<div class="floatleft">(http://i980.photobucket.com/albums/ae282/caela_ecub/Brunettes/a3256b3a-44bd-4156-8d9b-e9721791e231_zps39754604.jpg)</div><strong>Character Name:</strong>Isabeau Jaqueline Washington<br/><strong>Birth date &amp; Age:</strong>November 21, (34)<br/><strong>Bloodstatus:</strong>Pure Blood<br/><strong>Wand:</strong>15', Fir, Selkie Whisker core<br/><strong>Beauxbatons Alumni:</strong>Ombrelune<br/><strong>Class(es):</strong>Transfiguration<br/><strong>Special Abilities:</strong>Animagus: she changes into a large Raven with no markings; Good, though not expert, at dueling<br/><br/><div align="center"><em><strong>Appearance</strong></em></div><strong>Hair:</strong>Dark as the Raven she can turn into, Isa's hair, when loose, falls in a straight curtain to just past her shoulders unless she chooses to curl it for a different effect.<br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>A rich, dark chocolate brown that can seem nearly black when she's angry or impassioned.<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>134 lb.<br/><strong>Physical Description:</strong>Isa stands at a statuesque  5'10 in her flat feet with a mane of straight raven dark hair and skin that seems to have been, just barely, kissed by the sun even in the darkest part of winter. When not scowling at students her kissable lips are often curved into a smile and her serious gaze can sparkle with mischief under the right circumstance.<br/><strong>Other Notable Features:</strong>Across the top of her right foot is a tattoo of a many colored tree frog and a birthmark, in the shape of a bird with wings open flies on her left foot...few people have seen either.<br/><br/><div align="center"><em><strong>In Depth</strong></em></div><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>As a student, Isa had been a prime example of those in Ombrelune. Driven to excell she was near the top of her class, sometimes through sheer determination more than raw talent, and her own Professors had speculated on just where she would end up with her ego and thirst for power. Life since graduation has tempered many of her more negative traits, teaching her that there is value in sharing the spotlight, loyalty, friendship and the beauty in nature. Lessons that weren't fun to learn, but that she took to heart.<br/><br/>Now, most people would still describe her as driven and a perfectionist, but they'd also describe her as intelligent, kind, loyal, observant, and a teacher willing to go the extra mile to get the most and best from her students.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Up through school, Isa's life was rather unexciting. The product of a fling between a French witch and an American businessman (also a wizard) she was quite the surprise to her Mother who expected nothing more from her little whirlwind romance than happy memories. The only thing she got from her Father was his name, and her Mother left her to, mostly, be raised by her grandparents. As a child this left her feeling abandoned and helped shaped the determined, cold, child who was sorted into Ombrelune.<br/><br/>As an adult, she wishes she had appreciated her Grandparents more. Both witches (and retired teachers themselves) they had been loving and kind and were, truly, the only adults she had trusted in her young life. Her Grandmother had taken it on herself to teach her the beginnings of Herbology, Charm-work, and laughingly delved into Divination (which Isa had NO talent for) with her while her Grandfather took up the beginning lessons on Potions, Transfiguration, and Dueling. The latter being something that Isa took to, but not an area she could ever really shine being more of a planner, than off the cuff, personality.<br/><br/>After graduating from Beauxbaton, she learned just how sheltered a childhood, and then school, she had had. The real world had neither the kindness of her Grandparents home, or the structure and easy ability to excel of school. She had to make her own opportunities and friends and school had left her ill-prepared for doing so. Eventually she ended up back at her Grandparents, trying to figure out where she'd gone wrong. Back in their home she re-learned the joys of her childhood and learned a better appreciation for them.<br/><br/>It was also here that she learned a new joy in teaching. Many of the nearby Magical children came to her Grandparents for some basic instruction and she ended up getting roped into helping as well. As much as she enjoyed helping though, she found herself yearning to teach something beyond the basics, to help older students learn the Magic she loved best and when an opening on the Beauxbatons staff was mentioned to her, she sent an application by Owl, along with letters of recommendation from the parents of the children she'd been helping her Grandparents teach and simply hoped.<br/><br/>She was actually surprised when she was accepted to the Staff of her old school, but pleasantly so and has been teaching there now, for the last 3 years while continuing to visit her Grandparents on school holidays and being amused when some of their students end up in her classes.<br/><br/><strong>Likes:</strong><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Teaching</li><li>Dancing</li><li>Music</li><li>Cooking</li><li>Gardening</li><li>Learning new Skills</li><li>Making new friends</li><li>Being exposed to new experiences</li><li>Students trying their best</li></ul><br/><strong>Dislikes:</strong><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Stupid people</li><li>Cruel people</li><li>Students who don't try</li><li>Her parents</li><li>Idleness</li></ul><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">School Tag</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/7c/Isaavi.jpg)</div></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">Caela</span></div>