Forum:Adelaide Baudelaire (2)

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.


 * s: she's charismatic, polite and sweet.
 * w: she can be far too intense sometimes, and not chill at all

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?


 * Truth be told, she wants to be successful in life. Her family is powerful, sure, but she wants to make a name for herself. She wants to make it - big time. She wants to prove to her family that she doesn't need them to make it in life. She wants to grow awareness of how fucked up the human race is. But above all else - she strives for happiness.

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


 * She'd spend her free time in her house, taking pictures of the landscape and family members, or maybe in her room, listening to music whilst keeping up with the latest gossip and/or watching the muggle news outlets.

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


 * 1) Her camera. It holds a lot of emotional value, not to mention it's her favorite hobby, and her passion, for that matter.
 * 2) Her birth certificate, along with other important documents. What? You can never be too careful nowadays.
 * 3) Her wand. She's a witch. It's important to have it with her at all times. Magic could get her out of (almost) any situation.
 * 4) A picture of her, and her family - immediate and extended. They're the closest thing to her heart, and really, they motivate her to keep going.
 * 5) A pearl necklace her father got her. It's expensive, not to mention it's downright beautiful.

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


 * She would dissipate the divide between all the classes, and have people realize what makes the human race, the human race: their individuality, and uniqueness.

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!)


 * Adelaide strives to have a voice. She strives to have the power that other people can't even fathom to have; she wants to have a voice, to create awareness of how fucked up society is. She wants to point out how big the divide between the social classes are, and she wants to make everyone understand that the world is in a position where not everyone has the luxury of safety. Of stability. Of a home and of the basic necessities of a human being. She's all for creating awareness and aiding those that can't do anything themselves.


 * You'd expect someone of her class to be snobbier than Adelaide actually is, and lacking of more brain cells than Adelaide does. Though she was originally raised to be exactly like that - a snobby brat - Olympé & Francois were able to raise a wonderful young woman who's more progressive than her entire family put together, and brighter than most of them. She's very strategic, and is always calculating her moves, always trying to stay three steps ahead of you. Adelaide is very perceptive, and is overall someone you ought to watch out for, especially if you have a secret you don't want to come out.


 * It's not exactly that you should be mistrusting of Adelaide. She isn't someone who willingly spills everything she knows about you. She just likes having intel on everyone, new and old, and being aware of everything that's happening. She doesn't like being in the dark. And knowing information that could, in the future, be beneficial to her, also doesn't hurt. The circumstances would have to be very special for it to happen, however. She still has morals, you know, and spilling someone else's secrets isn't high on her list of good things to do.


 * Adelaide has a good heart; she strives to help those in need and be able to create awareness for things like illnesses, global warming, disasters occurring worldwide, and just global issues that need to be sorted out. She's an activist, really, and always someone you can count on to get word out on specific issues that mainstream media doesn't want to address. There are a lot of things Adelaide herself hasn't gone through, from racism to discrimination, but she talks about it nonetheless. To her, it's important people understand the struggles of others. To grow mindful. To erase the divide between everyone.


 * She's graceful and polite, and always minds her manners. She's an elegant young woman who always wants to look her best for the media, but even she needs her breaks at times, which is when she's most withdrawn into her own little circle. Those times may be few and far in between, but even Adelaide Baudelaire needs to take a step back if she wants to take three more forward. She's ambitious and she's driven. If she wants something, you can believe me Adelaide Baudelaire will fight like hell to get it. She's wise beyond her years and understands what it takes to achieve the things she wants. Adelaide isn't someone who sits in the sidelines - she's not quiet, she's not tamed, and though she's controlled and takes perfectly calculated moves, she can, at times, be more than anyone would ever willingly bargain for.

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!)


