Katrin Dietrich

Character Name [Katrin Dietrich]

[18] — [5’4, 112lbs]
[She has medium length, slight wavy, black hair. She has paler skin than most, but not enough to stick out like a sheet of paper or a ghost. Makes her freckles more apparent, especially in the winter. She has a beauty mark above her right lip, a small Marilyn Monroe style mole. She has brown, structured, brows as her hair is dyed and she keeps her brows natural. Her lashes are pretty long, and accentuate her brown eyes when she wears mascara. She’s a skinny girl, but still struggles with eating.]

Clothing style/frequently worn clothes: A Slytherin uniform, pajamas consisting of a loose top and some sweatpants, a basic fall outfit that she arrives in

Eye color: Brown
Hair color and style: Black, medium length. Often down, in a ponytail braid, or messy bun
Other distinguishing physical traits: Her beauty mark, a large scar on her right knee
Familiar: A pole cat named ‘Gier’
Patronus: A Magpie or a Doe
Boggart: A bloodied image of her mother, holding the bear trap that tore her leg apart.
Amortentia: Fresh laundry, freesia, lotus, and jasmine with a hint of pine and cocoa
Can she see Thestrals? Yes. She witnessed her grandmother die when she was seven, and also witnessed a carriage accident at ten that resulted in a young paper-boys’ death whom she was friends with.

“The first was my grandmother when I was seven. I didn’t know her well, but she was on her deathbed. Comfortable and with family from old age, like it should be. The second…wasn’t as kind..”

“I was friends with a paper boy, much to my mothers dismay…we’d meet every day near the town hall. Every Sunday when church let out, the rich would come to town in their fancy buggies and horse carriages. Ansel was a very spontaneous boy. Always curious, chipper, adventurous. He made me who I am today even though I’d only known him for a few years. He saw me at the fountain across from the town hall and ran over to see me. A carriage didn’t see him. Their two big shire horses trampled him in seconds. It wasn’t a painless death. It wasn’t easy. It was filled with happiness one second with the promise of seeing his best friend, and then ripped away and turned into fear. It wasn’t holding his mothers’ hand or hugging me. It was horrible. Bloody and gruesome.”

“I’ll never get the image of him out of my head.”

Verbal tags: Her German accent
Languages spoken: German, English
Characteristic tags: She sucks on her tongue when she’s thinking, which sinks her cheeks lightly. When embarrassed she goes silent and extremely red in the face. She bites her nails if she’s overly stressed, has an almost unnoticeable limp on her right side. She leans on her left when she has the chance.

Race/Ethnic group: German, white
Country of origin: Northern Germany, town of Schwerin
Pureblood?: No, she is half. Her father is pureblood, her mother is of high class (a countess) but not pureblood.

Level of Education: 5th year student of Magic
Schools: Durmstrang, Hogwarts
Durmstrang house: Soscrofa
Hogwarts house: Slytherin
Occupation: Witch
Past Occupations: Student
Skills, Abilities, or Talents: Magic studies, chewing ice, skiing, ice fishing, cooking traditional German dishes

Admirable personality traits: Her willpower, her willingness to accept when she’s wrong, her intuition
Negative personality traits: Holding grudges and unable to let go of the past, jumping to conclusions and accusations, talks too much and overshares

Things that make her angry & how they deal with anger: When someone talks to her as if she’s an object, being told she can’t do something. She takes a deep breath and closes her eyes, leaving the scene if need be

Things that embarrass & how they deal with embarrassment: Being called out when she lies or on her bullshit. Someone pointing out her scar/damaged leg. She freezes and gets red in the face.

Fears & how they deal with fear: She’s afraid of acid (the chemical), dying alone, being invisible, and being choked. She tries her best not to have panic attacks, but sometimes it can’t be helped.

Bad habits or vices: Chewing her nails, taking things too far.
Sense of Humor: Dark humor
Physical/Mental illness or affliction: Her limp from her damaged knee, Social anxiety, Food anxiety

Hobbies/Interests: Nature, Dark Arts, Ice fishing, Snow sports
Favorite Foods: Pasta dishes
Favorite Place: An abandoned chateau in the middle of a forest back home in Northern Germany
Item(s) special to character: A silver necklace, her carry luggage she brought.

Person/friend close to character: Ansel Klein (deceased)
Description of home, home life, and economic status: Very tense, not a good relationship with parents. Always looks up and tries to impress her older brother who wants nothing to do with her. Her mother is of distant German royalty and her father is a pureblood wizard.

Brief family history N/A

Most painful experiences in character’s past: Her leg being torn open at the knee (right side), her brain blocks the memory.

Character’s goals: To master the Dark arts in order to prove herself to her family. She’s also interested in opening her own herbal remedy shop. She’s interested in herbal medicines, something she got praised for briefly by her mother.

“Go get more of that tea you made, this useless doctor doesn’t know how to fix a cold.”

Character’s motivation: Her brother
Character’s conflict: Her inability to stand up for herself, trusting too easily, willingness to do desperate things in order to gain the love, praise, and recognition she never got at home.

Summary of Fatal Flaw: Always talked down to at home, overshadowed by her brother’s achievements. She’s grown to try and motivate herself but it doesn’t always work. She craves attention, both physical and emotional, but her anxiety makes that an uphill battle. She trusts too easily in her desperate pursuit for someone to love and care about her. She was always brushed off physically as well. She never received affection, only criticism and occasionally physical abuse. She craves for someone to be gentle with her.