Anais Benoit______________________________________________________________________________________
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INTRODUCTION
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FULL NAME: Anais Benoit
NICKNAMES: none
AGE: 32
ALLEGIANCE: Neutral
HOGWARTS HOUSE: Beauxbaton's graduate
WAND TYPE: 10" cherry wand, with a red garnet cabochon in then end of the handle, a gift from her father upon graduating from Beauxbaton's
PLAY BY Susan Jaffe
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APPEARANCE
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HAIR COLOR: dark brown
EYE COLOR: blue violet
HEIGHT:5' 7"
BODY TYPE: slender, well toned
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Anais has a small build. She has long dark hair that hangs down to the middle of her back when she lets it down. Her hair is full and thick, a trait she inherited from her paternal grandmother. She has stunning blue violet eyes and pale, translucent porcelain skin. She is naturally very graceful, and her movements are, typicallly, naturally fluid and agile. She prefers to wear very femine dresses most of the time, except if the situation dictates that dresses are not practical. She is very ladylike.
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PERSONALITY
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CHARACTER STRENGTHS AND SKILLS:
conjuring and transfiguration
dancing--particularly ballroom dancing and ballet
singing
plays the harp and the lyre
cooking, particularly baking
training owls
speaks fluent English
CHARACTER WEAKNESSES:
not good at sports
does not like junk food
relatively little understanding of muggle technology
does not like outdoor activities as well as indoor ones
allergic to peanuts
CHARACTER LIKES:
quiet mornings,
tea
soft fabrics
her bone china teacup collection
delicate jewelry
walking in the rain
songbirds
classical music
any activity with a close friend
honesty
CHARACTER DISLIKES:
inner city muggle noise
american style coffee
cheap clothes or coarse itchy fabrics
winter weather of any sort
extremely hot weather
New York
rock music, particularly heavy metal
dishonesty of any sort
arguing
GOALS:
to continue to develop her skills at being the Headmistress so that each and every students gets the best education she knows how to provide them.
to get married again and have a child
to have a small but elegant chateau in the French countryside
QUIRKS:
likes an espresso with a twist of lemon after dinner
does not like to wear wizarding robes unless she has to
does not like to wear her hair long if she is working, feels compelled to wear it in some sort of updo
collects porcelain tea cups and saucers, and also collects antique hair combs, which she does wear when she puts up her hair
BOGGART: her husband's murderer perhaps coming after her
PATRONUS: her wedding day. When Anais casts a patronus spell, a sleek and beautiful panther is the creature that is conjured to protect her by her patronus spell.
DEMENTOR: finding the bloodied form of her murdered husband
AMORENTIA: lavender, vanilla, cinnamon, fresh cut pears
MIRROR OF ERISED: to be able to see her husband again
PERSONALITY: Anais is a gentle soul with a brave heart. She is the youngest of five children, and as such, her father doted on her. She was always a quiet child with a "girly girl" personality. She speaks quietly but with authority. She can be strong if she needs to be, but she would rather deal with people with finesse and diplomacy than through brute strength. She does exercise to keep herself in good health, but she does not do it out of enjoyment. She does it out of necessity. She loves any sort of peaceful pursuit, and the students at Beauxbatons have come to know she is a nurturing woman of integrity who, most often, speaks gently even when she is being her most stern or is under the utmost pressure.
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FAMILY & POSSESSIONS
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FATHER:Anatole Benoit, age 63
MOTHER:Corinne Benoit, age 62
SIBLING(S):Pierre Benoit, age 43
Genevieve, age 43 (twin to Pierre)
Manon, age 41
Simone, ,age 39
all her siblings are married and have children and live in France in various areas. She is as close to them as her busy work schedule allows.
OTHER: Anais has an aunt, Sylvie, on her mother's side and an aunt, Juliette, and an uncle, Phillippe on her father's side. She loves to go spend time with them when she gets a break from Beauxbatons.
