Forum:Song Chanmyeon

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.

At first glance, Chanmyeon seems like a highly innocent and well-mannered boy. Often appearing as if he's in his own world, he's very quiet and speaks very little which an observed preference of avoiding most social interactions. Despite being so quiet and strikingly antisocial, it seems he intentionally puts himself within the presence of people constantly regardless. In an odd notion, almost as if he's comforted by the presence of other people even if only silence penetrates the air. With a naturally small stature, a charming smile and masked eyes, he seems to radiate an aura that just sends out the message of "protect with your life" to everyone he meets.

Unfortunately, that is not the true persona of Song Chanmyeon. A case of a wolf in sheep's clothing, once unmasked, Chanmyeon is brutal and vicious. Cold-hearted and often toted as a pathological liar, the only person he works for besides himself is his younger brother. His younger brother is one of the few things he still loves in life and would literally kill for, save you even briefly endanger the life of Chanjoo. Not to mention, he is quick with his tongue. Stocked with petty rebuttals and witty remarks, he doesn't let much go and always finds some time to hand back what was given to him, sometimes physically with a punch to the face.

While manipulative and deceptive, Chanmyeon doesn't presence guilt the same way as everyone. In his mind, as long as it's for the greater good of both him and Chanjoo, anything goes. While he still has an established set of morals (like don't kill anyone), when needed, he'd easily bypass these morals to protect himself and more importantly, Chanjoo. Can they really be called a moral system if he barely lives by them? Probably not, but he likes to think he isn't too much of a monster. He's also a kleptomaniac, although he's managed to tame his urge to steal anything within sight to levels where its become more bearable to live with.

Chanmyeon might as well just be stamped with the label "Mentally Unstable" five times over because he really isn't in his right mind a good majority of the time. It seems like it, as he often pertains a persona of normal human behavior to keep attention off him and pedal money to his younger brother, but he's in dire need of therapy or some type of psychological care. Suffering from a tragic combination of Disassociative Amnesia, PTSD, and occasional Psychosis, he spends a good chunk of his time just mediating to keep his troubled and broken mind at bay.

Regardless of his mental state, you have to admit the kid's a genius. Much more intelligent than many give him credit for, he has a way with, well, everything that bends it to his will in a matter of minutes, maybe seconds. Showed him one fun programming trick? Now he knows how to create a whole entire illegal website from scratch and mask himself in the deep web while he sells things on the black market. Cast a spell in front of him once or twice? Now he can do every spell that begins with the same letter. A dedicated and determined learner, he picks everything up instantaneously, so quickly it's become quite problematic.

Chanmyeon's intelligence has led him to do some clever things to evade suspicion of not only his activities but his crumbling mental health. By assuming the position of a quiet and innocent boy, he has effectively blended himself into the background. If that doesn't work, he simply scares them off with rumors of psychopathy (which are all started by him ironically). While some find it annoying to be underestimated, Chanmyeon delights in it, enjoying the ability to surprise his opponents with his skills. Evident by his surprising physical physique despite his size. He appears to be very nonchalant and apathetic regardless of which story you believe about him, both are untrue anyway.

As he usually operates under a high level of anxiety and instability, Chanmyeon regularly suffers from mental breakdowns, which for his own sanity, he titles "visits from his 'friends'". They can occur once to three times a week and usually prey on one of his biggest fears: his claustrophobia. Chanmyeon hates small spaces with every fiber in his being. If he can't fit in between somewhere with at least a little bit of wiggle room, he freaks out and has a panic attack (which only makes the situation worse, but what are you supposed to tell him?). This also contributes to his overall cynical nature and negativity.

With the ability to perform both nonverbal and wandless magic at the same time (due to immense practice, almost every night of Sixth year spent up till three AM trying to cast basic and intermediate spells without his wand and eventually nonverbally) if he focuses hard enough, he's certainly a force to be reckoned with. Let it be known, his sleep schedules are highly irregular and he's pretty much just been reduced to sleeping when he has the time. This merely worsens his overall health and makes him quick to irritation on a daily basis. At this point, he essentially lives off of energy bars, sarcasm, and the blood of his enemies the knowledge of his brother's wellbeing.

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.

Song Chanmyeon wasn't born in South Korea. In fact, he was actually born in London, England in an English hospital while Shin Gyeongmi and her husband of three years, Song Jaehyun were on vacation. Once their vacation was over though, he was returned to Korea with his parents where he lived a happy life for many years. A charming young boy since birth, his parents were often complimented on the beauty of their child. The little boy was their everything, and four years later, Chanmyeon had a younger brother to share the role with.

