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Jul. 21st, 2021 11:56 pmCharacter Base
• Character Name: Luna Lovegood
• Age: 17 / 19 after her time in game!
• Canon (Date/Year Released)/Canon Point: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (July 2007) / Pre-Battle of Hogwarts
• Items Coming Along:
— Luna's Deerington home and its contents. Notable items in the home include Luna's potions stock; personal items she's requested from home; clothes; the Dream Hunter bow; various gifts from friend; items collected from various Deerington events. Additionally, if possible, I'd like the two graves of the Waste versions of Luna and Peter Graham that were buried in Luna's back yard during Deerington's May 2021 event. Don't @ me.
— Her wand.
— The jewellery on her person when she left Deerington: a crescent moon necklace, her butterbeer cork charm necklace, her dirigible plum earrings, a green bracelet, a key on a chain, and a silver hare bracelet.
— Her husky (which was originally obtained by Newt Scamander from the December 2018 event), Helga.
• Content Warnings for Character: Parental death; abduction / forced imprisonment; magical torture; bullying; themes of war / child soldiers.
Original Deerington Application
• Link to Accepted Deerington Application: Here.
• Additional Adjustments to include:
RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEERS
At her core, Luna remains much of the same person she was when she first came to Deerington. However, she has undergone huge changes in her personal life which has allowed growth in areas where she'd been lacking. Perhaps the biggest change for Luna is her relationships with others her own age. While loneliness and her solitary existence does underlie in her friendships of Deerington, the fact she has grown herself a circle of friends and positive relationships with countless others is a huge change for a girl who comes from a family largely dismissed by the British Wizarding World. While not something that's changed her as a person, per se, it has allowed Luna to develop deep and meaningful relationships with others, giving her room to share her friendship with them in ways she hadn't before.
Her relationship with Peter Graham has been the most transformative. Initially one born out of two lonely outcasts helping one another through the difficult times Deerington would bring, they began to lean on one another for comfort and safety, particularly in their time in Rapture — they found they could have the experience of one another's company for their own personal enjoyment following their return to the town. With Peter, Luna has been allowed to explore parts of friendship she'd yet to explore with her canon friendships. How to be comforted by a peer, to explore physical affection (both platonic and then later romantic) with someone her own age and to enjoy the 'usual' teenage experiences she'd barely touched upon in canon. With Peter, she's experienced dates, going to dances, and mostly what it means to just 'hang out' with someone. She's become less ignorant of these experiences, and while it's been nice that these have been new things for her — it's become important for her to understand and go through these before she reaches adulthood; to be able to have the mundane moments of a personal relationship like anyone else. To have a best friend, to fall in love with someone — to be one another's 'person'. They give one another a safe space to just be, to be emotionally vulnerable, to explore friendship and romance at their own pace — even with its difficulties of demonic possession thrown into the mix.
Her relationship with Peter has brought a feeling of acceptance in her that while she thought she didn't need, has greeted warmly. It's nice to not be lonely, to not be pushed out by others. Peter's acceptance, and ultimately, love for her has been a driving force. She will quite literally go to ends of the earth for him; she made a deal with the demon possessing him to try to save his soul from being pushed out; she will protect him the best she can, do anything to keep him. He's become one of the most important people in her life, and he will always have her love and her loyalty. And in the end, it is her love for Peter which plays a vital role in her choosing to remain, in deciding not to go back home to the Wizarding World. She chooses to remain with him, to choose a new path with him — and set out on the next 'adventure' together.
While Peter is her closest relationship, she has also formed a close circle of friendships with others her age — relationships she has found safe spaces of acceptance and kinship.
Diarmuid has become one of closest and most-trusted friends after Peter. She was struck by his selfless kindness when they first interacted, and instantly drawn to his friendship in an otherwise strange dreamworld. The two of them have both been slowly learning about modern life (with Diarmuid being from the past and Luna coming from 90's Wizarding World Britain) and give each other both gentle encouragement and a safe space to experience modern living, never judging one another. He was the first one she ever told about the state of her world, and the ongoing Wizarding War and gently encouraged her to tell Peter about it — something she would finally bring herself to do and be honest with Peter about the difficult parts of her life. He was also the first person she ever told her true feelings about Peter, too. He's very much a confidant of hers, someone she can go to when she worries she burdens Peter too much.
Her friendship with the demi-god Clarisse La Rue is a little more complicated; often strained at times, they've been slowly working their way through their friendship — an odd choice of a bullied teenager, and the bully themselves. They have a mutual respect of one another as people who can fight as their common ground, but have their own insecurities about the friendships they have in Deerington. This came to light when Luna was infected with a Traitor Parasite and attacked Clarisse, completely believing that the older girl was only pretending to befriend her and that her true intentions were far more malicious, highlighting the insecurities of her past experiences with peers back home. Luna's words cut a few raw nerves with Clarisse's own insecurities just as hard as the physical wounds — and she ended up succumbing to her injuries. The two made up once Luna came to her senses and Clarisse had returned from the dead after a painfully frank conversation but they're trying their best to move forwards in a friendship that isn't always such smooth sailing.
