the redferne clan;;

[The Council]

"True Redfernes always survive"
the 'reddies' | sorcerer siblings~

The Redferne Clan are well-known in pure-blood society for their cold, brutally harsh ways. For a couple of centuries now, the clan has practiced unethical ways of training and bringing up their children. Resorting to severe abuse and violence in order to literally beat, bleed and sweat weakness out of them, they produce some of the most magically, physically and emotionally strong sorcerers the world has seen to date. Mentally however? That can be questioned. Long ago, the clan had began to punish their children for having emotional responses because they adopted the idea that emotions were a weakness and flaw that must be eliminated and as a result, some Redfernes have turned out mad. Mentally unfit sociopaths, psychopaths all wanting to achieve only one thing; power at any cost.
It has been said that in past generations some children have even died from the extent their so called family went to in order to satiate this hunger for power. Some say it was the war's doing but other's say that the Redferne line had been losing their minds for many generations before the war begun.

For many years, the Redfernes have been cold, ruthless psychopaths but this new generation seems to have turned out differently. It could be said that in their numbers, the Redferne siblings formed a bond stronger than the abuse of their parents. They stuck together.
James and Amelia had put their children through hell but in August 2012 their eldest sons; Liam and Cain repaid the favor by putting an end to their parent’s roles as head of their clan by killing them and burning down Redferne Manor in order to make it look accidental. They left no trail that could be traced back to them.

LIAM
26 .x. Deputy Headmaster .x. Curses & Hexes Professor .x. Sorcerer Representative .x. Matt Bomer .x. Played by Tof

Liam Redferne is the eldest of the siblings. Despite still only being young himself he has always been like the father figure they never had in James to his younger siblings.
All the siblings had their own way of coping with their past and Liam's was his brothers and sisters. They mean everything to them. He copes by being there for them, being able to help them and protect them.

Liam was born with the ability of Shielding of which has proved very helpful during his life however, he only uses it as a last resort. In 2004 Liam was sent to fight in the war at the age of eighteen and he fought in it for the five years before it finally ended earning more experience and many scars in the process. His Shield was a very helpful asset.

August 2012 shortly after receiving the Charm professor position at Northvale Academy, Liam and Cain set up the deaths of their so called parents James and Amelia. Liam, before ending James's life crouched down in front of his broken and bloodied 'father'and quoted mockingly into his ear "True Redfernes always survive." before whispering the incantation that brought an end to the life of James Redferne: "Interneco."

In March 2013, Liam stepped down from teaching Charms to teach Curses & Hexes at the school instead. and in April 2013, after teaching at Northvale Academy for almost a year, Liam was given the position of Deputy Headmaster followed shortly by the position of Sorcerer Representative for the Council.

CAIN
25 .x. Potions Professor .x. Ian Somerhalder .x. Played by Sophie

Cain is the second eldest of the siblings. From a young age their parents focused Cain's studies around specializing in Potions due to his ability to read the magical properties of plants through just touch. He was also trained in Curses and Hexes, combative magic and physical fighting of course but his main focus was to excel in Potions. To become one of the best in this particular field.

When Cain was thirteen, a group of vampires tried taking the war to the front step of the Redferne clan. Attacking Redferne manor in an attempt to eliminate one of their enemies strongest forces. They failed miserably against James, Amelia and other clan members but during the attack Cain, only just a boy and terrified, hid. After the threat was dealt with, Amelia found her son hiding, saw the fear within the boy and dragged him by the ear to James where the two of them identified it as a weakness that could not be tolerated. There solution to fixing this weakness? They captured a vampire and deprived the creature of blood then locked Cain in the same room as the blood-crazed beast.
Cain, only a boy of thirteen, had to use the extensive training he had been put through to fight for his life against a being much more stronger than him. He barely made it out alive but he did survive against the odds and in doing so proved himself. However, the boy that emerged from that room was not the same boy that had entered it. Cain had changed. He became colder, he grew up and developed a need for control.

In 2005, a year after his older brother Liam and at the same age of eighteen Cain too was sent to fight in the war. He fought for four years until the war finally ended.

August 2012, shortly after receiving the position of Potions professor at Northvale academy, Cain and Liam went back to Redferne Manor and in their combined power, put an end to their parents with Liam dealing with James and Cain ending Amelia.

CONNOR
22 .x. Charms Professor .x. Kevin Zegers .x. Played by Desty

With Connor, James and Amelia despite their third son's two older brothers before him being trained mostly in offence, had the idea of training him more focused around defence. Therefore, they trained him to specialize in Charms more so than Curses and Hexes and he became exceedingly talented in deflecting Curses and reversing the effects. Connor even once, at the age of fourteen, managed to deflect a nasty curse Amelia had fired at him as punishment. Of course, his punishment was worsened for doing so but the fact that he managed to deflect a curse from a three times more powerful than him and much older and more experienced just showed how skilled he truly was.

