About Cecilia Forrest
Backstory
Cecilia Forrest grew up in a fully magical English household, surrounded by rolling hills and green grass. As a child, she was repeatedly told things like “Muggles don’t understand art,” “Muggles don’t dress properly,” and “Muggles live terribly dreary lives.” Naturally, she became curious.
After graduating from Hogwarts as a Ravenclaw, she spent years traveling through non-magical communities under increasingly questionable disguises, working temporary jobs, attending garden parties she absolutely was not invited to, and once accidentally becoming the treasurer of a seaside knitting club for nearly six months before quietly disappearing
The more she traveled, the more she became convinced that wizarding society had a terrible habit of flattening entire groups of people into neat little assumptions. Muggles were “boring.” Goblins were “greedy.” Centaurs were “difficult.” Hags were “uncivilized.” Everyone had a story about everyone else, and very few people had actually bothered speaking to them.
By the time Penwick offered her the position of Professor of Non-Wizarding Perspectives, Cecilia had developed both a genuine love for non-magical culture and a deep belief that curiosity was one of the most important traits a person could cultivate.
Unfortunately, she also developed a catastrophically romanticized view of nearly everything.
Appearance
Professor Forrest dresses like she stepped out of a vintage postcard. Wide-brimmed straw hats, fitted dresses, gloves, soft capes, little handbags, polished heels, oversized bows; every outfit is perfectly coordinated and absolutely impractical for the mountains of Snowdonia.
She favors warm creams, soft yellows, pale ginghams, and floral accents. Even her winter clothing somehow looks spring-like. Her dark hair is carefully styled in glossy curls, though the weather constantly attempts to ruin them. With bright lipstick, pearl earrings, and delicate perfume to complete a look, she always looks delighted to be wherever she currently is.
Personality
Cecilia is pure optimism in human form. She approaches the world with relentless warmth, endless curiosity, and the unwavering belief that almost everything can become “a lovely learning experience.”
She is emotionally transparent, easily excited, and genuinely charmed by small things. Rain on windows. Nice handwriting. Pastries. Clever button designs. Little cafés. Dogs in sweaters.
Cecilia also has a tendency to commit very confidently to incorrect assumptions, especially regarding modern Muggle trends. She once spent an entire lesson teaching students that all Muggles “adore jazz clubs,” based entirely on one holiday in France. She means well. Always.