[CHAR] Hogwarts; A new story

[Classpet]

Character information

NAME:
Oliver Garrett Rivers

GENDER:
Male

SEXUALITY:
Pansexual

AGE:
Seventeen

YEAR:
Seventh year

HOUSE:
HuffelPuff

BLOOD STATUS:
Pureblood

In-depth Information

APPEARANCE:
Tall and thin Oliver stands at 6 feet tall. He tends to lean towards the person he is focusing on, usually in conversations, giving the impression of fondness and close friendship regardless of if he's known you for very long. Dark curly hair paired with bright eyes tend to give him an outward look of mischievousness, one that is not necessarily wrong.
His clothes tend to consist of dark blues and black and is more reserved and proper though he ops to wear such clothes in a distinct purposefully disheveled way. It is not uncommon to see him in dark jean or dress pants with an untucked collared shirt and coat.

PERSONALITY:
Oliver is a free spirit who enjoys lighthearted pranks, anything new or unusual. He yearns for attention of any type, and anyone who merely speaks to him he will label as a friend. He speaks his mind and generally seems very happy. With that in mind he does dislike large groups of people, and the loud that accompanies them. He takes being ignored very personally and is quick to assume peoples feelings about him. Oliver falls in and out of love a lot, though it typically doesn't go over well for him since he tends to be overbearing and has very minimal concepts of personal space.
He has a strange fondness for birds, and collects bird feathers, feet, wings, anything bird related. Any chance he gets to inform people about birds he will take. Overall he just wants to have fun like every other teenager.

HISTORY:
Oliver began life in The united states, just outside of New York. His mother was originally from Europe and had come to America to study it's culture and sight see. There she fell in love with a magical creatures enthusiast and started her family. She always wanted to go back to Europe though. Soon after Oliver was born the His father was attacked by a rouge werewolf. The attack convinced the family to move. Oliver's dad had scars to prove the story true.

Now in Europe the young family settle on a ranch in the country, and Oliver is free to play and run around freely on the acres of land. As a child he showed a great aptitude for magic, especially transfiguration. He was turning house hold items into every manner of bug before he could even speak.

As he aged his grandparents moved from america to be closer to their son and grandson. They were strict to say the least and as traditional as wizards come. Constantly they made comments on muggles and their inadequacies, ironicly enough leading Oliver to be curious about these strange non-magic folk. Whenever he caught sigh of them he tended to stare, waiting for them to do the things his grandparents said they were incapable of.

his acceptance letter was expected and he was sent to Hogwarts with high expectations placed on him. His grandfathers wand in hand he plunged into the wizarding society. Never had he seen so many other wizards, and he loved it. Throughout his first year he made many friends. He knew nearly every first year and many of the upperclassmen. He was a born socialite despite a sheltered youth and it seemed that nothing could go wrong.

his second year started similarly, he had perfect grades, perfect friends, a great life. Everything was wonderful. Until it all came crashing down. Until the werewolf came and ruined it. He went home halfway through the year to his fathers funeral. He had been killed while trying to help a small community being tormented by a lone werewolf. Oliver was different when he came back. He never really bounced back afterword.

At first he was a totally different person, sad, distant. He returned little by little. Talking with a few of his closer friends, then opening up more. By fourth year he was mostly back to the way he was before. A little more clingy, a little more jumpy but happy again at least.

fifth and sixth year went by and he built back up his circle of friends. By the end of sixth year he knew almost everyone in the entire school. His life was almost back to normal again.

Magic

WAND:
(Hawthorne, 30cm) A long dark wand with a threstle hair core. The wand is thin and jagged, looking more like a stick than a wand. The handle is very smooth and its end being decorated with a dark jewel are the only indicators that it is not just a stick. Oliver will tell you that it is his grandfather made the wand in America if asked. It is adept at alteration spells, one namely being the disillusionment charm.

BOGGART:
In second and third year DADA it was a werewolf, blood smearing it's maw and claws, a terrifying form to say the least. Now days it is simply a dark shroud that blankets the room, and silences all sounds. It is lonliness and the feeling of isolation.

PATRONUS:
Bearded Vulture

PATRONUS IMAGE

TALENT:
Oliver excels at spells that modify appearance. The disillusionment charm is his best;teachers have commented on being nearly perfect.

WEAKNESS:
Oliver isn't very good at potions or Herbology or Astronomy. They aren't 'magic' enough for him and he isn't interested in them. Occasionally Potions will catch his attention as some potions are pretty neat, he isn't very good at following the instructions.
Additionally his lumos charm is very weak compared to other wizards.

Other

PET:
A raven named Van, she acts as most owls do.

RELATIONSHIPS:
Melani Stryder- considers her his best friend
Emira Firestorm- Admires her pranking skills and has a crush on her
Megan Hanover Sprite- Thinks she has a crush on him but just wants to be friends
Mike Kholodov- Considers him a good friend and has a crush on him
Karen Antonius- Wants to be better friends with her
Wyatt Blackwell- Admires his hardwork and extensive knowledge
Alyssa Chase- Admires her pranking skills and wants to be better friends with her

EXTRA:
Oliver is studying to become an animagus, He has pretty much got it figured out and only needs to get registered as an animagus. He wants to become an ororer and be a part of the Ministry of Magic.

[The Elvenqueen]

Character information

NAME:
Melanie Ariana Stryder

GENDER:
Female

SEXUALITY:
Bisexual

AGE:
16

YEAR:
6th year

HOUSE:
Slytherin

BLOOD STATUS:
Pure blood

In-depth Information

APPEARANCE:
A girl of reasonable height at 5 foot 9 inches, she's not short enough to be teased for it and yet not tall enough to be awkwardly gangly either. In body structure she is slender, and doesn't show a lot of muscle tone, but does have shoulders that are slightly broader than would be considered 'average' for a lady. Pale, porcelain shade skin makes her chocolate brown eyes stand out quite noticeably in her face, with naturally quite thin/small eyebrows. Her hair is pale blonde in color, with darker roots, and is naturally curly, stopping at just past her shoulders in length. She dresses modestly, and in a "smart casual" style, e.g. jeans, polo shirts/sweatshirts, you wouldn't catch her dead in a dress unless for special occasions where she is required to wear one such as the Yule Ball for example.

PERSONALITY:

Stubborn and determined, Melanie will never back down from a challenge, so don't butt heads with her if you're someone who isn't prepared for that. She holds grudges for a LONG time and finds it very difficult to forgive people if they've done something bad against her or one of her friends. Often sarcastic and snappy, she's not particularly patient either and will often respond sooner with a sarcastic retort rather than a kind comment, but if you can learn to deal with that she can be a decent enough friend and will usually stick by you...but if you expect her to squish a spider for you, you can get lost! She's absolutely terrified of them and would sooner scream and run than try and fight back against one, whether it's a house spider or a behemoth like Aragog was, it makes no difference to her.
As a Parselmouth she has a close connection with snakes and is never seen anywhere without her pet snake Kindle, who she even hides in her pocket or bag during lessons--they haven't been caught yet! Of course, this isn't something she flaunts openly and in fact she's rather wary of being open about her abilities to other students due to how Parselmouths are usually received in the wizarding world since Voldemort's reign, she keeps quiet about it and probably wouldn't tell anyone unless they confronted her about it first, and even then she'd swear you to secrecy before admitting it out loud.

