Name: Alexandra “Leck” Bellowes
Gender: Female
Date of Birth: 17th December 1993
Blood Status: Pure Blood
House: Slytherin
Alexandra is something of a tomboy. Despite the rather curvy curves nature gave her, nurture has not given her any inclinations to be particularly feminine. She wears little to no makeup (and certainly will not be wearing any on the pilgrimage) and does not try to top up her unimpressive five feet of height with heels. What she does believe in, to some degree, is being presentable, and so she will make sure she is clean and nicely turned-out even if not overtly feminine.
Personality: Leck goes almost out of her way to not be what her parents want her to be. The product of an old Slytherin family she rails violently against their interest in academia, wealth, status and, yes, blood-purity, she can't think of anything worse than being somebody's wife and baby-maker in a nice, neat little mansion somewhere. She is relaxed, chilled-out, and truthful, even when the truth hurts. Nothing sounds better to her than to be around a few friends and having a bit of a drink. She's inherently a little bit masculine, and often doesn't have time for what she considers to be female duplicity or superficiality, though woe betide any man that should bemoan the same traits. Leck carries a bit of a temper around with her, and her outbursts, though few and far between, have been absolutely legendary. As a result, her compassionate nature and general laid-back attitude tend to take people by surprise.
She does take a little getting used to, and can be quite intense. Her unflinching, slightly brazen exterior is mostly for show, as a means of off-setting her family background and the general societal expectations of purebloods, the wealthy, and women. It's not unheard of for her to make inappropriate jokes with people she doesn't know, or generally been a little overbearing. The fact that she is a firm believer in cutting the crap can also make uninformed small-talk almost entirely impossible. Though she dropped most practical (and dangerously so) subjects as soon as she could, her bravado would occasionally have her throw herself into situations to show her carefree nature, only to find herself ill-equipped to deal with them, and need, to her supreme annoyance, to be
helped.
Strengths:- Truthful
- Witty
- Lively
- Free-spirited
- Compassionate
Weaknesses- Impatient
- Contrarian
- Hot-headed
- Critical
Goals- Get out of a fiercely wizarding community
- Be a crazy cat lady
- Do as little as possible
Hobbies- Any muggle media/hobby
- Beer
The Bellowes are a new wizarding family, whose name was changed about a decade and half ago for reasons they say they don't remember. They were previously well-respected in the wizarding community, but were perhaps too sympathetic to the wrong circles at the wrong time, and now, even if their wealth is intact, they have cut themselves off from those less savoury faces on their family tree and decided to start afresh. It's the one thing Leck isn't honest about and she has intentionally not pried into the Bellowes' history too much. She has suspicions that the men in the family, including her father, have done things she would not be able to forgive them for, and she puts in a lot of effort to suspend her disbelief; she isn't sure that the imperius curse her father was found at his trial to have been under was real. Counter-intuitively, she does enjoy her family's company, even if they are politically poles-apart, and so they have a don't-ask-don't-tell policy that goes both ways; she leaves their family history alone; and they, in turn, give her space to be a
bloodtraiter rebellious teen. With that in mind, she goes out of her way to do bloodtraitery things, avoiding academic excellence and wizarding conventions at all costs.
Patronus: A hummingbird
Worst fear: A dark relapse on behalf of the Bellowes family.
Boggart: Her father as a death eater
Amortentia: Pear drops, paraffin, chilli
House-elf: The Bellowes kept trying to keep house elves, but she kept freeing them and they've given in and won't get any more.
Credentials:- Defence Against the Dark Arts (2)
- Muggle Studies (2)
- Divination (2)
- History of Magic (2)
- Herbology (1)
- Potions (1)
- Charms (1)
- Transfiguration (1)
- Care of Magical Creatures (1)
- Astronomy (1)
- Dueling (1)
Wand:Length: 10”
Wood: Maple
Core: Augurey Tail FeatherFlexibility: Swishy
Augurey feathers are not powerful cores, but they are malleable, and the wand in question can easily be persuaded and forced to do its wielder's bidding in any subject. It will resist if it picks up on any hesitation or lack of conviction.
Inventory:- Camping kit (mostly muggle-friendly)
- Muggle literature
- Broomstick