Post by Lina Stover on Feb 23, 2024 13:40:54 GMT -8
LINA SUHA STOVER
BASIC INFORMATION
Age and Birthday: 15; 30th of April, 2008
Year and House or Profession: Fifth Year, Hufflepuff
Canon: No
Special Abilities: Wandless
FAMILY & HISTORY
Place of Birth: Cara, Egypt
Notable Relatives:
Uncle and adopted father: Ra’d Hashim Zaman
Parents: Lorraine Stover and Raheem Zaman
Half siblings: Emat Zaman, Zuhra Zaman, Khayrat Zaman, Naseem Zaman
Other Notable Family:
Step mother: Alya Rosella Zaman
Grandparents: Torben Zaman, Gabir Zaman
Character History:
Raheem and Ra’d Zaman, a pair of magical brothers, grew up in the small Egyptian oasis of Cara. Less than 500 people called the oasis home, it also housed the second most Egyptian wizard and witches in any one city. They were happy to call it home, and even graduating from Uagadou the brother remained close to home.
As the more adventurous brother Ra’d travelled far across Africa and the Middle East but always returned home to his brother Raheem and his family. Family was always important to the Zaman family, and relatives were never turned away when they came to call.
Unlike his brother Raheem, the younger Zaman boy, settled down to start a family rather early. He married the witch Alya Windfel, she was on the town council, Raheem made money selling potions. Often trusting Ra’d to deliver larger shipments to witches and wizards in the surrounding towns and villages.
After having the second child Alya saw fit to hire help around the house. That was how Lorraine Stover, a muggle born witch, became tangled with the family. Unlike Alya, who prioritised her job at times, Lorraine was a homemaker, she was happy to keep the house and mind the children. After a while Raheem and Lorraine began to have an affair. It was only broken off when Raheem learned that he’d gotten Lorraine pregnant.
From the moment Lina was born, she was alone. Her mother Lorraine died when Lina was born due to complications and her father kept his distance. Since neither Lorraine nor Raheem had been willing to tell Alya the truth. In an attempt to cover up his infidelity, Raheem wrote on Lina’s birth certificate that Ra’d was her father.
He did not warn Ra’d of this.
When Ra’d did learn of what his brother had done he was angry. Knowing that Lina would be pushed onto him the second he returned home Ra’d instead left the whole continent.
From the moment Lina was born Alya was suspicious of who her father really was, and rightly so. Within a month of Lina’s birth her half sibling Khayrat was born. For the first few years of her life Lina was raised with the other Zaman children, she and Khayrat were particularly close. Over years Alya grew colder and colder towards Lina, excluding her more and more. A divide which affected everyone in the family and slowly soured Lina’s relationships with Emat, Zuhra, Khayrat, and Naseem who she believed to be her cousins.
When Lina was nine Alya began to demand that Ra’d take his ‘daughter’, Raheem and his wife fought over Lina all the time, Alya had grown more and more suspicious of the girl’s bloodline.
It was just after Lina’s tenth birthday when Raheem finally convinced Ra’d to return home for a visit. When he saw how cold Alya could be to Lina at times Ra’d took pity on her and took Lina with him to England.
Shortly after Lina settled into her new home Ra’d sat her down and told her the truth, the full and whole truth. He explained that her real father was Raheem who’d been cheating on Alya. It shook Lina’s world to the core but it made Lina respect Ra'd, she was always grateful for the fact that he was honest with her from the start.
Hogwarts wasn’t exactly the School Lina thought she’d end up at, growing up, she’d always just assumed she’d study at Uagadou. But Ra’d had taken over as her guardian, by blood he was her uncle, but Lina grew to think of him as her real father. He even began to see Lina as a daughter more than a niece. Given his preferences Ra'd had never expected to have a daughter, once he had one, Ra'd adored her.
At first it was a struggle for Lina, she’d only just started to learn English, but she tried to make the best of things. A quiet girl, Lina managed to make a few close friends but never made an attempt to stick out much, she didn't want to make herself a target for any bullies. Hard working Lina was always diligent about completing her assignments.
When everyone began talking about crushes Lina claimed to have a crush on an older Hufflepuff boy in her house. It was a lie, Lina had never had any serious interest in any boy and she began to worry something was wrong with her.
Lina had barely been in England for three years, tj when she talked to Ra’d about all of her crush related worries. She’d always trusted Ra’d, he’d been honest to her when no one would be. Her father was quick to assure her that nothing was wrong with her. The two talked about how being anything other than straight wasn’t talked about back home in Cara. He then explained to Lina that he hadn’t originally planned to stay in England, but Ra’d found that he could openly be himself, which had made it hard for him to move back home.
Over the summer Lina came to the conclusion that she was a homosexual like her father.
Early in her fifth year Lina had a bit of a mishap during Defence Against the Dark Arts and ended up breaking her wand. It devastated Lina and for the next two days she tried to fix it, nothing worked. Lina might've been in more trouble if she hadn't been practicing wandless magic the whole time.Since Uagadou students had a reputation for wandless magic Lina insisted the Ra'd teach her during the summer and over breaks.
Out of the blue, just a couple of days after she broke her wand, Lina received a letter from Raheem along with her mother’s old wand. The note simply read: ‘It was your mother’s, now it’s yours. Don’t break it.’ It was the only truly ‘fatherly’ thing Raheem had ever done for Lina in her mind. She kept the note.
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name or Alias: Alanna
Pronouns: She/ Her
Experience: Roughly 14 years
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