Post by Euphadora Parkinson on Jan 17, 2022 7:39:00 GMT
WIZARDING APPLICATION
Euphadora Rose Parkinson
VITAL INFO
Date of birth: 1st April, 1958
Age: 19 years
Father: Heath Parkinson
Mother: Rebekah Parkinson (nee Rowle)
Siblings: Theon Parkinson, eldest brother, deceased aged 2 years (would be 21 years); ______ Parkinson younger brother, 18 years
Bloodline: Pureblood
Wand: Rosewood, veela hair, 10 1/3"
Back Story:
Heath and Rebekah fell in love at an early age. They dated throughout their teenage years and married promptly after Rebekah graduated. The couple was madly in love and their only focus was on each other and their journey up the social ladder. The couple were thrilled to announce the birth of their son, their heir, Theon only a year after they were married, but an illness took the boy at only two years, sending both Heath and Rebekah into despair that lasted well into their future children's childhoods. Instead of focusing on their family, Heath and Beks focused their energy on their social status, which again left Dora and her younger brother longing for their parents' affections. The Parkinsons were one of the ‘Sacred Twenty-Eight’, a family of only the purist wizarding blood in all of Britain. Their ideals of blood supremacy were en vogue at the time of their formative years and as parents they passed on their beliefs to their daughter, Euphadora.
Dora was a happy little girl, not yet understanding how absent her parents were in her life. She spent most of her time with her nanny, Gwendoline, who was like a surrogate mother to her, and her younger brother, who came along only a year after Dora was born. The Parkinsons were very much an upper-middle class family, they had a bit of excess money but not nearly as much as their lifestyle seemed to imply. Their children wanted for nothing but love and affection, the two things their parents refused to give them.
One of Dora’s clearest, early memories from her childhood was when she was about six or seven. Her father was heading to the tailor to pick up a new suit and Dora begged to come along. It was one of the few times he agreed to spending time just the two of them. Dora was thrilled. On the way to the tailor’s they passed a shop and Dora she saw a pair of bright pink ice skates in a shop window. They had sparkly laces and big pink puff balls over the tongue. Her father wanted to keep walking, he had a business meeting to attend later but Dora was mesmerized by the skates. He had gone three blocks before he realized she wasn't walking by his side and when he retraced his steps he found Dora, pigtails and all, with her face smooshed up against the shop window as she stared at the ice skates. She didn't know what they were for, but she wanted them. And she cried and threw herself on the sidewalk until her father shouted at her and said he would buy them if she shut up, which she instantly did. Dora learned at an early age how to manipulate her father's attention. Her mother's attention, however, was not so easily won.
Before Hogwarts, Dora and her brother were homeschooled, their parents not wanting them to mix muggleborns at the local wizarding primary schools. Dora struggled with memorizing dates and facts, often distracted by something more attractive than maths problems or world history. Her tutor assured her that she would fare better once she got to Hogwarts. It was evident to everyone who spent time with the little brunette that Dora had a penchant for magic and it was the only thing she seemed interested in learning. Her tutor was right, at Hogwarts, after being sorted into Slytherin like her parents, Dora quickly began to pick up new spells, charms, and hexes. Her first few years, she was one of the better students in subjects such as Charms, Transfiguration, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Her lack of desire to study and attend to book-heavy classes was evident even at Hogwarts, and she just barely passed her other subjects; History of Magic being the worst.
Come the age of thirteen when her body had developed enough to set her apart from the younger students, Dora found she had a charming ability to woo the boys of her school. Heavy snogging sessions in the library and the back of classrooms soon overtook her attention and her marks began to reflect her inattentiveness. Classes involving wandwork were easiest for Dora, she needed little practice and kept her grades high, but in everything else she began to recognize that she was as stupid as her parents had always made her feel. She lost her virginity at fourteen to a boy who, while not the most attractive, had said she was gorgeous and offered her some of the firewhiskey he had smuggled out of the kitchens. Dora’s two biggest coping mechanisms were discovered that night. Sex took away the pain of being a failure and alcohol removed the lonesomeness that she felt even in a crowded room. From that point on, whenever Dora encountered something difficult, she sought refuge in the arms of a man or the warmth of a drink.
During her sixth year, Dora was fighting with a group of girls who had crossed her while on a Hogsmeade weekend, and took a stunning hex to the eye. She was sent to the hospital wing where the school matron patched her up well enough that her vision would not be impaired, but the result had left her with different colored eyes. Having lost a part of what she considered to make her worthy of attention, her looks, Dora fell into depression. Her parents did not bother to owl her at any point in the school year, following their notification of her accident.
