[OOC] A Wizard's Pilgrimage

[Sloth]

VenatrixXII said
Anyone have any ideas of a way we can all get together and chat online? I think someone already brought this up but it got ignored. Any of you guys use Skype? Send me a contact request, but please inform me you're from the guild, so I know. Username: venatrix.xii

That would've been me.

[Zordon]

May I suggest this? --X--

Edit: It requires no app/software, only browser. c:

[VenatrixXII]

Cool. I'll check it out on my break.

[Doctor Belasco]

I don't use Skype. My laptop does not play ball with it.
When it comes to writing online, I use Google Drive, which I gather has a chat function.

That said, I'm a techtard, so don't ask me how it works.

[VenatrixXII]

Google chat works alright too but I wanna check Zordon's link when I get more time

[betelgeuse]

I was hoping that there might still be some room, but I saw that there were a few other people with unfinished CS's floating around. I had shown my interest when this was posted in the last board and just now found this thread. I'm posting what I have done so far just in case you wanted a different gender/type of character that I can tweak around.

Statistics

• Name:
Bertram

• Gender:
Male

• Date of Birth:
3/18/96

• Blood Status:
Half Blood Werewolf (His Father was a Muggle Born Werewolf and his Mother is a Pureblood Witch)

• House or School:
Salem Witch’s Institute, Massachusetts

Appearance

• Height
5'4'' Not a very imposing stature.

• Weight
120 Again, a strong breeze could carry him away.

• Hair color
Dirty Mud Water Brown, as his mother would say.

• Hair style
Buzzed on the sides, parted and done like a proper 20's gentleman at the beginning of the day. By dinner, he's run his hands through his hair enough to look like he'd been molested by a troll.

• Eye color
Bright Blue, the same color even as a wolf.

• Skin color
Pale, he obviously doesn't go playing in the sun very often. During the different lunar phases of the month, he sways back and forth between a sickly looking kid and a not-so-sickly looking kid.

• Body structure
Skinny and not very athletic. If he was expected to leap across a crater and pull himself up a three story tree... good luck with that.

• Fashion
Dressed to perfection in (mostly) his father's old suits, which is oddly morbid in its own way. He has about two dozen varying suits and ties in his tent's wardrobe. Bertram's just lucky that his father was as short as him.

• Hygiene
Although he always tries to spray on some cologne in the morning, if he ever sweats, he can't seem to get rid of the smell of wet dog.


• Personality:



• Strengths


• Loyal to the Pack


• His nose and sense of smell


• Creative problem solver



• Weaknesses


• Lycanthropy
Both in the social and physical sense.

• Secretive
Again, he doesn't tell anyone upfront about his affliction.

• Physically weak
The only exception is as a werewolf.

• Curious
Bert can't help but investigate and go where his nose leads him.


• Goals


• Not getting arrested
Which is a serious risk on a monthly basis, even more so during his trip abroad.

• Perfecting his skills with the Wolfsbane Potion
Or an entire cure for Lycanthropy.

• Publishing a novel on Werewolves
Told from a point of view other than hunting them.


• Hobbies


• Walking indoors
Museums and libraries don't have the sensory overload that strolls in the forest offer.

• Lengthy hours of research outside of course work
Even if he hasn't physically practiced it, he knows an awful lot of magical theory.

• Potion Making
Since only three out of five Wolfsbane Potions are successful, he's usually making backups.

• Cooking
With a widening variety of dishes he hopes to sample in his travels.

History

• Describe your characters eleven years before Salem and how did they found out about it.


• What's their relationship with their family.


• How were the seven years of their school life?


• Where they popular or loners?


• How were their grades?

Extra Info

• Patronus:
A Wolf

• Worst Fear/Memory:


• Boggart:
Like most werewolves, The Moon.

• Amortentia:
Honey, a sizzling steak,

• Natural Ability:
Lycanthropy.

• Learned Ability:
He can pick locks without a wand, something he learned at a young age to escape his home.

• Pets:
None, he rents an owl only when he needs it.

Credentials

• Flying (1)
Not as steady as a Quidditch player, but he can get from point A to B with a tiny bit of skill.

• Prefect/Head Boy/Girl (0)
He wasn't the most well liked student by the staff.

