Character Name: Laila Brandon
Character Nickname(s): None
Character Age: Sixteen
School: Salem
House: Nauset
Job/Year: Sixth Year
Current Residence: Portland, Maine during holiday, Massachusetts during school
Wand: 8" Holly with Dragon Heartstring
Gender: Female
Sexuality: Heterosexual


Play-By: Lily Collins
Hair Shade: Auburn
Hair Style: Long, wavy
Eye Color: Brown
Build: Petite
Dressing Style: Girly dresses, tight jeans with cute tops, leather jackets, sandals with embellishment, chandelier earrings or studs, black eyeliner and smokey eye makeup


Likes: Reading, Writing, Adventures, Friends, Parties, Being active, The scent of a vanilla, Roses, Chocolate, Snuggling, Bonfires, Flirting/boys, Music
Dislikes: Sour candy, Not having plans, Seeing her friends upset, Alcohol, Gawdy jewelry, Rudeness
Strengths: Charms, Writing, Creativity, Persistance, Leader
Weaknesses: Sports, Domineering, Daydreamer, Nosy, Reckless
Overall Personality:

"A lot of people tell me that I'm too adventurous and trouble-making, but really I think they're wrong. Maybe it's just me, but I'd much rather have a bit of fun and explore the world than be kept up in a room with a book all day. Don't get me wrong - I absolutely love reading and hope to be an author myself, but inspiration draws from experience, and without experience there is nothing to motivate writing. Plus, there's much more to life than books. I mean, how could you go through life without hanging with your friends at a party? Oh I love parties...so much fun! And I love bonfires even more. There's nothing better than a bonfire in the summer, roasting some marshmallows and listening to someone play an acoustic guitar.

"In terms of who I am, I guess I'm just your average teenager. I can be reckless as I've already said, but I take life by the reigns and hold tight, and I haven't got hurt yet...well, hurt too badly. I guess people think I'm creative because of my writing skills, or so I've been told anyway. I'm definitely determined. If you tell me I can't have something or do something, I'm going to go after it whole-heartedly just to prove you wrong. If there's something important to me, I'll pursue it without fail. I can be quiet sometimes, especially around people I don't know that well, but after a few minutes I open up and can be pretty outgoing. I like my thoughts, though...sometimes you need to take some alone time and process everything going on around you. I think meditation helps clear your head in that way. Anyway...um, sometimes I can be curious and a little nosy. I'd keep a secret to my grave, but I can be pretty...curious about secrets in general."


Father: John Christopher Brandon
Mother: Tonya Elizabeth Brandon - deceased
Siblings: Callum - 18 | Rhys - 15
Others: None
Birth Place: London, England
Overall History:

Tonya and John Brandon met during their days at Hogwarts as they were both Gryffindor students. As they were also in the same year, they essentially grew up together and became 'official' best friends in their third year. It wasn't until their seventh year that either expressed their true feelings for the other and, although they were very young, they married shortly after graduating from Hogwarts. As a young and poor couple, Tonya and John lived with John's parents for roughly two years before Tonya became pregnant with their first child at age nineteen. John's parents did not kick them out for getting pregnant - in fact, they urged them to stay so they could save money and have help raising their child. However, Tonya and John felt that it was time for them to move out to their own place at that point, and so that is exactly what they did. The flat of their choosing was sparse in furniture and decoration, but they brought their little boy, Callum, into a world full of love.

After a short two years of having Callum in their lives, the couple gave birth to another child - this time, a girl. Laila Imogen Brandon, named after Tonya and John's mother's respectively, was born with light brown eyes and a head full of hair, weighing a whopping 8 lbs. Callum became very protective of his little sister when she was just two weeks old and that seemed to travel with them throughout their childhood. Before the birth of their brother, Rhys, the Brandon family moved to America due to a job opportunity that came available for John. Rhys was a beautiful baby boy and all of the Brandon family loved him, but Callum remained protective over Laila more than their brother. This only lasted until Callum was six and Laila was four, when Callum focused more of his time on Rhys and included his little brother into more of their activities. Laila didn't mind and hardly noticed that Callum began to exclude her a bit around that time, mainly because her mother and herself spent so much time together. Her mother was obviously intent on giving her baby girl all the things she desired, and wished for them to do girly things together. At the young age of four, Laila and her mother had experienced five pedicures together, multiple shopping days, and various cookie-baking sessions. To say that Laila was a mommy's girl was an understatement.

Tonya and John never had a ton of money to spend on extra things for their kids, but the Brandon children hardly went without things they needed, and wanted for that matter. Their grandparents were always there to help as they had offered when Tonya realized she was expecting her first child, and they stuck with them through the tough times. There were many times that Tonya and John took their children to John's parents house for dinner when they couldn't afford it, or when it was only John's parents who gave the kids Christmas gifts simply because the couple couldn't afford them. And although their tight-knit Pureblood family struggled a bit for a span of seven or eight years, everything worked out in the end when John got another promotion since taking a job in America, granting them more money than the family could have imagined.

The happiness that fell upon the Brandon family after John earned a good paying job was great - however, the fact that Tonya quit her own job dawned on her as Callum went off to Salem. There was only a mere two years before Laila, too, would join her brother, then Rhys the year after. Tonya felt sad that she had essentially missed being with her kids while they grew up and, ultimately, she became depressed. Laila barely noticed as, at that age, she was too young to really understand emotions on a deeper level. She went off to Salem and was sorted into Nauset, just like her brother Callum. She found a home there that she would never have thought possible to find. Laila became one of the girls that you simply knew as a ball of sunshine. She was practically always happy, eager to help her friends, and intelligent in most of her courses. In short, she became fairly well-known fairly quickly, at least in the Nauset house.

Devastation crashed in on the Brandon family during Halloween of Laila's second year at Salem and Rhys' first: Tonya committed suicide. Callum, Laila, and Rhys were immediately sent home and allowed a week of grieving, but returning to Salem felt like the last thing any of them wanted. Laila became sad and she felt alone, like her mother didn't think she was enough to make her happy. As time progressed, the Brandon children became adjusted to the fact that their mother was dead and that their father was trying his best to take over the roles she had previously played in their lives. Sometime in Laila's fourth year at Salem, it seemed that her family was finally coping with the death of their mother/wife, and that they all came to an understanding that they would be there to talk about it if someone needed to, but they were, essentially, going to try and live their lives the happiest they could, without taking things for granted. In retrospect, this shaped Laila to the woman she is today.

While Laila was always a happy child, the death of her mother made her see that life is short and you should enjoy it while you have the chance. Laila attempts to follow the life lessons she's learned since her mother's suicide by holding tight to the friends she's made over the years, attending parties, and simply living life as though there's no tomorrow - for, of course, there may not be.



Alias: Lacey
Age: 21
Other Characters: None
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