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Created on 2009-07-23 06:16:33 (#21265202), last updated 2009-07-25

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Name:	Emmeline Vance
Birthdate:	1958-09-03
Location:	London, United Kingdom

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first person singular.

The Character
Name: Emmeline Vance
Birthday: September 3, 1958
Blood Status: Muggle-born
House (former or current): Ravenclaw
Parental Units?: My mother was a born and raised Parisian. My father met her while studying abroad during his third year. Two days after graduating from university he moved to Paris and three days later they were married. They chose to delay having children until they were better settled so it was seven years and two gallery openings later before I was finally conceived. My parents loved to travel and for the first five years of my life I saw very little of our apartment in Paris. We eventually moved back to Paris permanently so that I could begin school. I loathed it. Having to follow instructions and ask permission from the teachers did not sit well with me. Truthfully though, I mostly hated how horrible I was at the lessons. The teachers called my parents in weekly to complain about me acting out in class. My mother pulled me out of school and decided to home school me. She soon became very ill though and died less than a year later. My poor, grieving father could no longer stand living in a city which reminded him so much of my mother. His solution was to move us to Bath. We were still living there when I received my letter inviting me to attend Hogwarts. This invitation shocked us immensely since up until that point we knew nothing of the wizarding world. During the Christmas holidays of my sixth year I remained at Hogwarts to get in some extra studying. Unfortunately, boxing day of that year my father crashed his car driving home on the icy roads. Because I was already legal and had no family to speak of, I decided to pack up and move to London which is where I currently reside.
Additional Units?: None.

What’s your story, morning glory?: As you now know, I am a former Ravenclaw but I hated school when I was younger. I was home schooled until I received my Hogwarts letter. Initially the prospect of attending a boarding school, even one which taught magic, appealed to me very little. Since leaving school in the first grade I had always excelled at my studies. I am not delusional however, I realized then as I do now that home school is very different from being in a classroom with thirty other students. I was top of my class, but only because my class consisted of one student. I never expected to be put in Ravenclaw but the hat saw fit to place me there. Realizing my potential I became obsessed with studying and spent most of my free time in the library. Throughout my seven years I learned much but made few friends. After Hogwarts I felt a little lost. I could not decide what profession I wanted to go into. I took several odd jobs but felt I was wasting my potential. The light at the end of the tunnel came in the form of an invitation to join the Order. I jumped at the chance to finally have a purpose and accepted immediately and (uncharacteristically) impulsively without really considering the dangers of this decision. I do not regret this decision, but I am terrified of what might happen in the coming years.

Make a string of adjectives: loyal, blunt, introverted, sarcastic, classy, challenging
What do people love about you?: You would have to ask them. I certainly hope that people appreciate my honesty since it is genuinely in their best interest.
What do people hate?: On several different occasions people have found it appropriate to call me a "ball-buster." I like to think this is simply one of my (many) charms. I enjoy challenging people and I think they find it educational.
Your one crippling weakness: I do not believe I have one, but I suppose at times I can be a little introverted. I have no problem conversing with people but it takes me a long time to truly open up to them.
If your life was the Titanic and your raft only had room for three people you know, who would they be?: Me, myself and I.
Would you jump off your metaphorical raft to make room for a stranger?: Certainly not. They should have arrived earlier if they hoped to make it onto the raft. Why should I suffer because of their tardiness? And if we are perhaps already on the raft and they still somehow need more room, I suppose that glutton should jump off before we are left stranded in the ocean and they decide to eat all of us out of desperation.
Share your passions: During my time at Hogwarts I developed a strong interest in history and in the historical development and evolution of certain charms. I plan on writing a thesis on it but Merlin only knows who I would submit it to.
Your thoughts on this Voldemort bloke: History has proven that racism and fear can be terrible motivators. Studying Grindelwald's rise shows how quickly the current situation could develop from bad to worse. Anyone who knowingly allows history to repeat itself is either ignorant or a coward and I am neither of these things.

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Age: 19
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