Forum:Nyssa Oakley

The High lands Lady  23:29, August 6, 2018 (UTC)

The Character's Background

1) Give a description of your character's personality. It must be at least two paragraphs long, seven sentences each. Grey like the clouds that cover the skies in autumn and fall. Grey like her raincoat and boots. Grey like her apartment. That is Nyssa. She is a grey person by nature, not thinking in terms of black and white, but in terms of grey. Her mind is always running at a thousand miles per hour, with her hands and every avaliable scrap of paper nearby covered in shiny grey and black markings as she jots down one idea after the next. Grey is Nyssa; almost everything she has in her office is grey and black, simple and elegant. Grey is a color of elegance and simplicity, and Nyssa strives to stand for that. Grey is her color. It is a color of sadness and darkness, of the early morning sunrise, but it is her color. It is the one color that she will never let go.

Culinary may not be as Nyssa as the color grey and literature are, but it makes up a pretty important part of her nonetheless. Culinary is seen through her natural easy-communication of STEM topics, including the current projects she is working on, and how quickly sh can get things done. Culinary may not be something that truthfully interests Nyssa, but it is a good term to use to describe her. She may be young, but she is definitely very wise for her age. She can tell you a story with a moral that you would believe came from someone else, but in reality came from her. She adores pinterest, making delicious goodies and bringing them work for everyone else to enjoy. She tries to please everyone, always there if someone needs a shoulder to cry on or someone to talk to.

Literature is the other important thing to Nyssa. She has stacks of old volumes of books scattered around her apartment, always has instrumental soundtracks playing, and is always somehow referring to old works. Literature is the thing that most people see coming through at work. It is the thing that allows her to debate and discuss with the best of them, makes her an incredible public speaker, and even though her voice is quiet and delicate, it is a tone to be listened to. No one wants to see Nyssa irritated, it takes too much effort to make her lash out, but when she is, she is a dangerous person to be around. Literature is the thing that she enjoys, and is the thing that keeps her happy and keeps her going. She adores reading, adores old books, old materials, old anything... Especially if it's something she can use in her work either as a reference or as an aid in one experiment or another.

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. Callum and Leyla Oakley had known each since childhood. Their parents knew each other and their grandparents knew each other. It was like a fairytale, with both of them dreaming of when they became adults that they'd marry with no questions asked. Both families, the Oakleys and the Williamsons, were of half-blood descent, living in the same area, but rarely using their magic except in times of great distress for one family or the other. At age eleven, both kids recieved their hogwarts letters, and headed off to the premier school of magic in the country... However, as they didn't expect, they were placed in different houses. Callum got Ravenclaw, Leyla got Hufflepuff. However, they didn't let this stop them, and every class they had, they were partners. They even started dating their third year... Going strong and getting named prefects in fifth and sixth years with Head Boy and Girl in their seventh. They graduated at the top of their class, and immediately Callum proposed to Leyla. She quickly agreed, and they married barely six months out of school.

Callum followed the path of his father, going into Muggle scientific research, as Leyla worked in the ministry, as a Department of Mysteries investigator. They remained a happy and content power-couple for about seven years before things started to really change. Leyla discovered that she was pregnant. And on August 10, 2017, little Nyssa Elizabeth Oakley was born in St. Mungo's hospital for magical maladies and injuries. They chose the name Nyssa due to it's meaning of Beginning, with Callum stating that this is their new beginning as a true family. Nyssa would be their only child, and she adored it. Her mother remained at home, beginning her non-magical education as soon as she could talk, while Callum worked. But things soon changed again. Nyssa seemed to have a brain for work and science like her father, and at the age of five, her magic manifested. She caught a falling glass test tube while her father was working on something else, preventing their house from being blown up by the impact of the chemicals. This didn't come as a surprise to Callum and Leyla, and they continued to go about their same business as before. Except now, Nyssa joined them at work more often than not. At age eleven, like her parents, she received her Hogwarts letter and off to school she went.

Nyssa was sorted into Hufflepuff, though she was a Ravenclaw-Hufflepuff hatstall. Her first years at Hogwarts were quite boring, not allowed to experiment, but able to explore. Then her fifth year brought change... She got asked out to Hogsmeade by a Slytherin, agreed, and found herself falling for him. However, he turned out to be very poisonous, and so Nyssa swore off boys and dating for the rest of her school years. Her fifth and sixth years also brought the titles of Hufflepuff Girls' Prefect and then her seventh brought Head Girl like her mother before her. At graduation, Nyssa graduated with high marks, and immediately went into the science program at Oxford University. She graduated from there as well with high marks, and went into work alongside her father.

Then, in the year 2034, a new company was founded by Cedrica Ackerman and Clarence Bishop called Wizco. Nyssa immediately put in her resignation form, and was hired as a member of Wizco's Science department almost immediately. She has been working there for almost five years now, and is working on a variety of new projects everyday, trying to help the wizarding community come into the modern age and out of the medieval age it had been stuck in for so long.

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! Taking after her mother predominantly, Nyssa is a scientist through and through. She wears casual clothes, things that she doesn't mind getting dirty or ruined through experiments, and always has a lab coat either draped over her bag or wearing it, marked with the symbol of Wizco Science Department. Her hair is rarely up, though when needed, it is pulled back to keep it out of her face. She is of fairly tall height, preferring to wear flats... Hey, when running from things gone wrong, flats are the best shoes to have. Nyssa always tries to make those who interact with her smile, either by embarrassing herself in front of them or just making them feel good about themself. She has a smile ready for anyone who needs it. Her model is Elizabeth Henstridge.

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!) Half-Blood, related to Oakley and Williamson families

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!) N/A

6) What is your character's profession? Does your character plan to enroll your character into the Ministry of Magic? Does your character not work? Is your character a teacher? Employee at Wizco's Department of Science

The Sorting Quiz

A. Select the option that best fits your character. (Remember, this part is optional for adult characters!)

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


 * A. Transfiguration


 * B. Hexes & Jinxes


 * C. Magical Creatures


 * D. The castle's secret areas

2. Pick one:


 * A. Moon


 * B. Stars

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


 * A. Freshly baked bread


 * B. Parchment


 * C. The Sea


 * D. A crackling log fire

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, pewter box that reads "I only open for the worthy"


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


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

6. Pick one:


 * A. White


 * B. Black

7. What road tempts you the most?


 * A. The cobbled street lined with ancient buildings


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


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


 * D. The wide, sunny, grassy lane

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


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


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

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


 * A. Draw your wand & search for the source


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


 * C. Draw your wand & stand your ground


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

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"? 11/3

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

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

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

6) Where does your character's weaknesses lie?

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