Post by Diana Addair on Oct 21, 2008 5:42:15 GMT 1
Introducing...
Name:
Diana Addair
Age:
Feb 1, 25
Gender:
Female
Birthplace:
London, England.
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Blood:
Technical Pureblood
(Considered a halfblood by families with strict rules on purity. See genealogy.)
Relatives:
Genealogy
Pets:
A lazy, female Powerful Owl. She really just eats, sleeps and gets very moody when you try and make her deliver anything. In fact the little brat is only happy to be active when getting food.
Meet Allo
Wand Type:
Rowan, Pine with Augurey Tail Feather. Double layered, pine on the inside, cream rowan on the outside. 13 inches, supple.
This wand is rather strong, sharp and extremely precise. It signifies the owner’s high abilities in clairvoyance, astrology and especially divination. Good for both for charms and transfiguration and shows excellent results in invoking images of the past and memory strengthening skills. The wand doesn’t suit well for dark arts at all.
Appearance
Picture:
Hair Colour:
Blonde
Eye Colour:
Blue
Build:
Featherweight Division. When you have a wand, who needs muscle?
Skin Tone:
Normal
Height:
Shorty at 5’4”, but she tends to wear shoes with high soles and such to add a little more height.
Dress Style:
Diana never likes to look shabby. Ever. It’s like an allergy or something. Her robes, although not at the height of fashion, are always picked to offset her complexion or eye colour properly or just generally to look nice. Colour is nice though. Yes, colour is good, such as white and light blues and greens.
Specifics:
Hair done? Check. Makeup on? Check. Clean, pretty robes? Check. The woman could easily go to hell for vanity. Considering she practically lives in the school though, it’s unknown who exactly Diana seems to be trying to impress. But then, she does have a habit of darting away very quickly whenever Professor Abraham Grey shows up. Huh. Coincidence?
In Front Of Friends
Sexual Orientation:
Heterosexual
Self Image:
Overall Diana is pretty happy with how things have gone for her. She likes to think of herself as smart, intelligent and capable; however she’s fully aware that most students and some of the teachers think her subject is a little bit of a joke. Her self esteem and faith in what she teachers however remains unshaken, and she believes she can get on fairly well with the students.
To the Outward Eye:
Diana is quite normal. Good for a chat if you need it, and always prompt and time. She’s clearly pretty and sets great store by her appearances. Diana is a little more down to Earth than you’d expect as someone who teaches fortune-telling. Well, aside from the occasional “We’ll be fine, the tea leaves said so!” that inevitably comes your way once in a while.
Social Status:
Diana falls somewhere in the lower middle among the teachers, partly because her subject holds little credibility, partly because she will only hold a conversation as long as prompted and mostly because she seems to channel Trelawney by consistently making herself scarce. At least she has nothing on Tristram. Poor guy.
Positive Traits:
Negative Traits:
Skills:
Likes:
Dislikes:
Patronus:
Snow Leopard, it being the animal she is most like. They are shy, solitary, elusive animals that are strictly non-aggressive. Heck, snow leopards can’t even roar. They’re like kitties. Despite that they’re still able to take care of themselves.
Boggart:
A Grim. Dude, they like, kill people and stuff you know? See one, it’s all over! Nothing you can do about it either!
World Passing By
Subject Taught:
Divination
Teaching Style:
Diana prefers practical lessons as the students are infinitely more manageable. The second you lug them with books to work from all they ever do is talk and not pay attention. However, considering Divination, it’s difficult to get into certain areas without prior research, so she sets that as homework so the little turds don’t have a choice.
Past Grades:
N.E.W.Ts
Divination – O
Transfiguration – A
Charms – A
Potions – A
Astronomy – A
O.W.Ls
Divination – O
Charms – E
Astronomy - E
Transfiguration – E
Arithmancy – A
Ancient Runes – A
History of Magic - A
Potions – E
Herbology - A
History:
Everyone had high hopes for Diana. Her Grandmother was a seer, and her great great Grandmother before that, so assuming the gift was going to continue its tradition of skipping a generation Diana was due to hit the genetic lottery.
The girl was born, showed her first sign of magic at age 4 by turning their previously brown cat, Fallyn, white, and grew up normal. Well, more normal than you’d expect from a kid supposed to see major future events before they happened. True, she had an uncanny ability to guess who had written to them before they even got the notes off the owls, but no earth-shattering, mystical proclamations.
