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Random Pottermore Musings Jan 2, 2019 0:33:00 GMT -5

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Post by Webster on Jan 2, 2019 0:33:00 GMT -5

Professor Tamara Lyell: But as you can see on these runes discovered near Ashkelon in the Eastern Medit.... Tamara's voice is cut off by the ringing of the evening bell, signifying the end of the evening's classes ...and that means we'll continue our studies tomorrow evening; safe travels, she says to the small class studying the ancient runes of Mediterrania; as she watched the students filing out of the large hall, she took off her reading glasses and sighed, another day's lectures in the books....

Professor Lyell: After securing the runes and making sure everything was in its' place - the Rune Lecture Hall was her domain - she walked up the long stone-lain aisle and exited the hall; in the near distance, the sounds of her students could be heard as they headed back to the dorms for the night. After closing the lecture hall doors, she turned and headed out towards the courtyard, her scarlet and gold professorial robe flowing around her, the sounds of her hiking boots - the Professor often led students on field expeditions across the Isles, thus the footwear - making quiet sounds as she walked. Underneath her robe she wore a black button-down shirt and black cargo pants - "a good explorer never goes without pockets anywhere", she once opined - but what struck her as unique was her ladies' fedora, complete with a Springbok feather adorning it - a gift from a mountain guide w/the Queen's Cape Town Rifles - which she wore during lectures; the formal Hogwarts headware she kept for official functions. Just inside her robe, clipped to her cargo pants, was her Wand - a 10 3/4" Rowan wood supple wand w/a Phoenix Feather core bound by several cloth bindings. Waving to a couple of younger students, she stepped outside and looked upward, gazing at the stars as they shined brightly in the evening sky...

Random Pottermore Musings Jan 5, 2019 0:03:14 GMT -5

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Post by Webster on Jan 5, 2019 0:03:14 GMT -5

Tallygarunga Character: Professor Tamara Lyell
-Appearance: Most people, whether inside or outside the wizarding world, often misjudge Professor Lyell's appearance as small and slight...they rarely make that mistake twice. Yes, she's not that tall or stout (about 5'5", 127 lbs or so) but appearances can be deceiving; her lean, wiry figure matches her strong-willed personality, with a dancer's agile frame and wiry, whip-saw like muscles that can be deceptively slight.

Dark brown eyes frame a face is that always makes it look as though she's ready for adventure, whether it be searching for ancient runes in the sands of North Africa or trying to instruct students in the history of ancient runes and their significance to the magical world...

As far as clothing goes, outside of official clothing (her scarlet/gold professorial robes, for instance) most times Professor Lyell wears regular clothing (blouses, cargo pants, hiking boots, etc.) plus a ladies fedora' complete with a Springbok feather (given to her by a South African wizard years ago)....

--Personality: Tamara Lyell is a study in contrasts; inside the lecture halls of Tallygarunga (or previously at Hogwarts), she is a calm, learned, studious professor, a scholarly individual willing to teach about ancient runes...in the field, it is a different story, as exemplified in this quote from a conversation she had whilst searching for runes in South Africa....

-Professor Lyell: Plan B? I never have a Plan A most times; I make it up as I go along...

Therein lies the duality of her personality: a willingness to take chances out in the field, a willingness to make mistakes and get her hands dirty in ways that would make others blanche, yet a willingness to teach what she knows to her students, all of whom she would protect with her life if need be.

One thing, however, is sacrosanct to her: regardless of the circumstances, she will never use her wizarding powers in the presence of unapproved humans...which, of course, often ends up leading to Indy Ploy after Indy Ploy after...you get the idea.

--History: Born in 1980 at Royal Antrim Hospital (in County Antrim, Ulster), Tamara Lyell showed from a very early an ability at magic, an ability which her human-born (a/k/a muggleborn) parents could neither figure out or explain (nor something her twin sibling Sarah Lyell, who didn't show any magical powers whatsoever). Shortly before her 11th birthday, Ms. Lyell - as every child approaching their 11th birthday does - embarked for Hogwarts to begin a new chapter in her life. After arriving, she easily adjusted to life away from home, taking to her new world like a duck to water. What intrigued her most, however, were the ancient runes at Hogwarts and the questions surrounding them - where did they come from? what are they saying? who wrote them?

Once eligible to take elective classes, she began studying ancient runes, so much so that she had to reminded by her professors not to neglect her other classes; wise advice, it was, for eventually, when it came exam time, she passed with flying colors (all grades above Exceeds Expectations). As a result, she was asked whether she would like to continue her studies, this time as a professor of the study of ancient runes; after giving it much thought, Ms. Lyell accepted the offer...and the rest, as they say, is history.