Post by VALENTINE VALENTINO on Feb 1, 2011 15:45:41 GMT -5
Valentine Jocasta Valentino
NAME :: Valentine Jocasta Valentino[/blockquote]
NICKNAMES :: Val
AGE :: Seventeen
BIRTHDAY :: March 20th. Just like her twin brother Dante.
BLOOD :: Halfblood
NATIONALITY ::
Italian-Father's side
British-Mother's side
ORIENTATION :: Bisexual
ALLEGIANCE :: To Herself at the moment
HOUSE :: Slytherin unfortunately, She can't stand the majority of it's inhabitants.
HAIR :: Her hair was once black, but that has changed, and now it remains a grayish-white color, the product of a failed color changing potion. Not that she complains, it suits her well. It's now long, er...well longer then it had been. It reaches her shoulders now at least. Then again why it was ever cut short? you'd have to ask her brother that.
EYES :: Her eyes are naturally a greenish color.
HEIGHT :: five-six
WEIGHT :: 120
ETHNICITY :: Caucasian
CLOTHING STYLE :: Well Valentine has an unusual style while most of her clothing type is based in the darker side of fashion, she chooses brighter accessories to clash with the gloom and doom of her wardrobe.
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FATHER :: Alphonse Kane Valentino; 35 ; Al Works as a Ringleader at the Cirque de Valentino he was given a gift, his mother was a Muse, the Muse of Despair, much like a Deadly Sin, She worked off of those who felt Despair. How did a Muse ever fall in love with a Human? Well it's simple, Al's Father happened to be a Mortician and knew that Life was bitter, this fed her, and eventually when Al's Father wouldn't give in to the dark thoughts she tried to feed him, she gave in and married the man who beat her. You see muses like her had one goal in life, to make life more difficult for the person the picked, when she couldn't do this she forfeited her muse life and lived as a wife to Al's Father. Being as his Mother was a Muse Al had the same gift, only his played on the line between dark and light, he was a muse of mourning, while he didn't quite go and make people mourn, when people mourned around him he fed of of it. So With that He became a Ringleader of a Circus with a dark storyline, the performances were meant to strike gloom into peoples hearts and make them feel a sort of Depression that could be similar to mourning.
MOTHER :: Lenore Marie Valentino{Nee Stine}; 30 ; Lenore works at the Circus that her husband works. Unlike her Muse of a Husband Lenore is a Halfblooded witch, her mother was a Muggle and Her father was a Pureblood. She is a tight rope walker at her husband's circus, she had always had a fondness for the circus, and always loved the tight rope walkers, so it only made sense that would be her life's achievement. And one could say she is amazing at what she does, preforming tricks on said tight rope. She met her Husband when he was traveling in England the first time, she felt something she couldn't explain for him and well, the rest is history, now they have two wonderful children that get to taste life as both Muses and Magic folk.
SIBLINGS :: Dante Kratos Valentino; Seventeen
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS :: ---
PETS :: ---
WAND :: 11 inches, unicorn mane, oak.[/blockquote]
LANGUAGES :: Italian is Val's first Language, when she was seven that's when she learned English seeing as how they were traveling around England for a few years of her life. When Val and her brother showed signs of magic her mother insisted that the make a final location and only traveled during the summer time.
MAGICAL HIGHS & LOWS :: Val excels in charms, as well as transfiguration, she couldn't make a potion if her life depended on it. The only reason she even passed her Potion classes was because Her brother did the potions for her and she cheated on the tests.
SPECIAL ABILITIES :: Well, I'm not sure if being a Muse is a special ability, but She counts it as one, She is a Muse of Fear, feeding off people's fears and in general creating unsettling feelings when she can, what can see say making people scared is a kick of hers, and she has the talent for it.
PATRONUS :: Val always wondered what it would be like to be able to cast a full patronus, hell even mist would be nice. But such is life for the young Muse. She always chalked her not being able to cast a Patronus on the fact that she does have Muse blood running through her veins, so that Dark Magic cancels out what light magic the patronus is. If she could preform one she would have many memories to chose from, her favorite was when she got accepted to Hogwarts, sure it's cliche, and a bit overrated, but truly it is her favorite memory, finding out she was more then just some creature that was made to inspire fear, learning she had a human side that could do magic. It really made her happy.
