Forum:Joaquin Perez

19:04, September 24, 2015 (UTC)

The Sorting Quiz Please Bold Your Choices

1) There are three paths. One leads to a wandering road, another to a lake, and one over a mountain. Which one?

A) None of them, I'm at home reading.

B) Lake

C) Mountain

D) Road

2) Which type of spell is most useful?

A) A Complex Spell

B) A Spell Of Control

C) A Combat Spell

D) A Healing Spell

3) How would you describe yourself?

A) Wise

B) Cunning

C) Hard-working

D) Loyal

4) Someone infuriates you in public. How do you react?

A) Shrug it off.

B) Tell them that they are worthless and to get a life, infuriate them, push them, and storm off.

C) Get up, look at them right in the eye, and walk away like it never happened.

D) They are just joking around.

5) What is most important to you?

A) Grades.

B) Getting your way.

C) Life.

D) Friends and family.

6) Give a description of your character's personality. Personality must be at least one paragraph long. 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!)

Joaquin Perez is best described as adorable, though he's petrifying when he's angry. Thankfully, it's almost impossible to make him angry by being mean to him - he's a strong believer in sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Whilst it's fine to be mean to him, upset one of his friends or one of his siblings and ten minutes later you'll find yourself with a concussion and a broken arm. He's the de-facto older brother of the ARMP noble kids, much like his best friend Celyn is the de-facto older sister.

Joaquin isn't particularly self-confident, and is constantly attempting to make himself more Perez-ish. He doesn't see himself as "badass" or smart enough to continue the family legacy, so he tries his hardest to be a so-called bad-boy. And, from a distance, he certainly is. Once you get closer to him, however, you find that he's quite possibly the polar opposite. He's incredibly smiley when he's with his friends, in addition to being lively, playful and generally just a fun person. Jokes are his life, and if he can find a pun to use he'll use it. At first he's closed-off and polite, almost cold, but it doesn't take him too long to warm up to a person.

Brought up in a family like his, Joaquin was taught that honesty and logic are the most important traits to have - in short, he'd be represented by the Justice tarot card. As a result of his upbringing, he analyzes pretty much every situation and has an eye for detail. His every move is calculated beforehand, though he's so used to doing this that he doesn't really notice any more, and he's always excelled at everything he was taught at home, though specifically strategy.

7) Write about the history of your character. History must be at least two paragraphs long. 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!)

''While the first sign of magic within the Filipino thousands of years ago hasn't been pinpointed quite yet, it is true that the Autonomous Region of Magical Philippines has risen together with the great Kingdom of Namayan. The ARMP had no name in the past since it was one with Namayan.''

''For years, the Magicals and the Muggles lived in harmony, no prejudice and no discrimination. Of course, there were some groups that wanted the Magicals to separate from the Muggles but they were scarce and were merely a small nuisance. The Magicals helped the Muggles in more difficult work and the Muggles gave the Magicals a sense of purpose. They all thought it would last forever and nothing could disrupt the peace. Until the Spaniards came.''

''The Spaniards didn't like the idea of people using magic and strove hard to separate the 'normal' from the 'abnormal'. People possessing magic or showing that they possessed magic were hunted down and were executed. Some were smart enough to hide their magical abilities while the others fled to remote areas and islands. The Muggles helped the ones who hid their abilities to hide and kept the location of the remote areas and islands from the Spaniards.''

''Years passed by, and the Muggles slowly forgot about their friendship and alliance with the Magicals due to little to no contact. The newer generations were taught that Magic was evil and was abnormal which lead to the Magicals completely separating from the Muggles. While the Muggles were under Spain, the Magicals thrived and grew, watching helplessly as the Muggles were tortured colonial master after colonial master. As a way of coping with the loss of their friendship, the ARMP mirrored the cultural progression of Muggle Philippines, albeit with their own magical touches.''

''They still kept the monarchy intact. However, they had changed the surname to del Castillo and had turned into a patriarchy, which didn't please most of the citizens.''

