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Full Character Name: Aoife Maeve Moffett
Character Birthday & Age: November 30, 1997, Age 12
City & Country of Birth: Feeny, Northern Ireland
Pureblood, Halfblood or Muggleborn: Halfblood
House & Year: Hufflepuff, 1st Year

Wand: 7 1/2 inches, pliable yet knobby, Chestnut, Unicorn hair.

Physical Description:
Aoife stands short at 4'7 and stocky with 89lbs of a combination of fat and muscle from eating and working on her mother's farm. Her arms are quite muscular for her age along with her thick legs. She doesn't carry herself well, often slumping or leaning back when she sits. This slumping, among other things occasionally gives her back problems. She is slightly fair with a lot of freckles from working and playing in the sun, often forgetting to put on a sun potion.

Her hair is a muddy brown and cut so the bottom falls at her mouth. It is thick hair and hard to tame without spells or magical products, hence why it's kept short. Her eyes are a similar brown and squint a lot as if Aoife was always looking directly at the sun. Her face had quite a bit of freackles just like her body, mostly concentrated around her cheeks. Her cheeks were also quite red and often sunburned. She has full lips that are good at pouting, though she doesn't really put them to use much.


Personality Description:
Two of her most outstanding qualities are her cheerfulness and clever thinking. Her mother giving her responsibilities at a young age has made her mature for her age. Aoife is mostly smiling and almost always ready to help someone out. Despite her low grades in a Muggle primary school, Aoife seems to be developing her magic skills at a normal rate.

While she is always ready to help a classmate with their homework, don't be fooled. While well meaning, she is usually helping so she can procrastinate doing her own homework. Aoife is notoriously lazy when it comes to what she considers menial tasks. If it doesn't involve animals, plants, or sports, expect her to put it off again and again until she can't put it off anymore.

Another skill she never learned is tact. While growing up with a very snark filled mother did not help, Aoife never learned to know what's appropriate to say and what is not. This has driven many potential friends at primary school away from her. Her mother hopes that her experience at Hogwarts can teach her to not procrastinate and how to bite her tongue.

Aoife's passion is cooking, having watched the local baker from a young age Aoife always bothered her mother, asking if they could bake or could they buy this food so she could try a recipe, not that she could try much at her age. Aoife often wishes that she could learn to cook more at Hogwarts, and hopes to become a master magical chef.

Her second passion is creatures. Whether they are regular or magical, chances are that Aoife will love them. Her favorite job on the farm was feeding the animals. Although cleaning up after them was never fun.

One particular quirk of Aoife's is that she hardly wears shoes. She's had a unique shoe size since she was seven, leading to her mother just telling her to go barefoot while indoors. With Hogwarts came appropriate shoes but Aoife was still in the habit of going barefoot outside of class, often keeping her school socks and shoes in her red school bag.

History:
Aoife was not born in the most peaceful times, she was born during the Second Wizarding War. Born in the Selwyn home after the Selwyn sisters had let the pregnant American Muggleborn witch Karen Moffett had let her stay after she had been abandoned by her pureblood husband. After the war had ended, the sisters used their wealth to buy a farm just outside Feeny, Northern Ireland for her to run.

Despite her lack of a father, Aoife's childhood was happy. It is true that she didn't have much to play with, Karen refused to use magic to improve the crops, considering it cheating, but Aoife could make her own fun most of the time. She was put to work on the farm as soon as she could handle feeding the animals, and she only gained more jobs and experience there.

When she was eight, Karen noticed that Aoife had quite the reaction time, being able to move quickly before falling objects hit her. But what she noticed most was her love of cooking. At ten, Aoife tried to do all she could to help her mother with making food, but still being a young girl, she couldn't do a whole lot. Karen appreciated the help anyway.

Soon enough, the Hogwarts letter came. Aoife complained for a week about how she couldn't go right away due to when her birthday was. Finally, Karen told her to stop complaining and be happy that she would get a head start on a lot of her classmates. She then took Aoife to buy her books and supplies.

