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AGE: 24
EXPERIENCE: Dexy knows aaaaaaaall about it! ;-)
PB: Billie Piper
JOURNAL TO BE USED: turnips

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BLOOD STATUS: Halfblooded Bastard.
CLASS: Working class.
SEXUALITY: Heterosexual.
APPEARANCE: Lisa is of average height for an Englishwoman at 5'3". She is of average build and toned from sport and work and weighs in at just over seven stone. She is fair skinned and blonde with large brown eyes. She has the emblem for the Manchester United football club tattooed on the small of her back and no other markings or piercings.

She is known in school for wearing track suit bottoms (or jeans), trainers and a red camisole almost all of the time, unless in uniform. Always a bit of a tom boy (and a tiny bit Chav)she's not changed much. It's all about comfort. She always carries her wand, her purse (wallet), and a packet of fags as she's taken up smoking since her Mum's death. On her wrist is always the silver charm bracelet her Mum gave her on her 16th birthday.
DETAILED PERSONALITY: Curiosity killed the cat; satisfaction brought it back. If ever a wizard exhibited a danger of self destruction from too much knowledge, surely it was a Ravenclaw Scorpio. It doesn't matter whether the pet obsession this week is botany, Muggle pop music, or the history of the Necronomicon, if a Ravenclaw Scorpio wants to know about it, then he will, and damn the consequences: full speed ahead. Indeed, just mention that a subject is "forbidden" and you'll see a peculiar light shine in their eyes. They sneak into locked rooms after dark, and forge passes to the restricted library sections. The lust for arcane knowledge is both the greatest strength of these wizards, and the Achilles heel. It's best to indulge them whenever possible and let the obsession burn itself out; and, when this is not possible, to explain in great detail and absolutely *no* patronizing why the subject must not be explored. These Ravenclaws are quiet and secretive, but don't be fooled by that calm and placid exterior; they have hidden depths.

Like most Ravenclaw Scorpios, Obsessive describes Lisa in a word. Though she is capable of putting up a good front of indifference, things fall neatly between love and hate. The quickest way to pique her interest is to tell her no. That tendency for obsession is one of her biggest weaknesses. Not only can her latest passion absorb her completely to the detriment of everything else around her, but she can also be very close minded if she gets her back up.

Thankfully this is usually balanced out by the fact that Lisa is really a nice person. She has a great sense of humor, makes friends easily and keeps them through a very loving personality. Friends are likely to tease her about her obsession with muggle music and football, especially when she starts banging on about The New York Dolls, The Smiths, The Sex Pistols, Roy Keane & Gary Neville. A chronic collector, she has a wealth of memorabilia to explain what she's talking about, though her most prized possessions stay well hidden.

All in all, Lisa's just a down to earth girl. She loves bright colors like baby blue, lime green, and red. Her mates often grimace as she tosses down chips and garlic mayo with a chaser of Strongbow Cider. It takes a bit to get her brassed, but she's a formidable opponent once you've crossed that line. Life's bright when you're in the pile of things she loves, but find yourself on the other end of her temper and you may never find your way back.
HISTORY: Elspeth MacDougal-Turpin had just graduated from Slytherin and Hogwarts School in June of 1976. She set out to experience life at her parents' expense until she decided on her future. Her parents, Step-father Gregor, and Mother, Melificent had high hopes for their only daughter, but thought it best that she come to terms with her future on her own. Never once did they suspect that their hopes would come to nowt. Elspeth's idea of experience centred around muggle men of media success. Musicians and footballers.

Night after night, party after party she 'experienced' life. Until one night found her with child. It was 1979. Single, unsure of the parentage and knowing no one would claim fatherhood, the woman used her wiles to secure a small fortune. Her parents having cut her off. She found sanctuary and tranquility in the seaside town of Whitby, in Northern Yorkshire. She found her future in a large, but dilapidated pub and restaurant. In the nine months of her pregnancy she brought change upon her new home, and on herself.

