DARP Characters

## Resources

### Interview Questions

1. What was your first incident of magic and how old were you? (**Compulsory**)*Personality:*

1. Do you believe in love at first sight?
2. Have you ever been in love? If so, with who? If not, do you want to be in love?
3. How do you want to be remembered by the people around you?
4. How quick do you make decisions?
5. What is one activity that helps wind you down? Alternatively, what is one activity that does the opposite to you? Is there more than one, if so-what?
6. Where do you see yourself in ten years?
7. Would you rather have endless money or endless amounts of love? why?
8. What are people’s usual first impressions of you? Are they correct?
9. What is your guilty pleasure? Do you try to fight it?
10. How do you treat the people around you?
11. Do you believe people can be given a second chance?
12. What do you think it means to be human?
13. What act have you made that you most regret?
14. How do you behave in a romantic relationship? If you’ve never been in one before, how do you think you’d behave?
15. If you ever went to Hogwarts, what house do you think you're most suited for? Why? Is there any house you don't want to be in? (Please note: if you wish to be given a specific house, this is your chance to argue why.)
16. What are your interpretations on each Hogwart house? Why?
17. Do you think you're prejudiced or have a certain bias? Why?
18. Are you happy with the path that you've found yourself on? How would you change it if you could?
19. How competitive are you? Why are you competitive? Why are you not competitive? Do you want to be competitive/less competitive?
20. What do you think the definition of ‘freedom’ is?
21. What do you think the worst action against a person can be?
22. How do you perceive strangers?
23. How do you react to criticism?
24. Do you think you deserve your position in life?
25. What are your political views?*History:*

1. Were you close with your family growing up? If not-why?
2. What were you like growing up?
3. Who/what was your biggest influence growing up? Why?
4. What was your childhood dream? Why so? And why did it change?
5. If you weren’t raised by your parents, who did? How did you find yourself in this position?
6. If you weren’t raised by your parents, do you ever wish to meet your birth parents? Why/Why not?
7. What would you say to your younger self and what would they think of you?
8. What was your childhood dream? Why so? And why did it change?
9. If you’re not native to the UK, where were you born and how did you end up in the UK? (**Please skip if your character is native to UK**)
10. What is your most vivid memory? This doesn’t have to be a good or bad memory.
11. When was the last time you cried?
12. Do you have instances in your past that you’d prefer not to tell people?
13. What’s your education history? Do you enjoy learning and the way that school is taught?
14. If you could go to any other magical school other than the one you attended, which one? Why?
15. What did your adopted parents do for a living?
16. Do you have any mental or physical afflictions? How did you receive these afflictions or were you born with them?
17. How's your financial situation? What's your main income? Do you rely on anyone? Do you want to rely on them or be more independent?
18. Do you believe technology and magic can coexist together?
19. What is your perception of family? Do you think they’re overrated or a necessary feature in your life?
20. What was your greatest achievement and why?
21. When were you last crushed with disappointment?
22. Were you nurtured or neglected? What is your stance on the nature vs nurture argument based on your own experience?
23. What was your socioeconomic status growing up?
24. Although religion has never been a focus in the magical world, was your family religious growing up? Are they, and by extension you, still religious? What branch of religion?
25. When were you the happiest? When were you the saddest?**Exotic questions***These do not count to your minimum and are an extension. You must answer at least two of your specific exotic. So you must have twelve questions in total!***Legilimency**

1. It is often stated that reading other people’s minds is an invasion of privacy. What is your position on this?
2. How did you know you were a natural born legilimency?
3. What was your motivation to learn legilimency?
4. Do you keep it a secret? If so, why? If not, how did those closest react?

**Occlumency**

1. What was your motivation to learn occlumency?
2. Have you had any experience with legilimency?
3. Do you think occlumency should be more readily available in Hogwarts?

**Werewolf**

1. How were you turned and how did you react to it?
2. Have you ever considered joining a pack?
3. What was the most difficult ability to master?
4. How do you handle a full moon?

**Vampire (both full and half)**

1. Do you remember who turned you?
2. When were you turned and did you want it too happen?
3. Do you feel morally comfortable with draining someone of their blood?
4. What was your favourite time in history to be alive in? (if they are not a newly made vampire)

**Nymph**

1. Were you aware of your nymph heritage? If not, how did you find out?
2. Are you content with the power branch that you have? If not, which would you rather change too? Why?
3. Do you feel your nymph ancestors were right in withdrawing from the world?
4. How did you manage to gain some control over your powers? Do you feel comfortable using them?

**Siren**

1. Have you learnt how to speak Mermish?
2. How often do you try to get into the water? Do you feel uncomfortable if you are on dry land for an extended amount of time?
3. How much time do you spend time on your appearance?
4. Do you use your abilities, including your voice and appearance, to your advantage?

**Veela**

1. Have you ever used your abilities, particularly hypnosis, to your own advantage?
2. Do you feel excited when a storm is occurring? Do you try and influence it?
3. Veelas are known too have a short temper, is this something you share? If so, do you try and control it or give in to it?
4. You have power over both fire and storm, to what extent have you tried using these abilities? Are you aware of this?

**Banshees**

1. How do you feel when a death occurs nearby?
2. Whilst your scream, being not a full blooded banshee, cannot cause death, how much damage have you ever tried to make?
3. Do you believe the rumours that you are related too dementors?

**Ghost**

1. How did you die?
2. What location do you regularly haunt? Why?
3. What caused you too stay in this world and not pass on?
4. Who/what do you miss most from your time alive? Why?

**Leprechauns**

1. Do you ever feel dismayed at the idea of learning magic slower than your peers?
2. What is your favourite prank that you've ever pulled?
3. Leprechauns tend to be drawn too gold, what is your favourite golden possession?

**Parsel tongue**

1. Parsel tongue is often correlated to the dark arts, are you interested in pursuing the dark arts?
2. Were you aware that you were distantly related too Salazar Slytherin?
3. How did you find out you could speak too snakes?

**Animagus**

1. How old were you when you went through the process of becoming an animagus?
2. How do you think your animal persona represents your personality?
3. What are the special markings on your animagi that gives you away?
4. Have you registered with the ministry? If not, why?

**Clairvoyant**

1. What branch of clairvoyancy are you?
2. If a friend was feeling down, and you sensed it, how would you react?
3. Would you use this ability to your advantage?
4. What is your favorite sense? Scent, smell, touch, hearing, or seeing?

**Metamorphmagus**

1. Do you find yourself changing your appearance often, and for what reasons do you or do you not do this?
2. How did you find out you had this ability? Is it a common trait in your family? How did everyone, including yourself, react?
3. Have you ever used your abilities for malicious reasons?
4. Do you struggle to control your abilities?

**Seers**

1. What was your first vision?
2. What was your scariest vision?
3. Do you believe time is transfixed, and cannot be changed?
4. If you saw a vision of someone you love dying, would you attempt to change it?

**Squibs**

1. When did you realise you were a squib?
2. How did your family and those around you react to it?
3. Considering some squibs choose to live in the muggle world, why did you choose to remain in the magical community?
4. What aspect of the magical world are you most jealous of?