The Sorting Hat wasted little to no time sorting her into Hufflepuff. But to be honest, Aoife would have been happy anywhere, not knowing much about Hogwarts since her mother had never been there. She quickly settled in, enjoying the food and dreaming of being able to prepare the Halloween and Christmas feasts all by herself. As for classes, Aoife was surprised at how well she managed at Transfiguration. She is currently attempting to transfigure a piece of amber she found as a young child, and a chain into a necklace. Despite her mostly good grades in classes, Aoife remains as lazy as ever when it comes to homework. She often procrastinates until the last minute to do it, and it shows in the sloppiness of her homework. Luckily for her she can get through her class lectures and participate enough to make up for it.

Classes:

Core Classes Astronomy Charms Defense Against the Dark Arts Herbology History of Magic Potions Transfiguration Flying

Electives No No No No No

How Do You Fit Into Your House?:
Aoife is a very loyal, group oriented person. Though she has driven many people away through her lack of tact, what she wants even more than to become a chef is to have close friends. Aoife is also very hardworking, taught by her mother that you can't get anything good without working hard for it, assuming it's not written homework Aoife will give it her all.

One thing that cooking has taught Aoife is patience, she is willing to do things again and again until she gets it right. Another quality she has is tolerance. While ther is one exception, she is very tolerant and accepting of a lot of people. While she does believe in some stereotypes, she is quick to drop them once she sees they're not true.

Writing Sample:
The King's Cross Station had quite a busy day today. There were people in robes as usual, but the King's Cross regulars had gotten used to seeing them at this time of the year. Outside, a large purple triple-Decker bus grinded to a halt. Out stepped a woman and a school aged girl. The woman looked a bit woozy while the girl jumped out happily.

"Mum! We're here-" She stopped once she saw her mother holding her head. "You can't be worn out now! We weren't even on that long."

"I don't think I'll ever get used to that Knight Bus." The mother replied in an American accent, taking a deep breath before removing her hand from her head. "Do you have your trunk?"

Just as she asked that question, the conductor threw a middle sized dark red trunk into the mother's arms. She had to act quickly to catch and hold it. The Knight Bus then sped off.

"Thanks a lot..." She muttered under her breath before seeing that her daughter had gone inside already. "Aoife, wait for me! you're going to get lost!" She yelled, rushing after the girl.

Sum up your character in one paragraph:
Although she has little to no tact and is quite lazy, Aoife is genuinely a good, loyal, and quite bright for her age Hufflepuff. She is determined to make her house and mother proud by becoming a master magical chef. She does have her prejudice against pure-bloods but her mother hopes that Hogwarts can expose her to more people and creatures so Aoife becomes a well rounded and smart young woman.

More Facts About Aoife Maeve Moffett


Name

Name: Aoife Maeve Moffett
Meaning behind name:

- Aoife means "beauty" from the Gaelic word aoibh. This description fits more with the woman she was named after, Aoife Selwyn. She, along with her twin sister took Aoife's pregnant mother in after her husband abandoned her during the second wizarding war.

- Maeve is the Anglicized form of the Gaelic name Medb meaning "intoxicating". Once again, this description fits more with her second namesake; the younger twin, Maeve Selwyn.

- Moffett is both a Scottish and Irish place name meaning "Long field".

Nicknames: "Lovable old squirt" (Called this by her mother)

Birth

Age: 12
Date of Birth: November 30th, 1997
Blood Purity: Half-blood
Blood Type: B+
Astrological Sign: Sagittarius
Nationality: Half Irish, Half American
Place of Birth: The Selwyn home in Derry, Northern Ireland.

Family and Home

Father

Name: Sean Stiofán Moffett
Age: 36
Occupation: Unemployed
Relationship with Aoife: Curently non-existent due to Sean's incarceration at Azkaban in June 1998. Aoife is curious about him but also afraid of meeting him due to her mother telling her he was a Death Eater supporter.

Mother

Name: Karen Elizabeth Moffett neé White
Age: 30
Occupation: Dairy and crop farmer.
Relationship with Aoife: It is very close. Right now, Karen considers Aoife all she has and was the only thing that kept her going after her husband left her. Aoife loves her mother, but is also annoyed sometimes at her moodiness and her keeping secrets.

Aunts

Name: Aoife Catriona Selwyn
Age: 70
Occupation: Retired, former Auror
Relationship with Aoife: They're on good terms. Aoife the first enjoys her activity and like eating her cooking. Aoife the second enjoys spending time with her and having practice duels with Aoife the first.


