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Julia Barlowe - Julia Barlowe - 12-13-2025
Julia Barlowe
Ravenclaw HoH / Potions Professor / Librarian / 12 July 1886
as we chase the sky finding our own truth, as the beauty surrounds me know that i am found
Character Attributes
Basic Information
Name:Julia Sybil Barlowe (nee' Laurence)
Age/Birthday:35 / 12 July 1886
Nicknames:Jules
Nationality:English
Height:5'5
Build:Petite
Blood Status:Pureblood
Eyes/Hair:Light Brown Eyes, Brunette Hair
Face Claim:Jenna Coleman
Head Space
Personality:Julia is a naturally warm and soft-spoken with impeccable manners and propriety. She is easily approachable to her students, but she portrays a harder and more elitist persona towards her colleagues. Julia has a natural charisma and wit about her that draws people in quickly and easily. She has mastered the subtle art of charming would-be allies and enemies alike with soft words and a sweet, playful demeanor. This ability has been an invaluable tool for her father and brothers in their political and social ambitions. She is incredibly intelligent and combined with her charisma, she is often able to stay two steps ahead of her opponents (whether they realize they are opponents or not).
Zodiac:Cancer
MBTI:ESTJ - Executive
Enneagram:1 - The Reformer
Alignment:Lawful Neutral
Temperament:Choleric
Magic
Wand:Ash Wood, White River Monster Spine Core, 12 3/4 Inches, Rigid
Patronus:Crow
Strength:Charms
Relationships
Significant Other:Maddox Barlowe
Past Dalliances:Mind your business
Children:Benji & Kathryn (adopted), Jude (bio), Morgan & Evander (step)
Parents:William and Vera Laurence (both deceased)
Siblings:Edward Laurence (deceased) and James Laurence
Family Dynamic:Patriarchal, Elitest, Old Money
Miscellaneous
Occupation:Ravenclaw HoH, Potions Professor, Librarian
Pet:A small brown owl named Sable
Can Be Found Doing:Managing the library, reading, researching, spending time with her kids
How She Talks:Posh English accent, soft and direct
Thread Tracker
TW: This thread explores mature themes, including strong depictions of violence, murder, and implied abuse of a minor. Please read at your discretion. Maddox brings Kathryn home from a party after finding her in a terrifying position. The three adults converge to decide how they'll handle the perpetrator.
Julia runs into Roisin in London and takes her to tea to discuss the upcoming Wizengamot trials.
Cass and Rosie are making a final run for it while the family is distracted at the garden party. Julia cuts them off in the village and says her goodbyes.
Benji and Rae are being arranged in a lavish garden party at Arundel.
A series of snaps between Julia and Maddox as they navigate their friendship over the summer of 1921.
The third lesson of the term focused on blood magic and ley lines.
Following her night away with Maddox, Julia has to reconcile that she has an anxious-attached child, who needs reassurance of her presence. They take the afternoon to go to Hogsmeade and have a simple, but important chat.
Maddox and Julia go for drinks after dinner and...one thing leads to another, as they say.
Julia goes in search of Maddox when he doesn't come back for Evander in a timely manner. She decides she's taking him to the doctor, while he decides they're going for dinner.
Julia and Roisin lead the students from the Carnival into the Great Hall where they attempt to keep the same. But the shields are shattering, screams are reverberating against the walls and everything has suddenly fallen dark.
Julia is enjoying the school carnival with her daughter, when suddenly everything is thrown into chaos and three students are taken in a swift act of violence.
The second Dark Arts lesson of the term focused on blood oaths.
The first Dark Arts lesson of 1920 focused on building rituals.
Cassian and Rosalie have terrifying news, and Julia tries a Hail Mary to break them up once and for all.
The staff table at the Opening Feast of 1920. Having formerly resigned, Julia is...unenthused to be forced to return to her position at Hogwarts.
A snaps following Kathryn's return home with Julia and introduction to the Laurence family, followed by an early birthday gift a year later.
Julia meets Eleanor and her adopted daughter, Kathryn, for lunch, where Eleanor calmly announces that she’s ending her marriage and can no longer keep the child. As Kathryn quietly unravels in the moment, Julia is deeply unsettled by Eleanor’s detachment and ultimately steps in, choosing to take Kathryn home with her.
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