Mary Winthrop“There's no point in looking back and saying I was unlucky”
– Jamie Redknapp
Mary tends to walk with her head down, her eyes always looking around nervous. She has poor posture. She wears shoulder covering clothes, always. This is because of many scars that her mother inflicted on her. Mary also wears earrings, single pierced in each ear, she does not have a favorite pair.Basic Information
N A M EMary Ann Winthrop
N I C K N A M EMary (friends), Mary Ann (Father)
B I R T H D A T EAug. 8th, 2002
G E N D E RFemale
A G E13
B L O O D S T A T U SHalf-Blood (Mom was muggle)
S E X U A L I T YShe assumes straight, but is probably at least a little bisexualAcademics
H O U S ETituba
Y E A RThird
E L E C T I V E SArithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Study of Ancient Runes
B E S T C L A S S E STransfiguration, Potions
W O R S T C L A S S E SHistory of Magic, Charms
C L U B SPotions, and ChoirMy Magic
B O G G A R THer mother
P A T R O N U SDove
A M O R T E N T I AClean linens, Eucalyptus, Roses
W A N DFir| Unicorn Hair | Stiff | 8 9/10inchesMannerisms
L I K E S
- Books
- Hiking in the woods
- Singing
- Transfiguration
- Learning new things
- Her Father, and his family
- Phillip
D I S L I K E S
- Any mention of her mother or past
- Charms
- Religion (especially people involved in the super religious groups)
- Swimming/Water/deep dark water
- Closed spaces
- Showing her scars
- Talking about her past
H A B I T S
- Looking down and away, when speaking with people
- Humming to herself while alone
- Rubbing her right knee (it was wounded when she was young, and sometimes it still bothers her)
H O B B I E S
- Hiking
- Reading
- Singing
F E A R S
- Her mother, that somehow she'll find Mary again and take her back to her place
- Claustrophobia
- Hydrophobia
Delving Deeper
P E R S O N A L I T YMary is quiet and sweet. She smiles when speaking to people, especially strangers, but if someone catches her unaware she is usually not smiling. She seems closed off, and tends to bow her head slightly. If she's particularly nervous she stutters ever so slightly. When she makes a friend though, when she had decided to trust someone, she truly trusts them. Mary doesn't question people very often, even those she hasn't decided to trust. If she's told to do something in an authoritative voice she usually does it. This causes some issues when that thing isn't a good thing. She does not talk about her life before she was eight.
H I S T O R YMary was born to a backwaters hick of a mother who believed God had punished her with Mary. Mary's father was unknown to Mary, and the source of Mary's abilities seen as the worst possibility of a deal between Satan and God. Mary's mother believed she was suffering as Job had, and to free herself of the curse she must cleanse Mary. The woman's definition of cleanse grew worse as Mary's abilities grew. These abilities were never quite under control though.
Somehow word got to Mary's father, Andrew Winthrop, about her situation. How word got to him was never something he told Mary, but late in the night he took the small 8 year old from her home and freed her. It took Mary sometime before she realized she had side-along apparated.
The next few years Mary and her father learned from each other. Mary on how to trust people again, Andrew on how the simplest thing can bring joy. Mary was grossly under-educated so Andrew lost no time in catching the girl up in general education.
Andrew was ecstatic when her letter came, and was overjoyed she ended up in the same house he had been in when he attended. Since starting school at Salem Witches' Institute Mary has grown a lot. She is still a bit slow to trust people, no one knows her whole story.
F A M I L YFather: Andrew Winthrop - Works for the Republic of Magic, fairly respected
Uncle: Thomas III Winthrop - Healer, well known for his potions
Grandfather: Thomas II Winthrop - Healer
F A M I L I A RPhillip, a Russian blue that Mary was given when she received her letter for Salem's Witches' Institute
T H E M E S O N GWalk Unafraid– REM
I was brought into this life a little lamb
A little lamb
Courageous, stumbling
Fearless was my middle name.
But somewhere there I lost my way
E X T R A N E O U S I N F OThis does not need to be filled out immediately. This is something that can be added on as the RP goes. Mostly random facts will go here
Accepted
@Apokalipse
REVISED.“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”– Roald Dahl
A beautiful, dirty blonde with a healthy, hourglass figure, Sky's height reaches 5’3", her hazel eyes seem to always smile, and just know in terms of weight, all her friends can easily pick her up without breaking a sweat. Her metabolism is fast and her appetite is high. Purple is her favorite color but she prefers wearing black and white. Her lips are usually always complemented with vibrant colored lipstick. She puts enough eye makeup to get her eyes to pop and her outfits are almost always accessorized with a choker. When she smiles or laughs, the cutest dimples are revealed on her cheeks and the way she carries herself is with the out most confidence. She has a standard and upper lobe piercing and on her back is a large tattoo of angel wings to symbolize the loss of her parents (she spends her vacations in foster care).
