intellectual rigor and high standards. The expectation is clear: carelessness and shallow thinking have no place in her Charms class.
Notes
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Appearance: Elegant and precise, with a sharp, intelligent gaze. Her hair is often pulled back in a severe but stylish bun, and she moves with quiet efficiency.
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Personality: Brilliant, logical, and a stickler for detail. Professor Bourne believes in rigorous academic pursuit and intellectual honesty. She expects high standards from her students and has little patience for sloppiness or unthinking adherence to tradition. She can appear aloof but deeply cares about fostering true understanding and innovation. She has a dry wit and an unexpected love for complex magical puzzles.
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Gossip: "Professor Bourne's exams are impossible, she expects you to invent new spells!" "She spends half her evenings in the library's restricted section." "She once made a student rewrite an essay twelve times because of one misplaced comma."
Interactions
| Session | Interactions |
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| Session 09 - Ghosts of Christmas Past | Cassie, Vi & Basil question The Fat Friar about the visions and peculiarities they witnessed at the ghostly Deathday Party. They learn that the Professor of Charms during Eleonora Humblewood (dec.)'s schooling was one Felix Bourne (dec.), an ancestor of today's Charms Professor, Prof. Elara Bourne. No portraits of former Prof. Bourne hang in the castle, but the Hogwarts House Elves are responsible for portrait storage |
| Session 02 - First Lessons | Cassie Weasley, Vi Thorne & Basil Featherstone learn Wingardium Leviosa from Prof. Elara Bourne. Cassie demonstrates good Hufflepuff teamwork and earns 5pts for Hufflepuff |
| Session 02 - First Lessons | Cassie Weasley & Vi Thorne learn Lumos & Nox in Charms class with Prof. Elara Bourne. They see Basil's' charms prowess for the first time. |
| Session 02 - First Lessons | Basil Featherstone learns Flagrate from Prof. Elara Bourne who offered advanced tuition since Basil already knew (and utterly nailed) Lumos & Nox. She extends an open invitation of further Charms mentorship on request. Perhaps even stretching to a few Jinxes, Hexes & Curses "when you're a little bit older" |