
I think we all have blocks between us and the best version of ourselves, whether it's shyness, insecurity, anxiety, whether it's a physical block, and the story of a person overcoming that block to their best self. It's truly inspiring because I think all of us are engaged in that every day. -Tom Hooper
Hallelujah | Kate Voegele
Voice Example
Singing Voice Example



♔ || Name || ♔
Samantha Rose Damask
“I… it’s a mixture of German and American…”
♔ || Nickname(s) || ♔
Sam. Sammy. Sammy-Rose.
“Sam… is just fine, thank you.”
♔ || House || ♔
Gryffindor
“I still think it’s a mistake that I was put into the house of bravery and strength… well, there’s really nothing I can do about it.”
♔ || Year || ♔
5th Year
♔ || Specializes In || ♔
Offensive and Defensive Dueling Spells
“It’s an odd thing to excel at considering how much of a pacifist I am…”
♔ || Age || ♔
16
♔ || Gender || ♔
Female
“Y… y-you couldn’t t-tell..?”
♔ || Sexuality || ♔
Heterosexual
“I don’t see why you need to know that!”
♔ || Nationality || ♔
German/Japanese/American
♔ || Romantic Interest || ♔
Perhaps someone has caught her eye…~
“W-WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!? I DON’T LIKE ANYONE!” *blushes*
*cough* Lies *cough cough*
♔ || Height || ♔
5’7’’
“A rather decent height, right?”
♔ || Weight || ♔
"You don't need to know that!"
♔ || Face Claim || ♔
Mio Akiyama


♔ || Hair Color || ♔
Black
♔ || Eye Color || ♔
A Stormy-Silverish Gray
♔ || Skin Tone || ♔
Pale
♔ || Build/Appearance/Preferred Clothing || ♔
"S-stop looking at me!"
Sam has a wonderfully-proportioned build. She's rather athletic, so lean muscles can be found all over her body. She's also of a decent height. Even though she's got an athletic build, she's got her girly curves that make her a bit eye catching. Her long black hair can be arranged into many different styles, though she prefers just leaving it down.
When not wearing her uniform, Sam likes to wear simple jeans, sweatshirts and t-shirts. She loves sneakers and boots more than any other types of shoes.
"I... I can't walk in stilettos... I-it’s not like I want to, anyway!"






♔ || Personality || ♔
“I’ve been called… what’s the word..? Complex.”
Couldn’t have stated it better myself. Sam has a few very different personalities which changed depending on where she is, who she’s with, or just how she’s feeling in general.
Above almost everything else, Sam is very shy. This makes her very anti-social, for most of the conversations she tries to start end in stuttering and blushing for no apparent reason. She’s also extremely easily startled, and hates anything scary. The house ghosts provide a big problem for her. Just the sight of them makes her want to curl up in a ball and shake with fear. Sam can also be a bit prone to fainting when very frightened. When Sam gets frightened, she usually crouches down and closes her eyes whilst crying and muttering to herself. Did I mention she’s a massive cry-baby? Simple things like getting yelled at and cutting her hand makes her cry.
Doing anything publicly scares the living daylights out of Sam. From having to speak in public to performing any form of song, she freaks out. It can sometimes be literally one step away from breaking down.
If you look past that, somehow, you’ll find the real Sam. Who’s actually really spunky and fun to be around. She’s generally very mature when it comes to following the rules and doing her homework, but sometimes she likes to just cut loose. She’s playful and her smile can light up the entire room. Unfortunately, not very many people get to know Sam this well. Her shyness seems to get in the way of everything. Sometimes she’s even bullied for it. Every day she thinks that she was placed in the wrong house. “Why was I placed in the house representing bravery! It just doesn’t make sense!”
Sam also has the tendency to be very defensive of those she cares about. Her little sister is everything to her, and if anything happened to her, Sam wouldn’t know what to do.
Aside from English, Sam is also fluent in Japanese and German.
♔ || Likes || ♔
Music
Casting Spells
Swimming
Dancing
Reading Alone
Her Little Sister
Anything Non-threatening
Animals
♔ || Dislikes || ♔
Everything She fears
Mean People
Having Too Much School Work
Being Judged
Hatred
Having To Speak In Front of Others
♔ || Talents || ♔
“I have quite a few talents… It’s really only because I’m curious of everything…”
Guitar “I’ve been playing since I was nine. It’s a good pass time.”
Ever since Sam was little, she’s played the guitar. She’s not very good at writing the music, but she likes to learn how to play different songs. Playing her guitar is usually the highlight of her lonely day.
Athletics That Don’t Involve Physical Contact “Like Track and… things of that sort. Nothing like Football or Soccer. What’s odd is the fact that Quidditch is excluded from that list.”
Sam has always been very athletic. And she’s built for it. She’s a lot stronger than she looks, not to mention she’s got good reflexes and loads of stamina. But playing things like Soccer and Football can be too much for her to handle, but flying around on a broom dodging large flying bowling balls isn’t as frightening to her as wrestling. “I’ve always been good on a broom…”
Anything Book-Work Related “I have a knack for memorizing things…”
Yes, she does indeed. Sam is great at remembering certain things, but easily forgets other things. Like she can memorize an entire sheet of music in an hour, but she’ll forget the ingredients for a potion sometimes. “I barely pass potions every year…”
Singing “I-I’m sorry! I can’t sing for you now!”
Sam has loved singing her entire life. It’s a fun thing to do alone, but when she has to do it in front of other people, she gets very nervous. One of the few people she can sing to is her younger sister.
Martial Arts “W-what? N-no I’m not!”
Sam’s parents always made sure that Sam could defend herself. Though her fighting skills are kept mostly a secret, she can kick someone’s ass with a bit of ease. The only problem is she’s quite the pacifist.
♔ || Flaws || ♔
“Sometimes I think my entire existence is one big flaw…”
Her Shyness
Her Lack of Bravery
Having the Habit of Over-Working Herself
♔ || Fears || ♔
“A lot of things, actually… well, take anything that anyone would fear, and I’m afraid of it. Things like spiders, the dark, doctors, needles, death, blood, monsters, ghosts, intimac- …. NEXT QUESTION PLEASE.”






