Maartje Viljoen is the enemy of apathy (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} incendia_ignis) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} felix_ooc,@ 2014-04-11 21:59:00 |
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| Entry tags: | ! intro, heather |
Hey everyone! Heather again with this lady, Maartje Viljoen. My friend Beth (some of you may know her) will be joining at some point with her partner (Niall Connolly, aka the Connolly of the Irish International Team) but for now, here's what you need to know about Maartje.
- Born in Botswana because her parents (Afrikaner father, Xhosa mother) attempted to flee South Africa during Apartheid. Her father died on the trip out and her mother died of labour complications. She was brought up by parents who participated in the anti-Apartheid cause.
- She's Muggleborn and attended school back in South Africa at the Cape Town Academy for Witches. No, she isn't related to Larissa. Yes, she is vocal about the prejudices she has faced as a biracial muggleborn. Yes, she managed to get out of the UK during the war (see below).
- She had *just* turned 19 at the time of the QWC in 1994, making her the oldest female char in game iirc. She was travelling after her graduation from school and it was in England that she met Niall. They fell in love and she stayed in Europe to be with him. She worked her way through the ranks at Slug & Jigger's Potioneers ever since - first as a shop girl, then a potions brewer, then as a potions analyst and finally as an inventor.
- It was this skill that, when she and Niall left the country in 1997 (he got an offer from the Quiberon Quafflepunchers, she followed), led her to get the role of second-in-command Potions professor at Beauxbatons. She remained put in her post until this spring, when she became pregnant (she is about to hit 27 weeks) and they decided it was time to return to the UK.
- Currently on maternity leave, she is busy nesting at their new place in Hogsmeade (Niall just got an offer from Montrose). Why Hogsmeade in particular? Well, she has been offered the position of Potions Professor at Hogwarts, starting in September. Yep, old Sluggy is finally retiring for good! She would totally take his job as Head of Slytherin too, if she is allowed, though she accepts this is unlikely.
Plot with me!