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*Nordic Witch* · 08-26-2016, 05:19 PM

Model: Amanda Seyfried; Post colour: #cc0000

Name: Laurel Cordelia Vance
Nicknames (only used by close friends/relatives): Lau, Laurie, Laury
DOB: March 4th, 2059
POB: London, England
Current residence: Oxford, England
Heritage: Pureblood
Laterality: Left-handed
Special abilities: Seer
Pets: A bengal cat named Max.
Current Occupation: Divination Professor
Previous Occupation: Muggle Psychic shop employe, Unspeakable for the hall of Prophecies in the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic.

Patronus:: Unicorn
Boggart: Shhh, its a secret
Amortentia: TBD
Relationship status: Single

Appearance:
Hair colour: Blond, long and wavy gets curly with high humidity
Eye colour: Blue/grey
Height: 5'6
Body build: Slim, athletic
Distingushing marks: A moving blue macaw bird on her right arm and some birth marks here and there.

Family:
Father: Victor Vance (age 62) (Auror)
Mother: Viginia Vance (age 61) (Healer)
Siblings: Nicholas (age 34) (Quidditch league, professional chaser), Oliver (age 34) (Auror)
Cousin: Justin McLeod, Hogwarts Groundskeeper/Flying Professor

Personality:
Generally Laurel is by nature ambitious but never ruthless. She is usually calm, serious, loyal, focused but also loving, empathic and wise. Has never taken on the big leading role in a group, she follows the crowd but not if it will lead to danger or reckless stupidity. As any slytherin she has a good sense of selfperservation and get's herself out of the mix before things go super south. She does though usually make sure to get help for those she has left. Laurel has always liked trying new things and has learned the hard way that not all ideas should be tested, evidenced by some st mungos visits in her youth for broken limbs and wounds. Is good tempered most of the time and doesn't get angry over simple things, however if you awake her anger then you'd better take cover since when Laurel's sees red she isn't above throwing things around and spluttering out oaths. Can sadly be longsighted, so keep on her good side.

Likes:
Tea, all sorts except bergamot
Scented candles
Perfume
Romance & fantasy novels
Insense
Her cat
Skirts
All things Divination
Shawls
Trinkets
Intelligent questions
Human psychology

Dislikes:
Feeling cold
Dirt and dust
Disorganization
Bullies
Spinach and liquorice
Users
Sceptics

At hogwarts:
House (years): Slytherin (2070-2077)
Excelled in Divination, Potions, Charms
Failed at Transfiguration, Arithmancy
Extracurricular activites: Dueling club, divination workshop member, sub chaser for the Slytherin quidditch team.
Exam scores: 9 Owls, 9 Newts

History:

Before Hogwarts:
Laurel was born after lunch time on the 4th of March 2059 to Virginia and Victor Vance. She unexpectedly came to the world when the family were visiting the muggle zoo in London near the ape cages. Causing quite an happening amongst the zoo visitors but it all went well. Laurel is the youngest of three children and also the only girl so she naturally got a lot of attention from her parents, must from her mother. Her elder twin brothers were both out-going, outdoorsy, energetic, bold and sometimes even headstrong growing up while Laurel had inherited the more calm, serious but also the ambitious and loyal Vance family trait. She liked a healthy mix of physical outdoor activities like quidditch and running but she also grown interested in reading a lot about myths and legends and fantasy. Learned early that she was good at sensing moods and also predicting things only a seer would know about the future. Laurel baffled her parents when she around the age of 8 predicted how a relative would die.

The uncannily correct prediction caused her parents to get in touch with St Mungos and with other friends and family to learn more about children with an believed inner eye. She even got to exchange letters with a then known seer near Oxford where they lived. Her first show of magic came around 8 years too when her brothers hoisted her up for fun in the families backyard flag pole. The line burst but instead of plummeting down to the ground and sustaining life threatening injuries she landed unscathed on her own two feet.

Time at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry:
At Hogwarts she was sorted into Slytherin house to her siblings big surprise since they expected her to be sorted into Gryffindor like them. She used her years at Hogwarts to grow on her love for Divination and polish her prediction skills to become more accurate even if divination isn't an exact art in itself. Laurel also realized that she had good apt for making potions while she was in her own mind pretty useless at transfiguration and later also at numbers. When it came to friends she was never one to take the first step. Never a leader. Laurel liked following the crowd unless it lead to stupid danger. Like the time when some of her friends wanted to pull a prank on the caretaker which backfired of course making all their ears grow long as bunnies. It ended with a detention and a hospital wing visit while Laurel just got told to try and stop her friends and not let them do stupid pranks. The friendships she kindled with other students Laurel cherished and built on. She was a loving and loyal friend even if she had her quirks with making predictions and wanting to drink a lot of tea at odd hours and interest in perfume.

