Age: 42
Position/Class Taught: Divination
Head of House, if applicable: N/A
History (2-4 paragraphs or more):
Cassie Lockwood was what every muggleborn teenager would have called a preppy, privileged trust-fund kid. Born into a family of *mostly* all purebloods, Cassie’s mother was a rather famous diviner who wrote for the Daily Prophet, and her father was a judge for the Ministry of Magic. While the Lockwoods never supported He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named or approved of Death Eaters, they never-the-less were well-off, well-liked, and faced zero ostracism thanks to their blood status. Cassie attended Hogwarts in the mid-70s where she started her own Divination club and rose to status of Head Girl of Ravenclaw. Although it was during the rise of Voldemort’s power, this affected her very little. She graduated with top marks, and like most women of the time, became a devoted homemaker and social function organizer. She married a fellow Ravenclaw, Corky Lansing, who became an Auror with the Ministry of Magic and together they had one son.
Cassie pretty much had a perfect life. That was until Corky went missing on assignment shortly after Voldemort’s second rise to power. After 6 months without any leads, he was presumed to be dead. Cassie was encouraged to petition for divorce so she could be financially taken care of. Grief stricken, she changed her name back to Lockwood and prepared to enter the world a Widow.
Their son was supposed to have started Hogwarts this year, but he was so distraught by his father’s disappearance that he left home and went to live with distant relatives in the Americas - swearing off magic as he did so. He refused to acknowledge any of his mother’s attempted contacts and she finally gave up on the hope that he would return home to attend wizarding school.
Feeling hopeless and abandoned, Cassie decided to turn to the one natural gift she had – Divination, a talent she inherited from her mother. When she noticed the job opening for a Divination teacher at Hogwarts, her heart gave a happy flutter for the first time since her husband’s disappearance. She had fond memories of Hogwarts. Perhaps she could reinvent herself there…
Personality (1-2 paragraphs or more):
Raised to be polite and civil, Cassie is one for manners and decorum. She is gracious and social - traits she perfected with organizing events and fundraisers for her various charities while she was still married. Although she is very smart and observant, she would never make a scene and can therefore come across as a bit of a push-over.
Cassie is very family-oriented. The presumed death of her husband was hard to take, but the estrangement from her son is unbearable. However, she was taught from a young age that it is not appropriate to display negative emotions in public so she suffers silently in that regard. Beautiful, yet broken. Can Cassie find fulfillment as Professor Lockwood?
Face Claim: (a younger) Susan Walters, inspired by Carol Lockwood from “the Vampire Diaries”
