Andra Healey

Maiden name: Andra Fionnuala Healey or ó Ealaighthe
Married name: Andra Fionnuala Pierce
Nickname: An, Mrs.Healey
Birthday: 14.11.1982
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Status: Married
Children: 1
Occupation: Headmistress
Nationality: Irish
Rumours:
Powers: Clairvoyance, Drawing, Flying, Healing, Language Comprehension
Race: Human witch
House: Air
Money:
Personality: Generous though often absentminded, motherly
Appearance: For a mother her pale hair is unusually long, still almost down to her waist. Her face is oval with a small mouth and a sharp nose. The number of lines on her face is still few and they lie mostly around her eyes which give them a friendly expression at most times. Her eyes are a cloudy billowing grey reminiscent of rain clouds bringing much needed relief on a hot summers day.
Andra is of average height and build, but she has recently given birth which has left her with a bit more weight around the hips and waist.
She's usually seen in shades of green or grey with a definitely larger collection of skirts and dresses than pants in her closet. For teaching she has several sets of robes to wear in whites and greys.
She wears a small bird in flight around her neck which is cut from a single diamond, the purest of all gems. The diamond -as pure carbon- symbolises the earth magic she has while the bird is her affinity to the air. Just like with herself the air magic is the more noticeable, while only by looking deeper reveals her earth magic.
On her left hand she wears a simple gold wedding band, while the finger on the same position on her right hand sports a silver band with 5 small gemstones. Some of them have a contract for summoning while others have magical power stored in them. Only Andra knows which is which.

Biography: Andra had a carefree and happy life for most of her youth. She had a caring, loving family with two older sisters, a moderately sized circle of good friends and a perfect confidante in the form of a best friend.
School had its ups and downs, but she want eager to be the best in all her subjects. Her mind was prone to wander when it wasn't interested in her teacher's words. Not a novelty for most people, but it was during one of these less mind blowing lessons that she discovered she could do something she shouldn't have been able to do as the average human.
Her hands - unoccupied by not taking notes- picked up a pencil and sent it spinning about between her fingers. Thumb, forefinger, middle finger, ring finger, little finger, ring finger. On and on the pencil wandered on its circular path.
Then it happened. For some reason nature threw something into the mix and she slipped ever so slightly out of her rhythm. The pencil was spinning outside of its trodden path. Instinctively Andra thought about pushing it back into place.
A gust of air blew in from the open window beside her and the pencil was momentarily back in its place between her fingers before being blown a few desks away.
"Close the window, Andra." Her teacher had said. She did so, her pencil was passed back to her with a few mutters and life went on. No one had noticed, but Andra's mind was now much further away than it had been a few moments ago.
The first thing she did was look for her best friend who was sceptical. At least until Andra almost destroyed his room with gale force winds. The entire story is for another time, but it ended in laughter as they cleaned up the mess.
After that experience Andra kept the knowledge of her power mostly to herself for a few years. During this time she gained a cursory control over power, as well as her power of flight and of language comprehension.
When she turned 18 and was getting close to the end of school she decided to finally tell her family and the rest of her friends about her magic, because rather than university she had managed to find a master who was willing to take her on as a student. Her parents took the news well enough being only slightly disappointed about not being told earlier, but her sisters to whom she had been very close felt betrayed. But the story of the reconciliation is for another time.
Her master was Aisling Keogh, a woman of fairly whispey looks, who seemed liable to be blown over by the slightest movement of the air, but the looks lied. She was a jolly, good natured witch of Irish decent and the prowess of her powers was as good as only few were.
Training with Aisling was tough, but gratifying. Although every now and then Andra found herself using magic that Aisling could not explain even to herself for a long time. Andra also took a job to pay for rent, first as a librarian and then as a social worker as her clairvoyance manifested itself.
On a trip to a Scottish loch Aisling injured herself. It was too serious, but the cut warranted a trip to the local doctor. After the examination he looked between them. "It's not difficult to heal, but why don't you let your student do it? It would be faster than stitches.
At this Andra gave a small smile and explained that she used air magic not earth. "Oh, I see. You do not know." The doctor had then gone on to explain that he had a special power that let him see others powers. "And you, my dear, are gifted in two paths and you can most certainly heal. Try it."
Sceptically Andra had done so. It had taken hours, but in the end not even a scar remained.
Nearing 25 now, Andra gave up her job and started to travel. Going where her magic lead her for almost two years.
It was on the last leg of her journey that she met a man destined to become her husband. He was an Englishman and she accompanied him back to England at the end of his holiday before making her way back to her home in Ireland.
She had a surprise waiting for her there, when she returned to her dusty, stale apartment. Someone named 'Rowena' was requesting a meeting with her. Having no reason to do anything of the sort, Andra ignored the invitation.
Rowena, however, stubbornly visited Andra even after receiving no answer. The girl went straight to the point and surprised Andra a lot, not least because Rowena told her she was so powerful she would be not only a teacher, but head of a house.
Initially Andra declined and returned to her boyfriend in England. Quite determined Rowena managed to track her down and asked the same again. Andra dodged for a bit longer than a year until Rowena came back for a final time. For she had convinced all other heads to come to the school.
By this time Andra was getting quite serious in her relationship and the word 'marriage' had been dropped more than once. Not having been able to find a stable job since she had moved to England, Andra finally accepted.
In the next year Andra not only married, but she also because pregnant. After finally taking the headmistress position, however, she decided to move into the castle that housed the school.
Her husband took some persuasion as he had no magical ability of any kind and while he didn't mind it he didn't particularly wanted to move into a school for it. In the end he got a transfer arranged to another regiment that was closer to the school, so that he could remain in the military while Andra would start teaching and they'd be able to support their baby girl.
By the time the school finally opened Andra's little girl was born and almost six months old.
At 30 years old Andra could now call herself a wife, a mother and a headmistress.