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Isla McLeod for wah_mods

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In Character Information Name: Isla Greer McLeod Birthday & Age: 15 June, 1982 / 15 Bloodstatus: Pureblood Sexuality: Straight Affiliation: Pro-Carrows, Pro-Purism House & Year: Slytherin 5th year Activities: None, Isla's not so much a "joiner" Class Schedule: Monday: 9-10:50: Herbology (w/Ravenclaw); 1-2:50: Potions (w/Gryffindor) Tuesday: 9-10:50: Charms (w/Ravenclaw); 1-2:50: Transfiguration (w/Gryffindor) Wednesday: 1-1:50: Dark Arts; 2-2:50: Muggle Studies; 3-3:50: Divination Thursday: 9-10:50: Dark Arts; 1-2:50: Muggle Studies Friday: 9-10:50: History of Magic (w/Ravenclaw); 3-3:50: Astronomy (w/Hufflepuff); 11-11:50: Astronomy (w/Hufflepuff) Hometown: Montrose, Scotland Family: Father: Cormack McLeod; pureblood; Ravenclaw 1970; Manager of the Montrose Magpies Mother: Alexandra McLeod née Jugson; pureblood; Slytherin 1974; socialite Brother: Julian McLeod; pureblood; Slytherin 4th year Maternal Grandfather: Charles Jugson; pureblood; age 75 Maternal Grandmother: Euphemia Jugson née Burke; pureblood; age 72 Uncle: William Jugson; pureblood; age 48; Obliviator and Death Eater Aunt: Agatha Jugson née Wilkes; pureblood; age 42; socialite Cousin: Christopher Jugson; pureblood; age 20; Curse-breaker Cousin: Francesca Jugson; pureblood; Slytherin 6th year Personal History: Alexandra Jugson had all sorts of pesky notions about true love and happily ever after. Oh, yes, she believed in purism, too, of course, but oh how she wanted to marry for love! It was a notion that her family had thought she would grow out of, until she eloped at the tender young age of eighteen, still fresh out of Hogwarts, to Montrose Magpies Beater Cormack McLeod. At least, for her family's sake, he was a pureblood, though to say the family was displeased in her impetuousness would be like saying a hurricane is a light breeze. For several years, Alexandra was happy to just be a Quidditch Wife, and even though she knew that she ought to do her Pureblood Wife Duty and bear her husband a few heirs, being married to a Quidditch star without any children to worry about was just so much more enticing. So when they ended up with two children within a couple years of each other after eight years of marriage, neither child was particularly planned, but they weren't exactly entirely unwanted, either. Cormack, at least, had always wanted children. Alexandra only cared about making sure Cormack had a male heir (son Julian, born second), and then promptly stopped bearing children, in order to maintain her figure. Isla, the firstborn daughter, grew up knowing that her mother had essentially laughed in her parents' faces by choosing to run off and elope with someone she barely knew but claimed to love. She witnessed first-hand how fickle love could be when, at the tender age of six, she saw her mother suddenly fall out of love with her father, simply because Cormack had been in an accident on the pitch: a particularly fierce bludger hit him square in the face, breaking his nose, cheekbone, and browbone, rendering him blind in one eye and just a little bit "too ugly" to Alexandra's discerning and picky eye. At least Alexandra knew better than to risk the stigma of a divorce, but Isla sided with her father on all things over her fickle mother. She even made attempts to build a connection with her mother's family: her grandparents, uncle, aunt, and cousins. After all, it was hardly their fault that her mother was such a failure, and she was determined to show them, even from a young age, that she was most certainly not her mother's daughter. Unfortunately, there was one trait that Isla picked up from her mother, and that was the ability to lie flawlessly. As Alexandra engaged in extramarital affairs in search of "love," Isla occasionally discovered her mother's antics and, instead of drawing attention to them and shaming her family (or, more specifically, herself, her father, and Julian), she learned instead not only how to lie, but also how to exploit her mother with her knowledge of the affairs. But she made no secret how much she greatly disliked her mother. When Isla finally went off to school, she promised to write her father and brother frequently, and also requested that her mother not come see her off at King's Cross. Upon reaching Hogwarts, Isla was pleased to be sorted into Slytherin, with her older cousin Francesca. Unfortunately, it did give her something to have in common with her mother, but she chose instead to look at it as something in common with her cousin. Her first