Name: Maeve Mhairi Selwyn
Age: 70
Occupation: Retired, former Wizengamot Elder
Relationship with Aoife: A little less friendly than with her sister, due to Aoife being less trustful of the colder sister. Maeve often reminds Aoife to remain poised and act like a lady, and occasionally lets Aoife alter and wear her old robes from her childhood.

Current Residence: A three bedroom farm house right outside of Feeny, Northern Ireland. It looks smaller on the outside than it really is and is clean despite the floors and furniture being a bit worn

Socioeconomic Level: Skilled Working-Class

Talents and Skills:

Sewing- Not making clothes or robes itself, but Aoife has become quite adept at altering clothes that are too big for her. She doesn't know how to alter clothes she's outgrown though. She does this the Muggle way, as she's not allowed to use magic outside of Hogwarts.

Cooking- Since she was eight, Aoife has loved to cook. It is true she can't do much now due to her size, but Aoife is quickly learning the skills needed to make fantastic feasts. She mostly does cooking the Muggle way due to the reason mentioned above, but more and more magic is creeping into her skills.

Fast Reflexes- Her mother noticed that Aoife was able to get out of the way before a goat that was right next to her would headbutt her. These reflexes also help her in her practice duels with Aoife the first, if only she could pronounce the countercurses correctly...

Transfiguration- Since taking classes at Hogwarts, Aoife has shown a knack for Transfiguration due to a slightly rigid mind. She is able to picture what she wants in her mind and make it happen. One object she has trouble with is a chain and a piece of Amber she picked out of a tree. Her mind changes as to what she ultimately wants it to look like so she is unable to transfigure it into a necklace correctly.

Herbology- It might have been growing up on a farm, but Aoife knows her way around multiple Muggle plants and is getting the hang of the wizarding ones quite quickly.

Care of Magical Creatures- Despite being a first year currently, Aoife is excited to eventually take this class and is brushing up on her Magical Creatures using Fantasic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Physical Characteristics

Height: 4'7 or 140 cm
Weight: 89lbs or 40 kg
Race: Caucasian
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Skin Color: Slightly tanned
Shape of Face: Round
Distinguishing Features: Thick, slightly unruly, mud colored brown hair that is cut to her chin. Her eyes squint as if they were always looking at the sun. She often goes barefoot due to having a rare foot size and shoes being diffcult to alter with Muggle and Magic methods. So the bottoms of her feet are often caked in dirt and bits of grass.

Health: Aoife is quite healthy. Although she is a bit overweight due to being a big eater, she exercises by working on the farm at home, and running to class at school.

Speech Patterns: Aoife has a habit of pausing to think of a word she can't remember. It was most likely a word her mother said. She's quite blunt and will often say the wrong thing at the absolute worse time and was considered quite rude at St. Canice's Prmary School. Her voice is still a bit squeaky in her youth and she has a slight Irish accent.

How does she dress?: Aoife is well verse in both Muggle and Wizard clothing. She prefers to wear Muggle clothing while working on the farm, but is quite comfortable in the long robes that are a part of the wizarding world. When wearing Muggle clothes, she leans towards pants and shorts for work and skirts and dresses for leisure. Due to her small-for-her-age shoe size, she often goes barefoot. But when she does wear shoes they are plain brown shoes for casual wear and plain black shoes with a small heel for her uniform.

Intellectual and Educational Background

Intelligence Level: Very slightly above average. She's quite clever for her age but it depends on the subject.

Learning Experiences: Was taught the basic as a toddler by her mother before she was sent to St. Canice's Primary School just outside of Feeny. She didn't make any friends due to her rude comments and the tendency to have weird things happen around her. She didn't make very good grades either, which is something she wants to change coming to Hogwarts.

Motto: "The world is a bad place, but it's still worth it in the end."

Hobbies

- Cooking
- Gardening
- Attempting to play with the animals on the farm
- Procrastinating on homework
- Listening to the radio

Emotional Characteristics

Strengths: Aoife is as optimistic as can be and wants to see the good in everyone, even if it's hard at times. She's very cheerful most of the time, and when something does upset her, she can get over it pretty quickly, although the sad feelings may lay dormant. She's quite clever for her age, having a knack for certain types of magic that could be considered hard, like Transfiguration.