Making predictions and generally being a bit quirky wasn't always appreciated so she tended to get bullied and stamped as weird by her peers and housemates. It started to get more intense in her teenage years from 4th year and onwards. For a growing girl's self esteem it wasn't exactly healthy. When you don't feel good you usually turn to your elder siblings for assistance, but Laurel chose to turn to her elder cousin Justin first for advice since he was older and a former Slytherin himself. They had always bonded really well and had had many fun playtimes over the years.

Laurel graduated from Hogwarts with good grades in most of the subjects she sat OWL & NEWT exams for. Surprising herself with actually not failing transfiguration but managing an E which she had thought was impossible at the start of even dream of. She had built a up a decent self esteem and looked forward to taking university classes.

University and beyond:
Laurel enrolled herself at the nearest magical university from Oxford where she gained the degrees she wanted in Divination and Potions especailly and got her first real kiss from a guy that she dated but it didn't last. After university she applied and got accepted to work in a muggle psychic shop where she learned the trade from a seer who later sadly turned out to be nothing but a big old fraud. After leaving the psychic shop business Laurel engrossed herself in divination studies full time for a few years before she applied to the ministry's Mysteries department and got employed as an unspeakable for the hall of prophesies. She stayed there for almost 10 years before she got asked by Hogwarts headmaster Mohammed Sahnoun if she was interested in coming to the school and teach Divination to the next generations of witches and wizards. After thought and careful scrying in her crystal ball Laurel accepted the job proposal. So that's where the 30 something single seer will be found from September 1st, inspiring the youth.

Went to school with:
• Kaysha Stewart
• Camilla Stewart
• River Reed
• Kalen Kennedy
• Clara Canterbury
• Tristan Wayland
• Rosalyn Newton
•