HISTORY:

Born to two pure bloods sorted into Slytherin house themselves, her mother Anya was a witch with an aptitude for potions, while her father Eli excelled in all things to do with the Care of Magical Creatures, especially all things serpentine. Both Eli and Anya had been 6th year students at the time of the second war with Voldemort, and while Eli had supported the ideals of the Death Eaters and their master Anya was a bit less inclined, although she would not openly argue it. When Voldemort was defeated and the Death Eaters disappeared into hiding, Eli at first went in search of them though he never managed to find any of them, or any fellow supporters. During one such search, he came into contact with a Basilisk who he befriended and kept for a time, keeping it hidden from the Ministry at their home until it's death shortly before Melanie's birth, where Eli then had one of it's fangs made into a new wand so that he could always have a part of his old friend with him. It was Eli who Melanie inherited her Parselmouth ability from, though it didn't come to light until she was eight years old when Eli suddenly found her deep inconversation with his own pet snake at the time. Afterwards, he began to teach her more of the language though cautioned her not to use it openly in front of other wizards and witches as they may not see it the same way that they did.

When she turned 11, Melanie of course received her Hogwarts letter, and it was then that her parents finally allowed her to have a snake of her own, thus she was given Kindle as her 11th birthday present, to be the pet that she took with her to Hogwarts. The next few years were largely uneventful as she studied and practised her various lessons and classes, discovering she possessed her mother's gift for working with Potions, until half way through her third year at Hogwarts, where her father's accident happened.

When the Cloaks began to make themselves known, Eli was one of the first to join up and try to bring back the old ways started by Voldemort, and it was during one of these scenarios that he suffered an unfortunate injury due to a mis-fired hex, which landed him a permanent spot in St. Mungo's, deemed no longer safe to carry his wand or to cast with it. The wand was then passed down to Melanie, who needed a replacement after her old one snapped during a practise duel with another student the term before, and was rather upset at the prospect that it would have to be destroyed otherwise. But the wand took well to having her as it's new bearer in place of Eli, and she has carried it with her ever since. She and her mother will frequently visit her father at St Mungo's during the longer holiday periods, as they have done since he was admitted.

Magic

WAND:
12 inches, yew wood, Basilisk fang core. A sturdy, but still somewhat flexible wand. It has a slight curve in its shape near the middle, with the handle end carved into the shape of a cobra's head. The length of the wand is also etched with engravings of sorts, that give the wood the appearance of snake scales. Her wand core is unusual, because it's an heirloom wand that was passed down to her from her father.

image, for visualisation, if it helps :)

BOGGART:
Melanie's boggart begins as a large Aragog-sized spider, which then gradually splits itself off into more, smaller sized spiders as it gets closer, eventually ending in thousands of roughly hand-sized spiders which then swarm and try to attack her.

PATRONUS:

PATRONUS IMAGE

Monocled cobra

TALENT:
Potions, Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures are her main best subjects.

WEAKNESS:
Anything to do with levitating or flying (whether it be spells to make things fly, or flying on a broomstick herself), she is also particularly poor when it comes to Transfiguration

Other
PET: Mel's pet of choice is a corn snake named Kindle, who she has had since she started Hogwarts at 11 years old.

Kindle

EXTRA:
Parselmouth

[Potter]

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Character information

NAME:
Quillan Rose Ashford

GENDER:
Female

SEXUALITY:
Bisexual

AGE:
17

YEAR:
6th

HOUSE:
Slytherin

BLOOD STATUS:
Muggle-born

In-depth Information

APPEARANCE:
Untamed, mid-back length hair tickles her upper back and frames her heart shaped face. She usually leaves her brown hair down, but will tie it back occasionally. Kind mocha brown eyes twinkle out at others, and are usually covered with mascara and eyeliner. Her nose is crooked and long with small cheekbones. Quillan wears makeup for fun though she doesn't mind her sun-kissed skin. Quill stands at 5'3, so she's shorter than most girls. She has muscle from exercise but isn't overly done. Quill dresses girly and tends to dress well, though keeping it at a minimum. She loves to wear jewellery.

PERSONALITY:
Quill's sense of humor ranges from light to dark, and sometimes borderline unnecessary. Her vocabulary consists of lady-like language and when her temper flares, will usually turn into a sailor. Though she's hot-tempered, she's working to control it. Her demeanor comes across as boarding and intimidating, but deep down, she's a kind-hearted soul. Compassionate, patient, and a good listener, she seems like a push over. It couldn't be farther from the truth: Quill will not back down, even if her life is threatened. She has thick skin form being bullied as a child and will go to extreme lengths to defend/protect people. Quill is usually laid back and easy-going, but when trouble occurs or danger, she's ready to go and even excited. She won't admit she's thrill seeker but won't deny it either. Her loyalty is unwavering, though she'll run if someone seems like they are up to no good. Quill's bravery is one of her more favored traits, though it's been a hard-work in process. Most people underestimate her and don't realize how cunning or wicked she can be if she's tested enough.

HISTORY:
Quillan was born to muggle parents: her mother, Bianca; and her father Devin. They couldn't be more ecstatic to have her after trying so long to have a baby. From the moment she was born to age eleven, there was something different about Quillan. Her parent's couldn't place it though and tried to ignore it. As she grew up, it became more pronounced. Accidents occurred around her without explanations. When Quill was four, the microwave accidentally exploded, but electricians blamed it on a circuit fuse. Her parents agreed although it was odd as Quill had thrown a tantrum moments before it exploded. At school, Quill didn't fit in well with her shorter stature. For this, she was bullied and it became relentless. She learned to stand up for herself, though it took many tears and encouragement from her parents. Finally, at age 10, Quill punched one of her bullies and was suspended. Her parents were outraged and fought against it, but the school didn't let her back. They felt at a loss to help their daughter.

Soon afterwards, her birthday came. When her parents and she received her Hogwarts letter, all their questions finally had answers. Quillan was a witch and the accidents were blamed on her magic. Bianca felt conflicted but proud, and Dev in was elated. They knew why their daughter was different now. The Ashford's told her relatives and family friends that they sent her to a boarding school to teach her proper behavior. Since she's attended Hogwarts, Quill has found her new home and loves it more than anything in the world. However, being sorted into Slytherin, was a bittersweet situation. Being muggleborn in a house favoring purebloods, she worked hard to prove she belonged. After her first year, she finally found herself situated and mostly respected in her house.

Magic

WAND:
6 1/2, fir, unicorn hair. The wand is unyielding and easy to grip. It is smaller than other wands, though this makes it easily concealed.

BOGGART:
Clowns. She was at a birthday party which hosted a clown and it terrified her.

PATRONUS:

PATRONUS IMAGE

Arctic Wolf

TALENT:
Potions and Transfiguration are her best classes. The spell that Quill is best at is Episkey.

WEAKNESS:Herbology and Astronomy.[/color]

Other

PET:
She owns a barn owl named Mars.

EXTRA:
She flies in her free time and has a knack for it. Also, Quill is an animangi, which is a wolf. [/center]

[Draconequis]

Character information

NAME:
Emira Levi Firestorm

GENDER:
Female

SEXUALITY:
Heterosexual

AGE:
18

YEAR:
7th

HOUSE:
Ravenclaw

BLOOD STATUS:
Half Breed. (half wizard, half veela)

In-depth Information

APPEARANCE:
She does her best to reject the Veela part of herself, not putting on any makeup and cutting her hair short to draw less attention to herself. This doesn't really do that much, and some men are unnaturally drawn to her despite her efforts. Her skin is rather pale, and she has almost metallic gold eyes with reddish orange hair. She stands at an average 5'5" and has impressive curves for her size. Even when she was younger, she was against the whole robes thing, and defied the rules to not wear them, especially considering the female robes have a skirt. She tends to dress in whatever she can find on her floor, usually some tattered jeans and a t-shirt. Unlike most wizards, she actually has a fair amount of healthy muscle on her body.

