Forum:Celestinus Warbeck

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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.

Celestinus, on the outside, is your typical fuckboy. New girlfriend every two days, has been known to type the words "send nudes", plays quidditch and hasn't done his homework in about three years. He can be sweet, definitely: it's his nature, but it gets overridden when he's with his friends. The most important thing for him is fitting in, and if that means calling a few girls names then that's what he'll do.

One thing Celestinus definitely is is loyal - his friends are his entire world. He's also reckless, and this combined with his loyalty and need to fit in mean he's down for literally anything his friends are. If they jumped off a bridge, so would he. This doesn't make him a follower, oh no - he comes up with half of the stupid things he and his friends get up to. Needless to say, he doesn't have much common sense. Maybe because he's filthy rich.

Primarily, Celestinus is struggling with himself. Naturally he's a bit of a drama queen, and as expressive as someone raised by the Wizarding World's biggest divas can get. The homophobic rhetoric that's so common among teenage boys could so easily turn against him if he was just himself - many people he knows already make snide comments about his dads. He doesn't know what he'd do if anyone at school knew about his own struggles with his sexuality.

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.

Everyone knows the story of Madam Celestina Warbeck's rise to fame. Born to a wizard father and a muggle mother in Wales, it's common knowledge that Celestina displayed her talent young. She attended Hogwarts, because WADA hadn't been founded at the time, and her mother bombarded the school with letters demanding that they form a theatre club, dancing class and a choir in order to show off her daughter's innumerable talents - these, notably, have persisted to this day. Everyone wants to be the next Celestina Warbeck.

After school, Celestina's popularity skyrocketed with her debut album. She acquired a mob of undying fans, ranging in identity from little girls to old men who like a bit of jazz now and again. Once, three devoted fans were involved in a three-broom pile-up over Liverpool on the last night of her 'Flighty Aphrodite' tour, which caused a stir because they were seen by at least four different muggles, all of whom had to be located and obliviated.

Perhaps more often remarked upon, however, is Celestina's love life. Early on in her career she married one of her backup dancers, but this broke down after a year and she went on to marry her manager instead. They had one son, Cladeus, who was given Celestina's surname (she doesn't need no man), and sadly had zero musical talent - he was, however, a very talented actor, and went on to receive almost as much acclaim for his work on the stage as his mother. But not quite.

Cladeus was Gryffindor at school, just like his mother, and it was there he met the love of his life, a quiet Ravenclaw boy called Xander Adeyemi. Against all expectations the two managed to stay together without incident from fourth year until they graduated and married. Xander became an unspeakable while Cladeus went on to further his acting career, and the press lapped it up. It was the perfect opposites attract love story.

When the couple decided they wanted to have children one of Cladeus' actress friends volunteered as a surrogate - she insisted that the child should have a quality biological mother, one with beauty and talent in spades. By this, she meant herself, the one and only Beatriz Shehi, and she went on to carry children twice for Cladeus and Xander: the first, a boy named Celestinus, and the second a girl called Cordelia.

Celestinus has always had an almost prodigal talent for music, unlike his little sister. As a child he delighted in it: he didn't have much academic success like Cordelia, but music was his. And his grandmother showered him with love because of it - he got the more expensive Christmas presents, for example. Life was good. Growing up in such a theatrical family, he of course was enrolled in every class imaginable. Acting, singing, dancing, almost every instrument under the sun. You name it, Celestinus Warbeck's done it.

When Celestinus hit Hogwarts, however, things got harder. Where in his family's social circle the traits that made him such a good performer were celebrated (read: drama - his first sign of magic, aged 7, was breaking a window when singing because he thought it looked cool on tv), at school things were... different. Children are cruel, after all, and Celestinus had never really developed thick skin, sheltered as he was. So he changed. Got on the Quidditch team, made some (fuckboy) friends, and started avoiding his music.

Of course, Celestinus couldn't really avoid his music: his dads have forced him to continue every single one of his instruments, and he's still as attached to them as ever: it's just that he will never, ever let anyone find out. It'd be social suicide - what if they call him gay? (There's a very strong possibility that Celestinus is closeted, though only he knows for sure.)

As can be expected, Celestinus' complete and utter rejection of almost everything his dads are, just for his friends, hasn't gone down well at home. More often than not now, Celestinus spends holidays with his grandmother, just to avoid his dads' disappointed looks. She's the only one he confides in, really - his friends aren't really the emotional type. Or so he thinks.

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!

Reece King

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!)

Half-Blood

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?

Fifth

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"?

4 active, 2 inactive, none exotic

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

His friends would say Quidditch, but his family would definitely say music.

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?

Working in an office would be his own personal nightmare - he's much too spontaneous for that. If the work isn't constantly changing, or just active, then he's out. Sorry.

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

Mostly a desire to fit in, when it comes to Quidditch, but also just the exhilaration that comes with being good at something. Music is something he's always had around him, and a lot of his childhood was intertwined with it: he sees it as part of him, in a way.

6) Where does your character's weaknesses lie?

His major weakness is his all-consuming desire to fit in. He hates to differ from the rest, and he's been known to lash out when others do. In addition to this he's reckless, and that combined with his desire to fit in makes him reckless. Also he's a bit of a bully.

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

Spruce: loyal to a bold spell-caster (read: reckless) with a good sense of humour. Capable of very dramatic effects. Dragon Heartstring: it's quick to learn (which Celestinus also is when he can be bothered to pay attention) and also temperamental, again like its owner. It can also turn easily enough to the dark arts, which is reflected in how easily persuaded Celestinus is.