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Full Character Name: Nicola Rose Hames
Character Birthday & Age: January 1, 1990 & Eighteen
City & Country of Birth: Devon, England
Pureblood, Halfblood or Muggleborn?: Halfbood (mother is a squib)
Alma Mater: Hogwarts Slytherin Alumni
Job: Unspeakable-in-training; Experimental Spells division
Wand: Birch wood matched with Hippogriff hair core. The wand is sleek but springy and rather swishy. The smooth varnish finish and smooth handle with patterned burnt into the wood. Pattern is of vines wrapping around the handle till he base of the wand.
Physical Description: Tomboy and ex-Slytherin don’t often go in the same sentence together, but they do when you are referring to Nicola Hames. Nicola has never really been on for fashion, dressing more for comfort. She never saw the appeal of make-up or dresses. She abided by the rules at school about the uniform when she attended but she was a bit awkward in the skirt. She prefers to be dressed in some form of pants rather than letting a cool breeze draft upwards. Generally she appears more confident in a pair of pants, but is no stranger to wearing a skirt or dress over top of pants purely to please her parents. Apparently to them a dress with pants or leggings is better than no dress at all. Now that she doesn’t live at home that dress experience is limited to when she visits for family dinner.
Nicola is a short girl but she does pack an attitude. She is approximately 5’5 in height and hates it, but what can she do about it? She isn’t about to wear heels as she would break an ankle. She has brown hair that just passes her shoulders, which she lets hang, as it wants after dragging a brush through it. Many girls are probably dying for her to do something with it. She has been known to pull it up into a ponytail, but with the hair that falls out of it could you even call it that? Appearances are not important to her, but she likes to appear clean and preferably smell clean. Being dirty is just disgusting so she is always clean but she just isn’t overly put together. She does try when it counts but when just strutting around school who cares? The answer to that is Nicola sure as hell doesn’t.
Nicola has a thin oval shaped face that she thinks makes her look more like a model than she would like. She has soft pale skin, because despite the stigma that tomboys get she doesn’t get out that often, not to say she wouldn’t go out. She has a petit pointy nose, which isn’t at all surprising considering her size. Blue eyes are from her father, and she doesn’t particularly like them, but not like she can choose. She has a few freckles on her cheeks, but they come out more so when she tans, if she tans.
Her mother is always picking on Nicola over this trait, and that would be her posture. She hunches over when she sits, and she doesn’t walk all that proud or posh either. She sort of shuffles along at not a particular quick gait, mainly because she doesn’t see a reason for it. Nicola has a habit of eating candies too so there is often something in her mouth at all times. It does cut down on the chatter though.
Like every girl she dislikes something about her body, other than her height. She hates the fact she is so boyish in shape. She is a girl gosh darn it. She hates the fact she has severe lack in hips, but she doesn’t mind the lack of chest since those just seem to get in the way. She dislikes her feet because well feet are just gross no matter whose they are and should be covered by some form of sock unless you are in bed, where a blanket is doing that.
Much like her appearance her voice is a little bit different. She doesn’t speak with the posh upper class voice, perhaps because she naturally has a more gritty and raspy voice. Some might think she is sick but that is just the nature of her voice. She says she would make an excellent radio star with her raspy sexy voice, if that was at all what she wanted to do.
Personality Description: Confidence is not something she lacks, nor are opinions. She is strong willed, but a pessimist all the same. She definitely views the cup as half empty. She always has this habit of seeing the bad before the good, and is extremely judgmental. Nicola makes snap judgments and is often too stubborn to change them, but some how you can break her down and for each person it is different. If she was so stubborn as not to change her judgment she would have no friends at all.
Ambitious is another word that would describe her, when she wants something she will get it. She is quite set in her ways about getting what she wants and what she believes she deserves. She has high hopes for herself and her career path. She dreamt of being a member of the ministry as her career path, she just needed to find out what seemed so exciting to her. Unlike other Capricorns she isn’t exactly practical, she often won’t listen to reason either. She isn’t exactly patient either, but if you give her time she can be so really you just need to be patient with her first.
