#obliviate task

[gillockhart]

PHYSICAL APPEARANCE:

Faceclaim: Hale Appleman

Height: 6′2″

Weight: Slim, lanky.

Eye color: Hazel.

Skin tone: Frequently tanned, depending on which corner of the globe he’s recently been. 

Hair color: Dark Brown.

Describe hairstyle: Luxuriously coiffed curls in carefully maintained disarray.

Grooming: Gilderoy is fastidious when it comes to his appearance, even the artful dishevelment he’s been rocking during his sabbatical is the kind achieved by many, many adjustments in the mirror. 

Distinguishing features: His towering height. The dimple in his chin. A gleaming, perfect smile. A long faded, silver, sickle-shaped scar across his kneecap. A scatter of moles down his right shoulderblade that somewhat resembles the constellation Cassiopeia. 

Tattoos: Tattoos are so terribly gauche, are they not?

Who do they take after? Himself. Nobody else is taking the credit for the hard work that went into his creation, thank you.

Left or right-handed? Left.

How do they dress? Expensive. If he had his way he’d be living his life like the Sun King in a nice pastel Rococo daydream, most days he simply settles for a great deal of silk and aggressively chic accoutrements. 

Any special accessories? If so, why are they special? Gilderoy isn’t overly sentimental but he is particularly fond of his rings, of which there are many.

Something that they always carry with them: An absurd ostrich feather quill, for autographs. A leather bound travel diary, mostly for appearances. A well-padded ego, impervious to almost any harm.

[alice-long-bottom]

Faceclaim: Aisha Dee 

Height: 5′3″

Weight: 120

Eye color: brown

Skin tone: golden brown

Hair color: black

Describe hairstyle: Alice’s head is full of a riot of curls that she absolutely loves. While she generally tames them into a puff or two for training or order work to be sure it doesn’t get in the way, but normally you will find her with untamed curls loose and free. 

Grooming: Alice may let her hair run wild and free, but she’s a clean girl who isn’t very fussy about appearances but takes pride in putting her best foot forward. 

Distinguishing features: Alice has a dark brown birthmark on her left hip she always joked it looks like a messy paint stroke. 

Tattoos: None

Who to they take after? Alice looks a lot like her mom, the shape of her face, her eyes and her smile are all distinctly reminiscent of her mom while her coloring and adventurous spirit come from her dad. 

Left or right-handed? Right-handed

How do they dress? Alice has an eclectic sense of style. When she’s at auror-training she’s happy to stick to robes and her uniform, but in her free time, she dresses in a mix of robes and muggle wear.  She’s always enjoyed the expression she feels like she has in muggle wear. She loves a cute little muggle dress when the mood strikes or the utility afforded in a great pair of jeans and a sweater. 

Any special accessories? If so, why are they special? You will never find Alice without her wedding rings. A vintage ruby ring with a simple band nestled next to it. No matter the task at hand it is never anywhere but on her.  

Something that they always carry with them: Instead of presenting her with a traditional watch on her with a watch on her seventeenth birthday her parents presented her with a special watch locket that her father had created for her and while it may not always be around her neck for fear of the chain breaking she always has it on her person, because  she feels like it keeps her connected with her family. 

[gryffinborn]

CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT TASK - PART ONE THE BASICS:

Full name: Lily Evans

Name origin: The Evans parents used flower names for both of their two daughters. This was not particularly due to a family tradition or any reason other than that Geraldine Evans liked the idea of connecting her two children to each other. She was always glad they were born so close in age because she never had any siblings and wished for a sister for a best friend. The girls’ closeness growing up delighted her, at least until it ended with a letter in green ink, carried by a bird. 

Name meaning: LILY: derives from the flower and can mean ‘PURE’, ‘PASSION’ and ‘REBIRTH’.  EVANS: a Welsh surname derived from the given name Evan, meaning ‘YOUNG WARRIOR’ 

Nickname: Evans, Lils

Nickname origin: Evans generally from James or the Marauders, Lils most often from Dorcas and the girls 

Do they like their nickname?: Evans always makes her grin as a reminder of their Hogwarts days. She generally likes it, because coming from the Marauders, it makes her feel like they’ve accepted her as one of them. Lils, she barely notices at this point but likes that it’s a sign of affection and teasing.

