STATUS: Pending, Opeila 04/04
Your application is literally a werewolf application. A seer cannot also be a werewolf. Please rewrite this application to include the seer aspect.

STATUS: Denied, Opeila 23/04
You have been switching a lot and the last change to werewolf has been after your 30 day mark. We only allow special race applications for 30 days after validation.

Irene’s Dad was a wand maker, and he had always wanted to make her a wand. Unfortunately for him, Pa thought it would be better for her to buy one at ollivanders first. So that’s what happened, and while it was nice, it never felt quite right. But it would make do, and Irene was never one to complain until… it snapped. And then Pa couldn’t argue anymore, and Irene got a new wand, made by one of the few people who knew her best; her Dad.

Wand Wood: Chestnut

“Chestnut wands are attracted to witches and wizards who are skilled tamers of magical creatures, those who possess great gifts in Herbology and those who are natural fliers.”While Irene doesn’t have a much of an affinity for Magical Creatures, the same does not go for the other two.

One of Irene’s favourite things is gardening, and Herbology isn’t much different. Sure, there’s some differences, but they have the core principles. In fact, it was something that Irene looked forward to Hogwarts. Back in Newport, there wasn’t much space for gardening, but now? The greenhouses at Hogwarts called to Irene and she was happiest when heading off to Herbology.

And not just that, she also loved flying. When she turned eight, her Dad got Irene her first broom. Nothing flashy, just a Shooting Star. Her Pa thought a toy broom for kids might be better, but Irene’s Dad scoffed at the thought. His daughter? On a toy broom? Nonsense. Nevertheless, the second Irene got her hands on the broom, she knew it was perfect for her.

Wand Core: Coral

While Ollivander refused to use this wand core, it was perfect for Irene. With a younger brother who always argues with the other kids and friends who make social drama their pastime, Irene is used to resolving conflict. This makes Coral perfect for her, a natural peacemaker. Irene is also very imaginative, and her head is often in the clouds. Her friends love to joke that if they didn’t distract her, she’d become lost in her own thoughts.

Wand Length: 11 inches
An average length, for an average witch. Not to say that she isn’t talented, but she’s a quieter person, a mediator. An average wand is between 9 to 14 inches, and she’s right in the middle, if not straying towards a shorter length. Not big or flashy, but not too short, because she also has her own strong ideals.

Wand Flexibility: Unyielding
Loyalty is important to Irene, it always has been. Loyalty to her family, to her friends, to her community, to her school house. That’s what makes her such a true Hufflepuff, but it’s also something her wand recognizes. Her wand may not be rigidly decided in its alliance, but it knows its owner and will not change hands easily because of this.

STATUS: Approved - Maya, 5 April

Link to your encyclopedia thread: viewtopic.php?f=169&t=6924

Name of Ability or Race/Talent that you Are Applying for: Obnoxiously strong

Describe why this fits your character: In the Summer of 2022, Jorah seriously considered his prospects of becoming a pro-quidditch player. He realized he had some potential, but he would not be able to keep up with his larger upper classmen without training. He dedicated that season to his physical transformation. Jorah need to work on his grip strength to keep him for falling off of his broom. He also needed to work on several muscle groups as well to improve his swinging capacity. The muscle he focused on in particular were the deltoids, infraspinatus, wrist pronators/supinators, lats, and pecs. The first thing Jorah would do in the morning, after whipping the sleep from his eyes, would be to knock out 20 push-ups. He would continue to do push-ups periodically throughout the day with the goal of 100 push-ups each day. Making this a habit was tough. To prevent fatigue or injury the exercises had to be spread throughout the day. Every 3 hours Jorah was doing some sort of exercise. He asked his father to install a pull up bar in the hallway of their home. Jorah forced himself to do chip-ups as a toll payment any time he wanted to across the hall. Outside, he targeted his forearms by swinging a weighted bat. Jorah spent many Summer evenings walking the shoreline of Brighton beach swinging a bat to and fro. His muscles burned from the buildup of lactic acid, but he pushed through the pain. Just keep swinging, just keep swinging, he told himself. Even when taking a break to watch some television, Jorah trained by squeezing a hand gripper device. The strength training was only half the battle. In order to build the muscle, Jorah needed protein, lots and lots of protein. It’s a good thing the boy liked chicken. Jorah’s mother was happy to help her son in grilling large amounts of chicken breasts that he could grab from the fridge when needed. A variety of sauces helped to keep the monotony of chicken at bay. When the chicken wasn’t enough to meet his meat requirements, Jorah turned to whey protein powder for supplementation. For six weeks, Jorah trained hard at home. Upon his return to Hogwarts, some results would start to show. His chest and shoulders would be fuller causing him to move up in a shirt size. His forearms were a little wider. If a student shook his hand, they would be met with a firm grip. To keep his gains, Jorah would continue to train at school. His ravenous appetite now had a purpose. Jorah would continue to devour large meals in the Great Hall, but now he was focusing less on sweats and more on protein. Come breakfast time, the house elves would be hard pressed to prepare enough sausage and eggs for the Ravenclaw table.

