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xxxFAMILY TREExxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Mercy Sanderson,daughter of William and Brooke Sanderson Played by MJ Spooks
Booker Sanderson-Cobb,son of John Cobb and Hope Sanderson-Cobb Played by MJ Spooks
xxxFAMILY NPC'Sxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx William Sanderson,father of Patience, Hope, and Mercy Brooke Sanderson,mother of Patience, Hope, and Mercy Patience Cole,daughter of William and Brooke, sister of Hope and Mercy Henry Cole,husband of Patience Hope Sanderson-Cobb,daughter of William and Brooke, sister of Patience and Mercy, mother of Booker John Cobb,husband of Hope, father of Booker
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NICKNAMES»» Merc AGE»» 33 BIRTHDAY»» 5 October 2022 GENDER»» Female FACE-CLAIM»» Jinx ✖ BLOOD STATUS»» Muggleborn WAND»» 12 1/3 inches, Cedar with Dragon Heartstring, springy with a bent shaft ACCENT»» Scouse ✖ PET»» Ball Python Vinny ✖
LIKES xxx»» FPS video games xxx»» Mythbusters xxx»» Spicy food xxx»» Daredevil stunts xxx»» Explosions DISLIKES xxx»» Sitting still xxx»» Quiet xxx»» Being bored xxx»» Dresses and skirts xxx»» Flowers HOBBIES xxx»» Gaming xxx»» DIY projects xxx»» Anything that comes after a "Don't try this at home" warning
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LIVELY xxx»» Mercy has almost boundless energy and enthusiasm. When she's bored, she becomes insufferable, because to her there is no greater travesty than having even a second of time you're not doing something fun. She's always down to do anything with friends, or make new friends if the ones she has are busy. She pretty much never stops smiling, laughing, chattering away about something cool or exciting. She's very animated, gesturing wildly with her hands when she speaks, and her words come out a million miles an hour. Overall, she's a very exhausting person to be around, but fun, so it's mostly worth it.
RECKLESS xxx»» If you've ever seen a show on the telly that started with a 'don't try this at home' disclaimer, there's a roughly 50% chance Mercy has in fact tried this at home. If she hasn't, it's probably because she lacked the supplies to pull it off. Overall, she'll try anything once, no matter how ridiculous or dangerous or scary it might be. She likes challenges, and especially challenges that are likely to give her eldest sister a heart attack. Her adventurous spirit extends into most any area of her life, she's not one to let fear hold her back. There are exceptions, of course, but she's only human.
DEVIOUS xxx»» Growing up as the spoiled baby of her family, Merc got very good at manipulating her various family members into getting her way. She was always quite content to lie through her teeth, quite convincingly, and tell her Mum 'Da said I could do it' and tell her Da 'I asked you while you were watching the game, don't you remember?' when he questioned the truth of that. Her elder sisters could be harder to lie to, because they were generally naturally suspicious of her, but save instances where she nearly got herself killed, they were also more likely to pretend to believe the lie and let it go. She likes playing everyone against each other. She tries to avoid doing anything that will cause any real trouble among her family, particularly her parents, but sometimes the temptation is too difficult to resist.
IMMATURE xxx»» Mercy is, at her heart, a child. She's easy to amuse, and quick to make every single joke you read on the internet as if she's the genius that came up with it. She doesn't have a wealth of patience, possessing a remarkably short attention span and absolutely no attention to detail. She doesn't really understand boundaries very well, except those she sets for herself, and tends to not think her actions through until it's too late. She very much lacks the capacity to see the consequences of her actions until she's presented with them.
TENACIOUS xxx»» Mercy's motto in the face of failure has always been 'fail better.' She doesn't give up on things, no matter how many times she messes it up. Basically the only way to get her to study is to tell her she can't pass a class, which will result in her spending hours pouring over books and practicing to prove you wrong. She will tackle any challenge with a stubborn refusal to do anything but succeed. She will only relent when whatever she's attempting is proven to be literally impossible, and since the advent of magic in her life, convincing her of such has become difficult.
INATTENTIVE xxx»» Mercy has absolutely no attention span, at least for anything she doesn't find engaging enough. She'll follow along with her games or her telly programs well enough, as long as they're exciting with a lot of explosions. She's absolutely the person who complains about movies when they're 'too talky', which is code for 'not 90% explosions and car chases'. Her inability to focus on one thing for very long even continues on into her conversation skills, in that she will talk a lot, very rapidly, and oftentimes leave her partner wondering how they got from point A to point B. It's especially bad when her mind goes off on a random tangent and she changes subjects literally mid-sentence.
