WAND 10 inches, spruce with griffin feather, pliable and smooth.
PATRONUS Fox (Not yet learned)
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ATTENDINGHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
YEAR Fourth
HOUSE Oh, don't worry so much about those who came before you Nor about your classmates, my dear girl Best to forge your own path, find your own way Some independence would do you good, yes, better be Gryffindor!
EXTRACURRICULARS ■ Art Club ■ Music Club
BEST CLASSES ■ Art ■ Music ■ Transfiguration
WORST CLASSES ■ Defense Against the Dark Arts ■ Astronomy ■ History of Magic
DREAM JOB Artist (Although she'll likely end up an Auror)
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RAMBUNCTIOUS Loud and proud, Elizabeth can be described as a bit of a wild child. She loves to sing, loves to dance, loves to cause a ruckus wherever she can. Lizzie is typically in a good mood and more than anything just wants to have a fun time, however her rowdy personality can make her tactless and confrontational. It's not that she means to be, but sometimes she just can't help it. She is quick to shrug these moments off right after though, as she would rather spend her time enjoying herself with others people than fighting it out.
LEADER Although lazy at times, Lizzie is someone who knows how to get things done when she puts her mind to it. Her boisterous nature makes her a people person at heart, and she loves nothing more than to build people up and keep the excitement going. She wants to motivate, and she wants to help others to make a difference in the world... How, exactly, she isn't entirely sure yet.
ETHICAL Being the daughter of an auror, Elizabeth understandably has a strong sense of justice and can be unwavering in her views of the world. She knows the difference between good and evil, but also fully comprehends that nothing is black and white. Sometimes good people do bad things, sometimes bad people do something kind. Sometimes, regardless of morality, someone may have to break the rules in order to do something they believe is truly right. Lizzie supposes if everyone stayed within the walls of rules and regulations, no progress in the world would have ever been made--everything would still be under the control of empires, rather than individual countries. That said, there is a time and place for everything; and even if someone does something awful, she is willing to give them a second chance to prove themselves.
CLOSED OFF Strong emotions have never been Lizzie’s forte, especially since the loss of her father. She’s not at all bothered by confrontation, but when things get real and require her sympathies and empathy, that’s where she begins to fizzle out. She tries to be there for her friends, and sometimes she succeeds, but these sorts of situations are incredibly uncomfortable for her. She’s harder on herself, bottling up anything negative until the brink of bursting, and getting her to open up and express her true feelings can be a difficult challenge. That said, this can also work to her advantage—if she’s ever in a dire situation, she can easily keep her emotions from clouding her judgement in order to assess what needs to be done.
CREATIVE The passions of Elizabeth Spektor lie primarily in the arts. Painting, theatre, music… It’s all precious to her, and it’s through these subjects that she is actually able to express how she feels. Making anything, whether it's a piece of art, or a song, or bringing a smile to someone's face, these are the things she would gladly spend all of her time immersed in. The arts are therapeutic and they keep her mind active; thanks to this, she can apply her imagination to real-life situations and problems, for better or worse.
SARDONIC Part of the way Lizzie copes with her emotions is through humor, more often than not in the form of sarcastic remarks and dry wit. Although she tries to stay positive in the face of others and will claim to be a realist, she has a cynical streak since parting ways with her father that’s hard to break and has a tendency to come through rather bitter in tone at times even in the middle of a perfectly normal conversation. She doesn’t mean it personally, usually, but occasionally things just slip out—especially when some snot-nosed kid next to her is complaining about how their mum is “so unfair and the worst” while she doesn’t have anyone.
LIKES ■ Mystery Novels ■ Singing ■ Painting ■ Cinnamon-flavored Everything ■ Parties ■ Swing & Jazz Music
WEAKNESSES ■ Trouble Expressing Herself ■ Tactless at Times
FEARS ■ Heights
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EARLY CHILDHOOD Lizzie never got to know her mother, Isla, beyond the stories she heard growing up from her father, Liam. They met in Hogwarts, she was a Hufflepuff and he a Slytherin, they fell in love, got married, decided to have a baby and have their happy ending… Except Isla died in childbirth, leaving Liam to pick up the pieces and raise their daughter alone.
Luckily, Liam still had family to lean on, and he moved himself from Hogsmeade to Stirling where his mother and father had offered to help him with his little girl. Evie and Louie were the best grandparents Lizzie could ask for. Since Liam was usually out, working long hours as an auror, she would often sit with her Grandad who told her all sorts of stories about wizards and magic, while Gran was always there to play games and stuff her full of treats. Still, despite the love and support from her family, Lizzie often found herself wanting for her mother, who she only ever got to know through pictures and the opinions of others. When she would get lonely, her father would tell her how much she was loved by both of them, and how they both only ever wanted to see her happy.
Liam was the greatest person in Lizzie’s life. Sure, he wasn’t around as much as she would have liked, but he always made up for it when he was around. They were two peas in pod, the best of friends, and they always had the grandest of times together. He would teach her about the violin and music, and Lizzie would encourage her father to join her and Grandad for arts and crafts. She always loved his pictures, despite the fact they were horrible and the man could hardly even draw a stick man. She never complained when her father had to leave her—she knew he helped people, and that was important, and because of that he was her hero.
Unfortunately, one day Liam just didn’t come home.
