Post by MADAME CALLYSTA BRIAR on Jan 11, 2013 23:57:48 GMT
 madame callysta briar |
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nickname
Gypsy scum...usually by muggles but they don't get away with it for long
age[/i]
23
date of birth[/i]
18th January 1998
sign[/i]
Capricorn
gender[/i]
Witch
blood status[/i]
Pureblood
sexuality[/i]
Lesbian
house[/i]
Beauxbatons Alumni
occupation[/i]
Venenum potions shop Assistant/ Fortune Teller
hometown[/i]
Romania, exact location unknown
current residence[/i]
Knockturn Alley is where you will find her for the most part
wand[/i]
Ebony, 11†with unicorn tail hair forcibly taken
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physical
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The first thing many people assume when they learn Callysta is a gypsy witch is that she is filthy, wearing nothing more than rags and a face to match. This illusion is soon broken the moment any person claps eyes on her. Whilst she does tend to live rough no one could ever accuse her of being 'filthy' for she takes great pride in her appearance and often bathes and since moving to Knockturn Alley it is a more regular occurrence than ever. Her hair is a dark brown, usually worn down and is naturally slightly wavy and is softer to the touch than it appears. Her face holds a natural beauty that is rarely ruined by make up for she detests the stuff with a passion and tends to avoid it unless she absolutely has to. Her neck is quite long but it is elegant and is always accentuated with a silver chain which holds her wedding ring for she never wears it on her finger.
Callysta stands at 5'9 so is quite tall and avoids wearing any sort of heeled shoes when she can help it although if she can get away with it she will not wear shoes at all and is often seen walking about the shop with nothing on her feet but toe rings. She is quite thin thanks to the abundance of exercise she gets from running a store and chasing after a young child and has muscle tone that many women would kill for. One thing people notice first however when they pay attention is that despite her living conditions she has beautiful hands with long fingers, often covered in rings and her wrists with bracelets and her nails are always well manicured for she hates dirt beneath them and she is also aware that when giving her readings people are always looking at her hands.
As for clothing like many of her people she does tend to wear clothing that isn't exactly the height of fashion although she dislikes people calling them 'rags'. She tends to wear skirts, loose blouses and head-scarves but she does own 'normal' clothing for when the occasion calls for it. She's also pretty sure she still owns her old school uniform and is quite proud to say she still fits into it! For the colder weather she will switch from her skirts and barefeet to trousers and warm fur boots.
Other small things you will probably want to know about her appearance is that she has a slight gap between her front teeth that she dislikes with a passion and has a beauty mark on the bottom of her spine.
play-by[/i]
Taylor Warren
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personality
[/i][/size][/left]likes[/i]
Tarot Cards
Living under the stars
Crows
Her husband (despite her sexuality)
Her daughter's cheerful personality
Horses
Dreamless sleep potions
Camp fires
Warm sunny days
Women
Her caravan
Her gift
dislikes[/i]
Enclosed spaces
St Mungos
Muggles
Dementors
The cold
Her daughter going without anything
Cooking
Her mental health
Her gift
Pigeons...filthy flying rats!
erised[/i]
To see their world ruled by the pureblood classes. She also wants her daughter to grow up well and for her husband to recover so there is someone for their child if something happened to her. She may also wish to meet someone but that is quite low on her list of priorities.
amortentia[/i]
Her daughter's shampoo, hay and pipe tobacco
boggart[/i]
Losing her mind completely. Her husband never recovering and her daughter being left to fend for herself. Anything happening to her family is a horrible thought!
dementor[/i]
The day her husband was cursed so badly he became a guest of St Mungos.
patronus[/i]
Crow – Giving birth to her beautiful daughter
overall personality[/i]
The one thing anyone should know about this woman is that she loves her little girl more than anything and every little thing she does in life is designed to keep her daughter safe and happy. Blanchefleur is her shining light and despite the fact she is in fact a lesbian she is love with her husband simply because of the gift he had brought in their lives. Her love for her child is perhaps the one thing that has kept her sanity firmly rooted although it probably won't take much more before that thread has been snapped but until that happens she will protect her girl with her life.
Callysta was never what people would class as a happy child. Her parents died when she was very young and as a result she was forced to grow up quickly for although her grandmother was about to bring her up she was old and frail and would not always be around to lead their clan meaning Callysta was required to learn things about life most other girls wouldn't learn for many years. Thanks to this upbringing she can seem a lot older than she actually is and many consider her to be very wise and willing to do anything to help her family although like many her age she dislikes the fact so much pressure has fallen onto her shoulders however rarely complains about it.
