[CHAR] Hogwarts World Tour

[Jig]

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Episode Ideas:

None of these are set in stone. These are just things that I've come up with. If you'd like to add your own, please PM me (if you fancy some secrecy) or post it in the OoC section. Once we have all the characters in, I'll set up a poll to see which ideas are the most popular.

The One With The X-Rated Veelas

While checking out the wizarding red light district in Amsterdam, some of the gang, particularly the boys, encounter a group of veelas in a particularly predictable sort of establishment with probably predictable consequences.
_{But we’ll keep it clean, mods.}

The One With the Wizarding Competition

This one’s pegged in their diaries as an event not to be missed. There is a wizarding tournament of some kind (say, duelling, or a local variant of Quidditch, or a thestral race) where anybody can take part, and some of the team want to participate - as a team or as rivals. Or it could be the Quidditch World Cup where people are supporting different teams.

The Quiet One At Nurmengard

One of the main European ‘tourist hotspots’ are the battlefields and cemeteries of the first wizarding war, which ended only with Dumbledore’s defeat of Grindelwald. Grindelwald's aims not being entirely dissimilar to Voldemort's, this visit gives the group a chance to reflect on their own recent history.

The One With the Plagiarised Voyage

Muggles aren’t the only ones to have glamorous cruises or train journeys. O’Lustrum personally wangles tickets for them to take a trip on the Wizarding!Titanic (to America) or the Wizarding!Orient Express (to wherever the hell that goes. Russia-ish), replete with a chance to gussy up, party, and there may even be a murderer on board. Failing that, a goddamn dragon/sea monster attacks.
_{Because I haven’t murdered anyone in far too long.}

The One With the Civil War

While sightseeing in Eastern Europe, an actual goddamn war breaks out between muggles and wizards. While powerful magic prevents the rest of the world from discovering the broken Statute of Secrecy, the group is out of their depth and must actually survive.

The One Where They Try to Be Muggles

The world has many wonders, and not all of them are magical. Touring somewhere Scandinavian, the group makes a bet to survive without magic for a week. Hilarity ensues.

The One With the Magical Cult

^{Yes, cult.}
Traipsing around urban North America, the group becomes aware of a quasi-religious group of witches and wizards, and maybe even some muggles, who are simultaneously very open and very secretive about their organisation. Basically an excuse to make jokes about scientology.

The One With The Excuse to Fly Dragons

The gang visit wizarding Jurassic Park, where the keepers believe that they have tamed dragons, enabling a kind of 'flying with dragons' experience for tourists and bucket-lists. The predictable occurs.

The Great One of China

A requested location that I'd probably tack onto a plot idea if one isn't regional-specific.

The One With the Pyramids

While touring the Great Pyramids of Giza, the group encounters a chilling secret... (HalfOfLancelot's idea, so he'd be taking the lead :P)

The Von in Transylvania

While travelling in Transylvania, the gang encounters a count who invites them to stay. My instinct is to basically parody Dracula here, but it's Kittyluna's idea, so it's up to her.

Character Sheets:

In addition to your own sheets, be aware of other characters. We've all been at school together for seven years, so we'll have friends/rivals/etc among the group. Talk to other players and work out your collective backstories. :)
I should warn you that there's been quite a bit of interest so this probably won't be first-come first-served.

Sheet

[b]Player:[/b]

[b]Name:[/b]

[b]Date of Birth:[/b]

[b]Gender:[/b]

[b]Blood Status:[/b]

[b]Wand:[/b]

[b]Personality:[/b]

[b]Appearance:[/b]

[b]Background:[/b]

[b]Aspirations:[/b]

[b]House:[/b]

[b]Academic Record:[/b]

[b]Skills:[/b]
[list][*] Transfiguration:
[*] Charms:
[*] Herbology:
[*] Potions:
[*] Defence Against the Dark Arts:
[*] Duelling:
[*] Flying:
[*] Muggle Studies:
[*] Care of Magical Creatures:[/list]

Relation Sheet

[should be dead simple]

[b]Relationships:[/b]

[b]Character:[/b]
[b]Relationship:[/b]

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[b]Relationship:[/b]

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[b]Relationship:[/b]

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[b]Relationship:[/b]

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etc

^{Pre-emptive note:
yes, prettify them if you want}

Sheet Explained:

Player: Your username

Name: Not a trick question :)

Date of Birth: You’re 18 by the Summer of 2007

Gender: Also not a trick question :)

Blood Status: Pure, Half, Muggleborn

Wand: Length, wood, core, flexibility

Personality: What you’re like

Appearance: Whatchu look like. Photos are fine, so long as you look plausibly 18

Background: Family situation, personal history, etc

Aspirations: Hopes and dreams for the future

House: You know the ones

Academic Record: How well you did at Hogwarts, notable accomplishments/roles/responsibilities, exam results, etc

Skills: Give yourself a number/10 for each of these and add new fields as appropriate. No real limits apart from common sense.

