Application for Hogwarts School
→ CHARACTER INFORMATION.Name: Emerson Rowe
Birthday: August 1
Hometown: Barton-on-Sea, England
Bloodline: Muggleborn
Magical Strength (pick one):Conjuring & Summoning
Magical Weakness (pick one):Divination
Year (pick two): Third, Second
Biography:A lot of things were thought of as impossible.
Renewable energy - but then ingenuity harnessed the wind, sea, and sun. Human flight - but then we landed on the moon. A poor fisherman eloping with the rich heiress - but then you had Emerson’s doting parents.
Magic? Just maybe.
The youngest child of a large family, Emerson thought the friendly witch who appeared at their doorstep with a wand and a cape was another elaborate scheme from his siblings. It wouldn’t have been the first and Emery doubted it would be the last. It would’ve made for the most exciting birthday present without question though, and at first he was eager to find the mastermind to congratulate them.
However, the witch was persistent and all of his siblings seemed equally surprised, from level headed Henrietta to playful Lucas, and his parents besides. Emerson slowly grew interested, marvelling at this hidden world that the witch described. An entire society woven through their mundane society, with schools, and banks, and sports.
His family travelled often enough there was a world map in the living room with pins of every place they had visited. And this was an entire world none of them had ever stepped foot in, a pin that would be entirely his to place.
After begging his parents to let him go, Emerson was finally allowed to race straight through the door into the magical world. The whirlwind of his first lessons and time in Hogwarts was filled with battling broomsticks, asking any and every question that occurred to him, and writing extensive letters back home to his siblings - complete with moving photos if he could convince an upper year to develop them.
It was when his siblings asked him about where Hogwarts really was and sent a map of the UK along with the request, that Emery grew interested in the nuances of cartography in the magical world. With buildings that could disappear, Unplottable locations, and entire alleys that opened up in the backyard of a pub, it seemed nigh impossible to create a true world map that would blend both muggle and magical.
Isn’t it handy he loves a bit of impossible?
→ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.House Request: please not Hufflepuff Sorting Hat
Personality:Generally cheerful and curious, Emerson enjoys being around others and being outside. Quick to smile, Emery can often be overly dramatic to make others laugh, a trait he has learned is the best way to balance multiple siblings. Curious almost to a fault, Emery asks a lot of questions and has a way of finding himself in places he shouldn’t be.
Appearance:Emery has brown eyes and hair long enough it constantly is tied up in a messy ponytail or bun. His friends and family have threatened to cut it multiple times but he manages to escape the scissors.
→ SAMPLE ROLEPLAY.Option I:The dungeons. A place eleven-year-old Evangeline had not yet travelled since her arrival at Hogwarts.
A place she really was just fine with not knowing; but it was too late. The dare had been accepted, even if it had been done in fear of being kicked out of Gryffindor, like the older girls had said she would because Gryffindors were supposed to be brave.
The air changed instantly when she hit the main corridor of the dungeons. The dampness was almost too much for her and she instinctively took a deep breath to avoid the sensation of being suffocated. There was also a sour burning smell which Evangeline assumed was from many, many Potions lessons.
Further and further she walked, her steps so slow and gentle they made no noise against the stone walls and floor. The feeling that she wasn't alone crept up her spine and raised the tiny hair on the back of her neck. Shivering, Evangeline wrapped her arms around herself. Suddenly, she missed the warmth and comfort of the Gryffindor common room. The fire was always going and it made her feel at ease.
Why had she let those girls talk her into this? She was only eleven, she didn't have to be brave. Surely the Headmistress would not kick her out of Hogwarts for not being brave.
If only she had these thoughts while being dared to search for the ghost of one Emma Birch, whom supposedly haunted the dungeons. It was not, Evangeline had learned, the place where the sixteen-year-old girl's life had ended but as she had been from the house with a snake as its mascot, it was the place her spirit had returned to. That common room was down here somewhere, she'd been told.
Something - the small blonde girl wasn't quite sure what - but something made her stop in her tracks suddenly. There was a low, dull thumping noise. Or maybe that was her heart beating so loudly she thought it was coming from outside her body.
"H-h-hello?" Her voice was barely above a whisper.
Remembering that she was supposed to be brave, Evangeline tried again.
"Hello! Is Emma Birch here?"
The sound of her own words bouncing back at her off the walls made her jump.
Roleplay Response:The dungeons were cold, but Emery was used to the chill spray of the seawater no matter what time of year it was, so what was a little dungeon chill? Except, the seawater was friendly and soothing, and the dungeons were dark and unknown.
“The unknown isn’t scary,” Emerson said aloud, just as his eldest sister would say, though the echo off the walls made him question his resolution. Shaking his head, he straightened his shoulders and strode forward more confidently.
Until a new voice called out from the dark.
Jumping back, Emerson’s head thudded against the cold wall, and his hiss of pain was the only answer to the second prompt.
“Sssh!” he said when he finally gathered himself, rubbing the back of his head with one hand and lifting his wand with the other. A beacon of light sprouted from the top to illuminate the pair of intrepid adventurers, though Emerson looked a bit sheepish to see such a young student had shaken him.
“You’re looking for her too?” he asked, mustering up a smile to cover his embarrassment.
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