Lisa Turpin Travers

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Character Audition Questions:
Name: Lisa Schuyler Turpin Travers
Age and date of birth: February 29, 1980
Physical description: Lisa has porcelain skin, ice blue eyes, and platinum blonde hair. She's not particularly tall and not particularly athletic, though she's slender. Her curves are soft and well-proportioned.
Parents Allegiance: (DE, OotP, Ministry, etc.): Jack Turpin is a pureblood elitist willing to throw his lot in with whichever group will be represent that point of view and keep his family prominent in the upper echelon of society. His wife Amelia follows her husband's lead.
Personal Allegiance: (DE, OotP, Ministry, etc.): Lisa does what she's told.
How do people perceive this character: Most don't notice her at all. Years of harsh treatment have made her meek and unobtrusive.
Greatest fear: Lisa isn't afraid of anything. She's already living the worst life she could imagine; there's nothing left to fear.
Greatest passion: While there is little opportunity to feel passionate about anything, she does find some solace in gardening. The sole benefit of her marriage is the hothouse, where Lisa retreats for a good portion of each day.
Aspiration: Lisa knows her 'job' is to provide a male heir to her husband. She has conflicting feelings about this. On one hand, the idea of having a child that's hers, someone to love and take care of is appealing. On the other, any child she has will be raised with her husband's ideals. Knowing her child will be taught his mother is worthless for anything other than breeding is a very depressing thing.
Greatest Positive Attribute: Lisa's quite bright, her sorting into Ravenclaw was no accident. When she's allowed the chance to sort out a problem, she handles it very competently.
Biggest Fault: Lisa's easily influenced by those around her. It's not that she lacks values, but it's become habit to simply do whatever will cause the least trouble.
Happiest Memory: Leaving her parent's home for Hogwarts. For her seven years at the school, she got to imagine her life could be different than what her father intended.
Most painful Memory: When his younger sister was murdered by his uncle.
Does your character value the purity of blood: In Lisa's experience, blood status has no correlation to a person's character or ability. She knows better than to say that, though.
Is your character "pure-blooded," a "half-blood" or "Muggle-born":Pureblood

Describe the character's personal history (however brief or extensive):Once she'd returned home from Hogwarts, Lisa 'came out' in society and her father was determined to arrange a connection with a prominent pureblood family of considerable fortune. Marketed as a virgin bride of impeccable lineage, it didn't take long to find an interested party. Ethan Vaisey selected Lisa for his son Jared and plans were made for a grand wedding to unite the two. Lisa knew Jared was as indifferent to her as she was to him and she had no illusions that the fidelity she was expected to maintain was reciprocated by her betrothed. Just the same, Jared didn't seem to be violent or especially unpleasant and he was a handsome man. There were worse men. It was an arrangement she could live with.
Unfortunately, her fiance did not feel the same. Just a few weeks before they were to be married, Jared called off their engagement. Lisa's father blamed her for Jared's loss of interest, and she paid dearly for the embarrassment it caused the family. A thin scar about an inch long over her right eye serves as a reminder of the failure.
Within a year her father had found another man looking for a wife. Xavier Travers was not a young man. He had already raised a son who would have been a much more suitable age to be Lisa's mate, but that son had been killed fighting for the Dark Lord and there were no other children. The original Mrs. Travers had died mysteriously, and Xavier wanted a young wife to bear him an heir.
They were married in July. Lisa's husband is a harsh man who desires little beyond her silent obedience. Lisa learned quickly what the consequences were for disobedience. These days a comfortable numbness has replaced the dread she'd initially felt when going to her marriage bed. Life is bearable so long as she doesn't think too much about it.
Profession: Society wife.

Lisa’s visual representation is Emile de Ravin.