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feintedmods| Anaïs Bolduc |
| BASICS |
| FULL NAME Anaïs Avéline Bolduc AGE 17 BIRTHDATE 30th November 2004 ZODIAC Sagittarius HOUSE/SCHOOL & YEAR Beauxbâtons Academy of Magic, 7th Year BLOODLINE Half-blood SEXUALITY Heterosexual, but Anaïs doesn't really care about such things. CHARACTER JOURNAL _dumspirospero_ |
| APPEARANCE |
| HAIR COLOR Red. Weasley Red. EYE COLOR Blue. HEIGHT 5'11. WEIGHT How dare you. GENERAL DESCRIPTION Anaïs stands taller than many of her fellow students, being a fairly tall young woman of 5'11. She is somewhat thankful for the attention drawn by her red hair, as it brings the eye upwards past her body which is on the slightly too-thin side. She wishes her body was more feminine sometimes, but recognises that there are advantages to not being knock-out gorgeous. She has her paternal grandfather's blue eyes, and walks with surprising grace given her long limbs and height. She dresses simply, without wearing clothes that are too revealing, but knows what suits her and sticks to it. The way Anaïs wears her hair is often symbolic of her mood. She wears her long hair back in a simple plait for classes, needing nothing more than to keep it vaguely out of the way in order to concentrate. When letting her hair down in the literal sense, she is ready to do so in the metaphorical sense. Finally, when her hair is pulled back into a tight bun on the back of her head - as she usually does for Quidditch matches - it is, as they say, game on. PLAYED BY Courtney Halverson |
| ACADEMICS |
| PREFECT/HEAD She'd have been interested, sure, but it simply wasn't to be. The Team Manager role is her substitute for the lack of a prefect badge. QUIDDITCH Team Manager for Beauxbâtons. Back in the day, she was a Chaser. WAND Apple with Phoenix Feather, 9 3/4 inches, whippy. Apple is favourable in love spells, divination, healing, fertility, gaining and preserving beauty and youth. It also awakes otherwordly senses and thus allows spiritual work, in particular dream watching and watching far away places, such as in magical mirrors. This wand is strict, definite and accurate. A very good all purpose, easy to handle wand that shows best results in Transfiguration, allowing for quick and seamless transformations. Can be used for active magical combat, but not the Dark Arts. It can be used to invoke hallucinations, but not direct harm. This wand demonstrates its owner's inclinations towards leadership, and points to his/her position in social groupings. As such, these people are well respected. BOGGART A big ol' grizzly bear. PATRONUS A black bear. Go figure. PET A snowy owl named Franc, whom she didn't bring to Hogwarts with her. Franc resides with her parents in Paris at the moment. COURSES Ancient Runes, Astronomy, Charms, Muggle Studies, Multicultural Studies, Potions, Transfiguration BEST SUBJECT In terms of talent, Charms. In terms of something being simply easy, Multicultural Relations. WORST SUBJECT History of Magic, if only because it's taught in such a boring way. |
| PERSONALITY |
If Anaïs had been a Hogwarts student, she would easily have been a Gryffindor. She is full of energy and life, and clever without being bookish. She isn't top of the class by any means, but her enthusiasm for the subjects she likes often carry her through, and she is definitely unafraid to ask questions or to clarify points (and does so frequently, and often, especially if the person concerned is being deliberately obtuse). She is fairly loud and hot tempered, although her time as a team player and manager have helped he tame that temper to moments where it is particularly necessary... although admittedly, her definition of necessary may be different to that of her fellow students. She is fun loving and vibrant, often up for a joke or a laugh, and whilst she may tease it is from affection 95% of the time. She does her best to get on with everybody - whether they like it or not - and does OK with people for the most part. Having said that, if you are one of the insular sort and Anaïs happens to like you, she'll probably leave you alone. Usually. Having more than a slight ego, she enjoys being admired and dressing well, though she considers others just enough to avoid being too arrogant. While she generally respects privacy, she can't help but enjoy a bit of gossip as long as it isn't too mean spirited, and if it is, she still can't help but be curious. Don't expect her to go digging on her own half, though, as she'll just take what is put in front of her. She doesn't like people who are snobby about backgrounds in general, let alone blood status. With her mother being a Squib daughter of another Squib, and her father being half-blood from a very watered down line, she's a little suspicious of purebloods from what one might call a "traditional" background. Anaïs can totally get on board with blood traitors and rebels, though. As she is French-Canadian by birth, her first language is French with English coming a close second. Attending Salem Memorial Academy until the end of her fourth year (following tutoring with a small group of fellow magical children prior to this age) means that her English is pretty much flawless, although she often has the habit of slipping in French words and syntax when she simply can't be bothered. This happens more often with her friends and fellow non-native-English speakers. As befits a Quebecoise, her accent is much thicker than that of her fellow Beauxbâtons attendees, and when conversing in French has a drawl reminiscent of the way someone from the Southern US might sound to a speaker of British English. Currently single, Anaïs has what she describes as a "healthy" attitude towards sex, meaning that she is open minded to the practises of others, as long as they are not physically or emotionally harmful. She has had a couple of sexual partners, both in Canada and whilst living in France, although she keeps her private life reasonably private - you might find her in a conversation about her love life in the general sense, but not mention specifics (no worries there boys - Anaïs doesn't kiss and tell). Anaïs enjoys creativity in her spare time, and can often be found attending to some sort of knitting or crochet project. Textile Artwork being a particular interest, she is a certainty to join the art collective at Hogwarts. |
