Written 2003, © Erica 2005

Profile for Aeternus Sapientia University. Main Board | Outside Board (This was the only place where I had someone comment that my character's history was longer than neccessary. Most people usually just went "Woah, that's a lot.")

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Name: Erica
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Prior RPG Experience?:
Hogwart's- A HP RP by Thalia Devlin
When Harry Met Buffy
Tria Ligare Academy
Adventure at Hogwarts

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Character Information
Name: Annorah Paige MacKay
Age: 21 (b-day Sept 5)
Sex: Female
Place of Birth: London, England
Blood: Half-blood
Year: 3rd
House preference?: Animus

Physical Appearance:
Standing at 5' 8", and weighing about 130 lbs, Annorah is about normal size for her age, though she is very lean and wiry with only slight curves. Her eyes are a somewhat unusual color, being a shade somewhere between blue and green Annorah likes to call sea green. Her short fine hair is a strawberry blonde, and is cut about half-way between her chin and her shoulders. Annorah likes to keep it free, as that's how her hair likes to be. It takes quite a bit to tame her wild tresses, but it can be done with some work. Annorah's face is heart shaped with a very defined chin and arching eyebrows. Her astoundingly clear skin is a light tan from being outside a lot, though it burns easily.
Annorah has some permanent bruises on her back and upper legs about two inches in diameter, and long scars on her right elbow and outer forearm, as well as some scars on knees. Annorah isn't accident prone... she's just prone to getting hurt. As for her dress style... well, let's just say she's a little unconventional. Annorah loves her boots, but manages to swallow her pride enough to wear the school uniform shoes just long enough not to get in trouble. But when she can get away with it, she'll wear her black leather knee high boots, a jean skirt and a semi-low-cut short sleeve blouse. When forced to get dressy, Annorah can manage to look presentable, only wearing long skirts to hide her boots underneath. But some things go everywhere with her, namely her wand, her set of star/sun/moon earrings and necklace, and father's wedding ring on the end of her necklace.

Family: Elymas Aiden MacKay(49) & Susan Claire Pevensie(44); Siblings: none

Personality:
Annorah is one of those rare people that is practically always cheerful. Annorah looks at life through a slightly rose colored glass. Perpetually cheerful, her friends call it. Annorah's optimism is one of her greatest strengths, and greatest weaknesses. She believes in the inherent good in everyone (even her parents, though maybe not You-Know-Who). She likes to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, and because of that she's sometimes been hoodwinked two or three times by the same person before she learns her lesson.
Annorah's emotions are almost always in some extreme. If she's happy she's so positive she's almost giddy. When she'd sad she can bawl for hours, completely inconsolable. And when she's angry, run the other direction. She's been known to mix fists with spells. Annorah does know when to be serious, but she's optimistic even then. At times her utter positive-ness can rub people the wrong way, but her friends usually find it difficult to remain in the bad mood around her. Annorah also believes in speaking her mind, whether good or bad, and it's sometimes gotten her in trouble.
Like her father and his twin, Annorah has a mischievous streak a mile wide. While Annorah doesn't pull pranks as often (or as noticeably) as her father did, her sense of humor is well known among her friends. They know they have to be careful around April 1st. Annorah also has an insatiable curiosity, which has gotten her in quite a bit of trouble through her lifetime. Unlike most young people, Annorah does not procrastinate. She gets whatever she needs done, done, then goes and does what she really wants to do. Problem is, this can sometimes cause her schoolwork to be somewhat -- rushed, which accounts for her grades, which are usually a bit below what she really can achieve.

History:
Elymas Aiden MacKay was born to Jerold Bayrd MacKay and Cerdwin Odile MacLeod in Fort William, Scotland. Jerold and Cerdwin met at Hogwarts. Both were in Gryffindor and in the same year. So on would assume the two got along rather well. Wrong. The two detested each other from the start, mainly because their two clans were in the middle of a feud. So, they naturally hated each other and would go out of the way to either avoid or torment the other person. Jerold dipped Cerdwin's braids in inkpots and she in turn put bugs and other creatures in the boy's bed. But at the end of their sixth year, Jerold realized something. He wasn't tormenting Cerdwin anymore because he disliked her. In fact it was quite the opposite. Over the years he's grudgingly come to admire and respect the hot tempered Scots girl. Cerdwin did not take this news well and Jerold was careful to stay out of her way for the rest of the year. But by Halloween of their seventh year, Cerdwin was ready to call a truce with Jerold. The two started dating and by the end of the year, Jerold had fallen in love with Cerdwin, the feisty girl that had once been his foe.

