Post by NERISSA LORELEI HERRIN on Aug 3, 2014 18:06:51 GMT -5
 nerissa lorelei herrin sixteen muggle born sixth year hufflepuff 10 inches, flicker fly wing, mistletoe LIKES: history of magic, flying, origami, collecting things, reading, adventures, riddles. DISLIKES: angry people, bad manners, paper cuts, restless nights, getting lost. BOGGART: being all alone in the future, not having anyone care if she is around or not MIRROR OF ERISED: being safe and settled in life with someone she loves and loves her just as much, for all her flaws and quirks. PATRONUS: sea lion ABILITIES: None PERSONALITY: peculiar, kind-hearted, gentle, optimistic, passionate, open minded, conversationalist, easily distracted,stubborn, sincere MOTHER: heidi herrin, fourty-seven, muggle FATHER: christian herrin, fourty-nine, squib SIBLINGS: ezekiel herrin, eighteen, muggle PETS: grey cat called binx HISTORY: The Herrin family are a very close-knit family, set to traditional ways of eating Sunday roasts together, decorating the house at Christmas and watching awful but entertaining reality TV shows in the evenings. This seemingly plain family look like any other muggle family of outer London, however are more intriguing than they may appear. In the midst of the family is a witch - the youngest child who goes by the name of Nerissa. Growing up she was no different from her older brother, no quirks stuck out to Christian and Heidi that their newborn was in fact a witch in the making. Nerissa was five when her powers eventually revealed themselves, following an accident she had concerning a broken vase. It was her mother who found her after the incident, crying and curled in a ball in shame of her clumsiness. She had been sitting in between two potted plants which had wilted - if it weren't for the fact Heidi had tended to them just moments earlier she wouldn't have even noticed their dramatic change. When Nerissa began to perk up once her mother reassured her it was alright, so did the plants. More occurances such as this happened - mainly regarding her clumsiness, the one that stood out being the time she fell down the staircase and miraculously landing softly on the ground instead of falling straight on her face and braking a bone! Due to Christian's upbringing - for he was raised up to the age of eighteen in a pureblood family - he understood a little bit of what happened next. It was his fathers doing that he was practically ebolished from the family tree for being a squib, thus moved out at the age of 18 when he was deemed old enough to take care of himself. His mother was more sympathetic towards her son who the youngest of the family, but acted as a silent witness when her husband and four older sons cruelly regarded Christian. He was twenty when he met and fell in love with Heidi, who was a particularly quirky girl and seemed understanding and intrigued by his past rather than put off. They started their life together believing they had put the wizarding world behind them, but alas the magic cropped up. Nerissa was seven when her parents told her what was happening, She was confused, quite naturally, for she had been bought up to believe magic was all fairytales and fables. But part of her felt like there was always something else, implied in the way she would sometimes see a great purple bus during trips to inner London. At this time, Nerissa was in primary school. She was known to be a very well mannered student though rather talkative, and was eventually pulled out of school due to bullying from the other students for her 'mad stories' and general 'weirdness'. The two years she spent home schooled were her loneliest, feeling like she was being punished for having powers she wasn't entirely sure about nor did she know how to control. Hogwarts was a welcoming present for her when she turned 11. She knew this day would come, her dad informing her that one day she would be able to join others like her. Somewhere along the way, during her first year, she managed to find the spark she had lost during her years of being home schooled. Nerissa was sorted into Hufflepuff house and found she fit quite nicely amongst the welcoming students. Socializing was difficult at first, she realised that she sometimes got strange looks for bringing up muggle things and experienced a lot of criticisim for being a 'mudblood'. She did not understand the insult at first, it was only when her head of house explained to her. Her first moment of bravery came just moments after, as did the performance of her first perfectly produced charm. Nerissa found the person who called her a mudblood in the great hall that evening at dinner and charmed a gravy boat to levitate and pour all over his head. At the time it felt like the greatest moment to Nerissa, however was shortly followed by a detention. Still, she had no regrets. Years followed, with second and third year passing with just as much excitement as the last. She discovered a passion for history of magic and absorbed herself into classes as much as possible. Her affinity for clumsiness dulled down after a while, and her mothers quirky behaviour had evidently been passed down to her. She enjoyed flying a lot and finds that she has more grace in the sky than on foot. From her parents, she learnt compassion and sincerity - despite her lapse of aggression in first year - has made an effort to treat everyone equally. Her first sense of struggle came in fifth year with her O.W.L's. History of Magic seemed to be the only class she truly did outstanding in, with charms following closely behind. It took great effort to knuckle down to get Acceptable scores along with a couple of Exceeds Expectations. Now in her sixth year she is determined to do better especially with N.E.W.T classes, though can't help but find herself get distracted easily, not to mention having no idea where she wants her future to take her. hey guys, my name is PENNY! and I am rocking it at 20 years old, role-playing for roughly NUMBER years - so i'm pretty chill with anything. i'm in the TIME ZONE time zone, and hail from ENGLAND so how about that! currently my character looks just like CRISTINE PROSPERI or so i am told! I found y'all at ANOTHER CHARACTER and that's pretty awesome isn't it? I currently have other faces on here known as CORDELIA MEREDITH VAUSE, so hit them up for plotting! anyways; peace my dears! |
