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Maible Gallagher Appearance Maible is a little on the chunky side (about 165 lbs) with dark blonde hair that she's taken to lightening/highlighting a bit and bright blue eyes. She has a round face, which lends to a sweet, innocent look about her. She's lost weight in the past few years, but she's still very self-concious about her size and she still feels like she's just not pretty enough. She's also tall for her age, standing about about 5'8, which still makes her feel very large. It also tends to make her look a bit older than she really is, which is another thing she feels self-concious about. Personality Being raised away from the magical community has left Maible very naive about how the wizarding world works. She has, of course, learned quite a bit in her first two and a half years at Hogwarts, but she's more sheltered than many of her classmates who come from wizarding families. She's not entirely aware of just how bad or dangerous the war against Voldemort is or could be and since she really doesn't know that much about the world she now lives in at school, a part of her wonders if the purebloods might be right about blood making a difference. After all, who is she to judge such things when she never even knew magic existed for the first 11 years of her life? Maible is also quite self-concious. She often trips over her own words and she is not quite as social as many other Hufflepuffs seem to be. She has a passion and determination below the surface, but it often remains hidden much of the time behind a layer of social awkwardness. She doesn't go out of her way to make friends mostly because she doesn't appreciate her own self-worth and doesn't feel like she has much to contribute to a friendship. When someone does show an interest in her, she doesn't trust that right away, but once she does begin to trust a friendship, she's easy to manipulate. Despite her lack of social graces, Maible is friendly and sweet to pretty much everyone. She'd not afraid to defend herself against someone who truly wrongs her, but she really doesn't have a mean bone in her body. Maible has more personality weaknesses than strengths, it seems, but one of her strong points is that she is fiercely independent. She's determined to make something of herself someday, to actually USE her magic, and she is equally determined to do it on her own. She doesn't readily confide in others or accept help for anything, because she doesn't feel like she can truly depend on anyone but herself. She also has a curiosity about the magical world that could be seen as either a good or bad point. Because she only learned of magic when she got her Hogwarts letter, she's had a thirst to learn everything she can about it and to prove herself as not disadvantaged in the least from not being brought up a proper witch. History Maible grew up in Donegal, Ireland on the grounds of the Bed and Breakfast her mother has worked for since before she was born. As a young child, she never questioned why they lived amongst Muggles and she loved the place she grew up. She grows quite homesick while at Hogwarts, missing the view of Lough Eske that she's grown up with. Maible has never had an extremely close relationship with her father. Her mother doesn't like to speak of him very often and she doesn't see him frequently. She supposed that's what happens when your mum gets knocked up by another woman's husband and she's not sure if she hates him for that or not. Mostly, she tries not to think about it, because she knows she's lucky to have her mum, at least, and her dad does take care of her financially as well as sending the occasional owl. Magic to Maible is almost a way out. As much as she loved her mother and her homeland, she doesn't want to end up like her. She's a little resentful that she was sheltered from magic as a child and she is determined to make something more of herself, to use her magical gifts to better herself and the world around her. She's inherited a proud and determined nature from her mother and she's not about to let anything stop her from her goals, nor does she like to rely on anyone else to help her achieve them. One of the things Maible is most proud of is that she managed to lose a good bit of her baby fat (and then some) somewhere between her third and sixth years. She's not skinny by any means and she's still pretty self-conscious, but she feels better about herself than she used to before she lost the weight. Hogwarts Stats House: Hufflepuff Year: 6th Best subjects: Care of Magical Creatures Worst subjects: Astronomy, History of Magic Classes: Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, DADA, Divination, Herbology, Potions, Transfiguration Connections COMING SOON code available at quibblercons |