Forum:Evelyn Durand

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The Character's Background

1) Give a description of your character's personality. It must be at least two paragraphs long, seven sentences each. Once upon a time, Evelyn Durand was a loving and enthusiastic young girl. She found beauty in the simplest of thing and made it her duty to protect them. She was full of light and made people feel a sense of warmth and happiness just by laying eyes on her. It was something that just came natural to her, caring for others and putting their needs before her own. Nothing in life was more important than the well being of her family and friends and basically every living being. She was naive like that and of course, was taken advantage of because of it. She was stepped on by those who deemed themselves higher than anyone else and was prone to being oblivious when she was being used, in any way. Evelyn never thought anyone could be so cruel and so, she never noticed. She never let the bad things phase her... though, that was the old Evelyn.

It was after some event that she'd rather not relive, that Evelyn became more defensive of herself. While she still acted kind to other individuals, she kept them at arms length. Fighting every urge to give up her well being just for them. Evelyn decided she wasn't going to let people use her and walk over her like a door mat anymore. The witch began speaking out, using her voice and making her emotions more obvious. Though, these emotions consisted of her more sassier and sarcastic ones rather than her deeper ones. Evelyn, determined to rise above her past went about living like this.

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 Durand family was one made up pure-blooded wizards and although they weren’t well known across the wizarding world, they stack mountains high in money. Even just the sound of their surname would be enough to sway someone’s mindset, though that happened more around muggles. While the Durand family seemed nice enough to their own flesh and blood and other pure-blooded wizards, they were unfortunately the types of pure-bloods who looked down upon muggle horns or half breeds; turkey believing that only the pure were deserving of magic. Penelope Durand was just another product of this family and it was from her and her husband Tristan, who was also a pure-blood, that Evelyn was born. These two thankfully did not have the same views as the rest of the family though, something Evelyn as an adult would be grateful for.

Growing up for Evelyn was quite the lavish lifestyle. She was showered with toys on top of toys and had butlers at her beck and call but, Evelyn really wasn’t that type of girl. She’d always request for her maid to play with her rather than do her bidding and on many occasions she’d end up giving away the toys she received; courtesy of her grandparents who loved to spending on their grandchildren. Being raised by both Penelope and Tristan also helped develop her views on the world and of course they were much different than the rest of her families. At times she’d be scolded by other family members when she’d try play with muggles or even just half breeds but, Evelyn was kind and innocent. She could never turn her back or deem herself better than any other living creature.

Like any normal child, Evelyn went to primary schooling. Learned to write, read, and all the essentials. It wasn’t till she turned the age of 7 that things began to change fore her. It was just any ordinary day and of course for the Durand family and ordinary day meant a big party being thrown for no apparent reason. Somewhere throughout the day, Evelyn landed herself in game of tag with one of her cousins. Unbeknownst to the young girl though was that her cousin was a half-breed and an outcast to the family. An abomination, any of her family members would call him and none them were all to happy that he or his disgrace of a mother had crashed the party. The game had already caught the attention of some of Evelyn’s overly judgmental aunts and when it came time for her cousin to tag her, one of the stepped in and grabbed him by the arm.

“Don’t you dare lay one of your filthy little hands on her.”

They ain’t shouted, enraged that someone of muggle decent would dare lie a hand on a pure-blood. It was after this that Evelyn’s aunt raised her hand with intentions to slap the boy across the face but, she was suddenly stopped and thrown across the yard. Everyone was shocked to say the least and even more shocked to see a crying Evelyn was now hugging her cousin. “Don’t hurt him!” She screamed. This was the mark of her first magical encounter and while her parent weren’t all to thrilled about her sending an aunt flying across the yard, they praised her for standing up for someone aside from herself.

From then on you can probably assume what happened. Evelyn went on to grow to the age of 11 and there she received her Hogwarts letter, being sorted into Ravenclaw. Due to the young girls innocent and caring nature, her years at Hogwarts weren’t always easy. While some embraced her traits and loved her for them, there were always those who decided to use them to their advantage. Not that she’d ever notice. She acquired friends and mainly focused on her studies and gradually made her way through the years of her school, almost always in the handle full of top student.

As the years went on and Evelyn grew more into her body and facial features, she naturally began attracting the attention of other individuals. It might have been a little out of character for Evelyn, due to her innocence, but, at the age of 17 she acquired a boyfriend name William. He was an overall nice boy and he was also a year older then Evelyn herself, things were good for them for a while. At least until Williams sexual urges started to rise. Whilst they may have been dating, Evelyn never thought of the idea of sexual encounters and sadly, she definitely didn’t want it to happen the first time her and Will had done it. She’d begged him to stop but, powered by his urges and the fact that his nice guy persona was all just an act to bed Evelyn anyways, William did not; forcing himself into the girl.

Of course, Evelyn didn’t think what had happened was right and she’d obviously been aware of rape being a major problem in modern society but, William was able to convince her he’d done it out of love. That they had made love and that he hadn’t forced himself on her like he truly did. At the age she is currently Evelyn probably would have smashed his genitals in but, unfortunately her younger self was much more gullible and naive that she ended up believing him. Staying with him, which resulted in many other occasions where he’d force himself on to her.

Months would pass before Evelyn finally talked about the situation with her mother and finally realized that it wasn’t out of love that William was doing this to her. By then though, scar had already been embedded into Evelyn and her whole persona change drastically. Where she was once a innocent, kind and loving girl, she was now very outspoken and protecting of herself. William has been expelled from Hogwarts after a long investigation and Evelyn no longer allowed anyone to use exploit her or walk over her. She graduate Hogwarts that year and after that she went traveling the world, courtesy of her family's money, studying the art of Metal Charming.

It wasn’t till a few months ago that she finally settled into a penthouse located in London, her main source of income being her career as a metal charmer and being pretty dam good at it. She’d made quite the life for herself and to top it off, her parents moved from America to London with her.

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! Face Claim: Cindy Kimberly

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

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!) N/A

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? Metal Charmer

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. 5 active 0 exotics

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?