Post by Natalie Armitage on Mar 13, 2008 22:15:34 GMT -7
---BASIC DETAILS---
* Full Name: Natalie Danae Armitage
* Date of Birth: Oct 4, 1986
* Place of Birth: Montreal, Canada
* Gender: Female
* Race: Human witch
* Appearance:
* Occupation: Auror
Height: 5'4"
Natalie is slender, athletic, and attractive. She keeps in shape by skating in the winter and running in the summers. She has a great figure and a killer smile.
Dressing Style: Stylish, sexy, classy.
---BACKGROUND---
* Heritage: Half-blood
Family:
Mother: Debbie Armitage, Muggle - remarried to Bill Frederickson, Muggle.
Father: Allan Armitage, Wizard - remarried to Marlene Baldeo, Witch.
Siblings: A twin brother, Adam
Four stepsisters: Amanda, Jennifer, and Breanne Frederickson (Muggles) and Annysa Baldeo (Witch)
Two half-brothers, Lucas and Joshua Armitage (wizards)
Natalie's mother and her family all live in Canada, and are rarely seen by Natalie except for holidays, etc. Her father, stepmother and siblings all live in Manchester.
---GENERAL CHARACTER TRAITS---
* Personality: Natalie is strong-willed, determined, and smart. She is fiercely independent and loyal. She can be overly demanding and critical at times, pushing herself to the limits and accepting nothing less than excellence from herself and anyone she cares about. This can make her come across as somewhat "bitchy" sometimes, however, she is very loyal and loving, and would die for her family at a moment's notice. She's kind and giving, although if angered she is a formidable foe. Natalie is very beautiful and can be quite the temptress - although she cares more about her career than romance.
* Likes: Winter sports, Quidditch (especially the Moosejaw Meteorites), her job, her family
Dislikes: The dark arts, her brother, seafood, mushrooms, being hit on
Habits: She loves being outside, and in the summers she practically lives out of doors. She goes for an hour long run every morning, and in the winter she skates every day. She also volunteers for a Muggle hockey team as an assistant coach, spending every Saturday with them during hockey season.
* Does your character like Quidditch? She loves it! She played Beater in school, and attends matches whenever possible.
---ABILITIES---
* Strengths: Legilimency, spellwork, stealth, cunning
* Weaknesses: She can be *too* proud; it's relatively easy to goad her into doing something stupid. She's stubborn and argumentative, and likes to show off, which tends to get her into some sticky situations. She's also one of those people that HAS to win and be the best at everything; she's not above cheating if she thinks she won't get caught. (Although when it comes to schoolwork, she had the highest standards; when I say cheating I mean in games or sports, etc.)
Powers: Strong legilimency (will be explained in history)
Background story:
Natalie and Adam grew up in Canada, aware from the earliest that they were a witch and wizard; their mother was a Muggle but knew all about their father's magical nature and was both supportive and proud of it, although deep down (she never admitted to it, but Natalie somehow knew) she was insecure and jealous of something she was neither part of nor could ever hope to be. This eventually brought about the end of the marriage, when Adam and Natalie were seven, almost eight. Natalie herself has never really gotten over this and part of what drives her to excel at everything is her attempt to put the past behind her. Her father remarried a British woman and moved to England to be with her, and also near Natalie and Adam, who were attending Hogwarts at the time; they have two sons, Joshua (11) and Lucas (9). Joshua has just started his first year at Hogwarts.
During their childhood Adam and Natalie were very close and had a particular bond that bordered on psychic ability and could not be explained away. They were often able to finish each other's sentences, and if one was thinking of a number or something to that effect, the other would be able to guess it with stunning accuracy. Natalie was also able to pick up on the moods of others (much like an empath, although unlike empathy it was something she had to do consciously; it didn't just happen.) and occasionally it seemed as though she could "read" others minds; her father, an accomplished Legilimens himself, began to teach Natalie and Adam the basics of the mind magic when they turned 11 and began attending Hogwarts. The twins chose to attend Hogwarts instead of staying in Canada, opting for the British school because Natalie, having researched magical education, thought that Hogwarts was the best school for them - something her Father agreed with. Upon arriving, Natalie was sorted into Gryffindor and Adam into Ravenclaw. It was the first time they had been separated in anything, and it made it difficult for the twins; although they remained close through their continued private Legilimency lessons with their Father and, in fifth year, this led to them being able to communicate telepathically with each other (although this worked only with each other; they were not able to "talk" to anyone else this way.) Natalie excelled in all areas of school, having a thirst for knowledge and a quick, clever mind. She received nine NEWTS, and was named Head Girl in her seventh year.