Fern is also one of her oldest friends from her time in Deerington, and it's a friendship that's had its ups and downs much like her relationship with Clarisse. After attacking and injuring Luna during an incident aboard the Titanic, he harbours an immense amount of guilt which Luna has always forgiven him for — something Fern hasn't been so easy to accept and feels he has to make up for. They have a generally great friendship; have fought side by side on occasion and following her pact with Paimon (and Fern swearing fealty to Paimon as his knight), Fern considers her his "boss's boss". She's loyal to him as much as he is to her, both fiercely so. She's tried to teach him alternative ways of dealing with things rather than resorting to violence (and even encourage him to subdue rather than kill) but she also accepts and understands Fern's origins of being a combination of the Grass and Finn Swords — and doesn't seek to actively change who he is and how he functions. She also became aware of Grass Demon, part of Fern, and is one of the few people who is actually positive in her reactions towards the creature. Her knowledge and amicable relationship with Grass Demon (along with her respect of Grass Demon as a being) has actually spurred on a protectiveness of Fern — something which came forward when Jon, Varian and Glitch trapped Grass Demon in the Great Sleep, a move which ultimately killed Fern. Luna has found it hard to forgive the others (if she even can) and it's been one of the few instances where she's not been as easily to forgive — something that has caused some friction between her and Fern.
Her friendship with Ruby in particular has been a hugely transformative for her, too. Coming from universes where the state of the world is bleak, with war and magic — Luna and Ruby are both two young, teenaged girls thrown in the middle of it all. They both understand what it's like to carry heavy weights on their shoulders, to know their lives are always in danger. Being able to talk to someone her own age in similar circumstances has been both freeing and a comfort to Luna. But with that, Ruby has offered Luna the more mundane and teenage-related aspects of friendships. Ruby is the closest thing Luna has to a girl-friend, who she can talk about her personal life with and enjoy 'normal' things with. Not only that, Ruby is a valuable ally in battle, too. They two of them have fought together on several occasions; they have one another's backs and Luna has a sense on camaraderie with her in that respect. They're opposites in some ways: if Luna is the moon, then Ruby is the sun — but they both have a determination that borders on stubbornness and while they both worry for one another, they both understand that it's not so easy to stand down.
PARENTAL FIGURES
It is not just peers she has been able to form meaningful relationships with in her time in Deerington. Coming from a world where a great deal of adults cannot be relied upon and often let down by those in charge (and thus having to rely upon themselves), Luna has found herself able to trust adults again. Having found herself in the home of Newt Scamander, she became a permanent resident there — kept under the wing of Newt and his brother Theseus, sort of adopting her and becoming paternal figures to her over time. She and Newt bonded over their love of magical creatures, and Luna became an apprentice — helping him with his creatures and the ones of Deerington, giving her the space to nurture her own interests in Magizoology. Theseus offered her steady support and comfort, and while sterner than his younger brother, was a more structured kind of parenting she no longer had back home after her mother's death.
In the brothers, she found people from her own world — adults — that she could rely on. Ones outside of her family that would offer her affection and familial support — they became her family. She could lean on them, and they could lean on her in turn. It was an important first step in allowing Luna to develop those familial relationships with other adults. People like Ben Dearborn, who became another father-like figure — a quiet, fussing sort who enjoyed learning as much as Luna does — someone who Luna gave her life to save, experiencing her first death in Deerington. Ben was there with her to the end; she wasn't afraid of dying, but rather dying alone, in some sad silence. He offered her kind words, let her go as peacefully as allowed.
Another prominent relationship is with exorcist John Constantine. While they'd interacted on occasion, and had a pretty decent friendly relationship, Luna stayed under his radar more so after it was revealed she was the one who had conducted a ritual to bond with the demon Paimon. Since then, he's become a go-to of sorts in matters of occult witchcraft, and demonology — something she's been able to look at more under his watch. This soon developed into something more of a paternal role over time: she provides a sunny but grounded presence in his life, while John offers her a caring and comforting presence of home, quiet in his ways, not so quiet in others. When John decided to go MIA in Deerington for a time, it was only when Deerington's events managed to pull them together again that Luna was able to find him, and gave him the verbal beatdown he rightly needed: to express her disappointment and anger towards him, mostly on Peter's behalf, and explain the other parental figures who had left, how she's been let down before by the adults in her life. It severely damaged the trust she had in him, and took a great deal of work to fix things again. Despite this blow, John remains an adult she can trust wholeheartedly ultimately, and one of the few people in Deerington she can trust with Peter and Paimon. Their relationship is a little fragile following her murder in front of him, but certainly not broken. It's not perfect, but it's theirs.