PERSONALITY:
A born and raised troublemaker, she tends to purposefully defy authority. She can be very kind to those who she likes. She tends to always be thinking about the what ifs and what could be. Emira will actively sit down, using her clever mind to create elaborate pranks. Emira thinks being sad or crying is a weakness, so she hides her sorrows behind broad smiles and jokes. As a tomboyish person, she will often punch people she gets along with.

HISTORY:
Emira's father and mother both died when she was very young, sending her and her twin brother off to live with her uncle. Her uncle is a muggle born like her father was. He owns a rather large and successful Thestral farm. Emira learned most of what she knows about caring for magical creatures through her uncle at a young age. Her uncle was under the belief that being physically active was a good way to start a young person's brain. He enrolled both Emira and her twin brother Marcus it Capoeira (a type of dance fighting.)

When she first started at Hogwarts, Emira was brutally picked on by other girls. Since she had such a volatile personality, it was hard for her to make friends, and she ended up sticking with Marcus. However, in her third year of Hogwarts, her brother came down with Cancer. Emira had to stand by and watch as her closest friend faded away. Without him there beside her, Emira was all alone with the bullying. They even started physically assaulting her. Emira took their bullying for as long as she possibly could before losing her temper and using her knowledge of Capoeira to break one of the girl's noses, as well as accidentally lighting another girl on fire. This was her first ever detention. With no one bullying her anymore, Emira found herself with an excess amount of time. Growing increasingly bored with her studies, she started to pull elaborate pranks and getting in more and more trouble because she was bored. This caused her to earn quite the name for herself with the teachers.

When she was younger, she also dreamed about teaching herself to fly. She used to try and transfigure her arms into wings. For months and months on end she practiced until she was able to turn her arms into wings. However, as soon as she managed this, she went for a test flight. She did not account for her own weight and plummeted to the ground, breaking both of her arms and one of her legs. This was the last time Emira ever did self-transfiguration.

Magic

WAND:
7 inches Ebony and Thestral tail hair. She normally keeps it tucked behind her ear, or in her jacket pocket. As all Ebony wands, it shows an affinity for transfiguration and combat spells. The Thestral Tail hair core is a different matter entirely. Thestral Tail hair Core wands are very rarely made.. and their effects are not fully understood. There are dark rumors which claim that the Thestral Tail Hair Core wand owners have a strong connection with death.

BOGGART:
Her twin brother with his cancer-starved face reaching towards her with boney fingers, usually asking her why she didn't save him. If she is feeling particularly awful about herself, the boggart can become a twisted, formless beast with a thousand mouths and six clawed hands which will attempt to claw her flesh away from her body. However, it retains her brother's face on its head, as if wearing his face like a mask.

PATRONUS:

Peregrine Falcon

TALENT:
She shows remarkable aptitude for Defense against the Dark Arts with her second best class being Care of Magical Creatures or Charms. Her best spell is actually Expulso, which is a spell which blows up its target. She also has quite the affinity for Incendio. She is also one of the two Ravenclaw Beaters on the Quidditch team. Considering her violent nature, its quite a good fit.

WEAKNESS:
History of magic. She doesn't really care about stuff that happened in the past.. because it happened in the past. She doesn't like to sit for so long and the professor is extremely boring. Astrology would be her second worst class. Her worst spell is Protego, the basic shield spell.

** Note, she is best at Offensive spells.

Other

Pet

Crested Owl. She has named him Ludo. Essentially he was hand fed and trained by her.

EXTRA:If she is made immensely angry, she will go through a slight transformation.. becoming slightly more bird-like in appearance. If pushed to the point of no return she will hurl a fire ball. However, this is something she has absolutely Zero control over. This can also potentially cause her to get expelled if she allows it to happen. (this has to do with her veela blood). Since she is 18, she can apparate, as long as she's not on Hogwarts grounds. She prefers brooms to this, however.

[josephb]

Character information

NAME:
Elliot Alexander Forrester

GENDER:
Male

SEXUALITY:
Heterosexual

AGE:
16

YEAR:
6th

HOUSE:
Gryffindor

BLOOD STATUS:
Half Blood

In-depth Information

APPEARANCE:
Elliot has a mop of messy, thick, dirty blonde hair that is slightly brushed to the side. He has an easy smile and hazel eyes. People usually consider him to be good looking but his nose is quite big and his ears stick out but luckily enough his hair covers the later. Over the past year Elliot has been hit with a massive growth spurt going from one of the smallest people in his year to one of the tallest standing at 5 foot 11 and is continuing to grow. He has a slightly muscular body type.

When not wearing his school uniform Elliot usually wears black skinny jeans with brown boots and a casual tops. If he’s out he’ll usually be seen in a brown leather coat.

PERSONALITY:
Elliot is an outgoing person who usually is quick to laugh and smile. A lot of the time Elliot doesn’t really take many things seriously holding him back from his full potential. The only thing he does take seriously though is sports, he managed to get into the Gryffindor quidditch team in his third year becoming a chaser. Elliot changes his favourite hobby often getting bored rather quick. This makes him say yes to trying new things all the time. Usually if someone tries to speak to him about something serious he will probably respond with a sarcastic remark. It takes a lot to actually get Elliot angry. He likes to surround himself with people he trusts completely taking him quite a while to actually befriend someone. If Elliot finds himself alone, he usually like to go for walks in the area surrounding Hogwarts and read books on history.

HISTORY:
Elliot has always lived his life in the north of England, growing up in a town outside of Manchester. His Father who was a wizard from London went to Manchester for a job and on a chance encounter met Elliot's mother who was a muggle born. He decided to stay with her and the two got married having one child, Elliot.

Elliot started showing signs of magic at a very early age which made his father tell his mother about the magic world. Elliot received his acceptance letter, with his Father not pressuring him to be an amazing wizard, which made Elliot a lot more relaxed. His Father took him to Diagon Alley the day before he headed off to Hogwarts. This was his first experience of the wizarding world and straight away he was captivated by it. During his first year Elliot excelled in most of the classes. Around the age of 13 when he became a member of the quidditch team, his grades started to slip slightly as he didn’t try hard in them. He maintains average to good grades going into his sixth year.

Magic

WAND:
Elliot wand is 13 inches long made out of hawthorn wood that is in a neat spiral with just a plain handle. The core was made out of a dragon heartstring.

BOGGART:
A black void, representing nothingness. Meaning he’s scared of his life being pointless.

PATRONUS:

PATRONUS IMAGE

A Golden Retriever

TALENT:
The spell he excels at the most is the patronus charm which makes sense seeing that his favourite class is defence against the dark arts. Also is a very skilled quidditch player.

WEAKNESS:
He is terrible at potions, once in the first year he caused a minor explosion which burned off his eyebrows which took quite a while to grow back. Although he likes history it takes a lot of re reading for it to actually sink in. Also he can never really wrap his head round charms.

Other

PET:
Elliot has a pet golden retriever named Evie.

[RumikoOhara]

NAME :

Megan Emmeline Arcadia Hanover / Sprite

GENDER :

Female

SEXUALITY :

Bisexuality

AGE :

16

YEAR :

6th

HOUSE :

Ravenclaw

BLOODSTATUS :

Muggle/Squib

IN DEPTH INFORMATION

APPEARENCE

Megan is a petite girl standing barely five foot in height and weighs about ninety-two pounds. She is a strong believer in regular exercise and engages in gymnastics to keep herself fit concentrating on floor exercises and uneven-parallel bars which as one expects gives her a very tight muscled frame.
Her hair and sometimes even her eyes shift color so often sometimes she forgets her own original color; it's length and style is also in constant transition changing as often as three to five times a day.
She wears glasses almost all the time her favorite frame style cat's eye and range from simple black to sparkling works of art.

