Emmeline Basics
ACTIO BELLICA RPG
► GENERAL INFORMATION
FULL NAME: Emmeline Vance
NICKNAME(S): Em or Emmy
AGE: 17
ZODIAC: Leo
DATE OF BIRTH: August 24th
SPOKEN LANGUAGE(S): English and enough French to order herself a croissant
HOUSE: Ravenclaw
YEAR: Seventh
BLOOD STATUS: Pureblood
AFFILIATIONS: Neutral. [Future: Order. Family: Death Eaters]
SEXUALITY: Pansexual
► APPEARANCE
HEIGHT: 5′3″
WEIGHT: Slim / 110 pounds
DOMINANT HAND: Right
HAIR COLOUR: Blonde
EYE COLOUR: Brown
SCARS: One on her knee from falling from a small height when she was younger
► BACKGROUND
HOMETOWN: Yorkshire, England
CURRENT RESIDENCE: Hogwarts castle, Scotland
FINANCIAL STATUS: Wealthy parents
PATRONUS: A fat cat
WAND: Unicorn tail hair , cedar wood, 11 1/4 inches, sturdy
POSITIVE TRAITS: Sympthatic, inclusive, clever
NEGATIVE TRAITS: Blunt, faithless, fervid
LIKES: Being with her friends, getting a rise out of Mack, reading, studying, hugs, and eating.
DISLIKES: Liars, authority figures who abuse their power, physical violence
► PAST
TW for death of a loved one & mentions of sex
Emmeline grew up as the only child to a cold and often distant family in Yorkshire, England. Her parents were exceptionally wealthy and the only other children Em knew growing up were also wealthy children, so she thought all families had the same luxuries she did. Both her parents came from prestigious Pureblood lineages and as such were often away from home representing the Vance family as benefactors for this charity event or that social event.
Emmeline was left alone with a nanny whom she had known since she was tiny and now considered to be more like family than her absent parents were. Her nanny was the woman who taught Em that it was good to have her own opinions and to always choose the right time to share them or to keep quiet. This helped Emmeline a lot when she was growing up.
When she was thirteen her nanny passed away suddenly, leaving Em feeling like she’d lost the only guardian who cared about her. She was forced to remain stoic about the passing in front of her parents who didn’t take kindly to weakness. It was possibly from this event that Emmeline now refuses to hide her feelings or feel as terrible about something as she did when she was forced to suppress her grief.
She was fifteen years old when she realised that she was attracted to more than just men and she spent a solid year questioning herself, her sexuality, and the validity of her sexuality for almost a full year. When she was finally comfortable with her sexuality and the label pansexual, she decided to tell her best friend. Then came the experimenting. But what she never did was tell her parents; she knew that would not have gone down well at all.
Questioning her sexuality also brought into question her beliefs. She found she no longer cared about the importance of blood purity like her parents did, and she couldn’t give a toss whether or not she was in the right circles. She was upset to realise that it had taken this long for her to question her families ideals and values, especially when she was friends with so many people who had muggleborn and half-blood backgrounds. She was ashamed, to say the least. But distancing herself from her families beliefs wasn’t the same as publicly denouncing them. She isn’t quite ready to let go of the money, status, and power the Vance family name comes with.
Then came the news that would change everything for her. She was betrothed. Her parents had arranged between themselves and the Yaxley family for her to be married off, probably at the earliest convenience.The only problem? Mack and Em hated each other. They were constantly trading barbs in the halls, rolling their eyes when the other answered a question in class, laughing if the other got hurt, making crude nicknames up for one another to humiliate. The fact that they’d hooked up once the year before and had incredibly intense hate sex had absolutely nothing to do with how annoyed Em was about this betrothal. Nothing at all.
► NOTES
Emmeline is known to be an incredibly gifted witch (canon). She excels in her classes and is a natural at charms.
She can produce a corporeal patronus
Em is currently learning the art of wandless magic. It has always fascinated her so she’s teaching herself.
She is a highly adept and accomplished flyer (canon), though she refuses to play for her house team because she doesn’t like contact sports
Emmeline can use her wand whilst flying, which is a hard feat to accomplish (canon)