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1) There are three paths. One leads to a wandering road, another to a lake, and one over a mountain. Which one?
A) None of them, I'm at home reading.
B) Lake
C) Mountain
D) Road
2) Which type of spell is most useful?
A) A Complex Spell
B) A Spell Of Control
C) A Combat Spell
D) A Healing Spell
3) How would you describe yourself?
A) Wise
B) Cunning
C) Hard-working
D) Loyal
4) Someone infuriates you in public. How do you react?
A) Shrug it off.
B) Tell them that they are worthless and to get a life, infuriate them, push them, and storm off.
C) Get up, look at them right in the eye, and walk away like it never happened.
D) They are just joking around.
5) What is most important to you?
A) Grades.
B) Getting your way.
C) Life.
D) Friends and family.
6) Give a description of your character's personality. Personality must be at least one paragraph long. Are you noble or sneaky? Arrogant or Humble? Anything about your character that might help the Sorting Hat decide. (Don't worry, you can copy this onto your character page later!)
A very careful person, Lexa no longer hands over her trust to just anyone. She stays in the background, quiet and observing, never approaching anyone, and staying closed off. To many, she may cross as an antisocial being, who lacks the passion to socialize and make friends, but those that know her well will know. This is mostly a test - if you can prove yourself, if you can prove that you're making an effort and truly want to take a peek behind Lexa's strengthened walls, then the odds will turn in your favor ever so slightly. But be careful - she knows better than anyone when someone is trying to mislead her. All her life, she's been told to keep quiet and keep her head down. To touch with her eyes. To never let the wrong people in, and be careful the right ones she does let in. All these advices are locked inside of her, and the natural brunette heeds them well.
Lexa isn't someone that you can fool easily - she usually tries to say a step ahead of you, and try and see what your next moves will be, to see whether you will try and deter her from anything she has her mind on. Though to do so, you have to be intelligent, and have the capability to be patient - while the latter is something she lacks at times, she makes sure to keep it when it's needed. Some might say Lexa is intelligent, but others might say she's wise. Or, at least, wiser than anyone her age should be. She doesn't weight in on it often, but she is aware her mind is more expandable than that of your average teenager. Secretly, she believes it was caused by her mentors and parents' hands. While it's something she would not like to admit has benefited her - especially since it was caused by, well, her parents - it's something a small part of her appreciates. She's gained knowledge from her younger years, and has become wiser and strong.
The British-born young woman has a very determined mindset - to make her people proud, and to make her people feel protected. These are two very strong desires she has - to her, her people come first. While right now, it's merely Jane and Alexander, a part of her feels like she has more people to make proud, though who it is, she doesn't know. Her senses of loyalty to the select group of people are stronger than anyone could fathom and, while she aims to protect them and make them proud, she bases herself off logic rather than emotions - they've been proven to be something she can't afford. At least not when she still has to survive off her parents, much to her misfortune. Despite being a logic-based being, don't fail to understand that Lexa will act accordingly if anyone even presents a hint of a threat against her select group of people. She'll do something - anything - and she'll make sure you regret even having the thought. Underestimate her if you wish, but if you dare have a thought about them, she'll make sure you're wiped into oblivion. While Lexa knows better than to get caught, she wouldn't hesitate on facing the consequences, for it would have been well worth it. At least she'll have gone down with a fight, rather than in submission - something that has never sat well with the young brunette-gone-blonde.
That being said, it should be obvious by now that Lexa's very brave, but certainly not a reckless teenager. Again, she bases herself off her knowledge and logic itself, as it wouldn't be a good idea to act rashly out of emotions, and flash a sign of weakness - a weakness that could very well destroy everything she stands for - her select few people, her family. She acts accordingly to every situation that present itself, no matter how dangerous it might be. She knows the chances of anything occurring to her are very little as well - she's very organized, detailed, and will go over even the smallest of things repeatedly to make sure everything is in check.
Despite all of this, deep down inside of her, there's still the chances for the teenager inside of her to actually survive and thrive. You'd have to get close and personal to her, however, to even notice this, but the chance is there, and... frankly, the smallest of the smallest parts of Lexa hopes that someone will notice. That someone will take away this self-inflicted pain, and help her survive.
7) Write about the history of your character. History must be at least two paragraphs long. How did they grow up? Is there an incident that made them the way they are? etc. (Again, you can copy this onto your character page later!)