year was when Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban, and as long as the Dementors didn't hurt any of the students who mattered (and stayed far far away from her), she didn't so much mind them being there, if it meant they'd protect the students from Black. For the tri-wizard Tournament ... she actually rooted for Viktor Krum because he was a famous Quidditch player and, because she's a major daddy's girl, she loves Quidditch players. She did wear a Potter Stinks! badge, mostly because she didn't think it was fair that a stupid fourth year somehow cheated and got to compete, though Diggory's death was quite tragic (he was too fit to have died!). For her third year, Isla added Divination and, to the shock of her housemates, Muggle Studies. The reasoning she gave for taking the class varied every time somebody asked, ranging from "morbid curiosity" to "blow-off class" to "know thy enemy." The death of the Headmaster at the end of Isla's fourth year was shocking in that, well, it was the Headmaster, killed at school! But at the same time, he wanted to hug all muggles or something like that, and thought that muggles and mudbloods were as good as purebloods, and also, he was really old, so he was probably going to die soon anyway (not like Diggory, who was young and fit and shouldn't have died). In the summer after her fourth year, Alexandra considered keeping Isla and Julian home, but Isla balked, wanting to go back to school and see what kind of changes would be made with a new Headmaster who wasn't Dumbledore, and also if she had to spend any more time with her mother than was absolutely necessary, she would have screamed. Luckily, attendance was made mandatory. Near the end of the summer, Isla happened to catch Alexandra's latest paramour attempting to sneak out of the house. In attempts to distract her with "compliments" (Isla is sure), he commented on how much Isla resembled her mother. The next day, Isla bleached her hair to a white-blonde and started wearing heavier makeup, in attempts to make herself look as little like her mother as possible. Played-By: Lily Loveless Signature Style: Isla G. McLeod Signature Font: Pea C-squared Distinguishing Features: Although her hair is naturally dark brown, it's bleached to a pale blonde, something that she keeps updated so she doesn't end up with dark roots (merlin forbid!), which unfortunately wrecks havoc on her hair. Seriously, she has three different conditioners that she uses on her hair to keep it feeling soft. Since the start of fifth year, she's nearly always kept her brown eyes lined in (too much) black eyeliner, and she's growing fond of red lips. Isla is something of a tiny girl, standing at 5'4", and is a bit on the skinny side, too. Her skin is remarkably blemish-free, mostly due to slathering her skin with sun-blocking potions whenever she went outside, and she never did anything that would lead to being scarred. DH-Canon: None whatsoever! Common Knowledge: Isla is a natural brunette. She showed up for fifth year with bleached-blonde hair, but it is naturally dark brown. The story for why she bleached her hair changes every time you ask her. Most people have learned by now to not believe a single word that comes from Isla's mouth. The majority of the time, she's lying on some level. Unless she's calling you an idiot. Then it's the truth. Along the same lines, if you're going to play cards with her, never ever let her handle the deck. She has a cousin, Francesca Jugson, in Slytherin 6th year and a brother, Julian, in Slytherin 4th year. They're probably the only people Isla might put herself on the line for. Quote: There is no truth. There is only perception. ~Gustave Flaubert RP Samples I could get used to all this fresh air and windows. Normally, I'd be thanking Salazar for his contributions to this school, but if it was his stupid idea to put us under the lake with no windows except out into the lake, then I guess that proves that even the most brilliant people have moments of idiocy. Hey, I wonder what would happen if I dropped something out of the tower windows. It looks like we're really high off the ground. Additional OOC Questions Do you want your character to die in the Battle of Hogwarts: Isla will be hauling tail to get outta dodge as soon as hexes start flying, so unless someone gets lucky while she's fleeing, it's not a possibility. Are there any of your character's family you'd like to offer up as war-related canon fodder?: As much as Isla would love to offer her mum up as canon fodder, she's the little sister of a Death Eater, so it'd be unlikely that she or her family would be targeted.