PERSONALITY :

Megan is an openly friendly girl who loves to get people to talk about themselves but rarely exposes any real details about herself.
She is a inquisitive personality bordering on nosey loving to dig into the details of any subject or person that catches her interest and as a lover of facts strives to never speak about any subject that she doesn't know enough about. Another facet of her love of facts means that she dislikes telling lies or hearing them.
Megan dislikes anyone who seeks to use power against the powerless and will risk injury or trouble seeking to see justice done using her skill at journalism as her best weapon or her expansive knowledge of legal codes both Magical an Muggle to see justice done.

HISTORY :

Megan was born to the Hannover / Sprites as an only child. Her mom is a Barrister of the The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple and a much sought after scholar of law named Dame Winifred Hanover Her father Albert Hamilton Sprite is an artist and a Squib of the pure blood Sprite family who is more well known for his handsome appearance than his art which many say is why his wife married him.

Raised in the affluent neighborhood of Hyde Park Megan went to the finest local private Academy from the age of four till at ten when she began to exhibit magical talent.

It all happened when she discovered her deceased aunt Livonia's wand while exploring the Sprite ancestral home and aunt Liv's ghost as well which greatly concerned the family and proved to have a natural gift with Transfiguration spells. (Aunt Livonia was a renowned Transfigurist and is thought to be the reason Muggle associated witches with turning the luckless to toads)

Since the day she and her aunt discovered one another Megan has had the odd ghost as a personal mentor an confessor an they are often seen together engaged in deep conversation. Many in the Sprite family have viewed the return of Livonia's ghost with mixed feelings; some hoping the ghost will reveal the location of her fortune and others fearing that she's grooming Megan to assume the position of family Matriarch.

MAGIC

WAND :

Wand

Birch 10 3/4" Gold 16 gage wire enhancement with a Vella hair core

Artificer unknown

BOGGART :

A horde of Frogs an Toads
Megan discovered this odd little fear the day she first touched her wand and accidently transfigured a nest of bees into the slimy creatures an being covered in them. (It isn't just her Boggart but a reoccurring nightmare where she is pursued by an angry horde of toads an frogs who are the vengeful spirits of the transfigured seeking revenge and may be a transfered fear of her aunt's)

PATRONUS :

Horned Owl

TALENT :

Transfiguration Prodigy
Incarcerous
Megan's Mastery of this binding spell is so complete that when she casts it the effect is almost as fast as the eye can perceive. It's appearance is that of heavy ropes which are snow white in color.

WEAKNESS :

Herbiology
Megan is cursed by a brown thumb having no luck at all no matter how attentive in keeping any plant she's associated with alive.

OTHER

PET :

Chauncy

Chauncy has been Megan's pet for three years now and lives with her parents while she is at school. Now a full grown male of his breed Chauncy weighs well over two hundred an fifty pounds and is a frightening sight for many visitors to the Hyde Park home of the Hanover / Sprites. He loves and protects all those of the house but adores his young mistress with sometimes destructive enthusiasm. He is for obvious reasons unafraid of ghosts and even seems to be able to sense their presence and track them.

EXTRA :

Aunt Liv

Aunt Livonia was last seen alive about 900 years ago and at that time despite appearances was over 300 years old. She was at the time one of the most feared of Witches in the known world and a wanted criminal by the powers that be. (Some in the Sprite family believe it was because Liv had discovered a powerful transfiguration spell that could grant immortality.)
In any case information about this powerful witch is either hidden, sealed away or simply lost so it is all speculation.
Livonia for reasons she has yet to reveal has taken a great interest in her niece and because she is fettered to her former wand is always wherever Megan is. This was at first a bit frightening to Meg but over time has become so normal that Livonia's absence is now more concerning.

[Ceta de Cloyes]

Character information

NAME:
Mikhail "Mika/Mike" Arkadiyevich Kholodov

GENDER:
Male

SEXUALITY:
Homosexual

AGE:
16

YEAR:
6th

HOUSE:
Hufflepuff

BLOOD STATUS:
Half-blood

In-depth Information

APPEARANCE:
Mike's messy hair and expressive eyes are nearly the same ebon shade of brown, so dark they appear black most of the time, with his irises being only a slightly lighter hue. He can't be called short by any means, but neither does he tower over others in any noticeable way. His ears are sharp, his lips bow-shaped, and his nose thin and straight. Mike cares more for his appearance than he thinks he should, but he is happy with the results nonetheless; presenting clean skin, a fit body, and a white smile. He carries himself carefully, as if afraid of stepping on someone's toes, but it pays off with his apparent grace, and he doesn't stumble or trip often.

PERSONALITY:
Mike is fairly confident in himself, but any ego he might have had was swallowed up be his great humility. He's very aware of his skills and talents, but he doesn't believe they makes him better than anyone else. Compassion is important to him, and his empathy for others is a big part of his personality. His good traits don't save him from hypocrisy however, Mike can be vicious when pushed, and reckless even without stress.

HISTORY:
Mikhail's father, Arkadiy, was Russian, and his mother, Nadia, was Romanian. They met online, Nadia being a muggle attempting to learn Russian and Arkadiy a pureblood learning about muggle technology. Not long after meeting, the two followed Nadia's dream to live in London. Arkadiy was all but paid off by his family to leave with her so he couldn't embarrass them with his muggle-loving ways. The two provided a comfortable home for their two children; the eldest being Lidia Marcella Kholodov, named by her mother, and now graduated from Hogwarts and employed as a Healer at St. Mungo's; the youngest was Mikhail, named by his father and affectionately dubbed 'Mika' by his family, though he is more often called the more anglicized 'Mike' by everyone else.

Despite his parentage Mike only knows a handful of words from either of his parent's languages, knowing more French than Russian or Romanian. He was born in England, and considers himself English with a love for the UK. His mother managed to get a job as a teacher in the city, putting pressure on her kids to behave and make good grades. They were allowed certain freedoms though, reprieves from spending every second of every day in proximity to their parents. Mike made friends and spent as much time as he was allowed with them, often at their houses instead of in his own.

Mike's father went to Koldovstoretz, so he had to rely on his older sister for everything he wanted and needed to know about Hogwarts. They sent letters to each other daily for a time, and while the pace of their correspondence slowed with time, their relationship remained strengthened and the siblings grew closer. The oddly formal relationship the two kids had with their parents remained unchanged, however.

Mike was largely distant in his first years of Hogwarts, spending most of his time trailing after his sister in Ravenclaw or getting by on the kindness of the Hufflepuff Prefects as study partners. He sent letters to all his muggle friends, but by second year those friendships had decayed due to Mike's inability to access the internet or physically be present. It was the beginning of third year that the acquaintances that were his housemates became real friends. Third year was his first year alone, his sister graduating in his second year, and the Hufflepuffs stepped up to fill the void she left.

In fourth year he bought his first pet, a kitten he called Mercury, whom quickly made the decision to only answer to the nickname Mercy. Despite the addition of the lovable feline to his circle of friends, this was another year of estrangement. Mike spent a lot of time contemplating himself, starting with his sexuality, which spun his life into a web of uncertainty. He became more careful of what he said, what he did, and how he acted, and more observant of the same in others. He gained and lost friends, and his relationship with his family became strained.

