First and Last Name: Marian Dolcy
Bloodline: Pureblood
Hair Colour: Her vibrant ginger hair that ends a few inches below her shoulders. It is very thick and made up of loose curls.
Eye Colour: Green
General Build: Average
Height: Tall
Birthplace: Bournemouth, England
Brief Childhood History: Clarisse was born in a long line of purebloods, but while she did well at Beauxbatons Academy she was never really interested in magic. Once she graduated from the academy, Clarisse decided to visit the muggle world as muggle studies had intrigued her. It was as she was visiting Paris she was talent spotted, a model agent wanting her to audition or a part in their modelling agency. Out of curiosity she did and soon fell in love with both the muggle world and the modelling industry. She became famous rather quickly and when she told her parents she wanted to leave the wizarding world they were disappointed, but as they already had two sons, did not mind that much. In a few years Clarisse began to part take in plays as well as modelling.
During one of these plays she met Martin, an up and coming business man visiting Paris. They had a few dates before he left and kept in contact. Soon afterwards they formed a steady relationship, Clarisse even moving to England to live with him. When she was twenty six they married. In spite of loving him dearly Clarisse never told him of her magic because of his strong religious beliefs and because she has long since abandoned them.
Unknown to Martin, just after they married Clarisse began having second thoughts. By coincidence she met Elroy Prideaux during a fashion show in London, an old flame from Beauxbatons who was studying the styles of muggle fashion. While she had only just been married Clarisse had begun to feel that she married too young, and began wondering if she has gone and trapped herself. From her these thoughts on her marriage an affair bloomed between them, but only lasted a month. She realised in that month that she had not made a mistake and that she did love Martin so stopped seeing Elroy.
Nine months later Marian was born. She was raised like a proper lady, and after insistence from Clarisse she was given private tutors instead of going to school. She did not want her husband to find out that their daughter most likely had magic as she had kept the secret for so long she did not know how he would react. As their child grew Clarisse made sure she knew how to speak French, and most of her conversations with Marian were in French rather than English. Martin made sure that she was taught how to be sophisticated and proper, because while he did love her, he wanted her to marry to gain alliances with other businesses when she was older. Clarisse however was not fond of that idea, instead she taught her about modelling and acting, rather having her follows her footsteps than be married of.
This upbringing caused Marian to be secluded form others her age. She spent most of her time with tutors, studying, with nannies, actors, models, businesses people and her mother. So while she knew how to be the perfect lady she was rather socially inept. At around the age of nine her perfect daughter and perfect lady act began to fade, she became rather frank and rude with her nannies and any other children she did meet, but never let the image slip in front of her parents or the public. It was also at the age of nine that her magic began to appear.
At first the magic was hardly noticeable, a few objects disappearing and ending up somewhere else, but Clarisse noticed straight away. She had brought her daughter up on stories about magic, witches and wizards, hoping that it would ease the transition when she developed her magic. Marian’s reaction however was not what she expected. She took the news with a noticeable calmness, seemingly not caring about it at all. A bit unnerved with her daughters’ reaction and worried about the growing noticeability of the magic Clarisse made it so that Marian was rarely with her father or out in the public alone, making sure she was always by her side. She also made her promise not to tell Martin about the magic. This time Marian reacted differently. Clarisse knew her daughter hated lying and was not very good at keeping secrets, and it was obvious she was hiding something whenever she was around her father. When his suspicions grew Clarisse kept Marian away from him, only really letting them be together during meal times and never let Marian talk during those times.
It was in these two years that she began to find an interest in magic, but not her own. She asked her mother to tell stories of her past life in the wizarding world, learning about Beauxbatons Academy, her pureblood family and the many types of magic. Marian fell in love with the stories of Beauxbatons Academy, and was rather disappointed when she found out she was going to go to Hogwarts, Clarisse knowing that she would automatically go to Hogwarts and secretly quite glad that she would not be too far away from her daughter. Her love for the academy was short lived however, as during one of these stories Clarisse accidently let slip her affair with Elroy. It was because of that and the fact that she too was keeping a secret and lying to her father that Marian began truly hating lying and secrets, changing her policy of honesty to never lie no matter the situation.
It was also after Clarisse’s secret revealing itself that Marian began to realise the gap in her and her father’s relationship, as before she had filled it easily with her mother and thoughts of magic. She tried to rebuild their bond, but found that she never knew what to say to him and found it hard to face him when keeping both her and her mother’s secrets. Martin also began to notice the distance between him and his daughter, but could never do much about it with being so busy with his work and with Clarisse’s intervening to keep them apart and the secret safe.
When the letter finally arrived inviting her to join Hogwarts Marian had still not told her father about her magic, Hogwarts or of Clarisse’s affair, not wanting to hurt him even though she had made a promise to never lie again. By the time of September Clarisse had told Martin that she was going to a prestigious boarding school. She bought all of Marians supplies and took her Marian to Platform 9 ¾ by herself. By this time their close relationship had disintegrated and Marian blamed her for her almost non-existent relationship with her father. Despite no longer liking her mother she found herself still rather proud of the pureblood background she had on her mother’s side.
Strengths (At least three, including Personality and Academic): Marian is a confident and intelligent young girl. From almost as soon as she could walk and talk she was taught how to be a sophisticated young lady and was given the best education from private tutors. She was also taught how to perform on stage and be a model. While being prim and proper Marian is also meticulously neat and always honest. With subjects that interest her Marian is very dedicated and driven. Marian always carries an air of elegance with her, and can have the charming personality to go with it if she feels the need. She likes and admires those who always seem to be happy and make friends easily, a small part of her wishing she could be like them but the rest of her not really caring. Once a person does gain Marians friendship she is fiercely loyal and will put their wellbeing above everything, and depending on the level of friendship, maybe even above her own needs. Marian is also honest, but this can also be a bad thing. Because of her tutors she is rather intelligent, and she loves writers like Shakespeare and is well versed in the topic of Shakespeare and other historical play writes.
Classes she would be good in would be muggle studies, potions, charms and astronomy.
Weaknesses (At least three, including Personality and Academic): Marian’s upbringing has caused her to become self-assured and self-centred, as well as giving her little experience with socialisation with others of her age. With subjects she is not interested in she becomes very lethargic and her efforts are half hearted. When she does not feel the need to be charming she becomes frank and haughty with those around her, or just blanks them completely. She is not very athletic, hating hard work or getting sweaty, and will use her analytical mind and eloquent words to get her out of such work. Shy people and those with low self-esteem annoy Marian, especially if they are actually rather pretty and she finds their behaviour pathetic. While she does not purposely make people intimidated by her they often find her frank attitude yet elegant air around her of putting and avoid her, which only adds to her awkward social skills with those her age. Marian is also terrified of the dark and the things that lurk in it. With her very honest attitude she can be very blunt, rude and frank. She is not good at keeping secrets unless it is asked by a very close friend. She is very stubborn, selfish, vain, and will always put her own needs and gain above everything and everyone else.
Subjects which she would be bad at are Transfiguration, Defence against the Dark Arts, Care for Magical Creatures and Divination.
What House You Feel Your Character Belongs in and Why: I think Marian would be best suited to Slytherin because she both a pure blood and can be very cunning and resourceful with her words. While she is intelligent I do not think Marian has the thirst for knowledge that those in Ravenclaw have.
