RP:Harry Potter RP with Pirouette [hider=Matilda Graves][hr][hr] [center][url=http://fontmeme.com/cute-fonts/][img]http://fontmeme.com/embed.php?text=Matilda%20Graves&name=JandaQuirkygirl.ttf&size=60&style_color=BABAFF[/img][/url] [img]http://i.imgur.com/xhjlAGn.gif?1[/img][img]http://49.media.tumblr.com/1fe40abc31ecf7a75a8635ca0151e290/tumblr_ntlnl0n8kx1ty535co8_250.gif[/img] [hr][hr] [h3][color=powderblue]|GENERAL INFORMATION|[/color][/h3][/center] [color=powderblue]Name:[/color] [indent]Matilda Tamsin Graves[/indent] [color=powderblue]Gender:[/color] [indent]Female[/indent] [color=powderblue]Age:[/color] [indent]Twenty[/indent] [color=powderblue]Blood Status:[/color] [indent]Half-blood[/indent] [color=powderblue]Occupation:[/color] [indent]Auror[/indent] [hr][hr] [center][img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/54/28/bc/5428bc3689a758d89acd124fe4d61b99.gif[/img][/center] [hr][hr] [center][color=powderblue][h3]|PERSONAL INFORMATION|[/h3][/color][/center] [color=powderblue]Personality:[/color] [indent]Matilda is known for her laidback nature, preferring to let time take its course and as such is passive and aimless rather than determined and ambitious. She has a romantic side to her, displaying a creativity that manifests itself in her individualism and imagination, but also in her playful, childish antics and meddling curiosity. As an impulsive individual, Matilda tends to rush into things thoughtlessly and absentmindedly, never thinking about repercussions, but rather preferring instant gratification over delayed. She can be indulgent, allowing others to step on her as well as giving into her desires even if consequences will be dealt because of her lack of restraint. However, she has a refreshing yearning for adventure and a spontaneity that keeps others on their toes when around her; she is excited by the littlest of things and is amiable to everyone, offering her friendship to anyone who she believes is worthy of it – and she believes everyone is worthy of her friendship. Matilda is an idealist and is always looking for the best in people, which sometimes allows others to fool her gullible nature and as such she is hurt rather easily. Nonetheless, Matilda is affectionate and empathetic, able to connect with people effortlessly and can voice her feelings rather well, and she has a rare genuine and honest nature not found in others with a humble perspective as well. She has a predilection for sentimentality and oft will keep things of such value; however, because of her sentimentality, Matilda can be indecisive when it comes to a fork in the road. Matilda much rather seek the advice of someone else or, rather, depend on them to make the decision for her. Because of her dependency, Matilda is rather loyal and will never turn her back on a friend. Even if that friend gets tired with her crass way of speaking and messy, disorganized personality.[/indent] [color=powderblue]Likes:[/color] [indent][list][*]Apple juice [*]Pie [*]Junk food [*]Disney and Dreamworks movies [*]Being outside[/list][/indent] [color=powderblue]Dislikes:[/color] [indent][list][*]Orange juice [*]Vegetables [*]Crowds [*]Being cooped up [*]Inspirational movies (she finds them pretentious and boring)[/list][/indent] [color=powderblue]Hobbies:[/color] [indent][list][*]Board Games [*]Lockpicking [*]Genealogy[/list][/indent] [color=powderblue]Fears:[/color] [indent][list][*]Heights [*]Never having a family [*]Meeting Thaddeus Graves Jr. [*]Dying alone [*]Clowns [*]Vampires[/list][/indent] [color=powderblue]History:[/color] [indent]The first few years of Matilda's life could be described most accurately as miserable. She lived with her alcoholic single mother who had a strong hand and a taste for violence. It wasn't a particularly grusome abuse, but a slow burning abuse that left a sore cheek a week rather than a night. They lived in the slums, passing through life only on the back of a monthly allowance from Matilda's grandpa. By the age of three, Matilda knew how to stay home by herself for hours on end by surviving on the mercy of her sweet neighbor. At six, Matilda spent most of her time at school, staying way past the time she was supposed to because her mother always forgot to pick her up until later (or she just didn't feel like picking her up). Eventually, Matilda saved up money she found on the street and bought a map of the neighborhood, walking home by herself even though it was several miles. Matilda never knew her father, only that