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Application for Andromeda Tonks
Player Information
Name: Nori!
Age: 20
IM screen names: Nori D 123 (aim)
Email: nlduffy@gmail.com
Where did you hear about us?: hprpsearch (sounds like a hiccup)
Why did you apply to Tempus Fugit, and what do you feel you can bring to the game?: I saw your call for Andi, and couldn’t resist. I feel that I could bring good writing and the occasional interesting plot to the game.
Previous RP experience:
On and off since 2002, mostly Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. This is my 3rd time playing Andromeda, but the first since book 7.
Character Information
Name of character you are applying for: Andromeda Nemesia Black-Tonks
Age of character you are applying for: 48
Birthday: January 25th, 1953
PB: Sela Ward
Wand: Yew, unicorn tail hair, 9 inches, flexible
House at Hogwarts: Slytherin
Family: Grandson Teddy, husband Ted (deceased), daughter Nymphadora (deceased), son-in-law Remus Lupin (deceased)
Parents: Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier (deceased)
Siblings: Bellatrix Lestrange (deceased), Narcissa Malfoy
Family interactions: Like her younger cousin Sirius, Andromeda was blasted off the family tree, which says quite a lot about her family interactions. When everyone in your family calls you“filthy blood traitor” just for marrying the love of your life, Ted Tonks (a charming and lovely muggleborn), you tend not to have too much to do with them. She instead focused on her marriage with Ted and raising her wonderful little girl, Nymphadora.
Occupation: Healer in the Janus Thickey Ward at Saint Mungo’s
Residence: She still resides in the house she’s lived in since Nymphadora was a girl.
Financial status: Relatively well off, her job at Saint Mungo’s lets her live a comfortably middle-class life with her grandson.
Political views: Andi was a member of the original Order of the Phoenix, although she kept her involvement mostly to providing her home as a safe house, and occasionally patching up the members after run-ins with Death-Eaters. She sheltered Harry and Hagrid for an evening during the war, and still keeps a guest room ready for those who need it.
Blood Status: Pureblood (traitor)
Sexuality: Straight.
Physical description
Height: 5’ 7
Weight: 130 lbs.
Distinguishing marks: Andi looked startlingly like her older sister Bellatrix, but age has blurred that resemblance a little.
Give us a description of your character's appearance: Andromeda looks a lot older than she is, and always appears rather sad. She usually keeps her dark hair (now streaked with grey) tied back in a no-nonsense style for work, letting it down only rarely.
Give us a description of your character's personality : Her early rebellious streak has calmed and Andromeda has matured into a quietly confident motherly sort of person, cool in a crisis, and just generally the sort of person you’d expect to be baking cookies on her days off and being ready with a hot cup of tea in times of personal turmoil.
The loss of her husband, and then her daughter destroyed her spirit. Gone was the devoted mother and wife, replaced with a widow. She is quiet and withdrawn, her occasional smiles reserved only for Teddy. In the three years since the end of the war, she has slowly started to come back to herself. Her old friends are finally beginning to see her old self return.
She prefers quiet pursuits, reading or crocheting, and occasionally even baking. She’s a devoted grandmother and ruthlessly spoils her grandson.
History
Early Life: The middle Black sister, Andromeda was the dark, quiet studious one, often found curled up in a corner of the library with a book. Somehow one holiday, she got a hold of a piece of muggle literature (the biography of Florence Nightengale) and fell in love with the forbidden genre. Her rebellion was a quiet one, and it didn’t seem particularly dangerous, and her parents did worry much sending her off to Hogwarts.
Hogwarts years: Finally free of her family’s influence, Andromeda befriended most of the students of her year, muggleborn and pureblood alike, and early on proved herself adept at healing charms and potions. She was an avid Quidditch fan, and it was no surprise to her friends when she fell in love with the Quidditch player Ted Tonks. Upon graduating from Hogwarts in 1970, she moved in with Ted and married him later that year.
Career: Andi pursued her natural talent for healing and worked her way up from errand-girl to healer at Saint Mungo’s. She cut back to half-time after the birth of her daughter and stayed mostly at home with her until Nymphadora left for Hogwarts in 1984. Returning to work full time, she eventually landed at the Janus Thickey Ward for spell-damaged patients, where her motherly manner seemed to have a soothing influence on many of the patients.