Connor had always shown a love and interest in reading and books, even from a very young age he would find himself getting lost in the pages of non-ficition and secretly, fiction. Books became how he coped with his clan's ways of teaching.

In 2007, at the age of 17 Connor was also sent to fight in the war and fought for three years before the war ended.

August 2012, with their parents killed by his two older brothers, Connor willingly volunteered to care for their youngest brother and sister; Asher and Elodie.

In March 2013 when Liam stood down from the position of Charms professor to take up the position of Curses and Hexes professor, Connor took the newly vacated position of Charms professor.

TOBIAS
19 .x. Fifth Year Sorcerer Student .x. Jared Leto .x. NPC

It was obvious to James and Amelia that their fourth son, Tobias, would be trained specifically in Transfiguration. However, from a young age it seemed he had always struggled with controlling his power and with their parent's teaching methods, this developed into the inability to stop once he was in fighting mode. Despite being a flaw, James and Amelia also saw the benefit in this trait because Tobias would never stop fighting until he either ran out of energy or was knocked out.

The above, was the reason why they sent him to war 2010 at the young age of sixteen and was placed on the front line for ten months before the war finally ended.

In August 2012, a couple of months after Northvale Academy opened following the signing of the Peace Treaty and not long after Liam and Cain put an end to James and Amelia, Tobias enrolled at the academy as a fifth year.

As of July 2013, Tobias, now finished at Northvale Academy moved to France where he continues to stay but still keeps in contact with his family.

ARIA
18 .x. Forth Year Sorcerer Student .x. Alexandra Daddario .x. Played by Tof

It was clear to James and Amelia that their first born daughter was going to be valued highly. Maybe more so than even their eldest son, Liam, because Aria would one day be able to bear some other sorcerer children- something of which sorcerers needed during the time of the war. They trained her to specialize in transfiguration like her older brother Tobias.

Aria was once a sweet girl despite her parent's abuse. Some could say she was a daydreamer. She always felt their was some good in her parents. Somewhere, deep down even though the reality was there wasn't any.
When James struck a deal with another clan and arranged a marriage between Aria and a man three times her age, things changed. In 2009, when she was only fourteen- her parents first introduced Aria to her betrothed. the man raped her in the barn of their manor completely destroying Aria's view of the world and giving her a harsh wake up call.
Aria turned colder, bitchier and distrusting of others.

Aria enrolled at Northvale Academy in July 2012- before her older brothers put an end to James and Amelia.

In October 2012, when the Games were still in place, Aria volunteered to take the place of one of the witches that had been chosen to enter the arena. Upon entering the arena, it was revealed that sorcerer's wands had been taken them, leaving them near powerless but Aria was able to use wand-less magic to help her and those who she allied with.
However, during the start of the Games, a vampire took her and fed on her. In attempt to help her, another vampire tore the vampire off her but in doing so only made it worse by creating a large gash in her neck.
She almost died but thanks to the help of those she allied with, she was healed.

JONAH
15 .x. Second Year Sorcerer Student .x. Logan Lerman .x. Played by Chloe

From a young age Jonah was taught to specialize in Charms like his older brother. The one trait that separated him most from his older siblings was that he seemed to have a fear of vampires, werewovles and even to some extent faeries. However, he quickly became incredibly talented at hiding his fear which lead to his interest in acting- because for the most part of his life, he was living an act in order to avoid beatings from his parents.

He enrolled at Northvale Academy the same time his older sister, Aria, did in July 2012.

ASHER
10 .x. Home Schooled .x. Asa Butterfield .x. NPC

The second youngest of the Redferne siblings of Northvale, Asher is already exceptional at Potions for his age. Already surpassing Tobias, Aria and Jonah. He is extremely intelligent but ever so quiet and some may describe him as "socially awkward".
Despite his young age, Asher was not ignorant to his older siblings' suffering. He rarely talks and when he does talk it's usually only to his siblings- this is because he found that the less he spoke, the less chance he was of being beaten.

Asher, with Elodie, was taken in by Connor for some time whilst Liam and Cain dealt with their parents. Now, he lives between his siblings but mostly with Cain due to their bond over the subject of Potions.
Liam, Cain and Connor are homeschooling him in both magic and other subjects.

ELODIE
7 .x. Attends Northvale Elementary .x. Suri Cruise .x. Played by Spitze

Elodie is the youngest and by far, the sweetest Redferne. She doesn't share much of her older siblings' coldness at all due to the fact that being only still quite young and having only had her magic a couple of years she wasn't exposed to much of their parent's abuse.
To her older siblings, she's like a ray of sunshine through the darkness.
However, she too isn't completely ignorant to her parent's abuse because in August 2012 she experienced it briefly when her horse died and she mourned the loss of the creature- showing an emotion her mother deemed weak and so, beat her severely for it. It was her first and last beating because afterwards Connor took her and Asher under his roof and Liam and Cain killed James and Amelia.

She currently attends Northvale Elementary.

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