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Name: Katherine Marie Knightswood
Age: 11
Sex: Female
Nationality:born in London, England
Speech:English, and basic French
Blood:Pureblood
Father:James Henry Knightswood
Mother:Marie Bernadette LeNoir
Siblings:None
Other Family:Bernadette Louise LeNoir, maternal grandmother, plus a small horde of several dozen cousins
Family Interactions:
Katherine’s family, while old and pureblood on both sides, is rather oddly relaxed. Her father, James, is a diplomat and minor Ministry official for the English Wizarding world, while her mother, Marie, was a French Healer and Potionsmaker of minor renown. Given her father’s flexible mind and her mother’s healing temperament, the family has a home life that is demanding but at the same time welcoming. Her family has the old-fashioned sense of aristocracy – it is the job of the nobles to protect and take care of the people they are responsible for. Katherine’s family does charity work on a regular basis, and donates quite a tidy sum to St. Mungo’s each year.
Katherine’s family is surprisingly close. Her Nana Bernadette lives on the estate with them, and Katherine and her grandmother are very close. James and Marie are loving parents, but they do expect a lot of Katherine, including good grades, proper behavior, and eventually, a good career and a family. Sometimes these unspoken demands get in the way of Katherine’s relationship with her parents, as she is coming to realize that a career as a Healer or politician may not be what she wants. Her father also considers her as his Heir – a break from Wizarding tradition which has shocked several of the Pureblood families of the area.
Katherine’s cousins number in the dozens, as her father and mother come from good-sized families. The cousins are a noisy and riotous bunch, and Katherine loves hanging out with them over the long summers. The Knightswood Manor is certainly big enough for all of them, and Katherine and her female cousins are close. Jessica, Amanda, and Helena are the same age as Katherine, and she also has female cousins who are older and younger. It was her cousin Kevin from the States who gave her the nickname “Firecracker” after watching her explosively dress down a young man who insulted Amanda at a party.
A typical day for Katherine and her family at Knightswood Manor would include a family breakfast before James and Marie went off to work (to the Ministry and St. Mungo’s respectively). Katherine would then take lessons in protocol, languages, history, herbalism, riding and such from her Nana and her other tutors during the day, interrupted only by her parents coming home and joining them for the mid-day meal. On her parents’ return to work, Katherine would study some more, then take tea with her family at about four, followed by supper at six. The evening would be spent by the fire either entertaining guests or doing various crafts.
Height: 5’1”
Weight:125 pounds
Hair:long, straight and very black
Eyes: sapphire blue
Skin Colour:creamy pale with freckles (which she hates)
Clothing style: stylish and elegant, courtesy of her Maman
Accessories: simple jewelry in silver and stones OR hand knit scarves and shawls in wool and other luxurious yarns
Other:
Katherine tends to wear sweaters and scarves and shawls that she knits herself. Most of these items are very colorful and in good taste. She’s got an eye for good yarns that go together.
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Katherine is a well put-together eleven year old, mainly due to growing up in a diplomat’s home. After all, a good appearance makes a good first impression! She is a well-grown young lady, having just passed her first growth spurt, and has rounded out a bit to fill in her height. She is muscular with some curves, but not at all fat, due to her love of riding. Her raven-black hair is rather long at hip length, but she keeps it braided or up in a bun or chignon, the only way to manage such a poker-straight annoyance. Her rounded eyes are the blue of an autumn sky after a rainstorm has washed it clean. Her one feature that drives her crazy is that her nose is slightly crooked, the result of a broken nose from a riding accident. It just didn’t heal up right somehow; probably a bad batch of Skele-gro. And even worse, the freckles make it stand out!
Katherine’s style of clothing is usually very clean and classic, an inheritance from her French mother. She makes good use of stylish accessories, adding a small bit of elegant jewelry or a handmade scarf or shawl from her own knitting over simple jumpers and trousers. On a bright day, she might have a scarf over her done-up hair and a pair of very chic but Muggle sunglasses on. For formal occasions, she keeps to simply cut dresses, combined with her favorite jewelry (an heirloom amber set she received from her family on her Hogwarts acceptance) and upswept hair. Her uniform is always impeccably kept, with nary a wrinkle or speck of lint on it. Katherine is almost obsessed with being well-groomed, and gets up early to make sure she looks “together” of a morning. Her makeup is reserved for special occasions, and is minimalist. However, she can be too formal, overdressing for simpler occasions.
