Harold Julius Finch





Character Basics

Age: 28
Date of Birth: 1947
Nickname/Alias: N/A
Bloodtype: Half Blood
Gender: Male
Orientation: Bi
Former house: RavenClaw
Wand: Acacia, Horned Serpent Horn Core, 11 and a half inches, somewhat ridgid
Patronus: Sparrow



Appearance

Face Claim: Karl Urban
Appearance: When teaching in a classroom, generally a black outfit, button up shirt and vest. Muggle attire is as seen, dark jeans, sweater, leather jacket etc.
Notable Markings: (Scars, tattoes, etc. that are visible unless noted)



Personality

Strengths: High intelligent (thought to be a prodigy), Strong, generally sympathetic, observant, spell craft, dueling
Weaknesses: Arrogant, mild alcoholic, fixates on problems, can be overprotective.
Likes: Discovering new things, Showing off, privacy, books, over the top displays of magic
Dislikes: Being told he cant do something, people being snoopy, intolerance, disrespect of authority, the colour orange (he just doesnt like it)
Personality: Having been told he was a prodigy from a young age, Harold is arrogant, he doesnt like to be told he cant do something and takes it as a challenge, that being said he also isnt above showing off at the right moment. He is also however aware that nothing lasts forever and is keen to help those around him become "just as good as he is". Sometimes this can be a rather brutal turn of teaching. However he has a soft spot for anyone who is actively looking to improve and will take the time to help them. He is also wildly protective of those close to him.



History

History: Harold was born to a muggle father and Magical mother. His Father was a engineer, and his mother had come from a somewhat known wizarding familiy, working for the ministry. The nature of his mothers family was never hidden from him and they embraced Harold wholy. Even more so when he began to show magical ability at the age of 10, early for most wizards. Floating the cookie jar to a lower shelf to reach and such.


When the time came Harold went to Hogwarts and was sorted into Ravenclaw, ever a bright student, even amongst his housemates he shined brighter than the rest, studying to learn what he could and learning spells well above his year, his teachers regarded him as a prodigy, he paticularly excelled in defense against the dark arts, potions and divination. That being said, people always resent talent they dont have, he got into quite a few scuffles and unapproved duels throughout his schooling, that often landed him in detention. In his last year at Hogwarts he got into a fight with another boy who had said some rather untoward things about his parents and accused him of cheating. Harold ended up sending the boy to the hospital. Unfortunatly, this cost Harold his offer to become an Auror, this lead to an unfortunate occasional dependency on alcohol.

Still, a man of his talents, he did find work in various places, everything from complex charms, to creating remidies for ailments to a couple events that required more combative magic, travelling about. Eventually, after a couple of years, he returned to Hogwarts to apply to be a teacher, to allow him to research what he wished and help other students reach their full potential.
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Person behind the Character

Chat Box/OOC Name: Mark Osten
How did you find us: Facebook
Any Previous Character: On this site? no
Role Playing Sample: (RP samples must be a minimum of two paragraphs. All canon characters must have an RP sample and it must be as that character. Only the First OC character will require a sample.)

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Harold sat quietly in his office, the curved C shaped desk covered in books, papers, quills a few vials of various liquids and a small stack of papers he hadnt looked over yet, those could wait. He scribbled a few more symbols out, and then leaned back looking at the complex paper with its equations and estimations, linguistical fragments to determine the nature of the words needed to cast this spell. It was so simple, yet no one had made it yet, it could be so useful, albiet situationally.

A group of students beyond the slightly open door began arguing and yelling loudly. Students could be joy, but they could also be ow so ANNOYING, and very distracting. He double checked his work one last time and then glanced towards the door, he picked up his wand, the dark brown wood of acacia fitting comfortably in his hand. He gave it a wave in two medium circles, one, two, and then flicked it at the door and said the latin word "Iorum!".

As he said the words and made the motion, a hard line of blue energy whipped forth and wrapped itself around the door handle, he pulled back and the door slammed shut. He smiled and released the spell For a first test that worked really well, he would test the other components of the spell later. For now, He needed a drink
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