Second War: Not an official member of the Order of the Phoenix, Andromeda and Ted were both quite supportive of the Order, and offered their home as a safe house. Harry Potter and Rubeus Hagrid stayed there for an evening, which was the first time Andromeda and Harry had met. When the Ministry came under Voldemort’s control, Andromeda and Ted were both captured and tortured for information about Harry. Ted fled when muggleborns were forced to start registering, leaving Andromeda alone with her pregnant daughter (who had married Remus Lupin that summer). His death was a huge blow to Andi and Tonks, and when her grandson was born, the boy was named Teddy. Her daughter and son-in-law were killed at the Battle of Hogwarts, leaving Andromeda and Teddy alone.
The Past Three Years: These past three years have been hard for Andromeda. She’s cut back to half-time at Saint Mungo’s again, and is focusing much of her energies on raising Teddy, with the help of his godfather Harry Potter. Recently though, she’s been hearing some interesting rumours…
Plotting I’m assuming there are some delicious plots to be had for Andi, otherwise she wouldn’t have been requested!
What short and long term goals do you have for your character?: I’d really love to see Andromeda find purpose again, and continue healing. Short term, it will be interesting to see how she reunites with the resurrected.
How does your character feel about the post-war world?Andromeda likes the idea of the wizarding world being more open, but takes a conservative stance. Slow and steady would be the best way, Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that. As for the (as good as) executions of Death Eaters, Andromeda has rather mixed feelings. True, there’s no love lost between Andi and the rest of the Black family, but she still remains unconvinced that the Dementor’s Kiss is the solution to this problem.
Writing Sample.
Andromeda Black-Tonks had not known the world was going to end. She knew that the world would change, it would have to change, would have to be fixed. She knew that the battle was tonight, that one way or another the world would be different when the sun rose. She knew that the fate of what was left of her family rested on the scrawny shoulders of a seventeen year old boy, and the people who believed in him.
Her grandson stirred in his bassinet by the fire, and she leaned over and tucked in the quilt closer to his chin. “Shh, shh.” She soothed him, as she fought to keep down the knot of worry in her throat. Her daughter, her Nymphadora, her pride and joy had brought him by earlier in the evening, worried, yet excited. She was so sure tonight was the night. “We’re going to win.”
She settled down into the old armchair next to the fire and breathed in deeply, trying to inhale the last of Ted’s faint scent. Back before the hunting had started, he had lived in this chair, reading the Daily Prophet aloud as she experimented with Muggle cooking in the kitchen. In the months since he had left and she had lost him forever, his presence had slowly faded from the house, leaving her rattling around the empty rooms, lost.
Nymphadora’s child had brought her back to herself a little, his rosy cheeked face constantly changing. They had named the baby Ted, the greatest memorial to her husband she could ever hope for. She doted on her grandson, and began to think that in time she would heal. She had thought she had lost everything once before, leaving behind the entire Black family to start a new life with her small daughter, and the love of her life, a Muggle-born wizard.
She woke with a start as fireworks split the air. The fire had died to a dully glowing ash, and a cold wind chilling her cheeks. Teddy was crying, the noise having woken him. Andromeda hurried to pick him up, reassuring him even as she crept to the window. Would it be the Dark Mark in the sky, the final nail in the coffin of modern wizardry? A spray of shooting stars illuminated the night, and she smiled in relief. If old Daedalus was celebrating, they really had won.
This horrible nightmare was over. But Teddy only cried harder. His hair and eyes had turned an impenetrable black, and Andromeda felt the dread settle back down on her. Where was her daughter?
She had to wait until morning to find out. Teddy slept at last, fitful, agitated. Around eight thirty, Kingsley Shacklebolt appeared, looking more worn out and bedraggled than she had seen him since the first rise of the Dark Lord. “It’s over. We won.” He informed her gravely, and solemnly handed over three wands.
Three wands. Those of her daughter, son-in-law and husband. Kingsley was right, in a way; it was over.
