Forum:Giordana Laguardia

The Sorting Quiz

A. Select the option that best fits your character. (Remember, this part is a requirement for every character you make! Please italicize the answer.)

1. What are you looking forward to learning at Hogwarts the most?


 * A. Transfiguration


 * B. Magical Creatures


 * C. Hexes & Jinxes


 * D. The castle's secret areas

2. Pick one:


 * B. Stars


 * A. Moon

3. If flowers adapted their scent to attract the unwary, what would it smell of in order to lure you in?


 * A. Parchment


 * B. Freshly baked bread


 * C. A crackling log fire


 * D. The Sea

4. Pick one:


 * A. Dawn


 * B. Dusk

'''5. Four boxes are placed before you. Which one do you open?'''


 * A. The ornate one, promising secret knowledge and unbearable temptation


 * B. The small, tortoiseshell box, embellished in gold, with a small, squeaking creature


 * C. The small, pewter box that reads "I only open for the worthy"


 * D. The gleaming black box marked with Merlin's rune

6. Pick one:


 * A. White


 * B. Black

7. What road tempts you the most?


 * A. The cobbled street lined with ancient buildings


 * B. The wide, sunny, grassy lane


 * C. The twisting, leaf-strewn path through woods


 * D. The narrow, dark, lantern-lit alley

8. Pick one:


 * A. Forest


 * B. River

9. What scares you most?


 * A. Speaking in such a silly voice, people will laugh at you and mock you


 * B. Waking up and realizing your family & friends don't know you


 * C. An eye at the keyhole of the dark, windowless room where you're locked


 * D. Standing on top of something high, without anything to stop you from falling

'''10. It's late, you're walking alone, and hear a peculiar cry you believe has a magical source. What do you do?'''


 * A. Wait for developments, while mentally reviewing the most appropriate spells


 * B. Draw your wand & stand your ground


 * C. Draw your wand & search for the source


 * D. Proceed with caution, keep a hand on the concealed wand, and keep an eye out

The Character's Background

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

Gina Laguardia is a very ambitious individual. Maybe not in the way her parents would like her to be, but still. She's fixated on her goals and will do just about anything to achieve them. She believes she wouldn't have gone even as far as she is if she wasn't stubborn. Unfortunately, her focus on achieving can make her ruthless at times. While she doesn't usually play dirty, she's not afraid to do so if needed. Giordana knows what she wants, and she usually gets it.

Gina likes to think of herself as a confident person. And this is usually true. But a flaw of hers is that she easily gets jealous. All it takes is someone making any sort of progress faster than her. Her competitive side doesn't take this kind of situation very well. She likes to be ahead of others, but rarely feels like bragging about it. The whole rat race she does is mainly to show herself that she's capable of reaching her goals.

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.

The Laguardias and the Fontanas were two rich Pure-Blood familes, well-known amongst the witches and wizards of Italy. And, as Pure-Bloods usually stick together, the families were pretty close, with several marriages between their members. This was also the case for Gavino Laguardia and Aurelia Fontana. They've met as little kids, and saw each other once in a while ever since, mainly at parties and such. Their parents'd planned for them to get married since shortly after their births. Needless to say, they were more than pleased when Gavino and Aurelia were both sorted into the house Ombrelune at Beauxbatons Academy of Magic.

The two became very good friends during their school years. Soon, they both became interested in continuing the family Wizarding Law tradition. And so, after a few years of working for their parents, each gained control of their respective firm. Naturally, they've decided to become associates and merge the firms. Somewhere between clients they developed a new ind of interest in each other. They started dating, got engaged, and, finally, married. After two more years of 'gaining financial stability', Aurelia was pregnant with their first and only child.

Little Giordana, or Gina for short, had a nice, steady childhood. She was a quick learner, and was expected to inherit the family firm. However, law was the one thing she wasn't into at all. Much to her parents' dismay, she developed an interest in fashion. Of course, they didn't take it very seriously. But even after she went to Beauxbatons, she still dreamed of opening her own fashion house. She became so fixated on this ambition that her family began to realize they won't make her a lawyer.

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!

FC: Jaimie Alexander

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!)

Pure-Blood, no special relations

5) Does your character have any special abilities? Is he or she of a different magical race, such as Veela, Vampire, Werewolf or the like? Part or half of a 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?

Sixth, Beauxbatons

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"?

8 active (one exotic), 4 inactive, several WIPs.

3) What would people who know your character well say they're really good at?

Probably that Gina's good at getting people to do and give her what she wants them to (aka bossing others around).

4) What do they really want to avoid in their future job/career? Do they hate working in an office? Do they hate the field?

Gina doesn't like being in situations she can't control and hates animals.

5) Aside from family and peers, what motivates your character the most in life? What drives their passion?

Probably the whole fashion house ambition.

6) Where does your character's weaknesses lie?

She's a perfectionist, something of a control freak, easily jealous and bossy.

7) Wand cores and woods speak volumes about a person's character. What is your character's wand? Why does it answer to them?

Cherry (good self-control) and Dragon Heartstring (quick learner).