BLOOD STATUS: Halfblood
RACE: Half Veela
SOCIAL STATUS: Wealthy
PET(S): A great gray owl named Gervaise
BROOMSTICK(): A used Firebolt that she bought with money that she earned while working during her summers at Beauxbatons. The broom is aged, and the handle is knicked. But it is still functional, and she chooses her old used Firebolt than to buy a new one.
OTHER POSSESSIONS: a beautiful golden filigreed antique pendant with various small semi-precious stones worked into the design. The pendant has been worn by all the Beauxbaton's headmistresses for generations, and it holds many powers, headmistress accesses, etc. to various parts of the Beauxbaton's school, its passages and many, many secrets. When she leaves her post, the necklace will go to the next headmistress.
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CHARACTER HISTORY
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Early Years: Anais was born on a snowy Christmas eve in the chateau of family friends, born a month early, when her family went to spend the holidays in the country with friends. Her father was delighted that his youngest daughter arrived on Christmas eve and has always said she was his greatest Christmas gift. She grew up as a "girly girl" , and her favorite toys were dolls, tea sets, stuffed animals, muggle paper dolls, and a beautiful enormous doll house that her father bought for her and delighted in furnishing for her. Her siblings, by and large, doted on her because she was so much younger than they all were. She grew up surrounded in love and she has almost no negative memories of her childhood. She is sometimes insecure that she won't be able to be as effective as she wants to be with her staff or students when she cannot identify with those staff or students who have come from harsh backgrounds.
Hogwarts Years: Anais went to Beauxbatons, as was family tradition for generations. She made friends very easily because of her happy, outgoing personality. Anais was well known for being always, always happy and optomistic. She had to work hard to get good grades, although she was quite bright. Her best subjects were transfiguration and care of magical creatures. She did enjoy broom flying, although she never had any desire to join the quidditch team or do much with it except to use her broom for transportation. During her summers, she worked for a clothes designer in Paris, modeling designer fashions for his customers. He tried to pursuade her to pursue modeling as a full time career, but it was not something that truly interested her. It was during one of her summers in Paris that she met her husband to be, Emile Rousseau. They dated until her graduation from Beauxbatons.
Adulthood: Anais was married to Emile for two wonderful years. On a holiday in Zurich, Emile was murdered in a dark alley by a mysterious figure in a dark wizard's cloak. She will never forget the man's face because he had a large scar on his cheek and a tatoo of a green cobra on his right hand. Anais heard the crackling sound of a wizard duel and raced to the alley, coming in behind Emile, in time to see the figure strike Emile with a sectumsempra. Anais tried to cast the Vulnera Sanentur spell to heal Emile, but in her panic, she could not cast it properly, and Emile bled to death. Anais blames herself for not being able to save Emile's life, and she knows that his killer saw her as clearly as she saw him. She fears he someday will come to finish the work he started. In her grief, she changed her name back from Rousseau to Benoit. She spent a year living back with her parents. Due to their loving attentions, she managed to pull herself together. She returned to modeling in Paris for a short time, until the offer to teach transfigurations at Beauxbatons came up. She applied and was hired, one of the youngest transfiguration professors the school ever had. She worked her way up through the school's system and 3 years ago was made the Headmistress when the previous Headmistress retired due to ill health.
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BEHIND THE CHARACTER
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[b]YOUR NAME: Khaat. YOu mean you're not going to ask me to tell you once more that I am always going to be old enough to be your mother??? How'd that happen? LOL
RP EXPERIENCE:Enough
HOW YOU FOUND US:I have no idea anymore
OTHER CHARACTERS:oh jeesh! Here we go: Khaat Lupin, Robert Lupin,Katherine Lupin, Andrew Diamond, Brian Quinn, Michael Tremaine
RP SAMPLE: Skipping off now! Thanks for asking, though!
by Headmistress Anais Benoit Tue Sep 14, 2010 11:26 pm
