Forum:Autumn Warner (attempt number 2)

work in progress

please note this character is a minor character

The Character's Background

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

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.

Benjamin Warner was once the golden boy of the Canadian wizarding world. The son of a high ranking ministry worker, he was viewed as a potential minister. It didn't help that he had the right temperament and could charm anyone he laid eyes on. By the time he was graduating from Ilvermorny, Benjamin was someone who had a grand future ahead of him. A future of power and glory, if he so put his mind to it. People loved him, even when he was trying to push them away. The type of person that could win someone over with a smile. There was just one problem, though. Benjamin hated his life. He found the magical world tiring and consuming with his own life having little purpose and felt that he was too...boxed in. That so many people had built his path for him that he had no control over his own life. So he left. He left it all behind the moment he graduated. Benjamin didn't bother returning to his mansion in Magical Toronto. Instead, he travelled through America, living the muggle life that his family scorned. Eventually, when he was nineteen, he joined the RCAF. The Royal Canadian Air force. It was something he chose to do with his own life and that was enough to make him happier than anyone else in the entire world.

It took him another two years to meet Claire. Claire everything that he ran away from. Kind of. That was a bit of an exaggeration but Benjamin found it ironic that he ended up with a politician. The very career he realised he would never be able to stomach himself. Claire was a prominent figure in the Liberal party, though sometimes referred to as Canada's natural governing party, and was a figurehead, working closely, albeit more behind the scenes, with the leaders of the time. Even though she was rather young, Claire had been promoted through the party the moment she graduated from university. Claire was a firm believer in equality for all and rallied for many important legislations to help secure a happier future for everyone. They met at some event where the military was invited. Benjamin had made a small name for himself in the RCAF so he was invited to come along by one of his leading officers. Seeing him dressed in his formal uniform, Claire once joked that it was love at first sight. It was a matrimony that took both of them by surprise. Claire had never really been a huge fan of the military and advocated for peace and diplomacy in parliament rather than the use of the military and force. Yet, with one conversation, Benjamin had won her over like so many had before her. They spent the night dancing in the gazebo away from the crowds. Claire insisted he give her his number at the end of it.

Both had busy schedules but this turned out to be a blessing for the both of them. Neither expected the other to be around them 24/7. So they were able to make it work without expecting too much from one another. They saw each other whenever they could. By the time they were nearing their mid thirties, Benjamin decided to pop the question. He saw his future with her and couldn't imagine losing her. Two years later, they had their first child. Alecander Warner. A healthy boy that they both loved and adored. In the next year, they had twins. They didn't realise it was twins until the birth, though, and had only been planning for the eldest daughter, Alexandra. But Autumn was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. Benjamin, falling in love with his three babies, decided to quit the RCAF and become a house husband. He didn't want to spend time away from them. So whilst Claire was changing the world in politics, Benjamin had his hands full with nappies and baby food. When the twins were four years old, the parents decided to open up their household. Become a foster family for other children. Not only would it boost Claire's image career wise but it would make sure their children are exposed to a wide array of people, not just the rich kids from the other families. Throughout their childhood, their home was a refuge for many underprivileged muggles. Alec, Alexis and Autumn saw them come and go. One or two stayed for a few years before being adopted but most only stayed for a month or so. Some their age, some teenagers, some babies. Some were volatile, bullies. Some were quiet and shy. Some refused to utter a word. By this time, Benjamin had confessed to Claire about the wizarding world and that their children might have inherited the magical gene themselves. Being so high up in the Canadian government, Claire had a good impression that there was something else out there that the Prime Minister was keeping silent. With the knowledge of the wizarding world, everything made sense and Claire easily accepted it. Her children might be a part of that community so she had to accept it. The alternative, rejecting her own children, would have broken Claire's heart.

Autumn was a sick child. When Claire was pregnant with the twins, the doctor's had told her that Autumn would most likely be a miscarriage. Except it never happened. Autumn's heart kept on beating. She was meant to be absorbed by her sister. Meant to be a product of the vanishing twin syndrome. Except she wasn't. She survived. Whilst Alexis was a healthy baby, Autumn's first six months in the world was spent in the hospital, strapped to machinery, doing their best to keep her heart beating. Autumn might have died if it wasn't for Benjamin. Being a wizard, he managed to find a potion that healed her. To a degree. Autumn was a small child, especially compared to her identical sister. Autumn frequently got sick, whether it be the cold or the flu and it was obvious that her immune system was lacking. Autumn couldn't keep up with any of the children around her and was often kept inside and insulated. Even if this, at times, frustrated her to no ends. Autumn, though quiet, was still a social butterfly and loved meeting new people and being around them, even if she didn't say much.