But their family's were still feuding, so after graduating, Jerold and Cerdwin eloped and quickly moved down to Fort William to start a new life. By the time the MacKays and MacLeods found out about the marriage, it was too late and the couple had disappeared. After a few years, the two clans realized they'd have to put aside their differences if they ever wanted to see Jerold or Cerdwin again, who had both been favorites with their clan chiefs. So a meeting was called between the two clan and it was discovered that neither clan remembered what they'd been feuding over for so long. The two clans asked that Jerold and Cerdwin come back to the Upper Highlands, but by that time the couple had already established themselves in Fort William and didn't really want to move. After all, there was still Apperating and the Floo Network, so visiting wasn't that time consuming. Jerold was now a hit wizard and Cerdwin was working at the Inverlochy Castle museum.

About five years after their marriage, Jerold and Cerdwin decided it was time to start a family. A year later, Gaea Muriel was born. She was followed the year after that by Elymas Aiden and Sorcha Morainn. After dealing with the twins, Cerdwin decided that three children was enough. Gaea was more of the inquisitive type, but both Elymas and Sorcha took after their parents with their mischievous and odd sense of humor. While Sorcha was just a chaotic as her twin, it was Elymas that was constantly being hauled to the headmaster's office at Hogwarts. Despite his rather hefty file, Elymas still managed to pass his OWLS and NEWTS well enough to be accepted into Auror training. Sorcha became the fashion editor for Teen Witch magazine and married a chaser for the Pride of Portree, Tobias MacLaughin. Gaea went to work in the Department of Experimental Charms and eventually married a wizard in the department, Brant MacKinnon.

Susan Claire Pevensy was born to Elizabeth Faith Scrubb and Robert Samuel Pevensy in Nottingham, England. Elizabeth was a math teacher and Robert was an architect. The two met through a mutual friend at Queen Mary University of London where they were both studying. They two started dating and married soon after they graduated. Susan was the second of four children: Peter Thomas, Susan Claire, Edmund John, Lucy Katherine. The four Pevensy children were very close, even as they grew older. Elizabeth had instilled a deep love of books in all her children, so most of their playing consisted of pretend. Growing up in a post-WWII era the children loved listening to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, but like their mother loved reading Charles Dickens and Shakespeare. Of the four Pevensy children, Susan was the practical and sensible one. She could sometimes be self-centered, but Susan could always be counted on to be sincere when it mattered most. But unlike her siblings, Susan was the only Pevensy child to go to a boarding school outside of Nottinghamshire; the other three went to public schools in close to home.

But when Susan was fifteen, her world feel apart (in her eyes). Susan's parents and siblings were traveling to her school by train to bring her home at the end of the term, when they were involved in an accident. All of them were killed. When she heard the news, Susan was so distraught that she tried to throw herself out her dormitory window, but her room mates were able to restrain her until the headmistress arrived. Susan spent the next two years with an aunt then moved out on her own once she graduated. Using part of the money she inherited from her grandparents and parents, Susan put herself through college and earned her nursing degree. The rest of the money, she left alone. After getting a job at Kingston Hospital in Surrey, Susan moved in with one of her classmates from college who had also gotten a job there. Susan dated on and off, but nothing really serious. It was about three years later when fate intervened.

After getting off work, each day, Elymas would often walk around Muggle London, just observing. This was how he first met Susan. Susan was coming off work herself and stopped by a book store to pick up a book she'd ordered the week before. Exiting the shop, she ran into a guy. The guy was Elymas. He quickly apologized and continued on his way. Susan on the other hand was completely gob-smacked. She had just run into the cutest guy she'd ever seen. But before she could work up the courage to stop him, he turned a corner and disappeared. A week later, the same thing happened, outside a coffee shop. Again, Elymas apologized and walked away before Susan could stop him. It was month before Susan saw him again, but this time she was ready. This time they ran into each other outside the public library. Before Elymas could take another step, Susan introduced herself and shoved a piece of paper with her phone number into his hand. A little startled, Elymas told Susan his name. About that time, Susan lost her nerve and quickly left.