Loyalty to her friends is important to her and she expects it in return as well. She is careful who she lets herself get close to and nobody yet has been deemed worthy of her family’s dark secret. She is resourceful, and has never let things stop her such as her family secret. Nicola is reserved about some things but other things she is quite willing to share as long as it will get her somewhere.
Romantically she is hopeless, but she always has a habit of being one of the guys. Perhaps due to the fact she follows quidditch and always knows the latest about her favourite teams. Nicola has never really been interested in dating, but not to say she wouldn’t like to get interested. Romantics were not a priority for her in school she was more focused on completing school and getting her dream job, which she did.
History: Lisa Wheaton and Anthony Hames fell in love, not the common story to hear from a strong pureblood line like the Hames’. That would change once Lisa and Anthony conceived Nicola. She was a love child, conceived out of wedlock, but the Hames’ were damned if their son would produce a potential heir out of wedlock. So without much discussion of who Lisa was and where she came from the two were married. The Wheaton’s were indeed a wizarding family, once pure like that of the Hames’. The line had been weakened by an affair with a muggle producing a child who was always thought the to be pure. Not many people knew of this illicit affair and it was to be kept that way. Of course none of this would have been common knowledge to the Hames’ but what should have been was the fact they had married their son off to a squib. Anthony knew Lisa was a squib, it had never been something she hid from him but with the name of Wheaton it was something to hide from everyone else. An elaborate tale of Lisa’s education came to be explaining why she never attended the institute as fine as Hogwarts. The news of Lisa being a squib would be brought forth to the Hames’ after the marriage between Anthony and Lisa. They were horrified to learn of this and demanded this fact be kept a secret. Their only worry now was whether that child that would bare the Hames name would be magical enough.
On a very exciting New Years Eve of 1989 Lisa would go into labour, only to give birth to a daughter on January 1st 1990. Nicola Rose Hames was brought into this world in the bedroom of the Hames manor as a party ragged on below. Nicola was two weeks over due and as her grandparents of the Hames side say, ruined a good party. Lisa and Anthony could not be happier with their daughter despite the fact Anthony’s parents were hoping for a boy. The fact Lisa was a squib would be forgotten, well pushed into the back of the minds of the Hames and it would become a family teacher.
Anthony, Lisa, and Nicola would move to Devonshire (Devon) where they had an old Victorian Style home that was hidden from muggle eyes. Only knowing the correct charms or having an invitation would allow you to see the Hames home. They were private people, but it was common for them to throw dinner parties. They arranged play dates for their young child who was growing up so fast, or so it appeared to the new parents.
When she was two-years-old, on April 8th 1992 her brother Samuel Byron Hames was brought into the world. They had their heir and their desired amount of kids, one boy and one girl. The Hames family was seemingly complete. It would only grow with the addition of a white kitten named Victoria when Nicola was five, a birthday gift. One might think that since she was the eldest, the girl, and from a rich family that she would be a spoiled brat, but in truth she was not. Nicola was always taught to do things for herself and that she couldn’t just get something she wanted because she whined. With a squib mother she saw the value of hard work as her mother had to do things without magic.
Upon a turning eleven she would receive her owl that she would be attending Hogwarts, which was no surprise to her father as he had seen the signs of magic over the years. Nicola would head off for her first year of school with high hopes. She wanted to make her parents proud, and the first step was making it into a respectable house. She would follow into her father’s footsteps and be sorted into Slytherin, which was a bit of a shock to her father, and her grandparents. Nobody was about to complain as this was just keeping the family secret alive.
Over the next two years life would grow into a rhythm. She would head off to classes and socialize. She became an avid fan of the Slytherin Quidditch Team always in the stands cheering them on. Her third year would be when things changed, as her brother would enter the school. At the sorting feast she waited in anticipation to see where Samuel would be sorted. He would be sorted into Ravenclaw, a respectable house at least. Nicola was a little upset that they wouldn’t get to be in the same house, but it wouldn’t stop her from spending some time with her brother.