Personality:
Katherine is a bit of a firecracker, as her cousins put it. Injustice makes her blood boil, and politics is something she seems to have little patience for. While she is well-trained in protocol and unfailingly polite, that won’t stop her from giving someone a tongue-lashing if they deserve it. She’s earned a reputation among her childhood friends as a well-spoken girl, who cares very deeply about people who have come across unfortunate circumstances. It’s good to be Katherine’s friend, but for the love of Merlin and Morgan, don’t cross her or those she loves!
Katherine is a bit reserved when first meeting people, but once she figures out whose side everyone is on, she warms up to people. It may take a few weeks, but she eventually makes friends. She tends to hook up with people who share interests, and then gets happily involved in learning things these new friends know that she doesn’t. Her curiosity is near insatiable, which is why she was nicknamed “Cat” long ago by her childhood friend Jessica. Her book collection is alarmingly large, eclipsed only by her embroidery and knitting stashes. Katherine is quite capable of frittering away an entire afternoon reading a genealogy book or bending over a tricky bit of stitching.
Katherine’s also a very calm and giving personality, which has been encouraged by her family. When her Grandmother had a sudden illness last year, it was Katherine who called the healers and her parents, while staying by her Nana’s side to comfort her. She then helped her mother nurse her favorite tutor back to health, trading stories and knitting tips at her Nana’s bedside. After her eleventh birthday, Katherine began volunteering at St. Mungo’s as a helper on her Maman’s floor, and even started organizing her friends to knit little blankets for the sick children there. Katherine spends part of her pocket money to buy little diversions for the sick children on the wards as well, often leading them in crafts projects to while away the hours in bed.
History:
Born on July 4th, Katherine is the only child of two very loving parents, James and Marie Knightswood. Her childhood was full of simple luxuries, ranging from fine food to etiquette lessons to riding classes. However, it was also full of things to be endured – parties and balls and other Pureblood insanity. Fortunately, her family was a little more forward in thinking, and Katherine escaped the yoke of an arranged marriage, her father preferring to let his daughter find her own spouse.
Katherine was drilled in etiquette, history, literature, languages and grammar from an early age. She is fluent in her native English, can read and write Latin, and knows basic French, courtesy of her Maman’s family. She has had some education in logic and speech, thanks to her Papa, and also a bit of philosophy, as this is a side interest of her father’s. Katherine has a yen for knowledge that has surprised and delighted her family, so once she had the basics of reading, writing and math down, she was encouraged to explore more. She delved into some basic herbalism texts of her Maman’s, learned to knit and embroider from her Nana, and learned more about diplomacy from her Papa. And her father taught her to ride like a veritable demon, taking her on various rides across the Knightswood estates. She also found that she enjoyed singing along with the Wizarding wireless, whether to classical music or more contemporary tunes.
The summer before Hogwarts, Katherine’s Nana Bernadette fell ill suddenly with heart troubles. This was an event that altered Katherine’s view of her future. She was the only one home at the time of the emergency. She had to care for her stricken Nana, get in contact her parents and get medical help – all of which she managed. She liked the feel of helping people, and the Auror and Healer who responded to her emergency call on the Floo both told her she’d done the right things. Once the emergency was over, she slipped away, to read more about Aurors and Healers, and the seed for her possible career was planted.
Katherine was accepted at Hogwarts, happily receiving her letter not long after her eleventh birthday. Her family packed her up in style for her first year, escorted her to the train in proper fashion, and sent her off to find out what she had the talent to learn. Given that she’d already gone through half the books for the year before summer was half over, the family was betting on her father’s House, Ravenclaw. Katherine was determined to make a name for herself at Hogwarts, her father’s alma mater and the training ground for the Knightswood Heirs since the 1400’s.
Hogwarts may be an interesting time for Katherine. She doesn’t have her family to rely on for decisions anymore. While this is probably a good thing, it means that she no longer has her Maman or Papa to help her keep a rein on her temper or her tongue. Katherine has never been good at either of those things, and this may give her trouble in a castle full of adolescents! It may take her time to make friends as well, given that she is a bit shy and uncertain about whom she should risk offering friendship to anyway. Katherine is also likely to push herself hard, since she’s the Heir to the Knightswood family and doesn’t want to let her parents down, especially her father. Given that she’s torn between becoming and Auror or a Healer, she’s going to be working hardest on the five classes needed to qualify for both.
Luckily for Katherine, she will have some hobbies and strengths to rely on for stress relief. She knows the Wizarding social world well, and can survive any party from a sit-down dinner to a ball without disgracing the Family. During the summer, she has her cousins and her horses to relax and unwind her, as well as the good advice of her Nana and Maman. And during school terms, she has her knitting and her books and her sewing to give her a moment of peace. And Katherine also has a chance to recruit more knitters for her charity project at St. Mungo’s . . . if only she manages to make some friends first.
