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Name: Hermione Granger
Canon/OC: Harry Potter
Canon Point: Post Battle of Hogwarts
Journal: brainiest
Age: 19

Canon World

Hermione comes from a typical magical style world where creatures from fantasy are somewhat commonplace and much of it is part of everyday life for a great deal of citizens. In Harry Potter the world is a magical one where wizards and non-magial folk ("muggles") are generally kept separate. Thoughout time there have been issues of who deserves to have magic and who does not, which has led to a series of magical wars which it has just come out of.

It's a traditional world with somewhat modern techology (1998 style modern) mixed with magic from witches and wizards that follow the stereotypical standard of magical worlds (spells, potion making, etc).

History

Born to two non-magical dentists in London. Grew up and learned she was a witch at age 11 where she started at a magical school. As a muggleborn she spent a lot of time getting harrassed and treated quite badly for not having "pure" blood - not from everyone, but from certain parts of the magical world that make it a significant aspect of her past.

From ages 11-18 Hermione attended Hogwarts, where she spent most of her time studying and also saving Harry Potter's life. She learned all the different areas of magic and became quite proficient with most of them, becoming top of the class in the majority of areas and doing the best she could - while stressing desperately - to get the best grades physically possible.

Year one: cracked a puzzle that stopped Harry dying. Year two: solved a mystery while petrified. Year three: travelled through time and saved a wanted criminal's life. Year four: made sure Harry didn't tie in a tournament. Year five: protected Harry throughout the year and took part in a battle in the government. Year six: told Harry cheating was bad (it was) and studied really, really hard. Throughout the years there was a fair share of emotional trouble and stereotypical teenage drama, but a lot of her time was spent taking care of Harry and studying/learning/being with him.

Instead of going back to school Hermione spent her time travelling around with Harry searching for Horcruxes, parts of Voldemort's soul, so that they could destroy him. She almost died about a dozen or so times.

This all came together in the Battle of Hogwarts where Harry was able to defeat Voldemort and she (plus the other members of the Order of the Phoenix/Dumbledore's Army) helped repel the Death Eaters and win the war once and for all.

WIKI here.

Personality

Hermione Granger is one of the smartest minds of her generation, excelling in ninety-nine percent of her school subjects and becoming a living example of the idiocy of pureblood supremacy. While she was proud of her intelligence, Hermione was never the sort to keep her brains to herself; she frequently helped friends with their homework, showing her kindness as well as her aptitude.

Although her intelligence leant itself to magical capabilities, Hermione put great stock and faith in logical thinking, allowing her to notice things that other people might not notice. The voice of reason in the 'Golden Trio', Hermione's logic managed to help them through a number of their trials in their schooling, not limited to the brewing of a Polyjuice Potion, the confiscation of Harry's possibly-jinxed Firebolt and her anger over Harry's use of the Half-Blood Prince's Potion book. Cautious but brave, Hermione isn't afraid to stand up to more impulsive friends, keeping her attention on the task at hand.

Throughout the books Hermione proven that Gryffindor was the perfect placement for her; she constantly showed herself to be brave, though cautious, capable of doing what needs to be done. Initially she was panicked in the face of danger, but that was more due to her youth than any true lack of courage on her part. Hermione's courage is often undermined by her sheer intelligence - she would have certainly excelled in Ravenclaw. In Gryffindor, however, her courageous and loyal sides thrived as well as her mind, showing her to be as strong a Gryffindor as her friends proved themselves to be.

Another of Hermione's defining trait is her compassion for those less fortunate, especially the creatures that are often taken advantage of in the wizarding world. Her cat, Crookshanks, she bought because no one else seemed to want him. While that turned out to be incredibly beneficial, as Crookshanks proved himself to be a good, protective pet, it shows Hermione's sympathetic, sweeter side. She even extends this kindness to Harry's heirloom elf, Kreacher, who persists in calling her obscene names until Harry wins his favour in the last book; the elves don't necessarily want her help, but her obstinance is shown through her determination to do it anyway.

One of the most troublesome aspects of Hermione's nature is her inability to withhold her temper, leading to some rather violent arguments between her and her friends and enemies. Hermione's argumentative streak often tips into violence when she gets particularly angry. When Draco Malfoy made fun of Hagrid when he was faced with the execution of Buckbeak, Hermione rushed ahead of Harry and Ron and slapped him and would have done it again if she hadn't been held back. When Cormac McLaggen insulted Ron and Ginny during the Gryffindor Quidditch tryouts in sixth year, Hermione sabotaged his tryout in retaliation, using a charm to make him unable to save one of the attempts at goal.

