Forum:Jackson Sills

HugCartel (talk) 22:12, March 19, 2016 (UTC)

The Sorting Quiz Please Bold Your Choices

1) There are three paths. One leads to a wandering road, another to a lake, and one over a mountain. Which one?

A) None of them, I'm at home reading.

B) Lake

C) Mountain

D) Road

2) Which type of spell is most useful?

A) A Complex Spell

B) A Spell Of Control

C) A Combat Spell

D) A Healing Spell

3) How would you describe yourself?

A) Wise

B) Cunning

C) Hard-working

D) Loyal

4) Someone infuriates you in public. How do you react?

A) Shrug it off.

B) Tell them that they are worthless and to get a life, infuriate them, push them, and storm off.

C) Get up, look at them right in the eye, and walk away like it never happened.

D) They are just joking around.

5) What is most important to you?

A) Grades.

B) Getting your way.

C) Life.

D) Friends and family.

6) Give a description of your character's personality. Personality must be at least one paragraph long. 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!)

'''Jackson is best summed up as extraordinarily high strung: he constantly jumps from topic to topic, fueled in both parts curiosity and need for distraction; his deeply ingrained paranoia and cynicism makes navigating even minorly intimate conversations a mine-field; the impossible standards he sets for himself result in near constant frustration that he can't even begin to vent, be it because he is too proud, too defensive, or is simply inarticulate. '''

'''He is thorny, he is intense, and he is aware. Because of this, he has managed to soften his edges as best he can when with strangers and groups into something faraway and clumsy. If he's cornered, he further morphs into the hapless klutz who doesn't know when to stop talking. On his part, this 'public persona' is only half intentional, and only half fake. At first, he thought he preformed the part of good-natured and optimistic quite well, before he realized it was all more of a caricature; still, people found him endearing at a distance, and Jackson is nothing but a people-pleaser at heart.'''

'''He wouldn't consider his questionable mental health a well kept secret. That statement, of which, confirms his amalgam of disorders, though he has yet to openly acknowledge any of them. And why should he? He's well read on the subject - or as well read as a knowledge-driven thirteen year old can be - and he doesn't consider himself marginally anxious or paranoid enough to warrant professional treatment or diagnosis. PTSD, too, seems an over-statement; he's not prone to nightmares, flashbacks, or the like. In this way, his self-image is ridiculously skewed. Partnered with the aloof expectation he sets for himself, he becomes impulsive and reckless, prodding people and books alike with questions he doesn't want answers to, or shouldn't for sake of his own peace of mind.'''

7) Write about the history of your character. History must be at least two paragraphs long. 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!)

'''His parents, the more or less pure-blooded Jeremiah and Laverne Sills (nee Murdoch), had been lovingly paired up by Mrs. Murdoch, his grandmother, when they were but 17, fresh out of their respective schools. Jeremiah had attended Hogwarts, continuing the long line of the Sills' Slytherins; Laverne attended a small, selective, and specialized Herbology & and Potioneering academy in northern Ireland. Both, however, were quite amenable to marriage, if the evidence of Jackson and his older brother, Alexander, are any proof. '''

'''In contrast to their parents, both Alexander and Jackson were sent off to a local, muggle, private school. Jackson considered his childhood generally content and mundane, though his father grew increasingly absent over the years due to a series of promotions within the Ministry. He supposes his mother shifting permanently into the role of "stay at home", and the passive aggressive remarks about vacant seating at the table serves as a loud indicator that not everything was perfect, but he refuses to tarnish his image of them. In a rare act of self-preservation, he glosses over the unpleasant truth entirely, and idealizes his parents, his mother in particular, instead.'''

'''As time passed, Jackson transitioned from prodigious to normal to late-bloomer, any appearance of magical skill letting the years pass. In truth, he didn't mind the eventuality that he may simply be a squib - he fit in well enough with the series of spoiled Catholics he went to school with, his mum didn't mind, and maybe, maybe magic just wasn't worth it; as far as Jackson could figure, being magical only granted you with thousands more painful - and stupid - ways to die, not to mention the constant secret-keeping that went with it. Alexander, always self-righteous and temperamental and bursting at the seams, expressed his magic early on, and near constantly. The only one who seemed at all irked at the idea of Jackson not following Alex's footsteps was his father. Regardless, his 11th birthday came and went without any owls.'''

'''The summer of Jackson's 12th year was spent at his grandparents cottage, somewhere marginally close to the city of Portlaoise, in the country side and surrounded by sheep and woodland. Given that it was an exceptionally humid August, and there were only so many cooling charms one could cast, Laverne, Alexander, and Jackson opted to camp outside for the night, a dozen or so meters from the house. As a rule, Jeremiah was not there to partake in their star-gazing, not that their attempts to spot all seven of the Pleiades were met with success, given that a full moon competed for attention.'''

'When Jackson recalls the next events, he likes to thinks'' that there were warnings, that he somehow knew, that he should've ushered them both inside. Three things stand out perfectly, completely unclouded, in his mind: at the distant rustles, and then the sudden, not so distant, howl, his mother ordered them inside (Jackson did not go. Not at first); Alex tripped (Jackson did not stop to pull him back up); and the sharp cracks he could hear from within the wrap of his grandmothers arms, in the safety of the Murdoch's stone lodge. Jackson's feet seared the carpet where he stood, left singed hand prints where his hands twisted in his grandmother's jumper.'''

'''Jackson was promptly pulled out of school, moved in with is grandparents in Belfast, and was homeschooled from then on. Jeremiah, by extension, technically lived with them, though he left no real trace of himself within the Murdoch's home. Just as well - refusing to deliver a eulogy to a pair of empty coffins didn't put him in his in-laws' high esteem. Jackson's focus on his education was single-minded, and the week of his 13th birthday, he received his acceptance letter.'''

8) Write about your character's appearance. How 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!

A younger Matteus Ward: 



9) Are you Pure-Blood, Half-Blood or Muggle-Born? Do you have any notable magical relations? (Remember, you cannot be related to important Harry Potter characters!)

Half-blood, technically, though his family lies about it.

10) 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 likes? Part or half of that magical race counts! (Remember, you cannot have an "exotic" characters as your first two characters!)

Nope.

11) What year is your character in? Third (next term).

Any House You DO NOT Want to Be In? (No Promises, Sorry) Hufflepuff.

Any House You REALLY Want to Be In? (Sorry, Again, No Promises) Ravenclaw.

Out of Character Questions (These do not affect which House you'll be sorted into)

1. How much time will you have to participate on this RP site? (This does not affect which House you'll be sorted into).


 * A) I have a lot of other responsibilities, and although I really want to be a part of this wiki, there may be days on end I won't be able to participate in anything.


 * B) Although I do have some other responsibilities, and there may be times I'll be absent, I should be able to participate on a weekly basis, around my other schedule.


 * C) I should be able to participate at least some every day.


 * D) I have loads of free time, and don't see participation to be a problem at all.

2. Is this your first character?


 * A) This is my first character


 * B) This is NOT my first character.

3. If your answer to the previous question is B, how many characters do you have? How many of them are "exotic"?

One - no exotic characters

4. Please post your time zone in relation with the UTC time zone (ex. Eastern Standard Time is -4), but if you don't understand how to calculate that then please simply put the name of your time zone below.

Number of A's: 2

Number of B's: 1

Number of C's: 1

Number of D's: 1