Forum:Ernie Lee

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.

+ = wit, optimism, protection spells proficiency and general optimistic attitude - = he's a little slow when it comes to academics, offensive spells, mood swings

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?

He mainly just wants to live an ideal life, one where he can freely pursue what he wants and how he wants it.

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

Just relaxing, really. He doesn't have a set 'ideal' way of spending the day, he'd rather just do nothing and go with the flow.

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


 * 1) A picture of his family for obvious reasons
 * 2) A Pug plushie; he had a pug when he was younger and when it passed he was devastated so this is his way of remembering her
 * 3) His wand; again, obvious reasons
 * 4) The small book of motivational quotes his mum wrote him; he suffers from a heavy lisp when nervous and reading through this book, or at least remembering it, helps him calm down and become comprehensible again.
 * N/A

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

He'd change how nonchalant some high up in authority are in regards to attacks against people of any species. He just thinks sometimes there's a flippant approach taken and he wants that to be changed.

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

He'd love to be in Gryffindor or Hufflepuff, just because he thinks he resonates well with the traits of those houses. He wouldn't mind being in Ravenclaw, though he doesn't think he's as academically gifted as one should be for that house and he doesn't want to be in Slytherin simply because it seems to the one least like how he is.

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!)

Ernie, for the most part, is an extremely optimistic individual. He's always ready to help cheer someone on and doesn't mind taking a back seat if it means someone close to him can succeed. He always sees the positives in everything and encourages others to do the same. He aims to treat everyone with kindness, even those who don't like him since you can never know what they're going through to make them like that. It's rare that he's anything but happy and excitable, but it does happen.

When he gets nervous, Ernie develops a severe lisp. He hates it and his mother has been his rock through it. It's hard going from saying everything fine to having one of the worst lisps imaginable. He tries to hide it but, obviously, that's a hard thing to do and there's been many times in the past, especially when he was younger, where he was teased by the other kids without a second thought. It's made him a lot more self-conscious than he should be and he wishes now, in retrospect, that he never paid any attention to them.

When Ernie gets sad or angry, he likes to lock himself away. Whether than be literal or figurative. He doesn't like being anything less than happy or nervous as those are the two emotions he knows he can handle. When he's sad or angry he tends to get unpredictable and that's lead some to believe he might have anger issues of the sorts. He's notorious for his mood swings as well, meaning you can go one week of seeing him all the time to the next barely seeing him at all, as he shuts himself away from those who could judge him further.

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!)

Ernie was born in a very idyllic village in the south of England to two muggle parents who doted him and adored him. He had an older brother by three years, Aaron, who was the same. They were the perfect little family and everything was alright, save for as he got older.

When he was roughly four, they were involved in a car crash that claimed the lives of his father and brother. It hit him and his mother, hard. For a few years after that, neither of them were the same and it was only when his mother was convinced she saw the spirit of her husband telling them to move on and to be happy, did their mood start to improve. And it did. Ernie slowly got back to being the curious young boy he should've been and his mother became even more doting on her son, supporting him in every endeavour.

Ernie still suffered from flashbacks of the scene though, especially when he was in the car. That's how he had his first magical experience when he was eight, in fact. A car zooming past them on a road had scared him so much that he, unknowingly, began to change the surface around him. The seats of the car went from fabric to grass and needless to say his mother was confused, scared even. So she took him to her brother, the man who was just like Ernie - a muggle-born. He confirmed something his mother never knew if she wanted and, despite not knowing much about it (or as much as she'd like so she could protect her son), she continued to support him one hundred percent.

When he was eleven, Ernie got the letter for Hogwarts and that's where he's been ever since. It hasn't grown him much as a person as he always envisioned it would (based off his uncle's stories of his time there) but he knows there's still some time.

 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!

His model will be Park Woojin of Wanna One.

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.

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 year is your character in?

Third.

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)?

Fourteen, Two exotic.