Winifred Avery

Winifred Avery
The Camp (TDS)

Birthday: February 6, 1952
Age at RP start (1970): 18
Former House: Slytherin
Hair: black
Eyes: violet
Height: 5'4"
Specialty/Strengths: duelling, occlumency
Weaknesses: cooking & other "house elf" type tasks

Background Information: Winifred is the daughter of the Avery who was one of the first Death Eaters (he went to school with Tom Riddle) and the older sister to the Avery who went to school with Snape and ended up getting tortured for his bad info in OoTP. She's a pureblood (of course) who was sorted into Slytherin like the rest of her "upstanding" family. Since this is Voldie's first rise to power, I assume she passed all Ministry background checks because her family hasn't yet been publically revealed as Voldemort supporters. I also assume that Dumbledore would be the only one to know about Tom Riddle and Avery being 'friends' at school together, let alone the fact that Voldemort and Tom Riddle were one and the same person.

Winifred is quiet but, not unusually so. She normally makes friends easily and invites confidences. However, she is something of a pureblood snot and is used to being waited on hand and foot. I haven't quite decided on how things will work out but, I think she'll end up being one of Rookwood's numerous Ministry contacts so, in an indirect way she'll be a spy for Voldemort. I'm not even sure that information is pertinent to the RP but, we'll see what happens.

Update: Sieved scenes reveal Avery Sr. attacked Matilda Bagshot and was on trial before Fred's acceptance into auror training. Once he was cleared she was allowed to join up. However, no one realizes that she has been trained by Voldemort and commissioned to gather information as an auror. Fred is a big believer in the movement at first and is honored for the task, however Voldemort scares the crap out of her and she is probably ruled more by fear (for herself and her family) than loyalty.

Owen Dearborn

Owen Dearborn
The Camp (TDS)

Head Auror at the Auror Training Camp

Birthday: June 5, 1928
Age at RP start (1970): 42
Former House: Gryffindor
Hair: gray
Eyes: blue/gray
Height: 6' 2"
Specialty/Strengths: just about everything; why do you think he's the boss? LMAO
Weaknesses: inactivity & incompetence (he's a do-er and a perfectionist and isn't at his best when confronted with either of these things)
Special Ability: Seer - Owen is particularly attuned to people's potentials and has some prophetic ability with the use of divination tools (he received an O in his Divination NEWT)

Background Information: Owen is the older brother of Caradoc Dearborn, a member of the Order of the Phoenix (as of OoTP he was missing and presumed dead). He is from a wizard/muggle family and knew from the start that he wanted to be an auror. After many years in the field, Owen sustained an injury (still deciding what it is) and applied for the department head position but, was beat out by Bartemius Crouch. He took the disappointment in stride and found the position as Head of The Camp to be a much better fit for him. He has been training future aurors for the past five years.

Updated Info:
Dearborn sustained a greivous injury to his wand hand which prevents him from being able to grip a wand with that hand (he can use it for larger objects like handshakes but, all fine motor skills and strength are gone from the hand). It is slightly disfigured but, not terribly so. The injury is basically worse than it looks, though there is no denying that it was cursed. This isn't the only injury he sustained in a raid on a house which turned out to be the current headquarters for the rising Voldemort (he's not famous yet but, he was on the rise to power and his acts and the acts of is followers were starting to gain notice and attention).

The Ministry was tipped off about a house where suspicious activity was noticed. A team of aurors led by Dearborn was dispatched for recon and possible arrests. They noticed some sinister activit through the windows and went in for the raid. Dearborn was the unfortunate victim of a nastily concealed curse on a door which he had tried to open with a spell. The spell rebounded upon him and the door expelled the curse upon his hand. His wand was lost and he found himself face-to-face with the up and coming, self-styled Dark Lord Voldemort. The rest of his team was off fighting what would be known after this night as the Death Eaters and Dearborn was alone. He sustained further injury before finding non-magical means (TBD) to fight off death and escape.

The raid produced only one arrest. Voldemort and the rest of his followers escaped while the strike team took the one prisoner in for questioning and theirleader and other injured comrades to St. Mungo's for healing. The prisoner revealed some key information about this new menace to the wizarding world and from then on, the Ministry carefully monitored Lord Voldemort's rise to power.

