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MINERVA MCGONAGALL Optional blurb/Quote - QUOTE SAYER Basics FULL NAME: Minerva Louisa McGonagall NICKNAMES: Min, Minnie, Mina AGE: 15 YEAR TAKEN FROM 1950 BIRTH DATE: October 4th 1935 BLOOD STATUS: Halfblood (Muggle Father) WAND: Length, Fir and dragon heartstring, nine and a half inches, stiff Relationships PARENTS: MOTHER: Isobel FATHER: Robert SIBLINGS: Malcolm and Robert Jr. CHILDREN: n/a EXTENDED FAMILY: n/a FRIENDS: People with similar interests/beliefs/personality SEXUALITY: Heterosexual SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Single Education/Occupations HOUSE/YEAR: Gryffindor CLUBS/AFFILIATIONS: Quidditch - Chaser ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Prefect CURRENT OCCUPATION: Student Politics LOYALTY/ALLIANCE: Future Order - well her Dad's a Muggle which makes it pretty obvious but she's all for equality. POLITICAL VIEWS: Growing up in a family that lived in the Muggle world due to her father being one, it isn't surprising that she believes in equality of Muggles and Wizarding alike. On the surface her political views are just that but deeper inside they are a lot more complicated. She has some reservations about Muggles, she doesn't believe they should be prosecuted though she is aware of the danger of what would happen if they discovered magic and is therefore of the belief that the two worlds need to remain separate. She believes that Werewolves are just normal people with an affliction though she is terrified them as there is nothing to control them during the full moon. Vampires though she doesn't like at all, yes she has never met one but she is even more scared of them than she is Werewolves, though she knows that some of them wouldn't have chosen to be bitten still... Truthfully she's torn on Vampires as she knows that they can't help it the same as werewolves but they are always blood suckers while werewolves are only change once a month. Appearance APPEARANCE: Minerva, stands at a reasonably tall height for her age. With black hair and blue eyes she has a rather striking appearance despite coming off as rather stern a lot of the time. She prefers comfortable clothes over fashionable and prefers sensible clothing most of all even going as far as to wear trousers at times. Personality BOGGART: Failing school PATRONUS: Tabby Cat LIKES: Quidditch, Wizarding Chess, reading, open mindedness, loyalty and honesty, transfiguration, summer, swimming, friends DISLIKES: Quodpot, coffee, biogotory, prejudices, lies, cabbage, dogs, violence, manipulating people STRENGTHS: PPowerful overall magically she is exceptionally strong in the field of Transfiguration, especially defensive transfiguration. She also excells at Defence and Charms. She's also loyal, honest, highly intelligent and determined when it comes to a lot of things. WEAKNESSES: Trusts easily, takes people into her heart easily. Divination, Herbology, stubborn, puts others ahead of herself, doesn't like opening up to people, Boggart: DETAILED PERSONALITY: Minerva is a kind, caring but stern woman who looks out for all of her friends and classmates. She uses her stern exterior to keep other students under control in her role of prefect and won't take any misbehaving unless it’s an extreme case, as she works hard to protect them. She enjoys a good conversation with friends and is easy to get along with once you break through her sternness which is actually quite easy to do. Minerva tries to make friends with everyone she has a lot of interaction with even if they have a rocky start though when she was younger she was extremely shy among groups of people and people she hadn't met before. This slowly changed as she moved through Hogwarts with the help of her friends who she came to rely on greatly. She cares a lot about her friends and family which many consider a weakness and is quite adverse to prejudice of any sort which many people didn't and still don't like. Once someone gets into Minerva's heart they will find it is extremely hard for them to get out of it again as she forms friendships for life. Many people value the fact that they can rely on her in times of need and is always willing to listen to them. Minerva at heart is a person who loves learning and is known to be a bit of a bookworm and quiet intelligent. She has always worked hard at her work and believes in doing the best that she can at everything. That of course doesn't mean she doesn't know how to have fun of course. She enjoys Quidditch and relaxing with her friends, just like anyone else would. She is a firm believer in justice and has never understood why people see the need to be cruel and prejudiced to other people. It is much easier to be nice to them - or distant if you