During the summer after fourth year whatever good feelings he had for his family were buried under his distrust and silent hatred. He never told them why he hated them, never tried to explain or change their views, didn't even tell them anything was wrong, but even the blind could see the house was full of poison, thick silences and biting remarks. Even though his parents did not have favorable views on LGBT persons, they were still a liberal family among wizards, but he always went a step further. He criticized their dismissal of House Elf rights, he sneered at their aversion of magical beings, and he rejected their desire to keep the status quo.

Fifth year was a better one for him, and much of it was spent with his friends, smoothing over the stress and anger he felt living with his parents for so long. He had no desire to hide himself after that, and even requested his preferences be spread around by the rumor mill so that everyone would know and he had not even an illusion of hiding. He no longer cared if they judged him, but he wouldn't be stifled at Hogwarts, not like he was at home. He didn't keep his other views to himself either, but unlike with his parents he didn't throw them into everyone's faces, only entering a debate or sharing when others wanted him to.

He returned home that summer much more diplomatic, but the air was even more volatile than before. The subject of the Cloaks was broached once, and once only. His parents were conflicted, but ultimately his mother decided she supported the group’s ideals, and his father vehemently denounced them. After the spectacular argument that followed, Nadia became more of a friend to her son, more akin to when he was just a child asking to spend the night at a friend’s house. Eventually Mike confided in her what had started his rebellious phase, but by that point he’d already been influenced by his decisions and no matter what her opinion was it wouldn't change how he felt about any of the many issues he'd fought with them over. Once she finally found the reason her son hated her, that her opinion on something that had seemed so disconnected from her life was actually hurting her family, she abruptly began to change.

When Mike returned to Hogwarts for sixth year he was once again writing home. He felt guilty and relieved, knowing that the disaster that was his family was his fault and might have been avoided if he’d spoke up earlier, but ecstatic at the weight that had lifted from his shoulders at being accepted by his mother despite everything.

Magic

WAND:

Vine Wand

Vine, Dragon Heartstring, 12 ¾, Bendy
Mike's wand is a slight yellow-green color, thin, and decorated with vine patterns. It was crafted by an unknown Russian wand maker and was paid for as a gift by his pureblood relatives. The vine wood marks a seeker of purpose, the dragon heartstring gives the wand the power to fulfill that purpose, and the bendy quality shows the wands ability to adapt to change, all around an amazing wand that Mike has grown quite attached to.

BOGGART:
A Zombie, a disease riddled corpse, shambling forth. It represents a fear of sickness, and of death.

PATRONUS:

PATRONUS IMAGE

Little Owl

TALENT:
Mike excels in Charms and has a love of Divination. Deletrius, the Eradication Spell, used to be impossible for him, but he has since mastered the charm and become better at all magic for the understanding it granted him.

WEAKNESS:
Arithmancy troubles him, and he views Care of Magical Creatures as pointless, but his unavoidable failings are in Potions. In early years he thought the class a lot like cooking might be, but since then he has come to know it as infinitely more complicated and ridiculous. Many spells are hard for him, mainly those that he deems as needlessly cruel and pointless, but the biggest of his worst spells is accio the Summoning Spell. Mike is beginning to think it is because he disdains the laziness of the spell that he lacks the motivation to cast it. The disdain may be slightly hypocritical.

Other
PET:

Mercury

EXTRA:

• Mike is a Chaser on the Hufflepuff Quidditch Team.
• He is well-off and could survive off of his family’s money without working a day in his life.
• Mike wants to learn to invent spells as a profession.
• Muggle technology plays a large part in his life during the summer.
• His patronus is significant to him, owls being a sign of wisdom which acts as a much needed reassurance to Mike’s doubts.

[TheHangedMan]

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Character information

NAME:
Karen Violet Camillus Antonius

GENDER:
Female

SEXUALITY:
Heterosexual

AGE:
17

YEAR:
7^th

HOUSE:
Gryffindor

BLOOD STATUS:
Half-Blood

In-depth Information

APPEARANCE:
Karen stands 147_cm (4'10'') tall, weighing 42_kg. Pale and slim, Karen doesn't care much for make-up or cosmetics, for personal and practical reasons - personal in that she thinks that she has no need of it and is completely comfortable with how she looks, and practical in that she is frugal almost to the point of penny-pinching and considers cosmetics as a waste of money. Her attire usually consists of dresses, most she made herself, that are simple to look at.

PERSONALITY:
Karen has an "angelic" personality and is forgiving to the point that she believes her only purpose in life is to help others, even if she is hurt in the process. She never blames the person who has hurt her and blames the act on devils who caused the person to commit whatever sin. Whenever she is at fault, she apologizes to God rather than the person, although she doesn't mean to be rude - she's just weird that way.

However, in contrast to her angelic persona, she also loves teasing people and exploiting others’ emotional vulnerability. Upon discovery of an individual’s weak spot, she enjoys bringing it out to light in front of all the other characters. While this antagonizes many people and causes much outrage and humiliation, she remains calm. Caren however will not go too far with this, so long as she isn't forced to. Most of the time she uses it for harmless teasing. Basically, Karen likes to troll people.

Karen insists on acting on her standards of grace and etiquette in every situation. She does not panic or overreact and always maintains a pristine and untouched persona. Even in the face of people who consider her enemies or show her open hostility, she will not so much as frown, in fact, she would still be very polite with them. Of course, this same grace is applied to her teasing.

She is a devout Catholic, as strange as it may seem, and often quotes from scriptures or phrases from the Bible mostly for her own convenience, but when she wants to, she is actually quite wise in going about their use.

Despite her calm and unaffected persona, she is cunning, perceptive, efficient and a surprisingly ruthless person for someone who was placed into Gryffindor. In fact, many are surprised she is in the house at all - it seems she would make a much better Slytherin.

She is somewhat of a mad-scientist, as she is prone to experimenting with different spell, potions, etc.

Her personality greatly resembles her fathers.

HISTORY:

Karen's mother was a well traveled witch, who was also a known duelist. Because of her abrasive attitude, she got into plenty of fights. In one of these fights she was cursed heavily using ancient Dark Magic and no magic could break it. While searching desperately for a cure, she bumped into Kyle Antonius, who was not a deacon at the time. The man realizing that she was distressed but not knowing the reason, offered her a prayer and a free meal. The next day the curse had disappeared.

The two met with each other constantly after that, both their interests in each other piqued. What then started as an awkward friendship with much arguments turned into love, and they were eventually married.

When Karen was born, a similar miracle occurred; at the exact day of her birth, many people found that they were cured from sickness, even terminal patients were cured. Claudia linked it to magic, Kyle's father called it a miracle, while Kyle said it was magic that came from a miracle.

As Karen grew, her fascination with the suffering and helping of others became evident, much to her fathers delight. Much to her mothers dismay, however, she also inherited her fathers wonderful personality. Karen developed an interest in healing magic, however she is extremely unconventional with the way she does things, which makes people worry.

Magic

WAND:
Fig Tree, slightly elastic, 15 inches; Simurgh feather core. It's sturdy, but bendy. Varnished in pure black.

BOGGART:
An image of a tall, shadowy giant looms in front of her, while burning in a fire surrounding her are the bodies of everyone she has ever met.

PATRONUS:

Axolotl

TALENT:
Owing to her mother and father, Karen is an accidental prodigy at Defense Against the Dark Arts, though it is neither her favorite nor her least favored class. A class she is equally good at and is her favorite, is Charms. Her best spell is the Protego Charm, of which she is able to cast both non-verbally and with modifiers, though not at the same time.

WEAKNESS:
Her worst class is probably Care for Magical Creatures - wild animals just tend to dislike her for whatever reason. Asides from that, she's terrible at most Hexes and is almost incapable of casting a curse.

