Forum:Zane Burke

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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.

Strengths: Charisma, Intelligence, Realism Weakness: Laid-back personality, Loneliness, Stubborn

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?

Zane's main goal is just to be happy. With the feeling of being alone most of the time despite being surrounded by people, he mainly just wants to be surrounded by people who want to be with him.

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

Probably doing a day out somewhere, just because it's fun and he likes to be amused.

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

He'd keep a picture of his family, his favourite leather jacket, his signet ring, his wand and his book of jokes. All because they have some sentimental or practical use to him.

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

Probably the discrimination against certain races as he just doesn't see the point in it.

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

Slytherin, only because that's where he thinks Dexter would be and he doesn't want that. (doing it as if he was a firstie)

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!)

Zane is generally a laid-back individual meaning that, typically, anyone can get along with him. On the surface he doesn't seem to take things too seriously; he likes to joke around and doesn't mind taking risks in the name of amusement, and subsequently he's had attention attracted to him because of that. Not afraid to make a fool out of himself, Zane took on the role of class clown at an early age though, as he's gotten older, it's toned down a little bit. As a result of his relaxed nature, Zane bounces from friendship group to friendship group and doesn't have many 'set' friends meaning, at times, he can feel a little lonely and excluded despite the amount of people around him. He's also incredibly fashion conscious; he wouldn't be seen dead without being in some form of current look. In his mind because he's not afraid to look stupid, he should dress in the opposite manner so he can be taken seriously at times.

Underneath the surface, however, Zane's the opposite of what he tries to portray. While, yes, he does like to be funny and does like the option of bouncing around from person to person, not having a set group of people to go to bar his siblings has meant that he, more often than not, feels incredibly lonely and unwanted. While part of him knows that if he stuck around with a group he'd just be assimilated into their friendship the other part of him, and unfortunately the more dominating part, tells him that he's bothersome and consequently Zane doesn't feel like he fits in anywhere. He throws himself into his work at school to try and compensate for this, worried that he won't be able to make his mark otherwise without a social circle around him.

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!)

Born to a muggle-born witch and a half-blood wizard in London, baby Zane Burke was ready to take the world by storm. He liked the attention he was showered with as he was a baby and he partially cites that as why he loves to attract attention to himself at an older age. He was, allegedly, a cute baby and was the envy of the area they lived in which attributed to the attention he got. It was no wonder that when his younger brother, Dexter, was born with an equal amount of cuteness to him that Zane got annoyed when he received less attention.

At first, Zane had declared Dexter his 'enemy' and wanted nothing to do with him. As far as Zane was concerned, Dexter had taken his popularity and that was that. He warmed up to him, though, as time went on and the birth of their sister, Autumn, had caused the two to bond further. As she was born prematurely and developed pneumonia, the brothers stayed at their grandparents' house and bonded over not seeing their parents as often. Mutually, their new enemy was Autumn and that was that. They had a successful boycott too - until they realised that she was lovable.

Primary school was hard for Zane. It was during primary school that he lived with his grandparents and, as kids were notorious for bullying on anything, they made fun of him for having different parents to the rest of them. He endured it, masking any sadness through jokes and he now places those bullies as being the reason he strove to be as charismatic as he could, leading him to develop into the grown teen he is.

His first magical experience was rather mundane. Although close, Zane and his brother did have their arguments from time to time and after a pretty infuriating one, Zane stomped off to his room and, there, he sat at his desk and glared at a piece of paper. From his pencil case, pens and pencils began to scrape fervently against the paper until there was a mess in front of him. Unsure of what happened, he ran to his parents and told them and he found his answer. He likes to think this was the beginning of his true life, one where he doesn't look back too often.

Now in seventh year, Zane's ready to graduate and, like he had planned to do when he was born, take the world by storm. Problem is, he just needs to ground himself first and then the world can be shook.

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!)

Half-Blood; relations on this wiki.

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?

Seventh

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)?

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