OTHER TALENTS :: Living in a circus family has it's benefits. She learned the delicate art of Peacock feather balancing and when she preforms she uses white Peacock feathers. Through years of practice she can balance almost anything on any part of her body. She is also pretty good at writing horror stories, or anything to do with fear, seeing as that is in her nature. Her performance though is up in the air similar to her mother she lives for being up above the audience she is a high-wire performer, using the fears of many of the audience members, she fakes falling, and catching herself on a passing trapeze. It has taken years of training and sometimes she goofs up and one of the Trapeze artists have to fly in and save her. Though her favorite act is one where she is on the high-wire and balances a burning feather on her hand as she walks across to the other side, and for the second part the rope is set on fire from both sides, forcing the heroine to make a quick decisions, face the fire of hell, or atone for her sins or so the story line goes, she jumps last minute as smoke engulfs her she dives down and 'disappears' really during all the smoke and falling she catches on to another trapeze and scales a rope leading to the back of the tent where the performers stay.
LIKES ::[/blockquote]
+ Violins, the sweet songs of Violins, the way they cry when you run the bow across their strings, something about how sad the violin is causes Val to love them so, she would sit for hours listening to Bobinsky the clown sing about his home Russia, while playing the Violin, she supposed that's where she actually got her love for the violin. Listening to his Russian songs and crying for his lost home.
+ Fear, This goes without saying, her purpose in life is to inspire fear. So why wouldn't she like fear?
+ Apples, They are sweet and have a crunch to them. There is something about green apples that Val loves.
+ Family, Val loves her family, and her Circus family. She would do anything for any of the members of her family, be it her biological family or her preforming family.
+ Friends, Val has a hard time making friends, and a harder time keeping them, so the few she does have she treasures almost as much as her family.
+ Candy, like most people Val loves sugar and sweets.
+ Carrots, while this combats the previous like, Val loves carrots almost as much as she loves candy.
+ Freak Shows, Growing up in a circus that housed a freak show, Val would often find herself in their tent, talking to them and braiding the bearded ladies beard. Or listening to stories from the blue man. She loved the Freak Show, so when she sees Freak Shows that are not from her own Circus she gets overly excited.
DISLIKES ::
+ Most Slytherins, they are stuck up, and don't like the fact that she is a Halfblood, but what the fuck does she care, most of them are all talk.
+ People who pretend to be scared of nothing. Because nobody is fearless. Everyone has some sort of fear, and Val lives of those. without fear Val isn't much of a muse.
+ Shots, Being sick isn't much better then getting the shots that prevent them, but when the shot's make her get sick she isn't a happy Valentine.
+ Valentine's day. Despite her name she hates the Holiday with a passion, all it's good for is men trying to impress their lover and spend way to much on candy or stuffed animals or flowers. It's a commercial holiday and she hates it so much. Also people saying "Hey Wanna be my Valentine, Valentine?" is so annoying.
+ People who don't like the fact that she kisses both genders. She finds this stupid and doesn't understand why people get all up in her personal life. If she wants to kiss a girl that's her business, love is blind to Gender, and Race.
+ The Malfoy and Lestrange Family. They have been nothing but major douche bags since she started. She talked to Madeline once and once Madeline found out that she was a Halfblood oh that was the end of that. Valentine would love to give the lot one good scare...
+ Other Muses, mostly the Muse of Bravery, seeing as they have the ability to negate her effects on people.
+ Being a muse, Sometimes she hates having the same blood as her Grandmother and Father. She sometimes just wants to be a normal witch, with no higher purpose then go to school make a career for herself and living life...but no...she has to be the bad guy. She has to drive fear into the hearts of the people around her. Not that it's to horrible.
PARAGRAPH FORMAT :: Valentine isn't like other people, she knows that. She can't be like other people, because if she were then the things she does would be considered psychopathic tendencies. Hell they can still be considered such, but at least being what she is gives her an excuse. Val has a Neuroticism personality, Neuroticism is the tendency to experience negative emotions, such as anger, anxiety, or depression more often then not. It is sometimes called emotional instability. Those who score high in neuroticism, like herself, are emotionally reactive and vulnerable to stress. They are more likely to interpret ordinary situations as threatening, and minor frustrations as hopelessly difficult. Their negative emotional reactions tend to persist for unusually long periods of time, which means they are often in a bad mood, which she is. On the other hand once someone get's to know her they find out that as a person Valentine is sort of arrogant, she is a slight narcissist, but she is a good person past that. She cares for her friends and family. she is brave and will run through the park naked singing a french ditty, just to prove she will. she loves a good prank. If you need a shoulder to cry on, or someone to laugh with, Valentine will be try and there for you, unless you are a butt-trumpet. Then there is a good chance that you will find an electric eel in your bed or bath. She is some one who loves to put on a show. Because she grew up as a freak, she is rather anti social, when it comes to being off stage.
