Post by KATHRYN DAVENPORT on Jul 25, 2014 12:53:24 GMT
DAVENPORT, KATHRYN
FOURTY | HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF MYSTERIES | GRYFFINDOR | KATE MULGREW
ESSENTIALS / APPEARANCE
NAME | KATHRYN JANE DAVENPORT FACE CLAIM | KATE MULGREW DATE OF BIRTH | TWENTY MAY OCCUPATION | HEAD OF DEPARTMENT OF MYSTERIES BLOOD STATUS | MUGGLE BORN WAND | 11" UNICORN HAIR WILLOW, FLEXIBLE PET | IT MAY SEEM OLD FASHIONED, BUT A BLACK CAT. HEIGHT & WEIGHT | 1,65 M AND 60 KG HAIR & EYE | BLONDE, BLUE EYES OPEN FIELD | A SCAR ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF HER NAVEL FROM A CURSE |
PERSONALITY
KATHRYN IS A TRUE GRYFFINDOR: COURAGEOUS, HONOURABLE AND CHIVALROUS. KATHRYN IS A TOUGH HEAD OF DEPARTMENT WHO ISN'T AFRAID OF TAKING CHANCES. SHE IS EXTREMELY PROFESSIONAL AND ADHERES STRICTLY TO THE CODES SET ABOUT BY THE MINISTRY. HOWEVER, SHE IS QUITE HAPPY TO BEND THE RULES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HER EMPLOYEES.KATHRYN IS AN HONOURABLE PERSON. GENERALLY, SHE IS AN EASY PERSON TO GET ALONG WITH. HOWEVER, DESPITE THIS, KAT HAS A STRONG SIDE THAT DOES NOT TOLERATE BEHAVIOUR THAT DEVIATES FROM HER MORAL CODE. KAT HAS A VERY STRICT SENSE OF RIGHT AND WRONG. ALL LIFE TO HER HAS EQUAL WORTH AND SHE WILL ACTIVELY STRIVE TO DEMONSTRATE THIS IN HER EVERYDAY LIFE. KAT, ABOVE ALL, IS KIND. HER GOOD HEART OFTEN LEADS HER TO GIVE PEOPLE A CHANCE WHEN FEW OTHERS WOULD GIVE IT. KAT WOULD OFTEN PLACE HERSELF IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS THAN LET OTHERS TAKE THE RISK. KATHRYN KEEPS A STRICT PERSONAL BOUNDARIES BETWEEN HERSELF AND OTHER PEOPLE. BENEATH THE STRICT PROFESSIONALISM AND HER EXTERNAL KINDNESS, KAT IS A GUILT-RIDDEN, COFFEE ADDICTED INSOMNIAC. SHE HOLDS A LOT OF SURVIVOR'S GUILT FROM HER MOTHER'S DEATH AND A FEW INCIDENTS AS AN AUROR THAT SHE DOES NOT CARE TO TALK ABOUT. DESPITE HER GOOD CHARACTERISTICS, KAT'S FATAL FLAW IS THAT SHE DENIES HERSELF HAPPINESS AND SELF-ACTUALISATION, PLACING THE NEEDS OF HER JOB ABOVE THE NEEDS OF HER PERSONAL LIFE. OTHERS SEE KAT AS INTELLIGENT, THOUGHTFUL, DIPLOMATIC AND FAIR. |
HISTORY
| KATHRYN JANE DAVENPORT GREW UP IN A SMALL TOWN IN THE DEPTH OF WALES. HER FATHER, A MUGGLE FARMER, HAD A LARGE FARM. HER MOTHER DECIDED TO BECOME A HOUSEWIFE AFTER KAT WAS BORN. PREVIOUSLY, SHE HAD ACHIEVED HER PHD IN ASTROPHYSICS. THE STORY OF KAT’S MOTHER AND FATHER WAS, INDEED, A STRANGE ONE. JENNIFER, KAT’S MOTHER, WAS FINISHING HER FINAL YEAR OF HER PHD WHEN SHE MET JAMES, HER FATHER. IT HAPPENED ON A HOLIDAY WITH HER FRIENDS, WHEN SHE TOOK A WALK BY HERSELF IN THE WELSH COUNTRYSIDE. JENNY STUMBLED INTO A FARMER’S LAND UNWITTINGLY, AND MET A YOUNG FARMER WHO HAD TAKEN OVER HIS FATHER’S FARM AFTER HE HAD PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER. JAMES PROVED TO BE EXCEPTIONALLY CHARMING AND THE MYSTICAL COUNTRY SIDE CHARMED JENNY’S HEART. SHE FINALISED HER PHD AND WITHIN TWO YEARS OF MEETING JAMES, THE TWO WERE MARRIED. IT WAS A CHOICE THAT MANY OF HER FRIENDS SEVERELY FROWNED UPON. AFTER ALL, IT