Name: Professor Laksha Pillai<br/>Blood Status: Pure<br/>Age: 26<br/>Year: 1st Year Teacher<br/>Former House: Slytherin<br/>(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc235/phillymynx/Sonal-Chauhan-43.jpg)<br/><br/>Appearance: 5'6 inches tall, slim, with dark hair and eyes and lightly browned skin, she is of obvious Indian ancestry. She speaks with a mixed north Indian/queen's English accent, and has a series of long scars, apparently from being clawed, on her right forearm.<br/><br/>Personality: Laksha is something of a loner, but generally maintains an air of<br/>friendliness with other adults and her students. She tends to prefer the company<br/>of small groups of people to large. When dealing with students she is generally<br/>strict but fair, though she does show concern for the well being of the students.<br/><br/>Background: Laksha is the pureblood daughter of a pair of followers of Lord<br/>Voldemort. Early in life she discovered she had a natural talent with animals and<br/>an average talent for magic. She graduated from Hogwarts after the first demise<br/>of Voldemort and before his resurrection.<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Because of her parents, she found <br/>herself dragged into the Death Eaters, though she believed that purebloods were <br/>better than other wizards, as she had been told all her life, she herself had <br/>little interest in the war.<br/><br/>  During the conflict, she fell in love with a wizard (Christopher Stalls) who <br/>not only turned out to be muggle born, but an active member of the resistance. <br/>When he was discovered, she tried to protect him but Christopher stunned her <br/>before the other Death Eaters arrived, sacrificing herself to save her. Unable to <br/>do anything she was forced to watch as her lover was murdered by her own mother. <br/><br/>  Realizing just how horrible the Death Eaters were, and what they intended, she <br/>fled, travelling to India where she hid until the war's end making a name for <br/>herself as an animal trainer and handler.</div></div><br/>During the battle of Hogwarts, her father was slain and her mother was apprehended soon after,<br/>being sentenced to life in Azkaban. After three years of self imposed exile in India, Laksha returned to the<br/>Isles<div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">after having found a way to permanently remove the Dark Mark from her forearm.</div></div>Once back, she worked with Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank for two years, helping the part time professor when her mentor filled in for Hagrid.<br/><br/>With Hagrid's resignation (at the urging of the school board), Grubby-Plank was<br/>offered the position of Care of Magical Creatures Professor, however, the elderly<br/>woman turned the post down, instead recommending Laksha for the position, as did<br/>Hagrid. Pillai was given the post probationally, with Grubby-Plank stopping in<br/>now and again to check on her class.<br/><br/><br/>Traits:<br/>Agility 3 (1)<br/>Animal Handling 5 (7)<br/>*Charm +2B<br/>*Train +1B<br/>*Ride +1B<br/>Athletics 3 (1)<br/>Awareness 3 (1)<br/>*Notice +1B<br/>Cunning 3 (1)<br/>Deception 3 (1)<br/>Endurance 3 (1)<br/>*Stamina +1B<br/>Fighting 3(1)<br/>Knowledge 3 (1)<br/>Magic 3 (2)<br/>*Charms +1B<br/>*Curses +1B<br/>Marksmanship 3 (1)<br/>Persuasion 3 (1)<br/>*Convince +1B<br/>Reflexes 3 (1)<br/>*Dodge +1B<br/>Status 3 (1)<br/>Stealth 3 (1)<br/>Strategy 2<br/>Thievery 3 (1)<br/>Will 3 (1)<br/><br/>Qualities:<br/>Night Eyes<br/>Keen Senses<br/>Drawbacks:<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Dark Secret (former Death Eater)</div></div>Destiny Points:<br/>1<br/><br/>Wand Trait: Light +1 Initiative, -1 Effect<br/><br/>Health: 9<br/>Composure: 9<br/>Combat Defense: 6<br/>Intrigue Defense: 6<br/>Passive Resistance-Physical: 12<br/>Passive Resistance-Mental: 12<br/>