STRENGTHS xxx»» Doesn't back down xxx»» Thick skinned WEAKNESSES xxx»» Foot in mouth syndrome xxx»» Horrible spatial reasoning FEARS xxx»» Bugs xxx»» People touching her face or throat
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CHILDHOOD xxx»» Mercy is the youngest of three girls born to William and Brooke Sanderson. Their eldest daughter, Patience, was something of an accident their first year at Uni, conceived only a month into their relationship. The pair agreed to continue seeing one another, and also to parent their child together, but to try and keep the two entirely separate, an endeavor which unsurprisingly failed rather quickly. They ended up marrying within a week of Patience's birth, and chose her name 'ironically' due to their supposed lack. Their second daughter Hope was born three years later, and the couple separated shortly after her birth, finding that they fought more than they did anything else. They kept in touch so that they would both be in the girl's lives, and found eight years later that they were getting along better than ever before. They rekindled their relationship, and ended up celebrating the birth of their youngest roughly nine months after their 'first' date. Mercy, being significantly younger than Hope and Patience, was spoiled relentlessly by all, and got away with nearly anything. Her eldest sister was always something of a flower child, and very difficult to anger or frustrate, making her name surprisingly apt. Hope, meanwhile, was quite introverted and generally kept to herself, but had a soft spot for 'her baby.' When Mercy received her Hogwarts letter, the entire family was quite shocked, though it lasted all of two seconds before they decided it made perfect sense and explained a lot of oddness about the girl.
SCHOOL YEARS xxx»» Mercy, who was always accustomed to being the odd one, saw no need for this fact of her life to change now that she was at a magic school. As such, she set out very quickly to establish a reputation of sorts as being, well, odd. She spent her early years focusing on making friends and figuring out where exactly she fit in as far as the magical world went. Once she felt she'd found a niche, she began focusing on her future more, though it was difficult to tell if you looked at her grades. Meanwhile, she found herself orbiting the social circle of a friend-of-a-friend who'd been through Some Serious Shite(tm), and took it upon herself to meddle. Then, upon realizing she was in way over her head, she took it upon herself to convince other, more informed people to meddle while she watched from the sidelines. That plan didn't go over so well, as her best friend's girlfriend Tiernan saw fit to essentially force her to get to know Glynn better and help him herself in the process. There were a few bumps here or there, but eventually they grew fairly close and Merc felt like she was actually contributing to his mental betterment, as opposed to being a giant nuisance, which is generally what she felt like. Her best friend Alby graduated a year ahead of her, and set out to start the process of opening a business that she would share with him, Mythical Missile Fireworks. The plan was that he would cover the business aspect, and she would be the creative power behind the products. Alby also got married that same year, and Merc stood in at the wedding as his Best Man (he attempted to call her 'Best Woman', but she wasn't having it).
ADULTHOOD xxx»» Merc graduated school in 2041, not altogether impressed with her own grades but not overly worried about them nonetheless. She saw no reason to think her business venture with Alby would fail, and thus didn't see any reason to be worried over her exam scores.
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ATTENDED»» Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry HOUSE»» Gryffindor GRADUATED»» 2041 OWL SCORES xxxASTRONOMY»» A xxxCHARMS»» EE xxxDEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS»» O xxxHERBOLOGY»» A xxxHISTORY OF MAGIC»» A xxxPOTIONS»» EE xxxTRANSFIGURATION»» P xxxALCHEMY»» EE xxxCARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES»» A xxxCURSEBREAKING»» O xxxMYTHOLOGY»» A xxxWANDLESS MAGIC»» A NEWT SCORES xxxCHARMS»» O xxxDEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS»» EE xxxPOTIONS»» O xxxALCHEMY»» O xxxCARE OF MAGICAL CREATURES»» A xxxCURSEBREAKING»» A xxxMYTHOLOGY»» A CURRENT JOB»» Chemical Engineer and Part-Owner of Mythical Missile Fireworks DREAM JOB»» Blowing stuff up (so basically her current job)
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SEXUAL/ROMANTIC ORIENTATION»» Demi RELATIONSHIP STATUS»» Taken SIGNIFICANT OTHER»» Glynn Llewellyn
FAMILY xxx»» Parents William and Brooke Sanderson xxx»» Sisters Patience and Hope Sanderson FRIENDS xxx»» Best Friend Alby Callaghan xxx»» Clara Batista xxx»» Glynn Llwewllyn xxx»» Tiernan Yaxley xxx»» Reuben Horne xxx»» Candace Mackenzie xxx»» Alana Rivero xxx»» Lucina Jones xxx»» Sara King ENEMIES xxx»» Alby's t**t nephew ACQUAINTANCES xxx»» Class of 2041
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NICKNAMES»» Book AGE»» 11 BIRTHDAY»» 9 September 2041 GENDER»» Male FACE-CLAIM»» Chandler Riggs ✖ BLOOD STATUS»» Muggleborn WAND»» 12 1/2 inches, Red Oak with Dragon Heartstring, inflexible and knobby ACCENT»» Scouse PET»» Betta fish Rocket
LIKES xxx»» Fireworks xxx»» Outdoors xxx»» Fish xxx»» Scary stuff xxx»» Spicy food DISLIKES xxx»» Bad weather xxx»» Being indoors xxx»» Classical music xxx»» Maths xxx»» Horses HOBBIES xxx»» Fishing xxx»» Reading scary books xxx»» Video games
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IMPULSIVE xxx»» Book doesn't have a lot of patience, nor a lot of impulse control. Once he's got something in his head, he's probably already halfway done doing it. He rarely asks for permission to do much of anything, and is perfectly fine dealing with the consequences of his actions. Well, usually. If he thinks the consequences aren't equal to his crime, then he'll complain. A lot. And loudly.