The remainder of her time at Hogwarts was relatively uneventful, though she made strong, lasting friendships with several like-minded peers, not to mention some lustful crushes that persist to this day. After graduation, Dora took a post at a robe shop but was fired quickly after her employer witnessed her belittling an obese patron. Next she took a job at a book shop, but spent the majority of her time reading instead of stocking shelves and soon was looking for a new job. Her latest venture is as a reception witch at the Ministry of Magic where her father was able to parlay one of his business connections into a full time position for her, under orders that she "not f*ck it up this time". Suffice it to say, Dora is trying her hardest to give a shite about this position, but with so many attractive ministry men passing by, it remains to be seen whether she'll make any headway in this career field.
APPEARANCE
Height: 5'4"
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Green (left) & Brown (right)
Style/Other characteristics: Dora enjoys clothing that looks high-end, despite not having the money to afford anything of real quality. She often wears items of her own construction, modeled after looks in the posh shops she can't afford.
Photo:
TEMPERAMENT
Dora is a very conflicted young woman. She was raised by middle-class parents who wanted desperately to be wealthy, the high-society sort. As such, they expected Dora and her brother to present themselves as if they truly did belong to the wealth and power their family craved. Dora acquired a penchant for style, one that surpassed her mother’s tastes on every level, but looking for nothing more in life than her parents’ affections, she never mentioned what she believed was her mother’s horrid tastes. Her peers and random passersby were not so fortunate. Insults to one's physical appearance are her go-to tactic for wounding someone, as it she finds appearance to be vitally important to people's perceptions. She was well versed in hiding her failings from the outside world, or at least vehemently refusing to acknowledge them, and to anyone looking at her she was simply a gorgeous witch with expensive tastes. On the inside she was anything but.
A lifetime of neglect and emotional abuse from her parents led Dora to be a very needy person emotionally. She is always looking for some sort of attention – her fantastic style can attest to that – and has found it easiest to acquire from members of the opposite sex. Dora had earned a reputation for herself while in Hogwarts by having sneaked off with boys from any house and having a good time in an empty classroom or a decently sized cupboard. She tends to think of these blokes as her friends and she has no qualms about returning for the comfort of her friends’ arms if she is ever feeling particularly lonely or neglected by her parents, and especially by her father. Dora often mistakes lust for love but doesn’t consider herself worthy of true romantic love. True love is for people who are far better than she, though she lies to herself often enough that from time to time she does believe she is better than most people. Other times she teeters on the edge of despair.
Dora suffers from undiagnosed depression. Episodes can occur at any time and seem to make her emotions more exaggerated in times of trauma. After a childhood injury, the recovery of which caused one of Dora's lovely green eyes to turn brown, Dora slipped into a four-month long depression – a period of which she calls her ‘melancholy’ – in which she sobbed uncontrollably a majority of her waking hours, slept poorly, and often refused to see her friends. Dora’s friends are the most important people in her life, so avoiding them is a very serious sign that something is wrong. Dora is actually very clever but because of her mental health issues caused by her parents' emotional neglect, she, along with most everyone around her, assumes she is the epitome of a pretty girl with no brains. She often allows this ‘knowledge’ to dictate how she approaches life, relationships, and her career. If her friends say complimentary things, she believes they are doing so just to be a good friend and build her confidence, but is certain they are lying through their teeth.
There is a clear difference between Dora’s real friends and the men she uses for sex that she considers her friends, even Dora can see as much, and it shows in how she approaches interactions with them. Despite all her traumas, Dora has a big heart and she wears it very much on her sleeve. She will do anything she can to help her friends out, even if it means putting her own well-being on the line (which she won’t necessarily realize she is doing until long after the fact). She expects the same in return but if such support is not reciprocated it usually does not damage her perception of the person or their friendship, at least not for long. She can hold a grudge better than most, but has a soft spot for the few people who have been there for her in the past. She would rather forgive a slight than be alone, and will let the memory of the insult eat at her from the inside out.
