Shale Night

Shale Night

💢 english 💢 orphan 💢 directionless
 
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OOC First Name
Rowan
Blood Status
Mixed Blood
Relationship Status
Single
Sexual Orientation
Lesbian
Wand
Blackthorn Wand 15 1/4" Unicorn Hair Core
Age
11/2036 (23)
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The Basics
Name: Shale Rochelle Night

Meaning: Shale – Sedimentary rock. Rochelle – Little stone.
Birthdate: 3rd of November, 2036

Zodiac: Scorpio
Strengths: Loyal – Passionate – Resourceful – Observant - Dynamic
Weaknesses: Jealous – Obsessive – Suspicious – Manipulative – Unyielding

As a Scorpio born on November 3rd, you are well known for your artistic talent, shyness and strong will. Similar to all Scorpios, your determination and will power is strong, which is why you are always capable of getting the job done. Although you have many talents, some of them artistic, you have no desire to be the center of attention. You are much more comfortable working behind the scenes to meet your goals. Your friends and family value your sensitivity, although they are sometimes left in the dark about your true feelings. You keep a large part of yourself hidden from the outside world, which may explain why others find you to be intriguingly mysterious.
Hometown: Bristol, England
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Blood Status: Mixed Blood
Wand: Blackthorn Wand 15 1/4" Unicorn Hair Core

A wand best suited for a warrior-type, Blackthorn wands bond most strongly to their owners after going through adversity. The unicorn is known for its healing qualities and unbridled beauty, so it is no surprise that wands with unicorn hair are particularly successful at performing healing spells. Wands with this core bond with their first caster, making wands with this core not good as hand-me-downs. These wands are useful with charms and transfigurations.
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor

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Appearance
Hair: Shale has long thick hair, in a cool chestnut brown.
Eyes: Shale's eyes are a rich and warm brown.
Build: Shale is tall and plump, and stronger than she seems.
Complexion: Pale, with a few freckles.
Style: Shale prefers dark clothes mainly, with an edgy twist.
Distinguishing Features: Shale's posture is very defensive, and she can come across aggressive.
Playby: Barbie Ferrera


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Personal
Personality: Shale's personality has undergone a substantial change over the last year. As a younger child, Shale struggled to make friends, often seen as standoffish and a bit weird. After her parents passing though, Shale's mourning took the form of anger, which she directed outwards, at the rest of the world. She struggles a lot with unresolved anger and hurt, and finds it difficult to look forward to the future, or find much interest in anything at all. She takes her feelings out through violence and fighting, and keeps herself closed off from others entirely.
Strengths:
Determination – Shale is very goal oriented, and once she sets her mind to something, she ensures that task gets completed, often through sheer force of will.
Loyalty – Shale is extremely loyal to the people in her life, and will defend them without question.
Heart – Though she is extremely closed off, when Shale does open herself up to people, she loves deeply and unconditionally.
Weaknesses:
Stubbornness – Shale is extremely stubborn and narrowsighted, and once she's made up her mind, it can be difficult to sway her, even when she's wrong about something.
Temper – Shale is very quick to anger, and often resorts to violence as a first option to handle situations.
Judgementality – Shale is quick to make up her mind about people, and rarely changes these opinions, even if faced with evidence that they're inaccurate.
Hobbies:
Guitar – Shale considers music her greatest passion, and uses her guitar to help cope with her feelings.
Potions – Shale has a deep passion for Potions, as the subject reminds her of her father.
Personality Type: INTP (The Logician)
The Logician personality type is fairly rare, making up only three percent of the population, which is definitely a good thing for them, as there’s nothing they’d be more unhappy about than being “common”. Logicians pride themselves on their inventiveness and creativity, their unique perspective and vigorous intellect. Usually known as the philosopher, the architect, or the dreamy professor, Logicians have been responsible for many scientific discoveries throughout history.

Strengths: Great Analysts and Abstract Thinkers, Imaginative and Original, Open-Minded, Enthusiastic, Objective, Honest and Straightforward
Weaknesses: Very Private and Withdrawn, Insensitive, Absent-Minded, Condescending, Loathe Rules and Guidelines, Second-Guess Themselves.
History: Shale is the only child of Chert and Natasha Night. Born in Bristol, Shale had a quiet upbringing, her family by and large keeping to themselves. Chert was a potioneer, and Shale enjoyed learning from him, and hanging around his lab, and Natasha instilled a strong love of music in Shale. She was always an introverted child, with strange enough interests that she found it difficult to connect with other children. She had a few friends though, and overall, Shale had a mostly happy childhood, until shortly after her tenth birthday. A tragic accident resulted in the deaths of both of her parents, tearing Shale's world down around her. Her pain channelled into anger over time, and as Shale was taken into foster care, she began to develop a deep anger problem, manifesting in violent outbursts against other kids in foster care. In the hopes of settling her down, Shale's social worker was able to track down family her parents had long been estranged from, and Shale was given into the care of her aunt, Syenite Night. She clashed immediatelyt with her aunt, and her cousin Aegerine, but the situation was permanent. With no family left in the UK, Syenite decided to relocate the family to New Zealand, so that Shale and Aegerine could attend Hogwarts with their second cousins, and hopefully make some connections.
Health: Shale is in physically average health.

