Gilly Gillespie

[Gilly Gillespie]

G I L L Y G I L L E S P I E

how could you leave us so unexpected?
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B A S I C S ​

Full Name: Gilly Alena Gillespie​

Meaning: Origin of the name Gillian: Arose in the 16th century as a variant of Julian, a derivative of the old Roman family name Julius, In Greek the meaning of the name Alena is: Light, The surname Gillespie is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Mac Gille Easbuig, and the Irish Mac Giolla Easpaig, both of which mean "servant of the bishop"​

Nickname: no nicknames​

Reason: her name is already too short​

Birth Date: 14th February 2033​

Blood Status: muggleborn, neither of her parents had any magic​

P H Y S I C A L A P P E A R A N C E ​

Age They Appear: they are currently 13​

Body Build: gilly is of average size and height for her age group. because of the sports she's been doing all of her life, gilly is well built, though still small, she is growing to be a well built person​

Shape of Face: gilly has a round face. ​

Eye Colour: he has dark brown eyes​

Glasses or Contacts: neither contacts or glasses​

Skin Tone: she has light tanned skin tone, with a lot of freckles around his skin,s he has a mixed race family, but has ended up paler with just a lot of freckles​

Distinguishing Marks: Other than the freckles she has no distinguishing marks​

Predominant Features: She has a lot of freckles and that is a very predominant features​

Hair Colour: she has dark brown hair​

Hairstyle: she has short, mostly curly hair, but it can get a little out of hand at times, and gilly doesn't bother really trying to tame it​

Voice: Since she was born and raised in Kiwi, he has a a kiwi accent​

Physical Disabilities: He has no physical disabilities​

Usual Fashion of Dress: gilly dresses very casually​

Favourite outfit: her favourite jeans and a good soft t-shirt​

Jewellery or Accessories: because of the sports she did growing up, gilly is not a huge fan of make up,​

she's very tomboyish in how she choses to dress including with accessories​

P E R S O N A L I T Y ​

Good Personality Traits: stubborn, driven, brave, loyal​

Bad Personality Traits: stubborn, driven, sarcastic, difficult to get along with​

Most Common Mood: sarcastic​

Sense of Humour: Gilly would say she has a good sense of humour but it isn't really for everyone, it is a very dry sense of humour, sometimes goes over people's heads ​

Greatest Joy in Life: before hogwarts it was definitely taekwando but now she isn't so sure, she thoroughly enjoys hexes and jinxes, but doens't really get to study them all that often.​

Greatest Fear (Boggart) being alone, ​

Reason: gilly is often alone, since she had few friends it might be a little odd, but gilly does not like the idea of always being alone, of dying alone. She opts to not really have many friends, but she fears being alone. it is heavily tied into to losing her mother at a young age​

What Single Event Would Throw Their Life Into Complete Turmoil? Losing her twin brother would throw her life into chaos​

Most at Ease When: She is most at ease around his family, or when doing something she enjoys​

Most Ill at Ease When: She is ill at ease with people who aren't particularly kind or who are overly friendly. She is ill at ease when people try to force her to do things or like things.​

Enraged When: It is not difficult to enrage her, push a few buttons and she's likely to let the person know exactly how she feels​

Depressed or Sad When: When she thinks about how alone she is, or when she thinks about losing another family member​

Priorities: she's at school and just looking to learn magic that she can mess around with, like jinxes and hexes.​

Life Philosophy: have fun, be bold, punch ghosts​

If Granted One Wish, It Would Be: gilly would ask for an ability to make friends a little more easily​

Reason: then she would feel less alone all of the time​

Soft Spot: her brother, she would do anything for others​

Is This Obvious To Others? To anyone who sees it happening, yes​

Greatest Strength: her ability to decipher when someone is just being an ass to her, allowing no one to ever walk over her​

Greatest Vulnerability or Weakness: She can come across very removed and standoff-ish, this has ultimately led to her having great difficulties making friends, which means that she is often left alone with her thoughts something she would rather not do​

Biggest Regret: not being able to make sure her mother knew how much she loved her​

Minor Regret: she wishes she and her twin had been sorted together​

Biggest Accomplishment: she has achieved highly in taekwando​

Minor Accomplishment: she has gotten good at jinxes​

Past Failures They Would Be Embarrassed to Have People Know About: any time she lost in a match of taekwando​

Reason: she doesn't like losing​

Darkest Secret: she resents her mother deeply for dying, but misses her more than she could've ever thought she'd miss someone​

Does Anyone Else Know? no​

G O A L S ​

Drives and Motivations: she wants to be good at magic, she wants to be liked​

Immediate Goals: not fail too badly in school​

Long Term Goals: she wants to create spells, jinxes and hexes specifically​

How They Plan to Accomplish These Goals: do well in defence against the dark arts, do well in all classes where they cast spells​

How Other Characters Will Be Affected: she hopes they'll get to learn new spells ​

P A S T ​

Hometown: A town in New Zealand​

Type of Childhood: Her childhood was quite easy, it was lax and good, she didn't have many responsibilities and didn't have to worry about much. ​

Pets: Most recently her twin brother Norton got a pet minature Welsh Green dragon which he named Venus, but Gilly has a Screech Owl.​