Diana wound up at Hogwarts as magical children do, and quickly found two good friends in some girls named Ann and Jen. She went though her school years with little trouble, excelling at Divination under her favourite teacher, Caitlin. Diana also got a bit of fame for 'cheap parlour tricks' such as correctly guessing random little things like when her friends needed to buy new ink, even when there was no real way to know unless she was snooping in their bags at midnight.
When school finally ended, Diana and her friends went for the traditional round-the-world gap year. They came back and settled off into their own jobs, and Diana decided to try and study to be a teacher. She applied last year and beat another two applicants for the position, and she’s still trying to find her feet in her first year of teaching.
Roleplay Sample:
Ah, breakfast. Diana was usually quite cheerful at this time of day, but for some reason she’d undoubtedly woken up on the wrong side of bed. The male blonde teacher seated next to her at the staff table was gibbering animatedly to the charms professor with the giant eyebrows next to him, but Diana couldn’t will herself to eavesdrop even if she tried.
An empty cup sitting innocently off to the side gave Diana an idea. In a flash she had made herself some tea, sculled it, swilled the dregs around and turned the cup upside down to drain the last of it. This was first lesson sort of simple stuff, but it wasn’t as though she’d brought a stack or tarot cards or anything. There had to be some reason for this desire to crawl right back in bed, or maybe she just hadn’t slept.
There wasn’t much, honestly. A thing or two she decided to translate as impending frustration from a group of students that day who weren’t going to get their work in on time, but that was it. There was something about a chance meeting too, which probably meant she was going to accidentally find Oscar cleaning the floor of her classroom or something equally obscure. The chance meeting was curious, but nothing else stood out. It was foolish to put too much store by what she read, or she’d end up getting overexcited about something that would turn out to be pointless.
Resigning herself to the fact todaywould be painfully mediocre once more, Diana went back to prodding her bowl of musli pointlessly with her spoon. It seemed a pity not to eat anything, as the house elves had gone to so much effort, but she reasoned she’d eaten too much yesterday anyway. It was too early in the meal to excuse herself without standing out, so instead Diana leaned forwards a bit and peered down the table to see what Abe was doing.
Out of Character
Name:
Illu the Illustrious
Name of Playby:
Scarlett Johansson
Other Characters:
Vivian Jones and Tenebrus
How you found Hex:
Admin bullied me into it
Name:
Diana Addair
Age:
Feb 1, 25
Gender:
Female
Birthplace:
London, England.
Ethnicity:
Caucasian
Blood:
Technical Pureblood
(Considered a halfblood by families with strict rules on purity. See genealogy.)
Relatives:
Genealogy
Pets:
A lazy, female Powerful Owl. She really just eats, sleeps and gets very moody when you try and make her deliver anything. In fact the little brat is only happy to be active when getting food.
Meet Allo
Wand Type:
Rowan, Pine with Augurey Tail Feather. Double layered, pine on the inside, cream rowan on the outside. 13 inches, supple.
This wand is rather strong, sharp and extremely precise. It signifies the owner’s high abilities in clairvoyance, astrology and especially divination. Good for both for charms and transfiguration and shows excellent results in invoking images of the past and memory strengthening skills. The wand doesn’t suit well for dark arts at all.
Appearance
Picture:
Hair Colour:
Blonde
Eye Colour:
Blue
Build:
Featherweight Division. When you have a wand, who needs muscle?
Skin Tone:
Normal
Height:
Shorty at 5’4”, but she tends to wear shoes with high soles and such to add a little more height.
Dress Style:
Diana never likes to look shabby. Ever. It’s like an allergy or something. Her robes, although not at the height of fashion, are always picked to offset her complexion or eye colour properly or just generally to look nice. Colour is nice though. Yes, colour is good, such as white and light blues and greens.
Specifics:
Hair done? Check. Makeup on? Check. Clean, pretty robes? Check. The woman could easily go to hell for vanity. Considering she practically lives in the school though, it’s unknown who exactly Diana seems to be trying to impress. But then, she does have a habit of darting away very quickly whenever Professor Abraham Grey shows up. Huh. Coincidence?
In Front Of Friends
Sexual Orientation:
Heterosexual
Self Image:
Overall Diana is pretty happy with how things have gone for her. She likes to think of herself as smart, intelligent and capable; however she’s fully aware that most students and some of the teachers think her subject is a little bit of a joke. Her self esteem and faith in what she teachers however remains unshaken, and she believes she can get on fairly well with the students.