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Details
Goals: To get to a place where she sees a future for herself again.
Fears: Losing the people important to her.
Secrets: Shale sometimes wishes she had died instead of her parents.
Regrets: Not telling her parents she loved them more.


Favourites
Colour: Black
Food: Lasagne
Smell: Potions labs.
Music Genre: Rock/grunge

Animal: Cat
Family

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Mother (Deceased)
Name:
Natasha Night (née Hughes)
Date of Birth: 2013
Date of Death: 28 November, 2047
Blood Status: Muggle Born
Occupation: N/A
Father (Deceased)
Name:
Chert Night
Date of Birth: 2012
Date of Death: 28 November, 2047
Blood Status: Mixed Blood
Occupation: N/A
Aunt/Adoptive Mother
Name:
Syenite Night
Date of Birth: 2007
Blood Status: Mixed Blood
Occupation: Unknown
Cousin
Name:
Aegerine Night
Date of Birth: 29/10/2036
Blood Status: Mixed Blood
Occupation: Unknown
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Cousin Once Removed
Name:
Flint Night
Date of Birth: 2015
Blood Status: Mixed Blood
Occupation:
Second Cousin
Name:
Jasper Night
Date of Birth: 2/12/2035
Blood Status: Mixed Blood
Occupation: Auror
Second Cousin
Name:
Aurora Night
Date of Birth: 17/6/2031
Blood Status: Mixed Blood
Occupation: Unknown
Second Cousin
Name:
Sophia Night
Date of Birth: 2033
Blood Status: Mixed Blood
Occupation: Unknown
Zodiac information from here and here. MBTI information from here.
 
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FIRST YEAR
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Shale could hardly bear anything about her life before arriving at Hogwarts, and nothing changed upon walking through those doors. She was still grieving the loss of her parents, and finding no comfort from the adults who were supposed to guide her or the peers who should have been there for her, Shale lashed out at anything and anyone who came near her. She picked fights with almost everyone she met, only finding interest in two boys she went on a late night kitchen raid with. She did her best to keep her head down and avoid everyone, especially her cousins, and fought anyone who came near her, in one case physically, punching a Ravenclaw boy who made sexist remarks towards her.​
Shale knew she should be amazed and excited at being on the other side of the world from home, but she just didn't have it in her to care. England, New Zealand, what did it matter? Her aunt had sent Shale and Eggy here in the hopes that being around more family would be good for them, but Shale found it hard to see why. She didn't find gloomy Eggy, or overly chirpy "Auntie Sye" any comfort, what use could more unfamiliar cousins possibly be? But she was here now, and that was that.

Standing with her nervous peers, Shale felt as though she was in a world of her own. Was she the only person at this ceremony who had no feelings at all about it? Hogwarts was just another place, in the end. Another place that wasn't home. She ignored the goings on around her as her future classmates began to be called up to the hat's judgement, watching passively. She supposed she would have to learn who these people were eventually, but it was too difficult to care right now. Eggy's name came before Shale's in the alphabet and she paid marginally more attention to her cousin's sorting, hoping they wouldn't wind up together. And then it was Shale's turn. Hearing her name she shoved her hands in her robe pockets, slouching slightly as she made her way to the stool. If there was anything that would have made Shale more uncomfortable than a hat reading her mind while hundreds of her peers gawked on, Shale didn't know what it was. As she sat down Shale glared silently at the hordes of students ahead of her, until the hat's brim slipped over her eyes, leaving her with nothing but darkness as she awaited her fate.

"Gryffindor!"
All These NightsWith Syenite Night and Aegerine Night
Stormy NightsWith Jasper Night and Aegerine Night
UselessWith Rory Fergusson
SurroundedWith Aisa Hunter, Malaika Moon, Rioghan Scairbhin, Daniella Walker, and Jarica Ashley
You Can't Run ForeverWith Jatin Tiwari
Ouch, You Stood On My Foot!With Ezekiel Lavish and Solomon Tofilau
Stress ReliefWith Aiden Briggs
S2 Y33 Gryffindor House MeetingWith various Gryffindors
Avs & Sigs
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Yearbook & School Events
Yearbook
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Yule Ball
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Valentines Dance
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SECOND YEAR
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Returning to school, Shale could hardly be bothered with anything at Hogwarts. She kept her head down and her mouth shut and barely spoke to anyone at all, other than shouting at an older boy at one point. The less she talked to other people, the less she would have to deal with their problems.​
Gryffindor House Meeting S1/Y34With various Gryffindors
Oh Come OnWith Shane Ackley
Avs & Sigs
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Yearbook & School Events
Yearbook
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Yule Ball
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Valentines Dance
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THIRD YEAR
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Shale didn't return to Hogwarts in a mood any better than she had left it. As far as she was concerned school was a pointless diversion in a sea of other pointless diversions, but this one had far more rules. She kept her head down largely, other than occasional spats with her cousins.​
Gryffindor House Meeting Y35/S1With various Gryffindors
Walking on EggshellsWith Jasper Night and Aegerine Night
Avs & Sigs
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Yearbook & School Events

