Forum:Noelani Hayes

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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:


 * A. Stars


 * B. 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

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 * 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.

'''Noelani is a free-spirited young lady on the outside. She dresses how she likes, and acts how she likes and is outgoing and bubbly enough that she makes friends easily. She's a very emotional person, and can always tell how people around her are feeling, but it also makes her a bit self-conscious. She developed early for her age, and has Polynesian curves that sometimes get her stared at-- and she feels those stares. She wants to believe that she's brave enough to ignore them, and not let them get to her... but they do. She has comebacks to people who stare... in her head. But she's not exactly brave enough to tell them to stop. Despite this, she's knows that her self-worth comes from within, and she's not going to diminish her personality to make others feel comfortable. She'll just probably cry about it later. Growing up on the islands of Hawaii gave this girl a love for the water. She loves swimming, and boating and being in the water whenever she can. The fact that there's not much around in England (and especially at Hogwarts... save the lake) bums her out quite a bit. She definitely prefers beach day to school days, and if her mind is wandering in class (which happens more often than she'd like) it's because she's daydreaming about the warm sun, sand, and waters of her homeland. She's definitely not super academically inclined, which is frustrating for her. She feels like she doesn't have a lot to offer, and she's not certain of her place in the world, especially when there isn't a subject that's jumping out as her favorite. She wants to be something, like her parents were, but she feels lost and doesn't know how to find 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? It must be at least three paragraphs long, seven sentences each.

'''Keilani Mahelona was born and raised in Honolulu, the daughter of a Native Hawaiian witch, and a Muggle American military man. Keilani's mother, not wanting to send her daughter to such a faraway school, homeschooled her daughter on the islands, and as such... Keilani never left. Keilani's father knew about his wife and daughter... but his job with the military took precedence, and as such he and Keilani were never close. He was a rather distant father figure. When Keilani was twenty-one, she met a handsome surfer, Taylor Dawes. Taylor was spending his spring break from college surfing in Hawaii, and hadn't planned on any sort of fling, but that is the relationship that occurred between the pair. The fling left Keilani pregnant and alone. Taylor wasn't interested in being a father, and left. Nine months later, in January, Keilani gave birth to a a daughter, Noelani. Keilani raised Noelani as a single mother for the first year of her life, before she met a young, British anthropologist on the island. Oliver Hayes, also a wizard, was interested in studying Hawaiian cultures, and how they related to volcanoes as a people. Their meeting was rather happenstance, but Keilani could tell there was something different about Oliver. Both of them played off as being Muggles for the first several weeks they knew about each other, but eventually came to realize that they were both people with magical heritage through flirty suggestions that turned into more concrete awareness. Their romance was something of a whirlwind after that. Keilani and Oliver were married within a year, and Keilani was pregnant and gave birth to her son Koi when Noelani was three. Noelani and Koi were raised on Honolulu for many years, much to the disdain of Oliver's parents. They'd never dreamed their son would take up residence in the place he was studying, at least not in a permanent fashion. Marrying a local was beyond their wildest imaginings. To say that Mr. and Mrs. Hayes disapproved of Oliver and Keilani's marriage is an understatement at best. When Noelani first showed her signs of magic, at age six, when she touched a small flower that hadn't yet bloomed, and it became a fully bloomed flower in front of her eyes. At that point, Keilani and Oliver had a discussion. Oliver had been educated at Hogwarts; Keilani had been educated at home. A move to England from Hawaii would be a significant one-- over 7000 miles. After nearly three years of compromise and discussion, the family moved to England, two years before Noelani was set to begin her schooling. Upon arrival in England, it became pretty clear that Mr. and Mrs. Hayes had no interest in getting to know their daughter-in-law, or their granddaughter. Koi, on the other hand, was showered with love, gifts and attention. Whether it was because he was their full blood, or because he was more white-passing wasn't initially clear, but it obviously bothered Oliver and Keilani. The first three years of Noelani's schooling passed without much incident. She was sorted into (HOUSE). She's excited to have her brother begin with her this year.'''

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!

Auli'i Cravalho

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, 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!)

Nope

6) What year is your character in?

She's a fourth year

7) The Sorting Hat has been known to take house preference into consideration. If your character could select one house they believe they are best suited for, what would it be and why?

She doesn't know much about the Hogwarts Houses, so she wouldn't have any preconceived notions to "ask" for one in particular.

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"? If you do have exotic characters, please list both the name and the type of exotic. Remember you are only allowed one of each type with the exception of nymphs.

12, no exotics

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 future 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?