''Several centuries and generations later, the ARMP has become an isolated region, its government keeping to itself and lying low as possible while making its economy flourish. It's been known to most of the Wizarding World as a very shady government and some trying to get information on it are rebuffed every single time. They don't join international events even if they are qualified and during wars, they stay neutral and keeps their citizens close. Now, the ruling monarch is King Alejandro with his wife, Queen Marisol. The current heir to the throne is Prince Martin. Several of the Noble Houses has grown bigger while others have grown smaller or extinct. Some members of the Noble Houses of Iglesias and Fernandez has moved to the United Kingdom, still under the protection of the Crown. Recently, the two royal del Castillo children have moved there in hopes of establishing trading agreements with the British Ministry.''

The house of Perez has ruled over the Eastern Visayas as long as the del Castillos have ruled over ARMP. Most renowned for their fighting prowess, their loyalty to the del Castillos and for the cold indifference that runs in the family, it's only natural that they were elected as the major law enforcement, generals and judges. Often, people would assume that the ever-calculating Perez family would be one of those houses which dabbled in the dark arts, but this is about as far from the truth as you can get - in fact, while all Perez children are raised to be neutral, they are possibly the least likely of all the houses to do this.

Joaquin Perez is the eldest child of five and the only one who seems to be even remotely calculating enough to be a Perez. Despite this, he's never believed himself to be 'badass' enough for the legacy and so tries his hardest to be a so-called 'bad boy' - aka he wears leather jackets, smokes and named his owl Chainsaw. He swears that this owl eats human flesh, but this is highly unlikely.

Growing up, Joaquin spent most of his time with his parents and siblings, learning law and academics and fighting. And strategy. Most of his friends were from the other major noble families, which his family met with at least once a year (though it was much more frequent than that). These friends were Victoria Iglesias, Corrine and Valentin Fernandez, Hazelle and Martin del Castillo and Celyn Edillon, though he was closest to Celyn from a young age. They just... clicked, and were often mistaken for siblings. Honestly, he views them all as sibling figures in a way.

They were all enrolled into the same school - Phillipine School of Magic - and they had a great time. All except for Hazelle, who was bullied right from the start because of her status. Of course, Joaquin tried his hardest to make them go away, got a few hundred detentions, and succeeded only to make them afraid of his temper.

In third year, the Iglesias siblings switched to a school in Britain called Hogwarts. During this year, Hazelle snapped under the pressure she received from the kids who bullied her and completely changed - Joaquin was the first to confront her, and one of the few who accepted it and wasn't pushed away entirely.

In Joaquin's fifth year Hazelle, Martin, Corrine and Valentin made the same switch as the Iglesias siblings. And, naturally, Celyn dragged Joaquin along when she switched. Now he's just trying to make friends and keep them.

8) Write about your character's appearance. How 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!

Xian Lim

9) Are you Pure-Blood, Half-Blood or Muggle-Born? Do you have any notable magical relations? (Remember, you cannot be related to important Harry Potter characters!)

Pure-Blood

10) 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 likes? Part or half of that magical race counts! (Remember, you cannot have an "exotic" characters as your first two characters!)

No

11) What year is your character in?

Sixth

Any House You DO NOT Want to Be In? (No Promises, Sorry)

Hufflepuff

Any House You REALLY Want to Be In? (Sorry, Again, No Promises)

Slytherin

Out of Character Questions (These do not affect which House you'll be sorted into)

1. How much time will you have to participate on this RP site? (This does not affect which House you'll be sorted into).


 * A) I have a lot of other responsibilities, and although I really want to be a part of this wiki, there may be days on end I won't be able to participate in anything.


 * B) Although I do have some other responsibilities, and there may be times I'll be absent, I should be able to participate on a weekly basis, around my other schedule.


 * C) I should be able to participate at least some every day.


 * D) I have loads of free time, and don't see participation to be a problem at all.

2. Is this your first character?


 * A) This is my first character


 * B) This is NOT my first character.

3. If your answer to the previous question is B, how many characters do you have? How many of them are "exotic"?

Eight. Two are exotic.

4. Please post your time zone in relation with the UTC time zone (ex. Eastern Standard Time is -4), but if you don't understand how to calculate that then please simply put the name of your time zone below.

Britain

Number of A's: 0

Number of B's: 2

Number of C's: 1

Number of D's: 2