Other

PET:
A White Tailed Eagle

EXTRA:
Her personal possessions consist of a Bible, Rosary, golden cross, and a red enchanted scarf; it's enchanted to bind men specifically. So long as it's wrapped around them, they will be unable to move unless they're attacked by something. The scarf was a gift from her mother that Karen uses with great effect.

She plans to explore the world after graduating.

[Heathen]

"Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end."

Character information

NAME:
Wyatt Matthew Blackwell

GENDER:
Male

SEXUALITY:
Homosexual

AGE:
16

YEAR:
6th

HOUSE:
Ravenclaw

BLOOD STATUS:
Muggle born

In-depth Information

APPEARANCE:
At first glance you'll notice that he seems as if he has a chip on his shoulder or looks unnecessarily tense. Learning to take a breather and relax is something he has yet to master. Other than that, he's your average London boy with wavy (almost curly) brunette hair that he keeps short and is around 5'11 in height. He has aquamarine eyes and handsome facial features that have a hint of innocence to them. He's far from ugly but Wyatt was never one to think he was anything worth looking at which is far from the truth. He's often found women and men approaching him interested which he finds quite flattering but are immediately put off when his awkward personality comes through. His skin however is quite pale from not really going outdoors too much which is bound to change since he's made the quidditch team. As far as wardrobe goes when he's not in uniform is very average. Long sleeve shirts and dark blue jeans are his go-to attire with black shoes.

PERSONALITY:
Wyatt is known for being very intelligent and hardworking. He is not one to procrastinate so when a job is needed to be done, he completes it fast and efficiently. Because of this, people note how passionate and enthusiastic he can be about things. He is the type to cry if he receives anything below an A. Wyatt is a very logical thinker, relying more on factual evidence than intuition. Although this often helps him cleverly deduce information that many others miss, this causes him to be a very skeptical person. Wyatt can also be described as the voice of reason and quite the perfectionist. He likes to take on roles that have responsibility which sometimes leads him to be a bit of an overachiever. Because of his opinionated, interfering nature, Wyatt had the reputation for being a bossy know-it-all. He can be very blunt and argumentative when it comes to his opinions. His sometimes abrasive attitude is what masks his deep insecurities and fear of failure. The fact that he's muggleborn plays a factor in why he must be better than everyone else just to prove a point. Despite this, Wyatt is very loyal to his friends and those he loves. He is willing to jump in front of a bullet to protect those he cares about and is very friendly to those he gets along with.

HISTORY:
Wyatt was born from two muggles in the ghettos of South London. Him and his family didn't always have much and his parents had to work long hours just to support them. This often lead Wyatt to be at home by himself the majority of the time. During this time, he would read many books, solve puzzles, and do chores to pass up the time. He wasn't a big TV watcher but he would take a peak at things from time to time. Being an avid book reader boosted his intelligence and was quite the academic prodigy in primary school. He would always be referred to as the teacher's pet and would never get in trouble. This caused other students to dislike him which lead to nonstop bullying and teasing. Wyatt just pretended they weren't there and went about with his business. He never understood the concept of needing friends to begin with. His friends were his books and his parents.

One day when he was walking home from school, a group of troublesome boys decided to pick on him. They pushed him around a bit until he took a tumble to the ground, scraping his arm. It took everything in him not to cry because he didn't want to give them the satisfaction. The only thing he could do was close his eyes and wished they would leave him alone. He knew it probably wouldn't do anything because it wasn't like they were the boogymen or anything. When he opened his eyes he was shocked to find the bullies hanging up side down from a tree branch as they screamed for help. Wyatt couldn't help be giggle to himself before he ran home. Unbeknownst to him, what he just did was magic.

A few days after that happened, he received a strange letter in the mail inviting him to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He knew it was probably some kind of joke since there were no such thing as witches and wizards. Right before he could set the letter down, there was a knock at the door. It happened to be his neighbor who had been living next door to them for as long as he could remember. His neighbor just so happened to know about the letter he received and started explaining what was going on. It turns out, Wyatt's neighbor was something known as a Squib; a child of a witch or wizard who didn't receive any powers. Even though his neighbor had no magic of his own, he was entrusted by the Ministry of Magic the title of watching over Wyatt and his family since he was a baby. His neighbor had also told Wyatt that he showed signs of magic as an infant which alerted the Ministry of his existence, causing the Squib to move next door and get to know his family.

Of course being the skeptical person Wyatt is, he needed to see proof. So after the Squib filled his parent in on the ordeal, he invited them to a pub called the Leaky Cauldron. There he introduced them to Diagon Alley. Wyatt's parents were both excited and scared for their son since this was a whole new world for him. Despite their worries, Wyatt's parents allowed him to attend so he could better himself and not live a life like them.

Over the course of attending Hogwarts, he has had trouble making and keeping friends for the sole reason that he tends to push them away with his constant know-it all attitude. Wyatt has a tendency to come across a bit overbearing and bossy towards others. He's a bit anti-social to an extent but he has been getting better. As of now he's trying to control his urge to always put his opinion into everything and just go with the flow.

Magic

WAND:
Length - 12 1/2 Inches
Wood - Holly & Ebony
Core - Griffin Feather
Description - Ebony is obviously striking with its pure black color. It represents strength and generates unsurpassed magical energy. The Holly in the handle is the symbol of life, vitality, protection and immortality and is perfect for use in spoken spells. Excellent with combative magic and transfiguration.

WAND IMAGE

BOGGART:
Both of his parents emerging saying they have no idea who he is. He fears being alone and being forgotten about.

PATRONUS:

PATRONUS IMAGE

Owl

TALENT:
As his wand excels in combative and transfiguration magic, his best classes are Transfiguration and Defense Against The Dark Arts. His best spell is Protego which is a shielding charm.

WEAKNESS:
Even though he has near perfect grades, the classes his has troubles with the most are herbology and Divination. Alchemy and transmutation spells are ones he struggles with the most.

Other

PET:
Wyatt owns an owl named Luna

PET IMAGE

EXTRA:
Wyatt decided to do something he thought he'd never do this year. He was never a sports person so he thought he'd give Quidditch a try and surprisingly made the team as a Seeker for Ravenclaw. He's pretty average at best and still has work to do. He also has a column he writes for in the school newspaper.

[Always]

Character information

Alyssa Samara Chase

NICKNAME:
Aly, Alz, Sam( When going by middle name))

GENDER:
Female

SEXUALITY:
Straight

AGE:
16

YEAR:
6th

HOUSE:
Slithering

BLOOD STATUS:
Muggle born

In-depth Information
APPEARANCE:
She is about five feet tall and she doesn’t have any piercings. she has a couple scars but nothing very big. She has blue eyes and she has blondish-brownish hair. She is sort of small and skinnyer than she should be. She wears simple cloths most times and rarely ever would wear something fancy. She has sort of pale skin.

PERSONALITY:
A troublemaker from the first time you meet her to the last. She is very curious and if she is interested in doing something, or interested in some sort of information she will be determined to find out something on it. On the contrary if she’s not interested in it she ends up being lazy, and perhaps she’ll do something like try and get someone else to do it. She tends to do this with all her work and homework and all her classes other than her favorite one, defence against the dark arts. She loves to do new and exciting events and can be quite sneaky. Other than her curiosity, her mouth can get her in trouble at times. If someone makes fun of her she will defend herself and make fun of them back. That is one thing she is almost never scared of no mater what. Along with this she says what shes thinks about something. She doesn’t tend to talk about people behind their backs, but tells them it too there face. She can be a good leader at times also at times, but she isn’t that good at motivating people at doing things. She can be very negative at times and she is really stubborn for what she believes in and refuses to change her opinions about something once she had made it. Even though a lot of this, Alloy can be a person to make a lot of jokes and have lots of fun and is a major tomboy. She enjoys sporty things, such as quiditch. She also likes jokes and the outside a lot. She tends not to pay attention to a lot of things and tends to just zone out of boredom. Also she is almost always moving some part of her body and at times can be distracted sort of easily. She can also be stupid and naive at times.

