Isabella Shannon O'Conner {Elsewhere-->Castle]

[Isabella OConner]

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Name: Isabella Shannon O’Conner

Birthday: September 1, 1932 

Hometown: Cairo, Egypt, but lives next to Godric Park, Hogsmeade

Bloodline:
Pureblood

Magical Strength (pick one):
Conjuring & Summoning

Magical Weakness (pick one):
Transfiguration

Year (pick two): 4, 5

Biography:
Isabella was named after her mother, great-great grandmother, and great grandmother.  It has always been very common in her family that children are named after relatives, and Bella was no exception.  She was the first child of Connelly and his wife Heather, and was born on September 1, 1932.

Connelly, Isabella’s father, is the youngest sibling of Irene, and as a result had no chance of ever becoming the Head of the O’Conner Don clan, so he was free to pursue what he loved the most-learning about magical history, magical anthropology, and magical architecture. He has always been interested in the muggle equivalencies of those subjects as well, but he was always very good at keeping that to himself, so he wouldn't become disowned by his family.

However, unlike most O’Conner Don members, Isabella was not born at the family manor in Connacht.  Rather, she was born abroad in Egypt while her parents were working with a team of wizarding anthropologists as junior members at numerous dig sites. 

Her parents both were always fascinated with ancient wizarding culture and history, and both knew each other long before their Hogwarts days, where both were Ravenclaws.  The two were drawn to one another with their common interests in history, art, anthropology, and architecture and dated one another while at Hogwarts even though Connelly was three years older.  When Connelly graduated, he first went to Italy for some further study in wizarding history, and kept in touch with his girlfriend Heather.

When she graduated, three years later, the two arranged to go to Cairo to further their studies, and it was there they got married.  Connelly’s family was not happy that he had decided to get wed away from the family manor, but they eventually forgave him when they saw how happy he was there, abroad with his young wife and their first child, Isabella.

They remained there, in Egypt, just outside of Cairo all the way until 1938 when the threat of a world war seemed imminent. Even though the couple was based in Egypt, the two traveled to many different countries with their children where new dig sites were started, as requested by the Egyptian Wizarding government, and eventually Connelly became the leader of his own wizarding anthropology team.  His wife never left his side, and he made sure, whatever team he was assigned to, she was assigned with him because family is nearly everything, and he couldn't bear the thought of being away from his wife and children. 

As a result, Isabella and her two younger siblings (Heather and Connelly, Jr.) have been to places many people could only imagine visiting.  They have been to China, Japan, Egypt, Greece, and Italy, just to name a few.  Since there were very few kids their age at the dig sites, the three of them became incredibly close and always watched out for one another.  Loyalty to one another, knew no bounds.  The three have always been inseparable, but as a result of there being very few children their ages at various dig sites, the three of them suffer in socialization skills when it comes to children their age.  The three of them tried to befriend local children, muggle and wizarding ones alike, but their parents were always extremely protective of them, and leery of them doing so, so their contact with locals was always incredibly monitored.

Growing up, since the three of them were in numerous countries at so many different dig sites, Isabella, Heather, and Connelly were always tutored by their parents, or fellow dig site team members. They learned the basics, but a majority of their education was spent on Charms, History, Defensive Magic (you never knew what curses there might be lurking on various artifacts at dig sites), Potions, Herbology/Botany (so they knew what they could eat and use in case of ever getting separated from the team in the wilderness in an emergency situation), and Cultural Traditions of the locals. Very little time was ever spent in teaching them etiquette, math, the arts, and writing, so when you compare them to most fellow upper-class purebloods, the three of them appear to be almost roguish. Isabella, being the oldest, has always been a mother figure of sorts to her siblings, because her mother, was always away at dig sites with her husband. 
 
When the threat of war was looming, Heather, Connelly, and their now three children gave up what they had in Egypt to come back to the United Kingdom, where they were closer to relatives, because anyone who knows the O’Conner Don sept knows that family is almost everything.  When they came back, Connelly decided to buy a moderate house right off of Godric Park from the proceeds he had received from selling their home just outside of Cairo and landed a job in the British Ministry of Magic’s Department of Mysteries where he was tasked with deciphering and counteracting curses of numerous ancient artifacts, so more about the ancient past can be discovered, and applied to modern-day society to help better the life of all wizarding folk.

