Salem Everwood

O U T  O F  C H A R A C T E R
Name: Jack, Johnni, Betty...
Gender: female
Age: so close to 16 now...
How you found Potter's Army: Jack told Skeeter who told Elliot who told me =)
Any other characters on Potter's Army: Jack Dyllan, Skeeter Hudson, Elliot Cartwright
Have your read the Plot?: Mhm
Have your read the Must read threads?: Of course.

B A S I C  I N F O R M A T I O N
Name: Salem “Sally” Everwood
Gender: female
Race: human
Blood Status: halfblood
Year AND Age: 6/16
Preferred houses: Ravenclaw or Slytherin (Are you accepting Ravenclaw and Slytherin female students yet? I see a minority of Ravvies/Slythies and I can't find anything saying you are not. If not I'll edit.)
Canon or Original: Original
Play-by: Betty Curse

A P P E A R A N C E
Height: Five foot
Hair: black/brown, usually wavy and crazy, but can be straight too
Eye colour: blue
Skin: pale
General Appearance: Salem is small framed and very petite and feminine. She dresses in the traditional goth style and her large blue eyes pop due to the heavy amount of black eyeliner she wears. She has soft features and very large, sad eyes that make her look permanently depressed or terrified. Her blue eyes and pale skin look drastic in comparison to her dark clothes and style. She likes to style her hair differently, sometimes putting in stands of blue, red, or purple, though keeping her hair dark black, though it sometimes looks brown. It is usually in some random style that can not be explained but seems to work for her. Salem's appearance is her loudest form of rebellion.

P E R S O N A L I T Y
Skills:
>Care of Magical Creatures
>Herbology
>Nonverbal Spells
>Intuition
>Piano
>Writing
Weaknesses:
>Social Situations
>Confrontation
>Making friends
>Expressing her needs
>Speaking
Likes:
>Animals
>Plants
>Books
>Writing/Drawing
>Playing piano
>Art
>Walking
Dislikes:
>People
>Confrontations
>Loud noises
>Water
>Violence
Motto: “Courage does not always roar... sometimes it is the small voice at the end of the day that says 'I will try again.'”
General Personality: Salem has one unique feature of herself that defines a lot of her personality. She suffers from selective mutism. To communicate her needs, then, she usually writes down what she needs to communicate. This also has achieved her a reputation as a “freak” and a “loser” and all of the wonderfully creative names that teenagers think of.

She is a very sensitive person to nature and to what people are thinking, but she has become strong in her own ways. Just the fact that she has not dropped out of school is an amazing feat. She is a clever girl but is not up to taking risks so her grades often suffer. She is not a softy in any sense, because she always manages to keep her head up, even through pain and troubles.

H I S T O R Y
Family Information:
>Ivan Everwood- father
>Kacy Everwood- mother
>Nixen Everwood- brother (Btw! I would love for someone to play him! Please PM me. =D)
Childhood: Salem's childhood was not easy, to say the least. It was hard not being able to speak, especially at school. She would write what needed to be said on the whiteboard if she was called on, but the teacher's found it too much of a hassle after awhile and she was forgotten. She became a part of the scenery rather than a student.

At home it was no better. She was sometimes able to speak to her brother, but the instability of her home life discouraged her from speaking. Her birth mother had become a sort of a junkie and her dad was running around with sleazy women. Her parents hated each other almost as much as they hated their children and the only thing that kept them coming back...well, even they were not sure.

Nevertheless, it made home life rather terrible, and Salem became somewhat of a tragic character as she found other ways to relive her pain. She began to write, both poetry and short stories. She played the piano when she could, dabbled in art, and took up a habit of taking long walks, a habit she would never grow out of.

Hogwarts: Hogwarts was no easier than any other muggle school, besides the fact that if Salem's magic got out of control it was normal. The children at Hogwarts were no more accepting of her silence then the kids back home were. She still has made no real friend besides those she calls acquaintances, and though her brother tries to watch out for her, their age difference prevents him from protecting her as much as he can.

She spends most of her time wither wandering the grounds on her own, escaping to the Room of Requirement and playing the piano. She likes watching over the plants on the grounds and taming any animals she may run into. She also can be found hunched in random nooks and crannies of the castle, reading or writing. Anything to keep her face hidden from the people she has convinced herself hate her. When she can get away with it, she also takes long walks, though never when it is forbidden. She does not break rules, because that would require that she draw attention to herself, something she strives not to do.
Adulthood: n/a

Short Roleplay: n/a