EDUCATION
House: Slytherin, as all Parkinsons have been for several generations
Time at Hogwarts: 1969 - 1976
EMPLOYMENT
Type of Application (Order, Death Eater, or Civilian): Civilian
Job/Position: Reception Witch, Ministry of Magic
How long: 6 months
Qualifications: Sacred 28 and a Daddy she thinks loves her
OTHER
Play By: Mila Kunis
Player Name: Lyra
Euphadora Rose Parkinson
VITAL INFO
Date of birth: 1st April, 1958
Age: 19 years
Father: Heath Parkinson
Mother: Rebekah Parkinson (nee Rowle)
Siblings: Theon Parkinson, eldest brother, deceased aged 2 years (would be 21 years); ______ Parkinson younger brother, 18 years
Bloodline: Pureblood
Wand: Rosewood, veela hair, 10 1/3"
Back Story:
Heath and Rebekah fell in love at an early age. They dated throughout their teenage years and married promptly after Rebekah graduated. The couple was madly in love and their only focus was on each other and their journey up the social ladder. The couple were thrilled to announce the birth of their son, their heir, Theon only a year after they were married, but an illness took the boy at only two years, sending both Heath and Rebekah into despair that lasted well into their future children's childhoods. Instead of focusing on their family, Heath and Beks focused their energy on their social status, which again left Dora and her younger brother longing for their parents' affections. The Parkinsons were one of the ‘Sacred Twenty-Eight’, a family of only the purist wizarding blood in all of Britain. Their ideals of blood supremacy were en vogue at the time of their formative years and as parents they passed on their beliefs to their daughter, Euphadora.
Dora was a happy little girl, not yet understanding how absent her parents were in her life. She spent most of her time with her nanny, Gwendoline, who was like a surrogate mother to her, and her younger brother, who came along only a year after Dora was born. The Parkinsons were very much an upper-middle class family, they had a bit of excess money but not nearly as much as their lifestyle seemed to imply. Their children wanted for nothing but love and affection, the two things their parents refused to give them.
One of Dora’s clearest, early memories from her childhood was when she was about six or seven. Her father was heading to the tailor to pick up a new suit and Dora begged to come along. It was one of the few times he agreed to spending time just the two of them. Dora was thrilled. On the way to the tailor’s they passed a shop and Dora she saw a pair of bright pink ice skates in a shop window. They had sparkly laces and big pink puff balls over the tongue. Her father wanted to keep walking, he had a business meeting to attend later but Dora was mesmerized by the skates. He had gone three blocks before he realized she wasn't walking by his side and when he retraced his steps he found Dora, pigtails and all, with her face smooshed up against the shop window as she stared at the ice skates. She didn't know what they were for, but she wanted them. And she cried and threw herself on the sidewalk until her father shouted at her and said he would buy them if she shut up, which she instantly did. Dora learned at an early age how to manipulate her father's attention. Her mother's attention, however, was not so easily won.
Before Hogwarts, Dora and her brother were homeschooled, their parents not wanting them to mix muggleborns at the local wizarding primary schools. Dora struggled with memorizing dates and facts, often distracted by something more attractive than maths problems or world history. Her tutor assured her that she would fare better once she got to Hogwarts. It was evident to everyone who spent time with the little brunette that Dora had a penchant for magic and it was the only thing she seemed interested in learning. Her tutor was right, at Hogwarts, after being sorted into Slytherin like her parents, Dora quickly began to pick up new spells, charms, and hexes. Her first few years, she was one of the better students in subjects such as Charms, Transfiguration, and Defense Against the Dark Arts. Her lack of desire to study and attend to book-heavy classes was evident even at Hogwarts, and she just barely passed her other subjects; History of Magic being the worst.
Come the age of thirteen when her body had developed enough to set her apart from the younger students, Dora found she had a charming ability to woo the boys of her school. Heavy snogging sessions in the library and the back of classrooms soon overtook her attention and her marks began to reflect her inattentiveness. Classes involving wandwork were easiest for Dora, she needed little practice and kept her grades high, but in everything else she began to recognize that she was as stupid as her parents had always made her feel. She lost her virginity at fourteen to a boy who, while not the most attractive, had said she was gorgeous and offered her some of the firewhiskey he had smuggled out of the kitchens. Dora’s two biggest coping mechanisms were discovered that night. Sex took away the pain of being a failure and alcohol removed the lonesomeness that she felt even in a crowded room. From that point on, whenever Dora encountered something difficult, she sought refuge in the arms of a man or the warmth of a drink.
During her sixth year, Dora was fighting with a group of girls who had crossed her while on a Hogsmeade weekend, and took a stunning hex to the eye. She was sent to the hospital wing where the school matron patched her up well enough that her vision would not be impaired, but the result had left her with different colored eyes. Having lost a part of what she considered to make her worthy of attention, her looks, Dora fell into depression. Her parents did not bother to owl her at any point in the school year, following their notification of her accident.
