Hogwarts School: A Harry Potter RPG

THE BASICS
Name: Vane Kattalakis.

Former Character's Name (if you had one): Nicholas Yandel, Jayden Nichole Watson, Kaminari Chang, Among others


CHARACTER DETAILS
House Request:
*** Ravenclaw – Vane has always been the smart kid, the go to person of his family to solve mysteries or issues regarding certain things. He loves to spend time in his father’s library. Vane enjoys any type of subject as long as it helps to make him smarter and wittier. He feels that having facts over a situation is far better than going in blind without any proof of redemption.

Year:  5th, 6th


Bloodline:
Pureblood

Magical Strength (pick one):
Transfiguration

Magical Weakness (pick one):
Conjuring & Summoning

Biography:

June 1958 4pm…(What do you mean you are an animagus?) Nikitta said to the man she had fell in love with. (Baby, I meant to tell you soon I was not going to hide this from you) Max answered the woman that held his heart in her hands. (I can’t do this Max I can’t I thought you were just a wizard but an animal, no I can’t) she was crying desperate hoping this was just a dream. But it wasn’t she stood in front of his home shaking because she had come over to tell him she was pregnant only to be told that he was a flea carrying mongrel. Nikitta was disgusted and decided to turn around and rethink her life. (Nikki please think of our baby he needs both of us) She shook her head and ran as fast as her legs would take her. Max stood in the porch for hours hoping she would return  and it took all of him not to collapse on the floor and cry. The woman he loved with everything he had and who was his child’s mother had left him.

Nine months later a nurse walked in the hospital room that housed Nikitta with her child to find Nikitta missing and the child still in the cubicle with a note stuck to his blanket; I can’t care for this child do as you wish with it, the father has the money for him if he wants it Max Kattalakis lives at…..The note was short and to the point Vane’s mother had abandoned him at St. Mungos. The nurse looked at the tiny face and wept for him, she picked him up and gave the note to an elf to find his father. Max had been pacing all day trying to focus on his work when the door bell rang, he counted the months and knew that sometime soon his child would be born and he was in the assumption that Nikitta would return to him with their child little did he know that this was far from reality.

Max walked in the hospital with some sort of hope that she would be there but when the nurse walked up with a bundled of sheets his heart sunk. (Mr. Kattalakis this is your son Vane, he was born March 11th 1959) Max reached for the tiny little human that was wrapped in baby blankets to find that he had the cutest dimples, tiniest hands and finest black hair he had ever laid eyes on. (Where is his mother?) the nurse shook her head and handed him the note, when Max read it he crumpled it and put it in his pocket. He looked at his son and reached for his tiny fist and right there and then he made his son a promise (I will never leave you Vane and I will never let your mother take you from me ever.) He said as he walked out of the hospital as a father. As the years went by Vane and his father grew closer and closer and when Vane had just turned 6, his father got married to Lorraine Nikolai. Vane had been part of their courtship most of the time because Max his father wanted to make sure Lorraine understood who Vane was in Max’s life. But Vane adored his new stepmother.

At the age of 9 his little sister Juliana was born and Vane became the best big brother that little girl would ever have. He was helpful with Juliana and his parents loved that he was so dedicated with her and gentle and never jealous of her. He had no need Lorraine gave him the same love he had lacked from a mother figure for over six years and in fact he never asked about who was his mother. Vane knew her name because that was one thing his father never kept from him, but as a child he was Vane couldn’t understand why his real mom had abandoned him as if he were trash and for that he would be forever angry.  Vane had been homeschooled for a while since his father had wanted Vane to enjoy his new mother since for six years he had been deprived of one. Also his fear of Nikitta coming back had him extending what should have been only 1 term away from the school. After 15 years of Nikitta never showing up Max decided he could go to Hogwarts at the age of 15.

