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    do you love big family plots? ever wanted to be the ever-doted upon baby (sister to four older brothers, no less) of the family? love drama? then do I have the family for you!

    welcome to the Marsh family! we're currently looking for our fifth and final sibling to complete our nerdy disaster fam.

     

    about the site:
    we're Elpida, LOCATED HERE, and we're a present-time, tech-friendly wizarding world site. the short of the premise is that all of the wizarding schools around the world shut down, and only Elpida is left. since this character IS a student, you'll have to familiarize yourself with our site/school lore (don't worry; besides the school, most things are same as any other HP site). we're hosted on Jcink Premium, 18+, LGBTQIA+ friendly. no WC except for during AC's (200 WC) which are held quarterly (indefinitely on hold though bc of 'rona). we DO require Discord membership.

     

    about the family:
    the Marshes are a middle-to-upper-class Falmouth, UK-based wizarding family headed by two Muggle Born parents who were Hogwarts sweethearts. dad's a Healer, mum's job is...admittedly undecided ??? but one important factor about the family: they're total dorks.

     

    I'm talking an entire pack of D&D playing, cosplaying, renaissance faire, comic-con kiddos (well ok, all but two are adults now), even mum and dad.

     

    one brother built a hobbit hole in the backyard. another knows klingon. another collects pokemon cards. they all grew up with massive pop culture and fandom exposure; there's a lot of overlap in their interests (such as D&D) but on the same hand, some of them might war over whether star wars vs. star trek was better.

     

    yeah, we've got real bunch of geeks over here, as evidenced by mum and dad naming all of their children something along the lines of greek mythology.

     

    the family members:

     

    your role:

    as seen above, you'll obviously be playing Delphyne _____ Marsh, baby and only sister of this large, nerdy family.

     

    personality:
    though it's open to interpretation and ultimately up to you to craft, she should have a pretty bold, strong personality. she should probably more along the lines of a brat/spitfire and while she comes from a good family and thus probably does have a good heart, is more sassy than she is innocent/sweet; maybe even a bit manipulative and good at persuading others and wrapping them around her finger.

     

    she's the last kiddo out of six and the only girl so family dynamics (i.e. all older brothers, probably protective over her, last child so mum probably left her to her devices, etc) absolutely would play into her personality. I have a strong suspicion that she's used to getting her way.

     

    history/family dynamics:
    I've probably covered this excessively at this point, but again, Delphyne was born the baby and only girl of a pretty big, loving, secure, and stable family. she should have been born sometime between March and December 2005, up to you!

     

    she was and is VERY well-loved by everyone in the family IMO, even if maybe some of them don't really show it. she was probably very doted upon and spoiled by mum and dad.

     

    there's a rather large age gap between her and Talos (12-13 years), Marsy (11-12 years), and Rio (9-10 years). she's much closer in age to Phoenix (1-2 years). that said, the family's pretty close, so her older siblings have probably still been involved in her life to some influential degree. it's been mentioned before that Talos and Marsy might sometimes feel more like 'cool uncles' as opposed to older siblings to Phoenix and Del; Rio might be included in this, too, if he weren't the most........detached from the family.

     

    TW: drugs
    a crucial piece of history as well as dynamic for Del comes with Rio. when Rio was still at Hogwarts, he began dabbling with drugs; by graduation he was an addict. shortly after graduation, about July 2004, Rio was enlisted by his parents to babysit Phoenix and Del.

     

    Rio went upstairs to his room and got high, leaving Phoenix and Del downstairs alone. the two kiddos went to the kitchen to get some food when Del decided to be adult-y and make something for herself (she'd have been 8 or 9 years old). she wound up injuring herself badly in the process. under the influence, Rio was unable to apparate them to St. Mungo's, so he piled Phoenix and Del into a cab, took them to a Muggle hospital, and then utterly freaked out and left them there alone at A&E.

     

    social services/child protective services were called, a whole case and a bunch of drama ensued; obviously the kids are from a good home, and it was at no fault of the parents so Phoenix and Del wound up going back home with mum and dad once they were located, but Rio never came home. we call this "the Rio incident," lol.

     

    Rio remained gone in a several year drug-induced bender making one bad decision after another until he wound up in jail. he was not in contact with his family throughout this entire ordeal, only recently coming back into their lives as of January 2019.

    —end TW

     

    Rio loves all of his siblings unconditionally and is horribly sorry for the pain he caused his family; some of them have mixed emotions about him returning. seeing as Del was the most personally affected by the Rio incident, we can chat about how it might affect them in the long run! perhaps she's forgiven him? perhaps she, like Phoenix, maintains a grudge? it's totally up to you!

     

    that leaves Phoenix, Del's closest sibling. I've headcanoned that they're thick as thieves, growing up anyway. perhaps as they get older and fall into their own social circles they grow apart, or maybe they're still attached at the hip! I'm game for either!

     

    negotiables:
    her first name could technically be changed if you don't like it, I just ask that to keep it in theme with the others, that it's relevant to a Greek mythological creature. the siblings' names are either breeds/types of creatures (i.e. Phoenix) or personifications/important named Greek creatures in mythology (Marsyas), with Talos being the only exception (who was technically a statue erected to stand guard, which makes sense since he's the eldest, lol).

     

    her fc is open! all of her siblings are either dirty blonde + blue or green eyes, or brown with blue eyes (save for Rio, who has heterochromia with blue/green), so given genes and all that, we'd like to stay consistent there. brown eyes wouldn't make sense genetically at this point, lol, so that's pretty much the only criteria beyond ensuring the fc is 18+ (per site rules). some of us do headcanon that she's blonde, but that's not necessary if you have a darker-haired fc in mind.

     

    her house at Elpida is totally up to you! Phoenix (presumably her next closest sibling, due to age) is in Platto a year ahead of her.

     

    all of the siblings are queer, and they're pretty non-traditional and non-conservative as a whole, so that's entirely open for you to explore! if you'd rather her be het, that's fine, too!

     

    non-negotiables:
    her surname, for starters; since the family is already established, that has to stick.

     

    also, the fact that she's the baby of the family; we're not going to shuffle spots around.

     

    she either needs to be 14 or 15 years old, depending on birthdate (which would make her a 4th year).


    "the Rio incident" is also non-negotiable, though we can change details exactly on what/how it happened if you want.

     

    other:
    because she is a student, having some familiarity with our school, Elpida, would be necessary. you can find lore for our original school HERE.

     

    the only other thing of importance worth mentioning is that so long as Del doesn't estrange herself from the family (which, she totally could just follow in Rio's footsteps LOL, and hey, even if she did they would all still welcome her back and love her anyway because that's just the way this fam is haha), there's also opportunities to roleplay with the other siblings' connections such as ships, friends, etc. the fam is VERY tight-knit so there's probably a loooot of plotting opportunities involved for Del, even outside of her four siblings already on the site.

     

    contact:
    if you're interested in Del, please contact me via site DM or hit me up in the Discord server! ❤️ she is available to guests/first-time members as well!


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