Post by Vivian Nazarova on Oct 4, 2008 13:56:18 GMT 1
Introducing...
Name:
Vivian Nazarova-Jones (Vivian Jones for simplicity's sake)
Age:
Feb 13, 15 years old
Gender:
Female
Year:
Fifth
Birthplace:
Moscow, Russia
Ethnicity:
Caucasian (Scottish x Russian)
Blood:
Halfblood [1/4th]
Relatives:
Pets:
A male Barking Owl, and a rather overconfident and attention-whoring one at that. Vivian wants to get an Egyptian Mau as well, but she’s not sure of the policy on multiple pets.
Meet Yakov
Wand Type:
Ash & Phoenix Feather, 10 1/4th inches, rigid.
This is an ideal all-purpose wand, one of the best possible choices – powerful and precise at the same time. It shows the users intelligence and large amount of skill in magic. It is especially good for high transfiguration and for building of complex structures of objects, as well as for works dealing with will-domination. It can be used in dark-practices, though not ideally for direct destruction.
A wand described as ‘rigid’ means it is the most difficult wand to learn and cast with, but once it’s user learns to utilise it properly it is one of the most powerful types of wand available. Guaranteed to put up an awful fight with a wizard or witch that is not its owner.
Appearance
Picture:
Hair Colour:
Black
Eye Colour:
Dark brown
Build:
Thin, relatively little muscle
Skin Tone:
Normal
Height:
5’7”
Dress Style:
Generally only one layer because she doesn’t feel cold often. Until you’ve lived through a Russian winter, you don’t know the meaning of freezing. Any colour is fair game, but clothing must be practical, as well as nice.
Specifics:
Vivian is fairly normal looking. Pretty, yes, but not the type that specifically stands out in a group of people. Makeup and hair styling are saved for important occasions only, partially because she’s too lazy to bother with it every day. Some sleeping problems and a habit of going to bed at 2:30am most nights have given her some dark patches under her eyes that don’t do much for her overall look. On the plus side, no zits.
In Front Of Friends
Sexual Orientation:
Heterosexual
Self Image:
Vivian doesn’t think very highly of herself, she knows she isn’t popular, so naturally she’s more than a little self conscious. She’s convinced her shoes her always wrong, her hair is always wrong, what she said is always stupid or rude, and the other people are laughing at her behind her back.
To the Outward Eye:
Vivian spends most of her time acting tougher than she feels. Even though she might desperately wants to leave a social situation she’ll suck it up and power though it because she doesn’t want to feel like the other person has ‘won’. She often tries too hard at being tough, and can come off and blunt and aggressive, which probably doesn’t help.
Social Status:
Low, and not good. Vivian isn’t sure how to deal with people, but she gives it her best shot. When she does happen to come across someone who seems interested in being her friend, she freaks out and often avoids them as she has no idea how to handle the situation.
Positive Traits:
Negative Traits:
Interests:
Likes:
Dislikes:
[/li][li] Slytherins :: It’s just... tradition isn’t it? That and if anyone knows how to be an arse, it’s them.
[/li][li] Mustard :: Some people just don’t like mustard.
[/li][li] First Years:: Stupid annoying little children that think they’re hot shit now that they’re in the school. Bah, little punks.[/li][/ul][/size]
Patronus:
A caracal. She firmly believes that’s the animal she’s most like. Even though it may or may not be true she’s been convinced of it long enough to have the funny looking kitty filter into being her patronus.
Boggart:
A nundu. When she was younger there was a scare that some remanent death eaters were planning to use one to wipe out part of Moscow. It was the first and thankfully last time she was terrified that herself, her family and everyone was going to die.
World Passing By
Subjects:
Arithmancy - A
Astronomy – A
Defence Against the Dark Arts – A
Care of Magical Creatures – O
Charms – E
Divination – A
Herbology – A
History of Magic – A
Potions – A
Transfiguration – E
Report:
A quiet and pleasing student who has achieved decent results in most of her subjects. Could definitely achieve better with a little more application and should participate more in class discussions.