On the summer before he was allowed to go to school he had been running around chasing his little sister to tickle her. At six years of age Juliana was his life and for her he would give the world to anyone. As he went to catch her the door bell rang, Vane grabbed her by the waist “Got you, you sneak” his sister let out a screech of delightfulness and giggled as he opened the door. “May I help you?” the woman standing in front of him had the blondest hair he had ever seen, she had blue eyes like his and was beautiful  much like his mother Lorraine.  His sister looked up from her brother’s grip and waved at the woman (hi!) she said followed by a giggle. “Mom someone is at the door” Lorraine stepped out of her art studio with pain and a brush in her hands (Oh for heaven sake Vane   don’t be rude and ask her to come in and for the love of the gods don’t drop your sister please) Vane nodded at the lady and rolled his eyes as his mother’s constant retort over him grabbing Juliana.

“I won’t drop her much” his sister wiggled and laughed (hey let me go you loon) she shrieked as the woman stepped in. “Hello how may I help you?) Lorraine said cleaning her hand on her jeans. Vane dropped Juliana and saw her taking off as he went to run away after her. (Hi I am Nikitta Kukavich) Lorraine froze as did Vane as he turned around slowly to look at his real mother (Vane take Juliana upstairs and don’t come down until your father calls for you) Vane winced at the order but obliged grabbing his sister by the hand. “Yes ma’am” he said walking away. (I want to see….) Lorraine got between her view of Vane and Nikitta (You have no right to be here) Lorraine said silently summoning her husband and folding her arms across her chest. Vane looked out the door of his room down to the entrance where his real mother stood confronting his stepmother. Why had she come back after all these years? Vane was confused and curious as to why this woman who had abandoned him so many years ago had come back to his life as if nothing had ever happened.

Vane stood listening to the conversation, but there was so much he didn’t understand as if the conversation was being kept from his ears. He was old enough to know what was going on, His father had arrived that same afternoon and as soon as he saw Nikitta the arguments began. Vane docked a little from the upstairs hallway wanting to listen but all he heard was his father say (You will never see him ever again you have no rights you lost those rights when you walked out on him a day after he was born) Vane could scream, but his mouth was shut tight. But what would he say? Thoughts of it went through his mind and all came up blank. Vane heard footsteps coming up the stairs and he ran in his room as silently as he could and closed the door. When his father came in he was sitting on the bed with his arms folded (Vane since you are starting at Hogwarts this term I think it is a good idea for you to go to their summer campus to meet new folks and get acquainted) Vane was aghast at how easy his father had stifled this issue.

Lorraine came in after his father and smiled at her son as she sat next to him (You don’t have to go son but it is better if you meet people and get the feel of the place) Vane understood what they were doing. “I am smart mom I know what it is you ask of me” That was the one thing that Vane had from his mother. He was so smart that he was a quick learner. His father had hopes he would end up as a Gryffindor like him but he was a book worm like his mother had been back when they had met. She was a Ravenclaw and true to her house the woman had an exceptional brain. But the one thing in Vane’s eyes that she lacked was sense, because the way she had left him was not something a smart wise woman would have done. Vane agreed to go to the summer campus, he didn’t want anything to do with Nikitta and if his father was trying to shield him from that so be it he would allow it. Yes in the days before the summer campus Vane had asked his father about Nikitta and what she wanted and his entire father said was that Nikitta had some sort of remorse but he wasn’t buying it for a second and for him not to worry about such adult things. Did he crave to know her? To know the reason behind her abandonment? Yes he did but time would tell.




ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Please include these sections if they are not addressed in your biography.

Personality:
Vane likes to be around people most of the time. He likes being seen as popular and more socially competent, having more friends and dating partners, he hates that sometimes he is accident-prone. Vane loves to take more study breaks, but he also loves engaging in thrill-seeking and delinquent behavior, he enjoys earning the best grades. Vane loves having more leadership roles, exercising more than playing silly games that have no intellectual capabilities, belonging to a group of friends or study group, playing a sport as long as it helps your mind for example playing chess. Vane loves art and music most of his preference is for classical, opera and acoustic music. Vane's favorite artist is Van Gogh because of the way he expressed his view of the landscapes with his famous paintings in pastel colors. He is responsible and well-organized. Vane has high standards and works hard to achieve his goals.

