Post by Eleanora Legard on Aug 24, 2008 10:42:31 GMT -5
Accepted. Welcome to Hogwarts.
[ Full Character Name: ] Eleanora Fabienne Legard.
[ Character Gender: ] Female.
[Character Age/Birthdate:] 38 Years/1970.
[ Position: ]Herbology.
[ Country of Citizenship: ]United Kingdom.
[ Physical Character Description: ] Eleanora is around 5'11". She is thin and wiry, with some muscle gained from working outside all day. She wears a dark green skirt, that goes down to her knees, with a emerald jacket and a white shirt beneath. She wears very dark green, almost black, boots, usually covered in dirt. Her hair is mud brown, messy and usually all over the place, with an emerald witch's hat precariously placed on top. She has a tendency to bite her bottom lip when thinking off something. Eleanora's face is almost permanently plastered with a wide smile, revealing white teeth, that gives her a manic, crazy look that suites her personality well. She has a scar running down from her ear to her chin.
[ Personality Character Description: ] Eleanora is erratic, crazy, off-the-wall, manic, wacky. She has kept the heart of a young girl, often making ridiculous jokes and puns that often lead people to wonder whether she really is an adult. She is almost constantly smiling, almost permanently happy and always laid-back. She has a almost fanatical hatred of arrogant and conceited people, though she keeps this well hidden. Eleanora is very kind often going out her way to help someone. She has a very relaxed view on rules and breaking them. She has a phobia of werewolves, having been attacked by one in her youth, she also has a slight hatred of telephones, disliking their tendency to suddenly ring when not expected. She is almost never serious except during important times, and even then they have to be very important, or sad and solemn. Eleanora is very hard working. She has a tendency to dance and sing when working though she restrains herself when in front of other people.
[ History: ] Eleanora Fabienne Legard was born in Vaison-la-Romaine in France. Her mother was a Muggle while her father was a Wizard. Her father had never told his wife of his magical heritage. Growing up Eleanora was clearly not a normal child, she was crazy and manic, more so than any child. Often she would find herself doing something that would have another person burning with embarrassment, she didn't walk, preferring to dance. Many times she would say something utterly random, such as deciding to end each sentence with random words such as metal or fake to quote a few. She would go crazily hyper about the slightest thing, but she had no disorder such as ADHD. When she was accepted into Beauxbâtons Academy of Magic her mother though it was a joke, until her husband took her aside and explained nervously about his, and now Eleanora's magical heritage. When he had finished explaining Eleanora's mother slapped him, told him he should have told her earlier, much earlier, and then congratulated Eleanora on getting into Beauxbâtons.
At Beauxbâtons, Eleanora, who had also been ignorant of her magical background, was amazed by the things which awed her, but which were barely even noticed by wizards and witches. Her personality however was unchanged and she proved to be a troublemaker. She was almost always in trouble, though never seriously so, often being too loud in lessons, or, during one memorable potions lesson, spending most of the lesson singing under her breath and dancing around the class. She sneaked around the Academy, and was almost caught numerous times, though she was never actually found during one of her night-time escapades. She was polite, but casual, sometimes too much so. Owing to her crazy and charismatic attitude she quickly made friends, many people seeing her as funny and wacky, and due to the fact she was always nice to anyone, no matter the case. She quickly settled into her new life, never ceasing to be amazed by the sheer amazingness of the millions of magical objects that were used in everyday life in wizarding families. It quickly became evident that Herbology was Eleanora's best subject, she enjoyed the lessons traipsing around looking after strange and exotic plants.
All too quickly Eleanora arrived in her fifth year, she passed her O.W.Ls, receiving an O in Herbology, Charms and Study of Ancient Runes, and a D and P in Astronomy and Transfiguration. She stayed on for N.E.W.Ts, taking Herbology, Charms, Study of Ancient Runes and Defence Against the Dark Arts. Once again she received an O in Herbology. Armed with these test results she entered the adult wizarding world, while still acting like a kid.