Personal Statement:
CoMC is definitely her strong point, seeing as it’s the only topic she gives decent attention to. Transfiguration and Charms go next because they make up the majority of all spellwork so Vivian figures it’s in her best interest to do them right. The rest of the subjects she’s very precise about, doing only what she needs to do to get through and no more. Herbology is the only subject she absolutely hates and she’s only very recently gotten higher than a P.
History:
Vivian’s father Matthew was a half-blood wizard living in the UK and working for the Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures as a magizoologist. Russia was having a problem with a large population of graphorn that were coming down out of the mountains and attacking muggles. This was both highly unusual and potentially disastrous, what with grahorns being both extremely difficult to take down even with a team of wizards and extremely obvious to muggles. Matthew had been looking for an excuse to head there for some time to find out some new information on the little-studied pogrebins, so he offered to be allowed to go and help with the problem then stay behind.
It was only a year after Matthew arrived when he found, fell in love with and married a young muggle woman called Vera working in the Russian Theatre. Thus, Vivian was born, lived, and spent most of her life in Russia. Her mother wanted to call her something in Russian, Matthew wanted to name her after his mother. Matthew's stubbornness won out with the first name and the surname ended up a compromise. Both her parents were quite busy and had little time for her, Matthew working on his research, and Vera on her ballet.
Things weren’t easy for Vivian. She was raised by a nanny and never got a chance to play with other kids until she was sent off to muggle school for a starter education as her parents couldn’t home school her. As she had no idea how to talk with or play with the other kids, she quickly found herself alone.
Vera was in for a very nasty surprise one day. Vivian had come home more annoyed than usual, they both watched in horror as after having yelled at her for not working hard enough, Vivian’s school sheets suddenly picked themselves up and ripped themselves to pieces. Matthew had a lot of explaining to do, and the only reason a frightened Vera stayed was because in her community, divorce was considered shameful. It was a number of years before she grew to fully accept her husband’s true nature.
When his work finished, Matthew was planned to go back to the U.K, but that plan was put to rest thanks to a terrorist scare from a possible ex-Death Eater group claiming to have taken a wild nundu out of east Africa with plans to release it in Moscow near the muggle president. Mathew was put to work trying to find out how they could have possibly gotten the beast, where it would be kept the best plan of attack they might have. It was eventually figured out to be a false threat, but the country was put in lockdown for wizards as a result. No one was going anywhere.
At ten, Vivian’s parents discussed what to do about her wizarding education. Her father had gone to Hogwarts, and Matthew was extremely adamant that she should go there too. Vera knew basically nothing about magical schools at all, so she had to trust Matthew as he argued that both the nearby schools, Durmstrang and the one in Russia, were dark arts schools for old You-Know-Who supporters and didn’t teach things proper like they did back in England.
He finished up his research in a hurry and moved back to the UK once Russia reopened. Vera, being basically a loyal mail-order style bride that was never mail-ordered, put her career aside and went with. Vivian was sent to a muggle school again to finish the last year of her elementary education, and now she was faced with a new set of bullying. She had picked up a strong Russian accent and the students seemed to love imitating it, making jokes about the ‘Motherland’ and calling everyone ‘comrade’ at the end of every sentence when she was around. ‘Dirty communist’ was a favourite insult in particular.
The letter came as expected, and she was bought her stuff and bundled on the train. Vivian pretty much just tried hiding from everyone at first. She found she felt a lot better about herself when she ignored them and tried to beat them in other ways instead, like being better at magic.
The Hogwarts students thankfully weren’t as bad as the students from the muggle schools. At least they seemed oblivious to the previous existence of the Soviet Union, though there was still a muggle-born here and there who was a fan of using ‘communist’ as an insult.
For now, she just takes each day as it comes.