Owen proposes to Chloe

Important Dates
1928 June 5/6 - Owen & Caradoc Dearborn are born
1939 Sept 1 - Owen Dearborn starts at Hogwarts
1946
June - Owen graduates Hogwarts
August - Owen starts training at Camp
1949 June - Owen qualifies as a full auror
1954 October 31 - Owen proposes to fellow auror, Chloe Williams
1955 January 1 12:01am - Owen marries Chloe

1959 July 16 - Christopher Gavin Dearborn is born

1960
July 15 - Owen is injured, "death" of Chloe Dearborn
August- Owen takes over leadership of Camp
1970 Sept 1 - Maruaders & Chris Dearborn start at Hogwarts

Chris Dearborn

Sophia Rae-Branxton

Sophia Branxton
SnitchSeeker School RPG

Birthday: June 2, 2061
Parents: Cassandra (Cooper) Rae-Branxton & Doyle Branxton
Twin Sister: Genevieve
Brother: Marcus Orion

Raised for her first few years of life at Hogwarts until her father quit in order to stay at home and raise her and her siblings. Not sure what happened after Mommy stopped being Headmistress.

Theodore Nott

Theodore Nott

All Fall Down (an RP-based FF role)

Theodore Nott is the son of the death eater. His father is imprisoned in Azkaban following the fall of Voldemort and Theo inherits the family house. He falls victim to an accident during a Ministry raid and is forced to depend upon a duffer Hufflepuff turned auror for help and company. Theodore is as arrogant as any other pureblood Slytherin and biased toward muggleborns and Hufflepuffs and the whole Potter gang, though he himself is not a death eater and would not asipre to such a thing even if it were still possible.

Acacia MacNair

Acacia MacNair

A Kink in the Darkness (TDS)

Bryce's little sister. She's abused by her father. She's a tiny little thing, partially due to genetics and partially due to malnutrition. Despite her upbringing (or lack thereof) she is a very kind and gentle person. Best friends with Quinn Winston, the two get into all kinds of mischief. At the end of Kink she marries Brandon.

Acacia @ age 71

Nicholas MacNair

Nicholas MacNair
The darkness... (SS)
A Kink in the Darkness (SS/TDS)
The End of Darkness (TDS)

Nick is a real piece of work. He first appears in "The Darkness..." pursuing the hand of Wyn. He loses her to Jacob Winston and develops a vendetta against the Winston family. He is a death eater and is friends with the Malfoys, though that friendship is rather one-sided as I don't think the Malfoys think much of him.

He has two children, Walden Bryce and Acacia. He abuses the both (Bryce as his punching bag and Acacia for carnal pleasure). He squanders all money he manages to attain (gambling issues) and takes that out on his children, as well, refusing them food and forcing them to share a room in the family mansion which is going to ruin. Bryce kills him in Kink and he is subsequently resurrected by Ren and Beth when they attempt to bring Ren's father back to life. He comes back in ED to cause more trouble.

Bartholomew Henry

Bartholomew Henry
SnitchSeeker School RPG

Date of Birth: April 1
Biography: tentacley, polite, but mischevious
Bartholomew is very polite and vain. He requires anyone who wishes to speak with him to pay him a compliment before he will converse. He loves to be of assistance, but prefers to be left in peace most of the time. He also has mischievous side. *shifty*
Interests: swimming, eating fish, scaring the bejeezus out of students
Occupation: Hogwarts' resident Freshwater Ecologist (fish population pruning)

Motto: Anyone can be polite.

Description: Giant squid. Self explanatory.

Current Location: The Lake

Doyle Branxton

Doyle Branxton
SnitchSeeker School RP
Underneath the Hourglass (SS)
Unavowed Aspirations (SS/TDS)

Born: March 8, 2018
At Hogwarts: 2029- 2036 (Slytherin prefect & Head Boy)
Began teaching: 2056
Taught: Potions (2056-2061, 2065-2066), Charms (2062-2065)
Other Positions: Slytherin HoH (2057-2060), Deputy HM (2063-2065), Cooper's School HM (2065-2066)
Previous Occupation: Unspeakable
Significant Other: Cassandra Rae (2058-present)
Children: Sophia & Genevieve (June 2, 2061), Marcus Orion (Summer 2066)


General Physical Appearance: Doyle is six feet tall with salt n pepper, clean-cut hair, and blue eyes. A pureblood wizard, he prefers to dress in 'proper' wizard attire at all times. On the rare occassion he is without his robes, he can be found wearing a clean-cut, black, suit which is tailored (not purposely) to fit his attractive, medium, build. He is light-skinned but not pale. He also wears a stylish pair of glasses, giving him a look to match his intelligence.