At first Eleanora opened a Magical plant shop, selling harmless magical plants. Content with her job she worked for over ten long years, before realising something was missing. She didn't want to spend her life selling harmless and, in her opinion, rather boring magical plants, no she wanted to work with dangerous, amazing plants. It was then she saw the job opening for a Herbology teacher at her old school, Beauxbâtons. She applied and was hired. There she worked for five years, teaching students why keeping Devil's Snare next to your bed at night was silly and how to grow Venomous Tentaculas.
Eventually however, Eleanora grew bored of teaching, wanting to see the world. She took a tour through Asia, visiting China, Japan, India, Mongolia and many other countries. Returning home, she decided she was bored of France in general, and moved over to the UK. She became a citizen shortly after. Her want for teaching was awoken by her long trip through Asia during which she spent most her time hiking through the wilderness with nothing to keep her company but her memories of teaching and her little flower shop, which, looking back, she now found rather boring. So she tried to find a job for a Herbology teacher, even taking a job in a factory to make a living while she searched, eventually she found Hogwarts.
[ Pros and Cons : ] Eleanora is happy, almost permanently, she is kind and crazy, and relaxed about rule breaking, which makes her quite easy to approach. Her constant happiness ensures that nothing brings her down and she rarely ever insults someone (to their face that is). She is hard working, and enjoys her work. She has a way of making people happier simply by being her insane self. However, Eleanora's manic happiness can easily annoy people, especially when she does not recognise the seriousness of a situation. She is more like a young girl in personality than an almost middle-aged adult. Not being very serious, she does not always enforce rules, and while not encouraging people to break them outright, she often makes small comments about ignoring such-and-such rule for once.
[Credentials:]
Eleanora worked as the Herbology teacher at Beauxbâtons Academy of Magic for five years, from 1999 until 2004, when she quit to go on a tour around Asia before returning in 2006 and moving to the UK.
[Writing/Role Playing Example:] Eleanora eyed her class like an eagle eyeing a tasty mouse. Satisfied with whatever criteria she seemed to be judging them against, she clapped her hands, and then done it again for emphasis,
"Right, then. You are my new class are you?" a few hesitant nods, many people seemed to be unnerved by her insane smiling. She clapped her hands again,
"Well let's get started then! Now Herbology is the study of plants, so if anyone has suddenly realised this isn't their class, you can leave," no movement.
"No? Good, good." the crazy teacher did a jig over to a pile of trays, humming to herself.
"Right, seeing as it's your first lesson. It is your first lesson isn't it?" she looked over to the class, a few nods.
"Good, good, it'd be terribly embarrassing and boring if I started teaching you basic stuff when really you're actually very short Sixth Year students." Eleanora's hat, perched dangerously on her head almost fell into one of the trays, she grabbed it and put it back onto her head.
"Now who knows what dragon dung is?" Some hands, most people seemed surprised at such an easy question. Eleanora chose a small nervous looking boy near the front,
"Yes Mr..?" the boys looked startled to be chosen, but quickly replied,
"Redson." Eleanora gave him a charmingly crazy smile,
"So Mr. Redson, what is dragon dung?"
"Dragon poo?" Eleanora beamed,
"Indeed it is, have a point for answering what could have been, could have been a trick question." She motioned at the trays laid out at the sidebench, behind her a plant reached out a tendril and planted it into the tray,
"Get off!" she sighed at the plant, as though it could understand. She gave it a hard slap, and it retracted it's tendril.
"Anyway, these here trays are filled with dragon dung, a wonderful fertilizer for growing plants, and so easy to buy you'd think all dragons do is excrete." A smile or two.
"Herbology lesson one. Planting some nice flowers into a load of dragon dung. Who wants gloves?"
[ Full Character Name: ] Eleanora Fabienne Legard.
[ Character Gender: ] Female.
[Character Age/Birthdate:] 38 Years/1970.
[ Position: ]Herbology.
