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The Martial Artist

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When Blaise and his sister Marina turned five, and after both exhibited their first wandless accidental magic, the twins started to realise something for the first time - We are different.
Up until that point the two spent most of their time together, playing with the same kids, sharing the same hobbies.
The moment Marina first witnessed the magical occurance she produced accidentally, she was hooked on magic, spending more and more time with their mother, keenly watching and trying to imitate her.
Blaise didn't share that same fascination. He laughed after turning his mother's tea into tomato juice, but didn't really start to engage with the idea of magic, or show much interest in it at all.
He felt frustrated and betrayed by his sister's new obssesion, and her preference to follow their mother around like an enamored duckling rather than play with him and their friends.
The following years, Blaise stayed with the muggle group of friends the twins grew up with, meeting and mingling with other local kids in the process.
Gradually, Blaise started to spend less and less time engaging with anything magical. In some way, he even started to build resentment towards magic. That thing that stole his sister from him, that obsession with staying home and mumbling weird words, making weird hand movements to no avail. He didn't understand why she would waste her time like that. Neither of them are as strong or capable as their mother.
'Mom is special, there's no point in trying to be like her.'
Friendly brawls and wrestling matches weren't uncommon around Blaise and his friends. Boys trying to show-off, to show their worth through physical capabilities.
While some of the kids tended to stay away and just watch rather than participate in these rough plays, Blaise found out he is rather fond of it. He liked the tingling rush of adrenaline, and felt empowered by the encouragement and affirmation he got for coming out on top.
Being naturally taller and sturdier than most of his friends, Blaise quickly gained an edge on the others, and picked up a few moves along the way.
Feeling left out and inferior, some other kids took their physical failures against each other very hard, to the point where the usually friendly grappling and rolling around turned into violent fist fights.
It didn't take too long for the same thing to happen to Blaise, and throughout the years he had a fair share of confrontations with the other kids.
One major fight with a kid called Gordy Harper, one of Blaise's closer friends, ended up in a magical accident. The boy wasn't hurt bad, but the incident deeply traumatised Blaise, extremely affecting his psyche, creating a major change in him just one year prior to getting his acceptance letter to Hogwarts.
Blaise would shut himself off from the world, afraid of something bad happening around him. The group of friends he used to love to hang out with now hated and resented him, calling him the same names as the kid he ended up hurting called his mother and sister.
'You're a freak.'
The year following this incident took it's tool on the family, especiallythe boy and his mother, but eventually emotions settled, and Blaise felt ready to at least try and embrace magic into his life, right before the twins got their letters.
While he might give the magical arts a chance, Blaise retained his affinity for physical activities and labor, and didn't forget what he learned from his fights. While not really a martial artist in any sense, the kid has a physical edge.

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Prodigal Defense Against the Dark Arts Learner [First Year]

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Arissa Wright was the only daughter of Arthur Wright and Melissa Wright (nee Rothchester) who worked as a soccer player and Court Scribe respectively. Her maternal family, the Rothchesters, were quite proficient in Transfiguration, but because of what happened in the Second Wizarding War, they decided to train their grandchildren in Defense against the Dark Arts instead. The action itself marked the break away of the Rothchesters family from the traditions that have been since their founders. It was quite shocking, to say the least, because the Rothchesters always valued their knowledge, and rarely involved in fight. However, considering how helpless they were during the war, they wanted to make some kind of change in their family's teachings. Even so, Transfigurations were still learnt, though they focus more about Defense against the Dark Arts itself.

Arissa and her second cousin, Adrian Rothchester were flabbergasted at first but they quickly adjusted themselves to the change. From what they heard, as soon as the light side won the war, their grandparents had already made their choice and there's nothing they can do about it. Arissa herself was actually delighted that the Rothchesters curriculum focus more on Defense against the Dark Arts rather than Transfiguration, as the former would have increased her survival much more than the latter, and Arissa wanted to survive. While she would surely chose to flee when there's danger, she thought that fleeing wasn't always an option. A little training wouldn't hurt anyone anyway. She had heard about the downfall of the Ministry from her grandfather who was a historian, and scoffed at the stupidity of the Ministry at that time. Those who survived either because of their blood or because of their skills, and Arissa would rather picked the latter. Seeing as her dream was to become the Head of Department of Law Magical Enforcement, she was thrilled to learn how to defend herself properly, as her mother told her that Head Department of Magical Law Enforcement would encounter few dangers because of Dark Wizards, and Defense against Dark Arts is essential during those encounters. She believed that if she learnt about Defense against the Dark Arts a little earlier than her peers, she could protect herself, her family and her dreams.