Elymas and his best friend Patrick rented an apartment in a wizarding quadrant of Muggle London, not far from the Ministry of Magic, so they had a phone. Once Elymas got over the initial shock, he and Patrick reasoned it might be a little fun to go out with this muggle girl. So the following weekend, Elymas called Susan and invited her to a movie. After going out with Susan for about a year and a half, Elymas realized he was in love with her and asked Susan to marry him. Susan accepted and the two were married six months later. But Susan still didn't know Elymas was a wizard. And it wasn't until Annorah was born that Elymas realized he had to tell Susan the truth. So he did... and Susan went ballistic. Susan had been raised a devout Christian and refused to believe that magic could be in the blood. She ordered Elymas to leave. Elymas warned her that Annorah would very likely be a witch and requested custody of Annorah. Susan refused to believe that her baby would be a witch, and stated that she was keeping her daughter.

So, Elymas packed his things and moved back to Scotland. And Susan moved back to Nottingham to be close to her childhood home, friends and so she could raise Annorah in what she felt was a better environment. The only thing that had kept them both in London was each other and the proximity to their jobs. But Susan's job was in enough demand that moving back home didn't cause much of a problem. And Elymas had never really needed to live in London except him and Patrick had thought it would be fun. So they went their separate ways. Elymas sent Christmas and birthday presents each year, but Susan refused to let him see his daughter. Susan quickly forgot Elymas' warning, until eleven years later...

Annorah Paige was the only child of her parents. Susan never remarried, and raised Annorah on her own with a somewhat rigid set of morals, even though she was completely dotting. Annorah never knew her father as she grew up; to her Elymas MacKay was a nice man that sent her birthday and Christmas presents. And for most of her childhood she accepted that. Like her mother, Annorah had a love for reading, especially fantasy books. Susan tried to encourage her daughter to read other books as well, and because of that and where they were living, Annorah also fell in love with history. As a child, she would sneak off into the woods not far from her house and read in a tree, dreaming she was in the time of Robin Hood and Maid Marion and that she was one of Robin Hood's merry band robbing the rich to give to the poor. And while Susan certainly appreciated Annorah developing a good sense of right and wrong she cautioned her daughter that things weren't always black and white.

Despite her reading habits, Annorah was still a sociable child. Everyone in her grammar school knew of her (mainly because she was the only student that went around the school skipping and humming), and though only a small handful were actually friends with her, she was at least acquainted with almost everyone. The few other children that disliked her founded their dislike on the grounds that she was annoying, and she was sometimes, though it was rarely intentional. Her teachers adored her, for despite her somewhat lacking work ethic and her sometimes silly behavior, it was obvious she was very bright; plus she respected her teachers to boot. Annorah was the type of child that loved being the center of attention. So it was only natural that when her school put on a musical that she try out for the lead part. Annorah won the part, despite her slightly off key singing, and mainly because of her enthusiasm and ability to get into the character. However on opening night, something odd happened. Annorah got cold feet. She almost had to be physically shoved onto the stage and the moment she was in spotlight, all of the spotlights burst. Annorah managed to escape injury but the show had to be delayed two more days while the lights were fixed and by then Annorah had gotten over her nervousness and was able to put on a charming performance.

Susan decided that Annorah needed more outlets than just singing. So she paid for her daughter to take gymnastic lessons. While it seemed like the perfect thing to go along with her bouncy personality, Annorah was very ungraceful. So they stopped the gymnastics. But Susan still wanted Annorah to find another hobby. And after a girl at school finally slapped Annorah because she was "too nosey" Susan settled on self-defense. While Annorah is usually a passive person when it comes to confrontations, self-defense was something she took to very well. She certainly had the energy level for it, and learning to channel that energy properly helped her gain some discipline over her bit too-outgoing personality. However, the defense lessons also gave Annorah a way to deal with someone invading her personal space. After accidentally getting locked in an old wardrobe for several hours, she was completely claustrophobic for the rest of her life. And despite her very out-going personality, Annorah developed a stiff personal bubble. People breaching the bubble without permission or at least warning were very likely to get socked in what ever body part was closest.