To the Outward Eye:
Diana is quite normal. Good for a chat if you need it, and always prompt and time. She’s clearly pretty and sets great store by her appearances. Diana is a little more down to Earth than you’d expect as someone who teaches fortune-telling. Well, aside from the occasional “We’ll be fine, the tea leaves said so!” that inevitably comes your way once in a while.
Social Status:
Diana falls somewhere in the lower middle among the teachers, partly because her subject holds little credibility, partly because she will only hold a conversation as long as prompted and mostly because she seems to channel Trelawney by consistently making herself scarce. At least she has nothing on Tristram. Poor guy.
Positive Traits:
- Responsible :: She can be relied on to do what’s right or what she’s supposed to do, and also accepts responsibility when she screws up.
- Initiative :: She hates having nothing to do, so if that happens she’ll just go and find something whether she’s meant to or not.
- Intelligent/Studious :: Must learn moar nao!!11!one
- Need to Prove Herself :: Diana’s always suffered from a bit of a ‘not good enough’ complex since it was widely predicted that she was going to be born a Seer and then, well, wasn’t. Or if she is, it hasn't been proven because although she seems to predict things without the use of signs, she has yet to deliver a prophecy.
- Hospitable :: Her mother always taught her to be the polite, ladylike hostess, so Diana won’t turn people away if they show up at her classroom or office. If she doesn’t offer you something to drink, she must hate you.
- Cleanliness :: Next to Godliness.
Negative Traits:
- Meekness :: Diana will give in to a lot of things, probably too much if pressured. That’s why she likes to bombard students with a butt load to do so they don’t have time to muck up, because if they do there’s no way she’s getting control again on her own. She tries to act tough though, really she does.
- Grudge Holder :: “Hey, you stole my pencil case in first year! You bitch!!” (Not quite like that but you know what I mean.) She also has a bit of a vengeance streak.
- Biased :: Can’t make an objective decision when someone she likes is involved or she has a personal stake in the matter. She’s trying to work on this, but er, no luck, so instead she tries to keep out as much as possible.
- Self Indulgent/Extravagant :: Diana tend to put herself in front of other people and she has a good eye for opulence. Try give her something that’s anything less than perfect and she’ll get all disappointed-but-trying-not-to-be-and-failing on you. She also has little control with things like chocolate and sweets, which is not good for her desire to stay in shape, I can tell you.
- Insecure :: Like, the traditional stereotypical girly trait.
- Moody :: Happy and cheerful one minute, spiralling off into grumpydom the next. Beware.
Skills:
- Bilingual :: Spanish, actually. During her round the world tour most of the countries she ended up in were Spanish speaking (eg, Spain, Cuba, Brazil, Mexico), so she picked some Spanish up just from hanging around.
- Divination :: You’d hope so anyway, though she seems to fall more into the realm of clairvoyant (knowing things about the present) than the future.
- Cooking :: Diana makes a mean roast.
- Decorating :: Christmas in particular is her speciality.
- Listening :: She’s used to having people vent around her, and she much prefers just nodding and going “uh huh” than to do the talking.
Likes:
- Ghosts :: They’re a walking remanent of the other side basically, and some of them, especially the ones who have been wandering around for some 700 years have a lot of wisdom to share. Her goal in life seems to be to get invited to a Deathday party.
- Singing :: Far be it from her to assume she’s any good, but when you’re in your office alone and there’s a good song on the wireless, why not?
- Early Mornings :: Like, creepy early. 5 to 6 am creepy early.
- Older Men :: They’re smarter, wiser, know more about women and generally more experienced.
- Meeting New People :: A stranger is a friend you haven’t met. Or a serial killer, but we can ignore that.
Dislikes:
- Closed Mindedness :: Divination practically requires a willingness to make leaps of faith, to accept what comes and open ones self to new concepts. So, anyone that doesn’t is basically doomed to fail her subject, have loads of arguments with her on why Divination is bullshit her having to mark failed essays for hours.
- McGonagall :: The woman’s always made it perfectly clear she doesn’t believe Divination is any good, which means Diana has to basically leap down her throat for funding for few supplies every time a kid smashes a Crystal Ball.