• Astronomy (-100)
He would do anything to not stare at a diagram of a dozen different moons. It's a panic attack waiting to happen.

• Charms (2)


• Defense Against the Dark Arts (2)
He knows a lot of book-based knowledge, but unfortunately is susceptible to a lot of the deterrents against dark creatures.

• Herbology (2)
He can sniff out and differentiate between a thousand herbs; he's not particularly skilled at raising, maintaining or even dealing with living magical plants.

• History of Magic (1)
Simple knowledge from years of practice at school.

• Potions (2)
Proficient due to his skills with herbs and different dry ingredients. After many faulty attempts, it took until his fifth year at Salem before Berty could produce an acceptable Wolfsbane Potion. At times, he might make a miscalculation, but he intends to fine tune his skills on his travels- if only to help protect the group he will be traveling with.

• Transfiguration (3)


• Study of Ancient Runes (1)
Necessary in order to study historical wizarding texts and artifacts.

• Arithmancy (0)
No courses taken.

• Muggle Studies (0)
Most of his life was spent in a magical school where he didn't choose Muggle Studies or locked away in the middle of the swamp.

• Care of Magical Creatures (-100)
Animals of all breeds despise him.

• Divination (0)
Not skilled in the least and doesn't put much stock in it. Most fortune tellers tell him he has a dark future.

• Alchemy (1)
Somewhat versed but doesn't boast having much practice.

• Dueling (3)
Most of his skills in dueling stem from his inclination to transfigure threats into something harmless. He's a defensive dueler that prefers to counter than to attack.

• Apparition (1)
His skills are only just developing at the dangerous and precise branch of magic.

• Voodoo (1)
Something developed during his summers in the bayou, where he would slip out at night and visit the swamp witches.

Wand

• Length: 10 1/2


• Wood: Cedar


• Core: Unicorn Tail Hair


• Flexibility: Rigid

Inventory

He has a rather small leather backpack that carries quite a few supplies:

• A portable, professional-grade potion kit


• Assorted herbs and vials


• An antique silver plated cauldron
Which will burn his skin on direct contact, but necessary for his most vital potion.

• A Hand of Glory


• Omnioculars


• One pack of Non-Explodable Luminous Balloons


• Ever-Bashing Boomerang


• Decoy Detonator


• Extendable Ears


• A small vial of Floo Powder


• Nosebleed Nougat


• One Shrunken Head


• Lots of parchment


• Spell-o-tape


• A Wizarding Tent
Complete with three bedrooms and six beds

• A Cleansweep Eleven
An older model

• Various potion and spell books
For field reference

I gave him the wand that chose me on the Pottermore site ^_^

I was thinking of having him either searching for a cure for his terminal family illness (ie a horcrux) or revamping the sheet so he's less focused on dark magic and more on being the next great wandmaker. Possibly working to recreate the Elder Wand

[PrimezTime]

Easy there. The Elder Wand is pretty exclusive by the fact that it is commonly told that Death itself created it.

Also a hocrux would require other human sacrifices in order to work. So if that is your suggested route, you'd be considered rather evil.

[VenatrixXII]

betelgeuse said
I was hoping that there might still be some room, but I saw that there were a few other people with unfinished CS's floating around. I had shown my interest when this was posted in the last board and just now found this thread. I'm posting what I have done so far just in case you wanted a different gender/type of character that I can tweak around.I was thinking of having him either searching for a cure for his terminal family illness (ie a horcrux) or revamping the sheet so he's less focused on dark magic and more on being the next great wandmaker. Possibly working to recreate the Elder Wand

Welcome betelgeuse! Bertram could be from both schools like Zordon, ScareCrow, and my own characters. He seems alright atm but make sure you put reasonable history to explain his 3's in credentials. Do you think you could finish the CS by the end of the week?

Just got out of work, waiting on the bus atm, but I'll try and finish the IC post by tonight. My apologies to those of you who have been waiting a long time for this to start. I'll make sure to stay awake all night if that's what it takes to finish the post. Btw, I was the creeper on chat earlier. Kinda hard to work it off my phone. Lol. Now I see what you were talking about.