Player Information
Name: Nori!
Age: 20
IM screen names: Nori D 123 (aim)
Email: nlduffy@gmail.com
Where did you hear about us?: hprpsearch (sounds like a hiccup)
Why did you apply to Tempus Fugit, and what do you feel you can bring to the game?: I saw your call for Andi, and couldn’t resist. I feel that I could bring good writing and the occasional interesting plot to the game.
Previous RP experience:
On and off since 2002, mostly Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter. This is my 3rd time playing Andromeda, but the first since book 7.
Character Information
Name of character you are applying for: Andromeda Nemesia Black-Tonks
Age of character you are applying for: 48
Birthday: January 25th, 1953
PB: Sela Ward
Wand: Yew, unicorn tail hair, 9 inches, flexible
House at Hogwarts: Slytherin
Family: Grandson Teddy, husband Ted (deceased), daughter Nymphadora (deceased), son-in-law Remus Lupin (deceased)
Parents: Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier (deceased)
Siblings: Bellatrix Lestrange (deceased), Narcissa Malfoy
Family interactions: Like her younger cousin Sirius, Andromeda was blasted off the family tree, which says quite a lot about her family interactions. When everyone in your family calls you“filthy blood traitor” just for marrying the love of your life, Ted Tonks (a charming and lovely muggleborn), you tend not to have too much to do with them. She instead focused on her marriage with Ted and raising her wonderful little girl, Nymphadora.
Occupation: Healer in the Janus Thickey Ward at Saint Mungo’s
Residence: She still resides in the house she’s lived in since Nymphadora was a girl.
Financial status: Relatively well off, her job at Saint Mungo’s lets her live a comfortably middle-class life with her grandson.
Political views: Andi was a member of the original Order of the Phoenix, although she kept her involvement mostly to providing her home as a safe house, and occasionally patching up the members after run-ins with Death-Eaters. She sheltered Harry and Hagrid for an evening during the war, and still keeps a guest room ready for those who need it.
Blood Status: Pureblood (traitor)
Sexuality: Straight.
Physical description
Height: 5’ 7
Weight: 130 lbs.
Distinguishing marks: Andi looked startlingly like her older sister Bellatrix, but age has blurred that resemblance a little.
Give us a description of your character's appearance: Andromeda looks a lot older than she is, and always appears rather sad. She usually keeps her dark hair (now streaked with grey) tied back in a no-nonsense style for work, letting it down only rarely.
Give us a description of your character's personality : Her early rebellious streak has calmed and Andromeda has matured into a quietly confident motherly sort of person, cool in a crisis, and just generally the sort of person you’d expect to be baking cookies on her days off and being ready with a hot cup of tea in times of personal turmoil.
The loss of her husband, and then her daughter destroyed her spirit. Gone was the devoted mother and wife, replaced with a widow. She is quiet and withdrawn, her occasional smiles reserved only for Teddy. In the three years since the end of the war, she has slowly started to come back to herself. Her old friends are finally beginning to see her old self return.
She prefers quiet pursuits, reading or crocheting, and occasionally even baking. She’s a devoted grandmother and ruthlessly spoils her grandson.
History
Early Life: The middle Black sister, Andromeda was the dark, quiet studious one, often found curled up in a corner of the library with a book. Somehow one holiday, she got a hold of a piece of muggle literature (the biography of Florence Nightengale) and fell in love with the forbidden genre. Her rebellion was a quiet one, and it didn’t seem particularly dangerous, and her parents did worry much sending her off to Hogwarts.
Hogwarts years: Finally free of her family’s influence, Andromeda befriended most of the students of her year, muggleborn and pureblood alike, and early on proved herself adept at healing charms and potions. She was an avid Quidditch fan, and it was no surprise to her friends when she fell in love with the Quidditch player Ted Tonks. Upon graduating from Hogwarts in 1970, she moved in with Ted and married him later that year.
Career: Andi pursued her natural talent for healing and worked her way up from errand-girl to healer at Saint Mungo’s. She cut back to half-time after the birth of her daughter and stayed mostly at home with her until Nymphadora left for Hogwarts in 1984. Returning to work full time, she eventually landed at the Janus Thickey Ward for spell-damaged patients, where her motherly manner seemed to have a soothing influence on many of the patients.