Alexandria, as she was called upon birth and up to shortly prior to beginning Durmstrang, was born into a remarkably highly-regarded muggle family. Like every other being, she hasn't got any recollection of her early life. Her earliest memory is from when she was a little younger than five. She remembered that day clearly. She'd drawn a picture of her family - Alexander, Richard, Mary, and her, holding hands and smiling happily. Younger, Lexa often reflected whether at one point she was part of a happy, supportive family, or whether if that drawing had been her biggest desire as a child. Now, it was more than clear that it had been nothing but a wish. A broken one, but a wish nonetheless. She was homeschooled from a very young age, her parents wanting to give her a head start in education. One of her mentors - Lydia, her name was - had been teaching her the prospect of art that day, behind her bosses' backs, for they wanted a daughter that would be into business upon becoming of age, like her father and mother had - they didn't want anything less than that. Young Alexander was proving to be a disgrace already, and they didn't wish the same for their only daughter. Ignoring Lydia's request, Alexandria had given the drawing to her mother, who threw it away quicker than Lexa could fathom, and was yelled at to never do that again. She was confused by her mother's actions, and even more so by the fact that she never got to see Lydia again after that day.
After that, her life was a blurry mess of shouting, crying, and clinging onto Alexander for comfort, but one day... one September 1st, he departed, and Alexandria never got to see him again, except for when he returned each and every summer after that. Her second earliest memory that stuck with her was when she had her first sign of magic. She was young and entering her sixth autumn. She'd been in one of the many rooms in her family's house, studying and preparing for a math exam that would shortly follow. Her mother had burst in, holding one of the sketchbooks one of her mentors had gotten her. It was the mentor she'd gotten after Layla's disappearing and, like the one before him, Liam wanted her to understand the prospect of art. He often gave her sketchbooks, and gave her the task to draw things she noticed in her every day life while, of course, keeping it hidden from her parents. When she first saw the book in her mother's hand, she panicked. She had found out. Art was something she liked doing, and knowing it would likely be ripped from her made her feel frustration. She should be able to do art. The argument was a blur, and the only thing that stood out was when the sketchbook went flying out of her mother's grasp, landing on the floor on the other side of the room. After that small outburst, life was never the same for Alexandria.
Her parents knew what had happened, and they began to demand more and more of her. She was confused, and didn't understand what was happening, but she understood enough to be aware of the fact that it had to do with her outburst. They were stricter than ever, paying close attention to everything she did. It got real tiring and, once she was old enough to make decisions for herself, she demanded she be put in a school. She didn't want to be homeschooled. She was being monitored, and she didn't like it. Her parents agreed to it, but it wasn't immediately after she demanded it - it was a year before she was actually sent to a school, and by then, she was soon to receive her letter to Hogwarts. Upon acceptance at the school, Lexa befriended four kids - she was, after all, still that kind soul she was as a child, albeit battered and bruised. There was Taylor, Bryony, Lara, and Dagur. Taylor was American, she found out, and had moved to Britain because of her parents' job - it turned out they worked directly under Richard. Bryony was Welsh - she was also born into a rather well-spoken family. Lara and Dagur were both Icelandic, but they weren't family. Instead, Lara and her older brother made the move to Britain for a job he had - one Lara couldn't speak of - and Dagur was her best friend, so he begged and begged until he could be sent with Lara and her brother. They'd been attending that school for a year now, and understood how it felt to be new, so they befriended Lexa, though secretly, the four knew they wouldn't see her again once the school year was over.
The school year was like all others for the original four, but for Lexa, it was a year of learning - not the academic stuff, since she knew most of what they were learning already, but instead how to socialize. This all went to hell, though, when her parents found out of the kind of people Lexa had befriended. It was a month until classes were over for summer when Lexa brought over the lot of them to her house. Her parents, surprisingly, were home. They knew Bryony's parents well, considering they were from the same social level, and didn't mind Lexa befriending her - it would do her well. Moreover, they didn't see Dagur, Lara, and Taylor to be good influences. Her parents acted rashly and rudely against the three, from the moment they arrived to the moment they left. That night, Lexa argued with her parents, and it was a nasty fight. They called her names - a weakling, a failure, a coward, an idiot, but most importantly, a disgrace to the family. Finally, they accomplished what they had wanted - they'd broken Lexa. Her one true fear had become a reality. She was a disgrace. She went to sleep wondering whether that was how her friends viewed her - especially Taylor.
What Lexa's parents told her was imprinted in her brain - it would forever be, along with the haunting image of the betrayal that crossed Taylor, Dagur, and Lara's faces when the headmaster came to the three, claiming they had been expelled for supposedly attempting to get Lexa involved in bad shit. They thought she was the one that had gone to the head, and had told them that, but it hadn't been her - it had been bitch Mary and jackass Richard. They didn't understand that, Bryony and Lexa knew, but the former believed she could change it. After that day, Lexa never saw Taylor, Dagur, nor Lara again. Well, until a few short months later, but that would come eventually.
