Forum:Mara Monday

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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

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.

Mara is a pretty careful rule-follower. Her parents enforced the rules when they were alive... and essentially even more now that they're dead. Her parents seem to have worse tempers in the last few years, so she treads carefully around them (and everyone), constantly trying to be a people pleaser. Her people-pleasing nature leaves her rather gullible. She'll believe nearly anything anyone says, if she's hearing it for the first time. She'll take their word for it, and won't argue about it, for the sake of keeping the peace. What will happen when she starts to think and reason for herself, the older she gets, is unclear. Mara is very resourceful. She has to learn from a young age how to cook, since now her parents can't... and never seem to want any of what she's made, she had to buy clothes for herself (which doesn't happen much)... she's had to do many things for herself over the years (and now summers) that your average preteen doesn't have to do. But it's made her independent, and proud of where she is. How many other kids her age can say they could cook with the best of them, and that it tastes good? She's got an incredible work ethic, which she inherited from her parents and is now only being bolstered by her living situation. She's never had to resort to stealing anything yet, but if she had to, she probably could.

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.

Mara Vivian Monday is the first born, and only, daughter of Tristan and Mallory Monday. Mara was born on October 4th, 2023; the first eight years of her life brought great joy. Tristan and Mallory were experimental potioneers. Both of them weren't interesting in joining up with the Ministry, feeling that the government would only inhibit their creativity. Along with their experimental potions, they made regular potions that the average person would need, and sold those to various distributors to make money. They lived a modest life, and as such, the Mondays knew they wanted a small family so they could shower all of life's blessings on one child, rather than worry about favoritism among siblings. Being parents (and potioneers) was all they knew, and Mara never wanted for love, affection, or material possessions. Life was perhaps a little lonely sometimes, without siblings, but it never bothered her that much. The Mondays lived on the edge of a small wooded area, where berry bushes and other herbs for potion-making flourished. On Saturday May 8th, 2032, Mara had woken to find both her parents weren't around. That wasn't unusual-- her parents would sometimes spend Saturday mornings downstairs working on potions. And Mara knew she was strictly forbidden from ever going down there, so she just made herself some cereal and went about her morning, knowing that her parents would resurface soon enough. And they did... but they looked quite different. Her parents had turned silvery-white, and they floated above the floor a few inches. But they both looked... normal, aside from that. Mara was told by her parents, who's voices also sounded different now, that they loved her, and that a potion they'd been testing went wrong after they'd tried it-- and that this is what they looked like now. And she was still strictly forbidden from entering the basement, now more than ever. Eight years old isn't quite old enough to question the authority of her parents, and their reasons seemed plausible... so Mara went along with it. Mara's parents died that day. The potion they'd tried was something experimental, and had proved instantly fatal. Their love for their daughter was so strong that they came back as ghosts, determined to raise their daughter in the way they'd always wanted. Mara didn't know the difference, and always ignored the strange looks she got when she was accompanied by ghosts wherever she went. Her parents always told her to just ignore what people said, too-- that people will always been judgmental, and you can't let it get to you. Mara's life didn't change much after that, except that the house was always so much colder now. When Mara turned eleven her parents celebrated with her, and she went off to Hogwarts. She was sorted into (HOUSE). Her first two years passed with little excitement-- just Mara getting comfortable with school, and her classes. She's been fascinated with the people who look just like her parents (the other ghosts) but has yet to pluck up the courage to ask any of them what they are.

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!

I'm using Cassi Thomson.

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!)

Pure-blood, no notable relations

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!)

She's not, but her parents are ghosts. Idk if that counts for anything. Let me know if it does. :)

6) What year is your character in?

3rd

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"?

3 characters, 1 exotic

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

Cooking, being responsible, believing what everyone tells her. :P

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?

I don't think she'd do well in a desk. I think that she's too much of a mover for that. She's not athletic or anything, but she likes to keep busy. I think she likes to do so on her feet, immersed in whatever it is that she's doing.

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

No one's ever said so outright to her, but based on the looks people give her, and her parents strictness of the story she's grown up with, she sometimes gets the feeling that at a moment's notice, everything could change or be taken away from you. What drives her is the desire to keep things status quo.

6) Where does your character's weaknesses lie?

She's incredibly gullible, and doesn't yet know how to think for herself. She's also afraid of the unknown, a little bit-- so it's easier to take things at face value than question what she's being told.

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