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Character Audition Questions:

Name: Miranda ‘Mira’ Sophia Montgomery
Age and date of birth: July 23, 1983 (Age: 20)
Physical description: Mira is delicately pretty with ivory skin, a fine bone structure and sooty lashes. She and her sister share their emotive blue eyes and fair complexion, but the similarities end there. They are not identical twins; when apart, one can't understand how they're alike at all, but together, the girls look heavily related and that they're twins is no longer hard to imagine. Mira stands just a bit shorter than her sister at 5'4, is of the same slender build, has dark hair that lightens a bit in the summer from the sun, and clear, bright blue eyes. Any exposure to sunlight will bring out a very light dusting of freckles on her nose and arms.
Parents’ Allegiance: (DE, OotP, Ministry, etc.): John Montgomery is from a long line of pureblood, Gryffindor Ministry men, and his wife, Scarlett, comes from the pureblood Rosier family. The Rosiers are traditionally Slytherin and known for dabbling with dark magic, and the family as a whole supported Voldemort. Scarlett was never disowned from her family for her decision to marry ‘beneath’ her and to the ‘wrong sort’ after eloping straight out of school, but she has been estranged from the Rosiers since she was seventeen. John is the director of the Department of International Cooperation, and both he and his wife Scarlett are Ministry supporters.
Personal Allegiance: (DE, OotP, Ministry, etc.): Mira has never been overly involved in politics. She was fifteen and a Fifth Year student at Hogwarts when The War spilled into the school. She was not part of Dumbledore’s Army, but she was not against what they fought for, either. It was a frightening time, and her family suffered a great tragedy in the loss of her little brother, Joshua, to Fenrir Greybeck that year. As a result of her tumultuous years in school, Mira has tended to cleave to her family, most especially her fraternal twin sister, Cassandra. She has a slight prejudice of werewolves, but it is more fear-based than anything. She knows that people are monsters whether they turn with the full moon, or not, but she does not have happy memories associated with weres.
How do people perceive this character: People often wonder at the fact that Mira was placed in Slytherin. She is most definitely not what people associate with the house. Mira is friendly and sweet, a ready smile always touching at her lips. Her fair skin is prone to tinting pink, but she is by no means shy. She’s also very demonstrative; a touch here of comfort here, a hug there, and if you’re lucky, snuggles and nuzzles too. More often than not, she is mistaken for a Hufflepuff alum.

However, for all her sweet, there is a bit of spice to her. She’s sassy, though it’s always unexpected to people who don’t know her well. Mira’s also got a temper. It’s often short-lived, but it can be quite volatile while it lasts. She has been known to throw things. She’s also got the moral compass of a Slytherin, another unexpected trait. Some things are black and white to her, but much is in the grey area, and when it comes to those things, Mira’s loyalty rests with her family and those she loves and cares about, not some higher ideal or guiding rule or principle.
Greatest fear: To lose anyone else in her immediate family, most especially her twin sister, Cassandra, though she’d be absolutely devastated all over again to lose any of them.
Greatest passion: Mira’s young and she can’t quite narrow down all her passions; she has too many of them. She loves flowers and green things, her sister, her family, football, most especially Chelsea F.C., tinkering with creating new charms and manipulating old ones, and music.
Aspiration: Mira doesn’t know what she wants to be whens he grows up, yet. She’ll likely say that for the rest of her life. Her favorite story is Peter Pan, after all.
Greatest Positive Attribute: She’s very attentive and likes to care for and do small (and large) things for people. She’s discerning; Mira has a good sense of people despite that she’s often thought to be innocently ignorant about a lot of things. She's very compassionate.
Biggest Fault: She can be quick to jump to conclusions and assumptions, especially when she’s upset or in a temper.
Happiest Memory: Too many to count. Mira could never choose out of all the happy memories she has with her family, her twin, Cassandra, and all the fun they had in school with their friends. She’s had pain that’s touched her life in a defining way, but nothing so wonderful that it’s touched the course of her life’s path. Yet. She’s still fairly young.
Most painful Memory: When she found out that her little, six year old brother, Joshua, had been murdered by Fenrir Greybeck.
Does your character value the purity of blood: Not particularly. She’s aware of it, though. One could not grow up in Slytherin leading up to the Second War and not be aware of the perceived importance of it. Mira was never vocal about her apathy towards what kind of blood was important, however. Sometimes keeping one’s own council is the wisest course of action.
Is your character "pure-blooded," a "half-blood" or "Muggle-born": Pure blood

Describe the character's personal history (however brief or extensive):

Mira was born to John and Scarlett Montgomery on July 26, 1983, several minutes after fraternal twin, Cassandra. She is the third daughter born to the couple. Older sister, Alexa, is three years her senior, and little sister, Abigail, is five years the twins' junior and student at Hogwarts. Their only brother, Joshua, was born a year after Abigail and was the youngest of the family.