HISTORY:
Aly always had grown up in manhattan. She originally lived at 73 Kentucky road, england, and has lived there all her life. It was a small duplex building on the corner of the street. It was a one story house. It had three rooms. She also has/ had one older brother. His name was Cameron and he was five years older than Aly. He decided his career based off of his mother’s in honor of her. Their mother, Carson Chase, died from an attack when Aly was nine. Carson was 34 when she died. She was working for the police department. The muggles think that it was a bassare random shooting but it was a bigger cause that she died for. She died for the District Of Magic fighting off someone. It is a mystery of who it was who killed her and there was no information given out on this in an attempt to keep it from being viral news. Her brother found this out quite recently and told her defying the rules of the law. When her mom died Aly was left devastated and was determined to get her back no matter what the methods were. Despite what she tried her mom never came back alive. She learned for herself that it's impossible to regain someone who died. Learning this she began to push people away not wanting to ever have that feeling again. Along with this she began to ignore her dad, Wilson Chase, and went out whenever she wanted to. She would go out to the park with a couple of her friends who were older than her. These ‘friends’ invited her into her group at first. They made her feel special and seemed to be super fun but the truth was far from that. She thought that they were awesome and she just wanted to be like them at the time. This lasted a while. During this her dad was freaking out about her. He didn’t like this much at all. He would try to do everything he could to end this.
Aly found all of this out two years later, right before she had gotten her school invitation letter. Her friends were nice too her for a while and showed her a lot of cool things. They slowly taught her how to do a lot of things, most illegal. They slowly did it though to make it less obvious that it was stuff she wasn’t supposed to be doing. They were completely using her and would have her give envelopes and stuff to certain people. Aly didn’t exactly realise this stuff at all. There wasn’t anything to worry about in her mind. ‘Just don’t look at it. ‘ Was one of the only rules. She ,like a lot of other rules, broke this before but nothing happened and no one realised. There was nothing interesting to her in it though. Just a couple of plastic bags with powder inside. She didn’t seem any harm in continuing this so she did. Her dad began to give up on changing this thinking there was no way possible. He knew about the school and he hoped he would be contacted about it soon. Very very soon. She was about the age and he hoped they still would accept her. He thought that if he sent her to that school she would change this. Aly stayed with the group till one night, on friday the 1st of august. It was friday and it was the annual hang out day. They went to an old cemetery that night. It gave Aly the creeps that they went there. It was so spooky and weird. They went to one of the graves. While they were there they were all making a bunch of jokes. Nothing harmful at first, then one of them pulled out a bottle of vodka. They all laughed and began to drink it heavily. Aly seemed to be just there. It was the first time they had actually gotten drunk in front of her. She understood somewhat what they were doing because of school. There was a lesson on this in health/gym class in third grade. They didn’t go that much in depth about it though. She didn’t want any part in it though, and it seemed as if she got the exact opposite of her wish. One of them offered her a sip. She shook her head no and refused. They got mad at her and kept telling her she needed to drink it all up. She refused. One of the teens kicked her and the others joined in. They got a few kicks as Aly laid on the ground motionless screaming out and tears coming out of her eyes. After a few kicks a boy yelled out, “hey leave her alone she’s just a kid.” The teens. The teens looked at him and laughed and the man punched one of them in the face. The rest of them ran away. Aly looked up at the man. She didn't know who it was at first, but she figured out that it was her brother Cameron. She felt so sorry for everything she did. She got up even though it still hurt a lot and gave him a hug. He hugged her back and brought her home. Her and her dad made up after a long conversation. She got a letter saying she was invited to Hogwarts. It took a lot of convincing for her dad to agree to it, but a eventually he did, and she was super happy. She ended up boing, and made sure to go back home for every holiday.
Magic

WAND:

It is about nine and a quarter inches. It is made of wood and has carvings of snakes. She never knew where the carvings came from but they looked so cool to her. It's about 1.5 inches thick. This wand was said to be an ancient, from the early wizards made with a dragon's tail and a serpent's scale. (I don’t know but it rhymes)) . She’s had this wand since her first year when she went to Diagon Ally.

BOGGART:
Aly isn’t scared of many things but is afraid of some things. She is afraid of spiders due to one morning when she was in bed. She got bit by one and had to go to the hospital and almost died that since she was allergic. Ever since then she’s been scared of spiders worried they would bite her again though that chance was very unlikely. Also, she is scared and afraid of losing or having the ones she trusted turn on her. She doesn’t act like it's true and tries her best to hide it. She has had this fear ever since her mom died/ friends.

PATRONUS:
Um a deer I guess... Still don't get this...

Hider

TALENT:
DADA and Astronomy

WEAKNESS:
History of Magic and Potions.

Other
PET:
None

EXTRA:
She trieso hide the fact she's muggle born.

[Classpet]

Coming soon?

[Dawnscroll]

Character information

NAME:
Ronan Llyr Inish

GENDER: Male

SEXUALITY: Heterosexual

AGE:
16

YEAR:
7

HOUSE: Hufflepuff

BLOOD STATUS:
Half-Breed (Selkie)

In-depth Information

APPEARANCE:

Ronan's fair-skinned face is framed by a mess of wavy brown curls, his ocean-blue eyes lighting up with a smile whenever an unfortunate housemate gets him talking about his home. Though tall amidst his peers, standing at about six feet, Ronan is rather average in his build for a student and wears the traditional robes and uniform of Hufflepuff. Due to his heritage, Ronan is amongst the more handsome of the male students at Hogwarts, with strong masculine features and a quiet glance of his eyes has more than a few Valentine's Day declaration of love his direction.

PERSONALITY:
Ronan is a quiet lad, often preferring the company of his own solitude as he sits on the shores of the Black Lake and either studies or watches the surf break against the sand. He spends very little time socializing with his own dormmates, let alone those of of other Houses and seems content to stay silent in class unless called upon by a teacher. The Half-Selkie is seemingly content to keep others at arms distance, and while he is amicable enough to classmates, he is also prone to brushing off offers of comraderie. Those who weather the storm of mild-distrust and gain his trust, even if not enough to learn what he is, will find a Hufflepuff who is quick to laugh and as loyal as his house represents.

HISTORY:
Have you ever looked into the eyes of a seal? As deep as the ocean, and twice as dark, they seem to glow with sadness and ancient secrets, so different from the vacant, dead eyes of the fish they share the waters with. Eyes are said to be the windows to the soul, and anyone who believed animals to be soulless, on meeting a seal's gaze, would realize they‘d been mistaken. Some say that their depth bespeaks something beyond a simple animal-with-a-soul.

There used to be families who claimed to know the secret of the seals--selchs, as they were known in those days. If you ever have the great luck to chance upon a very old parish birth record of one of these clans, you might know why they asserted such knowledge. These records will appear normal at first, until you reach the details of the babe's mother. Sometimes the details are left blank; sometimes the letters are unsteady and misshapen, as though the one who filled it out was unsure of the truth of what they wrote; on a very few, there is the simple notation, 'frae the faem'.

And 'from the foam' they were.