STATUS: Approved, Opeila 06/04

Link to your encyclopedia thread: Here
Name of Ability or Race/Talent that you Are Applying for: Nonverbal
Describe why this fits your character:

Delilah was in the duelling practice room...again. For about the millionth time, she had been trying to do this ever since she heard about it being a thing, however she had never succeeded. The ability to cast a spell without talking? Without giving any ideas to the opposition? They would have to recognise the wand movement, which would be even easier if she used advanced spells that her opponents hadn't learned yet.

Not only would it give her the upper hand in duelling, but Delilah was also almost 17, that meant she could use her magic at home, it would be so much easier to do magic if she wasn't having to speak in latin half the time. She could help her granny at home, maybe she could cure her grannys illness that she was too stubborn to get seen at a hospital because she didn't want to leave the village that had been her home her entire life.

There were so many reasons that funded Dels determination to learn this skill. She felt herself getting closer, who knows if she actually was closer, but as she stood, pointing her wand at the dummy in front of her, sweat lapping off her forehead, not only because of the summer heat beating in the window, but because of the exertion she had been putting on herself lately to learn this skill.

This reminded her of when she was trying to learn the split spell skill, she had eventually gotten it, and it has been a lifesaver in duelling since, it was like dels pre-graduation bucket list. Skills and things she felt she had to learn before she had to leave, and with 6th year creeping up, that was becoming more and more of a concern for her. She didn't want to graduate, she loved hogwarts, but she was also excited to become an adult in the wizarding world. It was crazy how she had went from a tiny little 11 year old who had no idea what she was doing to this young woman, casting spells like no tomorrow, ready to take on the world, anxiety or no anxiety, she had more confidence than she had before that was for sure.

Her method for learning this, although she was unsure as to whether it would work, was to try casting a spell quieter and quieter, until just her thoughts and intentions were enough to keep it going. So far she had gotten it down to about a quarter of her normal volume with the spell still casting just as strongly.

"Flipendo." She almost-whispered, flicking the wand around in the formation that is second nature to her at this point. Flipendo was probably the best spell to practice this on, she had casted it countless times, both in real duels and in practice and private over the last 4 years, ever since she learned it in first year.

It was the spell she was definitely most confident in having cast it many times before. Within roughly an hour she was able to cast Flipendo without audibly saying anything at all. Delilah came close to jumping with excitement, this was such a huge deal to her. Her spellcasting abilities had grown so drastically over the years.

On this day and expanded over others, she did this process on a variety of spells until she could cast essentially any spell she knew nonverbally with relative comfort.

Wordcount: 574

STATUS: Approved, Opeila 06/04

Link to your encyclopedia thread: here!
Name of Ability that you Are Applying for: Evasive Maneuvers
Describe why this fits your character:

Reducio

There had been a time when Lindsey was a determined warrior. Wand up, fists out, and that was it, dodging wasn’t even an option, let alone retreating. That was how things should’ve be like. She liked the feeling of fighting, the spirit floating in her veins. It seemed that she just did not care if she’d be hit or not - she could hit others, and that was enough. Wounds could be cured, but spirits could not.

But was it? She had stuck this into her believes until a series of family dramas happened, making Lindsey started to wonder if carelessly rushing forward was the right thing to do. Courage was important, but so was prudence. There had been a time when she was tortured by the thing, the rare uncertainty striking her. And after times and times she’d find herself fainted on the duelling stage, she made up her mind. Dodging and evading were not embarrassing. Instead, they were tactics, important ones especially when facing dangers. The dead had no chance to speak, but the alive ones did. You’ve got to survive to revenge yourself, and that’s it.

