(NOTE: THIS IS MY FIFTH TIME TRYING TO POST THIS, PLEASE DEAR GOD LET THIS WORK THIS TIME! At least I had all this stuff copied into a note app to post easier just in case this happened)
Real quick, @taurrigan - THANK YOU for being so patient! Hopefully this one works!
So for reference, my HPHM oc is named Lucy Stone (thatās her in my icon, but I use my actual name in the game bc itās just easier for me). Iām also going to use my main D&D character, a lesbian half-elf Rogue 8/Bard 1 named Naeris.
š„ Has your OC ever been hurt by someone they love? Ever been betrayed? Abused? Attacked? Give me the angst! (if youād like, write a short drabble about it!)
LUCY ā After everything that happens trying to find her brother (Nathan, not Jacob bc Iām so original and decided this literally just now), Lucy feels extremely let down and betrayed by her only brother. She didnāt ever actually think sheād find him in the vaults, really only searching to gain some sort of closure for herself and their muggle parents. Finding him, however, and seeing how consumed he was by this pursuit really just broke her heart. It was like she truly did lose her brother after all.Ā
NAERIS ā Naeris grew up with her human mother, with very little money to support them both, so sheās always felt abandoned by her elven father and his family. After her mother passed away and she was forced to move to the Feywild with him, she was still very resentful of his lack of presence in her childhood. On top of that, when she finally left to return to the material plane, only to find the busted remains of the village she once called home after apparently 60+ years had passed, she had never felt more alone than in that moment. Even now, she still canāt find where her mother was once buried, even the headstone turned to dust.
ā A random fact or short drabble! Or make up your own question to ask the OC!
LUCY ā (a drabble, for you. Also, please check out the ficlet @hogwartsmysterystory wrote for me a while back ā it really helped me get inspired to write this!)
As ārivetingā as the history of magic should have been, Lucy found that Binnsā monotone droning took much of the āmagicā, as it were, out of what should have been her favorite subject in this school. Really, a whole history of magical learning and events, and all they did was read out of a textbook while their transparent professor bored them near to death as he clearly once did to himself many years before.
So it wasnāt any wonder, really, that she often spent this hour gazing dreamily out the window, thoughts drifting from one daydream to the next. Today was one of those days, brown eyes staring vacantly through large-framed glasses and out to the thick raindrops splattering the window outside. And it wouldnāt have surprised her friends to know what she often saw in these sleepless dreams of hers.
Gone were the days of endless worrying of Nathan and his disappearance from her life. He still came up, of course, but now more seemed more the image of a long-dead relative or yet-unsolved mystery than as pressing a concern as he was in her first year at Hogwarts. No, these days, a different face occupied her deepest thoughts and desires, once with the kindest eyes and a smile, one reserved just for her.
She wondered if he was taking her advice to heart, now; his concerns and her suggestions at his learning difficulties may not have saved him from their last test, but they, combined with constant care and practice, may just be his saving grace come finals. And if they managed to inform their professors, and get all their friends to help out, maybe Barnaby could show everyone who had ever doubted him just what he was capable of.
Lucy had always known he was smarter than people gave him credit for. Since she first met him, confused and vaguely threatening in the potions classroom years ago, she knew there was more to the Slytherin than met the eye. And as she watched the skies clear and the sun begin to peak out, she knew that she would do whatever it took to help everyone else know it, too.
NAERIS ā (a question, provided by my sister for you) ā Whatās the dumbest thing your OC has ever done?
The dumbest thing Naeris ever did was, in our old campaign after multi-classing as a bard, she began using prestidigitation to prank her party members, specifically the halfling ranger (Phae) and half-orc barbarian (Oz).
Specifically, this one incident had Naeris hiding under Ozās bed in an inn, and making loud sounds outside the door with the cantrip. This caused Oz to storm out into the Hall to figure out wtf happened, and with one failed stealth save, he found her and broke open a window to toss her out into the snow, 2 stories down. She was fine, but I couldnāt breath, and my best friendās character (tiefling warlock Nerium, Naerisā girlfriend) almost dumped her ass for her stupidity.
āļø What makes your OC genuinely happy? A person, an item, their hobby? Where is the place theyāre happiest, or most at home? What is the happiest theyāve ever been?
LUCY ā The happiest Lucy has been in a while was at the Celestial Ball. No responsibilities, no cursed vaults, and no losing house points. Just her friends and getting to go on her first (unofficial) date with Barnaby ā they both were so bad pining after each other after it that even Charlie was almost willing to swear off dragons if it got them to just shut up and kiss alreadyā¦ Almostā¦
Beyond that, she loves to read in the quiet of the Hufflepuff common room (her favorite spot at Hogwarts ā if she could bake, it would be the kitchens, which is currently favorite spot number 2). She still remembers some of the music and dance lessons she took as a child, but almost never uses them outside of the ball and frog choir. Sheād like to play quidditch, but feels she already has too much on her plate, and is content to cheer on her friends when they play (especially Barnaby, who makes one hell of a beater lol).
NAERIS ā Naeris feels most at home in the comfort of her own room, in the place her party has built in Phandalin. She hasnāt had a place to really call her own since her mother died, and even then she shared one room with her mom, so having a room just for her plus extra space for poison-making, archery practice, and learning new spells and instruments is a real luxury to her.
As for favorite people, sheās still getting used to Phae and Oz. She likes them, and trusts them, but their combined antics are a force to be reckoned with, and she often has to play tough parent-fun parent with Nerium to get them to keep from drinking too much or running headfirst into the fray. But sometimes she gets to be a bit of a good herself, just like she always tried to cheer her mother up when she was Iāll, and seeing her newfound family smile (even at her own expense) was always worth it.
Plus, Nerium is a gorgeous tiefling babe with scary Raven Queen magic who not only willingly puts up with her less-than-ideal quirks, but chooses to love her in return. Thatās always hella dope.
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Anyways, I hope y'all enjoyed! If anyone has any more questions, or would just like to know more about my OCs/D&D characters, feel free to send me an ask in my box! Iām happy to answer your questions! š
(If y'all want a list of all my OCs and what fandoms, let me know, and Iāll post one for y'all)
(EDIT: fixed an inconsistency with Lucy's skills, as surprise! She actually can't bake worth a shit, and is only marginally better at actual cooking, so she just sneaks into the kitchens for snacks).
