[hider=Mary Winthrop]
[b]Player:[/b] Kirah

[b]Name:[/b] Mary Winthrop

[b]Date of Birth:[/b] 8/8/1989

[b]Gender:[/b]Female

[b]Blood Status:[/b] Half blood

[b]Wand:[/b]Fir| Unicorn Hair | Stiff | 8 9/10inches

[b]Personality:[/b] Mary's personality has changed a lot over the last 7 years. She was a quiet and terrified girl those first couple of years, but once she joined the Quidditch team she came out of her shell quite a lot. Since then she smiles easier and starts conversations on her own. She has even been known to interrupt people or call them out on something that she thinks they are doing wrong. As such she was able to make some friends, and some enemies during the Hogwarts years.

[b]Appearance:[/b]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.

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[b]Background:[/b]Mary 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 the letter came, and was overjoyed she ended up in the same house he had been in when he attended. Since starting school at Hogwarts Mary has grown a lot. She is still a bit slow to trust people though, still (almost) no one knows her whole story. 

[b]Aspirations:[/b]Mary wants to do Social Work between Muggle children and their families, as well as helping out children like her. She plans on attending a Muggle college for her degrees in Child Psychology and Social Work. This is the first time Mary actually has time off from school before starting college, which she won't start until Fall 2008, as such she is excited at the opportunity that this will provide to see the real world outside of her family's estate, or school.

[b]House:[/b] Hufflepuff

[b]Academic Record:[/b]Mary was a bit slow in the beginning, but she took to transfiguration like she had been born to it. If it hadn't been for the joy it had brought her she might not have returned after Christmas break. Despite the overwhelming academic choices she made for Hogwarts, she chose to also study over the summer at a Private school near her father's family's estate. As well a special by post program for during the regular school year. This kept her mostly-up-to-date with her muggle peers, but put her perilously behind in all but her favorite subject Transfiguration, and better than most in potions. She of course did excellent in muggle studies and flying because of her love for Quidditch and was even the chaser for several years for the Hufflepuff team.

OWLS: Outstanding - Transfiguration, Potions, Muggle Studies. Acceptable - Herbology, Care of Magical Creatures
NEWTS: Outstanding - Transfiguration. Exceeds Expectations - Potions. Acceptable - Herbology. (Mary did not continue with Muggle studies because she thought that was silly and a waste of her study time.)

[b]Skills:[/b]
[list][*] Transfiguration: 10/10
[*] Charms: 4/10
[*] Herbology: 6/10
[*] Potions: 8/10
[*] Defence Against the Dark Arts: 5/10
[*] Duelling: 1/10
[*] Flying: 9/10
[*] Muggle Studies: 10/10
[*] Care of Magical Creatures: 5/10[/list][/hider]

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[b]Relationships:[/b]

[b]Character:[/b] Elise
[b]Relationship:[/b] My lovely cousin, my confidant, my best friend, my first friend. When my father rescued me I met Elise for the first time at the breakfast table. I was terrified and she smiled and shared a book with me. Happiest moment of my life.

[b]Character:[/b] Will
[b]Relationship:[/b] We dated for a while... It wasn't a good idea, he's a tool.

[b]Character:[/b] Siobhan
[b]Relationship:[/b] *Shakes fist* Slytherin quidditch player. Also NEWT level Herbology [other ideas]

[b]Character:[/b] Darren
[b]Relationship:[/b] NEWTS: Transfiguration. He's always been so ridiculous ruffling my hair and basically being really nice. I'm fond of him, and I'll be honest had a bit of a crush on him for a bit, but I don't think I'm made out for relationships. 

[b]Character:[/b] Beck
[b]Relationship:[/b] NEWTS: Potions and Herbology. Quidditch team mate. Beck impresses me a bit. She's so...present always. It's hard to not know she's in the room. I've always had a hard time getting my presence to be known, so that is fascinating to see. I also think she's more brilliant than she lets on. 

[b]Character:[/b] Ross
[b]Relationship:[/b] NEWTS: Potions, and Transfiguration. We're on good terms. He's smart, obviously since he's a Ravenclaw, and I've never had a problem with him.


[b]Character:[/b] Kyle
[b]Relationship:[/b] He's super smart and beats me on tests a good part of the time in Transfiguration. For the most part we don't talk much though. Always thought it might cool to work in a study group with him, it never happened though.

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