Name: Mercedes Archibald Finklestein
Nickname: Cedes, Archie
POB: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Current Residence: Leeds, England, United Kingdom
DOB: February 14th, 2056
Wizarding Heritage: Half-Blood
Age: 15
Year: 5th
House: Ravenclaw
School Positions: Yearbook team, Quidditch team - Yes? No? Maybe? Yes?
Strongest Subjects: Charms, Transfiguration
Weakest Subjects: Divination, Ancient Runes
Patronus: Raccoon
Wand: 11.5 inch Oak, Demiguise hair
Appearance: +Hair - Long wavy reddish brown
+Eyes - Hazel (with tints of green at certain angles)
+Build – Athletic, slim, petite
+Complexion - White
+Height - 5'4"
+ Weight - HA. Yeah. Like we would tell
you.
+Extra - She wears glasses. Had to get them when she was eight-years-old. She has three pairs of different designs and colors. Also, Cedes has a lil’ special birthmark on the upper left side of her chest, between her shoulder and neck. And what is it in the shape of?
An eagle. Naw… that’d be perfect. A staaaarr. <3
Personality: Living in a family of ten sure has its ups and downs. Cedes’ family is probably what made her who she is. That could be taken in a good way or a bad way, depends on how you want to look at it. She’s fairly spunky and a tad bit on the crazy side, but never tell that to her face. That’s just asking for a smack in the FACE. She’s not someone you want to mess with. She’s not your every day goody-two-shoes Ravenclaw. Mercedes Archibald Finklestein is TOUGH and DANGEROUS. So she likes to claim. In truth she’s a real sweetheart and has a forgiving soul. Tough? Dangerous? HA.
She can be a bit stubborn sometimes. When she thinks she’s right.. she’s GOTTA be right. Until proven otherwise, she is the QUEEN OF ENGLAND. Mercedes is always willing to lend an ear or a hand, no promises that she’ll enjoy any of it. She does like to help though.
And with every girl, they’ve got their little thing that some people view as utterly RIDIKKULUS! And Cedes’ thing… is that she still believes in COOTIES. They’re real she says. And she won’t tolerate anyone that says otherwise. Cedes will nod her head and say that she understands, but in her heart… she’ll be going, “Liar liar pants on fire. Cooties are REAL.”
SPOILER!!: In-depth History
History: Mercedes was born to Leana Miller, a Muggle Scottish woman and Connor Finklestein, an English man of wizarding heritage. The two met, at age seventeen, in a Muggle library and it was one of those cheesy love stories. They accidentally grabbed for the same book and it was love at first. Well. Not exactly. Mercedes’ mother was in a relationship with another man while she maintained a close friendship with Mercedes’ father. Leana Miller was a dancer and the mysterious stranger, AKA Mercedes’ papaaaaa, helped her out numerous times. It was only a year later, ten months after Leana’s boyfriend died, did Connor “make his move”. Two years later, Albert Finklestein was born. And so was Connor’s real identity revealed.
Along the way, Mercedes’ parents had many children. Both through birth and through adoption. It was years later when Mercedes Archibald Finklestein would be brought into the world. But after her birth, they moved from their home in Newcastle, England to Scarborough, just over fifty miles away. Mercedes and her siblings knew of their wizarding heritage when each of them were born but the family lived mostly the Muggle lifestyle. Mercedes’ father took on the job as an auror, associating with foreign countries. He was gone a good majority of the time and although Mercedes’ mother was unhappy that he was gone a lot, she found comfort in teaching dance in the local dance studio. Though one day when Mercedes was eight-years-old, her mother and her were driving in a muggle car when suddenly a large commercial truck swerved into their lane and came at them. Cedes’ mother drove the car out of the way as fast as she could, but flipped it. As a result of the incident, parts of Cedes’ eyes were damaged, not so extreme as to cause blindness but enough to land her with glasses for her entire life. As for Mercedes’ mother, she was less fortunate. The crash had a large impact on her brain. She damaged it in the crash and fell into a coma and has been it ever since.
At first, Connor Finklestein was heartbroken but he worked hard to keep the family together. They have hope that one day, Leana Miller-Finklestein will wake up. When Mercedes was twelve, they moved the family to Leeds, England and transferred Mercedes’ mother to the local hospital there.
During this time, Mercedes’ siblings went off to school at Hogwarts and later, so did she.
Likes: Music (Guitar, piano, violin, singing, listening), Sketching, painting, photography, literature, architecture.
Dislikes: COOTIESSSSSS!!! Kissing. Cooties. Kissing. Snogging. COOTIES.
Pets: Pet squirrel named
Eli. And a pet rock (That’s right! You read right!) named
Sammy, which she shares custody with Lucky Torelli who has agreed to take him every OTHER weekend.
Family Members: +Related by Blood
Mother - Leana Miller-Finklestein, age 44(Dance teacher, currently in a coma)
Father - Connor Finklestein, age 44 (Auror)
Brother - Archibald Finklestein, age 24 (Auror)
Brother - Oliver Finklestein, age 22 (Ministry employee)
Brother - Sebastian Finklestein, age 18 (Currently traveling, last seen a year ago)
Brother - Kieran Finklestein, age 18 (Bartender in a bar in Muggle London, aspiring to be an artist)
+Adopted Siblings
Brother - Harrison Finklestein, age 10 (No wizarding heritage. Adopted five years ago)
Brother - Elliot Finklestein, age 7 (No wizarding heritage. Adopted five years ago)
Sister - Jodie Finklestein, age 3 (No wizarding heritage. Adopted three years ago)