Katie Bell
Player Info:
Name: Elle
Character Audition Questions:
Name: Katherine 'Katie' Claire Weasley (nee Bell)
Age and date of birth: December 10, 1978
Physical description: On the short side, but strong and athletically built. Katie's girl-next-door pretty with hazel-blue eyes, blonde hair, and sun-kissed skin from being outside a lot.
Parents' Allegiance: (DE, OotP, Ministry, etc.): The Order of the Pheonix.
Personal Allegiance: (DE, OotP, Ministry, etc.): The Order of the Pheonix. Katie was involved in the final battle at Hogwarts. Due to being a new mother, she's not involved in the Order's current activities, but most all of her family is and she supports them.
How do people perceive this character:Katie's as sweet as they come. She always has a smile or a positive word for anyone she comes across. She's brave and loyal; Katie will stand by the side of those she loves until the very end.
Greatest fear: Something terrible happening to her babies, twins Corie and Devon, or her husband, Fred Weasley.
Greatest passion: Her boys. (Devon, Corey, Fred)
Aspiration:When Katie was playing Chaser for the Holyhead Harpies, she had always wanted to go on to play for the British National Team. Since getting married and becoming a mother, her dreams have changed. Katie just wants to be the best mum she can be, to watch her children grow, and to be a good wife. She has hobbies, but it's unlikely Katie will ever play professional Quidditch again. The twins keep her too busy to figure out what she really likes to do outside of Quidditch and being a mum right now.
Greatest Positive Attribute:Katie's genuinely a nice, sweet person. She always believes the best in people and rarely ever has a harsh word in her; she's gentle. Katie has integrity. She is who she says she is.
Biggest Fault: Katie's a giver. This is one of her best traits, but the flipside is that it's also one that can hurt her the most. She gives of herself, of her time, and tries to be everything to everyone. Sometimes she just needs to be something for herself.
Happiest Memory: Becoming a Mum.
Most painful Memory: The final battle at Hogwarts where she saw her friends fall to injury and death all around her, when she found out George was murdered.
Does your character value the purity of blood: Not at all.
Is your character "pure-blooded," a "half-blood" or "Muggle-born": Half-blood. Her mother was an orphan French witch and her father was a muggleborn, the son of a gypsy woman (though they refer to themselves as 'Romany Folk'.
Describe the character's personal history (however brief or extensive):
Katherine Claire Bell was born to Aiden and Claire Bell on December 10, 1978. Her father, a recent graduate of Hogwarts, was a barkeep at an old Quidditch pub in Diagon Alley called The Broom Shed. This is where he met Claire de Ravine, a young, beautiful French witch who was in the country for the Quidditch World Cup which was hosted in Britain. She was an orphan who had just graduated from Beauxbaton Academy and recently matriculated as a walk-on Chaser in the professional French Quidditch League. She was only an alternate and unlikely to ever make it very far in the sport due to her petite size and delicate frame, but she loved it, and during the summer of 1976 followed the French National Team to Britain to watch them play. Her dream was to be there someday.
After meeting Aiden, the two fell in love despite the spotty English to French communication issues. Claire knew limited English and Aiden knew little French. They loved each other though, and that transcended the language barrier. They married fairly quickly and Claire moved to London with Aiden and tried to make a team in the British League. She'd only just made it as a walk-on for the Holyhead Harpies when she became pregnant early in 1978. The pregnancy was hard on Claire and she suffered ill-health throughout, but both Aiden and Claire were elated when their little girl, Katie, was born right before Christmas. At the time, the small family moved into the living space above The Broom Shed as Aiden was made the head manager of the Quidditch pub. The couple was happy with their tow-headed newborn, but Claire continued to struggle with her health and not two years after Katie was born, she passed away after catching a bought of pneumonia she just couldn't fight off.
Aiden was heartbroken, but he had a baby girl to provide for and he threw himself into his work and devoted his life to his child. He tried dating, but every time he looked at his daughter, he saw Claire. She looked nothing like himself, but for the eyes hazel green-blue instead of shining, clear ice-blue like her mother's. Else, Katie was fair and petite, wavy blonde hair and a bright, infectious smile just like her mother. He tried dating, but he just couldn't, and it was only ever Aiden and Katie up above The Broom Shed for the whole of her life. Katie's childhood was spent in the pub and she was not only raised by her father, but the family that was there; the older waitresses, Bonnie and Betty, and the owner and head barkeep, Thomas Wallace. She ran the streets of Diagon Alley and made friends with many of the shopkeeps. Every summer, she would go to spend a month or so with her gypsy Grandmum and the caravan who became another sort of family.
When she matriculated into Hogwarts in 1989, Katie was a likely Hufflepuff, but was sorted into Gryffindor. She was a quiet soul, and it was over the many years she was in school that it became apparent why the Sorting Hat had chosen the Lion's Den for her; she had a firm core of bravery. She was little, bashful, and shy, but she had a lion's heart, and though it was quiet, she always intervened for anyone who might be in need, even if it was scary to do so sometimes.
Growing up, she heard nothing but how amazing her mum was at Quidditch and when she got to Hogwarts, Katie tried out for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She'd flew as much as she could prior to going to school and it paid off; she made the team as an alternate her first year. She had always loved Charms and excelled in that subject, but was an average student overall. Her passion was in Quidditch and she wanted to make the Harpies like her Mum had. Though she wasn't recruited into the League due to her small size, Katie tried out for the Harpies after graduating in 1997. It was one of the most exciting days of her life when the captain, Gwenog Jones, said that she'd earned an alternate's spot.
During this time, the second war was brewing. Katie was at the final battle at Hogwarts and it was one of the worst, most terrible experiences of her life. She fought bravely and managed to survive, but she was witness to the injury and death of friends and loved ones. The things she saw that day still haunt her dreams. After The War, Katie moved to a small place in Cornwall, Rose Cottage, and played several years for the Harpies as an alternate before making it as a starting Chaser in 2000. At the time, the decision to make such a tiny player a starter in the the co-ed, professional Quidditch League had been considered controversial on the part of Captain Gwenog Jones. However, the chemistry on the team was undisputed, Katie became a fast fan-favorite for her agile, quick and dynamic flying, and the Harpies went on to win the League Cup the 2000-2001 season.
Her third year as a starting Chaser for the Harpies, Katie started dating Fred Weasley in November of 2002. He asked her to marry him seven months later. Though she was on the potion and both she and Fred took precautions, Katie found herself pregnant in May of 2003 just after they had announced their engagement. She resigned from her position at the Harpies after the season ended in June of 2003. She and Fred married on October 31, 2003 on the beach outside her cottage in Cornwall with her gyspy Grandmum overseeing the tying of the knot. The whole of her extended gypsy family, Fred's family, and all of their friends witnessed a very pregnant Katie marry Fred.
On December 22, 2003, only twelve days after her 25th birthday, Katie Weasley gave birth to identical twin sons, Devon Percival Weasley and Corey George Weasley.
She and Fred now reside in Cornwall at Rose Cottage with toddler sons Devon and Corey, along with husky, Kaiya, and minature yorkie, Pea. Fred spent several months at home with his new wife and sons, but has gone back to keep his shop, Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, while Katie has taken on the responsibility of full-time Mum to her sons.
Profession: Wife and stay at home mummy.
Katie's visual representation is Doutzen Kroes.