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Player Characters

Mitsuko Ellen Takagawa

NPCs

[Who's Who]

Albus Dumbledore

 ‘“But Dumbledore says he doesn’t care what they do as long as they don’t take him off the Chocolate Frog Cards.”’
 Bill Weasley in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, J.K. Rowling

Chief Wawanotewat

Warrior chief descendant of Elder Wawanotewat, doesn't prefer the European-settled muggles living nearby.

Clem "Junior" McHaverstad

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Cormac O’Brien

Pukwudgie first year, introduces himself to PCs at Bellows Pipe the first night at Ilvermorny after the sorting ceremony

Ezmerelda d'Avenir

Vistani and Thunderbird House student.

Gellert Grindelwald

One-time friend and more of Albus Dumbledore. Seeks power, disdains Muggles. Has begun a murderous spree across northern and central Europe at the time this campaign begins (1925ish) 

Hector Fawley

British Minister of Magic in 1920’s & 30s, underestimates Grindelwald. [Fired in 1939 and replaced shortly before Grindelwald's defeat in 1945]

Ireena

Tatyana has reincarnated in the valley dozens of times. She ALWAYS dies before Strahd can turn her (this is the eponymous 'Curse of Strahd:' to forever pursue Tatyana, but for her to be snatched away before he can have her). ([1])

There is never a corpse. Every time she dies, the mists swirl in around her and whisk the body away. Strahd doesn't even get a body to mourn over (or try to resurrect or raise as undead or whatever). ([2])

Tatyana's reincarnated personality is not always consistent, but she always looks exactly the same. ([3])

She is alluring to the point that Strahd suspects that the artist who painted her portrait (in his study) may have fallen for her just in the process of painting her...though that may be Strahd's jealousy talking. ([4])

Tatyana's reincarnation always has some amount of latent memories that Strahd can draw out of her. He is very careful with the memories he activates, trying to focus only on the 'good' things between the two of them, while cutting Sergei out of the picture entirely. ([5])

The ritual by which Strahd is trying to turn Ireena (and has tried to turn every prior Tatyana incarnation) is called a Bride Ceremony. It's why he has attacked her twice in a row without killing/turning her, but the [CoS] book says the third time is when he's going to finish it. This is NOT something a vampire does lightly, and should tip off any knowledgeable PC or NPC (say Ezmerelda or Rictavio) that Ireena isn't just the vampire's "next victim." Details on a Bride Ceremony ([6])

Izek Strazni

The best explanation for Izek's arm has to do with the Dark Powers that entrapped Strahd in the demiplane in the first place. The Dark Powers cultivate evil, and then entrap it in a karmic prison if it becomes bad enough. Part of how they cultivate evil is that when beings living under their purview perform deliberate acts of evil--they may notice and bestow a gift and a curse upon that individual. Early on, the gifts tend to outweigh the curses...but as you continue down the path of corruption, the Dark Powers are gradually transforming you into some sort of monstrous creature. Most evil beings just end up eventually turning into a monster, and that's the end of it. But if you do something spectacularly evil, you might get your own demiplane that serves as a karmic prison (i.e. your own personal hell). (Source)

Izek's arm is a dead-wringer for the arm of a Barbed Devil. Even the 'Hurl Flame' feature is identical. He is a cruel individual who uses force and intimidation to terrify people into doing what he wants, and the book calls out that even as a child, he was murdering other children for making fun of him. This certainly sounds like the sort of person that the Dark Powers would close in on. So, it could very well be that his Arm is a gift from the Dark Powers (perhaps his 'curse' has to do with the fact that any attempt at Persuasion is going to be hampered by the scary freaking demon arm). (Source)

A way this could play out in-game is that if Izek survives for any real length of time...especially if he starts doing terrible things to Ireena...could result in the Dark Powers continuing his transformation. (Harming innocents and, especially, family members is a phenomenal way to get the Dark Powers' attention) He could continue becoming more and more monstrous the more terrible things he does, until he ultimately turns into a creature much like a Barbed Devil. (Source)

Percival Graves

• a symbol of authority,
• a man in high places with his fingers in a lot of pies.
• He is well respected in MaCUSA as the Director of Magical Security,
• trusted by Seraphina Picquery who sees him as her ‘right hand man’,
• admired by Credence Barebone as a saviour who will make the troubled boy a wizarding legend. 
• Descendent of Gondulphus Graves, first Auror of MaCUSA

Queenie Goldstein

Harry Potter Wiki

• Pukwudgie
• Legilimens: skilled at memory extraction
• Described as a blonde bombshell flapper
• Born 1902?

