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:'''Compel:''' When some sort of new trouble or incident starts up. When you feel the need to help others with their troubles. When your troubles get out of hand.
 
:'''Compel:''' When some sort of new trouble or incident starts up. When you feel the need to help others with their troubles. When your troubles get out of hand.
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This aspect sums up your character in a short, punchy phrase, such as ''The Boy Who Lived'', ''Smartest Girl In The Room'' or ''Working Class Wizard''.
  
 
==School Aspect==  
 
==School Aspect==  
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:'''Compel:''' When your duties interfere with your other activities. When your prefect status puts you to a higher standard. When others question your status as a prefect.
 
:'''Compel:''' When your duties interfere with your other activities. When your prefect status puts you to a higher standard. When others question your status as a prefect.
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This sums up not just what house or school your character is, but your relationship to it, such as ''Reluctant Slytherin'' or ''World Famous Beauxbaton Duelist''.
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'''Note:''' Our story takes place at Hogwarts, but characters may be returning Hogwarts students or may be there on exchange from another wizarding school. Exchange students will still be sorted into one of the four Hogwarts' Houses for the year.
  
 
==Wizarding World Aspects==
 
==Wizarding World Aspects==
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:'''Compel:''' When your potions go ''wrong''.
 
:'''Compel:''' When your potions go ''wrong''.
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Each Wizarding World Aspect represents the most noteworthy thing that happened to your character in a previous year. They can lean positive, like, ''Named Head Boy'' or they could lean negative like, ''Lost The Big Quidditch Match Singlehandedly''. Even something like ''My Mother Was A Deatheater'' can be used for good invokes and compels. First year students should start with one aspect, while returning students should start with 2.
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'''As returning students, you will each be starting with two Wizarding World Aspects.'''
  
 
==Approaches==
 
==Approaches==
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[[File:Blackfatezero.png|24px]] '''Flashy'''
 
[[File:Blackfatezero.png|24px]] '''Flashy'''
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Approaches are Careful, Clever, Flashy, Forceful, Quick, and Sneaky. Set one at +3, two at +2, two at +1, and one at +0.
  
 
==Wand==
 
==Wand==
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'''Like a Leaf Dancing In the Wind:'''  
 
'''Like a Leaf Dancing In the Wind:'''  
 
:Alder wood wands are well suited for non-verbal spellcasting, though you are not as good at silent spells as you are at verbal ones you are good enough to still use them. When using this wand, you gain a +2 bonus to Sneakily cast spells to create an advantage.
 
:Alder wood wands are well suited for non-verbal spellcasting, though you are not as good at silent spells as you are at verbal ones you are good enough to still use them. When using this wand, you gain a +2 bonus to Sneakily cast spells to create an advantage.
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Each wand starts with one free stunt. Stunt should be (loosely) relative to the wand's Wood, Core, and Flexibility (see section on Wands on the main wikipage for details).
  
 
==Pet/Familiar==
 
==Pet/Familiar==
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'''The Wise Old Hunting Owl:'''  
 
'''The Wise Old Hunting Owl:'''  
 
:Wolfgang is old. Like, really old. You're pretty sure owls are not supposed to live as long as this guy has. He's really good at his job, good enough to hunt people down anyway. Once per game session, Lance may ask his owl to find or deliver a message to anyone he knows. He's not sure how the old owl can find them, he just does.
 
:Wolfgang is old. Like, really old. You're pretty sure owls are not supposed to live as long as this guy has. He's really good at his job, good enough to hunt people down anyway. Once per game session, Lance may ask his owl to find or deliver a message to anyone he knows. He's not sure how the old owl can find them, he just does.
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Your pet or familiar gets one free stunt appropriate to the type of animal.
  
 
==Character Stunts==
 
==Character Stunts==
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'''The Potion Maker's Journal:'''
 
'''The Potion Maker's Journal:'''
 
:Your mother gave your her journal, her compiled knowledge of both potion-making and potion ingredients. Including how to gather or substitute certain reagents. This grants a +2 bonus to Carefully overcome an obstacle relating to potions or potion making (usually, a lack of ingredients or a recipient's allergies).
 