Mira was a precocious child; very smart, bright and full of smiles. Her and Cassandra were close, as twins often are, and the two did everything together. However, their interests and personalities were far from the same. Mira was very soft and snuggly while Cassie was more headstrong and independent. They complimented each other, though, and the girls have always been very close.

When the girls went to Hogwarts, Mira sorted into Slytherin. This was not so much a true sorting based on personality and character traits, but more on her choice. Cassandra was sorted first and she was placed into Slytherin, therefore when it was Mira's turn to sit on the stool, she was absolutely adamant that Slytherin was where she should be. Mira chose to be a Slytherin despite that her natural disposition would have put her in Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw.

Mira's extremely friendly, has a sweet demeanor and is always full of smiles. Slytherin was most definitely not a likely choice for her, and could have been a possibly miserable place for her to be given her nature and the nature of those who she was surrounded by, but Cassandra was very protective of Mira. Cassie always made sure that Mira wasn't bothered by bullies, or others that might prey on Mira's softer nature.

Despite the unlikely house placement, Mira was not unaffected by her time in Slytherin. She does have a sassy streak and is a bit wily. Her time in the dungeons encouraged growth in these areas, as well as the nurturing of a rather ambiguous moral compass. Family and those like family, first. That is how she navigates through tough decisions and situations, and sometimes that doesn't always mean that rules are followed.

While in school, she developed an affinity for Herbology. She loves helping things grow, and likes studying and learning magical properties of the green things she helps nurture to life. Mira had an affinity for Charms as well, and she's rather good at all sorts of them. It's a bit of a family passion as well; her mum, Scarlett, is the head of the Committee for Experimental Charms at the Ministry, and her twin is very interested in the subject as well, passionately so. Contrary to most the school's extreme interest, Mira doesn't like Quidditch that much. She'll go to a game, but considers the sport a bit tedious.

On the contrary, Mira is an avid football fan, especially Chelsea F.C. in London. The Montgomery's inherited Scarlett's parent's estate, Whitby Manor, following the Second War (they were killed in the last battle and as the only child, Scarlett inherited their estate) and moved there the summer before Mira's Sixth Year. However, prior to that, the family had been located in a townhouse in the borough of Chelsea in London. Growing up, Mira can remember game days vividly; the streets were full, fight songs were sung, the crowd could be heard at the stadium. Mira was hooked.

In Mira's Fifth Year at Hogwarts, the Second War broke out in earnest and Hogwarts was under a type of military rule. It wasn't as bad for the Slytherins, though John and Scarlett pulled the girls out for the last few months of their Fifth Year after Joshua died. He was only five years old and had been hunted down by Fenrir Greybeck because the pureblood family refused to side with Voldemort. They were to be punished; Greybeck had always had a taste for the young, and the family suffered a devastating loss.

The twins took their tests later that summer following the end of the Second War and matriculated into their Sixth Year on a somber note; they'd gained one of the Rosier estates, but they'd lost their brother. Mira was broken up over it for a long time, though she put on the bravest face she could find.

Time lessened the sting of pain from the loss of their brother, and not too long later, she and Cassie graduated from Hogwarts. Wanting to further her studies, Mira had applied and was accepted to Oxford University. She's currently enrolled as a General Studies major, but she actually attends the department of the university that is for magical students only. She started her first year of uni at the age of eighteen, and now at twenty, is just finishing up her third year. She's currently majoring in Herbology and minoring in Charms Theory.

During her time as a student at Oxford, Mira has done internships at the Ministry of Magic in the summer months to keep herself busy. It also has the added benefit that she got to see her Papa when she wanted as he was the Director of the Department of International Cooperation. Due to a slightly lighter courseload at Oxford in her last quarter of her junior year, Mira put out feelers for getting another internship, or job at the Ministry, earlier than normal. She likes to stay busy, and she'd love to have the Ministry libraries and archives at her disposal during the school year.

Profession: Currently, Mira is a full time student at Oxford University and is looking for an internship or job at the Ministry of Magic. She lives in one of the guest houses at Whitby Manor with her sister Cassandra.

Mira's visual representation is Alexis Bledel.