Appearance:
Black straight hair which he keeps short around the nape of his neck and some sort of bangs to cover his forehead. Green eyes which his mother or step mother say they seem to be more turquoise than green, most likely depends on the lighting around him. Vane’s skin is honey in color like his father’s, with no blemishes or freckles to adorn it. He is like most teenagers his age, fit and well balanced in terms of physic. He likes to exercise therefore has the body that comes with it. When Vane smiles Lorraine his mother and his baby sister say he could kill anyone with it because of the dimples that form on his cheeks. Vane is tall for his age but that he gets from his father at 5’8 and 170lbs of mostly muscle he takes advantage of this in order to lure potential girlfriends.

SAMPLE ROLEPLAY
You come across one of these three posts on the site. Please reply to one only as your character would.
*** Remember, you can only roleplay your own character's actions, not James' or Astrid's.

Option I:

Blimey, the Great Hall was packed. It seemed like everywhere a guy looked there was some clown waving around a House banner or yelling about the game.

'Can you believe it?' 'No way!' 'This must be the biggest upset in Hogwarts Quidditch history...'

Stupid Quidditch.

James flopped into an empty seat at the end of the table, shoved an empty plate out of the way, and let his head sink onto his crossed arms, squishing his freckled nose down flat against the tabletop. He wasn't sure why he'd even bothered to come here, since he definitely wasn't hungry. He'd probably never eat again, in fact. He didn't deserve to eat. He hadn't stopped in the locker room to change out of his muddy, sweaty uniform after the game either, because he was pretty sure he probably didn't deserve to be clean too; and anyway he couldn't stand to see the looks on his team mates' faces after he blew their chance at winning one of the biggest games they had ever played.

Just one lousy shot. That's all it would have taken. If he could have just got that one stupid foul shot to go through that one stupid hoop, they could have won and he wouldn't have been the biggest blockhead in the entire school.

As if to prove the point, half the people at the next table suddenly broke into a loud victory chant. James pressed his face further into his arms to hide the bright red blotches he could feel creeping up his cheeks. That was it. He was just going to have to run away and move to Nova Scotia. He'd just cost the three-year-in-a-row Champions the Quidditch Cup! How do you ever live that one down for crying out loud? He was only a second year and he was going to spend the rest of his life as 'that dumb cry-baby kid who dropped the Quaffle!'

It felt like every set of eyes in the room was boring into him, and James couldn't stand it anymore. He jerked himself back up from the table and stomped right back out of the Hall the same way he had come in. As he stormed into the quieter hallway outside, he could hear footsteps somewhere behind him. James rounded on the sound and began to shout, his brown eyes shining with tears. "WHAT! Haven't you ever seen a loser before? Why don't you just take a picture!"


Vane was disappointed about their loss and it was something he could not comprehend but then again they were people and sometimes people lost plain and simple. They had the championship won and one person had blown it ‘how apropos’ he thought as he walked down the hallway with his head low. Yet even with this loss Vane didn’t feel like a looser he felt they did their best and it was not simply the best to win. Thinking of next game he thought it would be better they would win and show everyone this was just a slip nothing more. But the voice of a younger kid caught him by surprise; Vane looked at him and noticed it had been his team mate the one person that had dropped the quaffle. Yeah he knew he was probably feeling the sting more than the rest of them.

“Ah James don’t be too hard on yourself man. Things happen; mistakes are part of our living existence. Is not whether we lost and brood is whether we learn from the mistake man. Listen life is not always about winning is about enjoying it.”

Vane said patting him on the back. The kid was a good player and the game was to have fun not to freak out or feel sorry for yourself because it had cost them the 3 times winning streak. Vane thought it was time to give others a chance to win as well “Listen James take my advice we will get them next time and it will all be worth it then” Vane told him hoping the kid understood that he was not to blame for what happened. But then again that was Vane’s view the rest of the team well James had a long road to recovery because after coming from the locker Vane could tell some younger lads were not too happy for the loss.

“If I were you I would stay quiet and mind your own business if anyone comes at you simply agree and stay out of it and you should be ok” yeah that was easier said than done. But that was the case with Vane he took things in strides and right now he would even if his team was in an uproar over the loss they would eventually get over it.

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