[ Country of Citizenship: ]United Kingdom.
[ Physical Character Description: ] Eleanora is around 5'11". She is thin and wiry, with some muscle gained from working outside all day. She wears a dark green skirt, that goes down to her knees, with a emerald jacket and a white shirt beneath. She wears very dark green, almost black, boots, usually covered in dirt. Her hair is mud brown, messy and usually all over the place, with an emerald witch's hat precariously placed on top. She has a tendency to bite her bottom lip when thinking off something. Eleanora's face is almost permanently plastered with a wide smile, revealing white teeth, that gives her a manic, crazy look that suites her personality well. She has a scar running down from her ear to her chin.
[ Personality Character Description: ] Eleanora is erratic, crazy, off-the-wall, manic, wacky. She has kept the heart of a young girl, often making ridiculous jokes and puns that often lead people to wonder whether she really is an adult. She is almost constantly smiling, almost permanently happy and always laid-back. She has a almost fanatical hatred of arrogant and conceited people, though she keeps this well hidden. Eleanora is very kind often going out her way to help someone. She has a very relaxed view on rules and breaking them. She has a phobia of werewolves, having been attacked by one in her youth, she also has a slight hatred of telephones, disliking their tendency to suddenly ring when not expected. She is almost never serious except during important times, and even then they have to be very important, or sad and solemn. Eleanora is very hard working. She has a tendency to dance and sing when working though she restrains herself when in front of other people.
[ History: ] Eleanora Fabienne Legard was born in Vaison-la-Romaine in France. Her mother was a Muggle while her father was a Wizard. Her father had never told his wife of his magical heritage. Growing up Eleanora was clearly not a normal child, she was crazy and manic, more so than any child. Often she would find herself doing something that would have another person burning with embarrassment, she didn't walk, preferring to dance. Many times she would say something utterly random, such as deciding to end each sentence with random words such as metal or fake to quote a few. She would go crazily hyper about the slightest thing, but she had no disorder such as ADHD. When she was accepted into Beauxbâtons Academy of Magic her mother though it was a joke, until her husband took her aside and explained nervously about his, and now Eleanora's magical heritage. When he had finished explaining Eleanora's mother slapped him, told him he should have told her earlier, much earlier, and then congratulated Eleanora on getting into Beauxbâtons.
At Beauxbâtons, Eleanora, who had also been ignorant of her magical background, was amazed by the things which awed her, but which were barely even noticed by wizards and witches. Her personality however was unchanged and she proved to be a troublemaker. She was almost always in trouble, though never seriously so, often being too loud in lessons, or, during one memorable potions lesson, spending most of the lesson singing under her breath and dancing around the class. She sneaked around the Academy, and was almost caught numerous times, though she was never actually found during one of her night-time escapades. She was polite, but casual, sometimes too much so. Owing to her crazy and charismatic attitude she quickly made friends, many people seeing her as funny and wacky, and due to the fact she was always nice to anyone, no matter the case. She quickly settled into her new life, never ceasing to be amazed by the sheer amazingness of the millions of magical objects that were used in everyday life in wizarding families. It quickly became evident that Herbology was Eleanora's best subject, she enjoyed the lessons traipsing around looking after strange and exotic plants.
All too quickly Eleanora arrived in her fifth year, she passed her O.W.Ls, receiving an O in Herbology, Charms and Study of Ancient Runes, and a D and P in Astronomy and Transfiguration. She stayed on for N.E.W.Ts, taking Herbology, Charms, Study of Ancient Runes and Defence Against the Dark Arts. Once again she received an O in Herbology. Armed with these test results she entered the adult wizarding world, while still acting like a kid.
At first Eleanora opened a Magical plant shop, selling harmless magical plants. Content with her job she worked for over ten long years, before realising something was missing. She didn't want to spend her life selling harmless and, in her opinion, rather boring magical plants, no she wanted to work with dangerous, amazing plants. It was then she saw the job opening for a Herbology teacher at her old school, Beauxbâtons. She applied and was hired. There she worked for five years, teaching students why keeping Devil's Snare next to your bed at night was silly and how to grow Venomous Tentaculas.