• Transfiguration:
• Charms:
• Herbology:
• Potions:
• Defence Against the Dark Arts:
• Duelling:
• Flying:
• Muggle Studies:
• Care of Magical Creatures:

Nation Sheets:

Nation Sheet:

[b]Nation:[/b]
[b]Landmass:[/b]
[b]Politics:[/b]
[b]History:[/b]
[b]Points of Interest:[/b]
[b]Episodes:[/b]

Nation Sheet Explained:

Nation: Name of the nation
Landmass: Doesn't have to equate to its muggle equivalent.
Politics: Political system and general mood of the population
History: A bit of backstory maybe so we know where it came from
Points of Interest: Interesting locations or whatever
Episodes: If it's tied to a given episode (name the episode)

Characters:

Gryffindor:

Darren - McHaggis

Ravenclaw:
Ross - ravenDivinity[/indent]

Slytherin:

Siobhan - McHaggis
Kyle - Kirah

Hufflepuff:

Beck - Jig
Will - Jig
Elise - kittyluna45
Mary - Kirah

Established Nations:

The United Kingdom

The O’Lustrum Bursary

The Bursary

The O’Lustrum Bursary is a stipend paid to graduating students of Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry for the purpose of travelling the world. Aaron O’Lustrum himself half-funds the bursary from his family’s own (enormous) fortune, while the Ministry of Magic funds the other half.

The money is paid on a monthly basis, but not into the students’ own accounts, as they will presumably be Gringott’s bank vaults. Instead, the students must inform the programme’s coordinators of their movements so that the money can be accessible from whatever banks they can access abroad. This also ensures that the students move around, and don’t just stay in one place. Payments continue for up to one calendar year on the provision that the students write to O’Lustrum every two weeks simply to let him know what they’ve been getting up to.

NPC: Aaron O'Lustrum

O’Lustrum is a native of the Republic of Ireland, but attended Hogwarts like everybody else in the British Isles. He subsequently began working for the UK Ministry of Magic in the Department of International Magical Cooperation, and eventually became a diplomat. O’Lustrum was a vocal opponent of Lord Voldemort and fled the UK to Poland upon the death of Rufus Scrimgeour. Here, he began working as a reporter, finding and verifying reports of Voldemort’s reign of terror in an attempt to get the international community to intervene. However, the UK was considered politically cancerous and was excluded by much of the international community.

Following the defeat of Lord Voldemort, O’Lustrum returned to the UK, this time as a foreign correspondent. Well-liked and well-regarded due to his actions during the Second Wizarding War, he had privileged access to the new Minister for Magic, Kingsley Shacklebolt, and between them agreed that the UK needed to better understand the rest of the magical world and vice versa. Thus was the O’Lustrum bursary founded; it is now in its third year.

O’Lustrum remains a journalist abroad. He is in actual fact a (not brilliant) seer, giving him some literal prescience and a good idea of where he needs to be when. The students will know him from a talk he gave to them in the seventh year, explaining the Bursary.

[Jig]

Beck Routledge

Player: Jig

Name: Rebecca ‘Beck’ Routledge

Date of Birth: 12/4/1989

Gender: Female

Blood Status: Pure

Wand: Mahogany, Dragon Heartstring, 10^¾”, Pliable

Personality: Beck is a classic tomboy. She is boisterous, innately rebellious, and much prefers the company of guys to girls. Never one to mince her words, she is very much a love-me-or-hate-me kind of a person. That said, she doesn’t exactly get into fights, mostly because she really can’t be bothered and would much rather go do something fun instead. She is very laid-back and can both give and take a joke - the only thing that will stop her rubbing somebody up the wrong way is realising that she’s usually just kidding. She loves a challenge, she loves a party, and describing her as the life and soul wouldn’t be unreasonable. She's a born hell-raiser, one for dares, challenges and bets, and either gives it her all or nothing at all. For all her supposed streetsmarts, she does occasionally have moments of staggering naivety.
Despite her tough exterior, she does have an emotional center, although she doesn’t let it show. She is fiercely protective of her friends and loved ones, even when she’s cracking jokes at their expense, and is wracked with guilt and confusion regarding her family’s actions during the second wizarding war.

Appearance:
Beck is a reasonably short, stocky young woman who, despite her wanton lack of femininity, has boobs and a butt that it has been remarked can be seen from space. Her hair is dirty blonde, neck-length, and tends to whisk around her head when doing anything more exciting than sitting quietly. To the horror of her conservative parents, she wears casual boyish clothes (has never been seen in a dress by anybody at Hogwarts), while her use of makeup fluctuates between the panda-eyes/blood red lippy combo to absolutely nothing.

Background: Beck’s surname used to be Rowle - as in, she is the niece of Thorfinn Rowle, the violent Death Eater that is now rotting in Azkaban. Her father, she also understands, also committed various atrocities and was an ardent supporter of Lord Voldemort although escaped punishment by claiming to have been under the influence of the Imperius Curse. She has no idea whether or not to believe him, and her father won’t talk to her about it, not that she would like him to. Equally, she can’t connect the warm, jovial man she knows and loves to the ruthless Death Eater of ten years ago. She was heavily discouraged as a child from indulging in muggle culture, but in the aftermath of the second wizarding war, her parents relented, and, being naturally contrary, it was inevitable that that’s where her interests would focus.

Aspirations: She has absolutely no idea, hence the desire to see the world. She half-heartedly holds desires to become a professional Quidditch player or to jack in the wizarding world altogether and live among muggles although she knows that neither of these goals are terribly likely.

House: Hufflepuff

Academic Record: Beck was not the best student of all time. She received passable OWLs but took primarily non-magical subjects for NEWTs: Muggle Studies, Herbology, Potions and Charms. Muggle Studies was by far her favourite subject. She was, however, a highly competent beater for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team.

