<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5e/Finn_Hogwarts.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Finn Balor (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=284413.msg14009402#msg14009402)<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>Student Robes<br/><strong>Blood Status:</strong>Halfblood<br/><strong>Wand</strong>: Cedar Wood, Unicorn Hair Core, 14 1/2 inches, Very inflexible, with smooth wood.<br/><strong>House/Year</strong>: 1st Year<br/><strong>Date</strong>: Friday September 1st, 2017<br/><strong>Time/Day:</strong>Evening, Grand Feast<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Lined up towards the front of the line waiting to be sorted<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong>Sorting<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Open<br/><hr/><br/>For Finn standing in the great hall itself was a triumph, something that had been dangled over his head his entire life as a holy grail just out of his grasp. A affirmation of the individuals who had never wanted him to take the steps he was taking towards the center of the great hall. He let his eyes move from table to table taking a moment to wonder if there was a house he preferred. He hadn't ever really given it much thought until he was making his way to the front of the hall. Finn had always just wanted to be in Hogwarts, what house really mattered when being worthy of any of them were the goal and once more he was left to wonder why he was considering placing a preferrence on any of them now. He was<em>accepted</em>into Hogwarts, and all the various texts that he had read before leading up to that point suggested unless he did something terrible he wouldn't stop being accepted to Hogwarts. It wasn't as if they'd shrug at him and say the hat didn't want you to go to a house sorry. Even the Dark Lord and all the death eaters had been sorted somewhere. Though if he had his way he supposed he'd hope he'd be sorted into a house with one of the twins.<br/><br/>"<strong>Better be.....<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;">Ravenclaw!</span></strong>" The Hat bellowed as a big cheer from the Ravenclaw house could be heard echoing off the stone walls of The Great Hall.<br/><br/>Finn was pulled from his thoughts as the first student was sorted. The very large and seemingly endless Balor Family was adding three more students including him, and all three of them would count as the first three sorted. Up first was his younger half sister Caitlyn. The house picked for her was perfect in Finn's opinion. He had figured based on what he had read prior to the train ride that Caitlyn would end up as a Ravenclaw. She was very clever, loved to learn. Where as he had always needed to tie their brother down to study, she had<em>often</em>been eager for Finn's own insight.<br/><br/>"<strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;">HufflePuff!</span></strong>" Cried the hat just seconds after being placed upon Daniel's head. This time a cheer from the students clad in Gold and Silver boomed as the Hufflepuff table greeted his brother.<br/><br/>From what Finn understood everyone in the family expected Daniel to end up in Hufflepuff. There were few people friendlier then he was in all the world, and Finn's opinion was inspite of his reputation as lazy Daniel worked really hard at the crafts that suited him. More than that Daniel really treated everyone with a uncompromising sense of justice. When Finn was treated poorly it deeply disturbed Daniel, and made him a easy pick for the Hufflepuff house.<br/><br/>"Finn Balor," his name was called by a rather tall looking professor, who had introduced himself as the Potions Professor, Professor Karkus.<br/><br/>Finn paused for a moment, before nodding and moving to the front of the hall taking a seat and turning to face the sea of students that were watching him. A small part of him wished his father was among them, the sneer that'd linger on his face would make the last seventeen years worth it. It was hard not to have a little bit of a grin on his face as he waited for the hat to be placed on his head. Hear it bellow out whatever house he was meant for, and get that affirmation Finn had desired for as long as he could remember. Finn was as worthy as<em>any</em>Balor.<br/><br/>"<strong>Merlin's breath how many Balors are there in the world?</strong>" A voice cried into his head.<br/><br/>"Seven that are attending Hogwarts, one more on the way." Finn replied, though his eyebrows furrowed as if he was confused, it certainly wasn't what he had expected to hear with the hat on his head.<br/><br/>"<strong>Hmm, most of your family favors the green and silver but <em>not this year</em>.</strong>" The hat spoke in his mind. "<strong>No, you don't favor it either</strong>." It said said as it peered into his mind.<br/><br/>Finn remained silent unsure how to react to that. He knew The Balor family had a history of ending up in Slytherin, in fact the last thirteen Balors that had gone to Hogwarts before that year had all been sorted into Slytherin. Yet Caitlyn and Daniel were not only, not in Slytherin, but were both in two different houses. Perhaps it was the most telling sign their father didn't raise them with the standards of the family, that the three of them would be so far removed from the rest of the family?<br/><br/>"<strong>I sense in you a thirst for knowledge and understanding, but yet....There is a hunger in you....Hmm.</strong>" The Hat said, it seemed to sit on Finn's head a good deal longer then either his brother or sister. For a full ninety seconds it sat on his head deliberating where to put him. "<strong>Well, if it's  excellence that drives you better be......<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 13pt;">Gryffindor!</span></strong>"<br/><br/>This time it was Gryffindor's turn to cheer and clap as the hat was removed from Finn's head, and the newly sorted 1st year would move to find a seat with the Gryffindor house.