 * The Baudelaire family had always been a respected and affluent family, hailing from Versailles, France. Historically, the Heraldic Family had been staunch and loyal advisors to the French Crown, which had not gone unnoticed. The Baudelaires held many Crownlands, titles and revere in Court. The Baudelaires were known for their shrewd, calculated and cunning ways. You see, while they were loyal to the crown, and carried out their orders dutifully, it was not done for King and Crown, necessarily. The Baudelaires had a family motto. Esto quod esse videris. 'Be what you seem to be'. They were seen to be loyal and powerful, so that is what they became. However, in 1789, when talks of a Revolution began spreading in France, the Baudelaires were the first of the Aristocracy to catch whiff of this. They were able to evade any collateral damage from the grisly affair by publicly showing their support to the resistance before the execution of Louis XVI in 1793. The Baudelaires here showed their true colours and ability to adapt into a position which resulted in the least amount of harm for themselves. Self preservation, and calculation is what allowed the Baudelaire's to flourish.


 * After the revolution, and the start of the French Empire under Napoleon Bonaparte, the ambitious Baudelaires began climbing the social ladder once more. They did so by taking control of French printing presses, and publishing pro-Napoleonic propaganda, and providing insights into his campaigns and conquests abroad. Slowly, they began to regain their name. By the fall of the Empire, after the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the Baudelaire's did not require Napoleon or the approval of high society, because they had already become such influencers in the industry. They monopolised the newspaper market, and nothing would be published without their consent. As time went on, they retained their high societal position.


 * Never a family to stay content, the Baudelaires began expanding their empire. In 1905, Olivié Baudelaire and her husband, Bastien launched Baudelaire Sociétés (Baudelaire Corporations), an official producer and distributer or newspapers, magazines and academic journals in France. This period of the Baudelaire Family history was extremely exciting as radios were beginning to emerge, and by the start of the First World War, the Baudelaires began introducing Wireless to the Magical French Population. They would report the effects of the war to the magical community, and it was groundbreaking, as this was a concept completely newfangled to communities, who were so used to owl post delivering newspapers until then.


 * The Baudelaires enjoyed a modicum of success in France, but when the men of the family got called into war during the Second World War. Unable to avoid conscription, they went, and unfortunately, very few returned. The Baudelaires decided that, after the war and all the horrible effects it had on the family, they would relocate, and start afresh. The family had been wounded, and now it was time to heal. So, in 1947, two years after the war, The Baudelaires had set their affairs into order, and sorted out their business plans, and moved to Belgravia, in London. London had been equally economically and sociopolitically devestated by the war, but the Baudelaire's saw this as an opportunity for them to take over the markets immediately. What was innovative about the Baudelaire Corp. moving to the UK was that they still continued to trade in France, along with their new startups in England. This system allowed them to make twice as much as they used to, and it meant that the family could spend summers and winters in France, whilst remaining in London for business seasons.


 * All was well for a while, until there was a slight problem in France. Gaspard Baudelaire's father, Augustiné, was found guilty for embezzling funds from Baudelaire Sociétés in France to pay for illegal nontradeable goods on the down low. Augustiné was jailed, but his wife and only son fled back to London to safety. The French faction of Baudelaire Corporations was shut down and disbanded, so all they had now was the London Office. Gaspard, at the tender age of eighteen, now had the business thrust upon his shoulders. But Gaspard had always inherited his father's business acumen, so he took to it like a moth to a flame. He married his childhood sweetheart, Mirabelle DuBois, a silvertongued journalist who spun words into gold. It was a perfect match. Mirabelle produced content, and Gaspard distributed it nationwide. The company was back on it's feet, and soon Gaspard and Mirabelle had to consider the future of the company. With Gaspard being an only child, finding a successor was of utmost importance. They had three children. First was Charlemagne, the intelligent and innovative eldest son. A bright Ravenclaw alum, Charlemagne married fellow Ravenclaw Céline LeClair. Next was Olympé, a talented and shrewd businesswoman. Olympé was no-nonsense and loyal to the Baudelaire name and family. She was so devoted that when she married a Wizarding Wireless Network executive, Francois Mercier, she kept her maiden name, along with giving it to her children. Finally, they had Cyril. The youngest of the siblings, and the most talented. Charming and gregarious, but far too lazy to unleash his full potential; Cyril took to living a life of luxuriousness and decadence. After Gaspard died from natural causes, Charlemagne took over as Managing Director and CEO of Baudelaire Corporations, with Olympé, Cyril, Mirabelle, Céline and Francois making up the Board of Directors.