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Name: Katherine Marie Knightswood
Age: 11
Sex: Female
Nationality:born in London, England
Speech:English, and basic French
Blood:Pureblood
Father:James Henry Knightswood
Mother:Marie Bernadette LeNoir
Siblings:None
Other Family:Bernadette Louise LeNoir, maternal grandmother, plus a small horde of several dozen cousins
Family Interactions:
Katherine’s family, while old and pureblood on both sides, is rather oddly relaxed. Her father, James, is a diplomat and minor Ministry official for the English Wizarding world, while her mother, Marie, was a French Healer and Potionsmaker of minor renown. Given her father’s flexible mind and her mother’s healing temperament, the family has a home life that is demanding but at the same time welcoming. Her family has the old-fashioned sense of aristocracy – it is the job of the nobles to protect and take care of the people they are responsible for. Katherine’s family does charity work on a regular basis, and donates quite a tidy sum to St. Mungo’s each year.
Katherine’s family is surprisingly close. Her Nana Bernadette lives on the estate with them, and Katherine and her grandmother are very close. James and Marie are loving parents, but they do expect a lot of Katherine, including good grades, proper behavior, and eventually, a good career and a family. Sometimes these unspoken demands get in the way of Katherine’s relationship with her parents, as she is coming to realize that a career as a Healer or politician may not be what she wants. Her father also considers her as his Heir – a break from Wizarding tradition which has shocked several of the Pureblood families of the area.
Katherine’s cousins number in the dozens, as her father and mother come from good-sized families. The cousins are a noisy and riotous bunch, and Katherine loves hanging out with them over the long summers. The Knightswood Manor is certainly big enough for all of them, and Katherine and her female cousins are close. Jessica, Amanda, and Helena are the same age as Katherine, and she also has female cousins who are older and younger. It was her cousin Kevin from the States who gave her the nickname “Firecracker” after watching her explosively dress down a young man who insulted Amanda at a party.
A typical day for Katherine and her family at Knightswood Manor would include a family breakfast before James and Marie went off to work (to the Ministry and St. Mungo’s respectively). Katherine would then take lessons in protocol, languages, history, herbalism, riding and such from her Nana and her other tutors during the day, interrupted only by her parents coming home and joining them for the mid-day meal. On her parents’ return to work, Katherine would study some more, then take tea with her family at about four, followed by supper at six. The evening would be spent by the fire either entertaining guests or doing various crafts.
Height: 5’1”
Weight:125 pounds
Hair:long, straight and very black
Eyes: sapphire blue
Skin Colour:creamy pale with freckles (which she hates)
Clothing style: stylish and elegant, courtesy of her Maman
Accessories: simple jewelry in silver and stones OR hand knit scarves and shawls in wool and other luxurious yarns
Other:
Katherine tends to wear sweaters and scarves and shawls that she knits herself. Most of these items are very colorful and in good taste. She’s got an eye for good yarns that go together.
Paragraph Format:
Katherine is a well put-together eleven year old, mainly due to growing up in a diplomat’s home. After all, a good appearance makes a good first impression! She is a well-grown young lady, having just passed her first growth spurt, and has rounded out a bit to fill in her height. She is muscular with some curves, but not at all fat, due to her love of riding. Her raven-black hair is rather long at hip length, but she keeps it braided or up in a bun or chignon, the only way to manage such a poker-straight annoyance. Her rounded eyes are the blue of an autumn sky after a rainstorm has washed it clean. Her one feature that drives her crazy is that her nose is slightly crooked, the result of a broken nose from a riding accident. It just didn’t heal up right somehow; probably a bad batch of Skele-gro. And even worse, the freckles make it stand out!
Katherine’s style of clothing is usually very clean and classic, an inheritance from her French mother. She makes good use of stylish accessories, adding a small bit of elegant jewelry or a handmade scarf or shawl from her own knitting over simple jumpers and trousers. On a bright day, she might have a scarf over her done-up hair and a pair of very chic but Muggle sunglasses on. For formal occasions, she keeps to simply cut dresses, combined with her favorite jewelry (an heirloom amber set she received from her family on her Hogwarts acceptance) and upswept hair. Her uniform is always impeccably kept, with nary a wrinkle or speck of lint on it. Katherine is almost obsessed with being well-groomed, and gets up early to make sure she looks “together” of a morning. Her makeup is reserved for special occasions, and is minimalist. However, she can be too formal, overdressing for simpler occasions.
