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Flora is 24 years old and, unlike many of her peers, actually attended Hogwarts - Ravenclaw, Class of 2000. Why, you might ask? Well, when born, she was her parents' third child and first daughter. Amycus and Hera Carrow sent their daughters to Hogwarts with the excuse that girls needed to learn to mingle, but in reality, they only wanted to pay for private tutors for their sons. Her older brothers, Julius and Antonius, died in separate incidents during Flora's fourth year which were covered up as a riding accident and attempted mugging respectively - but the reality was that both died from congenital heart defects, a fact the Carrows didn't want to become public knowledge. So, as it currently stands, Amycus and Flora Carrow are second and third in line to the throne after King Ernest's son, Prince Ciaran.
The girl herself might be a surprise to some of you who are familiar with my other version of Flora. This one is highly intelligent, breezing through even the tough theory heavy subjects in the NEWTs, and wanted to go into research but was sent to France after school, in order to kill time at the French court while her father decided what on earth to do with her. She ended up working as a high-class nanny for the last six years, including one incident where a court rival attempted to kidnap the child she was working for. Flora attacked the perpetrator and successfully subdued her, winning herself a bravery award from the French King. She is still devoted to the kids she worked for in France and forms close bonds with the families.
So, even though Prince Ciaran is the one step between the Carrows and the throne itself, following the recent death of King Padraig, Amycus called in favours and got Flora appointed as the Crown Prince's new nanny, both to get Flora under the eyes of eligible men at the court and to prove the Carrows' loyalty to the Macmillans. She returned from France early in the morning of New Year's Eve to attend the funeral and will begin her duties officially after Twelfth Night. Since hearing of her recall to Scotland, Flora has been using her brains to figure out ways she can impress the Dowager Queen and the King by devising new and improved top-security wards for the Crown Prince's suite.
The girl herself is very much a sweet, good natured and settled type who often appears to be daydreaming and with her head in the clouds - and as such, people don't always notice her brain and think she'll be a pushover and easy to manipulate. People who can or can't spot the difference will be interesting lines to play! Also, if her father doesn't successfully land her with an ennobled Scot or Irishman, she's definitely the type to fall for someone completely inappropriate, because her head in the clouds nature means she has never really thought about politics and so goes along with the crowd, not being vocal about the virtues of purism, anti-purism or anything similar (see, England, she's redeemable!). It would also be fun to see if someone spots this and tries to exploit that fact.