 * Adelaide Seraphine Baudelaire is the third child of Olympé Baudelaire and Francois Mercier. She's always been a wonderful child - amazing grades, the willingness to put herself out there, her natural charisma, it all makes it hard to see Adelaide as anything less than she really is - the poster perfect child. She's always done what she can to be close to her family, but even she knows boundaries when she sees them. Her family is one of her biggest priorities, but the arts have always been another. She's an amazing photographer, and in the end, it's a passion she can pursue with her family's influence over everything that is the media.


 * Her first time using a camera was when she was young - it wasn't at a social gathering, just an intimate moment with her family. Those moments were rare as they were fleeting, what with such an active family needing to attend to different matters, to expand the empire and amend the mistakes of the Baudelaires before them. She realized it was a viable way to record moments with her family, with her friends - her entire life, preserved in pictures. Those few, rare, fleeting moments she could get with her family, she knew she could preserve forever. From that moment, you always saw her with a camera - she was always taking pictures, left and right, of her family above all else. Her first signs of magic were, as a matter of fact, caught on camera, albeit at the hands of her mother before all else. It was during Christmas time, and it was her year to put the star at the top of the tree. Though she'd been able to place it, she did it without help, able to find herself floating right next to the tree. It was a soft, delicate sign of magic, and you wouldn't expect anything other than that from a girl who strives to be seen as an elegant, powerful young woman.


 * Adelaide's life has run smoothly, for the most part. Though her plans involved attending Beauxbatons, Adelaide found herself attending Hogwarts instead, for all seven years of her education. It might not have been what she wanted, but she didn't mind much - Hogwarts doesn't have the reputation Beauxbatons does, but it does have the record for most successful alumni, something that her original school of choice didn't and still doesn't have. It's been years now since she discovered her appreciation for the visual arts, and it still hasn't relented. She's begun to make a name for herself, as a matter of fact, as an up and coming photographer with skills that can make the most destroyed of sights look beautiful and everlasting. She has a gift, and it's very obvious it's one that could take her places. She uses it wisely, however, and is known to take pictures otherwise deemed candid by the elite - those of the less fortunate, where homes may be broken but hope is not. She likes raising awareness, and though the upperclass society might call her work scandalous, pointless or even matters where she shan't stick her head in, Adelaide doesn't regret the way she applies her skills. She knows she's capable of great things, and the power that's just within her reach, and she knows just what to do with it.


 * The Baudelaire's flourished, continuing the business, with the late Gaspard's grandchildren even getting involved in the family business. All was well, until Charlemagne died. The news came as a shock to all, as he was not of ill health. A fishing trip to Weymouth, Devon went south when allegedly, Gaspard's boat capsized due to a freak wave and ill timing of the tide. The coronor's official cause of death was drowning, and that was that. Questions arose from the death - what was he doing away from the group? Why were there no witnesses? Was there any foul play? But the most important one remained unanswered: who will take over the company? Gaspard died at the age of 47, so his will was incomplete. He had not named a successor yet, and it could have been anyone - from his siblings to his children to his siblings' children. The possibilities were endless, and the Baudelaire's now find themselves facing the biggest challenge: to remain united as a family as they choose a successor.

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!



Her FC is Camila Mendes.

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!)


 * Pure-Blood

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!)


 * No

6) What year is your character in?


 * She's in fifth year.

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)?


 * It's in the UMR.