One day, when his children are older, his wife and him hope to go back to field work where they can uncover more about the past.  Both have missed the travel and excitement of the dig sites and unraveling riddles of the past, so ever since their return, Isabella’s parents have become stir-crazy, and it has also shown up in their children behaviors, too.  However, both know that right now, since all of their children are fast approaching Hogwarts age, or already there, it is imperative they stay put for now so that their children might be able to become more well-rounded in both mannerisms and education. 

Isabella has been at Hogwarts for three terms now, but as expected, still suffers from a lack of socialization skills when it comes to children her age, and has not made a lot of friends. Isabella still harbors a fair amount of animosity toward her parents right now because of the fact they moved back to the United Kingdom, away from the thrills of various dig sites from around the world. Isabella isn't a huge fan of Hogwarts at the moment and wishes she could go back to Egypt for schooling because she is so fascinated with the long standing history and the mythology of ancient Egypt. At Hogwarts, besides Quidditch and being around her younger siblings, she has buried herself in her studies, even though she has been known to tune out during lectures occasionally, because she is unhappy there. The one good thing about her being at Hogwarts, in her mind, has been the fact that there are countless places to explore, to help keep Isabella’s wanderlust at bay for right now.  She has enjoyed playing Quidditch, and has taken a likening to volunteering at the Hogsmeade Childrens’ Home when she can during breaks. 

This is because she has a strong mothering instinct in her for those she cares about (which came from taking care of her younger siblings while abroad), and even though she comes from an elitist family, she feels badly for the muggleborn orphans, who have no parents.  She can't imagine what that must be like, so she volunteers at the orphanage when she can.

Her family has always been everything to her, so she wants to make the orphans feel better and that they aren't necessarily alone even though they might think so.  It is more pity she feels for them rather than compassion, probably, but she doesn't care about that.  It makes Bella feel good, so it is worth it.

When the Hexenreich came to Hogwarts, honestly Bella paid little or no attention to them.  She never has considered the United Kingdom her home or any part of it, so honestly, she could care less who runs it as long as it doesn't make her parents upset.  And as of right now, neither one don't really care.  If anything, if things got really bad, it might mean that Isabella and her family will go back to Egypt, and never come back to the United Kingdom again, except for family reunions and events in Connacht, Ireland. And that would suit Bella, just fine.  Does she approve of the fact that a student got killed?  No, but it never has really impacted her much as she never paid much attention to that Birch girl in the first place.  She never had any reason to do so.
 

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Personality:
Bella, when it comes to people she likes and cares for, has a very strong, mothering, and protective instinct directed toward them.  However, the opposite is true if you end up on her bad side.  Typically, Bella tolerates a fair amount, but if you betray her in any way, or she can't seem to find a positive trait that you possess in her mind, she will do everything she can to make your life miserable without getting caught if possible.  The same thing would happen too if you hurt her siblings in any way, shape, or form.  Normally, Bella is typically pretty quiet, but when she gets nervous, she does have a tendency to ramble sometimes. 

Bella has been known to tune out during lectures occasionally in classes. This happens even though she is determined to do well in them. But as expected, even with the best of intentions, her attempts are not always successful. She has been known to read a book that fascinates her during a lecture, or sketching or drawing the amazing things she has seen in her travels with her parents being both magical archaeologists instead of take notes if the topic doesn't fascinate her. 

She is an intelligent girl, when she applies herself, and is mesmerized by ancient culture's mythologies, architecture, and accomplishments that she inherited from her parents.  She tries to see the best in everybody, when first meeting them, but as expected, is not always successful in doing so.  She loves traveling, exploring, and is fiercely competitive when she plays Quidditch. She has a fierce wanderlust that is hard for her to contain.  Bella is so used to traveling to exotic and far off places, being stuck at Hogwarts and in the United Kingdom is as dull as a complicated Transfiguration lecture that makes no sense to her.  Bella is determined to do well overall, but holds a grudge against her parents for moving to the United Kingdom from Egypt.

