Character Name: Xanthe Chapel
Blood Type: Half Blood
Gender: Female
Age/Year: 14, 4th year
Family Information: She lives with her witch mother and muggle born father. She has a baby sister called Alyssa. Her mum is a Healer at St Mungos and her Dad owns the Thunderbolt Brooms company.
Hometown: Lexirn Palace, a village in Hertfordshire
Wand: 12 inches, Willow, Phoenix Feather
Pet(s): Cat called Callie and an owl called Butterwings
Broom: Thunderbolt 3000

Physical Description: She is quite tall with shoulder length, natural platinum blonde hair that is quite this and very straight. In contrast, her eyes are a very dark brown so that they look almost black and are quite warm. She is quite skinny and bony and quite jerky, she isn't very graceful. She hates being dirty so always smells clean and uses a perfume that her Nan taught her how to make before she died. Her skin is quite clear except for the occasional typical teenage breakout of spots, but luckily these are quite rare. She isn't particuarly pretty but is very sriking to look at. Her skin is deathly pale and she doesn't tan, but in summer she gets a warm glow about her.

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Personality

Personality: In general she is a friendly person, though she is quite introverted and prefers to keep to herself. She will spend hours on her music, forgetting the time if she's really wrapped up in it. She hates it when her Mum expects her to become a Healer at St Mungo's when she wants to write music for the rest of her life. When someone becomes her friend she probably wont argue with them as she hates arguments and awkward silences. She hates being wrong so very rarely puts her hand up to answer a question unless she is absolutely certain that she is right, though she can feel quite uncertain of herself.
When she wants to be she can be very democratic and loves debating her point and standing up for what she believes in. If she sees someone being bullied and isn't afraid of getting hurt because shes in "One of Those moods" she will go and stand up for the underdog.
Generally she works hard, and if she wants to complete something she will complete it. However, this can be a bad thing as when she is in the middle of composing a new piece all of her other work falls by the wayside and is forgotten about. This annoys her overachieving parents who want their daughter to become minister for magic someday...
Relationships and Social Skills: She gets on well with most people but is very introverted when it comes to dealing with people that are new. If she knows someone well she will stand up for them for life and will always respect them, however they seem to other people. With her family and friends she is bubbly and funny, but with strangers she is quiet and awkward.
Weaknesses: She tends to get wrapped up in what she's doing and forgets about everything else and everyone else. She is also firmly decided on her future and is very stubborn at times. When shes in "One of Those moods" she can seem slightly indimidating, even though she doesn't mean to be. She's not very good at any physical activity ~ i.e. dance, sport etc... She is also afraid of being wrong which can hinder her learning. Shes quite uncertain about herself, and shes afraid of authority and doesn't like to upset them, even though she sometimes does because she's so wrapped up in her music...
Strengths: She is good at standing up for what she believes in and what she thinks s right, but will still respect the other persons opinion. She is very gifted at getting her point across in a simple, concise way that crushes the opposition. Her main gift though is music. She has a rare gift in being able to convey emotion through her music and can decide what its going to sound like. Her main instruments are the piano (organ in the HP world I guess), Flute and she is an accomplished singer. She also plays a little bit of violin.

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Past, Present, and Future

History: She was brought up in a stable family home in Lexirn Palace which is an executive village for rich Magical people only. About ten other families live in the village each with 20 acres or so. The village is covered in protection and the village children often play quidditch together, only not Xanthe, she commentates instead.
She was born on 20th April 1991 at St Mungos hospial as her Mum had been ill while she was pregnant with Xanthe. It was a windy day and it was cloudy with the sun occasionaly bursting weakly through. She and her Mum were in hospital for 6 days before being allowed home.
As a small child she was happy and has many memories such as getting her first flute for her fifth birthday and so forth. She was always irritating her family members by randomly blocking them out of conversations and humming a small tune, it was at this time in her life that her extraordinary skill was discovered. She also had her first "One of Those moods" around this time while she was around her (muggle) friends house and her parents were watching muggle politicians on TV. Being a witch she had never seen anything like this before and was fascinated by it which annoyed her friend a bit.
Her Nan lived with them and her death, two years before she started at Hogwarts was very emotional for Xanthe. For weeks she refused to eat until she had a flashback to when she was very young and her Nan saying, "Now I want you to realise that when I'm gone, you will have a good time and many happy memories to hold on to. And don't forget, you'll be seeing me again soon enough...". She uses this as a way to get through even though she misses her Nan a lot.
When she was 12 her Mum became pregnant with her little sister. This shocked her deeply as she never thought about her parents... Anyway, five months exactly after her 132th birthday on September 20th 2004, her sister Alyssa was born. She immediately fell in love with her and took her out on walks and down to the shops and things like that. Alyssa's first word was Zanny.
Here and Now: At the moment Xanthe is very happy with the way life is going. She has two doting, if overachieving parents and a gorgeous baby sister, a career lined up and waiting in music. She is enjoying her time at Hogwarts and is healthy and happy. She is feeling extra bubbly because everything is going well for her at the moment and seems to be in "One of Those moods" more frequently than usual...
Long-term Outlook: Xanthe wants to study music as her job but will accept her mothers point of view and take a look at studying healing in addition to this.
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Special Request: Mental Energy Stone
Reason: When she is working very hard on her music she sometimes gets tired mentally from concentrating so much. The mental energy stone is a smooth round blue stone that has the words peace enscribed on the top. When it is in use the word peace wouldn't be visible but when it is being used its glows very slightly red. This would be very useful to Xanthe and she would use it a lot to give her brain the sharpness it needs when she is composing her music.

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RP Sample: Stooped low, Xanthe slid her books back into her bag and stepped out of the stuffy greenhouse and into the fresh air. The wind whipped about her face, her hair flying in all directions. She stopped for a moment to wrap her scarf tightly around her neck and put on her cloak. She looked warily left and right, and then realising that no-one was watching darted left into the trees. It was dark and the sparse light reaching the floor was spattered over the coarse brambles. They tore at her skin leaving red marks on her ankles. She battled through it until she reached a small clearing where a log lay on its side, bathed in sunlight. She sat down, quite warm now that she was out of the wind and gazed out at the blackness pressing in from all directions. She took her flute out of its shiny leather case [regardless of the special request she still has a flute] and began to play.

Soft, sweet sounds reverberated through the trees. It was the kind of music that brought tears to the eyes as the notes rang through the forest. It was to represent all the pain that she had experienced, and to say everything that she had never said to those that were gone, or just about to go. On one last quavering note Xanthe stopped and lowered her flute. She gazed bleakly into the darkness, the tears rolling down her cheeks.


House: Ravenclaw.
~ Sarah K.

Special Request is approved. --BB