Post by Cecilia Lark on Jan 11, 2007 16:27:41 GMT -5
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Name:Cecilia Maria Lark
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Birthday/Sign: August 30th, 1970
Blood Type/Purity: Halfblood (Maternal Grandmother is a muggle)
Appearance:
- Haircolor and style: Normally it is a dark brown, but she is rarely seen that way. Style varies day to day.
- Eyecolor: Normally it is hazel. Again, she changes it to go with what she is wearing.
- Height and Build: Short 5'5", slender in an athletic way
- Clothing Options: She is generally in tailored suits while working, unless she is undercover, then she is in whatever the 'Identity' she is in requires. Her clothes are generally masculine in cut, but with feminine touches like Lace. She always has High heels on.
- Other Characteristics: She is a metamorph, something that has become vital to her job. She really only uses it to go undercover by changing her appearance, but will sometimes use it to change her hair and eyes to go with whatever outfit she is wearing. Since she likes her face, she doesn't change her facial features much.
Personality:
On her good days, Cecilia is the perfect business woman. A practical and diligent worker, she does her work in meticulous fashion and always pays attention to every detail. Because of this, she is always looking her best and her home is spotless. Being very analytical and intelligent, she doesn't take to lies and duality well. She prefers the truth and will do about anything to get it. And though she pays a lot of attention to her clothing and figure, she is modest and doesn't pay flattery much heed. She isn't necessarily cold, but her constant smiles make many feel that she is superficial or hiding things from them. As a mother, Cecilia is fairly agreeable with her daughter and loves her very much, although her love is often seen as criticism and worry.
On the down side, Cecilia can seem somewhat boring to more dynamic people. She doesn't see the point of jokes and rarely finds things "funny". Her collectedness is generally seen as a lack of emotion and people think she is being rude or arrogant when she doesn't respond to their flattery or jokes. She also tends to be a huge perfectionist and overly critical when it comes to others, which causes many issues with her daughter, who is more of a free loving spirit then her mother. Cecilia has quite a few enemies at her job, jealous she made it to editor before them, inciting many jokes that she isn't married because she is frigid. In truth, she seems emotionless because she is afraid of showing weakness and letting herself fall into another bout of depression, which would end up with another episode like when she got pregnant. Because of that, she hides her emotions the best she can and will take revenge on people in less direct ways then up front aggression. She is very passive-aggressive. She also is a health nut, and hasn't had an alcoholic drink since she found out she was pregnant.
Despite being born and raised by staunch purists, Cecilia is in no way a DE supporter. She believes in Truth above all, and sees little to no truth in their doctrine. However, she doesn't believe in the isolation of the Magical and Muggle worlds, since combining them would be disasterous.
History:
In December 1969, a young couple from two very different worlds ran off to America together to start a new life, not knowing that in the girls womb was one already growing. Amelie Beauvais, a French halfblood born to a pureblood father and muggle mistress, was scarcely out of Beauxbaton when she met and fell in love with a young Russian, Yuri Pastukhova, a pureblood from Durmstrang. They had a whirlwind and forbidden romance. Although Yuri was a pureblood, he was poor, and Amelie's father was adamant that as his eldest daughter she would marry rich. Yuri's parents were purists to the core and when they discovered that Amelie was a halfblood, they forbade their son to see her. The couple could not be deterred. After they were caught in a tryst and Yuri was threatened with jail time, the two ran away to America. Once there, they married and changed their last name to Lark, Amelie's favorite bird.
A scant 8 months after arriving in America, they gave birth to a surprise child, Cecilia Marie in August 30th 1970. Life was good for young Cecilia. Her parents, though not exactly well off at the time, made sure she was taken care of. Her mother doted upon her as a little lady while her father took her out hunting as his little tomboy. Life seemed perfect until her 10th birthday. Then life seemed to change.
When she turned 10, her mother gave birth to their second child, Clarice Bella. She immediately became the center of the families attentions. Cecilia was a practical girl who knew that life would change when her baby sister came into her life, but didn't realize how much. To make matters worse, she was experiencing both physical and magical puberty, her emotions and powers flaring up at the worst possible times. When her parents sent her off to a nearby city when she was 11 to attend the Coven school there, she felt resentful and hurt. The normally curious and mature girl became jaded and bitter. Around this time, her father became the president of a racing broom company and their family became quite rich, and with those riches came more changes that would force their family apart and push Cecilia deeper into a depression.
When she attended SWIM as a Ptolemy student in 1984, she discovered her metamorph power and began to come out of her depression. Unfortunately, when she did, she became a bit of a party girl, sneaking out of school to drown herself in firewhiskey. When she was 16, she snuck out of SWIM and went to a party in Salem's Peak at the newest club, Wicked Thrill, that ended with her getting stone drunk and unfortunately, pregnant. She didn't even know the father, her only clue to his identity being that he was blond, since her daughter Chloe was born a year later with a head full of blond curls. She hadn't intended on keeping the child, but her parents insisted she not sully their name any more by getting an abortion, and pulled her from SWIM after her junior year. After Chloe's birth, Cecilia intended on leaving her with her parents and moving out of the states, but changed her mind after she connected with the tiny child. Instead, she finished up her schooling with tutors and got a job as an investigative reporter at the local newspaper, the Salem Screamer. Though her grades had been low in school, she was a fantastic reporter who had an eye for detail and a love of facts. Combine that with the fact that she always printed the truth (No matter who it hurt or angered) and her ability to change her appearance to get into any place she wished, Cecilia was both hated and respected and rose quickly in the ranks.
A scant 6 years after she started working there the attacks on the school happened. Jumping on the report, Cecilia wrote up a truthful, and quite harsh, story about the attacks that won a journalism award a year later. Although it gained her some enemies in the school system, her boss was so impressed she was made the Editor of the newspaper, second only to the editor-in-chief. After this, she decided to move out of her parents house, taking Chloe and moving into a nice apartment in Old Salem's Peak. Now 10, Chloe is already ready to start Coven school. Her parents live in the richest part of town, where her father owns a high class broom and carpet company and her mother lives her life out as a celebrity hostess. Clarice is currently a Senior in SWIM and the two have since started up a relationship that they had not had before.
Likes: Cleanliness, everything in its place, quiet, organization, being healthy. She exercises a lot as a hobby.
Dislikes: Dirt and disorder, loud and rude people, ignorance, children, uncertainty.
Special Abilities: Other then being a metamorph, she can speak French and Russian fluently (As her father was from Russia and her mother from France). She is also very preceptive and analytical.
Wand: Silver maple and Kelpie Hair, 7 and 2/3rd inches
Broom: Firebolt 2.0 (A gift from her father, it is a prototype coming out later in the year)
Pet: A black and red beta fish named Toshi
Position:Editor of the Salem Screamer
Years in profession: 7
Experience:1 year as the Editor, 6 years as a Field reporter.