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CYNTHIA DALLAS WOOD

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SOCIABLE. PASSIONATE. ATHLETIC.

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HALFBLOOD - GRYFFINDOR - FIFTH YEAR

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Cyn, other less than desirable names that are mostly based in rumours and general rudeness (as well as jealousy)

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SIXTEEN, OCTOBER 15

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Cherry wood, 11", Unicorn tail core. Swishy.

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Tall and slender, Cynthia's build lends to a very feminine look, allowing her to wear nearly any fashion, muggle or magical. Usually she takes advantage of that, wearing the most fashionable things she can get her hands on - whether it be stylish dresses with cinched waists, or shirt/skirt combinations with floral accessories. (all at a sensible calf length, of course) Most of the time she can be found wearing her school uniform and robe, with sensible black, flat shoes. Even still, Cynthia always carries herself with poise and grace, as a woman should.
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When she smiles, her blue eyes smile along with her somewhat thin lips. She tends to smile a lot, actually, even if it usually is a fake smile nowadays. Her hair - long, flowing and red - is something that many are jealous of, because it is naturally voluminous but not overly so. Generally speaking, Cynthia is a well presented, well dressed, and well groomed young woman.

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Nataliya Piro

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Cynthia's reputation is dependent on who one asks. If someone the Porcelains have scorned, it is obvious that their reply will be that she is vile, loathesome, and horrendous. Most see her as beautiful, popular, athletic and social, which is exactly what she is. To be quite frank, her reputation is as a popular girl. Manipulated it can go either way. <p>
In the last year, her reputation and standing have plummeted to new lows, the likes of which Cynthia has never seen. That said, she is still one of the more popular and affluent females at Hogwarts.

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STRENGTHS

</option><option>diplomatic
</option><option>romantic
</option><option>charming
</option><option>sociable


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WEAKNESSES

</option><option>self indulgent
</option><option>prone to complacency
</option><option>flirtatious


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ASPIRATIONS

</option><option>career in law
</option><option>revenge on 'friends'

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FEARS

</option><option>water/swimming/tidal waves
</option><option>failure
</option><option>snakes

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HOBBIES

</option><option>quidditch
</option><option>gossip
</option><option>plotting revenge
</option><option> stirring the "pot"

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Cynthia is a charismatic, sociable young woman with an attractive personality despite the dark side to it that she hardly ever shows.
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Cynthia does not tolerate argument from anyone who challenges her opinions, for once she has reached a conclusion, its truth seems to her very self-evident; and among her faults is an impatience of criticism and a greed for approval. That being said, her character is on the whole balanced, diplomatic and even tempered.
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She is also sensitive to the needs of others and has the gift of understanding the emotional needs of her companions and meeting them with her own innate optimism - she has the innate ability to make someone happy or to crush them, because she is great at finding others' weaknesses and using them to her advantage. She is a very social human being. She loathes cruelty, viciousness and vulgarity and detest conflict between her own group of friends, so they does her best to cooperate and compromise with those in her inner circle, since her ideal for her own circle and for society as a whole is unity.
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That said, her impatience for criticism and even more for betrayal outweighs her desire for unity. She has a highly mean streak, once crossed, that leads her to passive-aggressively plan the downfall of those who have upset her in any given way. She has the tendency to plan meticulously before she attacks, something that Cynthia learned from her years of quidditch playing. She prefers to make plans and follow them than to act rashly.
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She likes the opposite sex to the extent of promiscuity, and tends to indulge in romanticism bordering on sentimentality. Unfortunately, she jumps into relationships without her usual planning, and tends to get bored, then engage in frivolity, flirtatiousness, and subsequently shallow behaviours that lead to the end of most of her romantic endeavours. She prefers the idea of romance to the reality of it.
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In terms of schoolwork, some consider her lazy, but that is not the case. The Gryffindor simply doesn't like coarse, dirty work - or rather, things that are not practically useful.She is actually very ambitious and though knows it isn't likely, would one day like to pursue a career in law, since she is finding more and more that she is highly interested in the idea of justice. <p>

