Ofelia Marie Sturm

[ofeliasturm]

HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Student Record

STURM, Ofelia Marie

BASIC INFORMATION

NAME: Ofelia Sturm
NICKNAMES: Fe [pronounced fee]
DATE OF BIRTH: October 12, 1973
HOMETOWN: Belfast, Ireland
HEIGHT: 5”6
HAIR: Very vibrant ginger. Very thick with the texture of corn silk. Ofelia often wears it as a symbol of her mood. The bigger, more garish it is the happier she is. She also changes its color and length frequently with magic. Blonde for when she’s in the mood to disappear, red when she’s feeling most alive.
EYES: An eerie blue green that most Irish have. She has the kind of eyes that look at you with eternity. It seems as if she can peer deep into you without much more than a moment’s glance.
BLOOD: Muggle born.
HOUSE: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff.

APPEARANCE

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Ofelia could be considered pretty, but this is mostly because she looks abnormal. Her skin is pale and—unlike other gingers—she has little to no freckles. She has very light eyebrows and eyelashes, so oftentimes she looks slightly ghostly—if it weren’t for her bright hair. She is easily mistaken for pretty because of her wide, light eyes and pink lips. Ofelia is fortunate looking, but she is so pale and thin that she seems to fade away unless she calls attention to herself.
PERSONAL STYLE:Ofelia prefers dresses over trousers, as she finds this is the best expression of her femininity. She also wears dresses because they are much more comfortable than a wooly pair of britches any day. Growing up in Belfast made her appreciate earth tones and the power of a light green dress, but the traditional country town also deprived her of contemporary fashion. As such she is enamored with the bracelets and beads, but only dresses up when she’s in the correct temperament.

PERSONALITY

LIKES: alcohol (especially a strong ale), rain, flora, clove cigarettes, and romance novels.
DISLIKES: not much. But the few things she dislikes a great disturbances to her. Manipulation, hypocrisy (especially religious), and cowardly cruelty.
DEMENTOR: The IRA shootings near her home. She was sitting with her parents with an oversized book, looking at the pictures quietly. It is unnatural for one to remember something from when they were five, but Ofelia remembers it vividly. There were gunshots outside and screaming and fires and her mother told her to close her eyes and sing a song as loudly as she could. She hummed “Too ra loo ra loo” until her throat hurt and the firing outside stopped. When she opened her eyes, their window was shattered through with a brick and her mum was crying.
BOGGART: Ofelia fears, among other things, cowards who possess more power than she does. There is nothing more terrifying that a cowardly fool with more ability than the courageous.
PATRONUS: She was happiest when she first discovered that she could do magic at the age of six. She and her family were visiting her aunt Bridgett in Kilkenny and she was in a large green field of grass. She sprawled down across the dandelions and moist grass, just feeling the air pass over her. However, when she rolled over to get up, some clover tickled her nose and she sneezed. The sneeze rocketed her nine meters into the air (the image of a little Ofelia bouncing across the country side is still very funny to many of her family members). She had always known she was different from everyone else, but now she felt special instead of odd.
ERISED: Ofelia wants a great many things: glory, love, strength. She is the type of girl who has grand ambitions and fluctuating drive to accomplish her goals. What she wants above all else is a sense of purpose. A genuine contribution to the world blossoming around her.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Ofelia is described by her peers as mercurial, rash, and strangely intuitive. It is difficult to sneak up on her because she seems to simply know (when in all actuality she usually just hears the person behind her). Although she is compassionate and interesting, most people find her too strange for their tastes. She says exactly what’s on her mind and often gets lost in her own ideology. She can be talkative around close friends, but she rarely talks about herself—only her morals and values. It is difficult to comment on her personality because it changes so often—as displayed by her chameleon hair. She has long spells where she will sit in silence, just thinking. Other times she is loud, boisterous, and wild in order to channel her energy. Ofelia has a wicked temper, typical of those of Irish decent.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

PARENTS: Connor and Jane Sturm
SIBLINGS: None
OTHER FAMILY: a distant Aunt Bridgett who writes often.
BIOGRAPHY: Ofelia grew up with her two very Irish, very muggle parents in Northern Ireland. She was a very young child during the height of The Troubles, and living in Belfast—very protestant and very English—did not help matters in the slightest. There was a great deal of violence and fear in her early years. The Sturms didn’t leave their house often for fear of car bombs and riots. This began her deep-set passion for justice and protection for the weak.
Ofelia discovered her magical ability at a very early age while spending time with her aunt in the countryside. The circumstances of her discovery were confusing and mildly ridiculous, but it was quickly dismissed by the majority of her family. Strange phenomena persisted—such as The Incident of the Spontaneously Combusting Potatoes, but the family does not mention such an event—and when her Hogwarts letter came, Ofelia felt a strange sense of relief.
Hogwarts has been good for her. She tries to mask her thick Irish accent, but it comes through at times when she has little emotional control. Many people know that she is of Irish decent, but Ofelia is unwilling to discuss her homeland, so it goes widely unmentioned. However, Ofelia feels a very strong tie to home and misses it terribly. She writes to her parents weekly and her aunt Bridgett as often as possible. Although Scotland is, for all purposes, much like Ireland, she misses the comfort of home.

OOC INFORMATION

NAME/ALIAS: J.
ROLE PLAY EXPERIENCE: Role-played as Remus Lupin (before the current one, played by Chace Crawford) and Darroway on HOTW
REFERRED BY: Kt, Atticus(AD, current characters, web search)
OTHER CHARACTERS: None…yet(on this site)
ADDITIONAL INFO: I’m looking forward to working with youRP SAMPLE

Writing sample APPROVED!

This template was modeled after the application created by Lily for Hogwarts on the Web.