:Your mother gave your her journal, her compiled knowledge of both potion-making and potion ingredients. Including how to gather or substitute certain reagents. This grants a +2 bonus to Carefully overcome an obstacle relating to potions or potion making (usually, a lack of ingredients or a recipient's allergies).
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Each character starts with three free stunts and may buy up to two more in exchange for refresh on a point to point basis.
  
 
==Stress & Conditions==
 
==Stress & Conditions==
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==Character Background==
 
==Character Background==
:The first thing people learn about Lance is that he is a magnet for trouble. It seems like every other month he finds some lost magical artifact, or gets targeted by a hostile magical creature, or is jumping to aid someone in trouble. This has continued throughout his stay at Hogwarts and has given him something of a reputation in the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.  
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The first thing people learn about Lance is that he is a magnet for trouble. It seems like every other month he finds some lost magical artifact, or gets targeted by a hostile magical creature, or is jumping to aid someone in trouble. This has continued throughout his stay at Hogwarts and has given him something of a reputation in the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.  
  
:Depending on who you ask, he's either a troublemaker that gets away with his shenanigans far too often or some sort of knight in shining armor that would help a person in trouble no matter who they are. There doesn't seem to be any in-between. This reputation worsened recently, as after the departure of Harry Potter and the Weasly Twins he has more or less taken over the spotlight as Gryffindor's primary trouble maker.
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Depending on who you ask, he's either a troublemaker that gets away with his shenanigans far too often or some sort of knight in shining armor that would help a person in trouble no matter who they are. There doesn't seem to be any in-between. This reputation worsened recently, as after the departure of Harry Potter and the Weasly Twins he has more or less taken over the spotlight as Gryffindor's primary trouble maker.
  
:The second thing most people learn about Lance is that he is a half-blood. The most half-blooded a Wizard can be if the rumors are true. His mother is an accomplished potion master with a pureblood ancestry going back to before the Statute of Secrecy was established, while his father's family's last encounter with the Wizarding World is some obscure cousin a dozen generations back.  
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The second thing most people learn about Lance is that he is a half-blood. The most half-blooded a Wizard can be if the rumors are true. His mother is an accomplished potion master with a pureblood ancestry going back to before the Statute of Secrecy was established, while his father's family's last encounter with the Wizarding World is some obscure cousin a dozen generations back.  
  
:Lance has lived and experienced both worlds and knows quite a lot about Wizard and Muggle societies. He has been taught potions and spells by his mother, and science and electronics by his father. If someone has questions about Muggles or Muggle technology, Lance is the one most of the Gryffindor students ask.
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Lance has lived and experienced both worlds and knows quite a lot about Wizard and Muggle societies. He has been taught potions and spells by his mother, and science and electronics by his father. If someone has questions about Muggles or Muggle technology, Lance is the one most of the Gryffindor students ask.
  
:The third thing most people learn about Lance is the fact that he has been chosen as one of Gryffindor's Prefects. For a lot of students, and even some teachers, this is quite unexpected. Even beyond Lance's... divisive reputation, several of his fellow Gryffindors have been trying their best to gain the position, with a few of them having spotless records compared to his.  
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The third thing most people learn about Lance is the fact that he has been chosen as one of Gryffindor's Prefects. For a lot of students, and even some teachers, this is quite unexpected. Even beyond Lance's... divisive reputation, several of his fellow Gryffindors have been trying their best to gain the position, with a few of them having spotless records compared to his.  
  
:Lance himself is keenly aware of how unfit he is for his position. He has made his worries known to Headmaster McGonagall, but she is quite certain that he is the right choice for the job. For now, he is resigned to his position. If nothing else, he will try his best to fulfill the expectations thrust upon him and stay out of trouble as much as he can. Though he realizes how futile the latter is.
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Lance himself is keenly aware of how unfit he is for his position. He has made his worries known to Headmaster McGonagall, but she is quite certain that he is the right choice for the job. For now, he is resigned to his position. If nothing else, he will try his best to fulfill the expectations thrust upon him and stay out of trouble as much as he can. Though he realizes how futile the latter is.
  
 
  '''What was I doing during the Battle of Hogwarts''' (two years prior)'''?'''  
 