Natalie and Adam were best friends all through school, until their seventh year when Adam became perhaps a bit too interested in the Dark Arts. Being unable to hide his mind from his sister, who had developed her Legilimency to the point that she could practically read people's thoughts as easily as others read a book, the two had a screaming argument in the school grounds, which ended in the two not talking for the rest of the year. When they graduated, it seemed as though Adam had given up on his Dark notions and for a while, they were friends again. However, once the Dark Lord had returned and Natalie was in the midst of her three year Auror training program, she found her brother's name on a list of suspected Death Eaters. Sickened and furious, she confronted Adam; he admitted to everything and claimed that although Natalie had outshone him in every aspect of their life for as far back as either of them could remember, this was the one time where he would make his name more well-known and more notorious than Natalie could ever hope to be. Natalie immediately cut off all ties with him. She excelled all throughout her three year program and came out at the top of her class with near perfect marks in every subject. Natalie had no idea what had happened to Adam in those three years; it wasn't until after the fall of the Dark Lord that she learned he had been killed in the Battle of Hogwarts. Natalie herself had spent the year in hiding, after refusing to take a job in the Ministry once it had fallen to the Dark Lord. Her open allegiance to Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix put her at great danger, and so she spent the year with her father and his family under the protection of the Fidelius Charm. She was very frustrated and angry about this, for she had had dreams of getting hired on as an Auror immediately after graduation.
She currently lives in a tiny one-bedroom flat in London, and works at a Muggle restaurant while she attempts to get back into the magical community from which she was ostracized for a year.
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Natalie was in the midst of her first year working as an Auror under Gordon Flintock when her long-estranged Death Eater brother, who was thought to be dead, contacted her claiming that he had repented his ways and wanted to work as a spy for the Ministry. The negotiations were going well, until one night Adam - who, as it turned out, had been Imperiused himself - and several other Death Eaters paid a visit to Natalie's apartment and took her as a prisoner with the intention of getting information on Gordon and the Ministry out of her. She was tortured viciously, Crucioed until her mind broke; she was able to retain her powers of speech and motor function, but all of her memories were locked away. Perhaps it was her subconsciousness' way of protecting the vital information the Death Eaters wanted from her.
Once Nat's mind broke, she was not able to repel the Imperius curse because although she retained her strength in Legilimency, she no longer remembered how to use it. But it turned out that Nat being Imperiused was of no use to the Death Eaters; they could not send her back to the Ministry and tell her to "act as herself" because she had no memory of who she had been. They decided to keep her hidden, Imperiused, in their fortress and use her as a sort of servant as they experimented with ways to bring her mind back to her. As it turned out, their efforts were fruitless. They could come up with no way to bring her memory back to her, other than by letting time do its magic. Over the two years she was held captive, certain things came back to her. She recovered her ability to perform magic, and she remembered things like Hogwarts and the Ministry, although she did not know that she had been an Auror, or what house she had been at Hogwarts, or things like that.
The Death Eaters had grown tired of Nat though, and the order was given to have her killed. Adam, who had spent the two years Imperiused along with Nat, had been growing stronger though - he was able to break the spell for periods of time without anyone noticing, and when he learned that Nat was due to be executed, he helped her escape. He left Nat on a park bench in a crowded Muggle area and sent an owl off to Gordon Flintock telling him where to find her. Then he ran, knowing the Death Eaters would only be minutes behind him. He only made it a day when they caught up with him, and he was murdered.
So Nat's story begins with Gordon finding her in the park, with no memory of who she is or what's happened to her...
---OTHER---
Pets: An owl, Masque (short for Masquerade)
Wand: Maple and Phoenix Feather
Which Hogwarts house would you NOT like to be in?: I would like her to have been a Gryffindor, please and thank you.
Anything else? About the Head Girl thing - I'm just basing that off of the old TWOM, where Natalie was Head Girl. I can change it if it bothers you. Also - her Patronus is an ocelot (wildcat).