- Procrastination :: Stupid kids never getting their work in on time. Diana is also quite creepy about doing everything as soon as possible, such as essays for all her classes marked and ready by her next lesson with them. It’s a good question how she finds the time, but it goes a long way to explaining why she’s rarely spotted.
- Bullies :: Diana had a fairly nasty time occasionally at school under the torment of a bully called Sarah, so Diana is not usually the best person you want to be caught harassing another student by.
- Confusion :: Especially of not being able to understand herself or her own feelings. She usually has a keen enough mind to understand what she sees, but both social interaction and Divination are a foggy, uncertain sort of thing.
Patronus:
Snow Leopard, it being the animal she is most like. They are shy, solitary, elusive animals that are strictly non-aggressive. Heck, snow leopards can’t even roar. They’re like kitties. Despite that they’re still able to take care of themselves.
Boggart:
A Grim. Dude, they like, kill people and stuff you know? See one, it’s all over! Nothing you can do about it either!
World Passing By
Subject Taught:
Divination
Teaching Style:
Diana prefers practical lessons as the students are infinitely more manageable. The second you lug them with books to work from all they ever do is talk and not pay attention. However, considering Divination, it’s difficult to get into certain areas without prior research, so she sets that as homework so the little turds don’t have a choice.
Past Grades:
N.E.W.Ts
Divination – O
Transfiguration – A
Charms – A
Potions – A
Astronomy – A
O.W.Ls
Divination – O
Charms – E
Astronomy - E
Transfiguration – E
Arithmancy – A
Ancient Runes – A
History of Magic - A
Potions – E
Herbology - A
History:
Everyone had high hopes for Diana. Her Grandmother was a seer, and her great great Grandmother before that, so assuming the gift was going to continue its tradition of skipping a generation Diana was due to hit the genetic lottery.
The girl was born, showed her first sign of magic at age 4 by turning their previously brown cat, Fallyn, white, and grew up normal. Well, more normal than you’d expect from a kid supposed to see major future events before they happened. True, she had an uncanny ability to guess who had written to them before they even got the notes off the owls, but no earth-shattering, mystical proclamations.
Diana wound up at Hogwarts as magical children do, and quickly found two good friends in some girls named Ann and Jen. She went though her school years with little trouble, excelling at Divination under her favourite teacher, Caitlin. Diana also got a bit of fame for 'cheap parlour tricks' such as correctly guessing random little things like when her friends needed to buy new ink, even when there was no real way to know unless she was snooping in their bags at midnight.
When school finally ended, Diana and her friends went for the traditional round-the-world gap year. They came back and settled off into their own jobs, and Diana decided to try and study to be a teacher. She applied last year and beat another two applicants for the position, and she’s still trying to find her feet in her first year of teaching.
Roleplay Sample:
Ah, breakfast. Diana was usually quite cheerful at this time of day, but for some reason she’d undoubtedly woken up on the wrong side of bed. The male blonde teacher seated next to her at the staff table was gibbering animatedly to the charms professor with the giant eyebrows next to him, but Diana couldn’t will herself to eavesdrop even if she tried.
An empty cup sitting innocently off to the side gave Diana an idea. In a flash she had made herself some tea, sculled it, swilled the dregs around and turned the cup upside down to drain the last of it. This was first lesson sort of simple stuff, but it wasn’t as though she’d brought a stack or tarot cards or anything. There had to be some reason for this desire to crawl right back in bed, or maybe she just hadn’t slept.
There wasn’t much, honestly. A thing or two she decided to translate as impending frustration from a group of students that day who weren’t going to get their work in on time, but that was it. There was something about a chance meeting too, which probably meant she was going to accidentally find Oscar cleaning the floor of her classroom or something equally obscure. The chance meeting was curious, but nothing else stood out. It was foolish to put too much store by what she read, or she’d end up getting overexcited about something that would turn out to be pointless.
Resigning herself to the fact todaywould be painfully mediocre once more, Diana went back to prodding her bowl of musli pointlessly with her spoon. It seemed a pity not to eat anything, as the house elves had gone to so much effort, but she reasoned she’d eaten too much yesterday anyway. It was too early in the meal to excuse herself without standing out, so instead Diana leaned forwards a bit and peered down the table to see what Abe was doing.
Out of Character
Name:
Illu the Illustrious
Name of Playby:
Scarlett Johansson
Other Characters:
Vivian Jones and Tenebrus
How you found Hex:
Admin bullied me into it