CHEEKY xxx»» Book tends to let his attitude get the better of him. He's not one to take things seriously, and tends to talk back and be excessively combative and sarcastic with authority figures if he doesn't respect them. He's perfectly polite and well-behaved if he likes the person in charge, but if he doesn't, he's not about to sit quietly and let their nonsense go un-remarked-upon.
CREATIVE xxx»» Book gets bored easily, and he's excellent at coming up with new and interesting ways to become not-bored. His mind is always going, always coming up with new and exciting distractions. He tends have a hard time following instructions, or even remembering them, so coming up with his own method for accomplishing things is sort of necessary.
RUDE xxx»» It's not that Book's trying to be a jerk, he just has absolutely no verbal filter whatsoever and is very matter-of-fact about most things. He tends to stick his foot in his mouth on a daily basis, and doesn't usually feel sorry about it unless it makes someone he likes cry. Mostly, he just says what he thinks and figures people can deal with it, which leads to some very unfortunate comments here and there.
LOUD xxx»» "Calm" is not a word used to describe Booker. Not his volume, not his behavior, not his clothes, nothing. If he goes more than ten minutes without saying something, it usually means he's plotting. Even then, he tends to not be totally silent; to keep his thought process on track, he usually mumbles whatever he's thinking. If he's concentrating on something, he usually narrates it, or even sings it if he's in a particularly good mood. Bare minimum, he hums constantly.
QUICK xxx»» Everything about Booker is fast. He thinks fast, talks fast, moves fast. He has a hard time concentrating on most things because by the time someone else is done saying their piece, he's already moved past it. Having to slow down and explain things to people agitates him, so he tends to get annoyed with people who can't simply keep up. He's also prone to accidents because he can't sit still, and doesn't really pay attention to his surroundings when he moves, too concerned with getting from point A to point B.
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CHILDHOOD xxx»» Booker had a fairly run of the mill, if somewhat chaotic, childhood. He had no siblings, two parents, three grandparents, and two aunts, one of whom he spent most of his earliest years being babysat by. The second aunt was a bit of a mystery to him, since he didn't see her as much. That, of course, just made her into his role model, much to his mother's eternal chagrin. Aunt Mercy, who insisted that he, like everyone else, just call her Merc, had the coolest job in the world, and a pretty alright boyfriend. Aunt Patience's husband was decidedly not alright, so choosing a favorite was simple for Book. xxx»» He spent most of his childhood wondering why Merc and Glynn were more distant than the rest of his family, especially since Merc seemed more than happy to dote and coddle him when she was around. The question was answered when he was almost nine, and suddenly weird things started to happen around him. There was a lot of hush-hush conversation between his parents for a few months, before finally Merc showed up at the house and declared him a wizard. Turned out, she was a witch, and she'd been distant because his mother hadn't wanted to tell his dad about magic. Which was totally stupid, Book thought, and said, multiple times. Still, his dad wasn't super on-board with it, so Merc's visits only became slightly more frequent. xxx»» That all changed as he got closer to his eleventh birthday. It took a while for him to learn why, but eventually he and his dad got his mum to tell them about Hogwarts, the school Merc had attended. It was, apparently, one of the best magic schools you could go to. His dad wasn't sure at first that he wanted Book going to a magic school at all, but his mum's family eventually convinced him that it was necessary. Book was thrilled, since it meant he'd get to learn how to do cool magic like his aunt.
