Post by Araelia Leighton on Sept 23, 2012 22:41:16 GMT -8
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Araelia Acacia Leighton
17. Anti-Slavery. Gryffindor. Seventh Year. Chaser. Quidditch Captain.
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ALIAS(ES): Ari, Lia, Beth
BIRTHDAY: June, 23, 1994
BIRTHPLACE: Cardiff, Wales
CURRENT: Winchester, Hampishire, UK
FAMILY:
• Mother: Maggie Leighton neé Campbell, 42. Pureblood. Fashion Designer / Boutique Owner.
• Father: Chalres Leighton, 46. Three-Quarter Blood. Accountant.
• Sister: Summer Leighton, 15. Seven-Eighth Blood. Student. 5th Year Slytherin.
• Uncle: Kevin Pennington, 50. Halfblood. Daily Prophet Reporter.
• Aunt: Christine Pennington neé Campbell, 47. Pureblood. Florist.
• Cousin: Liam Pennington, 27. Three-Fourth. Freelance Scientific Journalist.
Family tree
BLOOD: Seven-Eighth Blood
ORIENTATION: Bisexual
WAND: 8 3/4, Red Oak, Fairy Wings
DESCRIPTION: Araelia is about 5'6", about 115 lbs., athletically built, with more leg than torso. Long, wavy deep brown hair frames an oval face set with burnt honey colored eyes. She has a beauty mark on her left cheek and scars on her hands from playing Quidditch. She also has several scars on her upper thighs from a depression phase she went though several years ago.
Her usual manner of dress, when not in Hogwarts uniform, is very feminine, though she's not averse to wearing sporty male clothes once in a while. Earrings are her favorite piece of jewelry and she often wears a silver chain necklace from which hangs a clock, that also doubles as a compass.
PLAY-BY: Troian Bellisario
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PATRONUS: Doberman Pinscher, but it's not completely corporal
BOGGART: Her murdering the people she cares about
MIRROR OF ERISED: White picket fence, a house in the suburbs, dogs, children running in the yard.
HABITS: Araelia very constantly waves and says hi to people she knows, always with a smile. When scared, her hands flutter near her throat and her body hunches over a little, like she's trying to protect herself. Boredom makes her take on a fake sort of look; her smile becomes forced and doesn't quite reach her eyes and her movements and posture are stiff, though she won't say anything in order not to offend. She does have a sarcastic and biting side, brought out by anger and annoyance. Possibly by the fact that she knows quite a bit causes her sarcastic phrases to cut deep.
PET PEEVE: Bullying. Having to clean up after her sister. All the time. People who want the fish, rather than learn how to fish.
STRENGTHS:
• Motherly
• Kind to everyone
WEAKNESSES:
• Very easily loses interest with topics that don't affect her
• Quick temper with people who anger her, sometimes resulting in physical confrontation and sarcasm
• Kind to everyone
TRAITS:
Araelia's base personality is very nurturing. From a young age, she's been the caretaker of her friends, of her sister, of animals, and this carried on to her adolescent life. She tends to follow around fellow Gryffindors, mothering them, protecting them, playing the referee, and given her gentle nature, they let her, most of the time. The students from the other house find her easy to get along with, as she doesn't talk trash about other people. It is uncertain if she participates in the rumor mill, but she does seem to know a lot of random things, given that the younger students tend to tell her almost anything.
Araelia's not all feminine, though. She's competitive enough with her studies, actually competitive with herself, but especially with Quidditch. She takes Quidditch very seriously when it's training and game time. She does have a thorny side, contrary to her normal stature. When pushed just far enough, she'll snap your head clean off with her words, a trait she's learned from watching out for her younger sister all the time. This normally occurs when she's being taken advantage of too many times.
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BEST CLASS: Charms and Potions
WORST CLASS: Dark Arts
CLASSES TAKING: Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Charms, Dark Arts, DADA, Herbology, Magical Politics, Potions, Transfiguration.
GOAL: Araelia is a nurturing person and enjoys helping people, especially those who can't help themselves. Following this trait, she decided she wants to become a Wizarding Social Worker and Foster Mother, though her father wants her to follow in his footsteps.
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HISTORY:
Araelia Acacia (Grk for "thorny tree") Leighton was born June 23, 1994 to Maggie and Charles Leighton. Even though she was an only child, she wasn't brought up spoiled, rather spent her days picking flowers or playing tag with her cousin, Liam. Once her sister Summer, two years younger, was old enough to play with her, Araelia spent more time correcting Summer's actions than being a full part of whatever game or scheme Summer thought up, but Araelia never resented this.
Once at Hogwarts, she was sorted into Gryffindor, a decision that puzzled her until her second year, when she threw herself between a bully and a fourth year. This action earned her the respect of the upperclassmen, as well as made her recognize that she did hold qualities that were very lion-like. This action also caught the eye of one Ryder O'Callaghan.
Araelia knew Ryder from the Gryffindor Quidditch team, a sport she tried out for in her second year. Even though the decision seemed to go against her nature, she loved being a Chaser for the Quidditch team. There was that feeling of being free and uninhibited that she liked, as well as the challenge of exercising strategy and the opportunity to prover her physical prowess, how ever much she had, anyway.
It was her third year in Hogwarts that Summer had joined her but was sorted into Slytherin. Despite this, Araelia still kept an eye on her, forgetting House rivalries, and still cleaned up after her messes as much as she could. This annoyed her, but she never resented her sister, though at times they did have shouting matches in the halls that led to points being lost. As they got older, Summer and Araelia found themselves being more at war with each other, but at the end of their fights, they always find time to share peppermint cocoa in the Kitchens together. As time went on, these meetings became less frequent; their only interaction being that in the Great Hall and between classes.
She dated Ryder for a few years, drawn to him by his grief for his mother. They were almost inseparable. Towards the end of their relationship, Araelia began to realize that she was noticing females a lot more and in the same way she viewed Ryder. It confused her and she started to distance herself from him. In the end, though, she felt like she was betraying both of them and eventually broke it off. They were on uneasy terms at first, only pretending nothing was wrong during Quidditch training and matches. Eventually, they came to an easy friendship afterwards and she still teases him from time to time.
There was a period of time, somewhere between when she broke up with Ryder and the time they became friends again, that Araelia become horribly depressed and confused. She hid it as much as she could, so as not to disturb the other students, but in this repression, she took to cutting to release tension. It wasn't until Ryder found out, and a friendship restored that Araelia stopped. It was also after this period of time that Araelia became more empathetic, and perhaps, even more mother-like to her fellow students, starting now to take care of the other Houses, which was a tense agreement most of the time.
Now that she's halfway done with her last year in Hogwarts, Araelia's branching out, contacting wizards in the professions she finds useful. The terror that occurred over Winter Break at Hogwarts only reached her by word of mouth. She spends the end of December worrying over everyone's safety.
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NAME: Alice
EXPERIENCE: One year
CONTACT: Skype (deadlyposie09)
HOW'D YOU FIND US? Gemma
CHARACTERS: Lissianna Delacruz, Patrick Doyle, Summer Leighton, Jason Brandt, Elena Fairchild (NPC), Kristof Wilkinson (NPC), Artemis Deas (NPC)
ANYTHING ELSE? Name pronounced UH-RAY-LEE-AH