Additionally, her relationship with Cynthia Sodder has also developed her, who became a kind of mother figure of sorts to Luna. With their shared connection of the moon, a connection passed to Sodder (something shared with Luna and her own mother), and their status of being capable of magic — Luna felt a kinship to the woman. She felt deeply upset when she discovered a memory of her kept in Mother Superior's mind, or how the townspeople of Deerington treated her when she was alive — calling her the town witch. While stunned and frightened to discover Cynthia's true form as the Moon Presence following the Moon Sickness she'd suffered when she'd first arrived, it was short-lived when Luna realised the true Cynthia would never harm Sleepers and has in fact loved them all, much like a mother would. Where other Sleepers who became parental figures to Luna would leave, particularly maternal ones like Mrs. Sheringham; or where there was the empty space of a mother for Luna after her own mother's death back home, Cynthia was there. With Sodder's narrative portraying Cynthia as the most idealised form of motherhood, Cynthia became the mother who didn't leave, who didn't die. She was always there. And with that, Luna felt a close parental connection to Cynthia, and with that a great deal of loyalty to her as that mother figure.
But she has also realised, in the end, that Cynthia was more than a mother. She was someone who has never had a choice in her own path, and instead had been treated unkindly for things she never had any true freedom over. Cynthia's treatment and life made Luna realise how much more she deserved, how much better she deserved. That she was not just part of Sodder's story. Her choice to sacrifice her was a difficult one, feeling like she was saying goodbye to her own mother all over again — but it ultimately released both of them from their current paths. Cynthia can have a path outside of the one of a mother, Luna can have a path outside of the one of war and possible death back home — both of them having never yet lived a life they wanted. And while Cynthia will still remain a motherly figure to Luna, and remain someone she feels very closely connected to — she knows Cynthia will always be much more than what she was.
MAGIC
Being in Deerington has exposed Luna to different kinds of magic and she's worked with other magic users over her stay in the town. Initially, her friendships with the Magicians, particularly Alice Quinn was her first in-depth exposure to another form of magic. But there have been others — each of them met with the same kind of genuine curiosity and desire to learn about them. How to attempt them herself, how to incorporate them into her own form of magic and how to share her own magic in those other forms — much like when she taught Alice to cast her own kind of patronus charm. They're experiences she's enjoyed, let her feel accomplished in her own magic, confident in it — and pushes her to continue to work on it.
Arguably her biggest experience with other forms of magic comes in the form her pact with Paimon, and her study of more occult form of witchcraft, in ritual and ceremony — and using magic that comes from a place of intention than something that's fuelled by the magic in her blood. Since then, she's spent a great deal of her time learning about this different kind of magic, often consulting with John on it — and it's become a huge part of her life over the last two years. And while she enjoys the learning experience, becoming invested in something new and unknown, her bond with Paimon is often at times a double-edged sword. It's magic she isn't familiar with, he's a demon she had no prior knowledge of and the situation often feels precarious — something both she and Paimon must learn how to navigate. And it's even terrifying at times: to be part of something much bigger than anything she's ever known and being Paimon's 'summoner' is a huge responsibility, a heavy weight to carry. It's a weight she carries with the utmost seriousness and solemnity — being responsible not only for the demon but to ensure Peter's safety and autonomy. Even with how exciting learning something new is to her, she's often felt out of her depth.
But it comes with other drawbacks. She's slowly seeing herself as someone who as solely capable of dealing with Paimon: a negative trait of her house coming forwards in the form of a kind of haughty superiority. It's something only just emerging with her over-protectiveness of the demon, and the amount of work she's put in with him in terms of research and experience — paired with negative experiences she's had with others Paimon interacts with. In some ways, she doesn't believe most capable of dealing with him properly and trusts few else with the demon. She takes her relationship and bond with the utmost seriousness, respects him as a powerful higher being with his own rules — something she feels others do not. And in turn, her approach in dealing with Paimon has worked; it's been beneficial for the demon — and it confirms her thoughts on her being best suited in helping him.
It's unravelled itself in a kind of cold and dismissive action to her, seeing others as threats to Paimon. She's threatened Varian with magic in order to preserve Paimon's mystery, trying to keep the boy in the dark about the demon out of fear of Varian harming him. Or with Maul, when his quiet threats against Peter were realised and he forcibly manipulated Paimon, unlocking something in the demon — which backfired on Luna — she joined Willow and John in cursing the Sith by magically muzzling him, incorporating her own world's Dark Magic in the spell.