don't like them. Of course, she is renowned for her Scottish Temper which can sometimes get the better of her, though she usually regrets loosing it afterwards - except for the times when someone truly deserves what she dishes out to them. The easiest way to get her to loose her temper is to threaten someone she cares about - that is something she will not abide by at all and the only time she will rush into a situation without thinking about it before hand. Most of all though, Minerva is incredibly stubborn when it comes to a lot of things but she hates giving up whether it is an argument or a problem with her school work. The harder it is, the more determined she becomes at achieving whatever it is that she is undertaking. History Born on October 4 1935 to Isobel and Robert McGonagall, she was the oldest of the two children born to them. Isobel and Robert's marriage was a rocky one, though her parents did love each other. Robert, a Muggle didn't know of the magical world until Isobel informed him when Minerva started to perform accidental magic. While it didn't go over well at first, Robert came to accept it somewhat. For the most part, her childhood was a good one though as she grew up she helped her mother hide her siblings display of magic from their father, though while he accepted it, it went against all he believed in as their local Pastor, among other things. After all the Church taught that Magic was evil... Except this was his family and in the end it was just easier for them to pretend that all was normal. Even as a young age, Minerva had the tendencies to protect and look after her siblings and keep their magical ability a secret. She loved her family and seeing them happy, though even from a young age she exasperated them with all the non-ladylike things she enjoyed. It wasn't her fault that she enjoyed playing sports and running around over housework? She did do the housework... She just didn't like it. When she wasn't playing or helping out around the house, Minerva would often be found with her head in a book. From a young age she loved reading and would often have her head in one book or another. Starting Hogwarts she was surprisingly sorted into Gryffindor where she found that while not as reckless as some of her house mates, she did fit into it. She made some good friends, did well at her classes and while she missed her family, it didn't take her long to settle into Hogwarts. From the get go, she was a stickler for doing everything by the rule book and while it didn't make her all that popular, she enjoyed her time at Hogwarts. In her third year, not only did she pick up Arithmacy and Ancient Runes as her electives she was made Chaser on the Quidditch team. She loved flying and Quidditch was amazing as well as something she was quite good at. The next two and a half years passed by quickly and quietly enough though at the beginning ofher fifth year she was made Prefect much to her delight. FUTURE HISTORY: → makes headgirl → joins the DMLE after leaving Hogwarts → becomes Transfiguration Professor, Head of Gryffindor and Deputy Headmistress → Marries Urqurart her former boss after the defeat of Voldemort → Joins the Order in both wars Random Facts 1. She one made out with a girl just to see what it was like (it was with one of her best friends) 2. She's allergic to firewhiskey 3. She loves swimming despite the fact her animgus form hates water Samples JOURNAL ENTRY: for dogdaysmod It has come to our attention that there has been talk of the deaths that have been occurring. I myself have tracked down these comments and I have to say I am ashamed of some of you and how you are behaving. I won't name people at the moment but if that sort of behaviour continues there shall be serious consequences. These are people's families that are being effected, it is no time to fight among yourselves. While there is no proof of who murdered the family members it doesn't mean you can dismiss anything at the moment. The Ministry is working its hardest to capture them and to stop the attacks. The papers are just trying to cause a stir and make us believe that people are guilty before there is any proof. The Auror's are working around the clock to track down the people who did this. If you have any questions my and the other Head of Houses offices are open to all of you if ever needed. Order I think we need to hurry up with our efforts. Professors Miss Brocklehurst has requested that she no longer patrols with Miss Parkinson. Given the events in Miss Parkinson's journal I believe this might be for the best in case something happens. Albus I know you probably have this all figured out but Arthur has volunteered to have Miss Granger stay with them. 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