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The Wood family never was very affluent in Wizarding society. Their money wasn't old money, like the House of Black or Malfoy had. Contrarily, they were a farming family who made their money the hard way; by working for it. Cynthia's father, Cailean, was born a pureblooded wizard, but once finishing at Hogwarts moved away from his parents in Edinburgh and into Perth, a nearby city. He there set up his own business, one of many locomotive companies in the area. He chose not to use magic to make his living, as he was fascinated by muggles and was always rather good at tinkering with things - trains included. He quickly became a leader in the industry when the North British Locomotive Company purchased his business and took him on as an executive. Shortly thereafter, he met his wife-to-be, a french tourist who happened to be visiting the Scottish city with her family. They met one night out at the local hot spot, and hit it off immediately, despite him not always understanding her accent. They had a whirlwind Romance before Olivia married Cailean, and the Wood family started. <p>
Shortly thereafter, Cynthia's brother was born. Donald was, of course, his father's pride and joy. A son was a great blessing, according to both Cynthia's parents as well as all four grandparents. As far as Cailean and Olivia were concerned, their family unit was happily complete. That was why, about six months after Donald was born, when Cynthia was conceived, her parents weren't exactly pleased. She was an error in judgement; the result of a drunken night with friends while their son was with his grandparents.<p>
Her father didn't resent having another mouth to feed, and her mother was happy to have another female around the house who wasn't the hired help (of which their was plenty in their manor home just outside the city) but even still, it was evident which child was the favourite. As the two grew, so did the resentment that Cynthia held for her brother, however deep down she hid it. He was always kind to her, and her parents always favoured him. She never stepped out of line, doing everything that her governess told her to do, and keeping every toe in line. She was the picture of perfection, but still, not given the time of day by her parents. <p>
When she showed her first sign of magic, a fire she'd set by accident one night when ill, in the hearth found in her own bedroom, Cynthia's father explained to his family about Hogwarts, the wizarding world, and everything that went along with it. Along with all his explanation, he told them of the wizarding sport, Quidditch. Within weeks, her father had a set of quidditch balls and was teaching his son how to play. The eight year old Cynthia, jealous as ever, wanted to play, too - so she weasled her way into learning. She took to it quickly, much more quickly than her brother did, and she used it as a way to get closer to her father. The novelty faded quickly, and though Cynthia continued to play, her brother didn't. The affection given from her father because of her skill quickly faded, and so as she turned nine, and then ten, she began thinking up elaborate plots to get attention from her parents, though none of them seemed to work and they continued to dote on her brother rather than her. <p>
She thought, once Don left for Hogwarts, that things would change and that she would get more attention, but that didn't seem to be the case. Her parents just started going out more, leaving the ten year old in the care of her governess. The only time they would talk to her would be about Donald, really, and she slowly began to resent him even more. <p>
Finally, when Cynthia got her Hogwarts letter and eventually got to Hogwarts, she decided that she was going to be better than Donald at everything. She, similarly to her brother, was sorted into Gryffindor, but immediately befriended her dorm mates, a group of girls who (even at age eleven) seemed to carry a certain power with them.

<p> Despite being a halfblood, and despite not being from an affluent family, Cynthia quickly grew in popularity and in terms of influence. Being as she had been practicing quidditch in the Scottish countryside for so long, in addition to her naturally athletic nature, she excelled in Flying, and because of her wand, did well in Charms. Before the third week of her first year, she'd fallen behind in potions, because precision was never her strong suit, but even still, she did well for herself. Better than Donald, which was what she had always intended. <p>
She didn't get onto the quidditch team in first year, but was lucky enough that a chaser graduated so she did in her second, which was a joyous occassion for Cynthia because it was something Donald never accomplished. Besides that, it made her a very well rounded girl, in terms of being able to communicate with popular students, as well as athletic ones. Her poor academics led her to get a tutor, and suddenly Cynthia found that she was very well connected, something that put her ahead of her affluent peers - the Porcelains, who she was quickly becoming the leader of. <p>
Becoming queen bee, though, also meant that she needed to trod upon some of the less-important students, something that Cynthia did with glee, only because she imagined each person she stepped on as a step closer to the pedestal that Donald was sat upon. She saw herself becoming quietly catty, being very blase about scathing insults falling from her lips in a most passive aggressive way, and she found, by her fourth year, that she was better than Donald could ever hope to be. <p>
Until, that is, she realized just how horrible she and her friends were being. Being as honest (and blunt) as she was, Cynthia didn't like the idea of the amount of gossip she and her friends were spreading, she didn't like that they were causing unnecessary, third parties strife. She mentioned this to Betty, who took it to heart in all the wrong ways, and found herself as the victim of a vicious rumour. <p>
Now, in her fifth year, she has decided that she will do whatever it takes to be who she was at the start of the year before. So much for being forthright. After all, her fourth year made it clear to Cynthia that nice guys finish last.

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<BR>AGE: 21
<BR>GENDER: Female
<BR>LIMITS: I don't have any limits. But I'll play within yours
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