Preferred House:
Gryffindor? She’s not social or hard-working enough for Hufflepuff, not studious or bookish enough for Ravenclaw, and not so power-hungry or cunning for Slytherin. She does however have a fair degree of guts, but doesn’t often get a chance to show it, and she’s a fan of getting positive attention even though it doesn’t usually come her way.
Out of Character
Name:
Illu
Other Characters:
Tenebrus, Diana, Billie.
Name:
Vivian Nazarova-Jones (Vivian Jones for simplicity's sake)
Age:
Feb 13, 15 years old
Gender:
Female
Year:
Fifth
Birthplace:
Moscow, Russia
Ethnicity:
Caucasian (Scottish x Russian)
Blood:
Halfblood [1/4th]
Relatives:
- Matthew Jones – Father
- Vera Nazarova – Mother
Pets:
A male Barking Owl, and a rather overconfident and attention-whoring one at that. Vivian wants to get an Egyptian Mau as well, but she’s not sure of the policy on multiple pets.
Meet Yakov
Wand Type:
Ash & Phoenix Feather, 10 1/4th inches, rigid.
This is an ideal all-purpose wand, one of the best possible choices – powerful and precise at the same time. It shows the users intelligence and large amount of skill in magic. It is especially good for high transfiguration and for building of complex structures of objects, as well as for works dealing with will-domination. It can be used in dark-practices, though not ideally for direct destruction.
A wand described as ‘rigid’ means it is the most difficult wand to learn and cast with, but once it’s user learns to utilise it properly it is one of the most powerful types of wand available. Guaranteed to put up an awful fight with a wizard or witch that is not its owner.
Appearance
Picture:
Hair Colour:
Black
Eye Colour:
Dark brown
Build:
Thin, relatively little muscle
Skin Tone:
Normal
Height:
5’7”
Dress Style:
Generally only one layer because she doesn’t feel cold often. Until you’ve lived through a Russian winter, you don’t know the meaning of freezing. Any colour is fair game, but clothing must be practical, as well as nice.
Specifics:
Vivian is fairly normal looking. Pretty, yes, but not the type that specifically stands out in a group of people. Makeup and hair styling are saved for important occasions only, partially because she’s too lazy to bother with it every day. Some sleeping problems and a habit of going to bed at 2:30am most nights have given her some dark patches under her eyes that don’t do much for her overall look. On the plus side, no zits.
In Front Of Friends
Sexual Orientation:
Heterosexual
Self Image:
Vivian doesn’t think very highly of herself, she knows she isn’t popular, so naturally she’s more than a little self conscious. She’s convinced her shoes her always wrong, her hair is always wrong, what she said is always stupid or rude, and the other people are laughing at her behind her back.
To the Outward Eye:
Vivian spends most of her time acting tougher than she feels. Even though she might desperately wants to leave a social situation she’ll suck it up and power though it because she doesn’t want to feel like the other person has ‘won’. She often tries too hard at being tough, and can come off and blunt and aggressive, which probably doesn’t help.
Social Status:
Low, and not good. Vivian isn’t sure how to deal with people, but she gives it her best shot. When she does happen to come across someone who seems interested in being her friend, she freaks out and often avoids them as she has no idea how to handle the situation.
Positive Traits:
- Intelligent :: She’s good and picking up and remembering information a bit like a big radio dish. Unfortunately, being too smart doesn’t seem to be a good thing in school, so she often tries to dumb herself down around others.
- Reliable :: If Vivian says she’ll do something, she’ll get it done sooner or later. She hates feeling as if she owes someone something, so she tries to get promises, debts and IOU’s out of the way as soon as possible. She also wants it done right rather than just done for her own sanity.
- Brave :: Or so Vivian likes to think anyway. She’s scared shitless about a lot of things, but will keeps going despite it. She won’t shirk away from trying new things either as she hates being thought a coward, and this probably stems from her need to prove herself.
- Determined :: If she wants something, you can be sure she’ll get it eventually. Granted, this may not always be a good thing, but if she settles her mind on something positive like a certain grade for a class for a job aspiration, it’s a decent trait to have.
