Post by Tara Jacobs on May 1, 2009 13:12:02 GMT -7
Name: Tara Jacobs
House & Year or Job (RP Adults): Healer
Special Power: Parseltongue
Definition of Power: Parseltongue is the ability to communicate with serpents. Most people assume it is snakes but it is all serpent related creatures. You can hear what they say as if they are speaking your language and you can talk to them back in theirs.
History of how your character will or had obtain(ed) this special ability: Traditionally it has been thought that this power was transferred through the bloodline of Salazar Slytherin himself, only granting dark wizards the power. There have been reports of a few witches and wizards who were born with this talent but not much is written.
Tara discovered she had the ability to talk to snakes only after she had graduated from Hogwarts. She had been on one of her many travels to the Amazon Rain Forest where she had hoped to gather some ingredients for a healing drought she was working on. She had gotten lost deep within the jungle and accidentally awoke a sleeping adder. The black scales of one of the worlds deadliest serpents was terrifying.
She had backtracked away trying to avoid drawing attention to herself. As the snake advanced she started to speak out loud, not realizing that the snake understood. As she apologized for waking it up and explained that she was only looking for herbs the snake seemed to understand what she was saying. She had asked for its forgiveness and the snake merely nodded its head and slithered back up the tree. After that fateful day she had started to do research and discovered that in times of great peril some abilities could make themselves known. She discovered that hers was called Parseltongue-the ability to talk to serpents.
Strengths of this power: Can convince snakes to leave people alone, Can communicate about locations of things with the snakes.
Weaknesses of this power: Most people assume it is the power of a dark witch or wizard, The snakes do not always listen.
How you plan on developing this power: Tara will practice the ability each time she travels abroad. Not only does it help her learn about the area but she also can convince some of the snakes to provide her with samples of their venom to help in creating anti-venom. She has done a bit of research and hopes to speak with others who also possess the abilities so she can learn what they did to master this talent. She hopes that over time and with practice she will get better and communicating with the snakes and hopes that more will respect what she says. She also knows that this is a talent that she must keep as secret as possible for fear that she may loose her job.
House & Year or Job (RP Adults): Healer
Special Power: Parseltongue
Definition of Power: Parseltongue is the ability to communicate with serpents. Most people assume it is snakes but it is all serpent related creatures. You can hear what they say as if they are speaking your language and you can talk to them back in theirs.
History of how your character will or had obtain(ed) this special ability: Traditionally it has been thought that this power was transferred through the bloodline of Salazar Slytherin himself, only granting dark wizards the power. There have been reports of a few witches and wizards who were born with this talent but not much is written.
Tara discovered she had the ability to talk to snakes only after she had graduated from Hogwarts. She had been on one of her many travels to the Amazon Rain Forest where she had hoped to gather some ingredients for a healing drought she was working on. She had gotten lost deep within the jungle and accidentally awoke a sleeping adder. The black scales of one of the worlds deadliest serpents was terrifying.
She had backtracked away trying to avoid drawing attention to herself. As the snake advanced she started to speak out loud, not realizing that the snake understood. As she apologized for waking it up and explained that she was only looking for herbs the snake seemed to understand what she was saying. She had asked for its forgiveness and the snake merely nodded its head and slithered back up the tree. After that fateful day she had started to do research and discovered that in times of great peril some abilities could make themselves known. She discovered that hers was called Parseltongue-the ability to talk to serpents.
Strengths of this power: Can convince snakes to leave people alone, Can communicate about locations of things with the snakes.
Weaknesses of this power: Most people assume it is the power of a dark witch or wizard, The snakes do not always listen.
How you plan on developing this power: Tara will practice the ability each time she travels abroad. Not only does it help her learn about the area but she also can convince some of the snakes to provide her with samples of their venom to help in creating anti-venom. She has done a bit of research and hopes to speak with others who also possess the abilities so she can learn what they did to master this talent. She hopes that over time and with practice she will get better and communicating with the snakes and hopes that more will respect what she says. She also knows that this is a talent that she must keep as secret as possible for fear that she may loose her job.
