First and Last Name: Hazel Ambervale
Bloodline: Mixed
Hair Color: Deep red with hints of brown
Eye Color: Golden/Hazel
General Build: Average
Height: Tall
Birthplace: Edinburgh, Scotland
Brief Childhood History:
Born into a relatively wealthy family, the Scotland Ambervale's, Hazel Ambervale was the most recent and final magical child of the family. Her parents Desalura and Jareth Ambervale, both magical folk, highly anticipated the birth of their first and only child. All of the other Ambervale households had non-magical children due to the mixed blood in the family but Jareth and Desalura were blessed with a little witch, which they named Hazel.
Hazel was sent to muggle school for preschool and later kindergarten where she made a couple of close friends; July, Patricia, and Dinah. She was socially awkward, knowing she was different from her muggle friends, and rather quiet. She kept to herself a lot, prefering to seat near or in trees doodling or watching the other kids play together. She was ostracized by most of the school children because of the negative talk going around mongst the local parents that her parents were heathens and dabbled in black magic. She was eventually removed from school at the age of 7 after an incident where she was being picked on by her classmates for being quiet and keeping to herself. Feeling overwhelmed by the insults primarily fueled by their parents' fear of witchcraft , Hazel started causing some items around the classroom to fall as she clutched her head cried for them to stop. The kids and teacher became very scared, evacuating the classroom immediately, and her parents were notified.
Her parents promptly took her out of the muggle education system and homeschooled her until age 11 when she was accepted by Hogwarts. Her parents held very high expectations for her and encouraged her to study magic at home and improve on her skills so that when she went to Hogwarts she would be prepared and make a good impression on her professors. They were concerned that the highly mixed blood of the Ambervale family would negatively affect Hazel in school. She became very good at a young age at casting spells and charms like her parents were before her.
She prefers spending time alone jotting down events and thoughts in a leather journal she always keeps with her.
Strengths (Including Personality and Academic):
She’s very interested in the Dark Arts and often sneaks around the Hogwarts library. She’s secretly fascinated by things that are considered “forbidden knowledge” as she feels that they will one day come in handy and if not they’re fun to know about, especially when no one suspects her knowledge. Because she spends more time thinking rather than talking she is very observant. She is good at casting spells and charms due to the emphasis on learning them in her household. She is very smart and observant and tries hard to be polite and "fit in". She also became very interested in music as a means of escape and expressing herself, often browsing through her parent’s record collection and sneaking off to buy some of her own. She taught herself how to play piano, the harp, and began learning, under the aid of her father, Jareth, how to play some Gaelic folk songs on guitar. She is very studious and interested in learning. Her best classes would be Transfiguration and Charms because of her background knowledge of those subjects and she has taken an interest in Divination.
Weaknesses (Including Personality and Academic):
Consequently, Hazel had problems developing social skills and interacting with others. She became quite introverted and self-conscious.
due to her lack of experience socially she can often be perceived as rude or snobbish because she doesn’t know how to interact with people very well. While she tries to be polite and friendly, she can be sarcastic and have a very dry sense of humour and a nasty temper when provoked. She also has a tendency to isolate herself and isn’t always good at defending herself when attacked, although she is much better when it comes to defending someone she cares about, be it friend or family. She is very hard on herself when it comes to marks and gets very upset when receiving a low grade, her parents held very high expectations of her and she’s afraid of failing them. She is, however, not very athletic, nor is she good at brewing potions or arithmancy. She is also, surprisingly, not very good in muggle studies. Although growing up among muggles the years of isolation made her ill eqquipped to provide any accurate information on them aside from whatever she observed in Kindergarten.
What House You Feel Your Character Belongs In and Why:
I feel that Hazel should be a Gryffindor. She is very smart and chivalrous towards others and she is willing to defend her friends and comrades when need be. She is strong, but she doesn't know it, and her desire to learn pushes beyond the boundaries set by those in charge. She can be daring and brave but she needs to be self ssured and feel secure with herself and who she is and not let the past restrain her.