From that day forth, Lexa changed. She wasn't the same kid she once was. Her parents' words cut right through her, like they'd wanted, but rather than being able to manipulate her to their wish, she rebelled. She went against everything they said. It was just a stage, however, for a few weeks into summer break, she just... stopped. She really couldn't care less. They'd raised a failure, and a failure was what they would be stuck with for the rest of their lives.
Her glum behavior kept up until weeks before summer was over, and she received her letter to attend Hogwarts. That day was the day she found out many things, like her parents' true intentions with her, how Richard snapped his own wand, how they knew she was a witch, how they'd failed to keep Alexander from learning magic, but now how they wanted to use magic for their benefit, and their new intentions. Well screw you, she thought as they spoke, glaring at the people she couldn't even recognize anymore. She had been aware of how bad parents they were, but this... this was a whole new level of bad. Realizing she could use her magic to her own advantage, however, she knew this would make her life more bearable - she could use it as a way to ensure her own protection, and freedom once she came of age. It was better than what she'd thought it would be. However, she knew that if she stayed in Hogwarts, her parents would do something and try to interfere with her life, and continue to control her, so she had to hope there was another school. Any other school. To her happiness, she found out from Alexander that there was another school - more than one, actually. The ones in America, the one in France, and the one in Scandinavia. The last one, she figured, would be far away enough, so she did her best to persuade her parents to send her to that school instead. She failed epically, like she should have expected. However, when she mentioned she could probably learn more magic, and that the school would be full of... better people, to Richard and Mary's standards, Lexa knew she had her parents.
The day to depart for Durmstrang arrived soon enough, and upon her arrival, was surprised to see Lara, Dagur, and Bryony there. The former two were still pissed, hurt, and feeling betrayed, but eventually, Lexa and Bryony made them see sense. It took a long time and very hard work, though, but they did it. Later on, once they forgave her, they managed to tell her that Taylor had also been a witch, and was supposed to attend Durmstrang with them for the sake of friendship, but after Lexa's "betrayal", her parents had shipped her off to her aunt and uncle's house, and she was to attend the American school. Having an address, Lexa sent a letter once a week, but she received no replies, so as the time progressed, she began to send less and less letters, until she just... stopped as a whole.
Every summer would be the same - she'd get distant, staying apart from her family except Alexander and Jane. The latter was an orphan her parents had adopted when they realized that Alexander and Lexa wouldn't give them what they wanted. Not to mention... maybe they would have a child they could be proud of. And they managed to look good in the eyes of the muggle society. To them, it was a triple win. They had someone to trust the business with.
In her fourth year at Durmstrang, Lexa received word that the Triwizard tournament would be hosted by Hogwarts, and the school would be going there for the year. She looked forward to having a change of scenery, and being able to experience something new with Bryony, Lara, Dagur, and the girl she'd befriended in second year-- Erika Hellström.
8) Write about your character's appearance. How do they look like? Are you planning on using a certain model for your character? If you already have a picture in mind, you can put it here!
Her FC is Nicola Peltz.
9) Are you Pure-Blood, Half-Blood or Muggle-Born? Do you have any notable magical relations? (Remember, you cannot be related to important Harry Potter characters!)
Half-Blood
10) Does your character have any special magical abilities? Or special abilities in general (photographic memory, etc.)? Is he or she of a different magical race, such as veela, vampire, werewolf or the likes? Part or half of that magical race counts! (Remember, you cannot have an "exotic" characters as your first two characters!)
Nope
11) What year is your character in?
Fourth Year (will be fifth when she actually transfers into the school)
Any House You DO NOT Want to Be In? (No Promises, Sorry)
Hufflepuff/Ravenclaw
Any House You REALLY Want to Be In? (Sorry, Again, No Promises)
Slytherin
Out of Character Questions (These do not affect which House you'll be sorted into)
1. How much time will you have to participate on this RP site? (This does not affect which House you'll be sorted into).
- A) I have a lot of other responsibilities, and although I really want to be a part of this wiki, there may be days on end I won't be able to participate in anything.
- B) Although I do have some other responsibilities, and there may be times I'll be absent, I should be able to participate on a weekly basis, around my other schedule.
- C) I should be able to participate at least some every day.
- D) I have loads of free time, and don't see participation to be a problem at all.
2. Is this your first character?
- A) This is my first character
- B) This is NOT my first character.
3. If your answer to the previous question is B, how many characters do you have? How many of them are "exotic"?
13, one of which is exotic
4. Please post your time zone in relation with the UTC time zone (ex. Eastern Standard Time is -4), but if you don't understand how to calculate that then please simply put the name of your time zone below.
AST
Number of A's:
Number of B's:
Number of C's:
Number of D's:
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The Sorting Hat has placed Lexa Cromwell into Slytherin!
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