Efraim

In Hogwarts AU, Tyson has a male Tawny Owl affectionately named Efraim [אֶפְרָיִם], which means fruitful in Hebrew. Tyson named him this because he has a habit of stealing fruit from Tyson, usually small pieces of apple, making him ‘full of fruit’.

He’s a pretty affectionate bird and a reliable message deliverer for the young Hufflepuff. With Tyson’s Synesthesia, Efraim’s body is viewed in black and his bones a deep purple, but his feathers are viewed in a mix of green, yellow, and red.

Jethro took Tyson into Diagon Alley to get his owl when they were buying school supplies, with an escort from the Jewish wizarding community in Cambridge. Tyson had known the type of owl he wanted before going in, but he was open to anything so long as he liked the bird and it liked him back.

Now that Jethro has graduated, Tyson feels like he never gets any time to see Efraim, as the tawny owl is constantly off delivering or returning with letters between the two brothers or ferrying muggle books, essays, and homework between Tyson and his father.

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