Selkies. Seal-people. No one was quite certain how often the creatures were allowed to shed their seal skins and come ashore, but when they did visit the land they were in constant peril of abduction. If a man saw one of the beautiful, dark-eyed women, and followed her stealthily, he might discover where she had secreted away her skin. If he was able to capture it, and hide it from her, she would be bound to him as his wife. And an excellent wife a selkie made: lovely, hard-working, and devoted to her husband and children. An observer could almost have said she was happy, as long as they took care to avoid looking into her eyes. A selkie wife's face might be bright and agreeable, but her eyes would still burn with the unfathomable sadness of a seal's.

One wonders why the men of these families were so proud to boast of their heritage, given the sad existence of the selkies themselves, but men have never been the most considerate of creatures where others are concerned. Mercifully, a selkie woman was seldom held captive for long. Her false contentedness would slowly lull her husband into a state of complacency, until the inevitable day he would cease checking that the skin was well-hidden. She would find it then, perhaps while searching for it under the guise of cleaning the boathouse. Her husband would be left with only their children as consolation, for neither love nor money could keep a selkie, upon recovering her sealskin, from her true home.

The tales of selkies have slowly ebbed away, been dismissed as myths and the ramblings of drunken fishermen, much as have stories of mermaids. Some say, though, that selkies still live on the far-flung coasts of this country, having finally become wise to the thieving ways of men, and choosing to stay hidden.

But in those far off places of the Eire, love can still blossom along the briny coast. Such was the case of the Meara and Connor; a selkie who never gave up her skin, and a wizard who never once asked for it.

Theirs is another story.

They lived on the small island of Clare, where Connor worked as a magizoologist. Their son, Ronan, had a happy childhood filled with daily trips to the shore, long afternoons playing on emerald hills while his father worked, and nights filled with stories from his mother. It was a childhood filled with Oisin and his Fiana, of the Sidhe and their Hills, of the Old Ways and the Old Magic and the wonder that filled the still and quiet places of the world. Ronan was young, and happy. Happier still when his parents introduced him to his baby sister, Bronnagh.

But like all tales of the Selkie, there cannot be a happy ending.

When Ronan's letter of acceptance to Hogwart's arrived, it was with a sullen resignation from his parents. It was his mother who brought him into their attic that night and confessed that both his father and her had prayed that he would never be a wizard. That perhaps the New Magic of his father would not claim him. She uncovered a chest hidden in the furthest reaches of the crawlspace: within it, a pair of grey skins, one large, the other small. For the first time, Ronan gazed upon his true face.

His mother had told him, when he was younger, of the magic before Wizards. Of the Sidhe; the Fae and the Old Magic of Eire and Albion. The magic which coursed through the veins of every magical creature. The magic which coursed through his veins.

That night, as he and his parents stood upon the shore of their home, Ronan wondered how he was supposed to make it fit. But he didn't have to make it do anything. The moment it touched his bare back, for his clothes had already been discarded, the skin simply fit around him, became a part of him. Before he knew it, Ronan was in the water, tail splashing and flippers drawing him further and further into the sea. He barked, head under water, and his mother's barks echoed back to him.

At Hogwarts, Ronan was sorted into the house of the Loyal, Hufflepuff and began his life as a Hogwarts student. He excelled at some classes; not so at others, and the years passed slowly, if uneventfully.
the His parents had warned him how many of Wizarding Britain saw Half-Breeds, for though wizard he might be, that was what he was, and imparted to guard his true self well. He made few friends; not out of arrogance nor shyness, but simply out of a sort of kind seclusion. And while he ate with his Housemates, studied, laughed, and lived, none ever trully appeared reliable enough to him that he might reveal his gift.

But Magic has its price.

As each year passed, a gnawing surged in Ronan, an inexplicable hole that could not be filled. A sort of quiet discontent that grew with every mile further from the sea, further from his skin. An anxiety that only quelled once the he stepped out of the Floo at the end of Term, ran upstairs to his room, opened the trunk under his bed, and touched his skin.

With his seventeenth birthday fast approaching, Ronan is pressed for time to make an impossible decision. He may either live his life as a Selkie, with all the blessings of the Sidhe, or foresake his heritage and stay a wizard with all the wonders that magic holds.

On the Sunset of his birth, he must choose wand or skin, or both shall be forever lost to him.

Next time you're walking along the shore, and you see a seal, try, in the moment before it flees into the water, to meet its eyes.

Magic

WAND:

Wand

Length - Ten Inches
Wood - Driftwood
Core - A strand of his mother's, a Selkie's, hair.
Flexibility - Rigid

While Ollivanders is heralded as the greatest of the wandmakers in the British Isles, for those who turn their nose at 'Imperial' manufacturers, there are many alternative sources. The Guild of Anu on the hill of Tara still practice the craft and affirm that while their wands may not be as powerful as their Brittanian brothers, it is the wizard who chooses the wand.

The process begins with the selecting of the wood; some wizards and witches pick that which appeals to them by its attributes, its appearance, or even a gut feeling. The wizards' family are responsible for providing the core from a magical creature, and the the remaining attributes chosen at the wandmaker's discretion. The result is a wand built to the wizard's own personal taste, and while the combination of wood and core may not always be ideal, the loyalty of the wand is always a guarantee.

This is where a young Ronan found himself, eleven years old, to choose the components for his wand. Although one might not think wood that was water-logged and soft due to days floating around in the ocean could be as magical as rosewood, or pine, still posseses the magic inherent in it from its previous state.

The wand's core recognizes Ronan as apart of it; as apart of the same Sidhe magic shared between mother and child. While ideally such a core would be compatible with transfiguration for a wizard of the New Magic, that of the Sidhe it is the raw and wild power of the Old Magic.

The result was a wand as reliable in its temperment as the sea, as steadfast in loyalty as a mother's love, and as sporatic as the trickiest of the fae. While it may not always give Ronan the result he desires, the Old Magic will always give that which he needs.

BOGGART:
A small white furred seal-skin, stained with pools of blood.

PATRONUS:

PATRONUS IMAGE

Grey Seal

TALENT:
Ronan found he had a certain knack for the Care of Magical Creatures, his heritage giving a somewhat calming effect to 'Lighter' magical creatures as they recognize one of their own. Two of his stronger courses are Herbology, especially the uses of Non-Dangerous Magical plants, and Astronomy.

It goes without say that the spell that has come most naturally to Ronan since his first day of class was the charm Auguamenti in its many functions.

WEAKNESS:
Any of the classes that require precise wandwork; despite being a shapeshifter, Ronan finds Transfiguration all but impossible and would have failed the class if not for near perfect theory scores. Charms and Defense Against the Dak Arts, while certainly capable, are also a challange to master every new spell.

Other
Until the decision of his future has been made, Ronan is still suscpetible to spurts of accidental Sidhe magic, which in a magical school, has proven somewhat easy to cover up as simply shoddy spellwork. The magic is nigh uncontrollable to him until his choice in made, and is highly mischievous in its nature, though never maliscious.

EXTRA: For years Ronan's mother and father have kept his skin locked in a trunk underneath his bed, only allowing it to him during his Summer Break, lest his heritage was discovered by his classmates or teachers. If word had gotten out that his father had a child with a magical creature, no matter how humanoid, his career would have been ended and Ronan likely taken away, with his son viewed as a second class citizen even lower thah muggleborns in the eyes of wizarding society.

But for the first time, with the Choice nigh upon him, Ronan has defied his parents and stolen his skin to take with him to Hogwarts. Hidden in his trunk of school supplies, only the following year will prove to be for fortune or ill.