HOLLAND; Faith

Faith Holland

THE RECORDS

PERSONALITY

. Faith had never been the average child. Her abusive father made sure of that.
A quiet child, she quickly learned that words were more valuable than money, and took full advantage of that. Though unpopular in school, no-one dared cross her, or by the next week they would likely have a detention or even receive a howler.
Hers is a quiet anger, bubbling underneath until it spills over and burns everything in it's path. Though she tries to deny it, she has her father's penchant for violence, and won't hesitate to use it should her secrets fail.
She's a bit ashamed of her half-blood status, and often lies about her father's squib status. As he is from a Canadian wizarding family, this is easier than it would initially seem.

HISTORY

Really, it was no surprise Faith turned out the way she did. When she was a child, and first saw her squib father strike her beautiful pureblood mother, she decided that this was how the non-magical always treated the magic. And she hated it. It didn't help when he put her mother in the hospital, where she would reside unconscious, even to the present day.
School wasn't much of an escape. A quiet, very private girl, she found making friends difficult. Her older sister, Serenova, would often bring her along with her friends, so while Faith rarely had friends her own age, she found she got along well with her elders. This was short lived, however, when Serenova ran away one day to escape their father, telling no one where she was going. She was never heard from again. Faith was then left to survive her father alone.
She became an orphan at age sixteen. The offical cause of death is to this day unknown, but to those who knew the Hollands well it was clear that the remaining shifty-eyed daughter never seemed surprised or even sad at the news, almost like she had long known. They never dared say a word, however, as Faith had long ago learned that a person's words and letters were worth more than their gold; so she collected as much as and whoever's she could get her hands on.
Only six when the Dark Lord fell, she missed her chance to help shape the future she desired. She would get a second chance, however, on her twentieth year, when the Dark Lord rose again. Eager to join the resurgant Death Eaters, she joined the raid of the 442nd Quidditch World Cup, slowly worming her way into the group. A word in the ear of Barty Crouch Jr. brought gillyweed into Potter's Triwizard run, and when the Dark Lord returned in truth, she took the Mark with jubilation.
Her new position as Herbology professor brings both respect and indignation, as she is forced to work with those she is beginning to suspect are not as sincere in their devotion to the cause as they may seem.