Esmeralda Mortemer ~ Accepted, Updated (4)

[Julian Galaksylph]

xxxxxxxx ▬▬ 《 ESMERALDA VIVIAN MORTEMER 》 ▬▬ xxxxxxxx

▧ 【 Bᴀsɪᴄ Iɴғᴏ 】

➥ Birth Name — Esmeralda Vivian Mortemer-Swishflick

➥ Nickname(s) — Mera, Esmer, Emerald

➥ Age — 14

➥ Birthday — May 31, 2029 [Gemini]

➥ Gender — Female

➥ Orientation — Straight

➥ Wand — 10 inches Hazel wood, Augurey feather core, supple with a decorated shaft

▧ 【 Pᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟ Iɴғᴏ 】

➥ Birthplace — Norfolk, England

➥ Current Residency — Sussex, England

➥ Nationality — British

➥ Heritage — French

➥ Language/Dialect — English, French (fluent)

➥ Accent — Received Pronunciation x

➥ Blood Status — Pureblood

▧ 【 Aᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ 】

➥ Hair Color — Black

➥ Eye Color — Green

➥ Height — 4'11" ft － [ Final : 5'6" ft ]

➥ Notable Features — A small noticeable scar just below her right eye.

➥ Image Reference — (soon) Lydia Graham > Jaimie Alexander

▧ 【 Iᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ 】

➥ Personality

▶ SKITTISH — Esmeralda was understandably fearful to anything that bumps. Sudden noise, fights, conflict- she would jump at those kinds of things with her heart on her throat. She gets petrified when someone shouts at her, more so if they tried to do something bad at her or anyone she's close to. This often clashes when Esmeralda was trying to be stoic, as she cannot help but wait for the shoe to drop in the library yet want to keep herself together to prevent herself from looking fragile.

▶ SOFT-SPOKEN — Esmeralda is quiet not because she's timid or shy, she just doesn't feel like it. One of her default traits since birth, she struggles to keep up with people with either loud mouths or poor hearing. If she could get something that could actually amplify her voice in a "typically accepted" volume without the need to stress her voice, Esmeralda would. However, having to speak louder is a lot of work for her, and so it annoys her if people told her to repeat everything she has to say. And thus, she doesn't really like loud-mouths, people who love the sound of their voices, or people who just like wasting their voices. The only time she will ever raise her voice is when she was angry or had enough with your obnoxiousness that she felt the need to snap.

▶ STOIC — Not wanting to be pitied in a constant basis, Esmeralda learned to control her emotions and enduring many things with a straight face. She likes to think that she can handle anything, and so she does her best to not shed a tear and be beaten down by any circumstances. However, this made her look apathetic and aloof, but better look like that than looking useless. Fortunately, this practice gives her the ability to keep a level head and not letting her emotions cloud her judgement. But if she does reach the breaking point, Esmeralda wouldn't know how to handle her own tide of emotion once it got released.

▶ BRAVE — While Esmeralda would be lying to say that she isn't afraid of many things, she still does her best to endure it and go through it. She still has a lot of fears and would still be frozen at first, but she chose to move forward than dwelling in one place. And so, she always expects that the worst will barge in her door anytime, making her have a jaded worldview. And as much as she could empathize with unfortunate people, that doesn't mean that she will tolerate those who let tragedy consume them into a self-pitying mess. As a result, she pretty much looks down on those who are weak-willed and meek.

▶ EMPATHETIC — Esmeralda doesn't see the point of dismissing people's struggles and thinking that she had it worse. Seeing her family struggle just like her, she came to the understanding that it's best to help them rather than competing over who has the most problems of them all. And so, she empathizes with them and would help them with the best of her ability. However, one should not play the 'Pain Olympics' within her earshot, as she would be angry at anyone who says that they're the most miserable person and thus let the earth swallow them.

▶ RESOLVED — Esmeralda isn't the type to let the world make situations for her, instead she wants to be the one who gets to control her future. She plans and looks ahead, and strives to work hard for something to get what she wants as if there's a time limit. She after all values the concept of time and just doesn't like to waste it on doing nothing. This was because she felt that there will something out there who will try to stop her from getting to her goal, let alone a good life, so the fairest thing to do was to plan ahead. This makes her feel impatient and doesn't like people making her wait without anything to keep her occupied.

➥ Likes

▶ Peace and quiet
▶ Magical mechanics
▶ Springtime
▶ Cake
▶ Dresses

➥ Dislikes

▶ Wasting time
▶ Coffee
▶ Nightmares
▶ Winter
▶ Pity

➥ Hobbies

▶ Playing harp
▶ Origami
▶ Complex jigsaw puzzles

➥ Skills

▶ Harp/Lute
▶ Origami folding

➥ Ambition — Metal Charmer or a Jeweller

▧ 【 Bᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Cʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ 】

➥ Background History

▶ CHILDHOOD — Esmeralda is born to a loving engaged-to-be-married couple, to Robert Anderson (a healer) and a Beryl Mortemer (a metal-charmer), both of them were sorted into Hufflepuff. Her mother was one of the rare people in her family to ever get Hufflepuff, but that was all thanks to being raised mainly by her firm and loving mother together with her twin Lazuli, who was sorted into Slytherin. Still, her mother was what people would describe as an 'odd one' back in school for both her genealogy and her shocking sorting, and so they were wary of her presence. Beryl was an introvert and wasn't bother by this, satisfied with a few friends including her twin who doubled as her best friend. Eventually, she fell in love with her classmate and housemate named Robert, who came from one of those small, new, and "mundane" pureblood families. Beryl's father Agate was at first reluctant of letting his only daughter date Robert but he eventually let them be together because as long as she's with a pureblood, he was fine with it.

