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[HPHL] Rudolph “Ru” Ollivander Moodboard

“Take my all -- I surrender, surrender! Look at me and the way I ask for forgiveness, kindness, and help! Take my all -- I surrender, surrender! I will die another day, another way...”

~“Dance with the Dragon,” by Dark Sarah and JP Leppäluoto

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The fifth and youngest son of the pureblood Ollivander family originally was...well...not very well-liked by his classmates at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The young Ravenclaw was arrogant due to his family’s placement among the Sacred Twenty Eight, overly critical due to his suppressive family life, and ruthlessly ambitious due to his inferiority complex about being the unwanted fifth son. Then one night, the boy -- after doing some mysterious research in the Restricted Section of the Library -- ended up almost drowning in the Black Lake. When he was found the following morning, he was in very bad shape, covered in bleeding gashes and shaking from head to toe. As he recovered in the Hospital Wing, the matron came to discover that the young wizard lacked more than just his composure -- his magic had also decreased significantly with no explanation, making it much harder for him to perform even basic Charms and Transfigurations. Despite this, his brain seemed just as sharp as ever -- and perhaps because of his trauma, the Ollivanders’ youngest son’s entire outlook on life also seemed to change. Although he remained rather eccentric, aloof, and solitary, he was suddenly wittier and more laid-back. He also expressed a lot more creativity, intellectual curiosity, and open rebellion against everything from school rules to societal expectations. All in all, it was like he was a completely different person...which, little did everyone at Hogwarts realize, was true. But then again...not even the Care of Magical Creatures professor himself had probably ever heard of a kelpie taking a human’s place just to attend a school.

  thanks to @that-ravenpuff-witch for helping me develop this kiddo! xoxo

#okay so #kelpies in the potterverse are never properly explored except in a short cameo in crimes of grindelwald #but in traditional folklore and in the potterverse alike they're shapeshifters! #and in traditional stories they have been known to disguise themselves as humans and even marry humans #though usually not as a specific person #but yeah basically this kelpie -- who honestly is fine with either he or they pronouns -- collided with rudolph #and after rudolph tried to capture him by force the kelpie got the upperhand and drowned him -- as kelpies do #only to realize...oh. this kid was a student at that school they've watched from a distance for a long time #they'd really like to see what it looks like inside so... #yeah they passed themselves off as old rudy #and since the guy didn't have any real friends just about no one's noticed yet #key word being 'yet' *smirks* #ru ollivander #hphl #hogwarts legacy #moodboard #aesthetic #rudolph had a well-groomed ponytail back in the day but uh yeah our kelpie ru? nope #wild mane LOL #what'd you expect from a chaotic neutral non-human intp?