Skills:

• Transfiguration: 3/10
• Charms: 5/10
• Herbology: 7/10
• Potions: 6/10
• Defence Against the Dark Arts: 4/10
• Duelling: 3/10
• Flying: 9/10
• Muggle Studies: 9/10
• Care of Magical Creatures: 6/10
• Drinking: 9/10

Beck's Relationships

Relationships:

Character: Darren
Relationship: Bffs. Both are boisterous bruisers who love dares and challenges. Beck’s favourite game is goading him into trying to keep up with her almost superhuman ability to drink.

Character: Ross
Relationship: The two get on well - they’ll have shared two NEWT classes and Beck loves the puns.

Character: Will
Relationship: Absolutely not friends. Beck cannot stand him and was therefore obstructive to the Prefect of her house whenever she could, for the sake of it.

Character: Elise
Relationship: Used to be friends, but have more or less drifted apart. No ill will, just limited common ground.

Character: Mary
Relationship: Beck has nothing against Mary, but doesn’t really have too much time for shy, retiring people, even housemates. As Mary came out of her shell and joined the Quidditch team, they at least developed a respectful and functioning working relationship.

Character: Siobhan
Relationship: Friendly rivals? No idea here tbh

Kyle: No real opinion

[McHaggis]

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[Gowi]

Elizabeth “Liza” Ainsworth

^{Player: @Gowi}


_{“Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure.”}

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Elizabeth S. Ainsworth

_{[ ߜ ] B I R T H}

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1/22/1990

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Female

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Half-blood

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Willow, Unicorn Hair, 9¾”, Pliable

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Elizabeth is at the core, an introvert— quiet, constantly in thought, socially awkward, and ultimately prefers her books over socializing with groups of people in general. But Elizabeth isn’t elitist, self-absorbed, or pretentious in the slightest and generally actually does like people as evident by her shows of kindness and respect for pretty much every student in Hogwarts. Despite the shadow of the incidents that led into war when she was a child hanging over Hogwarts she prefers to look at things optimistically and goes by a philosophy that humanity as a whole is inherently good. This can seem naïve to her more cynical and outspoken classmates, but even the most condescending remark won’t change her disposition or beliefs. This trait, her conviction, is probably her strongest aspect of her personality and likely one of her most alluring. If Elizabeth is anything to go by it is clear that introverted and shy does not equate to weak and toothless.

However, Elizabeth will not remain completely silent in the shadow of adversity; she’s opinionated, slightly sarcastic, logical, and pedantic. If she sees something as wrong she will kindly remark it and confront it with a passion that isn’t expected from Elizabeth’s bookish nature. However, if she does offend someone with her stances she will be sure to resort to apologetic accords as she hates it when she does react unkindly— sometimes she forgets herself and hates how her train of thought can become overzealous towards others. This is especially so when situations escalate into physical aggression, a form of expression that intimidates Elizabeth beyond anything else and in the face of it might freeze out of anxiety or fear. She’ll try to be an arbiter, but when that fails she is afraid of the violence that could come out reeling from an encounter.

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Elizabeth descends from three primary ethnic groups, though it is clear that she takes more after her South Korean mother than her largely Euro-centric father given her long flowing black hair, light complexion, and soft features. In fact, Phineas Ainsworth once remarked that she looks exactly like her mother to the point it gives him nervous flushes of anxiety upon just seeing his daughter grow. However, as much as she is like her mother— she is not absentee from her paternal traits such as her height scaling at 5’6” (her mother was 5’2” as an adult) and her lighter eyes that express the same sadness and lucidity as her father as opposed to her mother’s robust unflinching natural expressiveness.

Such as her personality, Elizabeth’s appearance is generally conservative rather than liberal. Her hair is neat whether it is long-flowing or strewn in a ponytail.

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Elizabeth is the product of the love between a wizard by the name of Phineas Ainsworth and a muggle by the name of Sojung Hyeong. However, Elizabeth has little to no knowledge about her birth mother due to the fact that she was raised solely by her father with very rare occasions where he’d be willing to talk about Sojung for a period that was substantial. But given that connection that was mired in mystery Elizabeth has always had a quiet curiosity about her mother and what exactly happened to her. Beyond that her childhood pretty much was one that was formulaic by wizarding world terms— she was discovered to have the same gifts as her father and was admitted in the same fashion that he had been in his youth.

Her attendance at Hogwarts was a testament to her personality with her studious, quiet, and kind nature resulting her assignment into the same house her father had been part of in his youth— Ravenclaw. The definition of Elizabeth and who she would become was generally echoed in sentiments in reference to her father, a fact that she grew to detest as she felt that she was more than the daughter of Phineas Ainsworth and a individual of all her own; she wanted to prove that, no matter how close she mirrored her father. However, such respect would be difficult given Phineas long stretch of accomplishments and no matter how much she excelled the comparison would be difficult to shake completely. Such frustrations led her to be utterly sloppy amongst some of her peers in Ravenclaw for a time, though such childhood angst ruling her would be a temporary condition.

It is some years later now, and Elizabeth looks forward for various reasons.

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Elizabeth supposes her aspirations are to uncover part of her identity that has been mired in ignorance and curiosity. All Elizabeth knows is the wizarding world and framework of her academic education. She wants to take the opportunity to comprehend, understand, and to explore. The prospects could be endless beyond the magical walls of Magical Britain. Elizabeth strives for experience and knowledge and she feels like that her life could be much more than a magical scholar.