She does seem a bit "out of it" due to her insomnia and may be caught staring into space. There is a high chance when you're talking to her she's sleep deprived, but when she does find it in her to rest she's pretty good at lucid dreaming. Even if Sky seems happy all the time and loves to be a little rebel, she does have fears like any normal person would. There might be a slight chance she has schizophrenia or that could just be paranoia... she hasn't decided yet. The voices in her head are more prominent at night but they help her with her creativity. Risk and taking chances is something she isn't afraid to do. She also hates witnessing someone get hurt and will jump in to help.Basic Information
N A M ESkylar Lavender March
N I C K N A M ESky, Lav, or March depending on the person.
B I R T H D A T E06/21/1998Cancer
G E N D E RFemale
A G E17
B L O O D S T A T U SPureblood
S E X U A L I T YBisexualAcademicsH O U S EGood
Y E A RSixth
E L E C T I V E SCare of Magical Creatures
Alchemy
Divination
B E S T C L A S S E STransfiguration
Care of Magical Creatures
W O R S T C L A S S E SHistory of Magic
Herbology
C L U B SMagical Creatures Club
Potions Club
Choir (Mezzo - Soprano)My MagicB O G G A R TReliving the worst moments of her life (when she was the only one that survived a car crash) which morphs into lightning and thunder
P A T R O N U SButterfly
AmortentiaRiver moss, water mist, day lilies, evergreen
W A N DMadrona | Unicorn hair | sturdy | 9 and 3/4 | Light of color and intricately carved
Madrona – A beautiful evergreen from the Pacific Northwest region of North America, it is rare in British wandmaking. However, its distinctive peeling bark denotes its magical powers of change- hence, a powerful wood for Transfiguration.
Unicorn hair – Quite compatible with Charms and Transfiguration. It is also hands-down the best core for healing, as it picks up some of the healing capabilities of unicorn blood.
Originally belonged to her Grandmother.MannerismsL I K E SHer late parents and foster mom
Nature, especially bodies of water
The color purple
Magical creatures and Transfiguration
The moonlight and nighttime
Piano music (playing it and listening to it)
Poetry, songwriting, singing
Food, especially big feasts during the holidays!
Walks at night (ultimately sneaking around)
Children, one day she'll have a family
Plants even though she's terrible at taking care of them
Ballroom dancing
Hot drinks: Coffee and tea
D I S L I K E SLightning and thunder, though she loves the rain
Killing plants... she does it all the time
Discrimination
Suffocating inside. She needs some outdoor time!
Her inability to sleep a lot
Other's judgement over her
Unnecessary Violence and bystanders
Ignorance
Labels that separate people. She doesn't like telling people she's bisexual. She simply says "I like what I like"
People bringing up her parents (it strikes emotional chords in her)
Professor Acantha Baladeva...
H A B I T SDaydreaming
Writing her thoughts in the middle of class
H O B B I E SStargazing
Playing the piano
Helping out with the magical creatures during her spare time
F E A R SVulnerability
Emotional Pain
Thunder/LightningDelving Deeper
P E R S O N A L I T YPeople could relate Sky to a "hippie" but that would label her, and she wouldn't like that. She does indeed love nature, the outdoors, and all kinds of creatures! She adores water and probably could bathe all day in a lake. For the most part, she's confident but that could be because she holds a front so no one can see her weaknesses. Her heart is usually always in the right place and she likes taking care of people, very motherly when she needs to be. Even with all that, she can be a little strange... sometimes looking right passed you like she's watching a scene unfold right in front of her eyes. Some people say that Sky's on a whole other planet because of how "out of it" she comes across. Very intelligent and hardworking, though constantly struggling in Herbology and being completely bored with History, Sky strives to be the best March witch she can be (especially now since she is the last of her family name). She enjoys the occasional thrill of sneaking around and is very possessive over her fruit bat.
Now in terms of flaws, due to how absentminded Sky is, she has a tendency to walk into dangerous, unsafe situations or just trouble in general. Don't ask her how she gets herself into bad situations, she just does. It's like she's a magnet for danger. It doesn't help that she's clumsy, like her fruit bat, and when she tries to make the situation better... well, lets just say somehow, she's made it ten times worse. Even when she's trying to take care of her friends, something could go terribly wrong. Sure, she's quite smart but that doesn't mean she copes with danger well. Sky will either spaz out or cast spells irrationally. Even so, this will not stop her from enjoying a nice walk at night. Sometimes people can see her talking to herself when she's having one of her schizophrenic moments. Her biggest flaw might be her trust issues because she doesn't want to feel vulnerable to other people. The feeling of losing more people she cared about... The school seems to want to reveal her insecurities constantly with class exercises and it's unnerving.
H I S T O R YComing from a line of wizards known for innovation, Sky had to live up to that. Her parents would say she was a natural witch by heart but didn't have any clue of what she was doing. Her childhood consisted of her watching her parents working and helping them test some of their inventions. There was this soup kitchen she remembered attending at one of her parents' "Little Paradise" safe havens. Something they created throughout the world to hide Witches and Wizards, who thought their life was endangered. They were good people, always trying to help.