Bella can be the nicest person in the world if she trusts you, or if she considers you to be in possession of some positive and/or useful traits, but if not Bella can be extremely mean-spirited toward you. There is really no in-between with Bella, other than except she might completely ignore you if she doesn't think you are worth the time either way.  Honestly, she values you or some of your traits, and likes you because of them, or she doesn't. It isn't hard to tell which column you fall in. 

She does want to have a family, and be a decent mother and wife, but at the same time Bella wants to have a successful and exciting career like her mother does, so she harbors a fair amount of ambition.  Bella is not one for elaborate parties and social events, but will go to them if it will help her to make connections so that she can have a decent career while still being a good mother and wife.

Appearance:
Bella has blue eyes that she inherited from her great grandmother Shannon, and long, wavy, blonde hair that she inherited from her mother.  Her hair reaches all the way down to the middle of her back, and is a stark difference to most O’Conner Don females with their brilliant red hair. She loves lacy and frilly things for the most part, and is very girl when it comes to her dress, even though more often than not, a dress or her stockings ends up with a few holes or rips from her explorations. Bella typically wears her hair down, but sometimes it is in a French braid with a ribbon.  Even though she spent most of her life growing up in Egypt, her skin is very fair, and can burn relatively easily if left unprotected.

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Option 2

Bella liked animals.  Really she did, but their owners, well that was either a hit or a miss, and in the case of Hugh, it was the farthest miss you could possibly get.  That boy was as annoying as, well, the cold winters at Hogwarts.  He was a mess, plain and simple, and honestly as much as Bella tried, she didn't see a single positive trait in that boy. 

He was incredibly irresponsible, especially with that rat of his, and honestly, Bella wondered if the boy possessed a brain at all, even though he was older than Bella.  If you couldn't keep track of a bloody rat, then you had no right to yield a wand.  Magic could be dangerous when not used by responsible people like her parents, and if you couldn't keep track of a stupid rat, then who knew what stupidity would emerge from your wand. 

It wasn't THAT hard to take care of animal.  Just look at Bella and her siblings.  They had three dogs, one dog for each for Connelly, Heather, and herself, that helped keep them entertained while at dig sites and out of the way of her parents and their archaeological team, two cats, to help fend off mice that might want to raid food stashes while camping near dig sites, and an owl to keep in touch with relatives and friends while off at remote locations, and every single one of them was healthy as can be, and minded.  You just needed to take the time, and have enough patience to actually train and practice with them.  Apparently that Hugh kid never had enough sense to actually try that because that rat was ALWAYS all over the place.

So needless to say when Isabella saw the idiotic, though older student than her, frantically looking for that rat of his amidst a bed of flowers, even in spite of obvious allergies, she snickered.  You'd think that he'd have learned by now that the rat SHOULD be contained in a container or something if you couldn't get him to mind. 

Apparently Hugh never had heard of common sense.  As a result, when Bella swore she saw the rat bolt off in the complete opposite direction of Hugh, she didn't say a word.  She was actually rather enjoying the disgusting spectacle the older boy was making of himself by wiping his nose with his sleeves.  It served him right for being such an idiot.  When Hugh apparently did finally notice Isabella, and tried to act all high and mighty by condemning staring, Bella rolled her eyes and replied coldly.

“It isn't polite to dig in a garden that doesn't belong to you like a rabid, untrained dog or hellhound either, genius. Or to wipe snot all over your sleeves. There is a thing called a handkerchief you know. That and have you ever heard of a summoning charm, super boy genius. For someone older than me, you are really lacking in the common sense category, aren't you?”


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Please list any characters you have on the site (current and previous): Irene Cecily O’Conner, Kynan O’Conner, Sanja Waldemar, etc.

How did you find us?: Been part of the site off and on since late 2000

[Anneka Ivanova]

Miss O'Conner,

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

Term begins 01 January 2016. 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