Info: Louise 'Phoenix' Whitehorn

neensperry@gmail.com — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 02:55:34 GMT

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Louise Whitehorn, goes by ‘Phoenix’ at Dresden.
Residence/Hometown: Arlington, Virginia
Age/Birthday: July 30th, 1995
Gender/Sexuality: Claims to be undecided and open. But actually v. straight.
PB: Lizzy Caplan

School/Magic Stuff
Wand: 14 inches, Ebony - Mallowsweet and Phoenix Feather.
House and Year: Putnam, Senior
Schedule: Environmental Studies, Advanced Care of Magical Creatures II, Cultural Magic, Art
Strongest subject in school: Transfiguration, DADA
Weakest subject in school: Charms
Extracurricular activities: Pride club - never actually turns up
Boggart and Riddikulus: Boggart: - Ronald McDonald, Ruddiculus: A cow appears to seek revenge and chases him off.
Amortentia smells like: jasmine, oak wood and old books, burnt matches.
Patronus: Stallion

Family/Relationships
Immediate Family Jocelyn Whitehorn (Mother), Walker Whitehorn (Father)
Familiar: A ball Python called Ignatius.
Any other relations we should know about: BFF is Riley Bloodfeather - she admires his complete disinterest, and perhaps befriended him knowing her obnoxious point of views made no impression on him/she didn’t alienate him immediately. He also has the coolest band tees ever.
Personality Hipster, seemingly disinterested in most ‘normal’ teenage things, yet highly passionate in causes she cares about, thus she is highly opinionated and self-righteous.
Likes: music, underground bands, music you’ve never heard of, PETA, Vegan products, making people feel guilty about eating meat, eyeliner, glasses, thrift stores, vinyl, band tees.
Dislikes: anything considered ‘too mainstream’, ignorant people, organised sports, magical creatures being used in wands, ‘the man’, television, consumerism.
Quirks: Started smoking because of Riley.
Secrets: She still loves hamburgers.
Strengths: Achieves high marks consistently, loyal to those most important to her, some of her ‘causes’ are worthwhile, she will fight for what she believes in whole-heartedly
Weaknesses: judgmental, often hugely hypocritical, a utter brat sometimes.

Detailed personality: Phoenix thrives on that feeling of being more ‘aware’ of the world than others , that she observes more and takes more from everyday life than most could hope to. As far as she’s concerned she has deep insight and profound thoughts about the most obscure or ‘ordinary’ seeming things - a fact which generally makes her think she’s better than all the drones of society who live forever shrouded in a cocoon of their own ignorance! She enjoys following causes - particularly those which allow her to be confronting. That potato chip you’re about to eat, thousands of hectares of rainforest were destroyed to create it. She’s a vegan, and judges everyone else’s eating choices. Even if you ARE also a vegan you’ll never be as devoted a vegan as she is the kind of tofu YOU eat is processed in a plant that also processes animal products. Of course she goes about her holier-than-thou existence with a hatred of consumerism and societal issues all whilst shuffling through her favourite (so underground - you’ve probably never heard of them) bands on her shiny new ipod. Decidedly very hispter, though she’d never define herself as one, she hates labels. Phoenix is not particularly social though she doesn’t lack the skills, she just chooses to keep the company of the only person she can stand.

Personal History: As an only child, she’d like to state her upbringing was filled with loneliness and hours of isolation that led to her keen mind and unique ability to grasp what exactly is wrong with society - she in fact has doting parents who have always had plenty of time for her. Jocelyn and Walker Whitehorn were well off enough such their only daughter would want for nothing which made her somewhat a spoilled brat. and later an opinionated spoilled brat, generally lenient parents causing her to believe if she was fervent enough about anything her point would be made. She grew up in Arlington, Virginia to an affluent family name - with mixed heritage both Muggle-born and Wizarding lines in her family tree, she has a grown up with a healthy measure of both Wizard and Muggle worlds. She was schooled privately in her early years, overjoyed to receive her invitation to Dresden Academy.

neensperry@gmail.com — Tue, 03 May 2011 14:54:27 GMT

PLAYER INFORMATION
Name: Nina
Age: OLDpants
AIM: Shahfla
E-mail: neensperry@gmail.com
Timezone: Australian ..I think +11?
Previous Experience: Graaaves.
RP Sample: I play good kk. U no that rite?
Character Journal: If you made it already.

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Alistair Éamonn Burke
Residence/Hometown: Dresden Academy, NY/Clondalkin, South Dublin,
Age/Birthday: 26/16.6.1984
Gender/Sexuality: Male/Straight
PB: Aidan Turner
Any notable differences from the pb? Nope

School/Magic Stuff
Wand: Hazel, Phoenix Feather 14", rigid.
House and Year: Slytherin, Graduated 2001
Schedule: N/A
Strongest subject in school: Transfiguration, Charms, DADA
Weakest subject in school: Astronomy, History of Magic
Boggart and Riddikulus: Swarm of insects, crawling and flying at him/crawling insects make formations to spell rude words. Flying insects do loop-de-loop
Amortentia smells like: Hot Chocolate, Peppermint, v. expensive Fire-Whiskey, New Books
Patronus: Honey Badger
Animagus Form: Fox - crafty, resourceful, opportunistic (Undertook animagus studies after completing Auror training)

Family/Relationships
Immediate Family: Mother (Elisabeth), Father (Alder), Elder Brother (Lucas)
Familiar: Smoke Tabby, Long haired Female called Mehitabel
Any other relations we should know about: The Burke family is of close relation to the Black Family through marriage. Great Grandfather - Caractacus Burke, the co-founder for Borgin and Burkes.

