Ryden Di Marco


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Basic Info:

Full Name: Ryden Arabella Di Marco
--Nickname: RyRy Ryden. Psht.
Birthday:: 03 July 2060
Age: 15
Birthplace: Florence, Italy
(Current) Hometown: Liverpool, England
Heritage: Mixed blood
Wand: Unicorn hair, Rosewood, 9¾ inches, flexible
Hogwarts:
--House: Ravenclaw
--Year: Fifth

Appearance:

Hair: Shoulder length brown hair, with bangs Short light golden blonde hair
Eye colour: Dark brown
Complexion: Pale
Build: Petite in every way
Markings: Has a faint, wobbly scar on her left hand after her sister closed the car door on it.
Extra: Usually appears as if she’s permanently annoyed at the world, though she knows how and when to put on which act should the need arise

Family:

Mother: Olivia Brandon Di Marco (deceased)
--Grandmother: Ryden Brandon (nee Jones) (deceased)
--Grandfather: Alex Brandon (deceased)
Father: Guido DiMarco
--Grandmother: Cecilia Di Marco (nee De Luca)
--Grandfather: Georgio Di Marco
---Aunt: Lea Di Marco
Twin Sister: Bridget Maria Di Marco

Background:

Born in the town of Florence in the early hours of the morning, Ryden's mother died shortly after giving birth to her and her twin sister, Bridget. It had been a hard pregnancy and Olivia Di Marco had been an exceptionally fragile woman who hadn't been able to survive the birth of her twins. Overcome with grief, Guido Di Marco, Ryden's father, decided to leave their home in Italy and moved the family to South Africa, where he quickly rose to success as the head of a law firm in Johannesburg. The two girls had more money than they needed at that young age but no parent figure and so Ryden spent the first eleven years of her life growing up with nannies, having fun with Bridget at getting them all fired. She would be the mastermind behind most of the plots, while Idge would insert the nastier parts and actually carry them out. The fall of their twelfth year, Ryden and Bridget began attending a magical boarding school and even before the end of their first year it became obvious that the two desperately needed to be separated. Their father, more annoyed than angry with the girls’ behavior, sent Bridget (the slightly less clever of the two) to a stricter school all the way in Italy, leaving both girls miserable and out to seek revenge. But nothing they did got past their father and little by little, they grew used to the separation, even becoming friends with other people in their classes.

So Ryden spent her years in South Africa while her sister lived in Italy with their grandparents, and while the brunette loved school (well, mostly... there were incidents, occasional things that would shake her but she's never told anyone and she never will) and she adored Johannesburg, she couldn’t help but feel bitter towards Father for not only separating her from her sister but also from cutting off all family ties too, since he was never home and now people preferred to visit Bridget in Italy, since she was closer. During her third year of magical school, Ryden took matters into her own hands and became even more of a devil than before, vandalizing and ruining school property, bullying, stealing and cheating on exams not because she needed to, but because she wanted to get her father’s attention.

Eventually, the school was forced to kick her out and her father was left to decide what to do with his problematic girl. Sending her to join Bridget in Italy was obviously out of the question, but there was always his and their mother’s former school. Having been reluctant to send either Bridget or Ryden there, Guido finally relented and made the arrangements. With lots of kicking and screaming, Ryden was sent to live with her aunt for the remainder of the year in Liverpool, and attend the fourth year of Hogwars School of Witchcraft and Wizardry the following September.

The first year at Hogwarts was tough on Ryden. For one, she REALLY hadn’t wanted to be there and as a result spent most of her time moping around and generally getting mad at random people for no apparent reason. As a child that loves the summer, Ryden despised the cold of the northern hemisphere and that only added to her chagrin. Eventually however, she softened up a little and even managed to scrape two trophies from a treasure hunt the prefects had organized.

It wasn’t because of this, however, that Ryden decided she’d willingly go back to Hogwarts in September. The now fifteen year old was coming back for a single person, the one student in the whole of Hogwarts who had actually made her feel welcome. During the year they’d been friends and at the feast, Orlando Renaldi had kissed her, thus making him her official boyfriend. The first one, no less.

Personality:

To the outside world, Ryden shows a tough exterior. She’s brutal with her words, harsh with her actions and doesn’t care at all what other people think. One of her main traits is her unruly temper, which flies out of control at the littlest thing. As a teenager with some major problems, Ryden experiences terrible mood swings that can leave her completely normal one minute and barking mad (aka fuming at everyone) the next. The only person she truly cares for is Bridget, who’s almost identical to her, and who lives in Italy, which means that sometimes she will take out her frustrations on innocent victims just because she can. Incidentally, a lot of these frustrations originate from Bridget herself. No one knows she likes Bridget – not even her sister herself – and this strange relationship is mirrored on Bridget’s side as well, making the two sisters both despise and love each other simultaneously.

Due to the fact that her allowance (which her father didn’t close, on account that he’s quite a show off character himself and wants everybody to know that he’s so successful, his daughters can both buy yachts and still have some money left) is monstrous in size, she’s never had to beg or want anything that she couldn’t have, resulting in both her and her twin’s spoiled natures only that, unlike Ryden, Bridget is aware that she’s spoiled, while Ryden would vehemently deny these preposterous accusations.

However, in reality, if there's one thing that Ryden isn't, it's heartless. Paranoid at times and a firm believer in the gut instinct, she's never one to trust easily and will always and forever be suspicious of the people around her unless she truly feels that they're trustworthy. And that doesn't really occur very often, as she deeply mistrusts Bridget, the closest person to her.

She pays more attention and feels a lot more than she will ever let on. Quite the little hypocrite, she will always think she's right at the end of the day, but will still care for other people's opinions, even if she goes about it with rudeness. With a photographic memory and much talent with academics and sports, the brunette genuinely sometimes wishes that she could just reinvent herself, reinvent her life and start over. But then she remembers that if she did so, it would be like caving to her Father, caving to his demands, and she flat out refuses to do that. Almost as stubborn as she is clever, Ryden cannot bear for anyone else to be right but her.

Extra:

Pets: Has a tabby cat called Tabs and a pair of owls that she shares with her sister called Romulus and Remus (Rom and Reem, for short).

Relationship status: Taken. By Orlando Renaldi.

Likes: Bridget, chocolate, flying, fancy stuff, money, winning, the sun, heat and animals. Koala Boy.

Dislikes: Bridget, annoying things, like her aunt Lea and whiny people. Medicine. Oh, and blood. Ew, blood.

Fears: Father Nothing. Well, dementors because they’re creepy. Blood and hospitals do not count, ok? THEY DON'T. SHE HAD NO FEAR.
---Patronus: A killer whale (she’s very proud of this)
---Boggart: A livid Guido Di Marco with a bloody needle in his hand.

Aspires to be: Successful.