BLACK, Pyxis Elladora

[PYXIS ELLADORA BLACK]

Pyxis Elladora Black

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Don't you dare look out your window
Darling, everything's on fire

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Full Name: “Pyxis Elladora Black. We’re all named after stars or constellations in the Black family. Pyxis is a constellation. The middle name comes from someone way further back on the family tree.”
Nicknames: “Pyx, it’s a shortened form of Pyxis. Some people call me Black.”
Age/Year: “16, sixth year.”
House: “Slytherin through and through.”
Blood Status: “The family motto is Toujours pur, what do you think?”
Wand: 7", dragon heartstring core, Hawthorn wood.

According to Ollivander: "The wandmaker Gregorovitch wrote that hawthorn ‘makes a strange, contradictory wand, as full of paradoxes as the tree that gave it birth, whose leaves and blossoms heal, and yet whose cut branches smell of death.’ While I disagree with many of Gregorovitch’s conclusions, we concur about hawthorn wands, which are complex and intriguing in their natures, just like the owners who best suit them. Hawthorn wands may be particularly suited to healing magic, but they are also adept at curses, and I have generally observed that the hawthorn wand seems most at home with a conflicted nature, or with a witch or wizard passing through a period of turmoil. Hawthorn is not easy to master, however, and I would only ever consider placing a hawthorn wand in the hands of a witch or wizard of proven talent, or the consequences might be dangerous. Hawthorn wands have a notable peculiarity: their spells can, when badly handled, backfire."
Alliance: “Death eater.”
Play-by: Kaya Scodelario

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The war outside our door keeps raging on
Hold on to this lullaby
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Likes: ”Flying, smoking, violin music, purebloods, dueling, arguing, playing devil’s advocate, making fun of people, laughing at people, getting my way.”
Dislikes: “Muggles, mudbloods, halfbloods, being told what to do, being told I can’t do something, being challenged, Sirius, and Narcissa.”
Strengths: “I can fight with a wand, and my fists, I’m witty, I’m incredibly sneaky, you can thank growing up with Sirius for that one, I’m also an excellent liar. I’m reliable, if I tell you I’m going to do something, I’m going to do something. I’m competitive.”
Weaknesses: “Well let’s see, I’m sure if you asked Sirius, or Regulus this list would never ever end, but… I’m not exactly approachable. I’m friendly, but you don’t need to tell me I don’t look the part. I don’t open up easily, either. I’m messy and disorganized, I’m stubborn, loud, forgetful ,I’m terrified of commitment, I’m vengeful and can be vindictive, I’m a smoker, and I’m a sucker for boys with big brown eyes.”
Amortentia: “Fire, cinnamon, chocolate, and autumn air.”
Dementor: “When mum burned Sirius off the tree. Bloody moron…. Sirius, not mum.”
Boggart: "Actually, and this is so pathetic, I have an absolutely crippling fear of clowns."
Veritaserum: “I actually miss Sirius. It’s been weird since he left, but I wouldn’t tell that to anyone. Not even Reg.”
Personality:Pyxis is stubborn. She won’t back down from a dare or an argument, and her favorite thing in the world is to prove someone wrong. She hates being told she can’t do something or shouldn’t do something, and being told those things only makes her want to do them more. Being underestimated is one of her deepest hatreds. She’s messy and completely disorganized, her school work is constantly everywhere and her trunk is a nightmare. She’s handed the wrong homework in on several occasions.

She’s incredibly witty and loves cracking jokes on other and even herself. She always has a clever comment up her sleeve that she’s dying to use. She’s a great liar, but she only lies when she needs to get away with something, and when she’s honest she’s painfully so. She’ll judge you, but she’s not completely closed-minded, she will change her opinion of you if you give her reason to.

She’s friendly, but she doesn’t have the most approachable demeanor. She can be very catty if she wants to be, and she’s not afraid to fight you with a wand or her fists, as she grew up using both against Sirius and Regulus (even though Regulus is younger than her.) Despite all of that, Pyxis actually has a huge heart, but she doesn’t let anyone get close enough to realize that because of her immense fear of commitment and getting hurt. She puts on a tough front, but she’s actually a very emotional person when it comes to those she cares for.

She has a short-temper, and is almost always the first person to start yelling in an argument. She’ll cut you off and tell you off , but if you earn her trust and her loyalty you’ll have it for… well, most of the time. If you double cross her or anger her you’ll regret it, and if you do something to hurt her she’ll likely never forgive you, and you’ll be on her shit list.

She gets decent enough grades. She’s skilled at astronomy, transfiguration, and potions, and is awful at arithmancy, history of magic, and charms.