* Full Name: Natalie Danae Armitage
* Date of Birth: Oct 4, 1986
* Place of Birth: Montreal, Canada
* Gender: Female
* Race: Human witch
* Appearance:
* Occupation: Auror
Height: 5'4"
Natalie is slender, athletic, and attractive. She keeps in shape by skating in the winter and running in the summers. She has a great figure and a killer smile.
Dressing Style: Stylish, sexy, classy.
---BACKGROUND---
* Heritage: Half-blood
Family:
Mother: Debbie Armitage, Muggle - remarried to Bill Frederickson, Muggle.
Father: Allan Armitage, Wizard - remarried to Marlene Baldeo, Witch.
Siblings: A twin brother, Adam
Four stepsisters: Amanda, Jennifer, and Breanne Frederickson (Muggles) and Annysa Baldeo (Witch)
Two half-brothers, Lucas and Joshua Armitage (wizards)
Natalie's mother and her family all live in Canada, and are rarely seen by Natalie except for holidays, etc. Her father, stepmother and siblings all live in Manchester.
---GENERAL CHARACTER TRAITS---
* Personality: Natalie is strong-willed, determined, and smart. She is fiercely independent and loyal. She can be overly demanding and critical at times, pushing herself to the limits and accepting nothing less than excellence from herself and anyone she cares about. This can make her come across as somewhat "bitchy" sometimes, however, she is very loyal and loving, and would die for her family at a moment's notice. She's kind and giving, although if angered she is a formidable foe. Natalie is very beautiful and can be quite the temptress - although she cares more about her career than romance.
* Likes: Winter sports, Quidditch (especially the Moosejaw Meteorites), her job, her family
Dislikes: The dark arts, her brother, seafood, mushrooms, being hit on
Habits: She loves being outside, and in the summers she practically lives out of doors. She goes for an hour long run every morning, and in the winter she skates every day. She also volunteers for a Muggle hockey team as an assistant coach, spending every Saturday with them during hockey season.
* Does your character like Quidditch? She loves it! She played Beater in school, and attends matches whenever possible.
---ABILITIES---
* Strengths: Legilimency, spellwork, stealth, cunning
* Weaknesses: She can be *too* proud; it's relatively easy to goad her into doing something stupid. She's stubborn and argumentative, and likes to show off, which tends to get her into some sticky situations. She's also one of those people that HAS to win and be the best at everything; she's not above cheating if she thinks she won't get caught. (Although when it comes to schoolwork, she had the highest standards; when I say cheating I mean in games or sports, etc.)
Powers: Strong legilimency (will be explained in history)
Background story:
Natalie and Adam grew up in Canada, aware from the earliest that they were a witch and wizard; their mother was a Muggle but knew all about their father's magical nature and was both supportive and proud of it, although deep down (she never admitted to it, but Natalie somehow knew) she was insecure and jealous of something she was neither part of nor could ever hope to be. This eventually brought about the end of the marriage, when Adam and Natalie were seven, almost eight. Natalie herself has never really gotten over this and part of what drives her to excel at everything is her attempt to put the past behind her. Her father remarried a British woman and moved to England to be with her, and also near Natalie and Adam, who were attending Hogwarts at the time; they have two sons, Joshua (11) and Lucas (9). Joshua has just started his first year at Hogwarts.
During their childhood Adam and Natalie were very close and had a particular bond that bordered on psychic ability and could not be explained away. They were often able to finish each other's sentences, and if one was thinking of a number or something to that effect, the other would be able to guess it with stunning accuracy. Natalie was also able to pick up on the moods of others (much like an empath, although unlike empathy it was something she had to do consciously; it didn't just happen.) and occasionally it seemed as though she could "read" others minds; her father, an accomplished Legilimens himself, began to teach Natalie and Adam the basics of the mind magic when they turned 11 and began attending Hogwarts. The twins chose to attend Hogwarts instead of staying in Canada, opting for the British school because Natalie, having researched magical education, thought that Hogwarts was the best school for them - something her Father agreed with. Upon arriving, Natalie was sorted into Gryffindor and Adam into Ravenclaw. It was the first time they had been separated in anything, and it made it difficult for the twins; although they remained close through their continued private Legilimency lessons with their Father and, in fifth year, this led to them being able to communicate telepathically with each other (although this worked only with each other; they were not able to "talk" to anyone else this way.) Natalie excelled in all areas of school, having a thirst for knowledge and a quick, clever mind. She received nine NEWTS, and was named Head Girl in her seventh year.
