Backstory post
Player Information
Name: Sars
LJ Username: sarahgonecrazy
'Hogwarts is Home' House: Hufflepuff
Contact Info (AIM, MSN, email address): bluejeandame, sporkwisdomw25@msn.com, sartastic@gmail.com
Character Information
Name: Etienne MacAlister
LJ Username: etienne_mac
Age: 18
Birthdate: November 28th
Location: Mainly in London
Former House: Slytherin
Occupation: Curse-breaker
He fixes curses wherever it's needed and for now works at a business that mostly keeps him around the London area. Though he does get a few assignments elsewhere.
Bloodline: Pureblood
Heritage: Birtish, Scottish, and French
Personal History:
Etienne grew up in your normal wealthy pureblood environment. As a child he was tutored by his parents, just as his siblings were. He learned everything a young pureblood should know, not only school wise but socially and politically as well. Everything from how to act, who to talk to, and what knowledge he would need to succeed in life were all imposed at an early age.
His older brothers Lucern and Bastien played sports with him and sometimes let their little sister Lissianna join in. While his brothers were more older brother protective of her, Etienne learned to just keep a watchful eye on her. She could do what she wanted as long as it was in line with what was appropriate for pureblooded children.
At an early age his father started to play chess with him, just as their own father-son bonding time. His father never went 'easy' on him and so when Etienne started to get better and beat his father once in a while, it was because he was better.
He was very sheltered as a kid, and therefore never met anyone that wasn't a Pureblood until he went to Hogwarts. Therefore he doesn't really understand that people aren't as rich or have the same beliefs as him. In his mind there are three kinds of people, and that is based solely on blood. He never learned to discriminate between blood traitors and acceptable people, because he was never really faced with that problem as a child.
Nothing was odd about his childhood, between playing Quidditch with his pureblood friends and brothers to going to various balls and functions. He wasn't necessarily the most talkative there, he learned that as long as you kept your answers short then people would know just what they wanted to here. Also you wouldn't accidentally tell them something that you didn't want them to know. With the gossip that went on it was imperative to keep the amount they could talk about you at a minimum, and he rarely actually disappeared with someone as he became older and more into girls. All it became was just some harmless flirting.
Once he received his Hogwarts letter, he was sorted into Slytherin and confronted with other people who weren't like him and he learned to catagorize people. It didn't matter if you were a blood traitor or not, as long as they were pure he at least tolerated them. In his mind they were just in a stage and it would pass soon enough.
Personality:
Etienne doesn’t care for the gray areas in life, instead viewing everything as black or white. A subject that he’s not good in isn’t worth the effort of trying to improve. It will always be a weakness of his and he just drops it all together, showing up for classes just to show up and barely doing the work. In the subjects that he does do well in and enjoys he will apply himself and make sure that he is the best in that class. If you are good at a subject you should be the best, just like in a career. No one would stop at being a just a mail clerk.
He's a man of few words, but when he does speak it’s in a very calm and controlled voice. It’s not monotone but stays at pretty much the same volume unless he’s playing Quidditch. He rarely ever gets insane, raving, yelling mad. Even if you are annoying him to all ends of the earth and back, the most you will get is a cool glare and some icy words. In his mind keeping a calm and rational exterior at all times is the most effective and efficient way to get what you want.
When he first meets people he doesn't talk much, instead just studying them and deciding whether they are worthy enough for him. He believes in first appearances and only first appearances. If something happens to tarnish the reputation of someone he believes is worthy, he will ignore it. Along with that if he thinks your unworthy and you prove that you are? He will still rarely give you the time of day. It's a matter of principle and he can be extremely stubborn and conveniently have 'selective hearing' when it's required.
Relaxing isn't something he's very good at. His idea of relaxing is systematically defeating an opponent at chess or some other logic type game. He needs to have his brain working on something, otherwise he can get irritable. That is not a good thing, because when someone crosses his path when he's in one of his moods it can get ugly. The kind where you don't exactly know what you are...but it's something complicated and involves Transfiguration.
He can be fun and actually laugh, but it's mostly just around his family and close friends. He does enjoy the occasional prank and joke, just at the expense of someone else. Whether it's a friend or a stranger it doesn't matter. It didn't happen to him, and if it's humorous he'll laugh or make fun of them.
Etienne can be insanely possessive/protective. When it comes to his things he has a strict no touching policy. All he asks is that you ask before you take or touch something of his, or even better just let him move it. It's not that he doesn't trust others...no, wait that's exactly it. He doesn't trust others to take as good of care of his things as he does. He would rather be safe than sorry.
Physical Description: He has short light brown hair and blue eyes. He keeps himself active and has an athletic body because of it. His appearance is always polished and professional so that he can make the best first impression that he possibly can. He's fairly tall at 6'1" and doesn't hide it behind bad posture.
Preferred Body Model: Kyle Schmid
Future Body Model: N/A
If this is your first UK character: Please give us a sample RP, at least one paragraph in length.
Likes - at least 15:
Chess, Quidditch, problem solving, family, order, mind games, soup, expensive things, being in control, elitists, order, tea, being subtle, puzzles
Dislikes - at least 15:
People touching his things, Muggles, disorder, confusion, stupid people, getting drunk, people beating him in chess, being wrong, hot cocoa, being casual, dirty clothes, plants, cooking, feminists, hot weather
Pet/Pet Name: Owl/Shepard
Broom: Shooting Star
Wand: 14" Willow with Demiguise Hair (good for Transfiguration)
OWL and/or NEWT scores:
Transfiguration - O
Herbology - N/A
History of Magic - E
Charms - E
Astronomy - N/A
Potions - E
Muggle Studies - N/A
Divination - N/A
Care of Magical Creatures - N/A
Ancient Runes - O
Arithmancy - O
Defence Against the Dark Arts - E
Alignment: Pro-Voldemort and has received his Dark Mark. So he's a DE.