The Spektors still don’t know what happened. He was supposed to only be gone for a week or so. Lizzie knew he was part of an investigation in Dublin, but the details were understandably scarce and her family was unable to gain any useful information from the other aurors. He was soon declared to be missing. Evie and Louie had thought something awful might have happened, but Lizzie was confident that nothing bad could ever happen to her father… If Liam didn’t come back, it’s because he didn’t want to anymore. To her, this was a case of abandonment, and once the conclusion was drawn no one was able to sway her. At only eight years old she found herself without her parents.
Things were different for Lizzie after that, much to her grandparents’ concern. She still acted normal, still happy-go-lucky and eager to goof around, but those that were close to her could see that it was a fabrication to keep others off her back. Her violin had gone from light and playful to violently erratic, and while she was excellent at playing still she eventually just stopped all-together and tossed her instrument into the trash, only for Evie to save. She no longer wanted the reminder of her father. She had begun to close herself off to friends and family, and as far as Evie could tell, the girl never truly grieved the loss. Since she would no longer verbally express herself and tossed her previous outlet, Louie encouraged that she pursue the arts more seriously to vent her frustrations. He took her to his garage, his old painting studio where he let her have free reign, and the rest was history. She was okay for a time, but then the day came that her grandfather eventually passed on. Why did everyone she love leave her? All she had left in the world was Evie… Would she leave her soon, too? What happened then?
As expected of any young witch, the day came where Lizzie received her Hogwarts acceptance letter. Although she was sad to leave her Gran, they both knew she needed the time away from home to process, to be her own person and find her own way to cope… It was time to move on. Evie insisted that she would make lifelong friends in Hogwarts, but Lizzie wasn’t much interested in all of that. Why befriend people who are just going to disappear on her? She supposed for Evie’s sake she could fake it… After all, Elizabeth had bigger fish to fry than playing nice with a bunch of other kids. Despite her anger towards her father, she still wanted to uncover the mystery behind him leaving the way he did. Her grandparents would never talk about it, but now that she was on her own, maybe she’d learn one day.
SCHOOL YEARS ■ FIRST YEAR Lizzie's first year went by with nothing special to note in her book. She was surprised to be sorted into Gryffindor and was quick to make friends with Aldrick Knapp and August Li, two boys in her year she had met on the train the very first day. She did well enough in her classes and spent much of her free time hiding out in the art room painting. She did not join any clubs in her first year, although she is considering her options for the next school year. She was also dragged to an "exploration party" between first and second year students by Jonah Lane, a second year she had also met on her first day who she enjoys bickering with. Her favorite part was the snowball fight and getting to nickname Christopher.
■ SECOND YEAR Started with a bang. Lizzie's new kitten, Binx, had managed to escape during the Sorting Feast, resulting in Lizzie's trip crawling underneath the Slytherin Table. During her hunt she'd pranked August by kicking at the person across from him--leading to them thinking August was a rude little lad--and checking out a couple older girls' panties that just... Happened to be within her view. It wasn't their fault: they didn't expect someone to be under the table; it wasn't her fault: she didn't expect to be there either. It was what it was, but Liz was especially offended by a fifth year's emoji underwear. Luckily, she managed to get Binx back in her custody without much more trouble.
She finally found the elusive Art Club, and somehow managed to get kidnapped to the Music Club by Sonora Li with clever planning from August. Elizabeth vowed revenge, but never found the right opportunity for the rest of the year.
■ THIRD YEAR The last thing Elizabeth expected out of her third year was to end up playing mother hen to a batch of first year girls, yet she found herself actually enjoying the role. She continued on in her usual clubs, working diligently on her art and picking up her violin for the first time in years in Music Club. She eventually decided to spring for something new and took it upon herself to begin learning the saxophone in hopes of becoming Hogwarts’ Queen of Jazz. Briefly, observing all of the couples appearing at school, she considered getting her first kiss out of the way so she wouldn’t have to worry about it later. She considered most of her friends for the role of target and in the end settled on Rickie, but of course, nothing came of it. When it came to written assignments in class she didn’t put in as much effort as she could have, but fortunately she had Auggie and Rickie to make sure she kept her head above water.
■ FOURTH YEAR (what happened your character's fourth year of school; this section will be added in after their fourth year is completed) ■ FIFTH YEAR (what happened your character's fifth year of school; this section will be added in after their fifth year is completed) ■ SIXTH YEAR (what happened your character's sixth year of school; this section will be added in after their sixth year is completed) ■ SEVENTH YEAR (what happened your character's seventh year of school; this section will be added in after their seventh year is completed)
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SEXUAL ORIENTATION Bisexual
RELATIONSHIP STATUS Single SIGNIFICANT OTHER ---
FAMILY ■ PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS Louis Spektor (Deceased) and Evie Spektor ■ PARENTS Isla Spektor (Deceased) and Liam Spektor, whereabouts unknown
FRIENDS ■ BEST FRIEND August "Auggie" Li ■ Aldrick "Rickie" Knapp, Christopher "Topher" Avery, Jonah "Jojo" Lane, Roderick Ross, Rhea Lane, Aidene Kieran, Brook Knapp, Aubrie Hepburn
ENEMIES ---
ACQUAINTANCES Sonora Li, Vespera Salazar, Vinny Cloutier, Art Club, Music Club