Personality
Likes: Duelling, Ladies, Friends, Winged Horse Racing,
Dislikes: MUDBLOODS, Muggles, Spiders.
Quirks: Ticklish.
Strengths: Dedicated, hardworking, follows through, charming.
Weaknesses: Easily manipulated by those he looks up to, prejudice, morally skewed, perfectionist to the point of it being an anxiety, can buckle under intense pressure, distractible.

Detailed personality: Alistair is every bit the product of his upbringing, at least in terms of inheriting the strong prejudice for the purity of wizarding blood and the mindset that wizarding race is to be set apart and superior to the human race. As the younger sibling, he has a fierce want to prove himself as just as able, both academically, and in further pursuits, though this pressure is of his own invention, his parents never favoured either child over the other. His bloodline is pure, though their family name does not have particular prestige; Alistair's interests lie in generating more for his family name than the establishment in Knockturn Alley. He is willing to work for what he wants, and to focus solely on goals at least try to, as he his hardly immune to distraction when it arrives in the right form - still, he does his best to act as a professional when it truly matters. Despite having such an self important agenda, the majority of the the time Alistair displays an easy going, friendly and generally approachable attitude one might expect from a Gryffindor. He is not so difficult to befriend given a little time. This attitude is one he has adopted since graduating Hogwarts, choosing not to uphold the common, nose-in-the-air demeanour oft attributed to most Slytherins, even post-Voldemort days. This is not a entirely false persona, following the fall of Lord Voldemort it was simply easier to blend, to continue to succeed if one seemed willing to be less snobbish, and rather more approachable and flaunting blood-purity had little worth.

Personal History: Born to a well established, a but not particularly prestigious pure-blood family, Alistair did not possess the exorbitant wealth to be considered amongst the more prominent or 'elite' Slytherins at Hogwarts; their wealth average. For the most part kept his head down, focusing on studies - throwing the odd harassment in to Gryffindors here or there, but never one of the more noticeable Slytherin bullies. His elder brother made his contribution to family pride as a skilled Quidditch player for Slytherin (going on to play professionally) leaving Alistair to make little impact upon the school, or succeed in impressing his parents other than to achieve generally high marks in the subjects he took. In school he was never particularly social, however it did not mean he lacked the ability, generally he was ignored by his fellows due to the particularly bland status of his family, who whilst supporting the dark arts, in the acquisition of dark magical artefacts for sale, had a less to do with aiding the Dark Lord';s cause, hardly a central role. His family was no more prominent in the return of Lord Voldemort and as an underage student when it finally came to the battle of Hogwarts, Alistair was safely ushered away from the fight and protected with his fellow students. Following he fall of the Dark Lord, all associates and allies were hunted and incarcerated and those linked even remotely were sure to be monitored. Alder Burke's role in sourcing dark magical artefacts was halted, as Borgin & Burkes like much of Knockturn Alley was suddenly kept under a closer watch than everbefore, their trade suffering for it. The wizarding world seemed to be over-alert to any form of dark magic. As a result the Burke family funds diminished, the already considerably average family name thought the less off when Alistair was presented with his brother's hand-me-down text books and robes in his later Hogwarts years. It cemented further in Alistair a strong work ethic, knowing nothing would be so easily handed to him.

It would seem odd for a studious, but largely unnoticed Slytherin to apply for a position in the Auror Department upon graduation, but not unheard of - the sorting hat had, after all debated his house and the boy had fervently thought Slytherin in hopes of following his family expectations. He took to his training with the same attitude he had shown toward his schoolwork, absolute dedication. Amongst his fellow trainees he became more relaxed, and gained stronger friendships than he ever had within Hogwarts school; houses and breeding mattered less when their cause was the same. The personality he'd boxed in during his schooling years flourished. He had never found himself in a particularly stable relationship, or ..actually any at all yet he couldn't help but be caught up in the interest mentioning you were a training Auror received. The attention of young witches had never been particularly in his favour before, and it was impossible not to become a little addicted to it. He passed his training with close to flying colours, only having to re-sit one of his practical exams. Alistair has since worked in the Auror Department and since become a registered Animagus, choosing first to complete his Auror training before mastering the particularly difficult spell. As part of an exchange program of sorts, he has recent opted in to work alongside the USA's NYAW, in their Magical Law Enforcement department an exciting opportunity, however he must first earn his stripes by serving at the esteemed Dresden Academy. Not quite the excitement he expected, but as the exchange is intended for two years, or less - it is merely a process of having to work ones way up again from the rookie rungs.

Alistair Burke

Info: Louise 'Phoenix' Whitehorn