— histories and such

Mireille Øvrebø-Orsay

 * Kjetil met Irénée at a ball meant for connecting Europe's top pure-blood families to each other. His parents had been recently radicalized pure-blood supremacists, influenced by certain family members. No one remembered who brought up the idea first.


 * Kjetil lasted six months in Paris before he realized that he was deeply unhappy among all the hustle and bustle of the city. No, the city was just an excuse. Having never been brought up in the culture of the pure-blood elites, Kjetil felt like he had never belonged and would never belong. He wanted to endure for Irénée's sake, but he found that he could not keep on setting himself on fire to warm Irénée's smile. Tragically poetic, they signed the divorce papers on their fifth anniversary. Afterwards, Kjetil moved back to Norway with Mireille in tow.


 * Kjetil had learned his lesson on love. Instead, he dedicated himself fully to raising Mireille and farm which acted as divorce therapy. Mireille was three, and for the most part of unaffected save for the disappearance of Papa. Irénée had been living his new best life back home in France.


 * Mireille entered Durmstrang at the age of eleven. The cold, dark castle was a heavy contrast against her naturally bright nature. Mireille adjusted, mostly through the help of several close friends she made. She excelled in all of her new classes, driven by her naturally curious nature and intense desire to learn.


 * On her fifteenth birthday, Mireille was greeted by a fancy, handsome owl with a letter. It was Papa, who she hadn't seen or really heard from in the past twelve years. Irénée expressed a desire to get to know his first daughter, and had wanted her to get to know his new family. He spoke of her step mother and her new siblings, and a room waiting for her in his grand Paris home. A change of scenery would be good for you, away from all those same old trees and grass you see every day at home. Oh, mon petit, you should visit at once!. Kjetil was hesitant, but as Mireille did not know her Papa as well, she was easily enchanted by the words her dear Papa spoke of. The ones she could translate, at least. Plus, she's always had a hole in her heart and a desire to be noticed by the father that had left her behind. Mireille wanted to use her time in France to prove herself to Papa and develop the relationship that she always dreamed of having with him. Kjetil could see the starry-eyed dreamy look in her eyes and felt a growing unease coming over him. However, he told himself that no matter what happens, Mireille would always have him.


 * Mireille arrived in Paris on a sunny afternoon three weeks before the start of the Beauxbatons term. She was greeted by a beaming Irénée, her step-mother Aurore, and her half-siblings Delphine


 * The lack of place she had in her other father's new family dealt a heavy blow to Mireille's confidence and self-worth.