First Memory: One of his first memory was with her brother when they were playing together at nursery school, it's got nothing distinct about it, it's a rather plain memory but it's his first. ​

Most Important Childhood Memory: When just before his mother died, she and her brother took part in a competition they then won at. ​

Reason: Because it happened before their mother died, she resents her mother for dying right when they should be celebrating​

Childhood Hero: Anthony Obame​

Dream Job: creating spells​

Education: Gilly attended primary school and now attends Hogwarts, he's a Hufflepuff​

Religion: Gilly has no religion, he's never been raised with one so he's never had one. His mother was however raised in the Jewish faith which she eventually left.​

Finances: Given that he was a child, he has no finances​

P R E S E N T ​

Current Location: Hogwarts​

Currently Living With: other students​

Pets: Gilly has a Screech Owl which she got to delivery mail back home​

Religion: he holds no religion​

Occupation: student​

Finances: Given that she is so young, he has no finances of his own just the money he got given for hogwarts​

F A M I L Y ​

Mother: Aviva "Stein" Gillespie​

Relationship With Her: Gilly was close with her mother, she loved her dearly. She was very shocked when she died. Gilly had had no concept of death prior to losing his mother. It was a massive shock to her and she is very angry about it. She was a muggle and Norton wishes he could've shown her magic. She died of an aneurysm in her brain. ​

Father: Harold Gillespie​

Relationship With Him: She was her father than with her mother. She loves his father dearly. She loves him perhaps more now, knowing that she might end up losing him too. She feels annoyed that her father can't see them all that often, but she knows he wouldn't want her to not learn magic Her father is also a muggle. ​

Siblings: Norton Gillespie, his twin​

Relationship With Them: She is very close with her brother, they are twins, it is a slight given that they would be so close, so she enjoys spending time with him, and since the death of their mother has felt even closer to him. she loves her brother dearly, and she is happy to share the experience of magic with him. ​

Partner: none yet​

Relationship With Them: n/a​

Children: none yet​

Relationship With Them: n/a​

F A V O U R I T E S ​

Colour: green​

Least Favourite Colour: bright orange​

Music: she loves rock music​

Food: gilly loves rice a lot​

Literature: her favourite book is a muggle book called his dark materials​

Form of Entertainment: prior to magic she liked going on to the internet, playing video games and such​

Mode of Transportation: walking​

Most Prized Possession: a picture of his family just before his mother died is what she loves the most​

H A B I T S ​

Hobbies: she does taekwando and likes that, but there's not much else​

Plays a Musical Instrument? she had started learning piano in school​

Plays a Sport? Taekwando, she became a 2nd Dan black belt, but has no real interest in magical sports​

How They Would Spend a Rainy Day: before hogwarts she would've spend the time on her computer, now she'd probably find a corner to do something in​

Spending Habits: doesn't really have any, most of her money goes towards her owl​

Smokes: too young​

Drinks: too young ​

Other Drugs: nope​

What Do They Do Too Much Of? She spends a lot of time practicing spells, but not much time reading the theory or doing much work for the classes.​

What Do They Do Too Little Of? Making friends and talking with others​

Extremely Skilled At: Gilly is skilled at Taekwando and good at jinxes and hexes​

Extremely Unskilled At: she cannot sing for the life of her​

Mannerisms: she's a very closed off person, she shy away from people or she'll act out​

T R A I T S ​

Optimist or Pessimist? Pessimist​

Introvert or Extrovert? Introvert​

Daredevil or Cautious? daredevil​

Logical or Emotional? Logical​

Disorderly and Messy or Methodical and Neat? Disorderly and messy​

Prefers working or relaxing? Relaxing​

Confident or unsure of themselves? Unsure​

Animal Lover? mehh ​

S E L F P E R C E P T I O N ​

How They Feel About Themselves: ​

One Word They Would Use to Describe Themselves: alone​

One Paragraph Description: ​

What Do They Consider Their Best Personality Trait? ​

What Do They Consider Their Worst Personality Trait? ​

What Do They Consider Their Best Physical Characteristic? She's always loved her hair, even if it's an unruly mess​

What Do They Consider Their Worst Physical Characteristic? Gilly hates her freckles, she just hates how many there are, how dominantly they are on her face​

How Do They Think Others Perceive Them? she's never been willing to open that door​

What Would They Most Like to Change About Themselves? ​

R E L A T I O N S H I P S W I T H O T H E R S ​

Opinion of Other People in General: Gilly doesn't like most people.​

Do They Hide Their True Opinions and Emotions From Others? she's be honest about her opinions to people because she doesn't believe that lying would get her anywhere. ​

Person They Most Hate: she thinks it's her mother, but she really just missed her​

Best Friend: norton, her twin is whom she would consider her best friend. ​

L O V E ​

Orientation: most likely straight​

Goes to For Advice: Gilly would go to an adult like her father for advice​

Feels Responsible for: Gilly feels responsible for Norton, she is protective over him​

Feels Shy or Awkward Around: She feels mostly awkward and usually reacts by being sarcastic and making jokes​

Openly Admires: no one really​

Secretly Admires: anyone who has managed to get friends and keep them​

Most Important Person in Their Life: her brother​

Amortentia: too young for that really ​

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we were waiting for you
but you just left us​

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Credit for the code to KR, picture credit to tumblr​