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Ravenclaw

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Elizabeth has been “undeniably brilliant”, though how much such accolades are smoke and mirrors is unclear. But what is known is that she is talented in applications of practical knowledge, academics, lore, and formula. Her written scores on the OWL’s are well-received and has earned her notations of being a student to watch. Her academic talents expanded when Elizabeth took her NEWT’s in Herbology, Charms, Transfiguration, Potions, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. It is due to this that Elizabeth would expand her research into that of protective wards, healing magic, and other similar affects— it would be no surprise if instead of becoming a magical scholar for Elizabeth to become a healer in the future.

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Care of Magical Creatures: 3/10
Charms: 8/10
Defense Against the Dark Arts: 7/10
Dueling: 3/10
Flying: 6/10
Healing: 7/10
Herbology: 9/10
Muggle Studies: 7/10
Potions: 9/10
Transfiguration: 8/10

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[Jig]

The United Kingdom

Nation: The United Kingdom
Landmass: Same as muggle equivalent - England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
Politics: The United Kingdom is only now a stable country following the Second Wizarding War, and scars still run deep. Kingsley Shacklebolt remains the Minister for Magic, and has driven through an agenda of uncompromising undoing of anti-muggle and muggleborn legislation of both the Thicknesse and Fudge administrations to broad public approval. However, some people who wouldn’t have gone as far as Lord Voldemort (or who simply evaded capture in the aftermath of the war) have, as renegades, remain vehemently opposed to these changes, resulting in both political tension in the Ministry of Magic and rare muggle/muggle-born murders complete with Dark Mark in the sky. These are - finally - beginning to abate.
During this period of healing, the United Kingdom became naturally introspective and has not engaged much with the rest of the wizarding world, especially since it was largely ostracised, at least by Europe, during Voldemort’s reign. It is now becoming an outward-looking nation once again, thanks in part to the O’Lustrum Bursary.
History: Consult the Harry Potter books ;)
Points of Interest: We'll not be touring the UK, so, nothing to see here
Episodes: Presumably the first episode will at least begin in the United Kingdom, which is where we’ll be setting off from.

[ravenDivinity]

Ross Anderson

^{Played by @ravenDivinity}

<sub>"Either I will find a way, or I will make one."

NAME</sub>
Ross Anderson
_{DATE OF BIRTH}
July 15, 1988
_GENDER
Male
_{BLOOD STATUS}
Half-blood
_WAND
Yew, unicorn hair, 13", surprisingly swishy

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_PERSONALITY

An incredibly focused, talented academic, Ross trains his sights primarily on intellectual and creative pursuits. The books have always been friends of his and sources of comfort in times of stress, and he holds them quite dear in his heart. They are a gateway for him to understand the world and its deepest intricacies, but Ross has not clung entirely to paper and binding as some have. Preferring to try things for himself and practice his magic, Ross instead enjoys a little more experimentation and hands-on work than the average Ravenclaw, and he often keeps a journal to record his findings. As a student at Hogwarts, he spent a heavy amount of time in the library. In fact, because he is the type of person who rejects moral absolutes and whose tenacity towards ambition knows few limits, he sometimes ventured into the restricted section in his later years to study some such esoteric and rare sorts of magic. Some of his classmates would even go so far as to opine that Ross knows just a tiny bit about everything although Ross would much beg to differ.

Though a bookworm at heart, Ross does not let his studies stand in the way of his social life, and he takes a shining to the company of other people. He is a remarkably good conversationalist, perhaps so good that it becomes annoying (or cute) how much he talks, depending on the audience. His warm and welcoming demeanor is friend to even the most distant stranger, but a downfall for his safety and a drain on his energy. One can only handle unbounding, sacrificial kindness for so long before one neglects himself or is taken advantage of. When Ross reaches the end of his rope in this regard, he becomes slightly more irritable, lethargic, and depressive, and it is best to let him cool down when he runs out of energy. And aside from that, the only other time he can become snappy is if he is pressed to be, if he is crossed or harmed in some way or perceives such a thing. He isn't renowned for his emotional self-control or his ability to hold back a temper. Let's just say that Ross can be a little hot-headed at times.

_APPEARANCE

As pictured. Ross stands at roughly 5 feet and 9 inches and does not possess a particularly sculpted physique. However, he does have broad shoulders, a decently toned chest, and just a little muscle in his arms and legs.

_BACKGROUND

A childhood prodigy, Ross Anderson was born to a Muggle father and a witch mother. Although they eventually divorced out of incompatibility, they still loved their son and remained on positive terms with each other, working out an arrangement for shared custody. His Muggle father David Anderson and pure-blood mother Marissa Carter gave Ross the strong foundation he needed to be successful in education, his ethic and his love for learning, which followed him through his career at Hogwarts. His mother had his family move to the United States for the duration of the Second Wizarding War to avoid much of the fray, and she made sure to use it as a lesson to Ross. Even though he had no personal memory of the war, he developed an early understanding of blood purity and prejudice from his mother, which was solidified through his time at Hogwarts. Magic became a refuge for Ross at Hogwarts as he slowly discovered that not all young witches and wizards were nice, but he refused to let anything of that sort discourage him and chose to metamorphose into a positive, social influence.

_ASPIRATIONS

Ross is unsure of what he wants to do per se, but he knows that he wants to use his magical talents for something good, that he wants to help a lot of people through his work, and that he doesn't want to be stuck doing boring work. Whether it's working at the Ministry, being an Auror, becoming a journalist, or specializing in a trade responsible for many useful wizarding goods, Ross is excited for the future and what it holds, and he hopes to have the opportunity to figure out what it is he wants to do, even if that path leads to a job in the Muggle world.

