Forum:Natalija Bilandžić

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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

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2. Pick one:


 * '''B. Stars

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 * 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

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 * 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.

Natalija is a perfectionist, with a bit of a rebellious streak. She is studious, she is helpful and kind... but also doesn't necessarily always follow the rules. She's been known to break curfew and wander outside at night when she's supposed to be sleeping, because she's always been fascinated by the stars and constellations. Her parents were never overly harsh with their punishments for rule-breaking, so it never really sunk in for her that she'd done something wrong. She was always determined to be better than her brother, and always strives to be as amazing as her sister. Natalija never minded hand-me-downs (which she got frequently) from Julija, because then she got to dress up and pretend that she was Julija. Natalija is rather artistic, not in a painting way, but as more of a calligrapher-to-be. She loves keeping her penmanship perfect (part of her perfectionism) and loves playing around with fancy fonts. She finds her own name beautiful, perhaps the only thing she doesn't compare to Julija, so she frequently writes it in beautiful cursive. Her perfectionist tendencies are fairly under control right now, but she hasn't started school yet. There's a good chance that there could be underlying anxiety triggering the perfectionism... but that remains to be seen.

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.

Ljudevit and Lidija's romance was a slow-burning passion. The pair had grown up next door to each other in Split, Croatia. The two had grown up best friends, and everyone was convinced they'd just grow up and get married someday. The two struggled with their feelings, and whether they were real, or merely imagined because of what everyone else's expectations were. By the age of eighteen, they'd decided they were a couple, and they were married two years later. The couple loved to travel, and frequently spent months in France, which is where they were three years after they got married. It was about this time that Lidija was feeling... frustrated. She'd only been with one man her entire life, and there were still times when she doubted whether or not she truly loved her husband, or if she'd just convinced herself she did because of all the expectation. The doubt and curiosity led her straight to another man's bed... The rest of that is history that inevitably cropped up later. What matters more is that Lidija and Ljudevit ultimately worked through their issues. Julija and Željka were born, and two years after Željka, Natalija Hana and Zlatko entered the world on March 2nd, 2027; Natalija is 12 minutes younger than her twin brother. When Natalija was five, Julija had her first signs of magic occur, and her parents then explained that likely all of them could have these same magical powers. Natalija missed her oldest sister a lot while she was gone, and wrote her nearly every day. Natalija's first signs of magic occurred when she was seven. Natalija had always been rather studious, and worked daily to make her penmanship beautiful and artistic. She was having trouble with her penmanship that day, and in frustration had burned her entire piece of paper to ashes. The event shocked her, and she didn't tell anyone but her oldest sister. Zlatko only found out when his signs happened a little later that year, and she told him at that time. The summer before Natalija and Zlatko were supposed to start their Durmstrang journies, suddenly a lot of family turmoil came to light. It seems that Ljudevit had also had similar tendencies to that of his wife, just later than she'd had them. When the couple confessed their affairs, it seemed like it would tear the family apart. Natalija didn't understand everything, since eleven isn't really old enough to understand cheating and how that would happen-- but what she did understand was that her sister was hurt. And she didn't like that so much. Natalija was her sister's loudest support when Julija said she wanted to find her birth father, even threatening to go with her sister if Julija were to go alone. So the whole family moved to England-- a place they'd spent time in before, so the area was at least familiar to Natalija, and decided to stay for an extended amount of time while Ljudevit and Lidija worked through their issues, and Julija reconnected with her estranged family. So Natalija would begin her first year, not at Durmstrang, but at Hogwarts.

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!

Conner Dwelly

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!)

Muggle-Born, technically? What's a Muggle and a Squib equal? Muggle born or half-blood? xD

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!)

No abilities

6) What year is your character in?

1st year, next 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"?

4, 1 exotic

3) What would people who know your character well say they're really good at?

She's really good at penmanship/calligraphy, and she's excellent with schoolwork. She takes a particular interest in Astronomy, and can name many constellations, and the stories of how they were put there.

4) What do they really want to avoid in their future job/career? Do they hate working in an office? Do they hate the field?

She'd need a job with a clearer set of rules, because she's excellent at following logistical guidelines, but with enough wiggle room for herself because she's not great with all the rules.

5) Aside from family and peers, what motivates your character the most in life? What drives their passion?

Her perfectionism. If she can be perfect, then who can't love her, or forgive her when she blatantly doesn't follow a particular rules? It's why she enjoys penmanship-- it has a set of guidelines that can be expanded on to create something beautiful.

6) Where does your character's weaknesses lie?

Her perfectionism likely has general anxiety roots that have yet to fully come into focus. She's very concerned that people accept her, and she strives so much to be like her sister that she might forget to become her own person along the way.

7) Wand cores and woods speak volumes about a person's character. What is your character's wand? Why does it answer to them?