Considering the Rothchesters had their own curriculum, it didn't take much time for them to find a tutor specialized in that subject; a former Auror, and definitely have enough experienced to train both Arissa and Adrian. They spent their weekday evenings participating in the lessons, which were far more advanced than what Hogwarts taught, just by a year. Thus before Arissa went to Hogwarts, she had already mastered both the First and the Second Year curriculum of Defense against the Dark Arts, which caused her to be a little ahead compared to her fellow First Years. However, she has yet to master the art of casting using her wand at that time, and only watched as her tutor proceed to demonstrate the proper way to cast it. When she did cast it, her years of observing proved useful as she had managed only after a few tries.

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Lyle Justin Reeser was a person who never gave up on situations easily. Even on the situations he couldn't wrap his mind around (Many things were like that in the Reeser Manor), he just couldn't "leave it" or "put it to rest". One thing that got him and he just couldn't comprehend had to do with his cousin.

Lily was, as many would call, a child prodigy. Her logic was way beyond her age sometimes a simple conversation turned into a logic lecture. Not like Lyle minded it the least, when he was happy to listen of course, he loved listening to her talking about the way the world span or why ADHD people were more creative. She needed someone to talk to, and he needed someone to listen to.

Lyle is the hardest person to persuade, and he knew that. If you at least try make him do something that he doesn't want to do, good luck with that. You're dead. As dead as dead meat. But what was so strange, was how when Lily really needed to talk to someone, even when he didn't want to listen, Lily just had to ask him once, and her eyes---what was wrong with him...? To cut things short: he would listen. Not out of pity, at the least. But rather he did it happily, as if he wanted too. He would look back and say that "he will never fall for it again" or "be tricked into it again" but guess what?

He just keeps on failing his vows.

Not like he realizes it when he does. It was as if he was brainwashed into listening. He didn't know how that happened or why it did happen. Lily didn't threaten him, nor did she do much of anything except say,

"I have something to tell you! Will you listen, please?"

Just one please. And he fell for it.

Her eyes had always shown something. The way they shone, whenever she asked him something, or said anything to him, her eyes' iris', a beautiful tone of hazel each, and her average sized pupils, were like hypnotists themselves, as if he were the victim of unwanted hypnosis.

The more he thought about it, the more it made sense. Lily had never gotten in trouble, at least he couldn't remember any time she got in trouble. She had gotten so deep in trouble but 5 minutes later she was out of the trouble, scot-free--no punishment. Raelynn (His younger sister) had tried what Lily had done, but she couldn't get out of it. Just a punishment-- and being full named. Lily didn't understand the reason why. She thought it was natural, what was happening. But with these situations, the answer is sometimes something "impossible".

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Ability applied for: Keen Eye

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As Richard was born and raised in London, among the muggles, his first few years past like a normal muggle boy with muggle hobbies and interests like playing soccer going to beach and theme parks etc. among which one of his hobby is listening to stories before going to bed.

At the age of 3 he became somewhat addicted to stories, so his mother helped him in learning how to read, when he came to age 4 he asked his mother to get him stories which are based on real events not fairy tales like Hensel and Gretel, Jack and the bean stalk and Pied piper etc. so his mother bought him Aesop's fables, so that he can learn the moral of the stories as well as his reading ability gets strong because they were meant for children of his age.

When Richard gets to age 5 and his reading abilities are better than an average kid of his own age his parents take him to the book store for visit so he can get the books he wants, as he was checking the shelves roaming in the book store reading the titles of the books, one book catches his eyes titled "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle." He brought that book home and started reading it.

The preface of the book clearly states that Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character, but still Richard was so fascinated by the ways of the detective, his deductive reasoning and his observations that he started following the ways to improve his skills, at first he fails many time, so he keeps a notebook and a pencil with him where ever he goes and notes down the way a person moves, his expression, his gestures, his eye contact, the way a person dressed and their accent etc.

As he grew up to age 6 his deductive skills were good enough to judge any person and he can instantly tell if the person is lying or nervous or if he is telling truth or he is trying to hide something, he checked the results by applying it on his parents when ever they hide his favorite junk food, candies or toys and successfully gets the items locations just by questioning them and watching their behavior. He also developed observation skills during that time and even the slightest movement catches his eyes. He even developed a habit of touching the surface or knocking it unconsciously while walking which helped him in noticing the gaps or even different kind of material compared to which he touched or knocked at, he sometimes even discovers trapdoors that way.