[Doctor Belasco]

I don't want to be that guy, but I kinda feel like Bertram's encroaching on Michael's patch, being a secretive, studious guy with a sideline in dark magic and probably-going-to-go-a-bit-evil. He also seems to be bordering on the godmodding, having mastery in four different fields.

*squirmy face*

[betelgeuse]

Sorry all, I knew I should have posted a more thoroughly fleshed out character sheet, I just wanted to express interest before all of the spots had been filled. I'm a pretty complacent player and I can make whatever edits needed, there were just ten pages of OOC to catch up on. ^_^ I certainly don't want to be thought of as a god-moding jerk, I was just working on it in a rush. I had three ideas for a character: A Wandmaker, A Werewolf or A Sick-Kid-Trying-To-Figure-Out-How-To-Survive-By-Any-Means-Possible.

PrimezTime said
Easy there. The Elder Wand is pretty exclusive by the fact that it is commonly told that Death itself created it.Also a hocrux would require other human sacrifices in order to work. So if that is your suggested route, you'd be considered rather evil.

Sorry I should have been more clear. Traveling from Salem on a foreign group effort would have been because of research after his graduation.

If I was going to go the horcrux route, there was a whole back-story of a family illness and looking for a way to extend his life. The research brought him down some dark paths that finally led to something called horcruxes. He then signed up for the European journey to do deeper research into it. It was possible that he might end his research once he finds out the only way to make one is by killing someone.

As far as the Elder Wand, it would be research that any wandmaker would want to know. What wood it was, the length, the specific runes etched, the shape, the wood strength, core and other aspects would need to be things discovered from several different locations/artifacts. Maybe someone possessed the Death Stick in Spain briefly at some point with an artist who sketched specific details into a portrait. Although it's rumored that Death itself made the wand, even Dumbledore suggested that it was made by Antioch Peverell; who, with his two brothers, made each of the items.

Bertram's entire reasoning would be that "If wizards managed to make it once, why in the world wouldn't it be possible to do it twice?" I hope that clears it up a bit.

Doctor Belasco said
I don't want to be , but I kinda feel like Bertram's encroaching on Michael's patch, being a secretive, studious guy with a sideline in dark magic and probably-going-to-go-a-bit-evil. He also seems to be bordering on the godmodding, having mastery in four different fields.*squirmy face*

Completely valid points. I'm already thinking of details for the other two ideas I had so I don't crowd any character types. And I didn't think of 3 as being a mastery, but having advanced Newt level skill that was going to balance in a deeper description. Again, I can edit that stuff out, I just wanted to save a place.

[Doctor Belasco]

I'd plump for werewolf because that illness, if that's what we'll call it, is a conflict that nobody else really has going on, and obviously is its own plot if we need it to be.

[VenatrixXII]

betelgeuse said
Sorry all, I knew I should have posted a more thoroughly fleshed out character sheet, I just wanted to express interest before all of the spots had been filled. I'm a pretty complacent player and I can make whatever edits needed, there were just ten pages of OOC to catch up on. ^_^ I certainly don't want to be thought of as a god-moding jerk, I was just working on it in a rush. I had three ideas for a character: A Wandmaker, A Werewolf or A Sick-Kid-Trying-To-Figure-Out-How-To-Survive-By-Any-Means-Possible.Sorry I should have been more clear. Traveling from Salem on a foreign group effort would have been because of research after his graduation. If I was going to go the horcrux route, there was a whole back-story of a family illness and looking for a way to extend his life. The research brought him down some dark paths that finally led to something called horcruxes. He then signed up for the European journey to do deeper research into it. It was possible that he might end his research once he finds out the only way to make one is by killing someone.As far as the Elder Wand, it would be research that any wandmaker would want to know. What wood it was, the length, the specific runes etched, the shape, the wood strength, core and other aspects would need to be things discovered from several different locations/artifacts. Maybe someone possessed the Death Stick in Spain briefly at some point with an artist who sketched specific details into a portrait. Although it's rumored that Death itself made the wand, even Dumbledore suggested that it was made by Antioch Peverell; who, with his two brothers, made each of the items.Bertram's entire reasoning would be that "If wizards managed to make it once, why in the world wouldn't it be possible to do it twice?" I hope that clears it up a bit.Completely valid points. I'm already thinking of details for the other two ideas I had so I don't crowd any character types. And I didn't think of 3 as being a mastery, but having advanced Newt level skill that was going to balance in a deeper description. Again, I can edit that stuff out, I just wanted to save a place.

