lilwitchhazel | ❦ A Hazelnut ❦

"Trouble is a friend, yeah, trouble is a friend of mine."

GENERAL

NAME: Hazel Temperance Keating
NICKNAMES: Witch Hazel, Hazelnut
AGE/DOB: 16 ; Dec. 11
BLOOD STATUS: Half-blood
GENDER/PRONOUNS: Female ; she/her
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual
HOMETOWN: Anson, Texas

CONCEPT: Sports obsessed wild child with a kind heart (and loud voice).

PHYSICAL

APPEARANCE: Hazel loves being outdoors, and because of that when out of uniform she’s generally in whatever helps her move – pants for hiking and climbing, boots, loose flannel tops. This isn’t to say, however, that she shuns feminine fashion; thanks to her mother’s rather fashionable taste, the sophomore also owns an array of rather put together, cute outfits that she’ll don when not expecting to be running around in the woods. She also owns a pair of "lucky" cowboy boots she's named Bessie.

To her any sort of uniform feels restrictive no matter how much it actually is physically confining. Because of this her uniform is often slightly disheveled, and she spends much of her time fussing with her ascot. She rarely wears her vest, but alternates freely between the skirt and pants.

HEIGHT: 5'3"

PB: Dove Cameron

PERSONALITY

LIKES: Sports (any and all). Climbing trees. Eating. Cheerleading. Getting into trouble. The woods. Anything involving dirt. Coppertale. Adventure! Danger!

DISLIKES: Having to sit still for an extended period of time. Any of her teams losing. "Use your inside voice." The cold. Restrictive clothing. Crying, especially in front of people. Shakespeare.

PERSONALITY:

Hazel would be described by her mother as rambunctious and by her father as spirited. She’s loud, excitable, and almost always full of energy. Rarely does she find herself feeling shy or embarrassed, even if most others would be. While she doesn’t love the limelight, she certainly doesn’t mind it either, and her aggressive support of sports teams (especially Coppertale’s Quidditch team – she is that crazy fan screaming her brains out) and her generally loud nature often land her in the way of attention. She’s also quite mischievous, with only a tentative relationship with the rules, at least when she thinks that they are pointless.

Being fifteen, Hazel only casually flirts with thinking about the future generally. Though her senior project has been a part of her plan since she began school at Gooseberry, otherwise the sophomore is simply focused on having fun. She just needs to do well enough in school to pass (she does), and otherwise she can spend her time hanging out with friends, climbing trees, and probably being a little too adventurous when it comes to the forest. Though not unmotivated, her focus clearly does not lie currently with anything beyond being a teenager and enjoying her life. Her optimistic nature allows her to do this with little concern at all.

Hazel has a good heart and tries her best to do right by others. She’s inclusive to a fault, and is generally not deterred by anyone based on their quirks or even their attitude. She’s immediately friendly with strangers; unless, of course, they are rooting for an opposing team. While she can become almost amusingly vicious in her sports support, she’s always all smiles and hugs afterwards, even with rivals. She's sassy to everyone, even her closest friends.

Because of her disregard for rules she can often bump heads with figures of authority, but she has no strong opinion towards them at all. Sometimes she can clash with others because she bluntly speaks her mind, but it’s clear she doesn’t mean anything bad by it – she simply wants to remain truthful to those around her, especially her friends. Her one failing in this regard is when it comes to verbalizing her more sensitive feelings, especially love – woefully ignorant of how to approach such things, she will generally behave like a little boy on a school yard, picking on boys she’s interested in and trying to show them up.

She approaches problems head on and tries her best to remain, at the very least, defiant in the face of adversity. Hazel hates to cry so she tries to treat every problem like a challenge, not something to be upset over.

HISTORY

FAMILY MEMBERS:

Daisy Keating
Mother | Nurse at St. Barnabas’s Hospital for Magical Ailments
A kind, soft-spoken woman who seems quite different from her daughter but is, in fact, quite similar. She’s very straight-forward and no-nonsense and is quick to point out what she deems as harmful words or behavior, but in a very gently reprimanding way. She's got a lot of sass bottled up inside that she generally tries to temper with kindness. She attended Ilvermorny, spending a year abroad in England where she met Hazel’s father, Felix. She herself is a Muggle-born witch.

Felix Keating
Father | Quodpot/Quidditch instructor/consultant
Felix is boisterous, like his daughter, and aggressively into all sports, both magical and Muggle. Originally a minor-league Quidditch coach in England, their move to the United States lead him to create his own Quidditch/Quodpot camp for aspiring pro players. This camp runs four times yearly, and Felix remains an occasional consultant to local schools. He's somewhat of a bad influence on Hazel in that he rarely reprimands her for misbehaving and often encourages her to explore areas she maybe shouldn't.

Lief Ellis
Uncle | Wand maker's assistant
The twin brother of Hazel’s mother, Lief has played a large role in his niece’s life, even when she was abroad in England. The two share a close bond and he often gives her calming advice that she wouldn’t listen to if it came from her mother. When he became a werewolf when Hazel was four years old, the family moved to Texas to be close to him and help him manage his situation. The wood Hazel's wand is made of was actually harvested by Lief himself and made by his employer.