Once more life would settle into a routine. Fifth year she stressed out about Owls just like everyone else. When sixth year came along she made decisions that she believed would affect the rest of her life. She ended up choosing some core classes that would assist her in becoming an Unspeakable, a career she had grown interested in as she read about it. Nothing truly life altering happened over the years. Nobody had learnt the family secret, and Nicola was just being a teenager. She was growing to find the opposite sex attractive like any teenager girl her age. She was growing up and maturing, with dreams of a career and a life after Hogwarts. She was scared to take her NEWTs but she wasn’t going to let her nerves get to her, as she believed she could do quite well with some studying. With NEWTs ahead of her she had something to focus on.
Before the end of the year Nicola would start working on her application apply for acceptance to the training program at the Ministry of Magic for a spot in the Department of Mysteries. After her exams she would send out an application for entrance into the Department. After graduating near the top of her class, and with O’s in Charms, Transfiguration, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Arithmancy. Nicola also managed to get E’s in everything else which was shocking since she just scrapped by with Potions. As a reward for doing so well at school and being accepted into the Department of Mysteries program her parents rented a large one bedroom apartment for her to live in, in muggle London, so that she was closer to her work.
What is your occupation? How do you go about it? How did you get your current occupation? How does your past and abilities justify your current skills?: Nicola is a trainee in the Department of Mysteries in the Experimental Spells division. Nicola is working hard at developing the skills she is taught and is under the guidance of a talented set of witches and wizards. Nicola received the honour of the position by receiving O’s in Defence Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Arithmancy, and Charms. She also received E’s in Herebology, Ancient Runes, Astronomy, and luckily Potions.
Writing Sample:Why? That was all Nicola could ask herself as she lay on her stomach staring at the headboard. She was bored, and her question was why was she bored and why did it have to be now. She wanted to do something. Sure she was creative enough to think of something to do, it was just that she was lazy. Laziness, the problem with today’s youth! Funny to think she hated it when people were lazy and here she was being lazy. No she wasn’t going to be a hypocrite. Nicola rolled off her stomach and off her bed, managing only to gracefully to put her feet to the ground. Stunning that she could manage to be graceful.
Her sock covered feet hit the floor and she ruffled her hair before sticking a hat over top. She shoved her feet into a pair of trainers and moved her pant legs so as not to get caught in the shoe. She grabbed a sweater from the end of her bed and didn’t even both to look in the mirror as she passed. What did she if she looked disheveled she usually did even if she did look in the mirror. She shoved her hands in her jean pockets as she walked down the stairs slowly.
She walked slowly through the common room over hearing the chatter of people. She snuck out the door of the common room without much notice, which was nice. She looked over her shoulder just as the common room entrance closed and she shrugged her shoulder; she thought she had heard her name being called. Nic, well it could be anyone a guy even. Nicola did not make an effort to learn all the young year names, but she at least knew them by face.
She walked slowly along her hands still in her pockets and her shoulders slightly hunched, her mother would be furious if she saw her. Nicola was just coming up the stairs as someone rushed down them barreling into her. “Watch were the bloody ’ell you’re goin’,” she said in her slightly raspy voice with anger in her tone. She wasn’t sick she just had a bit of a rasp to her voice, sort of gritty. She definitely didn’t have the upper class vocabulary either. With a glare she went on her way not even looking back to see if the second year was all right. No doubt a Hufflepuff. She continued up the stairs and headed out the main doors to the grounds.
The cool air hit her and she sighed softly, that was definitely pleasant. She trotted down the front steps and headed on towards the lake. At least she was out doing something, even if it was boring. Who knew what she might encounter at the lake.
Sum up your character in one paragraph: Nicola is focused and independent. When she puts her mind to something she will follow through with it and hates to let herself down. She looks out for her friends and is completely loyal to them, but she does have a tendency of being having trust issues and really has to trust someone to divulge her secrets. Nicola is determined, but does have a pessimistic side to her. The glass is always half empty to her but she is trying to turn that around.
Nicola Hames: Assistant to Analiza Snark