However, she does recognise that while she's learned a great deal over her time in Deerington, she still has much to learn. There's plenty she wants to learn, fuelled by her need to help Peter (and Paimon) as much as she can and her natural inclination towards learning as a Ravenclaw as her motivations — and she sees the journey to the new world as allowing her to continue to learn in the new life she hopes to set out for herself.
Deer Country Attributes
• Canon Powers: Luna will have her full canon magic, but with the Deerington warp of healing magic / potions remaining on the table. In Deerington, potions wouldn't work or have adverse effects. Healing spells would backfire and rebound the pain of the injury two-fold onto Luna. I'd also like to keep Apparition as something she still can't do, either; accidental magic will also be something that will crop up from time to time.
• Blood Type: Paleblood.
• Omen: Black hare.
• Blessed Day: 13th February — Luna's canonical birthday.
• Patron Pthumerian: Doorway — I think she's going to feel quite strongly about this and resonate with Doorway as her Patron. Considering the relationships she's made in Deerington being the reason she's chosen to come to Trench, paired with her valuing honesty — she'll find it quite fitting. Additionally, she's come to Trench having dropped a pretty big truth-bomb to some of her closest CR, so she'll believe that it's possible Doorway's 'chosen her' as one of the Sleepers to give their patronage too.
• Blood Power Manifestation:
MAIN ABILITY: PROPHECY
Luna will have the ability of Prophecy through her blood power. I'd like this to be the weaker ability, but would like to base a lot of it within Harry Potter's canonical Seers. So an additional ability but one that compliments her magic.
— Essentially a prophecy would manifest with very little warning. Luna would go stiff as a board and fall from wherever she stands, her eyes will cloud over with white, and she would begin speaking a prophecy in usually vague / cryptic descriptions in a voice not her own. She will be complete unresponsive during this time. The whole ordeal would be over in a matter of moments and she'll slowly come around, having thought she'd fallen asleep.
— Prophecies would be very uncommon in occurrence, and incredibly random. They won't be something she'll be able to really control, nor will she be able to focus on what the prophecy will be about.
— Luna won't remember her prophecies. She will fall into a trance-like state while she speaks the prophecy, and unless she has someone with her — the prophecy would be otherwise lost.
— The likelihood of prophecies occurring would increase through using the mechanics of the game, purposely using blood magic to try and induce them. However, she still wouldn't be able to control what the prophecy would be about. She can just try to increase the likeliness of them happening, and it's one prophecy per blood magic ritual done. Periods of natural bleeding would be a natural way of increasing likelihood, and she'll most likely be getting prophecies when she is menstruating.
— Examples of prophecies I think could happen within game could be something as simple as things happening within player-plots / cr but if there's mod-approval, I'd like her to pick up on game / plot things in some vague way. I'd possibly use this with information from preludes?
EMOTIONAL / MENTAL
— Like with all Palebloods, Luna will feel much steadier at night and especially when the moon is out / visible. She will feel calmer / braver during these times and more energised, feeling like she can do more with her time. This might lead to some more all-nighters / intense studying sessions as an Arcane Scholar. Unfortunately, this might lead towards Luna falling victim to Corruption as she might become obsessive in her studies, harsher on herself, and take failure poorly.
— Palebloods having an affinity with the moon, paired with Luna's own associations with the moon both personal and magical, and her experiences with Cynthia in Deerington, will also mean Luna will have a strong affinity to Cynthia / Moon Presence in Trench. While she'll be willing to work with Doorway as her Patron and feels strongly towards them, she will have a strong emotional attachment towards the Moon Presence. She'll be more likely to attempt to ask her for help or blessings, or attempt blood sacrifices or offerings to her (please bless her house with flowers, moon mom).
— Luna will often struggle to have an emotional middle ground as a Paleblood. Her 'default' will be 'deeply empathetic', but she will on occasion switch to becoming completely void of emotion at times — often when deeply angered, or in times of grave danger and may need to be 'brought back' to her empathic side. Again, this may play into Luna becoming vulnerable to Corruption as her cold ruthlessness when void of emotion could inevitably lead to poor reactions to her actions when she returns to her more 'empathetic' state.
BLOOD USES
— Like with all Palebloods, Luna's blood can be used to make jewellery. Said jewellery will have a soft iridescent glow to it and be cool to the touch, but not unpleasantly so. Because of Luna being a witch, items made from her blood will feel deeply magical, even to those who can't usually sense magic. They'll be a little stronger than average and will be more successful in putting others under calming trances. However, this can increase the risks of Corruption by using them.
— Luna's blood can be used in rituals and sacrifices, and summoning Pthumerians. Being a witch, her blood will be more successful in these uses. Figuratively speaking, as a group of voices — Luna's would be louder over the others. Once again feel deeply magical / sacred when being used.
The Player
• Player Name: Cheryl
• Player Age: 30, fuck.
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