<div class="floatright">(https://i.imgur.com/GPOIha4.jpg)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Claire Skies<br/><strong>Age/Birth date</strong>: 20 years old/August 27th, 1997<br/><strong>Blood Status</strong>: Unknown to her (half-blood)<br/><strong>House</strong>: Gryffindor<br/><strong>Year</strong>: 4th<br/><strong>Wand</strong>: Pear Wood, Dragon Heartstring, 10 1/3 inches with two twists<br/><strong>Apparation liscense?</strong>N/A<br/><strong>FaceClaim</strong>: Beirt Beirkland<br/><strong>Height/Weight</strong>: 5'7"<br/><strong>Hair Color</strong>: Blonde<br/><strong>Eyes</strong>: Vibrant Blue<br/><strong>Distinguishing Marks</strong>:  Her eyes in particular are a very bright shade of blue and tend to be how people remember her by.<br/><strong>Sexual Orentation</strong>: Straight<br/><strong>Home</strong>: Helps take care of other orphans at her old orphange in Blackpool England<br/><strong>Personality</strong>:<br/>Claire always tries to put her best foot forward. With strangers, and in moments of calmness she can be very soft spoken, polite, and sweet. She is quick to help those who need it, tends not to judge people through reputation, and works hard to better hone her crafts. Claire believes there is a lot of prejudice and mistrust, too many individuals still bitter over the wars, and it is important to strive to act like a good person. To that end she does her best.<br/><br/>The truth of course just below the surface, is that Claire is a very passionate individual. Though she tries very hard to be well behaved when something gets under her skin she can't help but respond. Often being very sarcastic, and at her worst very nasty with her insults. Most especially if she feels disrespected, Once her emotions have calmed down and she's had time to reflect she will often apologize for anything unfair she has said, but she's truly not above having grudges. She is honest, but it also has a habit of causing her to be blunt.<br/><br/>At her core is a restlessness that drives her. She craves stimulation and is almost always doing something to occupy her mind. Be it jogging, walking, exploring, drawing, singing, crafting, or trying to learn new skills or spells Claire  rarely is simply lounging and doing nothing. On occuasion trapped in a boring lecture, or a situation where she doesn't have anything to do, she has even been known to fall asleep.<br/><strong>Family</strong>:<br/>Mother- Unknown to Claire, according to a letter died at the hands of Death Eaters during the second dark wizard war.<br/>Father- Unknown to Claire, according to a letter died at the hands of Death Eaters during the second dark wizard war.<br/>Other Family- Unknown to Claire if there are any other Skies out there.<br/><br/><strong>History</strong>:<br/>Claire Skies's name and her life are the only things her parents gave in her entire life. Who they were, where they came from, everything beyond the day she was left on the front door of a orphanage by the Ministry of Magic is a complete mystery to her. There exist no files of their names, and if she has other family none of them ever came to find her. For all she knew, she was the only individual with the last name of Skies in all the world. As she grew and learned to read she collected phone books and constantly tried to find any other last names, reaching out in whatever fashions she could to find a piece of her identity but she never did find a connection. From the moment Claire was born she was alone in the world.<br/><br/>The orphange had other kids, but she was always very lonely growing up. A girl that had strange things happening around her, most of the kids took to calling her a witch and disincluding her in games. As a result Claire had a lot of free time and nothing to do with it. One of her caretakers took pity on her, and started to teach her how to craft. Make little trinkets out of yarn, or paper, sculpt clay. Claire enjoyed using her hands, and became utterly enamoured in art altogether. Taking up drawing just a little while later, her room in her orphange was covered in pictures and little shelves to hold her creations. The first time anyone saw her smile was when her caretaker complimented a simple little snowflake she had made.<br/><br/>Because of her isolation at the orphanage Claire grew to be very independant. There were rumors that surrounded her at school, often nicknamed a witch even when she wasn't home. Claire detested being at the Orphanage more, and so she would find any club or any activity she could do to keep her from having to go back. She joined her school's football team, got involved in student council, stuck into various art clubs, she even spent a year of high school on the drama team, even though she wasn't great at it. She just needed to stay away.<br/><br/>On her sixteenth birthday she mysteriously recieved a note that gave her some idea of what had happened to her parents, and about the truth of the odd things that happened around her. According to the letter her parents had been casualties in a terrible and secret event called the dark wizard wars. Of course she ignored that, hurt that someone would make up such a ridiculous story. But a few months after that a stranger visited her at the orphanage and revealed to her that she had been accepted into Hogwarts, and revealed to her the truth that though the children had no true clue, all along she really was a witch.<br/><br/>With assistance for the Ministry of magic she would find a new world she could only dream of, and for the first time that she could remember, feeling less like an outsider and more at home. Before long she had made her way to Hogwarts. Where in the Orphanage she had felt like she was in a prison, at Hogwarts she felt she had found home. Spending much of her first two years in the library reading about the history of the magical world, and spells. She had lost seventeen years away from this world she clearly must belong too, and she intended to make up for all of it.<br/><br/>After her eighteenth birthday she had no home to go to on the holidays, so instead her orphanage gave her a room in return for helping take care of the younger orphans during the summer. It made waiting for the new school year unberable, everything about her old life felt so mundane, and often sh feared she might awaken from her dream and just be in a mental ward. But every time the summer ended she got back on a the train and returned to school.<br/><br/>Every year returning to Hogwarts just like the phone books she continues to read as much about history as she can. Hoping that in the records somewhere at Hogwarts she can find more about her parents and what happened. Knowing what happened simply wasn't enough. Claire desired to know where she came from and who she is.<br/><strong>Likes</strong>: Drawing, Crafting, Reading,  walking, cooking, talking, exploring, almost every magical artifact, DADA, Potions, Quidditch, Sweets, Thunderstoms, Swimming, getting caught in the rain, and singing.<br/><strong>Dislikes</strong>: Being told she can't do something, bullies, the summer, people insisting on help she doens't need, womanizers, losing, pranks, people who just watch bullies, herbology, group projects, having nothing to do.<br/><strong>Best Known For</strong>: Catching the Snitch that won Gryffindor the Quidditch Cup her second year<br/><strong>Moments of Glory</strong>:<br/>Every O she's ever earned<br/>Getting a picture published in her local newspaper<br/>Catching the Snitch that won Gryffindor the Quidditch Cup<br/>Being among the oldest students on the Gryffindor team before the scandal.<br/><strong>Moments of Shame</strong>:<br/>Falling asleep because of boredom in potions and burned off some of her hair. Losing house points and getting detention.<br/>Forgetting the password and being locked out for a night and Losing house points and getting detention.<br/>Losing her temper in DADA with a boy that was flirting with her and jinxing him in front of class.....Losing house points and getting detention.<br/>Getting shown up Transfiguration by Aaric<br/>Never having defeated Xual in a Duel yet<br/><strong>Biggest Regret:</strong>Not having any idea where she comes from<br/><strong>Extra curricular subjects</strong>: Qudditch, Art Club, Dueling  Club<br/><strong>Marks</strong>:<br/><em>Charms</em>- E<br/><em>Transfiguration</em>- E<br/><em>Herbology</em>- A<br/><em>Defense Against the Dark Arts</em>- O<br/><em>History of Magic<em> - E<br/><em>Potions</em> - O<br/><em>Care of Magical Creatures</em> - E<br/><em>Astronomy</em> -  A<br/><em>Divination</em> - A<br/><em>Ancient Runes</em> - A</em></em>