♔ || Family || ♔
Nyoko Ushiba|Unknown| Mother| Aware of Magic|
Lukas Damask| Unknown| Father| Aware of Magic|
Katharina Damask| Alive (14)| Younger Sister| Aware of Magic|
Julia Damask| Alive (62)| Grandmother| Aware of Magic|
♔ || Bio || ♔
“I… I don’t really want to talk about it…”
Sam definitely has and interesting parentage. Her father was a German half-blood wizard and her mother was a Japanese pureblood witch. The two actually met in Hogwarts. After they both graduated from the wizarding school, they moved to America, seeking a better life like many other had.
There, in Virginia, they had their first daughter, Sam, and their second daughter Katherina soon afterwards.
At her young age, Sam would travel around with her parents a lot. She spent summers with them in Japan and Germany, alternating every year. They spent time with their grandmothers, and Sam gradually took upon their native languages. As age 8, she could speak German and Japanese, along with English, fluently. Her sister, however, never took to German, and only really learned Japanese and English.
Sam’s like went like this for a while, until she turned eleven. Up until then, magic had always been a word used fairy tales, not in real life. But, that day, an owl came flying in through and open window and dropped a letter onto her mother’s lap. Her mother had opened the letter so slowly that is scared Sam. What was inside that was so important? Sam listened as her mom spoke to her father saying “she got accepted!” multiple times.
Everything changed after that. Her parents told her of her wizarding heritage, and told them of the special school far away that would help her harness her amazing powers. Sam, being Sam, cried for quite a while. The thought of being away from her family devastated her. She only agreed to go after her father had a nice long talk with her, father to daughter.
So her adventure as a wizard began, and she went to Hogwarts every year.
Until this recent summer, things had been going great. Sam had just finished her 5th year, and her sister had just finished her first. Then, not too soon after coming home from England, her parents brought sudden news. They were to pack up everything, and were going to spend the summer with grandma in Germany. Sam was puzzled at the suddenness of this trip. She was more surprised when she heard her parents would not be coming with her.
So Sam and Kathy went to Germany. They were there for the few months in the summer, and then it neared school time again. The two girls were anxious. Where were their parents?
Then, her grandmother told them. She had lost contact with their parents weeks ago. No goodbyes or anything. Just… gone. Kathy, being the stronger one, stuck it tough and kept quiet. Sam, however, was devastated. She cried and cried and cried, and debated not attending Hogwarts this year. Her sister eventually coaxed her into going. But what will happen know? Were their parents dead? Had they just left them because they didn’t love them anymore? Sam finds herself asking herself these questions multiple times a day. And who knows?
♔ || Pets || ♔
This is Zasha. Zasha is Sam’s one-year-old pet cat. Sam loves Zasha, and Zasha loves Sam. She understands her, and Sam can be seen sleeping with Zasha as if she were a teddy bear. Zasha is very mellow, which she has to be to have to deal with an owner like Sam.
This Is Rutherford. Sam uses Rutherford to send letters from Hogwarts to her Grandmother in Germany.
♔ || Sam’s Guitar || ♔
Sam’s Guitar is a special guitar that has its own built-in speaker. Sam spent four years saving up to buy this guitar, and would literally kill anyone if that broke it.