Natalie and Adam were best friends all through school, until their seventh year when Adam became perhaps a bit too interested in the Dark Arts. Being unable to hide his mind from his sister, who had developed her Legilimency to the point that she could practically read people's thoughts as easily as others read a book, the two had a screaming argument in the school grounds, which ended in the two not talking for the rest of the year. When they graduated, it seemed as though Adam had given up on his Dark notions and for a while, they were friends again. However, once the Dark Lord had returned and Natalie was in the midst of her three year Auror training program, she found her brother's name on a list of suspected Death Eaters. Sickened and furious, she confronted Adam; he admitted to everything and claimed that although Natalie had outshone him in every aspect of their life for as far back as either of them could remember, this was the one time where he would make his name more well-known and more notorious than Natalie could ever hope to be. Natalie immediately cut off all ties with him. She excelled all throughout her three year program and came out at the top of her class with near perfect marks in every subject. Natalie had no idea what had happened to Adam in those three years; it wasn't until after the fall of the Dark Lord that she learned he had been killed in the Battle of Hogwarts. Natalie herself had spent the year in hiding, after refusing to take a job in the Ministry once it had fallen to the Dark Lord. Her open allegiance to Dumbledore and the Order of the Phoenix put her at great danger, and so she spent the year with her father and his family under the protection of the Fidelius Charm. She was very frustrated and angry about this, for she had had dreams of getting hired on as an Auror immediately after graduation.
She currently lives in a tiny one-bedroom flat in London, and works at a Muggle restaurant while she attempts to get back into the magical community from which she was ostracized for a year.
<-->
Natalie was in the midst of her first year working as an Auror under Gordon Flintock when her long-estranged Death Eater brother, who was thought to be dead, contacted her claiming that he had repented his ways and wanted to work as a spy for the Ministry. The negotiations were going well, until one night Adam - who, as it turned out, had been Imperiused himself - and several other Death Eaters paid a visit to Natalie's apartment and took her as a prisoner with the intention of getting information on Gordon and the Ministry out of her. She was tortured viciously, Crucioed until her mind broke; she was able to retain her powers of speech and motor function, but all of her memories were locked away. Perhaps it was her subconsciousness' way of protecting the vital information the Death Eaters wanted from her.
Once Nat's mind broke, she was not able to repel the Imperius curse because although she retained her strength in Legilimency, she no longer remembered how to use it. But it turned out that Nat being Imperiused was of no use to the Death Eaters; they could not send her back to the Ministry and tell her to "act as herself" because she had no memory of who she had been. They decided to keep her hidden, Imperiused, in their fortress and use her as a sort of servant as they experimented with ways to bring her mind back to her. As it turned out, their efforts were fruitless. They could come up with no way to bring her memory back to her, other than by letting time do its magic. Over the two years she was held captive, certain things came back to her. She recovered her ability to perform magic, and she remembered things like Hogwarts and the Ministry, although she did not know that she had been an Auror, or what house she had been at Hogwarts, or things like that.
The Death Eaters had grown tired of Nat though, and the order was given to have her killed. Adam, who had spent the two years Imperiused along with Nat, had been growing stronger though - he was able to break the spell for periods of time without anyone noticing, and when he learned that Nat was due to be executed, he helped her escape. He left Nat on a park bench in a crowded Muggle area and sent an owl off to Gordon Flintock telling him where to find her. Then he ran, knowing the Death Eaters would only be minutes behind him. He only made it a day when they caught up with him, and he was murdered.
So Nat's story begins with Gordon finding her in the park, with no memory of who she is or what's happened to her...
---OTHER---
Pets: An owl, Masque (short for Masquerade)
Wand: Maple and Phoenix Feather
Which Hogwarts house would you NOT like to be in?: I would like her to have been a Gryffindor, please and thank you.
Anything else? About the Head Girl thing - I'm just basing that off of the old TWOM, where Natalie was Head Girl. I can change it if it bothers you. Also - her Patronus is an ocelot (wildcat).