Personality & History: A former employee for the Ministry of Magic (Department of Mysteries), the reason for his departure is as closely kept a secret as what he did while working in the depths of the Ministry. He spent the last two years travelling and has come back to Hogwarts to teach (will fill in why/how after I plot with Erin - see below) Doyle doesn't speak much about himself, or in general, so most of his background remains unknown. He was Slytherin Prefect and eventually became Head Boy while at Hogwarts. His professors regarded him as a very intelligent young wizard with great potential. He excelled in potions, charms, and transfiguration, though he did well in all of his classes, receiving outstanding marks in all of his NEWTs. This quiet professor is completely disinterested in the personal dramas his colleagues seem to find themselves in and mostly keeps to himself, preferring to blend into the background.

Oh, I just remembered that I had talked to Erin about Branxton because I had written in his bio that he'd taken two years for travelling in between leaving his Ministry job and coming to teach at Hogwarts. I was trying to figure out what he was doing for two years and supposed that he was still working for the Ministry, scouting out new possible locations to hide the BoM. He's here at Hogwarts as a legitimate teacher but, with an alterior motive: he's looking for and protecting the BoM. Unlike the previous ministry people, he has no interest in the day-to-day business of Hogwarts that doesn't immediately concern his teaching.

This is all hush hush and only Rae knows anything about what Branxton is really here for. He genuinely cares about the students which is why Rae still hired him (yes, he went through the process of applying and interviewing to get the job). I'm guessing that he was involved with studying ancient and dark magic in the Dept. of Mysteries.

Since becoming a Professor: As most of you know Doyle married Rae in between two terms (will look up date later) and they had twin girls Sophia and Genevieve a term later (term 14?, I think, againwill look up date later). He was still working for the Ministry during the time he was here. He left Hogwarts after the twins were born at the request of the Ministry to continue his work there in the Dept of Mysteries. This past term (15, I think) he received a promotion and thought he might be able to spend more time with his family. That didn't seem to be the case so he came back to Hogwarts to fill the open Charms position. While he still works for the Ministry and maintains his promotion, he is taking a a furlough to teach once again, continuing his studies on the side.

Kris Airlia

Kris Airlia, a pureblood witch, was sorted into Ravenclaw at age eleven. She attended Hogwarts at the same time as the father of the famous Harry Potter. One of the most intelligent students in her year, she excelled in potions and charms. When she finished her education at Hogwarts, she became a healer at St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies.

Although she wasn’t involved in the first fight against the Dark Lord Voldemort, she was inducted into the Order of the Phoenix after his return to power. During this second war, Airlia played a crucial role for the Order, working closely with Severus Snape, to brew complex potions to aid the other members in their duties. Airlia and Snape developed a close relationship during their long hours together, eventually leading to his proposal. However, before the couple could tie the knot, the Dark Lord Voldemort discovered that his Death Eater, Snape, was in fact a traitor and a spy for Dumbledore.

A duel ensued, Snape was wounded, and as Voldemort raised his wand and incanted the Killing Curse, Airlia leapt in front of him. She died instantly and Snape was able to escape with his life. Unable to bear being parted from him, Airlia remained as a ghost, haunting Snape to the end of his days. After his passing, she could be found haunting his gravesite. She returned to Hogwarts as Potions Master and Ravenclaw House Ghost at the request of the late Headmistress Loryen last term. She will be continuing her stint as Potions Master however, she will no longer be House Ghost for Ravenclaw. Instead, Headmaster Hendrik has appointed her Head of Slytherin House.

Sophie Melita

Sophie Melita
SnitchSeeker School RPG
"Other Character"

Date of Birth: 13 February 2027
Hogwarts House: Slytherin (2038-2045)
Occupations: preschool teacher, unspeakable, potions master @ Hogwarts (2055-2056, 2065-2066)

Sophie Melita went to work in the Department of Mysteries after leaving Hogwarts with outstanding NEWTs. After substitute teaching at Hogwarts under Miss Leiden's regime, she decided she enjoyed teaching so much that she left the Ministry for a while to teach preschoolers. She came back to Hogwarts during the Ministry's attempt to split the school into a boys' and a girls' school.

Sophie has an unnatural fondness for cookies. She has created her own special recipe which has a tendency to give those who ingest them a vague sense of euphoria, lifting their mood and making them more congenial. Unfortunately, this secret ingredient seems to have some side effects on Bertie Borr's constitution. Perhaps he is lactose intolerant.