MEANT THAT JENNY HAD TO GIVE UP HER ENTIRE ACADEMIC CAREER FOR HER HUSBAND AND A QUAINT LIFE IN THE COUNTRY. SHORTLY AFTER THAT, JENNY BECAME PREGNANT WITH KAT. KAT’S EARLY CHILDHOOD WAS NOT ONE THAT WAS PARTICULARLY EXCEPTIONAL. SHE FOLLOWED HER FATHER AROUND THE FARM AND HER MOTHER LAID THE FOUNDATIONS FOR A SUCCESSFUL MUGGLE EDUCATION. KAT PROVED BOTH EXCEPTIONALLY INTELLIGENT AND DOWN TO EARTH. KAT’S FIRST SIGN OF MAGIC WAS NOT A PLEASANT ORDEAL. HER MOTHER PASSED AWAY FROM A MOTOR VEHICLE (A DEVICE MUGGLES USE FOR TRANSPORTATION) ACCIDENT WHEN KAT FIVE YEARS OLD. KAT WAS IN THE CAR. JUST BEFORE IMPACT, KAT FOUND HERSELF SAFELY OUT THE CAR AND OUT OF THE WAY. PARAMEDICS COULD NOT EXPLAIN HOW SHE GOT THERE. KAT BECAME MUTE FOR WEEKS AFTER THE INCIDENT. KAT’S NEXT SIX YEARS WERE QUITE UNEVENTFUL. HER FATHER TOOK A NEW WIFE WHEN KAT WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. KAT WENT TO A BOARDING SCHOOL THAT SPECIALISED IN MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE AND ENCOURAGED CRITICAL THINKING FROM AN EARLY AGE. WHEN KAT WAS HOME, SHE SPENT THE TIME WORKING WITH HER FATHER ON THE FARM. AS, PROBABLY, FOR ALL MUGGLE PARENTS OF MAGICAL CHILDREN, KAT’S HOGWART’S LETTER WAS PERCEIVED AS A LUDICROUS JOKE. THIS, AND THAT IT WAS DELIVERED BY A MAN WHO CLAIMED HER COULD DO MAGIC. THE WHOLE IDEA SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE. HOWEVER, WITH MUCH DISCUSSION, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, KATHRYN WAS ALLOWED TO GO TO HOGWARTS. THE SORTING HAT FOUND IT DIFFICULT TO DECIDE BETWEEN RAVENCLAW AND GRYFFINDOR. ULTIMATELY, SHE WAS SORTED INTO GRYFFINDOR AS SHE VALUED HER HONEST, BRAVERY AND CHIVALRY BEFORE INTELLIGENCE. KAT PROVED TO BE A CAPABLE LEARNER AND EXCELLED IN HER STUDIES, PARTICULARLY IN DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS, TRANSFIGURATION AND POTIONS. KAT WAS A PREFECT AND MANAGED TO GET A FULL HOUSE OF N.E.W.T.S. A FEW YEARS AFTER GRADUATING FROM HOGWARTS, SHE GRADUATED AS AN AUROR. AFTER TEN YEARS OF HARD WORK AS AN AUROR, SHE WAS MOVED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MYSTERIES. AFTER WORKING THERE, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MYSTERIES. NOT MUCH MORE CAN BE SAID HERE OF THE TYPE OF WORK SHE DOES, BECAUSE, IT IS CLASSIFIED. WHEN SHE WAS THIRTY, THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT WHEN SHE AND A GROUP OF AURORS WERE PURSUING A DARK WIZARD. KAT WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR. SHE HOLDS A LOT OF GUILT FOR WHAT HAPPENED AND HAS SINCE STRUGGLED TO FORGIVE HERSELF. HER PERSONAL LIFE HAS BEEN RATHER SPARSE. KAT MET A YOUNG WIZARD IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE WHEN SHE WAS TWENTY FIVE. HOWEVER, HE REFUSED TO MOVE TO ENGLAND WITH HER. KAT, A LITTLE DISILLUSIONED ABOUT HER MOTHER’S SACRIFICE FOR HER FATHER, REFUSED TO GIVE UP HER CAREER FOR A MAN. SHE HAD A FEW RELATIONSHIPS THAT DID NOT LAST VERY LONG SINCE THEN BUT REMAINED DEVOTED TO HER WORK. KAT HAS SINCE DEVOTED MUCH OF HER LIFE TO HER WORK. |
