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Etain Marie O'Brien

    (07/04/2017 at 05:59)
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Application for Hogwarts School




→ CHARACTER INFORMATION.

Name: Étaín Marie O'Brien

Birthday: 4 June 1939

Hometown:Hogsmeade

Bloodline: 
Pureblood

Magical Strength (pick one):
Conjuring & Summoning

Magical Weakness (pick one):
Divination

Year (pick two): 1st, please.  I'll have to wait another year for her to be a 2nd year.

Biography: 
Étaín was born the daughter of Maeve O'Brien-Draginoff and Demetri Draginoff. She's never met her father, and truthfully, doesn't even really know who he is. She knows she must have a father somewhere, or she wouldn't be there. If she asked, she would probably be told that she didn't need to worry about it, or that her mother would explain everything when she was older.

Her mother has been an Auror for as long as she can remember. As such, she spends most of her time with her sister, Ashling, and her brother, Seamus, both of whom are grown, but still prefer to keep Maeve and little Étaín company. She knows they're actually her cousins, but that her mother took them in because she wasn't the sort to let any members of her family suffer, even if they were from a part of the family that had purposefully distanced themselves from the rest.

This has resulted in her spending quite a lot of time with the orphans of the Children's Home. Even though she has a mother, she can sort of relate to the children at the Home, because her mother is gone more often than not. She's figured out that's why Ashling chose to work there too.

Spending time with Seamus is a horse of a different color. She doesn't get to go with him as often, but when she does, he takes her out for ice cream and they play and have lots of fun. She knows that he's part of the Wise-in-gam-moot….whatever that is, and can only figure that they must get a lot of days off. Other than that, she doesn't really know what he does with his time. Only that sometimes he says it's not a good idea for her to tag along.


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

House Request: Slytherin

Personality: Étaín's a smart cookie. She's figured out a lot of things that her mother probably doesn't think she knows. She's fairly well grounded, and has figured out that hopes and dreams are only ideas, but it's actions that get a person ahead in life. It's actions that define who we are. That hasn't kept her from being a typical little kid, but she learns very quickly which buttons get her what she wants, and which ones get her in hot water. She's learned how to turn certain situations to her advantage, and when not to press her luck, which has lead to more than one occurrence in which she has gotten what she wanted, only to be asked how she managed to convince them to give it to her after the fact. This is most often the case with treats.

Appearance: Like nearly all O'Briens, Étaín has red hair and hazel eyes. She likes her eyes, because they tend to change with her mood. She is somewhat short of stature, but she makes up for it with attitude. Her face claim is Caitlin Blackwood.

→ SAMPLE ROLEPLAY.
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She was new here, just like every other first year, and she was every bit as curious. It seemed like no one game much thought to a Slytherin walking around the dungeons, but the fact of the matter was that she wasn't entirely sure that she was supposed to be outside the Common Room at all right now.

Sometimes rules were a little vague.

And sometimes they were made to be broken.

Not knowing if it was against the rules to be outside of your dorm meant that it was prudent to remain unseen. Which was why the sound of footsteps in the main corridor of the dungeons sent Étaín ducking into the shadows as quickly and quietly as her cloak would allow.

From her hiding spot, the Irish girl watched as a blonde accented in the scarlet and gold of Gryffindor passed her. What was a lion cub doing here in a den of snakes? The opportunity was simply too good to pass up. Her mother, and both of her older siblings had been pranksters at one time or another, and the girl had learned a long time ago that the call of her blood was not one to be ignored. Even if Ashling and Seamus weren't her siblings by birth, they were still her cousins by blood.

Étaín padded along after the girl, but she must have scuffed her shoe or accidentally kicked a pebble. Even the smallest sounds echoed against the stone walls that surrounded the two girls. She froze as the blonde stopped, clearly startled by something.

For a moment, the little snake wondered if the older students who had dared this little lion to come down here, (for why else would a Gryffindor be past the swimming pool when there was no Potions class to sit through,) were watching. Pride and territory overrode such concerns, and a slim, wicked sort of grin slid onto her lips as the red head moved to lean against one of the stone arches of the passage, her arms crossed over her chest.

She listened as the girl hesitantly called out, and then steeled her courage and directly addressed the ghost of Emma Birch. So that had been what she had been dared to do? Find the ghost of a 7th Year Slytherin who had, rather heroically, given her life in an attempt to thwart the Hexenreich.

This little blonde had some guts, even if she didn't sound like it.

"What are you doing in my dungeon?" Étaín's matter-of-fact tone left little argument for the blonde, at least in the red-head's own opinion.

"You shouldn't be here, you know," She continued, sounding somewhat bored of the whole idea of there even being a Gryffindor in this part of the Castle. As though they thought it was some act of bravery, when the students of her house figured they simply didn't like the dark and dank atmosphere that the dungeons tended to carry.

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Please list any characters you have on the site (current and previous): Charlotte Cavendish,  Maeve O'Brien, Ashling O'Brien, Seamus O'Brien, Andromeda Sorin

How did you find us?: I've been here a while.

* Anneka Ivanova

    (09/04/2017 at 16:16)
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(Just a reminder not to assume Etain will be a Slytherin just because you requested it and wrote it in her RP sample!)



Miss O'Brien,

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

Term begins 01 May 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
and if I'm flying solo, at least I'm flying free
to those who ground me, take a message back from me
tell them how I am defying gravity

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