Angelique Reinhardt

[Angelique Reinhardt]

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Angelique Reinhardt
Gender: Female
Age: 36

Education: 
5 years at Durmstrang, 2 at Hogwarts (class of 1956)

Residence:
Undisclosed Location, English Countryside

Occupation:
Owns and Runs ''The Velvet Box'' (Wand Creation, Repair and Care shop in Knockturn)

Do you plan to have a connection to a particular existing place (example St Mungo's, the Ministry, Shrieking Shack) or to take over an existing shop in need of new management?
No.

Requested Magic Levels:

• Charms: 13
• Transfiguration: 8
• Divination: 10
• Summoning: 11

Do you wish to be approved as a group with any other characters? If so who and for what IC reason?
N/A

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
N/A

Biography: (300 words minimum.)
Since a very young age, Angelique was a very lonesome child, appreciating only Evangeline’s company since she was the closest to her in age. Her older brothers she only admired from afar, but rarely interacted with them, even if she had to. Not too much changed when she grew up. Still unmarried at her age and without kids of her own, she has found to be very fond of her nephew, her oldest brother’s son – Grey – whom is the only family member she gladly interacts since Evangeline’s death.

For first five years Angelique studied in Durmstrang and she found herself fascinated by wandlore and dark arts as subjects, giving them more of her attention and in time becoming a skilled duelist whilst still at Durmstrang. As the sixth year came, she transferred to Hogwarts and got sorted into Slytherin, her interest never wavering from wandlore.

Upon graduating from Hogwarts, she moved to Russia where she worked in a small wand shop, finding liking for the local wands that could cast more powerful dark magic. While working there also learned Russian.
After a few years in Russia, she finally returned to United Kingdom and bought a storefront in Knockturn Alley, creating The Velvet box, selling wands made after those she had worked with in Russia. But it was though competition, so she soon turned to offering custom accessories for wands, repairing wands and selling her work for a lower price than other wand shops. Creating this shop also strengthened her bond with Grey, who was first to buy a wand made by her.

Due to her shady shop with strong dark magic wands along with her reputation, Angelique has been a suspect of several missing person crimes, but never convicted. Those were the rumors that brought it up to her - that she turns people into rats and feeds them to her pet falcon. In reality she actually is unable to do that, but it keeps people away from annoying her, so she doesn’t approve nor deny them.

Despite her lack of bonding with the rest of the family, she tends to work as the socialite face of Reinhardt family when Grey asks her to represent their family in high class events.

 

Roleplay:
Reply as your character to the following:

Exceptional Characters

Characters wishing to be an auror, healer, or other character with more than the usual 32 magic levels should reply to the following RP scenario, not the usual one (above):
 
Mr. Grunch smirked as stepped into the shadows beneath the overhanging eaves at the side of the street. There was a sort of alcove here, where two buildings came together, and the wall was set back just a couple of feet to make space for a drain from the battered lead guttering. It made it difficult to see if anyone was standing there until you were almost on top of it, and the shape of the roof up above cast an almost permanent shadow even then.

There were a number of such places along Knockturn Alley and Mr. Grunch knew them all.

Seeing nobody was nearby, he quickly cast the concealment spell that would obscure his features, making him unrecognisable, just a blur beneath the cowl of his thick, but worn, robes. He knew his target, had identified them some time before, as they entered the Alley. He had shadowed them, discretely, and now, he knew, they were heading back out again, towards the safety of the better lit Diagon Alley.

He heard the footsteps approaching. This was it, then. Just before they reached the alcove, he stepped out suddenly in front of his target, wand raised and ready.

"Give me all yer galleons, and any jewellery yer got! Don't try to hide nothin', 'cos I'll know, right? Do it now!"

Roleplay Response:
Angelique locked up The Velvet Box in Knockturn as the day was coming to an end. It was a slow day, so she had no worry she might be locking out possible clients. Instead she decided to drop by at the bank in Diagon Alley to pick up some money from her vault and head out to do a bit of shopping. She was running short on Doxy Wings.

Dark green cloak over her shoulders, she walked out in the busy street of Diagon Alley when she realized she had forgotten the key to her vault. A small curse falling over her lips, she turned back and returned to her shop, but as she walked down the Alley, she was overwhelmed by the feeling someone was watching her. Sure, it was nothing all too unusual for Knockturn Alley, but never had it felt this way for more than few minutes whilst right now it was clear someone had watched her since she entered Knockturn Alley before.

Her long fingers slowly and carefully wrapping around her wand, she kept walking, counting numbers in her mind, creating misleading impression she wasn’t aware of this person in the shadows. As soon as a cloaked man stepped out in front of her, demanding all her riches, she shot him a smirk, pulling her want out in a swift motion and aiming it at the thief called ‘’Expelliarmus!’’ in the same time aiming a kick to their knee. Having disarmed the thief she didn’t stop, just catching their wand before looking back at the unlucky man who still tried to attack her ‘’ Stupefy’’ she lazily cast.

As her attacker was stunned, she just leaned close to him, pocketing his wand while pressing her own against his cheek ‘’wrong choice, darling~’’ she whispered before casting Incarcerous and tying the thief up.

Before leaving, she added, not even sure if the stupefied wizard would even hear her ‘’next time, I won’t go so easy on you’’
 

SHOPKEEPER QUESTIONS
Answer these questions only if you are applying to be a shopkeeper as well.

Shop name: The Velvet Box
Shop Description (200 words minimum): Angelique is a unique wandmaker around Brittan, she specializes in creating wands from uncommon and rare techniques and prefers to use wood and core types from the more exotic parts of the world, like Basilisk skin core and Sequoia. You wouldn't be able to find a basic wand in her store; her wands are very custom and desired by those who prefer a more unique wand. But along with unique wands you will also find accessories such as canes to fit your wand. Looking for someone to make you a unique accessory? It’s all about time and pay in which you’d like to fit the making of it and she’ll make you the desired item. The Velvet Box also offers engravings to wands.
But that’s not it. If you don’t wish to purchase a new wand or accessories, the shop also offers wand repairs, care and maintenance, may it be a new wand or a historical one. After work will be done, the wand will look as brand new and will be fit to cast quality spells for years to come.
Best part? It doesn’t matter how you lost your wand or damaged it. In The Velvet Box no questions are asked, creating complete privacy of customers.
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The shop you will find is a dark two-story building in the middle on Knockturn Alley with only simple trinkets in the display. Front room is stocked with shelves of wands in boxes and door to the back room. The back room is room for special clients. Second floor is off-limits and her personal space and also workshop where she works on her stock.
 

What purpose will this shop serve other than selling things and being the home of your character? Why would people want to RP there just for fun?
The Velvet Box offers a more discreet and new experience to finding the right wand for the right buyer, Angelique has a very strong reputation amongst the more shady wizards and witches in Knockturn alley. Her more custom 'wand enhancements' (carvings and such) give her store an extra RP opportunity.

Unlike most shops where the opportunity to try new wand is very limited, The Velvet Box occasionally offers tutoring of new students in the back room, if parents wish to pay for it. The tutoring is in any field of magic. Any.
In the back room you will find enchanted dummy for practice purposes.

Witches and Wizards of all ages, not just new students with the purchase of their first wand from this shop, may desire a more discreet location to test wands that defy the more traditional purposes.
 

OTHER
How did you find us? Other (Trough an existing member)

[Meriwether Throckmorton]

Accepted!