She tried to make herself nimbler, instead of having all her attention on how to hit her targets. She would look out to possible dangers, decide what to do beforehand, and try to minimise her injuries. Whenever she casted a spell at her opponents she would watch out for their movements as well, while jumping aside to dodge as promptly as she could. She was trying her best, but she soon learnt that her senses still needed to be sharpened, and movements had to be quickened. There were so many things to learn for a green hand like her.

One. Two. Three. She would scribble possible situations she might get herself in on her notebook, listing out how she would move her steps when the spells came from different directions. Enough theory established, and then she set herself to practise. Often late in the evening she would practice her steps alone in the dormitory, before putting them to actual use in the next day’s duelling practice. A step aside, then a smaller one backwards, and then another quick one towards the right front - she was surprised to find that it did work, she had successfully dodged two Knockback Jinxes in tandem.

Lindsey smiled with pride and flickered her own wand for an attack in return. She knew that she had been way different as she had been in her younger years, and these changes were for good -

After all, it was those who stood to the very end that smiled.

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Status : Approved, Aurora 11 April 2023

Status: Pending, Beatrice, April 25

Mavericks grandmother would not be able to brew potions. She would need wizard magic, requiring a wand to complete the spell portion. Veela's are not able to cast magic with wands. Please remove the instance of her brewing potions successfully.

Status: Approved, Beatrice, April 25

Status: Approved, Beatrice, April 25

Status: Pending, Beatrice, April 25

Jamie's grandfather (and therefore the rest of the family) would not know she is a seer (due to not having any interaction with the wizarding world and Seers, as he is a muggle). Jamie would only know for sure if she was a Seer if both her parents were as well, due to the Seer talent being a recessive gene and Seer abilities not showing when young. Please change this.

Status: Pending, Beatrice, 2 May

The word count for race applications is 500 words. This is only 464 words. Please add more.

Status: Approved, Beatrice, 6 May

-amaris knight-
-perfectionist-
perfection. what an interesting word. for amaris, perfection was expected, perfection was encouraged, and most of all, perfection was forced upon her, by herself and her family. amaris' strive for perfection began too early in her life, from ripping out entire pages of homework even though it only bore one single mistake, to almost bursting into tears if she danced the wrong move.

of course, such a dramatic need for perfection is oft frowned upon by more carefree individuals, as it placed pressure on amaris. however, they did not observe that her strive for perfection also encouraged her to do better and constantly push herself. she loved her perfectionist ways, as it meant she could achieve more of her goals with higher quality. what was oft misunderstood as melodrama caused by instances of imperfection were, in truth, amaris' plea to herself to do better.

amaris was one to seem like the perfect child, perfect grades and intelligence, perfect looks and physique, perfect personality and popularity. she was simply born this way, it was in her nature and she accepted it. however, it never truly manifested before she was in her uncle's care.

harold was one to expect perfection. amaris had lacked magical potential at first due to growing up with muggles and being surrounded by muggle culture, causing harold to worry that she would not grow into the niece he wanted. at that time, he did not even know that amaris had already experienced her first instance of magic.

during a particularly difficult lesson with her tutor, amaris and her cousin were asked to write down a passage explaining how hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry was founded. as amaris wrote her piece, not only did she write well on matters of content, she also surprised her tutor with her careful attention to details and how she made sure everything, no matter how small was in order. every word aligned perfectly and margin width almost never changed. every letter looked the same, as if they had been typed instead of written by hand. the piece of parchment was neat and clean, without any ink stains or spills.

amaris kept her work this way -- perfection in carnation. she could not help it. but, nevertheless, she was still proud of such a skill. unlike before, she did rip off an entire piece of paper just because of one mistake. she simply did not make mistakes. of course, this only applies to materials she knows well, as no one in this world is truly perfect.

especially after she was placed under her uncle's care, amaris had became more cautious. she started to take some time before writing down her answer, which contributed to the fact that she made little mistakes. she had lost her naivety, but also her carefree personality. however, her feelings towards this fact is positive, as she believes her rose-tinted glasses were too tinted back then.

her promise to herself was to never fail. this was a promise that she might break, but that promise kept her going. it kept her fighting.

Status: Approved, Beatrice, 26 April

Status: Pending, Beatrice, 26 April

There seems to be a misunderstanding of this ability. Evasive maneuvers does not give you super powers to run very fast. It simply gives you the ability to dodge or move out of the way of incoming attacks. The only part of this application in reference to this ability is one sentence. Please fix this.

Status: Approved, Finley, 1 May