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_HOUSE
Ravenclaw

_{ACADEMIC RECORD}

Ross had a lot of innate talent entering Hogwarts for the first time, but he quickly learned that innate talent was not a precursor to educational success from his parents while figuring things out at school. He rushed right for the books and used them as a foothold for his academic career, and he rose to become one of Ravenclaw's top students through hard work and long nights in the Ravenclaw dormitory. Ross skipped through the OWLs with ease, but in his seventh year, he had only barely received an EE on his NEWT in Potions. The other NEWTs he had more success with: Transfiguration, DADA, Charms, and Muggle Studies. Either way, it was clear that Ross had accomplished a great deal at Hogwarts.

_SKILLS
Transfiguration: 8
Charms: 9
Herbology: 4
Potions: 3
Defence Against the Dark Arts: 7
Duelling: 6
Flying: 8
Muggle Studies: 10
Care of Magical Creatures: 5
Pun Factor: 10
Piano Seduction: 9

Ross' Relationships

_BECK

Ross shared Muggle Studies, Potions, and Charms at the NEWT level with Beck, and they had gotten along swimmingly in the past. They weren't particularly close, but Ross likes her carefree, be-cool-but-take-no-shit attitude. He sat next to her in Muggle Studies, but not in Charms or Potions where they would be in Will's sight.

_DARREN

Ross side-eyed and peeped at Darren a lot in NEWT level Muggle Studies, DADA, and Charms, and Transfiguration. He never directly spoke to Darren, and he was certain Darren had never spotted Ross' infatuated staring. Main point: Ross thought Darren was cute, but he always refused to admit it and felt a little ashamed of it.

_LIZA

Ross had all his NEWT courses with Liza except Muggle Studies, and he did not take Herbology at the NEWT level. He mostly saw Liza like a sister, and they frequently studied together and bonded over their shared House and blood status. They could be spotted at the library together at times.

_WILL

Ross found Will attractive and could see that Will tried in earnest to do the right thing, but he could not move past the fact that Will just seemed outright douche-y. The "You've got much talent, for a muggle" comments really pissed Ross off, especially in the middle of their shared study sessions. Ross couldn't tell what he was tempted to do more - kiss him or do something Unforgivable.

_ELISE

Ross got a little irked when Elise became a little too energetic, even too much for him, but nonetheless, he was always very tolerant and didn't mind her company. He admired her enthusiasm and her loyalty to her cousin. Otherwise, he didn't know her too well. In every NEWT-level class he had with Liza, Elise was also present, and from his perspective, they seemed to get along well.

_MARY

Ross had fewer classes with Mary as he did with Elise. He knew her and was on friendly terms with her by the time they left Hogwarts, but she was even more distant to him than Elise was. Ross still saw something in Mary which he saw in himself as she opened up and became more sociable; he saw someone in the same personality transition he was once in.

_ARTHUR

Ross hadn't the slightest clue who Arthur was. They had similar classes, but Ross probably didn't take much notice of Arthur. Arthur, to Ross, was just another face in the crowd.

_SIOBHAN

Ross only knew that Siobhan was incredibly ambitious, for he had witnessed in their earlier years at Hogwarts her talents in Care of Magical Creatures, her intense interest in dragons. Family business, perhaps. Besides, Ross hardly had any contact with Siobhan. They saw each other in very few classes, and that was it.

_KYLE

Ross did not see or talk to Kyle much. He remembered Kyle as the clumsy broom-rider from his Flying class, something Ross himself excelled at and took to like a charm. In the NEWT classes they shared, Ross saw Kyle's unwavering desire to achieve his goal, a deep-seated fixation on his dream of being a teacher, and Ross admired Kyle for that and for his talents and work ethic in Transfiguration. They didn't really talk much at all, perhaps a passing glance or greeting, but they were never really more than acquaintances.

[Jig]

Will Lawrence

Player: Jig

Name: Will Lawrence

Date of Birth: 17/9/1988

Gender: Male

Blood Status: Pure

Wand: Oak, Unicorn tail hair, 14^½ inches, rigid

Personality: Will’s smart and he knows it, and, inevitably, has become rather smug over the years. Although he works very hard for his achievements, he suspects that he actually might not have to and is guilty of overestimating his own talents and abilities, while conveniently forgetting or dismissing his genuine weak points, both academically and socially. As a result, people can find him frequently obnoxious, although it’s an undeniable fact that it’s generally pretty useful to have Will on-side as he really is quite capable. He does try very hard to be liked and to do the right thing, in a way that can easily show that he’s trying - some people may find this endearing, while others might find it slimy.
Will is not used to failure, and consequently does not like losing or not succeeding - in such situations, he simply doesn’t know what to do, resulting in otherwise uncharacteristic gracelessness and temper tantrums. He is highly dismissive of muggles, while meaning them no ill will.

Appearance: With the exception of slightly bucked teeth, Will is a good-looking lad, but looks come at the cost of vanity and he can be notoriously high-maintenance. While he's not prissy, he does put a lot of effort into looking good, both in terms of his body and his overall appearance. Regular exercise (both cardio and muscular, about which he will not shut up), plenty of magical cosmetic products and enchantments (about which he is much quieter), and a diet of tedious care have made him a healthy-looking human. To top it off, he has a tendency to wear clothes that are at least 20% more formal than any given situation requires, because that's what the ideal young man does (probably). He allows a certain amount of stubble to grow, because he thinks it suits him. Surprisingly hairy all round, come to mention it.