His name was Chanjoo. And he became Chanmyeon's everything. The two played together, sat together, ate together. The moment Chanjoo could talk, they were constantly talking, communicating as if only they knew some secret language no one else could understand. They were the closest of friends, the best of brothers, inseparable and irreplaceable. Everything they did was together. Chanmyeon would rather die than be separated from his everything.

And so Chanmyeon's birthday rolled around. He was nine. Chanjoo was five. Chanjoo had started to get on his nerves but it was merely a sign that the both of them were growing. They were taking another trip to the UK and wouldn't be back for a week and a half. Chanmyeon and Chanjoo enjoyed the week they stayed. Not so much the half because the half turned into the rest of their lives. In a quaint taxi on a far-reaching side of town, driving down past the edge of a cliff were their parents. Unsuspecting, innocent, muggles, who got caught in the crossfire of reckless wizard folk finding it fit to settle their disputes in violent magic.

The muggle news called it a terrible accident. The wizarding world called it murder. Regardless of whatever name you might have given to the incident that caused these three poor souls to lose their lives, it wouldn't matter, for their two sons were still sitting in the hotel, watching a British cartoon show on the television. That is until Chanjoo groaned that he was bored, so Chanmyeon changed the channel. Changed the channel to the news.

They only had to sit there for fifteen minutes before Chanmyeon figured out that their parents were dead. And at that moment, the nine-year-old, a bit too clever for his own good, told them to run. They grabbed everything they could carry, heaved themselves over the balcony safely somehow, and ran. Of course, authorities should've found a nine-year-old and a five-year-old running around easily but they didn't.

Odd, right?

Perhaps it was a wonder of adrenaline or fear that carried them past every obstacle. But much more obviously, it was magic. Out of the two, Chanmyeon's magical genes were not dormant, Chanjoo's were. So when it really came to their time in need, Chanmyeon's adrenaline triggered his magic. Without even realizing it, he had created distractions for a gaggle of authority that surely would've caught them and brought them social workers of some sort had they not been intercepted by... marshmallow men? If it works, it works, I suppose.

A quick learner, Chanmyeon managed to carry the two of them off of his wit and observatory skills for sixth months before they encountered a small village in what seemed to be the middle of nowhere. It was nearing winter, the two were freezing cold, barely equipped with any warm clothing or material, living on limited food, and Chanjoo had contracted the flu. Luckily, Hogsmeade was their savior. A weatherly old lady named Petunia Snyder took the two boys in and took care of them. Chanjoo managed to recover and while they were contemplating their next move, Petunia discovered (perhaps by intuition, perhaps by the fact that Chanmyeon accidentally broke all the plates in her house after a severe panic attack) that Chanmyeon was magical.

After a series of tests, she concluded Chanmyeon was a wizard but Chanjoo was only a mere muggle. Alas, Chanmyeon was not willing to leave Chanjoo regardless of the circumstances, so they ran again. It does not take long before they discover a pathway to Hogwarts, a secret passageway, if you will, to the Forbidden Forest on the outskirts of the Hogwarts Castle. The two boys still remain weak and miserable as they make this journey but nonetheless, persistent. When it seems that once again, they are on their last limb, a professor found them and brought them to the Hospital Wing immediately. They were cared for accordingly and the problems dealt with afterward. It appeared that Chanjoo was not a muggle, just a squib. It wasn't much better but at least the two could live within the same society.

The brothers were granted permission to stay within the castle for the remaining months of the year. During this period, he eventually found his way into classes when he wasn't exploring the library and making sure that most importantly, his brother was okay. During the summer, the two stayed in Lil Bundles. As Chanmyeon had somehow managed to ace the first year exam with flying colors despite being there for possibly five months, he moved on to Second Year. Meanwhile, his brother remained in Lil Bundles. He began devising an array of schemes to make sure his brother was okay.

Later in life, he developed a support system of doing different jobs (which often became very shady) to pay for his little brother's expenses. He even (out of pure interest originally) creates a gossip website to see if the traffic will bring him enough revenue to take care of Chanjoo. The forging of fake evidence and photos and the writing of the articles is easy, it's simply getting people to click. And he gets people to click alright. Soon he's being followed by hundreds of thousands waiting for phony tea to entertain their day with.

And that's what Chanmyeon intends to provide.

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!

Lee Dong Suk, but really undecided.

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!)

Muggleborn.

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!)

6) What year is your character in?

Seventh.

7) The Sorting Hat has been known to take house preference into consideration. If your character could select one house they believe they are best suited for, what would it be and why?

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.

14/3.

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 future 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?