This was the first sign that Autumn might not be like her siblings. Her father suspected she was a squib, that she hadn't inherited his magical gene, from the moment she left the womb but it became clear when she was only six that she was. It was during school when it happened. Playing in the playground before collapsing. Rushed into the nearest hospital, Benjamin and Claire were told that Autumn was diabetic. Type one. Claire knew it ran in the family, her grandmother was also diabetic, so it wasn't difficult to diagnose Autumn with the same condition. This confirmed Benjamin's theory on her being a squib but no one in the family really cared. What concerned them most was her health and making sure Autumn was living the best life that she could. That was the context of what Autumn grew up under. Constant visits to hospitals and doctors. Autumn would estimate a good chunk of her life was spent looking at light blue walls and old men who liked to poke her with needles. Maybe not the most pleasant childhood but it never really brought Autumn down. By the time she was eleven, it was normal for her. The day that her sister left for Hogwarts, her parents expected Autumn to be upset for multiple reasons. This would be the first time the pair would be separated for more than a day and Alexis would be living a life Autumn could only dream of having. Instead, Autumn was both happy and proud of her siblings, especially her sister, and lived the magical life through them. Autumn didn't consider the magical world a better world than the muggle world. Just different. It would be like saying Western culture was better than, say, an Asian culture. Some people did claim it but it wasn't necessarily right. Both the magical world and the muggle world had pros and cons. Plus, what could Autumn do? She wasn't the type to throw a fit nor could she change the situation. It was strange, in the beginning, to live in the big house without either Alec or Alexis. It was also strange thinking about how the duo were all the way over in the United Kingdoms. Though Hogwarts was the better choice for them, Autumn would confess that she wished they went to the one in America simply because of how long the owls took to deliver their letters between one another.

Initially, Benjamin and Claire looked into a day school for Autumn, believing that it might be best to keep her close to home with her diabetes. However, they eventually decided to send her to boarding school. The school they wanted to send her too was in Ontario whilst they lived in the capital city, Ottawa, and that, even with the diabetes, being sent so far away might be beneficial as it would give Autumn to chance to become independent and learn how to manage her condition herself. So Autumn was sent to a boarding school when she was twelve. Autumn consoled herself by telling herself that it was just like her siblings but a different school. That how she was feeling–terrified and alone–was exactly how Alec felt when he first when to Hogwarts. Autumn never really had the guts to ask her brother if this was true or not. She didn't want to break that belief. A small as it was, Autumn felt better thinking that if he could push through those feelings and get through the school year, then she could too. Autumn felt like an ant in the boarding school and had no idea how to fit in. It didn't help that the other kids around her didn't really know what diabetes was and were both confused and fascinated whenever Autumn had to test or inject insulin. Once, she kept it hidden but it all came out one day when some kid found her injecting and spread it across her year level. Though she hadn't managed to find friends before, she wasn't really able to now. It made her feel kind of alienated and ashamed of something she had no control over. But it did what her parents wanted. Autumn did learn how to manage the diabetes, did learn to how balance her diet. One of the driving forces was that she didn't want to draw any more attention to herself so she made sure she tried to minimise as many incidents as possible.

Autumn didn't really find many friends in the boarding school and she did okay academically wise. It was obvious she wasn't going to be following her mother's footsteps into politics. Autumn would have been eaten alive in that job. She did find her calling in the arts, though. Painting and dance took her interest, getting involved with the clubs as much as she could. Autumn was also involved in the Amnesty international club and chess club. She wasn't sure why she joined the latter. Looking back, she suspected she found the person advertising it was cute. Autumn wasn't terrible with chess–was never as good as the people who based their life around it–but she picked up on a few things here and there. Amnesty made her feel as if she was contributing to some community and was doing good in the world. She knew whatever little things they did would have little impact on the world's problems but it was something. Autumn flourished in the arts. It let her explore her own identity and emotions. She'd spend hours in the art hall painting. She preferred portraits more than landscape. Surrealism sometimes. In regards to dance, she was good at some types of dances. Terrible at ballet and mediocre at modern types, such as hip hop. The tango and the waltz were her forte. It was through the clubs that Autumn began to feel more at home in the boarding school. She met people who had similar interests in her and it was easier for her to fit in. Most of her time was spent focussing on the clubs and found herself failing some classes as a consequence.

Enter Vincent.

