Forum:Dakota Willard - Resort

The Character's Background

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

Luckily for the world, Dakota's excellent personality was not affected by his time living on the streets. His traits of being the kind of guy to drop everything at a moment's notice to help a friend was never lost, always willing to help his fellow homeless people. He took care of them while they were sick, gave them part of his food, and was in many ways a leader among the homeless population of NYC. His intellect also never faded, still being among the brightest wizards of the age. His extreme loyalty to family is also shown by his now desperate quest to find his wife and child and reunite with them once again.

His negative traits also came with him however, he's still overly humble, despite not forgetting anything about his abilities (he had a remarkable recovery rate according to the healers that helped him). He still tends to take on more than he can handle, still puts his needs dead last, which again, shined very clearly on the streets of NYC. He still doesn't express his feelings very well, refusing to show emotion, even as he nursed one of his closest homeless friends as they slowly died from cancer. Overall, his personality at least, did not change from before his kidnapping.

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.

Dakota was born to Jack Cramer and Emily Willard. Jack was her school boyfriend, but when Jack found out that Emily was pregnant he fled. So Emily was left to raise Dakota on her own. Emily was a caring woman and did her best to raise her son right. She never hid magic from him, so when his first sign of magic came he was excited rather than surprised. A local bully was beating him up, and Dakota wanted him to leave. So Dakota made him leave, by sending him 100 feet through the air. The bully wasn't hurt but he freaked out and ran. Emily was excited for her son and that night they celebrated.

Dakota was a nice boy, so when he went to Ilvermorny (Horned Serpent, though Pukwudgie also would have taken him) it wasn't surprising that he became very popular. When it came time for the dating scene... Dakota was never single for very long. He's the perfect gentleman, so girls adored him. They usually broke it off with him, claiming he was too good for them. Dakota was crushed every time, but it never lasted long. By the end of the next month some new girl would ask him out.

When Dakota graduated, he returned home. Emily was ecstatic to have her son, even if only for a little while, for Dakota had applied to be a teacher at Salem. He taught there for the next two years, then his mother became ill. He tended to her after that, unfortunately the lines killed his mother. Dakota was 19. He then felt an extreme urge to leave for London. So he did, Dakota packed his bags and left for London.

Dakota got a job teaching Transfiguration at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft or Wizardry, eventually working his way up to the Head of Ravenclaw. It was then that he met Faith Bagman, the pair slowly starting to date. In fact, everything about their relationship was taken very slowly. The pair didn't want kids, so they didn't feel a need to rush things. It took a long time, but eventually Dakota proposed to Faith and the pair were wed in early July of 2031. As stated before... they didn't want kids, but the universe had other plans for them and in early October of 2035, the Willards had a baby girl, named Emily, after Dakota's mom.

Unfortunately, nothing in life was ever easy. Dakota was promoted to Headmaster in 2036 and things were really looking up for the couple... than in the eyes of the rest of the world, Dakota just vanished. The reality however was much darker and more upsetting. Dakota was an outspoken creature rights activist, and in the wake of anti-creature sentiment, a certain group of people decided that having the Headmaster of Hogwarts being an outspoken creature rights activist was not in their best interests. So, just before his daughter's first birthday, Dakota was kidnapped by anti-creature terrorists and taken back to his original home of the United States. Killing the Headmaster would have caused too much of a scene, but Headmasters had disappeared before. They wiped his memories, snapped his wand and dumped him in a New York City sewer.

Dakota was taken to a muggle hospital for medical treatment and when he came to, he didn't remember anything of his past life. The American government had no file of him anywhere and they didn't communicate with the magical government of the US, and since Dakota was pure-blood, no in the No-Maj community knew of him. So, after some medical treatment and some rehabilitation to return him to society, Dakota was set loose. He didn't have any No-Maj schooling, so he couldn't find a job anywhere, living homeless on the streets of NYC. As the years went by, some of his memories slowly started to come back together. Then one day in the fall of 2042, one of Dakota's former students from the UK recognized him.

The student brought Dakota back to the Magical Congress of the United States, who DID have a file on him. They brought him to the magical hospital who put him in long-term care to try and rebuild the former Headmaster's memories. It took several months, but eventually, Dakota was able to piece together his old life, and that he had a wife and child back in the UK. Dakota asked the MACUSA if they could bring him back to his family in the UK, who agreed to bring him back in January of 2043, which is how Dakota managed to find his way back to the UK, now on a mission to reunite his wife and child.

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!

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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!)

No

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?

He was a Professor and will likely try to return to that career soon as he can.

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.

1 and 0

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?