The remainder of her time at Hogwarts was relatively uneventful, though she made strong, lasting friendships with several like-minded peers, not to mention some lustful crushes that persist to this day. After graduation, Dora took a post at a robe shop but was fired quickly after her employer witnessed her belittling an obese patron. Next she took a job at a book shop, but spent the majority of her time reading instead of stocking shelves and soon was looking for a new job. Her latest venture is as a reception witch at the Ministry of Magic where her father was able to parlay one of his business connections into a full time position for her, under orders that she "not f*ck it up this time". Suffice it to say, Dora is trying her hardest to give a shite about this position, but with so many attractive ministry men passing by, it remains to be seen whether she'll make any headway in this career field.
APPEARANCE
Height: 5'4"
Hair: Dark Brown
Eyes: Green (left) & Brown (right)
Style/Other characteristics: Dora enjoys clothing that looks high-end, despite not having the money to afford anything of real quality. She often wears items of her own construction, modeled after looks in the posh shops she can't afford.
Photo:
TEMPERAMENT
Dora is a very conflicted young woman. She was raised by middle-class parents who wanted desperately to be wealthy, the high-society sort. As such, they expected Dora and her brother to present themselves as if they truly did belong to the wealth and power their family craved. Dora acquired a penchant for style, one that surpassed her mother’s tastes on every level, but looking for nothing more in life than her parents’ affections, she never mentioned what she believed was her mother’s horrid tastes. Her peers and random passersby were not so fortunate. Insults to one's physical appearance are her go-to tactic for wounding someone, as it she finds appearance to be vitally important to people's perceptions. She was well versed in hiding her failings from the outside world, or at least vehemently refusing to acknowledge them, and to anyone looking at her she was simply a gorgeous witch with expensive tastes. On the inside she was anything but.
A lifetime of neglect and emotional abuse from her parents led Dora to be a very needy person emotionally. She is always looking for some sort of attention – her fantastic style can attest to that – and has found it easiest to acquire from members of the opposite sex. Dora had earned a reputation for herself while in Hogwarts by having sneaked off with boys from any house and having a good time in an empty classroom or a decently sized cupboard. She tends to think of these blokes as her friends and she has no qualms about returning for the comfort of her friends’ arms if she is ever feeling particularly lonely or neglected by her parents, and especially by her father. Dora often mistakes lust for love but doesn’t consider herself worthy of true romantic love. True love is for people who are far better than she, though she lies to herself often enough that from time to time she does believe she is better than most people. Other times she teeters on the edge of despair.
Dora suffers from undiagnosed depression. Episodes can occur at any time and seem to make her emotions more exaggerated in times of trauma. After a childhood injury, the recovery of which caused one of Dora's lovely green eyes to turn brown, Dora slipped into a four-month long depression – a period of which she calls her ‘melancholy’ – in which she sobbed uncontrollably a majority of her waking hours, slept poorly, and often refused to see her friends. Dora’s friends are the most important people in her life, so avoiding them is a very serious sign that something is wrong. Dora is actually very clever but because of her mental health issues caused by her parents' emotional neglect, she, along with most everyone around her, assumes she is the epitome of a pretty girl with no brains. She often allows this ‘knowledge’ to dictate how she approaches life, relationships, and her career. If her friends say complimentary things, she believes they are doing so just to be a good friend and build her confidence, but is certain they are lying through their teeth.
There is a clear difference between Dora’s real friends and the men she uses for sex that she considers her friends, even Dora can see as much, and it shows in how she approaches interactions with them. Despite all her traumas, Dora has a big heart and she wears it very much on her sleeve. She will do anything she can to help her friends out, even if it means putting her own well-being on the line (which she won’t necessarily realize she is doing until long after the fact). She expects the same in return but if such support is not reciprocated it usually does not damage her perception of the person or their friendship, at least not for long. She can hold a grudge better than most, but has a soft spot for the few people who have been there for her in the past. She would rather forgive a slight than be alone, and will let the memory of the insult eat at her from the inside out.
EDUCATION
House: Slytherin, as all Parkinsons have been for several generations
Time at Hogwarts: 1969 - 1976
EMPLOYMENT
Type of Application (Order, Death Eater, or Civilian): Civilian
Job/Position: Reception Witch, Ministry of Magic
How long: 6 months
Qualifications: Sacred 28 and a Daddy she thinks loves her
OTHER
Play By: Mila Kunis
Player Name: Lyra