Yearbook
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Yule Ball
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Valentines Dance
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FOURTH YEAR
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Things at Hogwarts continued not to improve in Shale's fourth year, and while she tried to be present she just found herself feeling distant from her classmates and the people around her. With the turmoil both at school and home, Shale made up her mind at the end of the year to move in with her other cousins, and transfer to Hogwarts Scotland for a fresh start.​
Gryffindor House Meeting Y36With various Gryffindors
Spell PracticeWith Padme Hume and Olivia Woodlock
Yearbook & School Events
Yearbook
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Yule Ball
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Valentines Dance
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SIXTH YEAR
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SEVENTH YEAR
After a few years at Hogwarts in Scotland, contact with friends from New Zealand reminded Shale that she still had unfinished business back in the country. Hogwarts Scotland had somehow felt even less like home than its New Zealand counterpart had, so the decision to return for her final year once she was no longer beholden to her family's whims was a fairly easy one. She was pleasantly surprised to reignite a few friendships she had long-since considered over, though returning to Hogwarts brought some conflict to her life as well. Most notably though, she struck up a fondness for a younger girl, Poppy Perkins, who she couldn't get out of her head after meeting at a speed dating event. With graduation looming, Shale had to decide what to do with her lingering feelings before it was too late.​
HomecomingWith Padme Hume
Speed Dating - Poppy's TableWith Poppy Perkins
Speed Dating - Adorah's TableWith Adorah Zumwalt
Speed Dating - Padme's TableWith Padme Hume
Speed Dating - Jenna's TableWith Jenna Jusantrea
Speed Dating - Christina's TableWith Christina Holmgaard
Explosion HazardWith Eric Holland
The Hard WayWith Simon Thorne
Sunset BlushWith Poppy Perkins
Heart Made Of FlowersWith Poppy Perkins
Y39 Graduation CeremonyWith various attendees
Avs & Sigs
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Yearbook & School Events
Yearbook
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Halloween (Posessed Nun)
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Yule Ball (With Poppy Perkins)
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Valentines Dance
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Shale knew she should be feeling all kinds of things about her graduation. Loss, fondness, nerves for the future. But she just... didn't. Maybe it would all sink in after the ceremony, once everything was wrapped up for good. But right now... it just felt like another day. Just like every other major change in her life since her parents' death - things happened to Shale, not because she made them happen, and she couldn't bring herself to really have any feelings about them anymore. She sat in silence as the Head People spoke, glaring loudly at Noel out of solidarity with Eric, though she couldn't even really remember a single thing about what the boy was like. Maybe it was that disconnect that was taking away the day's impact - she hadn't been back at Hogwarts long enough to really have feelings about many of the people she would be leaving behind. She would miss... Eric, Sully, Aisa... Poppy... It was a short list, and only one name really gave her pause. She knew Poppy was here with the rest of the prefects, and also knew this might... be the last time she saw the Ravenclaw. She could hardly go hover around her at school dances anymore. That was sad, more so really than anything else about today.

She sat quietly as her classmates began taking their turns across the stage, occasionally sneaking glances at Poppy and wondering if she would be able to catch a quick word with her once the ceremony was over. It felt wrong, to just... leave everything unsaid. Felt... cowardly. Better to get it all out there, and if Poppy didn't feel the same... well, it wasn't like they would have to worry about awkward encounters going forward. She was distracted from those thoughts when her name was called and she stood up sharply, fists clenched as she made her way to the stage. Shale had never enjoyed a ton of attention, and the thought of having the eyes of the whole school on her was a nauseating one. She only glanced out to the audience for a second as she took to the stage, shocked to see Jasper of all people here. She hadn't spoken to her cousin in years, certainly hadn't invited him to her graduation, but.... there he was. Shale clenched her jaw and looked away, trying not to think about her contentious relationship with Jasper as she quietly accepted her diploma and returned to her seat, eyes downcast. Just like that, a certified adult, her youth done and dusted for good. She knew this meant change, but looking down at the diploma in her hands, all Shale felt was empty.
 
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