It was a real shock for Annorah when an owl suddenly fluttered through her window the summer before she turned eleven. It was an even bigger shock when she read the letter addressed to her. This instigated a very long discussion between Annorah and her mother. Susan was almost ready to keep Annorah from attending Hogwarts when she remembered something Elymas had said before he left, that untrained magic was extremely dangerous to both the witch and those around her. Susan finally had to tell the truth to her daughter, that her father was a wizard and that she'd ordered Elymas to leave because of it. Annorah was quite indignant about that fact. With some difficulty Susan admitted she was wrong and wrote Elymas for help. She didn't know how to deal with a young witch. Elymas offered to take Annorah in for the rest of the summer and help her get ready for school. Susan agreed and Annorah was quite excited at the prospect of finally meeting her father.

Elymas was overjoyed to finally be able to get to know his daughter and was quite amused by how similar she was to him, though he could certainly see Susan in her. Annorah on the other hand was a little shocked when she met Elymas. She'd expected someone more like her mother, somewhat stern and overbearing. In fact, she found Elymas to be completely opposite of this. Annorah spent the rest of the summer getting to know the wizarding world, from her relatives on her father's side to her father's friends, like Patrick, and from the different candies to quidditch, especially quidditch, Uncle Patrick was especially fond of quidditch, as was Uncle Tobias. And once she got over the initial shock, Annorah was quite delighted with the all the new things she encounter in the wizarding world as well as Scotland. All of a sudden, she went from just having a mother, to having a father, aunts, uncles and grandparents. Not to mention a whole new type of food.

Elymas gave Annorah two gifts before she got on the Hogwarts Express, a cat (whom she promptly named Findabar) and a celestial themed set of earrings and necklace. And with hope and excitement in her heart, Annorah went to Hogwarts. Like her father and Aunt Sorcha, she was sorted into Gryffindor. Since Annorah was in the same year as the infamous Weasley twins, and the few pranks she did pull were often overshadowed by some hijinks of the Weasleys. So Annorah was never hauled into the Headmaster's office as often as her father was. But like in the muggle world, Annorah became known for her optimistic and sunny disposition, and the fact she'd had enough cheek decked a couple Slytherin boys (one of the very few offensives she was hauled in for {bloody gits had it coming to them, talking about my mum like that}). And unlike most students, she did very well in History of Magic, simply because she could fish the interesting parts out of Binn's droning. One would think that a student that did well in History of Magic would do well in her other classes. Not the case with Annorah. Annorah enjoyed learning sure, but she didn't really like homework. She'd get the assignment done as quickly, and somewhat thoroughly, as possible then move on. This accounted for her less than achievable marks.

For her first through third years, life was pretty much normal, well, as normal as it was to be a witch and in the same year and house as the Weasley twins. She went to classes, made marks that were only a bit above passing, and was pretty much a normal pre-teen girl. Susan and Elymas worked it out to where Annorah stayed with one parent one holiday and the other parent the next. So for one Christmas she was with Susan, and for the next she was with Elymas.

However, as she got older, Annorah began to change slightly. At school she'd be her usual sunny self, but at when she went back home to her mother, they began to have fights. Annorah was becoming very frustrated with the differing parenting styles of Susan and Elymas and Susan's was really starting to chafe. Elymas pretty much allowed her to do whatever she wanted, but when she was with Susan she still had to conform to the same rigid standards she had to as a child. Annorah was beginning to see she was more of a free spirit like her father, rash and slightly impulsive, and resented her mother's overbearing nature.

During the summer between her fourth and fifth year, Annorah ran into some old acquaintances from grammar school. They questioned Annorah where she'd been, she simply stated at boarding school. They made a rather negative comment about the boarding school being for hyper freaks and Annorah punched them both. She was arrested for assault, though since she was a minor she was only taken to the youth detention center. Susan was quite horrified and by the end of the summer, Annorah had been hauled in again, this time for running away. Needless to say, Annorah was quite happy to go back to Hogwarts.