| HOME LIFE |
PARENTS FATHER Anthony Bolduc (44, Department of International Magical Co-operation, French Ministry of Magic, former Salem attendee) MOTHER Annabelle Leclerc (43, Wizengamot Administration Services, French Ministry of Magic, Squib)SIBLINGS A 19 year old brother, Jean-Claude. He is studying at a Muggle university in Montpellier, and will later apply for jobs in Muggle relations. RESIDENCE A large penthouse apartment on the Rue de Rivoli in Paris, France - close to the French Ministry of Magic, the apartment is magically hidden by anti-Muggle spells and overlooks the Jardin des Tuileries. Yes, she's a girl of privilege and no, you won't hear her complaining of it. HISTORY Born in the middle of a heavy Canadian winter in 2004, Anaïs spent the early years of her life in the small French-speaking town of Thetford Mines, Quebec. At the time, her Squib mother worked as a housewife and her father for the Canadian Ministry of Magic, commuting from the family home to Ottawa and returning on weekends. Hers was a fairly normal - some might say boring - upbringing, with the only thing truly marking her out as different from other girls her age being the fact that her family came from magical stock. The only wizarding family in the immediate vicinity, Anaïs' early childhood was spent being home tutored with children similar to herself, gathering for lessons in a different home each week. It was around this time that she began to learn English, and luckily for her, it was a language she took to well. Her early life continued in Paris from the age of nine, where the family moved to following her father's promotion within his department - now being an attaché of the Canadian magical government in France. Anaïs in particular enjoyed soaking up the culture, but it was time for a big decision when her brother, older by one year, received acceptance letters for both Salem (in the country of the children's birth as well as that of their father's) and Beauxbâtons (which happened to be in the country of their mother's birth - for Annabelle came from Nantes - as well as being the closest wizarding school). Ultimately, the decision was made for Jean Claude to attend Beauxbâtons, as the family had intended to stay in France, now that they had made the move. The decision being made for her brother meant that realistically, it was also made for Anaïs. However, the blow of remaining in France - she'd always wanted to go back home for her schooling - was made softer by a promise that they would spend the Christmas and possibly Easter holidays in Canada, more often than not. Once she began her own studies, life then carried on in a normal fashion for the tall redhead - she did not escape typical schoolyard teasing about her hair and height, but her self-confidence meant that she was able to treat this aspect of her early experiences as character building rather than traumatic. Eventually, the bullies left her alone - giving up on the fact she gave them nothing to work with - and Anaïs settled into school life with gusto. She dabbled in both Quodpot and Quidditch for fun, but it was Chasing she truly enjoyed, and joined a team as a reserve in her second year, gaining a regular position at the beginning of her fourth. Chasing became her number one outlet for the pent up aggression and frustration of her teenage years. Things were almost back to normal from there on, although she still missed Canada terribly and would say so to anyone who would listen. The weather of southern France was an unexpected plus, however. Towards the end of sixth year, things took an unexpected turn on the Quidditch pitch. During the last match before the BAT exams, Anaïs took a fall from her broom, landing badly in an accident where she trapped her arm between her broom and the ground, her full weight landing on top. The injury is not permanent, but it ruled her out of trying out in order to represent the school team in the upcoming Junior Quidditch tournament. She also had to sit the theory BATs with a dicto-quill in a silenced room. |
| WRITING SAMPLES |
| JOURNAL POST As Mafalda Prewett THREAD POST As Mafalda Prewett |
| OUT OF CHARACTER |
| NAME Heather AGE 26 TIME ZONE GMT/BST EMAIL heather_stanton@hotmail.com AIM SN she_who_dares85 EXPERIENCE Larissa here :) CDJ she_who_dares |
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| 07:00–07:45 | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 08:00–9:45 | Transfig [b] | ||||
| 10:00–11:45 | Potions [b] | ||||
| 12:00–12:45 | Lunch | Lunch | Lunch |
Lunch | Lunch |
| 13:00–14:45 | Ancient Runes | Muggle Studies | Charms [b] | ||
| 15:00–15:45 | Multicultural Relations | Multicultural Relations | |||
| 18:00–19:45 | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner | Dinner |
| 21:00–22:45 | Astronomy |