Her father was the best darn Keeper House Good had and his advancements in Alchemy put the teacher staff in awe. Her mother was more of a bookworm and excelled in Transfiguration, Charms, and Astronomy. Their love story was something like a fairytale about star-crossed lovers. Her father being the wealthier of the two was already arranged to be married with someone else. Luckily, Grandpa March was understanding when her father begged to marry her mom. It also helped that Grandpa March adored his daughter-in-law, who gave him a true blessing: his granddaughter. Grandma March always made the best food too... things were nice back then. But life must always draw to a close. Her grandparents died before Sky became a age of being able to remember them well.
Before her first year at Salem Witches' Institute, she and her parents got in a major car accident where Sky was the only one that survived. That car accident had traumatized Skylar and her first year at school was kind of blurry. Some say a lot of how Sky is today was because of that accident. Along with the side effects of the accident, the young witch started to build a wall around her to protect her from everyone's stares and she became Smiley Skylar. Always seemingly happy.
Sky was brought under the care of a foster home. Memma Jenkins is what people called her foster mom. Menma wasn't a mean, muggle woman, she was just strict. The witch had no qualms with people that were strict, unless they stared into her soul like Professor Acantha Baladeva did... Either way, now she helps her foster mom with the kids when vacation rolls around.
F A M I L YMr. Allanon March the II and Mrs. Iris March: DeceasedThe most note worthy people in Sky's life were her parents but we'll start with her grandparents. Her grandfather, Allanon March the I, was a powerful wizard, who dedicated most of his life to alchemy. Her grandmother, Lavender March, on the other hand, focused her time in pharmaceutical work and her specializations were transfiguration and potions. They were very much loved and appreciated by most, muggles and wizards alike. Unfortunately, a disease took hold of her grandfather which stole him away from her family and then shortly after, her grandmother died of loneliness. Sky could barely remember their faces since she was only a child when they left this world.
Aside from the sadness, her family was strongly known for their innovation in bettering the wizardry community.
Onto Skylar's parents, Mr. Allanon March the II and Mrs. Iris March: Those two were a dynamic duo. Together, they established safe havens around the world that only magical beings would be able to find, especially after discovering that there were hunters killing wizards and witches. Little Paradises, they'd call it. Her dad loved testing his creativity, he could be seen as a borderline mad scientist. Alchemy and providing for his family was his life. With his inheritance, he had a lot more free time to further his studies. Before Skylar came into the picture, he did a lot of traveling with Iris, but ultimately returned to America. Her mother loved children and wanted to focus her time on making toys and a new and improved broomstick! One child was enough for her to have, but tinkering with toys for children everywhere - that was her calling. Both of her parents were creators but for their own reasons and they fully supported each other. Their love was beyond understanding and they tried to pass their love down to their daughter.
Literally days before her acceptance to Salem Witches' Institute, they passed away and she was hospitalized. After her recovery, she was brought to a foster care home, where Memma Jenkins, her muggle foster mom, had Sky help her take care of her establishment. Sometimes, Skylar does feel like Memma is only using her, but the young witch didn't want to believe that. Memma was nice and gave her room and shelter. That's all that really mattered. After a couple of months, she went to her first year of wizardry school.
F A M I L I A RSqueakers, the fruit bat.The newest addition to her family! He is a very clumsy and silly bat that loves cuddles. He actually is the child of her father's late bat, Fable. Squeakers has a tendency making messes and crashing into things... but overall is harmless and adorable. However, if you make his Sky cry he'll bring the little fangs out!
T H E M E S O N GMy Demons – StarsetMayday! Mayday!
The ship is slowly sinking
They think I'm crazy but they don't know the feeling
They're all around me,
Circling like vultures
They wanna break me and wash away my colors
Wash away my colors
Take me high and I'll sing
Oh you make everything okay, okay, okay
'Kay, Okay, Okay
We are one in the same
Oh you take all of the pain away, away, away
'Way, away, away
Save me if I become
My demons
I cannot stop this sickness taking over
It takes control and drags me into nowhere
I need your help, I can't fight this forever
I know you're watching,
I can feel you out there
Take me high and I'll sing
Oh you make everything okay, okay, okay
'Kay, Okay, Okay
We are one in the same
Oh you take all of the pain away, away, away
'Way, away, away
Save me if I become
My demons
Take me over the walls below
Fly forever
Don't let me go
I need a savior to heal my pain
When I become my worst enemy
The enemy
Take me high and I'll sing
Oh you make everything okay
We are one in the same
Oh you take all of the pain away
Take me high and I'll sing
Oh you make everything okay, okay, okay
'Kay, Okay, Okay
We are one in the same
Oh you take all of the pain away, away, away
'Way, away, away
Save me if I become
My demons
Take me high and I'll sing
Oh you make everything okay, okay, okay
'Kay, Okay, Okay
We are one in the same
Oh you take all of the pain away, away, away
'Way, away, away
Save me if I become
My demons
E X T R A N E O U S I N F OVice President of Magical Creatures Club
Mezzo-Soprano in Choir
Goal is to live up to her family's name and prove her parents' innocence
mm~ Accepted, though you forgot to edit the bit under the extra; i highlighted it in the quote :o