When he was at the age of 7 he was so confident in his skills that he play pranks on people and uses the discovered trap doors to lose them, he tried to hone his observational skills further more by sitting in a room with eyes closed and focusing on the sounds, their direction and imagines it, as well as he sometimes focuses one thing entirely and tries to find even the slightest abnormality.

One day Richard was trying to test his observational skills and he successfully finds hidden trap door which leads to small pit, and found a fireplace as well as a wooden box container with some wooden sticks in it, Richard asks his parents about the findings, at first they just refused to tell the truth but when Richard keeps insisting they told him that, that we are not different than the ones we live with, and you will find it soon enough, at your eleventh birthday !

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Cade Darkbound is a ready mind, eager to learn. He is intelligent and likes to experiment and figure things out on his own. When alone, Cade often reads not only for his enjoyment, but to further his own knowledge. He is a true Ravenclaw at heart, always researching to stay prepared and always picking up the next task and assignment with ease. He learns by doing, he really tries to practice his craft and does it to attain a certain mastery. When he’s happy with his work he checks it off and continues searching for more, almost like a leach. Aways feeding and expanding his mind. Cade’s bedroom in Ottery St Mary has an entire bookshelf of both wizarding and muggle works alike. He reads a new book every week and you’ll often find him in a library or used book shop. We can agree he is very studious.

Ever since he heard of the dueling club from his father, who had been a big fan of its events, Cade was transfixed! He looked at every spellbook he could find and saved them until the day he finally purchased his very own wand. Now that he has the chance to try out for the dueling club, he will prioritize a chunk of free time just for learning new spells. He will try to master them to not only impress his father but satiate his mad desire to learn more. Cade makes an effort to get his assignments done on time and done well so that he is prepared for his exams and prepared to do the next thing.

He is interested in the ways of spellcasting, especially the ways of the wand. How it amplifies and directs a wizard's power is fascinating to him. He always marvels about the bond between a wand and its owner. He wonders if its core has anything to do with how it chooses the wizard or perhaps the energy that makes up the core from the magical creature somehow is magnetized? Cade always loves to imagine what it would be like to become a spell inventor. Was it accidental magic refined and reinvented? Cade didn’t know but how fun life it would be to lead. But to even consider going into such a profession would mean to know all the spells that exist currently. The first year is teeming with anticipation of where his life would lead. But It starts now, right here at Hogwarts.

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Name of Ability or Race/Talent that you Are Applying for: Calming Presence (2nd Year), Nonverbal (6th Year)

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Calming Presence - 2nd Year

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People always warned that others should be wary of the quiet ones. They were always listening. Watching. Learning.

This was true for Robyn. She had always grown up to be seen and not heard, so she learned to be quiet and observe. This became handy in many situations, especially in school when people were always looking for information. She always knew what was happening within hallowed halls of betrayal and petty drama of adolescents. Listening kept her sane and out of her own mind. It let her learn how friends were supposed to be like, how people generally treated each other. It helped quell her own anxieties of interaction. It's not that her mom didn't teach her how, but growing up with some intense social anxiety always had her double, triple, quadruple questioning. Staying up late overthinking what she could've done better.

There came a time where she became quite good at hiding it, her anxiety that is. By abandoning talking completely. This... did not go well at Hogwarts. A place where she needed to speak to learn spells. But it did become handy in another way, she became a person other people would talk to. Especially in second year when she started charming her hair, her overall color palette emanated warmth and comfort. Warm honey brown eyes drawing people in with a constant flow of empathy and compassion. Even outside of her crimson red Gryffindor robes, her regular wardrobe was reminiscent of a brisk fall day with the feeling of cozy fires and waffle-texture sweaters helping her disappear into the stacks of the library that swallowed her whole. They were muted, let her disappear. But also made her stand out to those seeking out her well-timed nods and "Mhm."s. Some of the people that spoke to her never knew her name.

She never really had to speak to comfort people, she became a beacon of a blank slate. Someone where your secrets could be kept, because she was silent. The stories and secrets that were written into her own story were quite intense. She would carry those stories with her to the grave, people trusted her for some reason. She didn't know how it came to be, but she became a calming presence within the sometimes cold and scary walls of Hogwarts. Especially in the library where she always felt the most in control and calm. It was quite an appropriate place to speak one's story and truth, but she wouldn't realize that until much later.

The library always made her feel comfortable, yet her demeanor and softness always helped others feel comfortable outside of the library.

