|| Are You Gonna Be My Girl || Young Blood || Big Mistake ||
|| FULL NAME ||
Zara Audrey Schwartz
|| AGE & CLASS YEAR ||
Sixteen || Sixth Year
|| BLOOD STATUS ||
Pure-blood
|| HOUSE ||
Vorne House
|| SEXUALITY||
Bisexual
|| DIALOGUE COLOR & THOUGHT COLOR ||
#b04f4f | #6b9699
|| STRENGTHS ||
Perceptive, insightful, observant, Zara has a natural talent for understanding people. Too bad she only uses that to her own advantage. Given her family history it was expected that Zara shine in casting jinxes & charms and she hasn't disappointed, she's even been known to create her own spells on occasion. It follows that she is good at Charms & Defense Against The Dark Arts. Zara is also a talented duelist. She is strategic and accurate, strengths that make her a clever opponent to face. Discrete, a more important strength then some might believe as it allows Zara to get away with most of her rule-breaking.
|| FLAWS ||
Zara might consider her manipulative side a strength, but it does hinder the creation of real friendships. Spiteful, catty, vindictive, whatever word you choose to use there is no hiding that Zara can be excessively cruel when she wishes to be. Rule-breaker, risk-taker, someone obviously didn't have Zara in mind when they named House Vorne the 'House of Compliance'. Any Muggle technology is completely alien to her.
|| LIKES ||
|| Her brother, Stephen || Watching quidditch || Dueling || Charms || Defense Against The Dark Arts || Potions || Jinxes || Creating new spells || Non-verbal Spells || The colour red || Pixies || Summer || Sunny days || Snowball fights || Her owl Toby || Anything sweet || Christmas Feast || Travel || Her Patronus
|| DISLIKES ||
Being Confined || Anyone insulting her brother || Muggle technology (because she doesn't understand it) || Heights || Losing (especially to her brother) || Herbology || Being patronised || Toads || Sleeping In || Trolls || Gnomes || Gossip Magazines || Floo powder (it always makes her sneeze) || Idiots || People wasting her time || People who can't take a joke || Seaweed || Boredom
|| FEARS ||
Loneliness || Zara fears being alone forever.
Heights || Zara can cope with high towers, but anything without safety rails makes her excessively nervous.
Paralysis || Being unable to move and control her body.
|| GOALS & AMBITIONS ||
As much as she loves spells, Zara is perfectly happy to let her brother take over the family business. She herself would prefer to strike out on her own, although she isn't certain what she would like to do yet, aside from traveling and seeing the world. In the near future she simply wishes to do well in her preferred subjects, have fun with her friends, and perhaps cause a little hell for the one or two students who have particularly caught her eye.
|| SECRETS ||
Zara isn't too fond of people knowing her fears, particularly her fear of heights. She doesn't want to appear overly weak to them and as such has worked hard on keeping them a secret. Then there are the numerous cases of bullying that have occurred over the years, many of which have gone unnoticed by the teachers and in some cases even the student being targeted hasn't been aware of whom cast the spell. Naturally Zara keeps these under wraps and most students don't realise that Zara has such a vindictive side, until they fall prey to her spite.
1st December
|| PERSONALITY ||
Charming || Perceptive || Manipulative || Sarcastic || Strategic || Vindictive
Of course the face she reveals to her parents is not the only face she has. Towards those students she dislikes a vindictive, catty personality appears. A talented manipulator and extremely perceptive, Zara knows how to pull strings here and push people there to get things done. She knows what will push a person to breaking point and isn't scared to use this to her advantage. Strategy and discretion play a large part in her tactics and are usually necessary to stay out of detention. Most teachers and many students aren't even aware of her manipulations, thanks in part to her discretion. Patience and foresight also come in handy. Starting a quarrel with Zara is a jail sentence for her opponent, because Zara holds grudges for a long time. Why does Zara feel the need to manipulate others? Partly because it's a source of entertainment for her, but usually because said victim has wronged her in some way. She doesn't necessarily desire to be admired or seen as the best, after all she's confident in herself and her abilities, but she does hate been talked down to and patronised.
Around those who Zara actually likes another witch appears. Intelligent, funny, and warm, she can relax and let the fun, slightly reckless personality appear. Her sarcastic side, which is usually evident, takes on a less cutting and more humorous note around those she considers equals. While she isn't particularly loud, Zara is never hesitant to speak when needed and she can be extremely persuasive when convincing friends to take a risk or break a rule. Those that know her well know that she can be harsh at times to those she doesn't like, but also a valuable, loyal friend to those she does. So, as long as you're on her good side there's really nothing to worry about.
Dresden, Germany
|| HISTORY ||
In the world of charms, jinxes, and hexes no other family is better known than the Schwartz family. Beginning with a single spell book many generations ago, they now own and run one of the largest spell production businesses in mainland Europe, creating and sharpening spells new and old. Many Schwartz books take pride of place in bookcases and many of their spells have become household names. It has, understandably, made them extremely wealthy.
Zara was born into this luxury on the 1st of December 16 years ago. She was the second child of Erwin and Moira Schwartz who already had an eight year old son named Stephen. Growing up in the wizarding family had its advantages and disadvantages, as all families do. Neither she nor her brother were denied anything. Money was not an issue after all. Her parents would take her across the globe to watch the Quidditch world cup, she dined with other industry greats, and met more than her fair share of world leaders. Of course, for a young witch who was much more interested in zipping around on her toy broom or running after pixies, all the parties and meet and greets seemed rather tedious. It was her brother who often helped her cope with the boredom. Although he was eight years older Stephen never seemed too put out to be playing with her. He'd tell jokes and play tricks just to make her laugh. Unfortunately he was off attending Magdalena for much of the year so Zara had to quickly learn to entertain herself.
Watching her brother go off to Magdalena each year was always a troubling time for the young girl. She was envious of him attending school, and distraught at the thought of not seeing her big brother for what seemed like an eternity to the young girl. However, he always returned with treats for Zara and stories of his exploits at the school. During his time at the school Stephen earned the title of prefect and later Head-boy, he was a star pupil and a natural, kind leader. It was expected that Zara would follow in her brother's footsteps, however less than a week into her first year she was caught casting a jinx on another student. It seemed in those first few months that Zara was forever standing in front of her head of house, being told to behave. It was only when she learned to be discrete with her spells that the detentions ended. Zara began to rise in the teacher's opinions, who fully believed that she had turned a new leaf and began to follow in her brother's footsteps. Not so. In her later years she eagerly joined the school's dueling club, which proved a good outlet for her talents. She was a naturally skilled spell caster, particularly when using jinxes. Once she'd learned non-verbal spells her wins in the club soared.
Zara has carved out a place for herself at the school. It may not be as the star student, but she is perfectly happy with where she is. She has her group of friends, those she cannot stand, and the rest who fall somewhere in the middle. Entering her sixth year she has began to turn her mind to the future, considering what she wants to do upon graduating. While she knows she'll always have a place in the family business Zara feels the need to strike out on her own. However, she is far from certain of what exactly she wants to do and is hoping that inspiration will strike in the next two years.
|| FAMILY ||
[X] Erwin Schwartz | Father | 56
[X] Moira Schwartz nee Augustine | Mother | 51
[X] Stephen Schwartz | Older Brother | 24
|| FAMILIAR ||
[X] Toby, Eagle Owl
|| WAND ||
Acacia Wood, Phoenix Feather Core, 11", supple
|| PATRONUS ||
Leopard
Portrayed by || Cloud
Face Claim || Willa Holland