When her ability first started to really make itself known Callysta was so happy to be able to do something that others could not. It was a chance to prove herself to the elders and a way to give something back to a family that had loved and cared for her despite her 'orphan' status. However, it soon became apparent that although the gift was useful to them in some ways the images she often saw began to take a toll on her mind. Having always been a strong willed young woman the changes weren't noticed for some time but like anything it didn't stay hidden for long. Not long after the attack on her husband her mind began to crack at the strain of trying to work out why she had not seen it coming. She isn't completely crazy -nowhere near Bellatrix level!- but every now and then the madness shines through the layers of 'normal' she hides behind.
As for her pureblood status she is very anti-muggleborns and is quite prepared to follow the old teachings of Voldemort before he was defeated. She is willing to use her ability to help this new group achieve their goals as long as her daughter is kept out of the line of fire. Callysta could probably be described as rather racist. Even blood traitors are treated with disgust.
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past
[/i][/size][/left]mother[/i]
Zim, deceased
father[/i]
Francois, deceased
spouse[/i]
Stefan Briar, 25, currently a guest of St. Mungos
siblings[/i]
N/A
Children[/i]
Blanchefleur, 5
pets[/i]
She has a crow but it has no name since it is still classed as a wild bird
history[/i]
Callysta was born in a caravan in the middle of Romania somewhere to the gypsy queen Zim and her consort Francois. Of mixed nationality (Romanian and French) she was brought up knowing the customs of both countries and speaks several languages thanks to travelling around so much. Her mother was a great leader of their clan and when the attack came from a rival clan the loss of both herself and Francois was greatly felt- especially by the six year old daughter for they had laid down their lives to keep her safe.
Left with only an elderly grandmother who took over the leadership of their family Callysta was brought up to believe that blood status meant everything and family came as a close second. Every moment was spent preparing the young girl for the moment the mantle of 'queen' (she isn't actually royalty but its close enough for them) fell onto her shoulders. Callysta loved her grandmother and indeed as the years went by the memory of her parents was exactly that...if there had not been a few pictures of them she might have forgotten what they looked like, remembering only the stories she had been told. The day her grandmother died was probably more heartbreaking to the young girl for at only thirteen she was expected to carry on the line. How could a child do such a thing? Luckily for her she had been taught who to trust and who would try and use her and with this knowledge began to keep the family in line.
Thirteen is perhaps quite an old age for the seer ability to truly make itself known but for some years previous she had been having the strangest of dreams that had made no sense. Now that she was getting older and the stress of a death of someone so close to her had opened a door in her mind she was able to see things in the cards that she had never seen before. This ability allowed her to rule her clan with a wisdom beyond her years. Of course there were some who laughed at her, accusing her of telling lies and making the whole thing up to get attention but she easily proved herself and is now a very respected seer across all the clans...even the ones who did not align with them.
By the time she was sixteen she was preparing for a marriage she had no desire in doing. She was quite aware by now that the attraction females usually felt for men was not there with her, instead her eyes were drawn to the women around her so the very thought of marriage to a man was disgusting to her. The only good thing that was coming out of this was the fact she was marrying one of her closest friends. Stefan had always been in her life and despite the fact he was older they loved one another in a very platonic way for he knew of her sexual preferences and had agreed to be her consort in order to protect her from other, less appealing suitors. The marriage was done in due course and although it was expected she would bare a child quickly it was decided that she would go out into the world and learn more about the magic she had grown up with.
And so it was that she travelled to France, the country her father had called home at one time and enrolled into the Beauxbatons Academy. Here she was looked at with some disdain for many thought her to be almost barbaric compared to those who usually attended and the fact she was already married was looked upon with horror. Who wanted to marry at such an age? Despite this Callysta used the two years to soak up knowledge about the world outside of her caravan and gained an education she would have never thought possible had her grandmother still be in charge.
She graduated and returned to Romania and when her daughter was born remembered a name she had heard when exploring Paris and named her Blanchefleur or 'white flower'. This little girl was loved by both of her parents and with her they found a love for one another that went beyond anything else...the love of two parents who had brought something wonderful into the world. Everything was perfect for once although it was soon broken.
Whilst travelling to England they were attacked and like her own parents before her Stefan sacrificed himself to protect his little girl and was cursed so badly he has remained in a magical coma ever since. For three years Callysta has remained in England, educating her daughter and working in Knockturn Alley earning enough money to keep themselves going although she detests the city and at the weekends will take Blanchefleur to the countryside where their caravan is hidden away from the non magical community.
Every day she visits her husband, willing him to wake up, knowing that at some point in the future she will either lose her mind completely or be drawn into a war she supports. Either way it will quite probably end badly for herself and she cannot bare the thought that her daughter will be left alone like she was.
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alias
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Bunny
age
still 24
location
sitting on top of evie
source
bwahaha I just appeared!
other characters
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Ginny, Maria, Sam, Bailey, Maybelle, Tatiana, Medusa *looks around* I think thats it...
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