- Well Intentioned :: Okay, so some of the stuff she does really comes out wrong or backfires, but she doesn’t do it on purpose.
Negative Traits:
- Stubborn :: Links on with the determination mentioned above. Likewise, once she gets something like an idea or a notion in her head, you had better have a damn good argument complete with pie-charts, graphs and diagrams.
- Abrupt :: Thanks to a fair degree of what can only be called social retardation, there’s a good chance she’ll spout out something bad at the wrong time to the worst possible person then be genuinely confused when people react badly.
- Low Self-Esteem :: Well, when you have no friends and think everyone hates you, it’s kind of hard to avoid.
- Defensive :: Hates being accused of anything. Comes around because she feels she needs to protect herself from people.
- Judgemental :: Nasty habit of jumping to conclusions and judging people on what they do rather than who they are. Funnily enough, that’s exactly what she doesn’t want people to do to her, so we can probably add hypocritical to the list.
Interests:
- Books
- Writing
- CoMC Classes
- Geography
- Biology
- Magizoology
Likes:
- Animals :: Vivian likes them for much the same reason as Idris: They’re easier than people. She wants to become a vet for magical creatures, and her father was a magizoologist, so she thinks it makes sense to take up something in a similar field. Plus, then she gets to be called Dr Jones, which is funny. As a result she’s spending a lot of time around the CoMC outdoor lesson areas. It’s not a bad place to lurk actually, as it makes it easy to avoid the students and once you learn how to dodge Idris it’s quite peaceful.
After school ends she wants to try and be an animagus. From the preliminary research she’s done she knows it’s not going to be easy, but Vivian’s confident she’ll be able to get there. Her preferred form would be a caracal or if that fails some kid of bird of prey, but you don’t exactly get to chose what you crop up as. Probably a goldfish considering her luck. - Sleeping In :: Waking up early is for suckers. Well, that and Vivian has trouble falling asleep, so she uses mornings to catch up on sleep.
- The WWN :: Like a lot of kids, she likes music and gossip about what celebrity is doing what, so the radio basically kills both those birds with one stone.
- The Outdoors :: Exept when it’s raining, then it’s just annoying.
- Praise :: Well, she needs something to make her feel better.
Dislikes:
- Bugs :: Animals she likes; bugs, not so much. She won’t kill them, but that doesn’t mean they have a right to be within a 12 mile radius of her.
- Boring Classes :: And for Vivian, ‘boring’ counts as anything she doesn’t think she’ll need in the future. She puts the minimum amount of effort possible into these, just enough to pass. This tends to annoy her teachers, especially if they know she can do better. Herbology is the bane of her life. She hates those stupid plants.
[/li][li] Slytherins :: It’s just... tradition isn’t it? That and if anyone knows how to be an arse, it’s them.
[/li][li] Mustard :: Some people just don’t like mustard.
[/li][li] First Years:: Stupid annoying little children that think they’re hot shit now that they’re in the school. Bah, little punks.[/li][/ul][/size]
Patronus:
A caracal. She firmly believes that’s the animal she’s most like. Even though it may or may not be true she’s been convinced of it long enough to have the funny looking kitty filter into being her patronus.
Boggart:
A nundu. When she was younger there was a scare that some remanent death eaters were planning to use one to wipe out part of Moscow. It was the first and thankfully last time she was terrified that herself, her family and everyone was going to die.
World Passing By
Subjects:
Arithmancy - A
Astronomy – A
Defence Against the Dark Arts – A
Care of Magical Creatures – O
Charms – E
Divination – A
Herbology – A
History of Magic – A
Potions – A
Transfiguration – E
Report:
A quiet and pleasing student who has achieved decent results in most of her subjects. Could definitely achieve better with a little more application and should participate more in class discussions.
Personal Statement:
CoMC is definitely her strong point, seeing as it’s the only topic she gives decent attention to. Transfiguration and Charms go next because they make up the majority of all spellwork so Vivian figures it’s in her best interest to do them right. The rest of the subjects she’s very precise about, doing only what she needs to do to get through and no more. Herbology is the only subject she absolutely hates and she’s only very recently gotten higher than a P.
