Forum:Lucienne Edison

The Character's Background

1) Give a description of your character's personality. It must be at least two paragraphs long, seven sentences each.

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.
 * Lucienne Edison, neé Cantrell, was born to a wealthy half-blooded family in London who prided themselves on being of high social standing in the muggle world. She had two older brothers - Dean and Edmund respectively - and overall led a very idyllic life. Her mother was a housewife, whereas her father was a lawyer. Her mother was a wizard - a pure-blooded witch, no less - but had rejected that part of her heritage upon realizing it wasn't what she wanted to be associated with. Immediately upon graduation from Hogwarts (an education forced on her by her parents), she snapped her wand and found herself a quaint little apartment in London. It was expensive, but disassociating from her family entailed access to her trust fund; her parents had not wanted to deprive their child of it, as much as she may have disappointed them. Claudette Fawley was lucky she met Barnaby Cantrell when she did, just months shy of facing a completely empty bank account. Their relationship progressed very rapidly (something they later recognized an error, as they hadn't truly known who they were marrying) and by the end of the year, the extravagant wedding of their dreams became a reality. They had their honeymoon in Fiji, where they conceived their first child: Dean Crawford Cantrell. Their second child, Edmund Leander, came six years later, and by the time Dean was turning 12, they were having their third and final child: Lucienne Arabella Cantrell. Her life, as previously stated, was very peaceful. Though her brother had turned out to be a wizard, and her other brother seemed to be headed down a similar path, her parents held out hope they would finally have a normal child.  Raised under the presumption she wouldn't be a witch like her brothers, Lucienne grew up spoiled by her parents. She was the love of their lives - until she wasn't. Everything was going great for her, truly, but come age five, when Edmund was set to receive his letter of acceptance, her family faced a startling discovery: he was not truly a wizard. He might be a little odd, if not on the verge of an emo phase, but otherwise their son was as normal as Lucienne. Except, you know, Lucienne proved to be a witch that very day, when representatives of the Ministry came to inform them about their son's lack of magic. It was quite amusing, the look on their faces - they couldn't get more purple from sheer rage. They had placed their hopes and aspirations on the wrong child, evidently.  From that moment on, Lucienne was never treated the same way. Once the glorified Cantrell, she was shunned by her own parents, and thus driven further into the comforting hands of Dean, the only one who could understand how she felt as Edmund began to take the spotlight for being a 'normie'. She was demonized by her own parents throughout the course of her seven years as a Hufflepuff student, only feeling remotely better as she met - and subsequently became close - to her future husband, Arthur Edison. He was a student in the year above her who she helped tutor, despite being a level below. She knew the material well, and to this day she enjoys lording it over him, claiming she was responsible for his admirable marks. By this point she was over her family, having resigned herself to accepting she'd never have her parents or Edmund by her side again. She had Dorian, but her brother had long since moved - so she had no other choice but to fully embrace her magical heritage.  Shortly after graduating, Lucienne found a small apartment for herself and Arthur, now best friend and boyfriend rolled into one. She had a job as the PA of the Head of International Magical Cooperation, and with his own income, they were able to pitch in for the apartment together - and of course for the child they brought into the world a year later: a boy they decided to name Tristan. They struggled a lot for a while, but they knew they were in this together, so mid-pregnancy he proposed. It was with a toy ring, funny enough, but he promised he'd get her a real one eventually. And he did, in time for their wedding, approximately four years later, by which point they were pregnant with their second child, Gideon. As Lucienne had received a promotion, with a new job as the British ICW representative, their financial situation was substantially better - at least enough to live comfortably in a small cottage in Hogsmeade.  When Gideon was just over a year old, and Tristan was around six, the family went on a small vacation to France. There they encountered a small, starving, nameless orphan often referred to as 'girl' or 'little scoundrel'. She was five. They knew they might struggle a lot more if they took her in, but seeing her in the state she was, it was difficult not to. She very blatantly didn't want to return to the orphanage she had come from. Thus, they filed papers for the girl's adoption, which were approved sooner than expected, and in a matter of weeks, newly named Theodora Edison was settling into her new home in the United Kingdom. Lucienne's life was continuing to change, and this didn't stop even after things seemed to 'settle', because freshly turning 29, she was nominated for the job of Supreme Mugwump. With unanimous approval from the Wizengamot, Lucienne was sworn in.  To this day, she continues to hold such position, though admittedly with more stress due to recent events with the Fitzgerald Administration. Nevertheless, she has persisted, and is currently working towards becoming the Head of International Magical Cooperation. And, if possible, for Minister of Magic.

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!


 * Her FC is Blake Lively.

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!)


 * She's a 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!)


 * Lucienne has no special abilities nor does she belong to another species.

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?


 * As of right now, Lucienne is the Supreme Mugwump in the Ministry of Magic, a position she has held for the past 5 years.

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"?


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