Background: The Lawrence family is a small wizarding family with relatively few connections that other pure-bloods might enjoy, and, although both of Will’s parents have magical blood, he has one grandparent and two great-grandparents who are muggle-borns, so ‘pure-blood’ might be a misnomer in this instance. During the second wizarding war, Will’s muggle-born grandfather was sent to Azkaban (where he died), and so there is great personal resentment there. Will’s mother is a healer at St Mungo’s (and attended the Battle of Hogwarts to patch up the wounded), while his father is a racing broom manufacturer, and, between them, represent many different branches of magic, possibly accounting for Will’s all-round magical prowess.

Aspirations: While the world is Will’s oyster, and he knows it, his most immediate goal is to become an auror, although he has no plans to stop there.

House: Hufflepuff

Academic Record: Will has a glowing academic record and is tipped for great things. He aced his OWLs and performed well in his NEWTS (Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Arithmancy), while being appointed both Prefect and captain of the duelling club in his fifth year. Many in his year, including himself, expected him to be appointed Head Boy, although that accolade was given to non-Prefect Quidditch goon Darren, which both astonished Will and made him just a teensy bit salty.

Skills:

• Transfiguration: 8
• Charms: 8
• Herbology: 4
• Potions: 8
• Defence Against the Dark Arts: 8
• Duelling: 10
• Flying:6
• Muggle Studies: 1
• Care of Magical Creatures: 1
• Healing: 2
• Arithmancy: 7

Will's Relationships

Relationships:

Character: Beck
Relationship: Beck and Will have never clicked and all his attempts to try to persuade her to like him or at least cooperate with him have backfired, not that he’s stopped trying.

Character: Darren
Relationship: Friendly rivals with a good working relationship developed as a most senior prefect and head boy - not that Will is entirely unsalty about Darren getting the HB badge. Then again, Will beat him to be Captain of the Hogwarts Duelling Team, so it’s not all bad news.

Character: Liza
Relationship: Will respects Liza greatly, although if she has ever been particularly withering to him in the past, he’ll probably be on his guard around her.

Character: Ross
Relationship: Will thinks Ross is great and really enjoys his company, vivacious but also intelligent, which is, apparently, amazing for a muggle-born, as Will has probably told him on more than one occasion. Frequently study-buddies. Bad luck, Ross.

Character: Elise
Relationship: Will knows that Elise can’t stand him, but has no idea that it’s due to her dating her cousin. He will want to make amends.

Character: Mary Winthrop
Relationship: Will likes to forget they used to date, mostly because she dumped him and he doesn’t want to be the one to have been dumped. Very slightly awkward around her, but friendly.

Character: Arthur
Relationship: Will likes Arthur, although underestimates him because of Arthur’s reticence. Sometimes study-buddies.

Character: Siobhan
Relationship: Will judges her based on her academic record, her love for CoMC which he doesn’t share, and her role as yet another Quidditch goon - doesn’t dislike her, but doesn’t respect her as much as he ought to. He actually has no opinion on wolfishness and the two cooperated well during full moons to make sure that wherever she was wolfing, other students were kept away for her privacy and their safety.

Kyle: The two have little in common beyond Siobhan, and otherwise Kyle's not really on Will's radar.

Remington: Will disapproves of his vengeful nature, but otherwise they get on reasonably well.

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Elise Reed

Player: Kittyluna45

Name: Elise Reed

Date of Birth: 5/25/1989

Gender: Female

Blood Status: Pureblood

Wand: Unicorn hair/ Willow / 91/2 inches/ Quite springy

Personality: Elise is a friendly bubble of energy, always has been, always will be. Unless you cross her or her ‘baby’ cousin, Mary, or anyone she calls friend. Then she is an angry badger, who won’t let you forget what you did. She has calmed down a lot from when she was a younger girl, but the energy and friendliness is still there. However, she can be serious when needed, or when it is something she cares about deeply, like her friends and studies. The quickest way to go from being a friend to her enemy is to insult her cousin or friends. Otherwise, she will consider someone a friend until proven otherwise.

Appearance:

Elise stands at roughly five foot five, and weighs around one hundred and thirty pounds, but has no intention of losing weight. She has bright green eyes that she frames with big rimmed glasses, which yes, she does need to wear. (She’s slightly nearsighted.) She has blonde hair that reaches her mid-back, which she usually wears loose. She tends to stand very tall, and has an almost permanent smile. She wears loose clothing, mostly because that’s what she enjoys wearing. She also has a locket she always wears at all times.

Background: Elise is the product of a union between Eastern and Western magic. Her father was an immigrant from Hong Kong, and met her mother in the Department of International Magical Cooperation, and after a whirlwind courtship the two were married quickly. Her mother is part of the Winthrop house, an old house in England of magic.

Elise grew up on the Winthrop estate as an only child for most of her life, until she was about eight years old. One night, her uncle Andrew showed up with her cousin, Mary. Elise tried to spend some time with her cousin, but it took her sometime to open up. But with some time, trust, and a lot of books, Mary and Elise have become as thick as thieves.

When both of their letters came, Elise was so excited. She ended up in Hufflepuff house, disappointing her mother a bit since she didn’t end up in Ravenclaw, but Hufflepuff suited Elise better.