she was the byproduct of a one-night stand. It was only when she was ten years old that her mother let it slip that the aforementioned one-night stand happened in London. Matilda, knowing that her finding her father would be nearly impossible, ranaway anyways to London from her home in Sheffield. Despite having gone there to search for her father, by the second week she gave up. In London, she lived in alleyways and off of garbage food, or by stealing from grocery stores, while holding a job as a newspaper delivery girl rather than go to school. She experienced a freedom, avoiding society and living with only one person who mattered: her. On the summer after her eleventh birthday, an owl visited her in the night, handing her a letter to Hogwarts. At Hogwarts, she was sorted into Gryffindor where she made many friends and loved her classes. Now a witch, with a roof over her head, Matilda took advantage of the library at Hogwarts and searched through it for family trees until she found the pureblood family tree of the Graves (who were related very, very, very distantly to the Selwyns) during her Third Year. However, the Graves were not included in the Sacred Twenty-Eight because, around the time that the book was written, Thaddeus Graves had been involved in a scandal with a muggle girl. Matilda believed widely that the Graves were her relatives because of their likeness to her appearance - including natural auburn-red hair, straight teeth, and a slightly gummy smile. When she further researched the family, she found a personal connection to a particular member of the Graves family who was named, ironically, Thaddeus Graves Jr. and was a successful and popular auror. Matilda was convinced he was her father and idolized him. Upon graduating, Matilda changed her name from Matilda Brown to Matilda Graves. After graduating from Hogwarts, Matilda went to the academy to become an auror like her father for the chance to meet him. It was the hardest she ever worked for something. However, when Voldemort took over the Ministry of Magic and the Graves family turned out to be Death Eaters, Matilda felt betrayed. She was disheartened and didn't see the point of being an auror anymore or doing anything anymore. Matilda was, once again, aimless in life. So, she went into hiding because of her blood status and dyed her hair white in an attempt to ruin the likeness between her and Thaddeus.[/indent] [hr][hr] [center][img]https://38.media.tumblr.com/c9b74372bda933f0edb0660775767092/tumblr_ns7ydgVRS11qjcp2eo1_500.gif[/img][/center] [hr][hr] [center][color=powderblue][h3]|EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION|[/h3][/color][/center] [color=powderblue]School:[/color] [indent]Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry[/indent] [color=powderblue]House:[/color] [indent]Gryffindor[/indent] [color=powderblue]Best Core Class:[/color] [indent]Transfiguration[/indent] [color=powderblue]Worst Core Class:[/color] [indent]Potions[/indent] [hr][hr] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/Kq5UCER.gif[/img][/center] [hr][hr] [center][color=powderblue][h3]|MAGICAL INFORMATION|[/h3][/color][/center] [color=powderblue]Wand:[/color] [indent]Cedar Wood | Dragon Heartstring | 12" | Rigid[/indent] [color=powderblue]Boggart:[/color] [indent]A ladder that thrusts her up, up, up into the air and symbolizes her fear of heights[/indent] [color=powderblue]Animagus:[/color] [indent]Raccoon[/indent] [color=powderblue]Patronus:[/color] [indent]Raccoon[/indent] [color=powderblue]Amortentia:[/color] [indent]Freshly Cut Grass | Vanilla | Peppermint[/indent] [hr][hr] [center][img]http://i.imgur.com/ZjCQO4d.gif[/img][/center] [hr][hr] [center][color=powderblue][h3]|EXTRANEOUS INFORMATION|[/h3][/color][/center] [color=powderblue]Birthday:[/color] [indent]January 11[/indent] [color=powderblue]Sexual Orientation:[/color] [indent]Homosexual[/indent] [color=powderblue]Talents:[/color] [indent]Mimicking animal sounds[/indent] [color=powderblue]Habits:[/color] [indent]Biting her nails and flipping things upside down[/indent] [color=powderblue]Past Relationships:[/color] [indent]None of importance.[/indent] [color=powderblue]Pet:[/color] [indent]A sewer rat that Matilda took a liking too when in hiding - her name is Sue (sewage). Matilda had her checked for diseases in the muggle world.[/indent] [hr][hr] [center][img]https://38.media.tumblr.com/8315e848f6dd830da50c131680cc2437/tumblr_np9ekqLuoW1rne1bso2_500.gif[/img][/center] [hr][hr] [/hider]