And so, Robert proposed to Beryl and they're happily engaged despite his parents thinking that something bad will happen to them, no matter how they like their future daughter-in-law. Not wanting to immediately get hitched, they decided to wait until both sides were comfortable with setting a wedding ceremony. Additionally, she, her twin, and Robert decided to move out and live under one roof in Norfolk. Along the way, they had a child three years later, which wasn't part of the plan, but they decided to roll with it. Beryl's mother Ester wasn't bothered, as long as it came from her daughter and her future son-in-law, not from some mistress or something related to infidelity (though it took a lot of talking for Agate to finally calm down and accept that, while they do have child out of wedlock, at least they were going to marry soon). The couple decided to name their daughter Esmeralda, and the child grew up with them happily... for only two years.

She was playing with her Uncle Lazuli and his wife Georgia, with Esmeralda's parents in the living room when her uncle Jasper "paid for a visit" in their home. The next thing that happened was bright lights and loud noises emitting from wands, eventually it left Esmeralda and her uncle Laz wounded and scarred because of what they witnessed- Her aunt Georgia was murdered, and same goes to Beryl and Robert. The girl was deeply stricken by grief over the loss of her parents that she was constantly pitied by her family. The next thing that happened was that she and her uncle left their home at Norfolk after going out of the hospital, eventually moving to Sussex with the rest of her relatives. There, she met her cousin Garnet for the first time, and his once-distant uncle Topaz was now living with them and renovating the entire home. Lazuli decided to take her niece under his wing for his twin's sake, and so he raised her with Ester's assistance. At age four, something happened again in the holiday dinner, her uncle Jasper arrived and it ended up with another fight again between his wife and Topaz. Lazuli was able to protect Esmeralda from harm successfully, but not Garnet who was wounded by his father. While she was unscathed, she saw the bad things that happened and so she has her growing hatred for Jasper. She also developed a jaded worldview even if she wasn't about to show it to her family, especially when they worry a lot when her cousin also has the same cynical (and bitter) mindset.

Other than that, Esmeralda was primarily raised by her uncle who now owns a metal works shop and an inventor. Thus, she grew up being crafty and fell in love with the crafts to the point that she would pester him into at least letting her help. In contrast to how her maternal grandmother paid her a lot of loving attention, her paternal grandparents were distant at best. As if they couldn't look at her in the eyes and remind them of her father's. It made Esmeralda felt sad but she eventually learned that they're likely a lost cause if they couldn't at least keep in touch with her just because of that detail. So by the time she's going to Hogwarts, Esmeralda had her surname opted out by request mostly for convenience's sake. She didn't care if the surname has a bad lining, after all.

▶ SCHOOL LIFE — Esmeralda was excited to have a new scenery in Hogwarts, as well as having new friends. She was eventually sorted to Hufflepuff, much to her happiness as it was where were parents were sorted. She made a lot of friends there and she appreciated the positivity of the housemates. Esmeralda joined the Quidditch team in hopes of getting seeker, to which she eventually got the reserved spot. She then also joined the fencing club as she appreciated a bit of sport in her life despite growing up being all formal. Mera liked the classes (except Herbology's professor, to which she always rolled her eyes at) and the school. Sure, she encountered some jerks at school but it was overshadowed by the presence of friends.


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▶ POST-GRADUATION — ...

▧ 【 Sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴀɴᴅ Cᴀʀᴇᴇʀ 】

➥ Former Education — Homeschooled

➥ School — Hogwarts

➥ House — Hufflepuff

➥ Year — Fourth

➥ Participation/Position(s) — Music, Fencing Club, Quidditch

➥ Best Lessons — Defense Against the Dark Arts

➥ Worst Lessons — Potions

➥ OWLS Results

▶ Potions
▶ Transfiguration
▶ Astronomy
▶ History of Magic
▶ Charms
▶ Defense Against the Dark Arts
▶ Herbology
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➥ NEWTS Results

▶ Potions
▶ Transfiguration
▶ Astronomy
▶ History of Magic
▶ Charms
▶ Defense Against the Dark Arts
▶ Herbology
▶

➥ Current Occupation — Student

▧ 【 Pᴏᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟs ᴀɴᴅ Cᴀᴘᴀʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇs 】

➥ Strengths

▶ Resilience
▶ Resolved to not waste any time until she got what she wanted

➥ Flaws

▶ Suppression of emotions, thus coming off as apathetic
▶ Impatient

➥ Fears

▶ Slow Pain
▶ Being helpless

➥ Patronus — Mouse

➥ Dominant Hand — Left

▧ 【 Rᴇʟᴀᴛɪᴏɴsʜɪᴘs 】

➥ Family

▶ Parents — Robert Swishflick (†) ♥ Beryl Mortemer (†)
▶ Maternal Grandparents — Agate (†) ♥ Ester (nee. Eide) Mortemer
▶ Uncle Topaz Mortemer
▶ Uncle Jasper ♥ Amelia (nee. Weaver) Mortemer — Cousin Garnet Mortemer
▶ Uncle/Guardian Lazuli ♥ Georgia (nee. Portinari) (†) Mortemer

➥ Friends

▶ Xia Wu
▶ Mary Conri-Dechering
▶ Quinn Conri-Dechering
▶ Isolde Blodwen
▶ Aurora Devereux

➥ Bestfriends

▶ Aurora Devereux

➥ Romantic Interest

▶ Spouse/Girlfriend/Boyfriend — Name

➥ Enemies

▶ Jasper Mortemer

➥ Pet(s)

▶ Great Sooty Owl — Veronica

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