Forum:Elisa Marino

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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.

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?

3) What's their ideal way of spending a free day? Why so?

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?

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!) Elisa has a bit of a I couldn't care less air about her, she does what is needed for classes and that limits it. She doesn't see the point in trying when no one believes in her. She doesn't think she's capable of doing anything particularly great in her life. However she's the first person to push someone else to do something that will benefit someone else in some way.

She's a very charismatic person and finds it easy to fit into any situation. However she can be quite a bossy person if she's given control of a situation and finds it difficult to let someone else lead or take over in a group. She likes to get things done her way.

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!) Elisa was an accident. Her parents were in there 40s by the time they had her and by that point they already had four teenage children, four boys. And from the start, Elisa Marino was the family disappointment. Not that anyone would say it to her face. But everyone knew, how could she compare to her older siblings?

Born at 32 weeks Elisa Marino was a tiny runt of a thing. It was touch and go for a while whether she'd survive due to breathing complications but evidently she pulled through. Weeks later she was finally released from the hospital into her parents loving care.

It wasn't that she had a bad childhood, in fact it was a pretty happy childhood. Being the only child she had the attention of her parents all the time, being the only girl she was spoilt rotten. But her older siblings were already starting to make a name for themselves and as she got older and made her way through muggle school it was becoming increasingly obvious she just wasn't as smart as her siblings. She could never compare to the curse breaker, or the spell inventor or the Arithmancer.

Her first signs of magic were when she was 10. So late on that her parents were convinced she was a squib, not that that would have been a problem. Honestly. It wasn't anything particularly over the top, she didn't make anything explode like Adrian had. Or make anything fly across the room like Enzo. Or knock someone to the ground like Nicollo. Instead all she made happen was make the lights flicker and change colour because she was annoyed at having been woken up for school.

Next came the issue of what school she would go to. Both of her parents were originally from Britain and had met at Hogwarts, it had been the school they'd sent all three of their sons to and it was the one they were planning to send Elisa to. Except she never got accepted. There had just been too many magical children that year for her to attend anything but her closest school. Of course, to Elisa at ten years old it just seemed another thing she wasn't smart enough to do.

Elisa did mediocre at her subjects at Durmstrang. She did only what was necessary because after all, what was the point when she'd never live up to her siblings legacy. She did however find it easy to make friends. She was a very charismatic person and managed to fit in pretty well with the other students in her year. At the end of her fourth year came the chance to study abroad, she put in for it not really expecting much out of it. Needless to say, it was a big surprise when it turned out she'd be spending the next year 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! Liana Liberato

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!) Half-blood

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!) Nope

6) What year is your character in? 5th 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)? 10 none exotic, Elisa is an expansion character that I don't plan to keep