The seven years at Hogwarts saw Elise making quite a few friends that she would keep for life, and an education that would help lead her down the path of being a medi-witch, like she had always wanted to be.

Aspirations: Elise would love to be a medi-witch like her father, and has been taking her potions and transfiguration class serious for this aspiration. However, she has decided to go with her cousin, Mary, in a trip around the world with a few other recent Hogwarts graduates. She does want to see other forms of healing around the world.

House: Hufflepuff!

Academic Record: Elise always knew she wanted to be a medi-witch, and has worked towards that goal. Even growing up in a long line of wizards, she was terrible at flying, as a few of heights crippled her a bit. She was never one for dueling either, hating fighting with her friends, even if it is not really fighting. She was a very serious student, and did her best to study, but ended up average in some categories. She took some private lessons alongside another student with the resident Matron of Hogwarts to help with her healing skills.

Took NEWT level Herbology, Transfiguration, Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts and Potions. She got most Outstandings and Exceeds Expectations in her courses.

Skills:

• Transfiguration: 8/10
• Charms: 6/10
• Herbology: 7/10
• Potions: 8/10
• Defense Against the Dark Arts: 6/10
• Dueling: 1/10
• Flying: 2/10
• Muggle Studies: 5/10
• Care of Magical Creatures: 7/10
• Singing: 9/10
• Healing: 7/10

Relationships

Relationships: Elise Reed

Character: Mary Winthrop
Relationship: ‘Baby’ cousin, one of her best friends, and will do almost literally anything for her. Their friendship was born over books, and they are as close as sisters. Elise will protect her baby cousin at all costs. She is one of the few people to know about what Mary went through.

Character: Will Lawrence
Relationship: Elise doesn’t really like Will after he dated Mary. She heard quite a few stories from Mary, and agrees. He is a ‘tool.’

Character: Elizabeth “Liza” Ainsworth
Relationship: Elise is happy to call Liza one of her friends. They both want to be healers, and became friends in class as well as in their private lessons with the Matron. She may be a bit introverted, but Elise doesn’t mind.

Character: Ross Anderson
Relationship: Knows him in passing. They had a few NEWT classes together, but don’t know one another that well. He is friends with Liza, as they are house and classmates, so Elise would like to get to know him better.

Character: Beck Routledge
Relationship: They were friends, and Elise still considers her a friend, but they are no where near as close as they use to be. They will still chat from time to time.

Character: Darren Hughes
Relationship: Shared a few classes, and they are on friendly terms. They would occasionally team up in class, and sometimes when Darren would get injured, he would come find her to get healed. She appreciated it, as it gave her some practice. So, she calls Darren a friend. Also, since he is protective of Mary, he is really on her good side.

Character: Siobhan MacFusty
Relationship: She knows Siobhan and is friendly with her, but doesn’t know her very well.

Character: Kyle McCarthy
Relationship: They are on friendly terms, having shared every NEWT class together, but other than that, there isn’t that much. She calls him friend, but what he calls her, only he knows.

Character: Arthur James Mallister
Relationship: Shared several NEWT classes, but not much other than that. (Ideas?)

Character: Remington 'Remy' Halls
Relationship: They were once on friendly terms, before Remington started showing his true colors, as it would seem. After that, Elise and Remington drifted apart, and while she might say hello to him on the occasion, they are not what one would call friends.

[Kirah]

Mary Winthrop

Player: Kirah

Name: Mary Winthrop

Date of Birth: 8/8/1989

Gender:Female

Blood Status: Half blood

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

Personality: 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.

Appearance: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.



Background: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.

Aspirations: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.

House: Hufflepuff

Academic Record: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.)

Skills:

• 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

Relationships

Relationships:

Character: Elise
Relationship: 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.

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

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

Character: Darren
Relationship: 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.

Character: Beck
Relationship: 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.

Character: Ross
Relationship: 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.

Character: Kyle
Relationship: 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.

Character:
Relationship:

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[Kirah]

Kyle McCarthy

Player: Kirah

Name: Kyle McCarthy

Date of Birth: 17/11/89

Gender: Male

Blood Status: Pureblood

Wand: Rowan, 11 2/5, stiff, dragon heart-string.

Personality: Kyle is protective, but very single minded. When he was struggling with some information someone tried to deter him from his ultimate goal, he didn't even blink but promptly ignored said person and went back to learning what he had to. He has few friends and very little social life.

When something is able to distract him from his main goal it pulls his attention fully until he completes that task.

Appearance:



Background: Kyle was born into the stereotypical rich and ancient family of Purebloods. With one older sister things seemed mostly normal. Until the second wizard war. It ripped his family apart. His father and sister followed Voldemort. Kyle was torn at first but the argument between his parents that resulted in his mother's death sealed his position on the matter. He refused to have anything to do with Voldemort and ran away, which at such a young age was not easy. He got lucky though and a cousin took him in. After the war his father and sister were rounded up and put in Azkaban. Kyle was accepted into Hogwarts, put on the sorting hat and told it "I want to teach, shape minds of the future so nothing like that happens again, what works best for that" the hat thought for a bit and decided Kyle's ambition was strong enough to warrant him being in Slytherin. Kyle was not pleased as that had been both his sister and Father's houses.