Age: 18

Birthday: 30 January 1960

Blood Status:  Muggle-born

Patronus: Doe

Boggart: Lethifold - these Dark creatures are highly aggressive and tend to attack people at night, as they sleep. Lily’s Boggart symbolises her fear of being defenceless and unable to act to protect those she loves, as well as her fear of Dark magic. (Also, being attacked when one is at home and feels safe, has their guard down - exactly how Lily and James end up dying). 

Wand Type: 10¼", Willow, Dragon heart-string

Sexuality: Heterosexual

Relationship status: Relationship with James Potter

Allegiance in the war: The Order of the Phoenix. Not only is her own existence threated by the war, but those of innocents. Lily is the type to stand against injustice, but also, personally, refuses to back down from a threat to herself. NO ONE tells her where she belongs or doesn’t belong, except for herself. 

[littlesparrowlost-blog]

Full name: Charlotte Marie Hightower

Name origin:  The name dates back to at least the 14th century. King Charles II of England had two illegitimate daughters with the name, the second wife of King Louis XI of France was Charlotte of Savoy, and Charlotte de Bourbon-La Marche (1388-1422) was Queen of Cyprus.

Name meaning:  Charlotte is a female given name, a female form of the male name Charlot, a diminutive of Charles. It is of French origin meaning "petite".

Nickname: Charlie, Char, Lottie, Lotte

Nickname origin:  Never really a fan of being called Charlotte, she herself chose to be called Charlie and much prefers it. 

Do they like their nickname?: It’s her preference.

Age: 22

Birthday: June 20th

Blood Status: Muggleborn

Patronus:  Sparrow – The sparrow may be small, but it’s an incredibly powerful Patronus. Sparrows are stronger in numbers, so the witch or wizard with a sparrow Patronus gets the benefit of multiple magical protectors. Visualize Hermione’s canary attack on Ron as a swarm of swirling sparrows, pecking Dementors to their doom. They are ever vigilant and some of the quickest Patronuses to appear when their caster is in need!

Boggart: Fire. Bearing scars from the eldest of her brothers, Charlie has an overwhelming fear of uncontrolled fire.

Wand Type: Acacia Wood, Pheonix Feather, 14′’, Very flexible

Sexuality: Bi-curious

Relationship status: Oh so intensely single. Charlie has never been on a date, had her first kiss, or anything of the sort. 

Allegiance in the war: Unaffiliated. 

[gillockhart]

THE BASICS:

Full name: Gilderoy Lockhart. Nothing else. Never anything else.

Name origin: Gilderoy: Celtic, Gaelic. Lockhart: Scottish, English.

Name meaning:  Gilderoy: Often listed as meaning "gilding of the king," but this is false. It's a variant of the Gaelic name Gilroy, and means "son of the red-headed." Lockhart:  Scottish: of uncertain origin, probably from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements loc ‘lock’, ‘bolt’ + hard ‘hardy’, ‘brave’, ‘strong’. English: occupational name for a herdsman in charge of a sheep or cattlefold, from Old English loc ‘enclosure’, ‘fold’ + hierde ‘herd(er)’.

Nickname: Gil, Gilly.

Nickname origin: An unfortunate side-effect of Gilderoy having worn people down enough that they refer to him with any affection at all.

Do they like their nickname?: He bears them with great dignity.

Age: 30.

Birthday: 26 January, 1948. Aquarius.

Blood Status: Halfblood.

Patronus: Raccon.

Boggart: A very ordinary, terribly familiar looking man he refers to as ‘Gerald.’

Wand Type:  9″, Cherry, Dragon Heartstring.

Sexuality: Pansexual.

Relationship status: Desperately in love with himself.

Allegiance in the war: Team Neutral.

[sinistraxlowe]

basics;;

full name: sinistra clare lowe.

name origin: the latin word sinistra originally meant left but took on meanings of evil or unlucky by the classical latin era. this double meaning survives in european derivatives of latin, and in the english word sinister.

name meaning: sinistra; the name of a star in the serpent bearer constellation, it is located in the right hand. / clare; clear, bright. / lowe; a prominent small hill, a barrow or burial mound.

nickname: sin.

nickname origin: naturally fell off her parent’s tongues, but kenneth is the one who made the nickname stick. because of its connotation, sinistra’s classmates and professors would use the nickname in various ways: with sarcasm and to make a point about sinistra’s actions. however anyone else used it, she was always kenneth’s sweetest sin.