Elisabeth Nicola Turpin was born on the 30th of October. It was an unusually warm day and the sun was shining. The baby laughed when her Mother held her. Her eyes bright and large. Nicknamed Lisa, the child grew up in a loving environment with her mother and the regulars of the new pub. She never wanted for anything due to her Mother's penchant of spoiling her and the money pouring in from the pub whose Oyster and Seafood dishes were becoming quite famous.

She began showing signs of magic at the age of three. When her Mother caught her playing with a stray krup the girl had somehow lured in. From a young age Lisa was told her Father was an important striker from the football team Manchester United. She never once doubted it and from the day she was old enough to kick a ball, football became a passion of hers. Lisa saw her first match on her fourth birthday. She cheered for her Father.

Lisa had a sunny outlook and could make the most depressed customer laugh. It was her specialty. She made friends with everyone who visited. She attended the local grammar school and was popular with all of her muggle friends. Though she always sensed that there was something more to her.

When Lisa was about to turn eleven her Mother sat her down and gave her the big talk. She was a witch and would soon be starting school. The idea of Hogwarts sent a new joy through Lisa, who had always been a curious sort. She was obsessed with learning. Anything. Everything. And had constant obsessions. From Marine Biology to Witch burnings to Music to the French Revolution to Football to Grass to Monopoly. She had to learn about something new every day in order to feel she'd not wasted her day.

She got her Hogwarts letter the following year and was sent to school on the first of September. Lisa was sorted into Ravenclaw and was soon mates with the boys in her year.

School was a plethora of information for Lisa, darkened by the coming of the dark Lord Voldemort. Lisa feared him with everyone else who believed he was back. Though she tended to sidetrack herself with sport and merriment.

Lisa made a few new friends due to her Saturday morning routine of playing football on the pitch. She never was much aware of gender and as such has been looked upon as a bit of a tomboy. However, she is still a girl with girly feelings. She has had a crush on her best friends, Anthony Goldstein and Michael Corner throughout the years, though she didn't know how to tell either of them. And so she would react in the only way she knew. Slagging and friendly punches.

Her fifth year brought little change to her daily routines.

Her sixth year brought the knowledge that Voldemort was truly back. Terror ran through the U.K. and whilst Elspeth wished her daughter were with her in Whitby, she knew she'd never force Lisa to be somewhere other than where she wished. For when given freedom, one generally found their true path. Lisa clung tighter to her friends. Deaths and disappearances were frequent and Lisa was constantly afraid that she'd get an owl saying her Mother was dead. She had her first nightmares that year.

In June of 1997, the seventeen year old found herself dealing with her worst nightmare. On her way home from Tescos, Lisa found the horrifying sight of the Dark Mark over her pub. She ran in. Elspeth lay dead on the floor with a warning to blood-traitor etched into the walls, the staff dead in the oyster tank.

Lisa was taken to Hogwarts and spent the time locked in her room. She did not come out unless she had to for class. She spoke to no one. Her nights were spent on dreamless sleep potions lest her screams wake her dorm mates. It wasn't until the night of the final battle that Lisa finally stood up against the very people who'd destroyed her. She followed the sounds of war and found her friends battling Death Eaters. She jumped in, rage boiling within her and began throwing every hex she'd learned from her obsession with the Dark Arts until she'd severely wounded one of the attackers. She killed another Death Eater defending her best mates: Anthony Goldstein and Michael Corner.

Her victory was short lived as she was attacked herself and spent the next three weeks in St. Mungo's with severe hexing damage to right arm. From 1998 through 1999, Lisa ran her Mother's pub in Whitby until she decided it was easier to move on if she left. She left her pub in the care of muggle friends and moved to Southwark, London where she's hiding out in her flat with her new puppy, Morrissey. She is still in love with her best friends, still a virgin, and worst of all suffers an extreme case of Post-Traumatic Stress, Anxiety Disorder, Depression, and a mild case of Disassociative Disorder. She has yet to truly get over anything, and tends to stay inside when she's not taking her dog out. She's yet to contact any of her friends.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I would really like a Michael or Anthony (or both-how hot would THAT be? ^_^) for Lisa. HAHA.