BIRTHPLACE :: A passing town in Italy, Aosta Valley.[/blockquote]
HISTORY ::
Ah, to be a Valentino. Let's talk a little bit about Val's life in said Circus. Val was born Valentine Jocasta Valentino, to Alphonse Kane Valentino and Lenore Marie Valentino, in a little town that the circus was passing through, like most things that was Valentino there was a celebration in which there was a seance, a dance, and a little voodoo. She and Her brother were twins, they spent much of their time together and when they weren't together they were on opposite sides of the circus. As a child she would run around and usually find herself in the in her mother's tent, and would get up on the little tight rope her mother used to practice on. They traveled the world until the Twins started to show signs of magic, Lenore hadn't told her husband she was a witch you see, just like Alphonse hadn't mentioned He was something of a Muse. That conversation went rather well, and they agreed when the twins were eleven they would settle down in whatever town they were in, and boy the little town of Haverhill was in for a shock. The circus pulled into the town and well never really left. Of course they set up living establishments outside of the lovely little town, and as soon as The Twin's 11th birthday came around and by September they were whisked away for their first year at Hogwarts. Due to the Darker side of the Twins they were sorted into Slytherin, Valentine never really enjoyed that.
Val's first year was okay, she learned not to talk to the other slytherins about anything muggle, or anything in her normal life. She learned that it was best to just stay to yourself and get through your studies. She was happy that her brother was getting along better then her. They were closer then ever in their first year, they were inseparable, every second they were awake they were together, doing homework or just talking, it was nice to have him there. She learned that you got in trouble for trying to walk across the wires out near the grounds keeper's hut. And she got in even more trouble trying to walk across one of the lines between the green houses.
In Valentine's second year she was a little more out going and a little more vocal. She even got one or two friends of her own, this marked the start of Valentine's and Dante's long and painful dividing. Dante started to act more like his friends and less like her brother. It pained her but she stayed quite about it, she felt as if they were destined to break apart, and how right was she, that comes later though. This was also the year that Valentine got into a fist fight with one of the Lestrange's she gave them a run for their money and they got landed in detention together for most of the year. Val found it amusing that it took two teachers and three prefects to break up the fight. But honestly if you call someone a filthy little freak expect to get clocked in the face.
The third year Val spent all her time in Hogsmeade, hiding in the back of the pubs drinking butterbeer and listening to people chat. the things one found out about people. This was also the year where her Muse abilities broke through the shell. Val turned into a different person during this time. The influences her abilities had on her almost turned her into something darker then the people she hated. But luckily she stopped herself from becoming the monster she saw and learned how to use abilities to better herself then just bulling people and making them scared of her for no reason.
Fourth year was the turning point in the young muses life. She met her Grandmother who told her that she and her brother, while gifted were cursed. That they would have to choose a path and make a huge choice. Her Grandmother warned her alone that she needed to follow what her human heart told her to do, not what her Muse instincts told her. She kept this in mind and started listening to her heart instead of her muse's wants. She even had a boyfriend for a short time, until something horrible happened to him and he ended up in critical care in saint mungo's. Val didn't know what happened but she bet her brother had something to do with it.
In the twin's fifth year they both seemed to choose which way they were going to go the twins finally broke apart and became their own entities, realizing that they can no longer like each other. They began to hate each other. Dante let his Muse take over while Valentine didn't. Even when her insides told her that they would be the worlds most feared duo, Valentine couldn't bring herself to kill people through her abilities, she just couldn't make someone die of fear, it wasn't right. So the twins didn't talk to each other and that summer Dante made it clear that if Valentine wasn't going to use her abilities to help him he would use his abilities to hurt her. During her circus act he never threw the Trapeze and she fell hitting the ground with such force everyone thought she was dead. Three days later she woke up in critical condition in a muggle hospital. She was later transferred to Saint Mungo's due to her parents, where she made a quick recovery. She didn't touch the high wire at all for the rest of the summer, her and Dante haven't talked since.
Sixth year was a blur of booze, sex and her muse taking over until she finally got control over her abilities. She was sure that during that time everyone would have found out what she was. But thank god no one did. she was sure being a Muse was right up there with being a creature of the night. Seeing as she had slight influence over things such as fear, she was sure that she would be treated like a monster. She hasn't used her influance since that outbreak however.
now she is in total control of her Muse and can use it whenever she feels necessary.
NAME/ALIAS :: la chupamacabera...nah just kidding...Tina.[/blockquote]
CHAT :: Tina
HOW YOU FOUND US :: This lovely little birdy told me..oh wait I made the site...-sigh-
OTHER CHARACTERS :: Do you play anyone else on the site?
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