Forum:Jack McAlistair

The Sorting Quiz

A. Select the option that best fits your character. (Remember, this part is a requirement for every character you make! Please italicize the answer.)

1. What are you looking forward to learning at Hogwarts the most?


 * A. Transfiguration


 * B. Magical Creatures


 * C. Hexes & Jinxes


 * D. The castle's secret areas

2. Pick one:


 * B. Stars


 * A. Moon

3. If flowers adapted their scent to attract the unwary, what would it smell of in order to lure you in?


 * A. Parchment


 * B. Freshly baked bread


 * C. A crackling log fire


 * D. The Sea

4. Pick one:


 * A. Dawn


 * B. Dusk

'''5. Four boxes are placed before you. Which one do you open?'''


 * A. The ornate one, promising secret knowledge and unbearable temptation


 * B. The small, tortoiseshell box, embellished in gold, with a small, squeaking creature


 * C. The small, pewter box that reads "I only open for the worthy"


 * D. The gleaming black box marked with Merlin's rune

6. Pick one:


 * A. White


 * B. Black

7. What road tempts you the most?


 * A. The cobbled street lined with ancient buildings


 * B. The wide, sunny, grassy lane


 * C. The twisting, leaf-strewn path through woods


 * D. The narrow, dark, lantern-lit alley

8. Pick one:


 * A. Forest


 * B. River

9. What scares you most?


 * A. Speaking in such a silly voice, people will laugh at you and mock you


 * B. Waking up and realizing your family & friends don't know you


 * C. An eye at the keyhole of the dark, windowless room where you're locked


 * D. Standing on top of something high, without anything to stop you from falling

'''10. It's late, you're walking alone, and hear a peculiar cry you believe has a magical source. What do you do?'''


 * A. Wait for developments, while mentally reviewing the most appropriate spells


 * B. Draw your wand & stand your ground


 * C. Draw your wand & search for the source


 * D. Proceed with caution, keep a hand on the concealed wand, and keep an eye out

The Character's Background

1) Give a description of your character's personality. It must be at least two paragraphs long, seven sentences each.


 * Life may have kicked Jack in the nuts, but he socked it in the nose. He's become very versatile, able to become the kind of guy that people (i.e Chloe) need him to be. He's polite and he's charming, and he knows he has a smile he can use to his advantage. Furthermore, he's an earnest man who works hard for what he wants and doesn't allow himself to be deterred by an obstacle or two. He persists, always, regardless of how many times he's been hit in the back of the head with a boulder.


 * If there's anything remotely dangerous about Jack, it's how reckless he could potentially be. Although he knows how to keep himself in check, he tends to be very instinctive and rely more on personal opinions than logic or reasoning. Thus his decisions tend to bite him a lot in the ass, like when he became an animagus and - ugh - became a kitten. He relies a lot on the moral support of others and any advice that's offered to him. Without that? He's about as a lost case as Sirius Black.


 * Jack is crazy creative. He's very artistic and loves expressing himself through any means possible. Art? Loves it. Photography? He's mastered it. Writing? Poems are the best. Music? He's the founding father. He's very open with how he feels, and it's not uncommon to get a better read of him through his final products. He's made a bit of a name for himself through this, too, but he isn't sure if he wants this gift to be his long-term plan, you know? It's more of a love - a passion of his.

2) Write about the history of your character. How did they grow up? Is there an incident that made them the way they are? It must be at least three paragraphs long, seven sentences each.


 * Jack's life has been nothing short of a rollercoaster. The very beginning was quite picturesque: man meets woman, man marries woman, woman pops out two children over the span of a few years and they all settle down in an idyllic little town on the coast in Scotland, complete with a pet cat and a penchant for family life. This was not a very magical family. Neither of Chloe's parents were magical, and they both died believing that their children were as ordinary as anything. Damn. How wrong they were.


 * He had everything he could have needed as a child, and little sister Chloe's birth didn't cause any animosity between him and his parents. If anything, it brought a sense of unity about. He sought to be as close as could be with his parents and his sister, and that was a good thing to, because a month ahead of his ninth birthday, their bond was put to a test in the form of a catastrophic fire. He remembers being sound asleep, dreaming about this and that, when smoke filtered through the open door and a stroke of heat soon followed. He remembers his parents' screams, clear as day, beckoning him to come out. He did so, clad in a hoodie, beanie and sweatpants, and his sister heaved on his shoulders. He never saw his parents again.


 * The weeks that followed were a blur, but he remembers feeling as if it were an eternity. There was this emptiness that plagued him, and not even holding Chloe every night remedied this feeling. They jumped orphanage to orphanage, together by miracle, until shortly after Jack turned eleven. It was a rainy day, one that the caretakers had planned to take advantage of by taking them all to a zoo, and had rightly created a sense of gloominess down at the orphanage. It upset him, of course it did, because Chloe had suffered enough and goddammit she deserved better. The next thing he new, rain had become snow and the grey skies turned into a baby blue. The day went from crappy to better in moments, and the rest of the afternoon was spent playing in the snowy outsides.


 * Although Lil Bundles and the Ministry alike failed to realize the sudden change had been at the hand of an orphaned eleven year old, the manifestation didn't go unnoticed by the Quill of Acceptance and Book of Admittance. His name was jotted down and, some months later, his letter of acceptance to Hogwarts arrived. He was reluctant to attend Hogwarts, though, if only because he didn't want to abandon his sister much like he was sure she believed their parents had. Nevertheless, the Ministry was persistent, and he was soon whisked off to buy all his materials and board the Hogwarts Express. His first year was a blur, sorted into _____ and making sufficient friends to not seem like an absolute loner, but it was mostly boring as he missed the one thing that mattered most to him.


 * He remembers being full of pride when his sister exhibited magic, and again when she received her letter of admittance. How could he not? That was his sister - his pride and joy - and he wouldn't have to leave her for eight, nine months consecutively. But of course, this caused a surge of competitiveness. He wanted to demonstrate how capable of a wizard he was, and how much potential she had. So during Chloe's first year, he took on the challenge of becoming an animagus. He was successful for the most part, and by the end of the transformation, he'd become a... wait for it... Chartreux kitten. Chloe still hasn't let him live it down. Nevertheless, it is what it is and to this day he still mopes around about not becoming a tiger, like he'd hoped.

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 characters from the Harry Potter Universe!)


 * Although he's got special abilities, he's just a muggle-born.

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


 * He's an animagus.

6) What year is your character in?


 * Jack is currently in the second half of his seventh year.

OOC Questions

B. Whilst the first two questions will not affect the character's house (and are mandatory), the others are designed specifically to help users come up with their character's ideal job (and are optional).

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"?


 * 7/2