Second War: Not an official member of the Order of the Phoenix, Andromeda and Ted were both quite supportive of the Order, and offered their home as a safe house. Harry Potter and Rubeus Hagrid stayed there for an evening, which was the first time Andromeda and Harry had met. When the Ministry came under Voldemort’s control, Andromeda and Ted were both captured and tortured for information about Harry. Ted fled when muggleborns were forced to start registering, leaving Andromeda alone with her pregnant daughter (who had married Remus Lupin that summer). His death was a huge blow to Andi and Tonks, and when her grandson was born, the boy was named Teddy. Her daughter and son-in-law were killed at the Battle of Hogwarts, leaving Andromeda and Teddy alone.
The Past Three Years: These past three years have been hard for Andromeda. She’s cut back to half-time at Saint Mungo’s again, and is focusing much of her energies on raising Teddy, with the help of his godfather Harry Potter. Recently though, she’s been hearing some interesting rumours…
Plotting I’m assuming there are some delicious plots to be had for Andi, otherwise she wouldn’t have been requested!
What short and long term goals do you have for your character?: I’d really love to see Andromeda find purpose again, and continue healing. Short term, it will be interesting to see how she reunites with the resurrected.
How does your character feel about the post-war world?Andromeda likes the idea of the wizarding world being more open, but takes a conservative stance. Slow and steady would be the best way, Rome wasn’t built in a day and all that. As for the (as good as) executions of Death Eaters, Andromeda has rather mixed feelings. True, there’s no love lost between Andi and the rest of the Black family, but she still remains unconvinced that the Dementor’s Kiss is the solution to this problem.
Writing Sample.
Andromeda Black-Tonks had not known the world was going to end. She knew that the world would change, it would have to change, would have to be fixed. She knew that the battle was tonight, that one way or another the world would be different when the sun rose. She knew that the fate of what was left of her family rested on the scrawny shoulders of a seventeen year old boy, and the people who believed in him.
Her grandson stirred in his bassinet by the fire, and she leaned over and tucked in the quilt closer to his chin. “Shh, shh.” She soothed him, as she fought to keep down the knot of worry in her throat. Her daughter, her Nymphadora, her pride and joy had brought him by earlier in the evening, worried, yet excited. She was so sure tonight was the night. “We’re going to win.”
She settled down into the old armchair next to the fire and breathed in deeply, trying to inhale the last of Ted’s faint scent. Back before the hunting had started, he had lived in this chair, reading the Daily Prophet aloud as she experimented with Muggle cooking in the kitchen. In the months since he had left and she had lost him forever, his presence had slowly faded from the house, leaving her rattling around the empty rooms, lost.
Nymphadora’s child had brought her back to herself a little, his rosy cheeked face constantly changing. They had named the baby Ted, the greatest memorial to her husband she could ever hope for. She doted on her grandson, and began to think that in time she would heal. She had thought she had lost everything once before, leaving behind the entire Black family to start a new life with her small daughter, and the love of her life, a Muggle-born wizard.
She woke with a start as fireworks split the air. The fire had died to a dully glowing ash, and a cold wind chilling her cheeks. Teddy was crying, the noise having woken him. Andromeda hurried to pick him up, reassuring him even as she crept to the window. Would it be the Dark Mark in the sky, the final nail in the coffin of modern wizardry? A spray of shooting stars illuminated the night, and she smiled in relief. If old Daedalus was celebrating, they really had won.
This horrible nightmare was over. But Teddy only cried harder. His hair and eyes had turned an impenetrable black, and Andromeda felt the dread settle back down on her. Where was her daughter?
She had to wait until morning to find out. Teddy slept at last, fitful, agitated. Around eight thirty, Kingsley Shacklebolt appeared, looking more worn out and bedraggled than she had seen him since the first rise of the Dark Lord. “It’s over. We won.” He informed her gravely, and solemnly handed over three wands.
Three wands. Those of her daughter, son-in-law and husband. Kingsley was right, in a way; it was over.
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