Forum:Marcus Renswick

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The Open-Ended Questions

A. Please answer the following questions as elaborately as possible. (Remember, this part is only a requirement for your third to fifteenth character! However, if you want to have more input on where you character is sorted, then please answer #6!)

1) What would you consider to be your character's strengths, and your character's weaknesses? Elaborate on your answer. He is good at dueling and defending himself, but not physically intimidating. He is an average student, and relatively brave.

2) What goals and objectives has your character set out in their life? Is it to be successful and rich? Is it to find happiness? Why? His goals are to be rich, and an Auror. However, considering his family is not very rich, and he is not very good at magic, his heart is not set out on accomplishing these goals, and at Hogwarts he simply wants to be happy.

3) What's their ideal way of spending a free day? Why so? His ideal way of spending a free day is practising the subjects that interest him the most, which are Defence Against the Dark Arts and Charms.

4) If your character could only keep 5 possessions, what would they be? Why?

5) What one thing would your character change about the wizarding society? Why?

6) What house does your character want to be in? What house does your character not want to be in? Why? He mainly wants to be in Gryffindor, like the rest of his family, and he is fine with being in Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff. He does not want to be in Slytherin, due to his distaste of green.

The Sorting Quiz

B. Select the option that best fits your character. (Remember, this part is a requirement for every character you make! Please bold the answers from an IC Point of View, and mark in italics the answers from the OOC Point of View.)

1) Which type of spell is most useful?


 * A. A Complex Spell


 * B. A Spell Of Control


 * C. A Combat Spell


 * D. A Healing Spell

2) What is most important to you?


 * A. Grades.


 * B. Getting your way.


 * C. Life.


 * D. Friends and family.

3) What would you do if a teacher caught you cheating?


 * A. I'm the person people cheat off of.


 * B. I wouldn't get caught; I'm too slick.


 * C. I would deny the accusation until the teacher gives up.


 * D. I would 'fess up, apologize, and accept the consequences.

4) What matters most to your character?


 * A. Wisdom


 * B. Reputation


 * C. Success


 * D. Friendship

5) What's the best way to get things done?


 * A. Putting together a qualified team and completing the task efficiently.


 * B. Trick someone else into doing the work for you.


 * C. Get some friends together and lead them in the task.


 * D. The right way, no matter how long it takes.

The Character's Background

1) Give a description of your character's personality. Are you noble or sneaky? Arrogant or Humble? Anything about your character that might help the Sorting Hat decide. (Don't worry, you can copy this onto your character page later!) (Remember, personality must be at least one paragraph long for the first two characters, two paragraphs long for the third to eighth characters, and three paragraphs long for the ninth to fifteenth!) He is crafty, and not reluctant to break rules. He is kind, but not wise, and often gets in trouble. He is a bit arrogant, and does not always appreciate help, except in extremely hard situations.

2) Write about the history of your character. How did they grow up? Is there an incident that made them the way they are? etc. (Again, you can copy this onto your character page later!) (Remember, history must at least be two paragraphs long for the first two characters, three paragraphs long for the third to eighth character, and four paragraphs long for the ninth to fifteenth character!) He was not spoiled, because his family is not rich, but he was brought up well and generally got just enough food and water as he needed, and they did not take anything extra, because it was a very big family. He was taught a basic knowledge in Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and History of Magic pre-Hogwarts, because these were subjects in which the Renswicks were historically good at. However, he was not good at these subjects, and thus often got grounded if he did not spend three hours studying the three subjects.

3) Write about your character's appearance. What do they look like? Are you planning on using a certain model for your character? If you already have a picture in mind, you can put it here!

4) Is your character a Pure-Blood, Half-Blood or Muggle-Born? Do you have any notable magical relations? (Remember, you cannot be related to important Harry Potter characters!) He is a pure-blood, although his grandmother was Muggle-born. His family, the Renswicks, were part of the Sacred Twenty-Eight, but were removed after his grandfather married a Muggle-born witch. They were very rich, but lost most of their gold through betting, and now just have enough money to survive.

5) Does your character have any special magical abilities? Or special abilities in general (photographic memory, etc.)? Is he or she of a different magical race, such as Veela, Vampire, Werewolf or the like? Part or half of that magical race counts! (Remember, you cannot have a character with special abilities/of a different magical race as one of your first two characters!)

6) What year is your character in? First-year.

OOC Questions

C. These do not affect what house you're sorted to, but everybody must answer them!

1) Is this your first character?


 * A. This is my first character.


 * B. No, this is not my first character.

2) If your answer to the previous question is B, how many characters do you have? How many of them are "exotic" (of a different magical race/have a special ability)?