Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter!
A/N: Okay, so I'm making an SYOC which will take place at a school of magic in America (in the state of New York) called the Redingway Academy for the Magically Gifted. Please PM me your characters and I'll let you know if they're accepted in my answering PM :)
You can submit a student (obviously) and I'll need the most of those so please send them in! You can also submit a teacher (please just let me know what subject they teach) another staff member, a house elf (or any other magical creature, really).
If anyone wants to submit a villain, also (not a bully, but an actual villain like Voldemort. [Of COURSE, you can submit a bully too, but that falls under the category of student]) than you can do that too. I'm not sure if this story is going to have an actual villain or just be about the adventures of the students of Redingway - you can let me know which you think I should do - that would be greatly appreciated :)
You can pretty much submit any other sort of character that you want as long as you specify who they are :)
Please keep in mind that while there is no minimum for how much you write on the form, the more you write, the more likely it will be for your character to be accepted or even be a main character.
So . . . here's the form! Please send in your characters! I really, really need them! You can submit as many characters as you like until I close the submissions - I really need a lot!
Name:
Age/Year:
Gender:
Species (if not human)/Blood status (if human):
Position (student, teacher, etc.):
Appearance:
Personality (please keep in mind that every person has flaws):
House (see below for more information on the houses of Redingway):
Family:
History:
Favorite subject/Best subject (they do not have to be the same)(some of the subjects taught at Redingway are a bit different than the ones at Hogwarts, but you can just put one from the HP series):
Least favorite subject/worst subject (again, they do not have to be the same)(and, again, some of the subjects taught at Redingway are a bit different than the ones at Hogwarts, but you can just put one from the HP series):
Anything else:
Just before I tell you about the various houses, I'd just like to put in a quick word about the uniform at Redingway.
The boys will all wear white button down shirts with vests of the second color that I listed for their house (long sleeved in the winter and short sleeved in the summer) and a tie striped with the two house colors. The pants will match the vests.
The girls will have matching tops (the shirt, tie and vest will be the same) except that the girls' vests will be the first color that I listed for that house. They will have plaid mini skirts of the two house colors with a couple of other colors incorporated as well.
These are the four houses at Redingway :)
VIDENT:
Serious and quiet, enjoy serenity and quiet working environments. Vidents generally are content with what they are given and are not very ambitious. They can be very sympathetic towards others and can usually understand what someone is going through, even having not gone through it themselves. Vidents usually try not dwell much on the past, but to live in the present and try to improve themselves and their situations for the future.
House colors: Navy blue and white
House animal: Owl
DAX:
Brave, daring and gallant. Daxes can also be very creative and original and are sometimes very sensitive. Daxes strongly believe in standing up for what they think is right and helping to make the world a better place, even if it means having to sacrifice something. Daxes are very driven and inspired and devoutly loyal.
House colors: Crimson and Silver
House animal: Cougar
PERTO:
Friendly, adaptable, action-oriented. They are bubbly and spunky. Usually very chatty and athletic. Pertos don't usually like to think very deeply or intensely. However, they are very kind and sweet and willing to help. They love people and being around others.
House colors: Peach and Beige
House animal: Dog
LATUS:
Ambitious, clever, and cunning. Latuses know exactly what they want, and know exactly how to get it and will stop at nothing to achieve or obtain their desires. They immensely enjoy showing their superiority over others. Latuses value knowledge and competence, and have a reputation for being very impatient and rude towards members of the other houses.
House colors: Mustard-Yellow and Gray
House animal: Fox
Okay, so those are the four houses. Remember, when choosing one for your character that it must go with their personality (unless there is some very very very special circumstance, for example with Andromeda Tonks. But, if not, please please please try making it match your character's personality).
Here's an example of the form, for my OC (Jonah) :)
Name: Jonah Gray
Age/Year: 11/1st year
Gender: Male
Species (if not human)/Blood status (if human): Pure blood (both of his parents were pureblooded)
Position (student, teacher, etc.): Student
Appearance: Jonah is average heighted and skinny for his age, but not tiny. He has dark brown hair, light skin, and big, bright blue eyes that stand out significantly.
Personality (please keep in mind that every person has flaws): Jonah is very brave and incredibly loyal to the people closest to him. He is kind and caring and tries to be considerate to others. Sometimes, however, he can be reckless and impulsive and can even be a bit rude sometimes when someone insults him or someone he cares about. Jonah is pretty intelligent, though not brilliant, except for when he is sometimes blinded by his impulsiveness and does not think. For the most part, however, he is an extremely brave, loyal, self-sacrificing, and kind person.
House (see below for more information on the houses of Redingway): Dax
Family: Father: Jaren Gray: *deceased* Both of Jonah's parents were killed when he was three. In life, though, Jaren was a very caring father and husband. He, too, was in Dax at Redingway and is a lot like Jonah is both his appearance, and his personality.
Mother: Clover Gray (nee Frolley): *deceased* The thing Clover always cared most about, was Jonah. She had always talked about him to her friends and was exceedingly proud of his every accomplishment for the first three years of his life. She, too, was in Dax and very much like her husband and son, (though while Jaren is quite tall, Clover is rather short; Jonah turned out to be a bit of a balance between the two), except less reckless and impulsive.
History: When Jonah was three-years-old, his parents were killed and he was sent to live in a Miggle orphanage, where he lived for four years, until he was adopted by a stern, middle-aged woman named Romella Harrington. Romella is quite strict with Jonah, but loves him dearly as if he was her son, and he feels the same way about her. Romella has graying blond hair, ice blue eyes, and heavily arched eyebrows. She is extremely proud of Jonah and is happy (though very surprised at the fact that he's a wizard) that he will be able to have so much fun at school over the next seven years.
At school, though Jonah is slightly friendly with a couple of children in his class, he has no classmates that he can truly call a friend; they all think he's a "freak" and the ones who are friendly and answer when he talks to them are only doing it so as not to seem impolite.
Favorite subject/Best subject (they do not have to be the same as each other)(some of the subjects taught at Redingway are a bit different than the ones at Hogwarts, but you can just put one from the HP series): DADA/DADA
Least favorite subject/worst subject (again, they do not have to be the same as each other)(some of the subjects taught at Redingway are a bit different than the ones at Hogwarts, but you can just put one from the HP series): History of Magic, Potions/History of Magic, Potions
Anything else: Nope :)
A/N: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE KEEP SUBMITTING THOSE CHARACTERS!
So please submit them via PM! I'll try to ask you before making any big decisions regarding your character over the course of the story :) :) :)