History:
Vivian’s father Matthew was a half-blood wizard living in the UK and working for the Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures as a magizoologist. Russia was having a problem with a large population of graphorn that were coming down out of the mountains and attacking muggles. This was both highly unusual and potentially disastrous, what with grahorns being both extremely difficult to take down even with a team of wizards and extremely obvious to muggles. Matthew had been looking for an excuse to head there for some time to find out some new information on the little-studied pogrebins, so he offered to be allowed to go and help with the problem then stay behind.
It was only a year after Matthew arrived when he found, fell in love with and married a young muggle woman called Vera working in the Russian Theatre. Thus, Vivian was born, lived, and spent most of her life in Russia. Her mother wanted to call her something in Russian, Matthew wanted to name her after his mother. Matthew's stubbornness won out with the first name and the surname ended up a compromise. Both her parents were quite busy and had little time for her, Matthew working on his research, and Vera on her ballet.
Things weren’t easy for Vivian. She was raised by a nanny and never got a chance to play with other kids until she was sent off to muggle school for a starter education as her parents couldn’t home school her. As she had no idea how to talk with or play with the other kids, she quickly found herself alone.
Vera was in for a very nasty surprise one day. Vivian had come home more annoyed than usual, they both watched in horror as after having yelled at her for not working hard enough, Vivian’s school sheets suddenly picked themselves up and ripped themselves to pieces. Matthew had a lot of explaining to do, and the only reason a frightened Vera stayed was because in her community, divorce was considered shameful. It was a number of years before she grew to fully accept her husband’s true nature.
When his work finished, Matthew was planned to go back to the U.K, but that plan was put to rest thanks to a terrorist scare from a possible ex-Death Eater group claiming to have taken a wild nundu out of east Africa with plans to release it in Moscow near the muggle president. Mathew was put to work trying to find out how they could have possibly gotten the beast, where it would be kept the best plan of attack they might have. It was eventually figured out to be a false threat, but the country was put in lockdown for wizards as a result. No one was going anywhere.
At ten, Vivian’s parents discussed what to do about her wizarding education. Her father had gone to Hogwarts, and Matthew was extremely adamant that she should go there too. Vera knew basically nothing about magical schools at all, so she had to trust Matthew as he argued that both the nearby schools, Durmstrang and the one in Russia, were dark arts schools for old You-Know-Who supporters and didn’t teach things proper like they did back in England.
He finished up his research in a hurry and moved back to the UK once Russia reopened. Vera, being basically a loyal mail-order style bride that was never mail-ordered, put her career aside and went with. Vivian was sent to a muggle school again to finish the last year of her elementary education, and now she was faced with a new set of bullying. She had picked up a strong Russian accent and the students seemed to love imitating it, making jokes about the ‘Motherland’ and calling everyone ‘comrade’ at the end of every sentence when she was around. ‘Dirty communist’ was a favourite insult in particular.
The letter came as expected, and she was bought her stuff and bundled on the train. Vivian pretty much just tried hiding from everyone at first. She found she felt a lot better about herself when she ignored them and tried to beat them in other ways instead, like being better at magic.
The Hogwarts students thankfully weren’t as bad as the students from the muggle schools. At least they seemed oblivious to the previous existence of the Soviet Union, though there was still a muggle-born here and there who was a fan of using ‘communist’ as an insult.
For now, she just takes each day as it comes.
Preferred House:
Gryffindor? She’s not social or hard-working enough for Hufflepuff, not studious or bookish enough for Ravenclaw, and not so power-hungry or cunning for Slytherin. She does however have a fair degree of guts, but doesn’t often get a chance to show it, and she’s a fan of getting positive attention even though it doesn’t usually come her way.
Out of Character
Name:
Illu
Other Characters:
Tenebrus, Diana, Billie.
