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Do you find me dreadful?

Such a pretty face, but she's not regretful.

Created on 2006-03-14 06:35:15 (#9768615), last updated 2008-12-17

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Name:	Lenore Grey
Birthdate:	1967-12-23
Location:	London, United Kingdom

Bio

This is a character journal for my Ministry character at

np_atlas, Lenore Grey. Lenore is played by me, Lacey, aka

orangewinters.

Application ~ Owl Lenore

Lenore Abigail Grey is a graduate of Hogwarts, Slytherin house, attended 1979-1986, and currently works as an Unspeakable in the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic. Her wand is 10 ¼ inch Hazel with phoenix feather core.

For all intents and purposes, Lenore is Muggleborn. She was born out of wedlock to a disowned squib mother and a Muggle father in Haddington, Scotland. Though her parents weren’t married, they were in a long term relationship, at least until Lenore’s magical abilities started to manifest early in her childhood. Her father left soon after it became apparent that his daughter was very different from “normal” children. She has little memory of him, and doesn’t much care to track him down. Her mother was more understanding, being aware of the existence of magic already, but couldn’t keep a certain sense of jealousy from showing toward Lenore, who had what she had lacked and what had cost her her happiness. As such, Lenore’s childhood wasn’t particularly happy. She stayed at school over hols and spent summers with her friends whenever possible.

Lenore was imbued at a very young age with an unending desire to prove herself and to become more than her mother thought she was. Being sorted into Slytherin only added to her drive to overcome her background as she was suddenly surrounded by people of superior blood, many of whom did not hesitate to remind her of it. Lenore studied tirelessly and went straight into the Ministry after graduating, starting an apprenticeship in a minor office but quickly moving up until she was able to get herself assigned to the Department of Mysteries.

She comes off as incredibly self confident but it is only because she refuses to let others see how frustrated she sometimes becomes with everything. Lenore presents a strong front and keeps most of her true feelings behind a wall. She has never been in a relationship she considered serious or long term, which can be blamed on any number of factors, from her mother’s troubled love life, her obsession with work, or her unwillingness to bend to other people’s ideas of how she should be or what she should do. She can come off as cold but is actually quite kind to those few she considers good friends.

Lenore is highly self motivated and driven to succeed. She has a particular interest in theoretical magic and excelled at Ancient Runes and Arithmancy while at school. On the down side, she takes rejection and failure too personally and rarely knows when to quit. Lenore will beat her head against the wall trying to solve a problem if she’s really sold on figuring it out. On the other hand she can be horribly flakey when it comes to side projects or things that don’t demand immediate attention. She has a tendency to start things and let them sit in favor of tackling a bigger, more complex puzzle, when she could easily get the smaller things out of the way first.

OWLs/NEWTs

Astronomy O/E
Charms E/E
DADA A/A
Herbology P (dropped class after 5th)
History of Magic A (dropped class after 5th)
Potions A/E
Transfiguration A/E
Ancient Runes O/O
Arithmancy E/O

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