  '''What was I doing during the Battle of Hogwarts''' (two years prior)'''?'''  
:Lance was at the school during the Battle, having sneaked back in with the other Gryffindor's using an Invisibility Potion. Lance mostly used his invisibility to drag the wounded to safety, applying salves and healing potions if their wounds were bad enough. He also tried to waylay any Death Eaters he came across, using silent charms and hexes to create obstacles or to knock them out. He sometimes used a Draught of Living Death to incapacitate Death Eaters or anyone too wounded to continue the battle but to stubborn to just sit the battle out.
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Lance was at the school during the Battle, having sneaked back in with the other Gryffindor's using an Invisibility Potion. Lance mostly used his invisibility to drag the wounded to safety, applying salves and healing potions if their wounds were bad enough. He also tried to waylay any Death Eaters he came across, using silent charms and hexes to create obstacles or to knock them out. He sometimes used a Draught of Living Death to incapacitate Death Eaters or anyone too wounded to continue the battle but to stubborn to just sit the battle out.
  
 
  '''What was my focus before the battle?'''  
 
  '''What was my focus before the battle?'''  
:Even before the battle, Lance's life was pretty hectic. His days consisted of going from trouble to trouble, with a weeks of downtime and studying in between. He didn't really think about his future, instead focusing on whatever incident is happening at the time. During Umbridge's reign, he was helping the DA with potion ingredients and healing salves. During his second year, he was dealing with being Gryffindor's primary substitute Quidditch player, as well as whatever shenanigans manages to pop up that month. His third year was mostly spent protecting the younger years from the Carrows and trying to undermine their authority.
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Even before the battle, Lance's life was pretty hectic. His days consisted of going from trouble to trouble, with a weeks of downtime and studying in between. He didn't really think about his future, instead focusing on whatever incident is happening at the time. During Umbridge's reign, he was helping the DA with potion ingredients and healing salves. During his second year, he was dealing with being Gryffindor's primary substitute Quidditch player, as well as whatever shenanigans manages to pop up that month. His third year was mostly spent protecting the younger years from the Carrows and trying to undermine their authority.
  
 
  '''What is my focus in the aftermath of the battle?'''  
 
  '''What is my focus in the aftermath of the battle?'''  
:With the departure of Harry Potter and the Weasely Twins, Lance has taken the spotlight as Gryffindor's primary troublemaker. In his fourth year, he has managed to break the Gryffindor record for Most Points Lost In A Year ''and'' Most Points Gained In A Year. This year he has been named Prefect, and he is trying his best at setting a good example for the younger Gryffindors and live up to the expectations of his station.
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With the departure of Harry Potter and the Weasely Twins, Lance has taken the spotlight as Gryffindor's primary troublemaker. In his fourth year, he has managed to break the Gryffindor record for Most Points Lost In A Year ''and'' Most Points Gained In A Year. This year he has been named Prefect, and he is trying his best at setting a good example for the younger Gryffindors and live up to the expectations of his station.
  
 
  '''Who are my parents/guardians, and what (if any) is their place in the wizarding world?'''  
 
  '''Who are my parents/guardians, and what (if any) is their place in the wizarding world?'''  
:Lance's mother is Willow Whateley, a somewhat renowned potion master, with a family deeply entrenched in the Wizarding World. His father is Clinton Whateley, a Muggle electrician and computer programmer, currently trying to take advantage of the progress of Muggle technology. They've both taught him quite a lot, from brewing potions to data structures.
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Lance's mother is Willow Whateley, a somewhat renowned potion master, with a family deeply entrenched in the Wizarding World. His father is Clinton Whateley, a Muggle electrician and computer programmer, currently trying to take advantage of the progress of Muggle technology. They've both taught him quite a lot, from brewing potions to data structures.
  
 
==Extra Curricular Classes==
 
==Extra Curricular Classes==
:Lance used to takes Arithmancy and Divination as his electives. He initially planned to take Muggle Studies, but his Third Year experience with the subject left a bad taste in his mouth.
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Choose two classes beyond the Core Curriculum from the following list: Arithmancy, Care of Magical Creatures, Divination, Muggle Studies, Study of Ancient Runes.
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Note: You can also make up an extra-curricular class of your own devising if you prefer and we'll say it's a thing this year.
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Lance used to takes Arithmancy and Divination as his electives. He initially planned to take Muggle Studies, but his Third Year experience with the subject left a bad taste in his mouth.
  
 
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