Post by Marsaili Allaway on Jul 1, 2017 18:53:47 GMT -5
Accepted! Welcome to Hogwarts: The New Ages!
Full Character Name: Marsaili Bonnie Allaway
D.o.B./Age: March 14 2016/12
Place of Residency: Avoch Scotland
Blood Status: Muggleborn
House Preference 1: Ravenclaw
House Preference 2: Gryffindor
Wand: Larch wood, unicorn hair core, 11 inches and slightly springy flexibility
History:
Parent(s): Angus and Fiona Allaway
Sibling(s): Thomas and Thomasina age 17, Elspeth age 15, Sorcha age 10, Fergas and Finley age 3
Other(s): Great Great Aunt who was a half blood which is often spoken of but Marsaili has never met
Pet(s): Cat Snuffy
Economic Status: Lower class
Marsaili grew up in a big family in a small village in Scotland. Her father, a fishermen and her mother a home maker though her mother insisted she was a farmer, a professional chef, a wrangler of children and a home maker. They live in a house much too small for the 9 of them and a cat but it was almost the way they preferred it considering how close they all were to one another. The best friend a child could have was their own siblings, that's what Angus always said but Marsaili was pretty sure they just wanted more help on the boat and in the garden. It was easier to make ends meet when they had more help collecting and selling. Especially when they would take their monthly trips to Edinburgh to sell their biggest fish and best veggies at the farmers market.
It was around 5 years old when Marsaili's parents started to wonder if their daughter was unique -as they would say- She was a very stubborn headed child who when she wanted something she wouldn't stop until she got it. Like the time she really wanted the strawberries that her oldest sister intended to sell but everyone kept saying no until finally she was so mad that she demanded the strawberries causing one of them to float right out of the carton though it quickly fell to the floor. Or the time when Marsaili was eight and her father wanted to take her out on the boat to teach her the actual ropes of fishing. She really didn't want to go, she wanted desperately to play with the neighbor boy and for some reason, that whole day the boats engine just would not start no matter what they tried. As she got older it became harder to deny especially when her mum compared Marsaili to her great great aunt who was also very unique. It wasn't that her parents were hoping Marsaili wasn't a witch, they wanted whatever would make their daughter happy, it was just very unexpected. The proof finally came in the form of an old owl carrying an envelope with a red wax seal. It was Marsaili's acceptance letter to Hogwarts and she had never been more excited in her young life. It was no easy task to stick out in a family of nine.
Personality Description: Marsaili is a very bright, bubbly girl who is always looking for a new adventure. For years she new nothing but vegetables, fish, sharing toys, hand me down clothes and the names of every family in her small village. Once her world was opened and she started Hogwarts she became a sponge wanting to learn absolutely everything she could. She wanted to try every spell even if they were too advanced and the end result was usually a singed hand. If there was a book about the magical world she wanted to read it. If there was a creature lurking just inside the forbidden forest she wanted to get a closer look. This of course landed her in detention more often than not earning her the title of trouble maker but it really was just in the name of knowledge.
She is very loving and accepting. She assumed everyone was a friend until they told her otherwise and even then she would try to get them to warm up to her. She figured there was already plenty of intolerance and hate in the world and it needed all the love it could get. Though she was as sweet as pie she also had her wild side. She loved to laugh and loved making others laugh even more but if someone hurt someone she really loved her fiery short tempered Scottish side would come out in a flash.
Physical Description:
Height: 4 feet 7 inches
Weight/Build: 80 pounds
Skin Tone: fair and rather pale
Hair Color and Style:dirty blond, long and wavy
Eye Color: Brown
Personal Scent: Sea salt and turned dirt
Marsaili is shorter than most girls her age but only by a few inches at most. Despite growing up in the yard and by the water she has very fair skin that seemed to be immune to darkening. Her dirty blond hair comes just short of the middle of her back and is usually wavy if not full on curly. On the frizzy curly days she preferred to keep tied up in a pony tail. Being that most of her clothes were hand-me-downs she doesn't really have a style of her own but she doesn't really care about that anyways. Most of her clothes has small rips or tears in them due to her constant need to climb things which was also the reason her arms weren't as scrawny as most girls her age. Her eyes are wide and deep brown and her eyelashes are long making them pop.
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Special Talents:Marsaili has quite a few talents. She can hold her breath for an extended period of time.She's great at climbing and she's great at annoying her cat. She's good at convincing adults that she wasn't the culprit they were often looking for. She's good at punching without leaving a mark a practice she learned from her older sister and passed on to her younger sister. Reading, many would say that reading isn't much of a talent but to Marsaili it was everything. Not only could she remember the books she read nearly word for word she could also read between the lines bringing her own thoughts and opinions into what was already on the page. She likes to think she's very good at picking weeds but her biggest talent is definitely the fact that she is very flexible. her arms, legs, fingers and toes could all bend in unnatural ways. she often did this just to freak people out. Her mum always said she had a talent for finding trouble but that hardly seemed like a talent to Marsaili, it was more of a curse. What she did consider a talent was the fact that she had a very easy time making friends!
RP Example: Marsaili was walking from the castle down to the black lake with a towel draped over her shoulder and her sunnies on her very determined face. Today was the day. Ever since first arriving at Hogwarts she had been fascinated by the black lake and the creatures that were in them. At first she was eager to get in the water but that changed quickly when a group of older Slytherins convinced her that there was an array of deadly creatures under the waters surface. They even insisted there was a giant squid and growing up with a father who often went deep sea fishing she had heard horror stories from his friends about giant squids. Enough was enough though. Marsaili was too old now to be believing such silly stories. Once she was at the edge of the lake she throw her towel down, cracked her fingers followed by her neck then heaved out a heavy breath.
"I'm not afraid!!"
Marsaili stomped her way into the lake with her determination practically pulsating from her body. She got just nearly to her hip deep in the water when she felt something touch her leg. She screamed like her actual life depended on it as she tuned her small body and attempted to run back to the shore. With panic now squashing her determination she had no room to focus on her footing which ultimately led to her face planting in the water. Once she had come back up she was sputtering out water and crawling back to the shore desperate for the safety it offered.*
"I am afraid I am afraid!!"
Her voice tore through her throat as she repeated the words over and over until she finally got back to land. After grabbing her towel and wrapping it around her body she bolted to the castle silently swearing to avoid the lake for the rest of her life. Never realizing it was merely a twig that had barely touched her leg.
How You Found Us (Optional): Ainslinn Noble was talking about it and I asked for the link. She has also been helpful in reassuring my nervousness and helping me with questions!