do they like their nickname?: not anymore. thankfully she now runs in crowds that don’t typically use kitschy nicknames and instead use her much more pronounced, strong full name, sinistra.

age: thirty-three.

birthday: april 25, 1945.

blood Status: pureblood.

patronus: fox; associated with cunning, the fox has a place in many ancient cultures’ folklore. foxes are sometimes thought to be tricksters, leading the unsuspecting down a path of demise. the calculating fox can outwit its enemies with strategy and adaptability.

boggart: kenneth getting married.

wand type: wood; hawthorne. it has been generally observed that the hawthorn wand seems most at home with a conflicted nature. the wandmaker gregorovitch wrote that hawthorn ‘makes a strange, contradictory wand, as full of paradoxes as the tree that gave it birth, whose leaves and blossoms heal, and yet whose cut branches smell of death.’ / core; dragon heartstring. produce the most power and capable of the most flamboyant spells. tend to learn more quickly than other types. easiest to turn to the dark arts , though it will not incline that way of its own accord. also the most prone of the three cores to accidents, being somewhat temperamental. / length; 11 inches / flexibility; reasonably supple.

sexuality: heterosexual.

relationship status: single.

allegiance in the war: neutral / strong death eater ally.

[florencexknight]

physical appearance;;

faceclaim: camilla mendes

height: 5′3

eye color: brown

skin tone: olive skintone

hair color: jet black

describe hairstyle: florence isn’t one to worry about appearances, despite her knowing she is generally attractive. she doesn’t go out of her way to look a certain way. oftentimes, her hair is down and naturally wavy. she tries to tie it back when she’s at work, but it usually ends up falling down into its natural waves, leaving florence losing hair ties all over the place.

grooming: nothing to excess, unless it’s something of importance. she doesn’t often feel like she wants to impress anyone with her looks, but when she gets nervous about a situation or person she may be in the company of, she has the tendency to look in the mirror and fidget more out of anxiety than vanity.

distinguishing features: florence has the bedroom eyes to rival anyone. there have been people in the past who have gotten the wrong impression when she thought she was just being kind. when she was younger she wasn’t aware of how this appeared to people. it’s only now that she’s beginning to pick up on it when it’s not something she wants to be portraying.

tattoos: an elephant with an upright trunk on her left hipbone. 

who to they take after? if florence was asked this question directly, her face would fall and she would click her nails before saying, “no one.” because of how dejected her family made her feel once learning of her magic and everything “she had put her brother through,” she worked on finding herself on her own and with the company she kept throughout her years at hogwarts.

left or right-handed? right-handed.

how do they dress? normally brightly colored dresses and skirts. she can be caught wearing something more demure or racy depending on how she was feeling.

any special accessories? she doesn’t wear it so anyone can see it but her most prized possession is a locket with a picture of she and oliver as children. it’s also something she always has with her.

something that they always carry with them: her wand. her locket. her smile.

[florencexknight]

basics;;

full name: florence jane knight

name origin: the name is very english, just as florence’s family is. they made sure she and her twin were to embrace their roots. “no matter where you end up, england is always home,” they would say.

name meaning: florence; english for “to flower” / jane; english for “gracious and merciful” / knight; english for “serving lad”

nickname: knight. flo.

nickname origin: she earned knight at hogwarts and flo from home.

do they like their nickname?: being called her last name, knight, was something that happened to most of the students at hogwarts. in that context it always made her puff up. however, it is also used by those who don’t like her. it all depends on the tone being used. her family calls her flo and she hates it. it reminds her of the muggle phrase “aunt flo” and that’s not something she wants to be associated with so find something (anything) else to call her. in fact, she wants a new name, period. the last thing she needs is for her name to be a constant reminders of flowers since the loss of her brother’s relationship is so closely related to flowers blooming.

age: twenty-three

birthday: july 15, 1955

blood Status: muggleborn

patronus: elephant

boggart: her brother in a straight jacket

wand type: rowan wood; produce powerful, hard to break defensive charms and noted for its believed disassociation with the dark arts. it has become associated with the pure-hearted, though ollivander noted it can match or even outperform others in duels. / phoenix feather; learns most varied magic / 10 1/4″

sexuality: bisexual

relationship status: single

allegiance in the war: neutral