The Doctor has his points, and I'm sure you have your ideas, but 3 is considered a small mastery. As long as you don't God mode, I don't care which route you take just don't make Bert too powerful. A werewolf does sound cool though. As for the Elder wand, it was destroyed by Potter and no longer exists. Bert might be useful with information regarding a relic new wand I've come up with for the NPC plot. It'll tie in with all of us later on though. I'll get on the chat Zordon was so kind to make for us, and I'll also edit it to the first post before the character list. I don't want anyone to think I'm ignoring them, but just fair warning, I won't be that active since I'm going to try and finish the IC post. :)

[Zordon]

VenatrixXII said I'll get onto the chat Zordon was so kind to make for us

*feels useful*

c:

[Imperfectionist]

3 is described in the OP as a mastery, Betelgeuse, and thus having more twos and fewer threes is best (for just-out-of-school characters, at least). And, approaching mastery of the Dark Arts requires live practice... Meaning having that as a credential necessitates evil. With a two, it's more iffy/gray, but a three, there's no question.

This is what I'd recommend: move Duelling (or Transfig) down to two, move Dark Arts down to two, and use the two new points for Alchemy. He would need to be good at Alchemy to do the things he seems to do.

If you go for the other character concepts, though, the credentials could be entirely different (you'd need to add wandlore, for instance).

[betelgeuse]

I think I'll just change to the werewolf idea and edit up the abilities. I feel like a character trying to make a new elder wand might deter too much from an over arching plot- you can just use a werewolf to spice things up ;)

Sorry, like I said, that other sheet was in no way a final draft

[VenatrixXII]

betelgeuse said
I think I'll just change to the werewolf idea and edit up the abilities. I feel like a character trying to make a new elder wand might deter too much from an over arching plot- you can just use a werewolf to spice things up ;)Sorry, like I said, that other sheet was in no way a final draft

I dig it. Nym could take him down if he gets too riled up.

Edit: Chat site was changed to the IRC #Wizards, but I'll keep the old link up if anyone wants to access what we've talked about.

Enjoy. :)

[PrimezTime]

VenatrixXII said
I dig it. Nym could take him down if he gets too riled up.Edit: Chat site was changed to the IRC #Wizards, but I'll keep the old link up if anyone wants to access what we've talked about.Enjoy. :)

Yo Vena. Could you link that chat someone in the first page?

[VenatrixXII]

Zordon said Goals

• Perfecting his skills with the Wolfsbane Potion


• Or an entire cure for Lycanthropy

Potion Making

• Since only three out of five Wolfsbane Potions are successful, he's usually making backups.

Nym is a small master of potions. She could help out. And Bert might get along with her, since she can turn into a direwolf. She might hold him back but I think her lynx might fight you to the death. XP

Zordon said Astronomy (-100)

• He would do anything to not stare at a diagram of a dozen different moons. It's a panic attack waiting to happen.

Too funny!

Zordon said Apparition (1)

• His skills are only just developing at the dangerous and precise branch of magic.

Can we just clarify that once he turns into a werewolf, he's dangerous and can't use his wand, any of his possessions, any other kind of magic, or apparate? I'd like to believe (God modding aside) that he would have the simple mind track of an animal. Smell flesh and blood = devour.

PrimezTime said
Yo Vena. Could you link that chat someone in the first page?

So as it happens, I can't find out how to do it... Yet again I made another, but it's still mibbit. Observe! The OOC Chat! I think, as long as we use our guild names, we'll get by?

[Doctor Belasco]

I'm in there.
Brief post from me just to introduce Johann even if he won't arrive till later. Will have a natter with Sloth and Vena (on the other side of breakfast) about where Michael and Leck fit in. :)

[Sloth]

I awaken at an absolutely unnatural hour (Four thirty. IN THE MORNING. How do people do this?) only to see that both the chats are empty.

I suppose I shall wait in the shadows for everyone to come through the woodworks.