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Hera Conyngham:




Application for Hogwarts School

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Name: Hera Conyngham

Birthday: 31st of October

Hometown: Isle of Man

Bloodline: Halfblood

Magical Strength (pick one): Transfiguration

Magical Weakness (pick one): Charms

Year (pick two): Fourth, Fifth

Biography: From her very first days, Hera’s life had been one of proverbial masks and subtext. Of a lineage proud of high birth and magical blood. A long-lived line, traceable back through time periods in which men grew mutton-chop sideburns, when nobility ruled, when the concept of divorce lawyers was still but a twinkle in the Devil’s eye, and when the honourable Mr. Whats-his-name justly killed the Muggle hordes in the year wheneverhundred and sixty-three. Raise wineglass, salute, mark it on the family tree.

This was a Conynham’s pride. For most Conynghams.

Hera and her immediately family, however, were allowed no such pride. They were “Redcliffs”.

Hera Redcliff Conyngham grew up in the presence of cold, quiet, restrained luxury. Her parents of conservative values communicated clear love in a general sense but were rarely physically affectionate, and never explicitly inspirational or encouraging. It was an “of course” love between parents and child. But, despite ostensible politeness from extended family, it didn’t take many years into childhood before Hera became aware of the awkward bulk each pleasantry was spoken around. The presence of an elephant in the room.

Overheard arguments and unmuzzled disdain eventually named the beast.

“Redcliff”.

One of Hera’s great-grandparents had been a giant.

As far as inner-family politics were concerned, that branch of the family tree was locked in quarantine, separate from the rest, and marked with the middle name of “Redcliff” - a reference to the giant’s supposed clan or home area, Hera wasn’t sure - for everyone descended from the tainted blood, for twelve secret, shamed generations. This was the agreement in exchange for being allowed to remain in the tree.

Conynghams, but not Conynghams.

In truth, it was partly self-preservation on their part. No one could openly disavow the Redcliffs without leaking why. Now, with Hera appearing passably all-human, in the presence of no suspicions about such things, the elder Redcliff-Conynghams see a path to redemption.

(Special power application sent to admin for the family history)

→ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Note: This section is optional, and is up to you to complete.

House Request: Slytherin

Personality: Socially speaking, Hera is a haughty traditionalist. Self-centered, and so mindful of her family’s history of using neglect as a weapon or bargaining chip that she unconsciously views the ability to enact isolationism as a form of power in itself. As a teenager, though, Hera still lacks much social control, which causes feelings of powerlessness in a broad sense. Lost power that she feels a need to reclaim via what small circles she can control. While not proactively aggressive, she is possessive and her various insecurities can draw out a zealous sense of survival. Self-preservation is Hera’s strongest impulse.

Appearance:
Pale skinned and dark-haired. Hera is tall for her age, generally slender but broad-shouldered. Wide eyes, positioned slightly further apart from the bridge of the nose than is usually seen, and lady-like in posture. She could almost be believed to have been constructed to have specific "exotic, modelesque" physical properties... All qualities that, in Hera's mind, mark her as too different from what nature might expect from a girl.


→ SAMPLE ROLEPLAY.
You come across one of these posts on the site. Please select one & reply as your character. Remember, you can only roleplay your own character's actions, not Evangeline's or Hugh's.

Option I:

The dungeons were a favoured loitering area for older students - like Hera, a grown-up really - because non-Slytherin children tended to avoid the space for fear of Prefects, or even more silly bogeymen.

Truthfully, some of its hallways smelled rancid and the lighting failed to show off one’s shoes. But it did show off earrings well. She had long since resigned herself to the reality that schooling in an actual castle was less fairytale fantasy and more the ultimate manifestation of an old person's creepy, smelly home.

The old people had a nice flower garden though.

Hera stood beside a wall with another girl. A housemate, facetious but pliable. And, wonderfully, the girl listened more than she talked. 

"H-h-hello?" A voice echoed in the dark.

Hera twisted her shoulders to look around behind her. Further down the corridor was a small blonde girl. Probably a lost first year. Children, thought Hera, quickly becoming her grandmother, should keep to their toy boxes.

"Hello! Is Emma Birch here?"

Conyngham rolled her eyes and returned her attention back to the girl beside her. "So, anyway," she said, "back to me."


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Anneka Ivanova:


Miss Conyngham,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Term begins 01 January 2017. Currently, students have gathered at Camp Loki. Your admission is joint for both the school and Camp Loki, and we encourage you to spend your summer there. Should you choose, you may also visit our Elsewhere board via the Floo Network to visit or purchase school supplies. We look forward to seeing you at the Castle.

Sincerely,


Headmistress

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