Doctor Wednesday Arya Peltier-Thorn (b. 31 October) is a notable French half-blood witch, registered Animagus and parapsychologist born to the Peltier family and the House of Thorn. She is the daughter of famous Quidditch player, James Peltier, and mercenary turned socialite, Maisie Thorn, making her the younger sister of twin siblings, Delilah and Roman. She is the wife of Joel Glicker, and the mother of Gaea and Marcia Thorn.
In the year following her siblings, Wednesday also attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was sorted into the Slytherin house. Known for her cryptic wisdom, sharp wit, dark humour and sarcasm, Wednesday was avoided by most. Often satisfied with her own company, Wednesday at most times spent much of her education alone, though could also be found in the company of Musidora Cauldwell and other members of her intimate and distant family. Wednesday was a studious witch, and following her Hogwarts education, went on to study at the muggle University of Oxford, achieving a degree in psychology and specialised later in parapsychology, the study of ostensibly paranormal phenomena.
Particularly gifted in several fields of magic, Wednesday shows significant skill in transfiguration, as shown in her registered status as an Animagus, being able to take the form of a black cat. Wednesday is also an accomplished legilimens that she learnt at a young age, further emphasising her high magical aptitude and natural adaptability for the advanced magical arts.
The name Wednesday derives from two mighty but distinct gods. The Old English word for the name indicates that the day was named after the Germanic god Woden. In Romance languages, the name is derived from the Roman god Mercury. (For example, Wednesday in French is mecredi and miercuri in Romanian).
Wednesday's middle name, Arya, is of Sanskrit origin, meaning noble. It derives from an Indo-Iranian word meaning aryn or noble.
Wednesday's first surname in her double-barreled surname is Peltier, which dates back to the Middle Ages. It was a Norman name given to a furrier. Looking back even further, it's found the name was originally derived from the Old French word pellet, meaning animal skin, and was used to indicate a person in the trade of removing and selling the skins of animals. The second surname in her double-barreled surname is Thorn, which derives from an English and Danish background. It is a topographic name for someone who lived by a thorn bush or hedge (Old English, Old Norse þorn).
Quotes[]
Lucretia: I'm not looking to find Jesus, Wednesday. Wednesday: Neither am I, he decomposed thousands of years ago.
Wednesday: Being smothered in your sleep isn't the worst way to die, it's certainly in the top ten behind painkiller overdose and accidental death from autoerotic asphyxiation.
Wednesday: Mother is God in the eyes of a child.
Wednesday: So long as whilst you are down my throat you do not remove my vocal cords and sell them on the black market. Professor Finnigan: I don't appreciate sarcasm, Wednesday. Wednesday: A healthy set of vocal cords can sell upwards of thirty thousand pounds. In this economy that is nothing to joke about.
Musidora: Well, you know the saying. The early bird— Wednesday: The maggot gets the corpse.
Wednesday: Third time's the arm. Albus: You mean charm? Wednesday: No, third time you lose an arm.
Joel: Sorry, I thought you were a ghost. Wednesday: You're sweet.