Poots Harrogate

Poots grew up in a small town along the coastline of Central Meridian. Her parents, Jim and Ellie Blivens, raised her along with an older sister, Darby. Her parents worked for the government helping to report any instances of unregulated/illegal use of magic. They held lesser roles, and for the most part, life was simple.

When she was 11-years-old she overheard her parents having hushed conversations late into the night. This lasted for days until one afternoon the entire family was abruptly called to travel to the capitol on orders by Emperor Cassius I himself. The day after their arrival, hours before they were set to appear in the Emperor’s court, a massive explosion occurred in the city. Hundreds of civilians were hurt or killed in the blast. The meeting with the Emperor was called off, and the family hurried back to their home amidst the chaos.

Within a week, her parents were arrested, put on trial, and sentenced to life in prison for hatching a terrorist plot and causing an explosion that decimated the city. Upon her parents arrest, Poots and her sister were taken in by a neighbor who fled in the middle of that night and moved, across the sea, to the Shatter Islands.

Poots has spent her life under the assumed name of Poots Harrogate, living in anonymity in the Shatter Islands. She never reveals her true name/identity because even nearly ten years later people still curse the name of Jim and Ellie Blivens. Now almost 20 years old, she has set sail to return to Meridian City and begin her studies at University. She hopes through her studies to learn more about who her parents were, and what could’ve driven them to become two of the most reviled criminals in modern Meridian history.