Rajni Quinn
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Rajni Quinn
Rajni Quinn (RAWJ-nee KWIN) is a vampiric secretary within the International Wizarding Cooperation Department within the Ministry of Magic Meian.
The Basics
Eternal Age: 16 (technically, but she matured early in life and looks more like she's 18 or even 20)
Current Age: 67
Birthday: September 16th, 1928
Height: 5’3.5
Weight: 120 lbs
Wand: Barred from carrying one/of muggle decent
School Education: None
Alias: The Flying Tigress
Species: Vampire - formerly muggle
Born Name: Rajni Khan
Guardian: Vladimir Everett Quinn
Name Meaning: Night
First Language: Hindi
Played By: Jenny/Meian
Life as a Muggle
Untouchable
It's almost ironic to think that Rajni was born into the circumstances that she was. In 1928 on a warm day in September, Rajni entered the world in a dirty, bloody mess. Little did she know that she would be labeled as just that for the next five years of her life. Not only born into a very decisive time for Indian history, she was also born an untouchable - considered to be so dirty that the other castes in the Indian Caste System would not dare to touch her for fear of dirtying themselves. She was not allowed to drink from the same water source as others, attend the same temples, or even wear shoes in the presence of an upper caste member. Her and her large family lived in constant fear of abuse if they happened to accidentally offend anyone of a higher caste than them. On top of all of this, her entire family was living in poverty. Her family could not afford to have any unemployed children, so as soon as Rajni could walk and understand simple instruction, she was sent to work in the fields, collecting dung to burn in fires for a merchant who would never touch his wares. This was only when she was two years old.
By the time she was three and a half, she had already lost two of her older sisters who had been paraded naked through the streets and then raped brutally until dead. Of course, being the age she was, she did not understand what had happened to them, and had barely noticed their absence. Their shack of a home was torched when she was four, and they were forced to relocate to a shared living space that was a small slice of Hell on earth. Disease spread like a wildfire and the whole place stank constantly. Rajni still managed to have fun and play with her siblings, despite all of this, and although her long hours collecting dung under a hot sun were hard, she still managed to stay optimistic. Even her parents were rather surprised with how happy she was - no matter the situation. They raised her with their traditional values, praising the caste system that so damned them and the religion they weren't entirely sure they technically belonged to. These values set themselves deep within Rajni and haven't been removed, even in the present.
Still, Rajni's optimism could not spare her for the atrocity that defined her life. She was sent to collect dung once again and returned to her parents deathly ill and vomiting. It turned out that some one had urinated into the family's only water supply and thus poisoned their well. Since the children worked longer hours than their parents and had access to another well for untouchables at work, they were not exposed. However, Rajni's parents passed away after hours of vomiting, diarrhea, and what was undeniably the worst moments of their lives. This left the children alone, as their neighbors were unwilling to feed them (they had families of their own to feed, so the children split up to try and make their own ends. Rajni was a cute child, and therefore took to begging on the streets. She found that if she sang rhymes or did a dance, she could bring in more money or food. She had to steal water from other people's wells, but she made by alright until she accidentally cast her shadow upon an upper class soldier who was passing through her neighborhood. The soldier decided to take offense, and brought her to the center of town, intending to sell her into prostitution. Rajni was terrified, but despite this as she was being pulled through a part of her town she'd never been allowed into, a flash of bright colors caught her eye. A traveling circus was in the town. Without much thought, Rajni bit the arm of her captor and stole away as fast as she could, hiding in the stall of a zebra. Eventually, her fear wore her out, and she fell asleep, burying herself in the hay.