08-26-2016, 05:19 PM	#126 (permalink)
Nordic Witch Grindylow Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: [GMT + 1] Posts: 14,064 Hogwarts RPG Name: Rose Snakebark Gryffindor Fourth Year Hogwarts RPG Name: JT Forsfelle Slytherin Second Year Ministry Department Head: Violet Fawley Ecological Protection x3	Swedishfish Girl! Madame Librarian! Jess's Soul Sister! Sweetest Swede! Model: Amanda Seyfried; Post colour: #cc0000 Name: Laurel Cordelia Vance Nicknames (only used by close friends/relatives): Lau, Laurie, Laury DOB: March 4th, 2059 POB: London, England Current residence: Oxford, England Heritage: Pureblood Laterality: Left-handed Special abilities: Seer Pets: A bengal cat named Max. Current Occupation: Divination Professor Previous Occupation: Muggle Psychic shop employe, Unspeakable for the hall of Prophecies in the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic. Patronus:: Unicorn Boggart: Shhh, its a secret Amortentia: TBD Relationship status: Single Appearance: Hair colour: Blond, long and wavy gets curly with high humidity Eye colour: Blue/grey Height: 5'6 Body build: Slim, athletic Distingushing marks: A moving blue macaw bird on her right arm and some birth marks here and there. Family: Father: Victor Vance (age 62) (Auror) Mother: Viginia Vance (age 61) (Healer) Siblings: Nicholas (age 34) (Quidditch league, professional chaser), Oliver (age 34) (Auror) Cousin: Justin McLeod, Hogwarts Groundskeeper/Flying Professor Personality: Generally Laurel is by nature ambitious but never ruthless. She is usually calm, serious, loyal, focused but also loving, empathic and wise. Has never taken on the big leading role in a group, she follows the crowd but not if it will lead to danger or reckless stupidity. As any slytherin she has a good sense of selfperservation and get's herself out of the mix before things go super south. She does though usually make sure to get help for those she has left. Laurel has always liked trying new things and has learned the hard way that not all ideas should be tested, evidenced by some st mungos visits in her youth for broken limbs and wounds. Is good tempered most of the time and doesn't get angry over simple things, however if you awake her anger then you'd better take cover since when Laurel's sees red she isn't above throwing things around and spluttering out oaths. Can sadly be longsighted, so keep on her good side. Likes: Tea, all sorts except bergamot Scented candles Perfume Romance & fantasy novels Insense Her cat Skirts All things Divination Shawls Trinkets Intelligent questions Human psychology Dislikes: Feeling cold Dirt and dust Disorganization Bullies Spinach and liquorice Users Sceptics At hogwarts: House (years): Slytherin (2070-2077) Excelled in Divination, Potions, Charms Failed at Transfiguration, Arithmancy Extracurricular activites: Dueling club, divination workshop member, sub chaser for the Slytherin quidditch team. Exam scores: 9 Owls, 9 Newts History: Before Hogwarts: Laurel was born after lunch time on the 4th of March 2059 to Virginia and Victor Vance. She unexpectedly came to the world when the family were visiting the muggle zoo in London near the ape cages. Causing quite an happening amongst the zoo visitors but it all went well. Laurel is the youngest of three children and also the only girl so she naturally got a lot of attention from her parents, must from her mother. Her elder twin brothers were both out-going, outdoorsy, energetic, bold and sometimes even headstrong growing up while Laurel had inherited the more calm, serious but also the ambitious and loyal Vance family trait. She liked a healthy mix of physical outdoor activities like quidditch and running but she also grown interested in reading a lot about myths and legends and fantasy. Learned early that she was good at sensing moods and also predicting things only a seer would know about the future. Laurel baffled her parents when she around the age of 8 predicted how a relative would die. The uncannily correct prediction caused her parents to get in touch with St Mungos and with other friends and family to learn more about children with an believed inner eye. She even got to exchange letters with a then known seer near Oxford where they lived. Her first show of magic came around 8 years too when her brothers hoisted her up for fun in the families backyard flag pole. The line burst but instead of plummeting down to the ground and sustaining life threatening injuries she landed unscathed on her own two feet. Time at Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry: At Hogwarts she was sorted into Slytherin house to her siblings big surprise since they expected her to be sorted into Gryffindor like them. She used her years at Hogwarts to grow on her love for Divination and polish her prediction skills to become more accurate even if divination isn't an exact art in itself. Laurel also realized that she had good apt for making potions while she was in her own mind pretty useless at transfiguration and later also at numbers. When it came to friends she was never one to take the first step. Never a leader. Laurel liked following the crowd unless it lead to stupid danger. Like the time when some of her friends wanted to pull a prank on the caretaker which backfired of course making all their ears grow long as bunnies. It ended with a detention and a hospital wing visit while Laurel just got told to try and stop her friends and not let them do stupid pranks. The friendships she kindled with other students Laurel cherished and built on. She was a loving and loyal friend even if she had her quirks with making predictions and wanting to drink a lot of tea at odd hours and interest in perfume. Making predictions and generally being a bit quirky wasn't always appreciated so she tended to get bullied and stamped as weird by her peers and housemates. It started to get more intense in her teenage years from 4th year and onwards. For a growing girl's self esteem it wasn't exactly healthy. When you don't feel good you usually turn to your elder siblings for assistance, but Laurel chose to turn to her elder cousin Justin first for advice since he was older and a former Slytherin himself. They had always bonded really well and had had many fun playtimes over the years. Laurel graduated from Hogwarts with good grades in most of the subjects she sat OWL & NEWT exams for. Surprising herself with actually not failing transfiguration but managing an E which she had thought was impossible at the start of even dream of. She had built a up a decent self esteem and looked forward to taking university classes. University and beyond: Laurel enrolled herself at the nearest magical university from Oxford where she gained the degrees she wanted in Divination and Potions especailly and got her first real kiss from a guy that she dated but it didn't last. After university she applied and got accepted to work in a muggle psychic shop where she learned the trade from a seer who later sadly turned out to be nothing but a big old fraud. After leaving the psychic shop business Laurel engrossed herself in divination studies full time for a few years before she applied to the ministry's Mysteries department and got employed as an unspeakable for the hall of prophesies. She stayed there for almost 10 years before she got asked by Hogwarts headmaster Mohammed Sahnoun if she was interested in coming to the school and teach Divination to the next generations of witches and wizards. After thought and careful scrying in her crystal ball Laurel accepted the job proposal. So that's where the 30 something single seer will be found from September 1st, inspiring the youth. Went to school with: • Kaysha Stewart • Camilla Stewart • River Reed • Kalen Kennedy • Clara Canterbury • Tristan Wayland • Rosalyn Newton • __________________ Last edited by Nordic Witch; 04-23-2017 at 07:30 AM.