Forum:Collins Rosebury

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.

Strengths: Strong, clever, quick-witted, dauntless, selfless, adventurous

Weaknesses: Rude, cold-hearted, aggressive, harsh, can't fully control werewolf transformations, no patience, lonely

In general, Collins is a street smart, brave, and adventurous girl that has some people issues. She is very abbrasive even to her friends. While she is a lonely individual, she thrives while by herself and learns things better that way. She doesn't realize it, but she is desperately searching for somebody to give her the love she needs to overcome her personal demons.

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?

Collins' current goal is to gain control of her werewolf problem. She hopes to never hurt someone again the way she did her father. Other than that, she just wants to find happiness, although, she struggles to believe it even exists.

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

Her free day would be spent right by herself. She'd read a couple books, cook up some classic cajun food, and play music that reminds her of home. At the end of the day she wouldn't mind trying to catch some lightning bugs in a jar. It reminds her of her brother.

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

1) Her Wolfsbane Potions because she needs them for her transformations 2) Her Cajun cookbook for her recipes that remind her of home 3) Her record player that her grandparents gave her when she came to Leeds 4) Along with that, her collections of records to listen to all sorts of music 5) The bracelet her brother made her only weeks before he died

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

Control of werewolves. If someone had been watching out for werewolves in the area, her brother wouldn't have died and she never would've been bit.

6) What house does your character want to be in? What house does your character not want to be in? Why?

She wants to be in Gryffindor because she believes she's brave enough to conquer her transformations and being in that house would prove it; she doesn't want to be in Hufflepuff because she thinks she's too mean.

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!)

Collins is an incredibly clever girl. She is quick-witted and can find solutions rather fast in tough situations. She is also very selfless and would quickly lay down her life for someone else. She really just wants to protect those she loves, but after what happened with her brother and father, she doesn't trust herself enough to get close to people anymore. She thinks she's a bad luck charm for anyone who befriends her.

Because of that though, Collins is a closed off individual. She is very rude and blunt, which is a coping mechanism for her. She figures if she's mean, people will stay away from her. That way she can't hurt anyone. She's extremely aggressive and doesn't mind breaking rules, standards, or bones. She will often scare people away with her words before her fists, however.

In general, Collins is a street smart, brave, and adventurous girl that has some people issues. She is very abbrasive, even to her friends. While she is a lonely individual, she thrives while by herself and learns things better that way. She doesn't realize it, but she is desperately searching for somebody to give her the love she needs to overcome her personal demons.

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!)

Nick Rosebury was a wizard who had chosen to live a muggle life. He knew about magic and about his abilities, but he chose to live a life without magic. He thought it would be safer. Around the age of 20, he moved to Louisiana where he met Kayla Brady and fell in love. Kayla never found out about magic and Nick never told her. He wanted to protect her and their family, and he thought keeping them away from magic was the right thing to do.

Fast forward a couple years and Collins Helena Rosebury was born on December 25 to Kayla and Nick in New Orleans, United States. She was loved dearly by her parents and she had a happy childhood, despite all the riches her family lacked. Two years later, her baby brother Ethan was born. Growing up in a muggle society, Collins barely knew anything about magic or that it even exsisted. Nick continued to keep magic a secret and raised his children as if they were ordinary kids.

At the age of seven, Collins had her first sign of magic, much to her father's dismay. In a fury, she had made a bowl of gumbo explode into her brother's face after he had stollen her favorite toy robot and broken it. Thankfully, Kayla was out of town when this occurance happened. A few more incidences like that happened and Nike finally decided it was time for Collins to know about witches and wizards. He taught her about her abilities and about the wizarding world - he even mentioned that there were schools full of people like her. It sounded wonderful.

And then it wasn't. Collins was eleven at the time when she, her father, and Ethan all went on a camping trip out near the bayou. She and her brother had stayed out after dark to catch lightning bugs and had strayed a little too far from the tent where Nick slept. It was a full moon and howls could be heard throughout the swamp and the neighboring forests. Of course, between alligators and snakes, werewolves would be the least of the siblings' worries. They never saw it coming. A blur of black flashed past Collins and then she heard her brother's screams. Terrified, but not willing to let her brother get hurt, Collins lept at the creature that held her brother down. She had barely placed a hit on the creature before it had bit her arm. Crying out in agony, Collins tried to crawl away. She had to get her dad. That was the only way she could save Ethan. While the werewolf was occupied with Ethan, Collins managed to get back to wake her father. By the time the two returned to where Ethan had been, it was too late.

Collins never told her father about the bite and Nick was too devastated over losing Ethan to notice. He didn't have much choice except to notice during the next full moon. Collins had transformed into her werewolf state and found her way to her parent's room. Kayla was working a night shift for work and wasn't home. Otherwise she would've died too. Nick never expected it when Collins had lept at him. It only took mere moments before Nick's heart stopped beating.

When Collins awoke, her already broken heart shattered. She sat there covered in blood, tears streaming continuously down her cheeks. She connected the dots and knew she was the one who killed her father. When Kayla arrived home in the morning, she was horrified to find her dead husband and only remaining child covered in his blood. Nick's parents that lived in Birmingham, England, came to his funeral and realized what had happened. They offered to take Collins to England with them, and Kayla happily obliged, wanting nothing to do with her child. Kayla assumed Collins was under some voodoo curse and was content in never seeing her again.

At the age of twelve, Collins arrived in England and her grandparents had enrolled her in Hogwarts, hoping she could learn more about magic and that she could learn to control herself with the help of some Wolfsbane Potions. Collins is now a fourth year at Hogwarts and while she still can't control her tranformations well, she's learning. Slowly but surely.

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 model is Aiden Curtiss

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!)

Half-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!)

She's a werewolf - bitten when she was eleven. Story is in the history.

6) What year is your character in?

Fourth 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)?

10;1 exotic