Eventually however, Eleanora grew bored of teaching, wanting to see the world. She took a tour through Asia, visiting China, Japan, India, Mongolia and many other countries. Returning home, she decided she was bored of France in general, and moved over to the UK. She became a citizen shortly after. Her want for teaching was awoken by her long trip through Asia during which she spent most her time hiking through the wilderness with nothing to keep her company but her memories of teaching and her little flower shop, which, looking back, she now found rather boring. So she tried to find a job for a Herbology teacher, even taking a job in a factory to make a living while she searched, eventually she found Hogwarts.
[ Pros and Cons : ] Eleanora is happy, almost permanently, she is kind and crazy, and relaxed about rule breaking, which makes her quite easy to approach. Her constant happiness ensures that nothing brings her down and she rarely ever insults someone (to their face that is). She is hard working, and enjoys her work. She has a way of making people happier simply by being her insane self. However, Eleanora's manic happiness can easily annoy people, especially when she does not recognise the seriousness of a situation. She is more like a young girl in personality than an almost middle-aged adult. Not being very serious, she does not always enforce rules, and while not encouraging people to break them outright, she often makes small comments about ignoring such-and-such rule for once.
[Credentials:]
- Herbology - Outstanding
- Care of Magical Creatures - Acceptable
- Charms - Outstanding
- Potions - Acceptable
- Transfiguration - Poor
- Defence Against the Dark Arts - Exceeds Expectations
- History of Magic - Poor
- Astronomy - Dreadful
- Study of Ancient Runes - Outstanding
- Herbology - Outstanding
- Charms - Acceptable
- Study of Ancient Runes - Exceeds Expectations
- Defence Against the Dark Arts - Acceptable
Eleanora worked as the Herbology teacher at Beauxbâtons Academy of Magic for five years, from 1999 until 2004, when she quit to go on a tour around Asia before returning in 2006 and moving to the UK.
[Writing/Role Playing Example:] Eleanora eyed her class like an eagle eyeing a tasty mouse. Satisfied with whatever criteria she seemed to be judging them against, she clapped her hands, and then done it again for emphasis,
"Right, then. You are my new class are you?" a few hesitant nods, many people seemed to be unnerved by her insane smiling. She clapped her hands again,
"Well let's get started then! Now Herbology is the study of plants, so if anyone has suddenly realised this isn't their class, you can leave," no movement.
"No? Good, good." the crazy teacher did a jig over to a pile of trays, humming to herself.
"Right, seeing as it's your first lesson. It is your first lesson isn't it?" she looked over to the class, a few nods.
"Good, good, it'd be terribly embarrassing and boring if I started teaching you basic stuff when really you're actually very short Sixth Year students." Eleanora's hat, perched dangerously on her head almost fell into one of the trays, she grabbed it and put it back onto her head.
"Now who knows what dragon dung is?" Some hands, most people seemed surprised at such an easy question. Eleanora chose a small nervous looking boy near the front,
"Yes Mr..?" the boys looked startled to be chosen, but quickly replied,
"Redson." Eleanora gave him a charmingly crazy smile,
"So Mr. Redson, what is dragon dung?"
"Dragon poo?" Eleanora beamed,
"Indeed it is, have a point for answering what could have been, could have been a trick question." She motioned at the trays laid out at the sidebench, behind her a plant reached out a tendril and planted it into the tray,
"Get off!" she sighed at the plant, as though it could understand. She gave it a hard slap, and it retracted it's tendril.
"Anyway, these here trays are filled with dragon dung, a wonderful fertilizer for growing plants, and so easy to buy you'd think all dragons do is excrete." A smile or two.
"Herbology lesson one. Planting some nice flowers into a load of dragon dung. Who wants gloves?"