For Christmas that year, Elymas gave Annorah a set of Ever-sizing-No-wear dragon-hide boots, which soon became her signature clothing item along with the jewelry he'd give her her first year. The boots never scuffed or wore down and they grew when she grew; if she wanted the heel shorter or tall, she could easily change it with a height charm. Annorah for once tried to stay out of trouble that year (mainly due to the tension surrounding the Sirius Black crisis) and wore the boots only when it wasn't against the dress code, like to Hogsmeade weekends. Fifth year also brought with it the OWLs. And for once Annorah actually applied herself. Most of her teachers were shocked when Annorah actually did very well on several of her OWLs.

After that, Annorah wasn't able to get away with shoddy school work. So she finally dug her nose in and started earning the marks she really was capable of achieving. Her sixth year passed almost too quickly with the excitement of the Triwizard Tournament, though the news that the Dark Lord had risen greatly unnerved her. She almost forgot about it during the summer, since she was staying with her mother and the articles in the Daily Prophet greatly confused her. She didn't like that the newspaper was discrediting the headmaster, who her father through very highly of, but it was the newspaper, and newspapers are usually right... aren't they? Her seventh year became a blur of preparation for her NEWTs, until Umbridge took over. Annorah had felt gypped that her last year of Defense was so... theoretical and hands-offish. She'd always enjoyed the class, though not quite as much as History, but Umbridge's approach seemed to restrictive for them to really learn. If there was one really important thing she'd learned from her father, it was that to be able to cast a spell well, you had to practice it over and over and over and over and over... especially defense spells. So Annorah took to practicing Defense by herself in her dorm when her roommates weren't there. (Had she known about the DA she probably would have joined, but she wasn't privy to that knowledge so she studied alone.) At the end of the year Annorah did very well on her NEWTs and deciding she wanted to further her education, she applied to a wizarding university she'd heard about from her Aunt Gaea, Aeternus Sapientia (in fact Gaea attended AU). Annorah is immensely interested in pursuing a profession that either deals with history or charming stuff, both if possible. Even though she's in her third year at AU, she's still wavering between becoming a field archaeologist, museum curator, historian, or artificer.

Special Magical attributes/added extras?: Annorah has a certain flare for Transfiguration, which is pretty much the only reason she stuck with the class all the way through school, despite it's somewhat tedious nature. Probably has to do with her vivid imagination and that she's able to visualize the spell better because of it. She has considered studying to be an animagus, though she's not sure if she's powerful enough.

Pets: An Abyssinian/Kneazle mix that answers to Findabar, or Fin for short.
Wand: Lignum Vitae with rosewood inlay, Dragon heartstring, 12 1/3 inches
Classes: Ancient Runes, Charms, History of Magic

Sample post:
Annorah wrapped her cloak tighter around herself. Goodness it was cold out. But she still turned her face into the brisk November wind, breathing deeply the scent of fall and snow. Annorah loved this time of year. Probably her happiest times were when she spent Christmas with her father and his side of the family. Bringing the MacKay's together was sometimes a dangerous mix if her father and Aunt Sorcha decided to have some fun. One year they'd started a snowball fight. Sides had quickly been chosen and a great battle had ensued. At first it had just been snowballs flying, but then Aunt Sorcha had hit Uncle Tobias with a Tickle Charm, and chaos ensued. The children that weren't in school moved to another portion of the field to continue their snowball fight, but Annorah and the grown-ups mixed friendly spells in with the snowballs. Only Grandma Cerdwin made it out unscathed and that was because she'd put up a shield charm.
Yes, Christmas with the MacKays was defiantly some of her favorite memories. Annorah was about to drift off into another memory when she spotted one of her friends with his back turned to her. Annorah grinned. Bending over, the feisty Scots girl scooped up a couple handfuls of snow and quickly molded a ball. As she pulled her arm back, she called out her friend's name then threw the snowball as hard as she could toward the top of his back. Knowing her friend wouldn't let her off, she bent quickly bent forward again and started making another snowball.