Personality:
Katherine is a bit of a firecracker, as her cousins put it. Injustice makes her blood boil, and politics is something she seems to have little patience for. While she is well-trained in protocol and unfailingly polite, that won’t stop her from giving someone a tongue-lashing if they deserve it. She’s earned a reputation among her childhood friends as a well-spoken girl, who cares very deeply about people who have come across unfortunate circumstances. It’s good to be Katherine’s friend, but for the love of Merlin and Morgan, don’t cross her or those she loves!
Katherine is a bit reserved when first meeting people, but once she figures out whose side everyone is on, she warms up to people. It may take a few weeks, but she eventually makes friends. She tends to hook up with people who share interests, and then gets happily involved in learning things these new friends know that she doesn’t. Her curiosity is near insatiable, which is why she was nicknamed “Cat” long ago by her childhood friend Jessica. Her book collection is alarmingly large, eclipsed only by her embroidery and knitting stashes. Katherine is quite capable of frittering away an entire afternoon reading a genealogy book or bending over a tricky bit of stitching.
Katherine’s also a very calm and giving personality, which has been encouraged by her family. When her Grandmother had a sudden illness last year, it was Katherine who called the healers and her parents, while staying by her Nana’s side to comfort her. She then helped her mother nurse her favorite tutor back to health, trading stories and knitting tips at her Nana’s bedside. After her eleventh birthday, Katherine began volunteering at St. Mungo’s as a helper on her Maman’s floor, and even started organizing her friends to knit little blankets for the sick children there. Katherine spends part of her pocket money to buy little diversions for the sick children on the wards as well, often leading them in crafts projects to while away the hours in bed.
History:
Born on July 4th, Katherine is the only child of two very loving parents, James and Marie Knightswood. Her childhood was full of simple luxuries, ranging from fine food to etiquette lessons to riding classes. However, it was also full of things to be endured – parties and balls and other Pureblood insanity. Fortunately, her family was a little more forward in thinking, and Katherine escaped the yoke of an arranged marriage, her father preferring to let his daughter find her own spouse.
Katherine was drilled in etiquette, history, literature, languages and grammar from an early age. She is fluent in her native English, can read and write Latin, and knows basic French, courtesy of her Maman’s family. She has had some education in logic and speech, thanks to her Papa, and also a bit of philosophy, as this is a side interest of her father’s. Katherine has a yen for knowledge that has surprised and delighted her family, so once she had the basics of reading, writing and math down, she was encouraged to explore more. She delved into some basic herbalism texts of her Maman’s, learned to knit and embroider from her Nana, and learned more about diplomacy from her Papa. And her father taught her to ride like a veritable demon, taking her on various rides across the Knightswood estates. She also found that she enjoyed singing along with the Wizarding wireless, whether to classical music or more contemporary tunes.
The summer before Hogwarts, Katherine’s Nana Bernadette fell ill suddenly with heart troubles. This was an event that altered Katherine’s view of her future. She was the only one home at the time of the emergency. She had to care for her stricken Nana, get in contact her parents and get medical help – all of which she managed. She liked the feel of helping people, and the Auror and Healer who responded to her emergency call on the Floo both told her she’d done the right things. Once the emergency was over, she slipped away, to read more about Aurors and Healers, and the seed for her possible career was planted.
Katherine was accepted at Hogwarts, happily receiving her letter not long after her eleventh birthday. Her family packed her up in style for her first year, escorted her to the train in proper fashion, and sent her off to find out what she had the talent to learn. Given that she’d already gone through half the books for the year before summer was half over, the family was betting on her father’s House, Ravenclaw. Katherine was determined to make a name for herself at Hogwarts, her father’s alma mater and the training ground for the Knightswood Heirs since the 1400’s.
Hogwarts may be an interesting time for Katherine. She doesn’t have her family to rely on for decisions anymore. While this is probably a good thing, it means that she no longer has her Maman or Papa to help her keep a rein on her temper or her tongue. Katherine has never been good at either of those things, and this may give her trouble in a castle full of adolescents! It may take her time to make friends as well, given that she is a bit shy and uncertain about whom she should risk offering friendship to anyway. Katherine is also likely to push herself hard, since she’s the Heir to the Knightswood family and doesn’t want to let her parents down, especially her father. Given that she’s torn between becoming and Auror or a Healer, she’s going to be working hardest on the five classes needed to qualify for both.
Luckily for Katherine, she will have some hobbies and strengths to rely on for stress relief. She knows the Wizarding social world well, and can survive any party from a sit-down dinner to a ball without disgracing the Family. During the summer, she has her cousins and her horses to relax and unwind her, as well as the good advice of her Nana and Maman. And during school terms, she has her knitting and her books and her sewing to give her a moment of peace. And Katherine also has a chance to recruit more knitters for her charity project at St. Mungo’s . . . if only she manages to make some friends first.
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