After starting at Hogwarts Kyle made few friends, primarily Siobhan. He didn't fall instantly in love with her, in fact he could never actually quite tell you when he did fall in love with her, but he has fallen, and fallen very hard. He has no clue how to tell her though, but enjoys their friendship immensely. Over the summer after 4th year Kyle was doing research for DADA and realized something very peculiar about Siobhan. He wasn't certain until school started back up, she was a werewolf. Again Kyle had no idea how to bring this up to her and in fact sat on the information until Christmas when he found a side note in a book, at his cousins house, about Animagi that their presence for a werewolf could be calming and in animagi form a wizard would be immune. Kyle jumped at the idea, he didn't mention anything to Siobhan right away having no idea how to tell her until the Summer after 6th year when he had finally figured it out. He could turn into a black panther.

Their first night back 7th year when Kyle was able to speak to Siobhan alone he blurted out "I can help you." The rest of the conversation went surprisingly well.

Aspirations: There has only ever been one aspiration (that wasn't romantic) becoming a teacher. This trip for him is two parts, one he gets to spend time with Siobhan that isn't at school, and two he gets a chance to relax and not have to study before going into education. There are a couple paths he can take, he thinks he is going to start with private tutor. As much as he hated being placed in Slytherin it has given him an interesting perspective and opportunity for the future.

House: Slytherin

Academic Record: Kyle came into Hogwarts with one thing in his sights - Becoming a teacher. Even before he put on the sorting hat he knew that that was what he would do. As such he focused only on the subjects that mattered toward that goal. He was naturally good at DADA, but everything else took effort. He poured himself into his studies with lazer focus, with his only distraction being Siobhan which gave him all of his knowledge in Magical Creatures (and because of certain conditions required him to pay more attention to Transifugarion than he truly planed on). He didn't didn't get OWLs for Care of Magical Creatures so there was no moving up for him and staying in that class with Siobhan. He scraped the OWLs and Herbology and Potions, only getting marginally better for Charms and knocking it out of the park for DADA and Transfiguration. Towards the end of the 7th year he was often heard mumbling "If I wanna teach privately I've got to know all of it"

He literally fell asleep during the Herbology NEWT test and never finished it. He was one point from not getting the Charms NEWT at "Accpetable", and received "Exceeds expectations" in Potions and DADA. For Transfiguration he received an "Outstanding"

Skills:

• Transfiguration: 10/10 (OH god so many books and late nights)
• Charms: 7/10 (Why in the world is this important ugh)
• Herbology: 5/10 (literally fell asleep during the NEWT test, did not finish it)
• Potions: 7/10 (I don't have time to focus on this it's killing me)
• Defense Against the Dark Arts: 8/10 (Was born for this, but a little distracted because of Transfiguartion)
• Duelling: 8/10 (So much other information filling my head that is important for this so that happened)
• Flying: 2/10 (hasn't been on a broom since he was 5 and his sister knocked him off)
• Muggle Studies: -100/10 (Okay not really but you get the point)
• Care of Magical Creatures: 4/10 (It's only that high because of Siobhan)

Relationships

Relationships:

Character: Elise
Relationship: NEWTS: Potions, Transfiguration, Charms, Herbology, and DADA. Good relationship with Elise. She's nice and everything and we had all our NEWTs together.

Character: Will
Relationship: NEWTS: Potions, DADA, and Transfiguration [Ideas?]

Character: Siobhan
Relationship: How do you tell someone you have loved them since you were 11?

Character: Darren
Relationship: NEWTS: DADA & Transfiguration. This guy always looks so ridiculous when I see him. Is that face intentional? He is smart though, and if I cared for competition within the classes I probably would have considered him a rival.

Character: Beck
Relationship: NEWTS: Potions and Herbology. *shrug*

Character: Ross
Relationship: NEWTS: DADA, Potions, and Transfiguration. Not really interacted with him a lot, despite having three NEWT levels with him. Before that we had barely spoken. I saw him in the library though.

Character: Mary
Relationship: She's a hufflepuff, quiet, smart as hell, but honestly I've never interacted with her much, even though we had several NEWT classes together. NEWTS: Potions, Transfiguarion, Herbology

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[Jig]

Notes on La Place Du Fourmilier

1) the Hotel we're in, which I've creatively named l'Hotel Déguisé, is based on something I once think I knew about how loads of French (I'm gonna say) monks who were driven underground by religious disagreements or whatever and so there are loads of catacombs and shit in France where they used to hide out. The hotel is underground and a short walk away from the square, so from the outside it looks really unnoticeable and anonymous, but it's in a great location and it's super lush and everything inside. Possibly famous. Might have made up this bit of French history (and honestly a google search is not looking good on the backing me up front) but fuck it let's go with it

2) The staff are all rude

3) I've not said what the room allocation is but I'm gonna suggest that the boys are all in one room and Siobhan/Beck and Mary/Elise are in rooms each but that's up for grabs if anybody has any strong preferences because I'm an idiot and shouldn't be in charge of things (see the OoC)

4) O'Lustrum has paid for the hotel out of his own pockets. The group hasn't paid for it at all, either from their own coffers or via the bursary. It's a complete freeb. Very very not-important plot-stuff here but if somebody could give it a mention, would mucho appreciato.

5) You're totally free to explore the square or, indeed, the hotel, at your leisure. Hopefully the info here and in the IC gives you an idea of the general tone I'm gunning for for this location, but if I had any vital plot stuff that was worth bearing in mind, I'd've told you. Have fun! Enjoy!

6) Any questions, you know where I am.

7) Still absolutely hammered, but I pre-wrote much of my most recent IC post so hopefully it's mostly legit.