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Nonverbal - 6th Year

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Robyn had learned to be quiet for most of her life, attempting to stay as hidden as possible whenever she could. She never wanted to be noticed, never wanted the spotlight. Words seemed to fail her despite how many she consumed with novel after novel that she read. Coming up with her own was always extremely difficult. Even when they were given to her, incantations with a history and a reason for being attached to a spell, she would struggle. Often she would find herself stuttering and stumbling through the incantations causing backfires galore. Eventually, she would get it which is how she managed to pass in Hogwarts on top of well-done homework and essays to keep her afloat from the practical elements of the classes. She had heard of nonverbal magic and seen it done by Professors and upperclassmen, read about it in one of her random scavenges for more information at Hogwarts, sometimes there were too many books to choose from so she'd choose at random. The first time she found nonverbal it was just a brief mention and she forgot about it for awhile, though storing it in the back of her mind for later when she was able to learn it.

This would be many years later, around her 6th year at Hogwarts. Her stutter under stress hadn't gone away but it had definitely gotten better. More under control as she learned how to control her own anxiety and developed coping mechanisms from it thanks to muggle self-help books a friend had helped her find. She approached one of her most trusted Professors at the time to talk to them about it just to get more information on where she should start to even learn how to do nonverbal magic. It was a lucky enough interaction where they offered to help her learn how. They knew how her struggle plagued her, and she genuinely did want to succeed. This would only help her excel once she had to cast the spells when she left Hogwarts. Once a week she would have a private lesson with them, going through various exercises and practicing as much as possible. It took a long time for her to even get a backfire out of a nonverbal spell, let alone a successful one. While she may not be the best witch in the world, she was dedicated and diligent in her work at the very least.

Throughout her last two years at Hogwarts she would practice. Though in her 7th year she dropped from once a week, to once a month in her extra practice with the Professor. Eventually, graduating Hogwarts completely. Being able to practice nonverbal magic has helped her confidence in casting greatly, and her spells seem to go off more assuredly when she casts without a stuttered incantation. At home, sometimes she'll still say the incantation just to practice them in low-stress conditions. While she has the ability not to say it, it's not an ability she's too keen on losing.

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Growing up Verner has spent all his time among muggles. He has always felt out of place, everywhere except for home. Maybe it was because he was magical, or maybe because he usually spent his time alone. It could have also been due to his strange name and ancestry half english half continental. Verner had often been a target of jokes, some of it you could even call bullying.

Frequent situations like that forced Verner, being the quiet and composed child he was, and also because he did not want to worry his parents, to develop a strategy. A strategy which with time became a habit. And this way Verner has most probably, unbeknownst to him, discovered one of his many talents as a wizard. And the talent grew stronger the more he has used it.

The strategy at first started with him carefully observing the environment where he was, looking for places and ways he could escape or hide himself.
Next, usually from within a hiding place such as shadow around a corner, or from behind a curtain or cabinet, maybe even from underneath a table or top of wardrobe, he would silently observe people around him and try gauge their intentions and the best safest and smartest way out. In case of a peculiar situation he would listen to people around and wait for the perfect chance to leave unnoticed, either slowly tip-toed, or by running away very quickly, but still quite silently.

As Verner grew more accustomed to this *hiding* skill, he found out he could also hide himself in plain sight. Just by acting *naturally*, adjusting his behaviour in accordance with the flow of situation he could become almost invisible. Hiding his presence seemed to make some people in certain situations even forget he had been there at all.

After couple of years passing, Verner had used it many times, in primary school and during the times he spent his time outside of the safety of home. He managed to avoid being chased, in another instance he listened to some bullies plotting and crossed their plans, he even managed to surprise adults by suddenly sneaking up from behind.

Verner has used it even on the day he received his Hogwarts letter. His parents, unsure why a letter addressed to Verner got delivered by a strange man did not let the man talk to Verner at first. But Verner being curious, hid and listened to them talking about magic and a school of magic, even watched as the strange man -- apparently a teacher from said school -- tried to persuade his parents, showing them magic. His parents seemed to be quite surprised when he popped out in the middle of the talk.

This skill also made Verner **do things like tasks and assignments quickly effectively and stealthily** just to avoid attention where it was unnecessary. **Waiting, hiding, carefully treading forward, observing how the situation develops and thinking of what he can or should** became Verner's second nature. The knowledge gained while observing people would always become handy for whatever reason or use.

When Verner is excited, very happy or excessively curious and forgets himself he sometimes breaks the hiding without such intention. He knows he has to perfect this talent still, and he already knows a prefect place for it will be his years studying in Hogwarts.

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|| Stamina: 5 || Evasion: 7 || Strength: 3 || Wisdom: 6 || ArcPower: 6 || Accuracy: 8 ||