Strengths & Weaknesses

+ MAGICAL TALENT Hermione is a talented witch and has been top of her class for years at school, also proving her abilities in warfare and real-life situations. Harry Potter magic uses wands (though Hermione is adept at wandless magic as well) and incantations to cast spells that can do pratically anything, from summoning something from across the room to conjuring a magical animal that can protect you from evil. Hermione has constantly proved herself a very good witch, able to cast and use spells well above her school level. Harry Potter spells can be seen here.

+ WANDLESS MAGIC In her sixth year at school Hermione became the first in her year to succeed at non-verbal magic; she no longer needs to say the words aloud to cast spells. She has also practiced wandless magic and does not necessarily need to have her wand in hand in order to cast spells.

+ DUELLING Hermione has learned to be a particularly good magical duellest (through necessilty more than anything else) and has fast reflexes.

+ APPARITION Hermione was (again) the first in her class to Apparate successfully; a kind of magic that allows for teleportation from one place to another once you picture it in your mind. It also allows for side-along apparation (teleporting someone with you).

+ POTION MAKING / HERBOLOGY Proving herself a 'know-it-all' early on, she showed herself more than capable of handling difficult potions at a young age (she brewed a very advanced potion in her second year of school). Hermione was one of only twelve students to go on to study Potions long term in school and was the only one in her Sixth year class to understand some more complicated potion theory. Tied with this is her knowledge of herbology, another class she received an 'outstanding' grade in, and learned and memorised the uses of multiple plants.

- HAND TO HAND While adept magically, Hermione is not the best at hand to hand combat. She's not physically strong and has never been trained to use any kind of non-magical weapon, even if she might try her best to be scrappy. Without her magic the best she might be able to manage is a quick scratch or bite and an attempt to flee.

- ANGER / IMPULSIVENESS Quick to rise to anger, especially in defence of other people, Hermione can sometimes get herself into more than just a little bit of danger. This can sometimes land her in some rather bad situations, especially when she's not thinking as clearly as she might usually.

- DISMISSIVE If Hermione doesn't think something is worth learning (ie Divination) she can be quite rude and dismissive of it. This might cause problems when it comes to learning new schools of magic from people in Thedas; if it doesn't fit into the logical box she has made for herself she can decide it's worthless with no point her engaging in it.

Suggested Nerfs

Most of Hermione's magic isn't necessarily over-powered and is somewhat at level with Thedosian magic; she simply has a kind of utility that mages in Thedas might not have. It would be logical for her Apparation to not work as well (perhaps limited to a radius of a certain amount) and for her to require her wand as a conduit for "bigger" or "stronger" spells (in the same way that Thedosian mages might use a staff).

It might also be important to consider limiting her beaded bag (if she is allowed it!) to only be able to carry a certain weightage of items.

Arrival Inventory

VINEWOOD WAND Her wand, 10 and three quarter inches with a dragon heartstring core.

BELLATRIX LESTRANGE'S WAND Stolen in the escape from Malfoy Manor, kept because Hermione pretended to be her.

BEADED BAG Hermione charmed a beaded bag to essentially hold an unlimited amount. In the bag currently is: a tent, many books from home (spellbooks/potion books, some herbology texts, a handful of books she has on making Horcruxes that will never see the light of day and Ancient Runes), many changes of clothes (male and female), Tales of Beedle the Bard (wizarding storybook), Hogwarts: A History (another book), essense of Dittany (can heal severe wounds with a few drops, only about 10 drops left) and two batches of Polyjuice Potion (can change your appearance).

If anything needs to be removed/if the bag won't work then she'll have just Hogwarts: A History, a change of clothes and two spellbooks (The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 7 and Advanced Potion-Making).

'Human'ization

N/A, she's human!

Fit

Hermione has just come out of a war that was at heart good versus evil, so she knows how to fight for people and take care of them. Her kindness and good heart would mean she would throw herself right into the middle of things to do what she can for the people of this world, even if she might find it disorientating at first. She is an adept fighter when it comes to her magic and she knows how to protect herself and be pragmatic - she will do what she can for the people of this world, with pen and sword.

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