Forum:Ryleigh du Vallon

~ Thistle 15:54, April 3, 2018 (UTC)

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. Her strengths include:
 * Independence
 * Hard working
 * Loyalty
 * Cautious

Her weaknesses include:
 * Social Skills
 * Shy
 * Quiet
 * Innocent/Naïve

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? Ryleigh isn't a girl of false dreams. If she thinks it's possible, then she will try and accomplish it as long as both her mind and heart are on the same topic.

Ryleigh would particularly like to either be involved in the ministry, working with the higher-ups, or even in the Recreation and Development department of St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. She has always had a love for helping people, either hands-on or over long-distances, and wants to do something that works in her comfort zone and falls into her appropriate skill focuses.

She would like a family, however, she is terrified that it'll end up like her uncle did, and lose children and a wife several times over. Ryleigh needs a man to compliment her, not hold her back, but encourage her to go ahead and not be afraid to trail-blaze. She wants to be a mother, but she doesn't know if she's good enough to be an amazing one like hers was.

Short-term, Ryleigh just wants to survive school, get good grades, and make a few friends. Not too many, otherwise she'll feel overwhelmed, but just enough to help her feel like she's belonging at Hogwarts.

3) What's their ideal way of spending a free day? Why so? Her idea of spending a free day would include... 
 * Not waking up early
 * Staying in her pjs with strudel and hot cocoa
 * Curled in her clean room with her laptop and journals
 * Door closed and house quiet
 * Chilling and relaxing for hours on end

4) If your character could only keep 5 possessions, what would they be? Why? Her possessions she’d keep would include...
 * 1) Her wand, due to it being something she’s attached to and needs
 * 2) A survival kit, something that her father insists on
 * 3) A family photo of her entire large family, to stave off homesickness
 * 4) A journal and two pens, so she can write whenever she wants
 * 5) Her phone, so she can call for help.

5) What one thing would your character change about the wizarding society? Why? Seeing that she’s entering the wizarding society for the first time ever, Ryleigh really doesn’t know what she’d try and change at this point, but she does have a few rough ideas for the future she wants to try and implement, but nothing’s for certain yet. Come back to her after fifth year.

6) What house does your character want to be in? What house does your character not want to be in? Why? Seeing that this is her first year, she doesn’t know of the houses and the corresponding traits that each demonstrate. She’ll be fine with whatever house she’s placed in, and thrive in any environment she’s placed in.

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!) Ryleigh can be summed up in one word: Paradox. She is sharp but gentle. Quiet, but sarcastic. She has been described as embers one moment and crystals falling on ice the next. It is incredibly hard to predict her mood from day to day, or even hour to hour because of how fast it changes. She watches everything, and even if you think she's not paying attention, you're wrong. Ryleigh knows everything and switches her behaviors and mannerisms as the events call for it.

She's a dangerous girl despite her young age, and it's something that cannot be easily broken. Ryleigh's intelligent and is not afraid to show it. If she feels like someone's not doing a good job of explaining, even though she's young, she will step up and take over with no second thoughts. She is a mix of the two things that make people hard to know: her zodiac sign, Cancer, and her MBTI type, a rare type for women, INTJ.

Being born under the sign of Cancer, the crab, and having the ruling planet of the unpredictable moon, Ryleigh is a very difficult individual to get to know. She is loyal, sweet, and protective, but at the same time, she can be your worst nightmare. Ryleigh is everything you want wrapped into a walled package, which means that you need to gain her trust before she lets her walls down.

She is one of the most reserved people you'll ever meet, but given time, she will show you that she can be one of the craziest people you'll know. However, until then, expect short answers and distinct looks such as her flat-stare. The most expression she'll show until she's around people she trusts is a faint smirk or upturn of her lips if someone says something is funny or laughs in such a way that it's impossible to keep her straight face.

INTJ is one of the rarest types for women and is affectionately known as the 'Mastermind' type. This means that they are aligned with sciencey-focused topics, and their minds are always fifty steps ahead of everyone else. While gifted with such an ability, this does come with a limitation: her social skills. Ryleigh is a girl with a mind gifted to view everything as a chess game, always planning out things days or even weeks in advance.

She has a natural thirst for knowledge, something that has only grown as she's gotten older, and views the world that she lives in with a practical eye. She needs to have rational ways of speaking, and even though she's a natural passive-aggressive and sarcastic person, she can't always read other people. This has led to several fights and even the ending of a few close friendships when they had enough, but Ryleigh is a girl of intensity and ambition, and she isn't afraid to show it.

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!) Samuel and Lindsey du Vallon was a normal American couple, living their happily married life on Joint Base Lewis-McCord. Samuel was in the Army, working through the officer ranks thanks to the ROTC courses he took during his college years while Lindsey took a position as the head of the welcoming group to new military families on base. However, things soon changed when Lindsey found out that she was pregnant. Over the next four years, six years after their marriage, all of their pregnancies so far ended in miscarriages. The couple was devastated, and wondered if even having a family was in God's plan for them... and then, that was when everything changed.

It was a brisk autumn day, the date being September 6, 2024, when the pregnancy test turned positive. Lindsey and Samuel had their fingers crossed, but they didn't allow their hopes to rise in case of another miscarriage. However, this time was when everything went perfectly. On July 10, two weeks to the day that their child was supposed to enter the world, a baby girl was born. They named her Ryleigh Abigail, a name of elegance and power, and hoped that she would rise to the meaning that her name carried.

Growing up as the only child of a stay-at-home mom and Army officer, Ryleigh grew up in a strict and sheltered household. She spent her days in school or in physical training with her father, taking martial arts and working in school. Through her years, she was always encouraged to do her best and not take second best at anything. By the time she was seven, her magic manifested during the preparations to move from Texas to a base in the UK. Ryleigh was watching her dad try and stack boxes precariously on top of each other, mind you each box had fragile things, and before she knew it, they fell. She freaked out, and somehow, they floated away from her dad, saving him from a crush injury.

That changed how they viewed their daughter, only keeping her more sheltered and developing a set of stricter rules. Ryleigh has since moved to England, unpacking, and preparing to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for her first year of magical schooling. She has met with the Ministry, getting everything explained to her, and is now ready to see what her years at school hold.

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! Ryleigh is modeled by Laneya Grace, a child model and actress.

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!) Muggle-born, which means no magical notable relations.

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!) No special abilities or magical ancestry.

6) What year is your character in? She’s an incoming first 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)? 6/2 if I remember correctly.