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Even when the music's gone
Just close your eyes
The sun is going down
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Hair color: “My hair’s a dark-brown/black color, and how it’s styled really depends on the day.”
Eye color: “My eyes are a grey-blue color. I guess you could call them hazel.”
Facial structure: “I have a pointy chin and somewhat round cheeks.”
Body structure: “I’m 5’7, so pretty average, and I weigh about 125 lbs, but it’s mostly muscle.”
Clothing Choice: “I wear a lot of jeans and comfortable shirts, I can wear dresses if I need to. Like my hair, it depends on the day.”

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You'll be alright
No one can hurt you now
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• family • family • family •

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Mother: Walburga Black,53, retired
Father: Orion Black, 49, retired
Siblings: Sirius Black, 17, Gryffindor
Regulus Black, 15, Slytherin
Other: Bellatrix Black, 17, Slytherin, cousin
Andromeda Black, 16, Slytherin, cousin
Narcissa Black, 15, Slytherin, cousin
History: Pyxis was born the middle Black child, and the only girl. As the younger sister of Sirius Black she was tormented relentlessly by him, but was equally as cunning and witty and together they ganged up on Regulus. But, the brothers did their fair share of ganging up on her as well. Pyxis was never a girly girl, no matter how hard her mother tried to make her. Pyxis would be playing with the boys outside and her mother would call her inside for tea or some other kind of formal lesson. Pyxis knew from a very early age that her mother would preferred a less headstrong, more obedient daughter like her younger cousin Narcissa. Her mother wanted to fill her head with pretty little things, and Pyxis was more interested in the dirt and the mud and the jokes.

And then things started to change. When Sirius was eleven and went to Hogwarts he was sorted into Gryffindor, and it didn’t go over well with their parents at all. They had expected him to be a Slytherin like the rest of the family had been before him, and he wasn’t. It was shocking news to them all, and Pyxis wasn’t sure why he was like that, but for the year he was away at school Pyxis’ life was filled with tea and violin music, which she actually grew to love, and lunches with her mother. And she found out that they weren’t completely terrible. She still wasn’t interested in being anyone’s jewel or lady, but talking with her mother wasn’t the worst thing in the world. 10-year-old Pyxis still played with Regulus and got dirty and made fun of each other, but without Sirius it was much different.

On her eleventh birthday her letter came, and she went off to Hogwarts sharing a room on the train with her cousins. Sirius was off with James Potter and his new friends. Though Pyxis would never admit it she was nervous, and worried, and she’d wanted her older brother’s support. But, he wasn’t there, so she relied on Bella and Andromeda instead. It was Andromeda’s first year as well, but Bella told them what to expect.
“Don’t worry, you’ll be in Slytherin,” Bella assured the pair of them.

And she was. Pyxis was sorted into Slytherin and became fast friends with Aiden Potter, Rabastan Lestrange, Rudolphus Lestrange, Lucius Malfoy and the rest. She was one of the only girls in the group, as usual, and over the years as Sirius sort of stepped out of the big brother role to go be off with his friends and fight with his parents, other people stepped in. Rabastan and Rodolphus were like her brothers now, and Regulus always had been.

Slowly but surely tensions in the house rose, and in her fifth year Sirius moved out of Grimmauld Place and in with James Potter. The move was messy, and Walburga and Orion were angrier than you could imagine. Pyxis had wanted to beg him not to go. Actually, she had told him not to go. They’d drifted apart over the years, sure, and even kind of grown to dislike each other but he was still her older brother. He told her he’d been planning to leave, and she told him not to go, but he didn’t listen. He left, and then Walburga burned him off the wall.

That was a sad and scary day for the Black family. Well, for Pyxis. It wasn’t even scary, either… It was just… a mess. Why did Sirius have to leave? Why did he have to go and abandon everything they’d been taught? Toujours pur. Why couldn’t he have just lived it like everyone else? But he left, and Pyxis became the eldest Black sibling in Grimmauld Place as far as Walburga and Orion were concerned. That’s when she picked up smoking. It was a stress reliever and an admittedly bad habit she’d picked up from Rabastan. And as much as she pretends to be angry with Sirius for leaving, there's a part of her that feels like he was right, but she's spent so many years submerged head-first she doesn't know how to leave, and doesn't want to.

After Sirius left the Black house became permanently weird as far as Pyxis was concerned. The boy she grew up with and played in the mud with felt like centuries ago, and Pyxis started to resent Sirius for leaving at all, for turning his back on all of them, but it was because she missed him. But still, she will make fun of him and put on an angry front, keep her walls up like she does with everyone. She’d been abandoned enough by Sirius, first at school and then at home, she wasn’t going to give anyone else enough of her so they could abandon her.

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Come morning light
You and I'll be safe and sound
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Alias: Neon
Age: 22!
Experience: years and years and years.
Code Word: alohamora
RP Sample:

I would put something here, but Adrienne and I have written books to one another and I think that those qualify, right Adri.

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