Forum:Horatio Polanco

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.

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?

3) What's their ideal way of spending a free day? Why so?

4) If your character could only keep 5 possessions, what would they be? Why?

5) What one thing would your character change about the wizarding society? Why?

6) What house does your character want to be in? What house does your character not want to be in? Why?

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!)

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!)

 Luisa Michielin was a fledgling politician from San Marino, who was forced to abandon her homeland and migrate to Puerto Rico. Her disappearance was understandable - she was being hunted down, her father was wanted for corruption and they believed Luisa had knowledge of what her father had been up to. There was no way to escape them, unless she left Europe as a whole. That's exactly what she did; however, rather than heading for mainland (USA), she opted for making a home out of Puerto Rico. She was out of jurisdiction, she wasn't in a well-known place, it was the perfect hiding spot. She honestly would've been forgotten, a long-passed scandal, but she didn't count on meeting Isak Polanco. Isak, oh, Isak. He was your typical Puerto Rican guy, if you didn't include his raging passion for politics. A brilliant man, everybody that ever met him deemed him the next governor of the small island of Puerto Rico. They weren't wrong.

As a matter of fact, just how Isak's career in politics developed, so did his relationship with his secretary, Luisa. It started off as a friendship, a light bantering once he'd stumbled across the fact that she'd also been a politician, oh so long ago. They talked politics often, how messed up the government was, how he wanted to reshape it and reshape the economy. Slowly, though, it began to evolve into something beautiful: a relationship. They knew it couldn't happen while he was her boss, and quite frankly she needed the job more than she needed romance in her life, so she opted for trying to move on from Isak. That was... easier said than done, definitely.

She was lucky, though, because by the time they were aware of their feelings and knew for sure they weren't going to falter any time soon, Isak was already beginning to garner support to campaign for governor. If she resigned, she could become the First Lady, right? She's really lucky Isak was the kind of guy that kept true to his words. Just a couple of months before the election, Isak and Luisa got wed. A couple of months after his inauguration, their first child was born. Adrian Polanco. Then came Beatricia, Dante, Eloisa, Fausta, Gavino, Horatio, Julietta and Katya, and Catalina Polanco. However, this main character of this story isn't the oldest or the youngest, or even the exact center. No, he's the seventh oldest child and the fourth youngest. Horatio Polanco is the important one in this history.

Horatio didn't live in La Fortaleza for very long, he was about two years old when Isak's two terms ran up, so of course he doesn't remeber it very much. However, despite the fact that his two terms ran up, he was still very involved in politics. This time, Luisa was able to enter Puerto Rican politics with him, due to her experience as First Lady. Nobody understood why they wanted to remain in the world of politics, especially after eight years of being directly at the top. Nobody really understood, but it was crucial they stayed where they were. They'd gone corrupt at some point, but to be fair, someone should have seen it coming a mile away. Nobody could be as untouched as Isak was, not for that long in direct power. He earned a lot of money, he was so used to it, he wanted the good income to stay steady. They were out to do anything and everything to make sure it remained that way; however, there was a key difference between Isak and Luisa.

Isak had taken well to having such a big family. He loved all his kids equally, he wanted to provide all the love possible for each and every single one of them. He gave them each his attention when he could, always finding new things to do for when he had an hour or two off. For instance, he took his older kids to do stuff like go to the movies and paintball and do laser tag, he played in the backyard with his younger sons, he played tea party and dressed up with his little girls. He was a very involved parent. On the other hand, Luisa was more into watching after her younger children, from Gavino and younger.

Her husband had clearly begun to corrupt his older kids, in the sense that they were always out and about, he was getting them to do stuff involving sports and being sweaty and for fuck's sake he'd gotten their eldest daughters to like boy stuff. As you can see, she was very adamant on keeping gender roles. Or at the very least, maintaining a nice image. Thus, she taught her younger kids to be well-educated, to recognize how powerful they are and how they're relatively better than most other kids, due to their position in the social classes. Her husband, while he didn't necessarily approve, he never made a move against his wife's doings. But then, then it happened. The weird stuff began to happen.

It started with Adrian, he was able to do freaky stuff once he turned nine. Like, when he got angry, the lights would flicker. Then it followed with Beatricia, with Dante. Of course, each kid got their explanation in the form of an acceptance letter and the Muggle Liaison of MACUSA. The news that his kids were magic, well... Isak took better to it than his wife, though that's solely because he knew about its existence, from his mother who he knew for sure to be a witch. He just never thought anything of it, let alone brought it up, thinking it was impossible for his kids to be magic, when he hadn't been. But it happened. Luisa just couldn't believe it; she had a bunch of freaks for kids. It was breaking the typically venial woman. Fortunate for her, however, she talked her husband into sending the children she knew to be freaks to a boarding school, at least until they could each be shipped off to that school of magic for seven years. Then they wouldn't be tied to her anymore, not legally.

Fausta and Gavino didn't experience the same freaky things. They were easily accepted by Luisa, who'd thought the worst of it had been over. Isak was just relieved the worst of it seemed to have passed. But then Horatio began to experience his magical signs, and shit hit the fan again. The very same shit that hit the fan when Julietta and Katya seemed to express making objects levitate, change colors, etc. It seemed Catalina was headed down the very same road, too... but Luisa couldn't bear to see more of her kids become freaks... she had to do something about it. A week later, Julietta was found dead in her room. Nobody except Luisa and Isak truly knew what happened, because as it turns out Isak was responsible for killing Julietta, and it's very likely Luisa told him to do so. However, there was no conclusive proof holding her to the court case so without a word, the Polanco matriarch was taking Horatio, Katya and Catalina away. They wound up in San Marino.

Horatio was about ten years old when he met his mother's family. They liked him, more than they liked Katya and Catalina, but, like his sisters it didn't seem like that sentiment was returned. The poor kid was only ten years old and was in a strange country surrounded by strange people and could do strange things. It was only natural for him to hang onto what he knew, and what he knew was his sisters. The trio... they grew close. Very. Especially as the changes began to happen. Horatio developed a nickname, Tio. Yes, it's spanish for uncle, but nobody really cared. Horatio was all kinds of confused, because he was doing weird things that shouldn't be possible, his sister was dead and was already stated, he was in a new place surrounded by new and unfamilar people.

Then one day, his siblings showed up at their home, and toke Horatio away from Catalina, Katya and Luisa. Horatio fought them, not because he would miss his mother, he wouldn't really, but he would miss his little sisters a lot. He insisted that if they were gonna take him, they would have to take his sisters. But before his siblings could do that, Luisa was gone again, taking his little sisters with him.

Horatio of course was extremely upset, confused and hurt. Understandably so, the poor boy had been through a lot. However, his older siblings explained everything. Horatio, as it turns out was a wizard. As were many of his older siblings, and he was going to attend a school called Hogwarts, with the rest of his magical siblings. Horatio, not knowing what else he could say or do was off to Hogwarts.

Upon his arrival, Horatio was sorted into ________. Because of his constantly changing life, Horatio adjusted fast and made some close friends. He wasn't hugely popular but he wasn't exactly a nobody. Right in the middle, where he always was. 

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!

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!)

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!)

6) What year is your character in?

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)?