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Characters

Professor Liora Whitmore
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A charismatic Charms professor who secretly runs a magical speakeasy beneath the castle, she knows more about the looming conspiracy than she lets on.

Sebastian Finch
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A third‑year Gryffindor raised by his jazz‑loving aunt, Sebastian discovers a hidden talent for detecting magical disturbances.

Mara O'Connor
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Sebastian's best friend, a quick‑witted Slytherin with a love for prohibition‑era music, whose family has ties to the underground wizarding resistance.

Professor Evelyn Thornwood
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An eccentric occult studies professor who may hold the key to reversing Maya's transformation, if Alex can convince her to help.

Marcus Bennett
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Alex's skeptical best friend and roommate who struggles to believe the worm in the terrarium is actually Maya.

Salazar Slytherin
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The ancient founder whose portrait has remained silent for centuries, now awakened by the arrival of his last heir with urgent warnings about Grindelwald's true plans.

Araminta Blackwood
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A sharp-witted Ravenclaw prefect from an old pure-blood family who becomes the first student to befriend the strange Slytherin orphan.

Cornelius Gaunt
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A mysterious eleven-year-old orphan who discovers he can speak Parseltongue, unaware he may be the last descendant of Salazar Slytherin himself.

Victoria Blackwood
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A cunning businesswoman and rival heir who believes she deserves the hotel, willing to manipulate both staff and guests to claim what she sees as rightfully hers.

Elena Voss
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The hotel's elegant and enigmatic head concierge who has served the estate for years, harboring secrets about the hotel's true nature and her own mysterious past.