Weaknesses: While Aoife is making an honest effort to try, she still lacks tact and the ability to hold her tongue. This lack of an important skill could be represented by her shorter than average wand. Another trait is her extreme laziness. While at home her mother pushed Aoife to work through it, without her, Aoife finds herself slipping into procrastination and more procrastination.

Introvert or Extrovert?: Extrovert

Optimist or Pessimist?: Optimist

How does Aoife deal with...

Anger- Aoife is quick to lash out when she feels she's been wronged. Often giving insults or protests that she was in the right.

Sadness- Aoife will stew in her own emotions. She'll either not want to talk about it at all, or take the other extreme and have it be the only thing she talks about.

In a crisis- Aoife has not dealt with many crises so she will break down. Only time will tell if she can grow out of this.

With change- It depends on the change. If it's a good change, expect Aoife to talk about it for hours on end until someone-usually her mother-tells her to be quiet. If she gets even the slightest idea if it's a bad change she will shut down and act as if she's in a crisis. Lucky for her, there haven't been many bad changes for her yet.

With loss- Aoife would cycle through the five stages of grief, but with emphasis placed on the first stage: denial. Aoife would go on living like nothing has happened at first, either in an attempt to pretend it didn't happen, or a hope that if she acts like everything's the same it will go back to the way it was before. Eventually she will break down into the Anger stage, and then her grieving is quite natural.

What does Aoife want out of life?: Right now it's to have fun and to make her mother and aunts proud of her. She also wants friends who will care about her no matter what. She hopes getting sorted into Hufflepuff will help her make lifelong friends.

What would Aoife like to change in her life?: She wishes her mother was less moody and more open with her. She feels that she's been old enough to know more adult things. If that's true however...Only time will tell.

What motivates Aoife?: The desire to become a master magical chef, the desire for friends and the desire to belong.

What frightens Aoife?: The realization that it's her fault she had no friends during Primary School. The fear that she won't be able to stop being rude and alienating everyone around her.

What makes Aoife happy?: Cooking, playing or taking care of animals, practicing spells, (except when it's homework) hanginf out with friends, and gardening.

In Aoife judgmental of others?: She is trying not to be, due to the diversity of Hogwarts. But coming from a slightly judgmental mother she does pick up some judgmental traits.

Is Aoife generally polite or rude?: She tries her best to be polite, but she often comes across as quite rude when she says things without thinking.

Greatest flaw: Either her lack of tact, which has cost her quite a few friends in the past, or her laziness, which currently keeps her grades only barely above average.

Aoife's short term goals: Get enough money for a pet cat, pass the first year exams, make one or two good friends.

Aoife's long term goals: Become a magical chef, visit America.

How does Aoife see herself?: Right now, she sees herself as this awkward friendless girl. She wants to see herself as this amazing girl who can do all of these cool things.

How does Aoife believe she is percieved by others?: It's hard for her to get into people's heads, but she likes to assume people think the best of her and that helps with her image of herself.

What would most embarrass Aoife?: Being called out on her rudeness and laziness in front of everyone, either that or getting a Howler in front of everyone.

Spiritual Characteristics

Does Aoife believe in God?: Yes, she identifies as Catholic.

What are Aoife's spiritual beliefs?: She does pray before bed every night. She prays before eating at home, but only once at Hogwarts before she stopped. She's read parts of the Bible, but not the whole thing.

Is religion or spirituality a part of Aoife's life?: It is in that she tries to live her life according to the rules of her religion, and it isn't in that she doesn't let it rule her life.

Favorites:

Color: Red
Animal: Goose
Food: Beef and Mashed Potatoes
Drink: Red Lemonade
Radio Station: Wrockbox- plays all the wizarding world hit songs
Band: Wild Beings
Song: Unrequited Passion
City: Derry
Place: Anywhere outside
Instrument: Uilleann Pipes
Piece of clothing: Red dress robes given to her by Maeve Selwyn and altered by her.

Magical Characteristics

Erisid: Cooking a feast for the Minister for Magic.
Amortentia: Dirt, Rain, and Cooked beef.
Boggart: Herself, alone and crying.
Dementor: Her feelings of loneliness and isolation as a child, feeling that she's not good enough for friends.
Patronus: Swan

Wand: Ollivander's
Wood: Chestnut
Core: Unicorn hair
Length: 7 1/2 "
Pliability: Average pliability, with a knobby shaft.