HISTORY:

Born in Stratford upon Avon, England, Hazel’s upbringing was rather uneventful initially. She saw much of her father’s parents and occasionally her mother’s, along with Lief, a Muggle aunt, and her three aunts on her father’s side; her family was close knit and heavily involved in her life, and though she was raised by two magical parents she spent much of her time around Muggles, leaving her with what Daisy feels is a healthy dose of reality. Though the family had initially planned to stay in England indefinitely, Lief’s contraction of lycanthropy lead Daisy to uproot her family so she could be closer to her twin brother. Luckily, Hazel’s father was completely amenable to this, and they moved back to Daisy’s hometown of Anson, Texas when Hazel was four years old.

Despite her uncle’s lycanthropy, neither one of her parents were concerned for her well being when in his presence, so young Hazel spent a large deal of time with Lief. When Daisy and Felix were busy with work, Lief would bring Hazel into the wand maker shop he worked in to babysit her. On his breaks they’d spend much of their time outside, exploring the nearby park and playing all sorts of games. When Hazel was old enough to begin school at Paint Creek, a local magical K-12 school, both her and Lief were saddened by the fact that they’d get to spend less time together.

However, in school Hazel flourished, at least socially. Though she occasionally got into tiffs with other students because of her rowdy ways, she was generally well liked by her peers, and her energy drew many to her. Her teachers were a little less pleased by her inability to sit still and her occasional dismissal of subject material she didn’t care about, but ultimately she was an average enough student and not too much of a trouble maker. Her parents, though occasionally exasperated by Hazel’s habit of getting a plethora of scrapes and bruises from her mischievousness, were glad their daughter seemed to be enjoying herself and performing acceptably in her classes.

It wasn’t until Hazel was around 12 that she seemed to find a focus – she began to take a little more interest in her mother’s work, given that her own magical talents were finally beginning to blossom. At home she helped Daisy mix poultices and eagerly learned healing spells from her, both of which she used to help avoid some of her mother’s ire when she came home roughed up from a day of exploring She quickly became quite skilled as a healing witch, and often helped classmates out when they were hesitant to go to a teacher or school nurse for fear of getting scolded. Her talents lead her mother and uncle to both suggest looking into Gooseberry as a chance to get a higher quality education. While Hazel was hesitant to leave home she was eager to improve her abilities. Once accepted, it was with a mix of excitement and fear of leaving home that followed Hazel to Gooseberry.

Once at school she found her groove without much trouble. While once again performing on a mediocre level in most of her classes, her intense focus in potions and herbology gained her at least some positive attention from professors. Her aggressive support of her Quidditch team, learned from her father’s colorful commentary on both American football and Quidditch and Quodpot, gained her attention from her fellow students. She immediately took to the woods, despite warnings, and found herself at home in her new school. This year her adamant support of the Coppertale Qudditch team landed her on the cheer squad, much to her excitement.

SCHOOL

YEAR: Sophomore
HOUSE: Coppertale
SORTING: Hazel is virtually the definition of a Coppertale - confident, competitive, and loud, she had no doubts about her house when entering the cave, and neither did the emblems.
WAND: Flameleaf sumac, phoenix feather core, 9", swishy. This wood is particularly unruly and some are actually allergic to it.
FAMILIAR:
Joe Montana is not the most inspiring of rats, but he's cute as heck and the definition of a lover. He's constantly sleepy, sweet, and is something of a pacifying tool for Hazel. Cuddle buddy of any and all, he only responds to his full name unless food is offered. Best. Rat. Ever.

CLASSES: Outdoor education. Potions. Herbology. Charms. Magizoology. Defense Against the Dark Arts. Artificing.
SENIOR PROJECT: Work on improving the Wolfsbane Potion for werewolves; ideally, Hazel will focus on creating an easier method of brewing the potion by creating 'starter packs' to reduce time and complexity of production.
ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: Average in general, but with real skill in healing magics, herbology, and potions.
EXTRACURRICULARS: Cheer Squad. Outdoor Exploration.

OOC

NAME: Rin
EMAIL: crimsonmoon @ gmail
CDJ:
OTHER PREFERRED CONTACT: None
TIME ZONE: Central

	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY	SATURDAY
8:00	B R E A K F A S T
8:30
9:00	Charms		Herbology		Potions
9:30
10:00					Defense Against the Dark Arts
10:30						Coppertale Team Practice
11:00		Magizoology		Artificing
11:30
12:00	L U N C H
12:30
13:00	Potions			Defense Against the Dark Arts
13:30
14:00	Artificing	Outdoor Education	Charms
14:30
15:00			Magizoology	Herbology
15:30
16:00						Outdoor Exploration
16:30
17:00
17:30
18:00	D I N N E R
18:30
19:00
19:30
20:00