[CHAR] 1970: The Importance of Quidditch (DeltaChrome & Fillet)

[Fillet]

Name:

Clare Meredith Lakeshore

Age:

28

Gender:

Female

Blood Status:

Pure blood

Occupation:

Auror

Wand:

11 3/4 inches, Willow, Unicorn hair core

Patronus:

Wolf

Boggart:

Her loved ones dead.

Notable physical appearance:

She stands at 5’9” (1.75m) with a fit build. Her wavy strawberry blonde hair reaches over her clavicles and frames grey eyes; light freckles spatter across her face.

She wears a silver necklace with a teardrop crystal, underneath black robes purfled in matching silver. Both are gifts from her older brother Michael.

There is a round scar on the right side of her abdomen with raised, ugly, radial tendrils, faded white, about two inches in diameter.

History:

The acorn-looking house sits on a modest acreage and forms part of a small close-knit community named Dolly Basin, co. Cambridgeshire. It isn’t unusual to see various neighbours, mostly wizards, drop in for an unannounced visit on the owners, Wilbert and Jean Lakeshore, who can always be counted upon for a cup of sugar, a quick heal, or the summer barbecue gathering.

Back in the day, the Lakeshores’ adoption of a Muggle-born little boy from the orphanage in a nearby town stirred quite a bit of gossip; but quiet, sturdy Michael grew to be an upright citizen and the son they had dreamed of having. To their great delight, when Jean was unexpectedly pregnant, Michael immediately took to his baby sister and became a strong protector for Clare. The Hufflepuff family was completed twelve years later with the final addition of Nathaniel.

Born into a loving and fair family, Clare was nurtured to be diligent and independent. She was inseparable from her older brother; so, with their six years age gap, it was bittersweet when she attended Hogwarts and when he left home after school to pursue an apprenticeship in blacksmithing.

Clare was an excellent student who relied on effort for grades, with a talent for Quidditch. Despite her unsuccessful attempt to become a Seeker for the Hufflepuff team during her second year, Clare was chosen by then-Captain Ruby Midgeon as a Chaser. Her specialty were dodges and passes and setting up shots. The Tutshill Tornados selected her in a try out for their team but she passed on the golden opportunity, along with an acceptance into St Mungo’s to be a Healer like her father, in favour of the Auror program. After the gruelling three years training, Clare, Matthias Pegsworth (Ravenclaw) and Tiffany Redwood (Slytherin) were apprentices to the brash and formidable Leopold Remmart for a further two.

Life as a junior Auror was mundane. The most memorable experience was the case of the Peruvian Vipertooth in 1967 when Clare was twenty-five years old. Several villagers of the rural towns in Rossendale had mysteriously disappeared. Coincidentally, the Office received an anonymous tip-off that a dragon resided in the surrounding Bone Forest, a notorious hide-out for a brutal gang of thieves. Clare, Tiffany and two dragonologists were sent to contain the Vipertooth. They were met with a dark wizard who had been harbouring the beast. In the duel that ensued, while Clare lay at the mercy of the attacking wizard, Tiffany blasted him with Stupefy, instead of shielding her partner, under the ambition of a live capture. The curse shot off at an angle as he fell and ruptured through the right side of her abdomen. It was only due to the dragonologists’ first aid that Clare managed to reach the safety of St Mungo’s in time.

Clare was put on light duties for a year after recovery. (Tiffany received the praise and promotion she wanted.)

In recent times, she has been investigating the rising group known as Death Eaters on the side, based on a suspicion by Leopold. The Ministry had dismissed his concerns.

[Fillet]

WIP: Secondary chars I've mentioned.

[DeltaChrome]

Name:
Ainsley Jayne-Grey MacAlistar

Age:
28

Gender:
Female

Blood Status:
Pure-blood

Occupation:
Professional Chaser for the Pride of Portree

Wand:
14 and 1/4 inches, Redwood, Unicorn Hair, Ollivander described it as "Noxious"

Patronus:
None

Boggart:
A large, tidal-like wave

Notable Physical Appearance:

Ainsley stands at 1.80m (5’11”) and is very lithe in her stature. Her blonde hair reaches the small of her back and she frequently wears it in two French Braids, despite when she’s playing a match or at practice, when she wears it in a single French braid that hangs over her shoulder; (nothing like two plaits smacking one in the face when they are flying). Her eyes are a dark, ocean blue, but have a lighter ice blue ring around them.

Like all her brothers, Ainsley has freckles that dot her nose and high cheekbones. Ainsley is forever wearing a black leather necklace that has a dark purple ribbon wound around it; her best friend gave it to her during their third year at Hogwarts. Despite the death of her friend, Ainsley refuses to take it off for any reason.

History:

Born and raise on the Isle of Skye, Scotland, Ainsley had always fancied playing for Portree as her career. The youngest of the MacAlistar brood, and the only girl, left Ainsley with more to prove to herself and her family than the rest of her siblings. Anthony, the eldest, works in the Wizengamot with their father, William. Matilda, their mother, works for the International Quidditch Liason. Arlington, the second eldest brother, works in the Department of Magical Transportation – although not a high status job, Arl does not have any qualms about his job. Finally, Adrian, the brother Ainsley is closest with, works in the Department of Magical Catastrophes.

MacAlistar Manor sits well back in the countryside of Skye, far away from the muggle village that the pure-blood family rarely visits. The only visitors that seem to show up around the manor are the Borgin and Burke lots, as Ainsley’s best friend was the daughter of the Borgin and Burke Proprietor, after all dark-seeded families must stick to their own, right?

At Hogwarts, Ainsley was a bit, how shall we say – lax in her studies. She excelled at Charms, Arithmancy, and DADA; however, her Potions, Transfiguration, and Herbology marks were less than appealing. Her real passion was Quidditch; she ate, slept, and breathed everything Quidditch. In her Seventh Year, Ainsley had her name and face plastered across the British Wizarding World, when she – in a fit a rage, due to an accident by her partner in potions – cast an mal-aimed curse at a muggleborn third year in the corridor, causing him to be sent to St Mungo’s where he never recovered.

Pulled from Hogwarts for two months, after her trial where she was convicted on charges of reckless discharge of a wand and assault, Ainsley suffered from house arrest and was pulled from the House team upon her arrival back at Hogwarts. It wasn’t until the last match of the season that she had earned enough support from her Head of House to convince the Headmaster to let her play once more.

Known as the ‘dirtiest player in the game’ Ainsley frequently uses more than her fair share of fouls during matches. Cobbing, or a use of the elbow to an opponent, is her most used foul – however, unlike other players, Ainsley is not allowed to keep her wand on her during matches as punishment for her seventh year conviction and hot temper.

To this day, Ainsley has night terrors involving the third year she attacked.