Tina Goldstein [Scamander]

• Ilvermorny Thunderbird
• Auror
• Born 1901
• Eventually marries Newt Scamander

Arcturus Black

(https://orig00.deviantart.net/c12f/f/2011/227/1/b/renewed_weasley_family_tree_by_hotaru12345-d46p971.png)

• father of Septimus Weasley, grandfather of Arthur Weasley, great-grandfather of Ron Weasley
• dating Lysandra Yaxley

Lysandra Yaxley

(https://orig00.deviantart.net/c12f/f/2011/227/1/b/renewed_weasley_family_tree_by_hotaru12345-d46p971.png)

• Dating Arcturus Black

Belvina Black

(https://orig00.deviantart.net/c12f/f/2011/227/1/b/renewed_weasley_family_tree_by_hotaru12345-d46p971.png)

• Dating Herbert Burke

Herbert Burke

(https://orig00.deviantart.net/c12f/f/2011/227/1/b/renewed_weasley_family_tree_by_hotaru12345-d46p971.png)

• Dating Belvina Black

Phineas Black

(https://orig00.deviantart.net/c12f/f/2011/227/1/b/renewed_weasley_family_tree_by_hotaru12345-d46p971.png)

Sirius Black (the elder)

(https://orig00.deviantart.net/c12f/f/2011/227/1/b/renewed_weasley_family_tree_by_hotaru12345-d46p971.png)

• Dating Hesper Gamp

Hesper Gamp

(https://orig00.deviantart.net/c12f/f/2011/227/1/b/renewed_weasley_family_tree_by_hotaru12345-d46p971.png)

• Dating Sirius Black (the elder)

Cygnus Black

(https://orig00.deviantart.net/c12f/f/2011/227/1/b/renewed_weasley_family_tree_by_hotaru12345-d46p971.png)

• Dating Violetta Bulstrode

=== Martikov family —> Delacour family

• The women are Veela (elvish harpy shifters)

North American Wandmakers

Violetta Beauvais

   * All of the wands she produced were made from swamp mayhaw wood.[2] For many years, she kept the core she used in her wands a closely-guarded secret, but it was eventually discovered to be rougarou hair.[2] Beauvais's wands were often accused of having a natural affinity for Dark magic.[2] However, many great American wizards of the 1920s used Beauvais-made wands, including President Seraphina Picquery.[2]

Shikoba Wolfe

   * Of Chocktaw descent, Wolfe was best known for crafting wands that were intricately carved. Wands made by Wolfe contained Thunderbird tail feathers as cores and were generally believed to be extremely powerful, but difficult to master. They were especially sought after by practitioners of Transfiguration.[2]
   * (http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Shikoba_Wolfe)

Thiago Quintana

   * Quintana's wands caused a sensation when they were first introduced.[3] Sleek and unusually long in design, they produced spells of "force and elegance". They contained a single spine taken from the back of one of the White River Monsters native to Arkansas.[3] Initially, there were fears that the species was being over-fished, but the ecological impact was lessened by the fact that only Quintana knew how to lure the creatures.[3] He fiercely guarded this secret up until his death, after which wands containing White River Monster spine cores were no longer made.[3]

Johannes Jonker

   * Jonker was born to No-Maj parents. His father was a successful cabinet maker, which presumably gave him early experience with wood-working, and allowed him to become a skilled wandmaker in his own right.[2] Jonker's wands were in great demand and could be easily identified by the mother-of-pearl inlay they typically contained.[2] Jonker experimented with several different wand cores before settling on hair of the Wampus cat as his preferred kind.[2]
   * By 1926, he was a known wandmaker and listed on the Magical Congress of the United States of America's Wand Permit form.[3]

Sources

https://harrypotter.bloomsbury.com/uk/fun-stuff/harry-potter-whos-who/