Post by BLUDWORTH BATHORY on May 10, 2023 10:37:42 GMT -5
bludworth bathory
Birthday: November 27, 1692
Blood Status: Muggle-born
Location of Residence: Scottish Highlands
Former School: Hogwarts
Former House: Slytherin
Job: GHOST
Appearance:
Three Characteristics You Think You Are: Jolly, Ambitious, Maritime
Three Characteristics Others Think You Are: Ruthless, Frightening, Greedy
Three Random Facts: He was murdered by a jealous former classmate via poisoning and drowning after becoming the first Muggle-born to be made Head of Slytherin.
In his adult years, he led a clandestine career of hunting other pirates for their gold and turning them in for hefty bounties using magic. This was quite easy, as the Statute of Secrecy was still in its infancy.
He haunts the Black Lake and the Slytherin common room, singing sea shanties and scaring purist students.
Aspirations: Seek revenge on Ivan Daggerhorn, the ruthless pirate who slew his parents before his eyes, kidnapped him, and then bred him into a pirate. (Succeeded)
Become the first Muggle-born Head of Slytherin. (Succeeded)
See Selena Gaunt, the scurvy wench who killed him, punished for his murder. (Succeeded)
Frighten and haunt the purist demographic of Slytherin into insanity. (Current)
Site Integration:
2006: He was enraged to learn that Giovanna Nero was pardoned after taking part in the assault on Hogwarts, which resulted in many being killed and severely injured. He never bought for a second that she was kidnapped and acting against her will.
2013 - It was a great relief for Bludworth when Eliza Cunningham, Hermione Granger, and Draco Malfoy manufactured the cure for the Plague that had been causing wizards and witches to drop dead left and right. Of course, him being a ghost meant the plague couldn't affect him, but his descendants and living friends in Slytherin House were a different story.
2016: Bludworth is on cloud nine when Eliza Cunningham is appointed as the first Muggle-born Headmistress of Hogwarts. As he was the first Muggle-born to be made Head of Slytherin, he considers this another great leap for the history of wizards & witches of no magical heritage.
Family:
Mr. & Mrs. Barstad, 31 & 30 (Deceased), father & mother: Bludworth's Muggle parents. Bludworth loved them both dearly and is still haunted by the memory of watching them be cut down by Ivan.
Lucy Bathory, 28 (Deceased), wife: Bludworth's half-blood wife, whom he lost to childbrith after the birth of their twin sons.
Roleplay Example:
October 13, 2019
A long, slender table covered with a black cloth holding various confectioneries was placed before the emerald windows of the gloomy common room: silver trays filled with cupcakes with black icing that had RIPs written on them in white icing, bowls of punch with black goblets elegantly arranged next to them, black paper plates and plastic utensils, and tombstone sugar cookies. But what took up the majority of the table was the massive eight-foot, casket-shaped cake that read in white icing Bludworth Bathory: November 27, 1692 – October 13, 1729.
Black streamers were hung from the walls and swaying eerily from the breeze created from the dancing ghosts. Hung above the roaring fireplace was a large portrait of Bludworth while he still lived, above which was a black bunting with a silver message reading In Loving Memory.
Predictably the purist demographic of Slytherin House was absent from the event, and this would induce the utmost placidity within Bludworth. He didn't need any silver-tongued brats spoiling his night with their loud-mouthed prejudice. Only Slytherins who at least respected the ghost and his origin were here on this evening; if any endorsers of purity were present, they were silent among the respective throngs.
The attention of all occupants was suddenly seized by the Bloody Baron's voice urgently shouting out, “THE DEATH DAY BOY HAS ARRIVED! THE DEATH DAY BOY HAS ARRIVED!”
A hush settled over the room as the quartet of ghosts began to dolefully play the Funeral March. The throngs parted as four bulky Slytherin males entered through the entrance, each supporting on their shoulder a corner of the black casket with a silver carving of the jolly roger symbol carved into its lid. The mournful tune of the Funeral March continued until the casket was placed before the fireplace.
A gentle murmuring of collective bewilderment hummed around the room seconds before the lid of the casket flew open and a squall of air blew the flames in the fireplace from existence. Bludworth Bathory, the swashbuckling Slytherin, guffawed with maritime vigor as he shot out of the casket. Slytherin House and the attending ghosts zealously addressed him with a roar of applause and cheers. Bludworth bowed and reveled in the ovation as he floated down before gratefully demanding silence.
“Proud Half-bloods 'n Blood Traitors, it brings me dead heart great joy t' see ye gathered here in honor o' me Death Day,” he called out with open arms and a translucent simper. “As some o' ye are aware, I be the firs' Muggle-born t' 'ave ever been made Head o' Slytherin! This o' course was th' onset o' me end, as the pureblood I beat fer the position poisoned 'n drowned me in the very lake I now haunt. But don't any o' ye be feelin' sorry fer this dead serpent! I died havin' achieved me goal 'n left me own imprint upon Slytherin's history! So let the party continue wit' this philosophy in mind, me ambitious kin: When the plan t' reach yer goal fails, abandon the plan – not the goal!
“Tha' be the Slytherin way!”
Bludworth's words resonated through the hearts of the Slytherin students and earned him yet another round of applause.
“Now – dance, drink, eat, chat! Let this Death Day be as lively as possible until its end!”
The party returned to its default state of conversation and dance as Bludworth admired it all with proud silence, for this was the symbol of all that he had achieved.
ALIAS: Dess
OTHER CHARACTERS: ANGUS BAIRD
WELCOME BUDDY?: only if you're new to tb
CANON?: No
WANTED AD?: No
