In-Character
Full Name: Araminta Arista ScrimgeourNicknames: Minty though she only tolerates it from very close family & friends
Birthdate: October 30, 1868
Current Age: 25 Years
Gender: Female
Occupation: Doomed Debutante
Reputation: 6? Staff Discretion?
• Her father, Argus Scrimgeour was in imprisoned.
• Her twin sister is Annabelle Scrimgeour whom was initially thought dead, recovered at Hogwarts age who then grew up to mire the family in scandal and then fell to the Working Class.
• Her twin sister has a middling reputation that Minty feels Bella deserves whilst Minty herself is perfectly respectable and proper and feels she does not personally deserve a middling reputation.
• Her twin sister is Annabelle Scrimgeour whom was initially thought dead, recovered at Hogwarts age who then grew up to mire the family in scandal and then fell to the Working Class.
• Her twin sister has a middling reputation that Minty feels Bella deserves whilst Minty herself is perfectly respectable and proper and feels she does not personally deserve a middling reputation.
Residence: Scrimgeour Family Home, Welsh Countryside
Hogwarts House: Slytherin
Wand: Supple, mahogany, phoenix tail feather, 11"
Blood Status: Pureblood
Social Class: Upper
Family:
father: Argus Scrimgeour [1824-1888]
mother: Media Scrimgeour née Bulstrode [1842]
brother: Julius Scrimgeour [1862]
sister: Annabelle Scrimgeour [twin, 1868]
mother: Media Scrimgeour née Bulstrode [1842]
brother: Julius Scrimgeour [1862]
sister: Annabelle Scrimgeour [twin, 1868]
Appearance:
face claim: Danielle Rose Russellheight: above average at 5 ft 6 in
build: curvy
eyes: blue
hair colour: auburn-brown
hair style: is long but done up in the typical but fashionable hair styles of an unwed, upper class woman
wand hand: right
distinguishing features: Features that distinguish her from her identical twin are that Minty has no scars (Bella has many) and she personally has possession of all her fingers (unlike Bella who is missing one). Another thing that distinguishes the two is that Minty is more fashionable and has better quality clothing in general. Minty is also a bit paler than Bella is.
scent: roses and other light florals
demeanor: Araminta carries herself with elegance and grace. She does her best to always appear polite and proper. Araminta has become well-schooled in keeping her true thoughts and feelings from showing in her face.
fashion: Araminta loves fashion and keeps herself fashionable though does her absolute best to not come off gaudy. She enjoys soft, pastel colors that flatter her coloring.
History:
| Childhood | |
| 1868 | Araminta is born the quieter and more calm of a set of twins. |
| 1869 | During a day out in January, one of the twins is kidnapped. Despite their father being a former auror, they do not find a trace of her. They eventually assume that the infant must surely have perished. |
| 1869-1879 | Despite having no real memory of Annabelle due to their age at the time of her kidnapping, Minty grows up with a strong sense of something being missing. She grows up being sheltered and rather overprotected by her mother. Her brother also is protective of her. She is not allowed to go many places without her mother in tow. Life becomes more lonely when her brother eventually begins at Hogwarts. She has her first signs of magic at the age of eight when she turns some falling leaves into flower petals. |
| Hogwarts | |
| 1880-81 First Year | Minty's turn to go to Hogwarts arrives. And with it comes quite the shocking surprise: her twin alive and having been raised by working class muggles. Minty is sorted into Slytherin and her twin into Gryffindor. It is confirmed that "Matilda Draper" is indeed Annabelle Scrimgeour. In October, Aramintas grandmother dies. It is whispered that it was due to the shock of Annabelles return. Araminta does her best to connect with her twin but Annabelle is most disagreeable about a lot of things. They just cannot seem to form a sisterly connection despite Mintys best efforts. Things worsen when Annabelle comes home for the summer and seems to always having something to say back to their parents. |
| 1882-83 Third Year | Araminta takes up Ancient Studies, Arithmancy and Divination as her electives. |
| 1884-85 Fifth Year | To her dismay, Minty is not a prefect. But she does do pretty well on her OWL examinations. She decides to drop Arithmancy, Defence Against the Dark Arts and Herbology when it comes to her upcoming NEWT class schedule. |
| 1886-1887 Seventh Year | Minty and Bella graduate and debut into society. |
| Adulting | |
| 1887 | Araminta loves being a debutante but her enjoyment is tarnished by Bella's dislike of it. Not even a month in and Bella is sent off to Aunt Laverna's and becomes a healer. |
| 1888 | Rumours abound and a series Witch Weekly articles allege that Bella is having an affair with a man named Reuben Crouch. Father is livid and confronts Bella. He is then imprisoned for physical abuse and he dies in lockup but not before Bella had been disowned. It is all too much. Julius even switches jobs and Minty can't go anywhere without being asked about Bella or being mistaken for Bella which feels even worse. |
| 1889 | To her despair, Witch Weekly lists her as a Society Woman to Stay Away From. Which she feels isn't fair at all when she has personally never done anything wrong. |
| 1890 | Julius makes a return to his former job which pleases Minty. He was always too talented to resign himself to a portkey office. Also in Witch Weekly, someones letter to the editor describes her rightly as suffering undeservedly. But also mentioned she was unlikely to find a husband. |
| 1891 | Minty is pleased when Witch Weekly seems to believe she would match well with August Echelon-Arnost. It isn't so much the man she is pleased about but the fact they seem to no longer think she should be branded as unmarriageable. |
| 1894 | Despite her best efforts, she is still unwed without even a whiff of courtship. However, Julius gets engaged. Which Minty is happy about because she does love her brother but it fills her with a sense of melancholia. She will be twenty six in a matter of months and she is beginning to think she might just end up a spinster. |
Personality:
Araminta is a proper and ladylike woman who has a tendency to hide her true thoughts and feelings. She learned long ago to suppress such things. She is generally kind and courteous. Minty dislikes confrontation and will do and say whatever she can to avoid it. Minty adores fashion and gossip despite gossip having been a large catalyst to her present day problems. Even so, she has always retained a subscription to Witch Weekly. Araminta is intelligent and clever but tends to try and downplay these traits as her mother has taught her they are undesirable to men.
Other:
| class | owl | newt |
| Ancient Studies | E | A |
| Arithmancy | A | — |
| Astronomy | E | E |
| Charms | E | E |
| Defense Against the Dark Arts | A | — |
| Divination | E | E |
| Herbology | A | — |
| History of Magic | E | E |
| Potions | E | A |
| Transfiguration | E | E |
01. Araminta is fluent in German, French, Italian and is beginning to learn some Russian.
02. Araminta is very skilled in the feminine arts.
03. Araminta is skilled in playing the harp, piano, pianoforte and violin. She also possesses a lovely singing voice.
04. Araminta has an excellent eye for art and has an expansive knowledge of art history.
amortentia: roses, strawberries, chocolate
boggart: Being Bella.
clubs: Due to the scandals, she was disinvited from many of the ladys clubs she would have been a part of and she never got over it.
patronus: a mink
pets: A white Persian cat named Snowdrop that is an absolute hater to everyone but Minty.
romantic orientation: Heteromantic
sexual orientation: Heterosexual
zodiac sign: Scorpio
Out-of-Character
Name: Kit
magical set by MJ!