He was a year above her and offered to help tutor her in the classes she was struggling in most. She had to sacrifice chess club to focus on the classes but it was worth it, she supposed. He was a smart guy–most would have classified him as a nerd if it wasn't for his looks. Strikingly similar to what a Clark Kent would look like in real life, Vincent was considered to be a popular guy. Even if it was because of how nice he was too everyone. Autumn didn't pay much notice to him–she wasn't really into guys' anyway. But after a few tutoring sessions, it was clear she was beginning to develop a crush. It wasn't until half way through that year did he ask her out on a date. She accepted–why wouldn't she? They dated for nearly a year and a half before he graduated. Unfortunately, it didn't end on a good note. She caught him cheating on her with some mutual friend they knew. Autumn took it well. Broke it off with him. Autumn internalised all the emotions she felt towards the event. Even when she found out it had all been some stupid dare. Take out the sick girl. Later, Vincent would confess feelings were there and it had grown from the initial dare. Autumn felt like she was in some stupid teenage romance movie except the pair didn't end up together and she was left hanging around a school where she felt everyone was laughing at her.

Autumn graduated the next year. Nothing impressive and Autumn didn't really brag about it much. By that time her twin sister had graduated already and Autumn was the last to leave school. That was the worst part about it. Autumn wasn't graduating with her twin sister. It made Autumn feel like the little one of the group, rushing to keep up with them. Autumn moved back in with her parent's after graduation, not really quite sure what to do with herself. She could go to a university or something. Well, community college. Autumn hadn't quite gotten the scores needed to get into an actual university. After graduation, Autumn had become slightly involved with the magical world, having been introduced to it by her sibling's and father. However, that side of the world never really caught her attention for another few years anyway. Autumn was the definition of a trust fund baby. Not having a proper career, she lived off her parent's money, wasting away her time. Most of the time it was painting and jumping from museum to museum. Autumn was mostly adrift in life, not sure what she wanted to do in her life. Autumn wouldn't survive in anything military related so it wasn't as if she could follow her sister. Couldn't follow her brother into the auror office for more than one reason. So she had no idea what to do with herself. When she was twenty two, her mother got sick of Autumn lazing about and insisted she interned for her party. For the next two years, Autumn spent her time working for her mom in the Canadian government. It was mostly doing coffee runs and printing but it gave her something to do.

By the time she was twenty four, Autumn still wasn't sure what she wanted to do with her life. She dated a few people here and there but she struggled to find a connection with them. Autumn tried everyone she could. Girls, boys, in between. Jocks, dancers, politicians. Even a stripper. None caught her attention. Even those who did, she still turned down a long term relationship, even if she wanted something more. Autumn wasn't quite sure why her automatic response was no. She put it down that they weren't the right person. Eventually, she signed up to a community college, doing a certificate in visual arts and glass blowing. It took up her time for the next two years and...she loved it. Autumn enjoyed herself in community college, actually feeling like she was doing something with her life. That she wasn't stuck in limbo. It was something that she enjoyed doing and it wasn't an activity that she didn't worry about affecting her health. When she was twenty six, she decided to go with Alexis and Alec over to England. She loved her parents but Autumn was over being separated with her siblings. They went to Ilvermorny/Hogwarts together, without her. And then all three went down different paths when they all graduated. Sure, they kept in contact. Saw each other every other holiday and other parts of the holiday. But they weren't...together together. So Autumn left with them, moving into the magical world with them. It was a new experience for her and, initially, was rather overwhelming but she got use too it eventually. She decided to buy the local gallery, using it to promote her own artwork and other up and coming artists, especially of LGBT youth.

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!

Brie Larson sharing with bond and jaye

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!)

squib

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!)

None, she's a squib

6) What is your character's profession? Does your character plan to enroll your character into the Ministry of Magic? Does your character not work? Is your character a teacher?

The Sorting Quiz

A. Select the option that best fits your character. (Remember, this part is optional for adult characters!)

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


 * A. Transfiguration


 * B. Hexes & Jinxes


 * C. Magical Creatures


 * D. The castle's secret areas

2. Pick one:


 * A. Moon


 * B. Stars

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


 * A. Freshly baked bread


 * B. Parchment


 * C. The Sea


 * D. A crackling log fire

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, pewter box that reads "I only open for the worthy"


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


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

6. Pick one:


 * A. White


 * B. Black

7. What road tempts you the most?


 * A. The cobbled street lined with ancient buildings


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


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


 * D. The wide, sunny, grassy lane

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


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


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

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


 * A. Draw your wand & search for the source


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


 * C. Draw your wand & stand your ground


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

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"? If you do have exotic characters, please list both the name and the type of exotic. Remember you are only allowed one of each type with the exception of nymphs.

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

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

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

6) Where does your character's weaknesses lie?

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