Dubhlainn Emmet

[Dubhlainn Emmet]

E L S E W H E R E   A D U L T

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Dubhlainn Emmet
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Blood Status: HalfBlood

Education:
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardy

Residence:
Bray, Ireland

Occupation
Former Professor, currently Flowershop Owner

Do you plan to have a connection to a particular existing place (for example: the Ministry, Shrieking Shack) or to take over an existing shop in need of new management?
Not too sure. He wants to keep his flowershop but would like to move it somewhere more magical, as the locals aren't too fond of his animal eating plants.

Requested Magic Levels:
Adult characters have 32 starting levels to distribute across these four categories (less levels can be used if you so desire, but no more than 32). The number of levels on the lowest ability must be at least half of the highest ability.

If you want levels above the usual 32 total, or a significantly uneven distribution of starting levels, please fill out and submit the Special Request form here.

• Charms: 8
• Divination: 6
• Transfiguration: 8
• Summoning: 10

Do you wish to be approved as a group with any other characters? If so who and for what IC reason?
Type your response here.

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
[iCaitriona Magee
Aengus Magee (will be applying him for Hogwarts next term)[/i]

Biography: (300 words minimum.)
Dubhlain was born in Ireland by his magical mother and muggle father. They were shamed for having a child together in their small town by what little wizards and the like there were, and therefore moved to America. Their son went on to Ilvermorny while their daughter, whom they had two years after Dubhlainn, was a muggle like her father.
 Dubhlainn later went on to teach at Hogwarts for two terms but retired and became a shop owner to study the magical wildlife. His sister gave birth to two lovely children but never got to watch them rise as she was murdered just before her daughter, Caitriona turned 10. He is the sole caregiver of both children, and hopes to set a good example for them.

Roleplay: 
You come across one of these posts on the site. Please select one & reply as your character:

Option One -
Amelia Nixon was many things, but she was never a pushover reporter that people could just usher away with a busy shuffle past. She was dedicated and eager to cut to the very middle of the current political tensions because she was Amelia Nixon and her articles would most certainly become front page material.

“Sir, please! It’s for the Prophet, how do you feel-“

Another one brushed passed her, the shuffling busy masses making their way through Diagon Alley for the lunchtime rush. This had been the best possible time to get people, but none of them were giving her anything to go with.

Only momentarily discouraged, the short red headed lady took a seat on a nearby bench. Her quill resting in her left hand and her notepad ready in the opposite hand. Amelia pouted, tapping the quill against her leg as she scanned the waves of people for somebody - anybody - who looked like they had something to say.

She had been dreaming of her name in bold print, Amelia Nixon: The Source of Today’s Tomorrow. She had been dreaming of the larger office and the secretaries that would fetch her the morning coffee and fetch her anything she needed. The VIP interviews and the most exclusive press passes. But all Amelia had was a page seventeen piece on the rising number of frogs in London.

Hardened by a day of no success, the reporter stood up and started to trod off down the alley. A loose stone on the cobble path caught her heel, sending the distraught girl toppling down to the ground.

“Merlin’s fog watch, my heel is broken! Help!” she yelled as she tried desperately to recover her shoe frantically in the middle of the Diagon Alley moving crowds.


Roleplay Response:
Dubhlainn was quietly walking along Diagon Alley, his head lifted upwards above the crowds, searching. The bustle of the surrounding area filled his ears as he looked from shop front to shop front, hoping for a vacant building to begin moving his business to.
 But alas, most of the surrounding shops were filled to the brim with owners.

"My heel is broken! Help!" A woman's voice sounded just behind him and it caught his attention. Not only because she sounded frightened, but because he knew how cruel people could be, and they wouldn't stop. He turned around and went through the crowd, against the stream.

"Excuse me, sorry. Excuse me. My apologies." He bumped and pushed past people, not in the least bit bothered by their irritation with him. He taught at Hogwarts for Merlin's sake! He could handle a few grumpy kids.

Catching sight of the woman who had fallen, he began scanning with his eyes for her shoe and sure enough, there it was. The heel was broken off and she was nowhere near retrieving it. He bent down and lifted it, then made his way over to her. With a sultry smile he held it out, "Missing this ma'am?"

OTHER
How did you find us? Google

[Lincoln Litchfield]

Hey there, Dubhlainn!

Your application is off to a great start, and he definitely sounds like an interesting character! I noticed, however, that his biography is a little short. For an adult Elsewhere character, your biography should be atleast 300 words long. Maybe you could talk about Dub’s life growing up in America, or how attending Ilvermorny was, or what made him want to move back to Europe as an adult? Or seeing as Dub is taking care of her children now, maybe you could go into a bit more detail about his sister-- ie what her name is, and what his relationship with her was like? Does he know if she hated being a squib, or resented that Dub could do magic? Or did she like that he could, and didn’t mind that she couldn’t?

You also mention that Dub’s sister was murdered. I’d be interested in knowing more about this important event, such as how his family was affected by her death, or what led up to it. Just please keep in mind the site rating, and do not detail the death itself.

Also, you mention that in the past he had been a professor at Hogwarts, but you do not mention exactly how long ago or what subject? Please keep in mind that we have players who are/were cannonly professors in this timeline, so there might be some issues here. Please contact me if you have any questions about this detail.

Once you've made those additions and changes, please repost your entire revised application below and we'll be happy to take another look. Thanks!

[Caitriona Magee]

E L S E W H E R E   A D U L T

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Dubhlainn Emmet
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Blood Status: HalfBlood

Education:
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardy

Residence:
Bray, Ireland

Occupation:
Former Professor, currently Flowershop Owner

Do you plan to have a connection to a particular existing place (for example: the Ministry, Shrieking Shack) or to take over an existing shop in need of new management?
Not too sure. He wants to keep his flowershop but would like to move it somewhere more magical, as the locals aren't too fond of his animal eating plants.

Requested Magic Levels:
Adult characters have 32 starting levels to distribute across these four categories (less levels can be used if you so desire, but no more than 32). The number of levels on the lowest ability must be at least half of the highest ability.

If you want levels above the usual 32 total, or a significantly uneven distribution of starting levels, please fill out and submit the Special Request form here.
Charms: 8
Divination: 6
Transfiguration: 8
Summoning: 10
Do you wish to be approved as a group with any other characters? If so who and for what IC reason?
Type your response here.

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
Caitriona Magee
Aengus Magee (will be applying him for Hogwarts next term)

Biography: (300 words minimum.)
Dubhlainn was born in Ireland by his magical mother and muggle father. They were shamed for having a child together in their small town by what little wizards and the like there were, and therefore moved to America. Their son went on to Ilvermorny while their daughter, whom they had two years after Dubhlainn, was a muggle like her father. His sister, Aileene, wasn't jealous of his abilities at first. In fact, she found it to be exciting and tried to tell all of her American friends about the tricks he could do. But no one believed her. She became a joke in her public school and soon became depressed. Dubhlainn was crushed to learn that his sister, at the age of 13, was  hurting herself and soon took to protecting her and insisting she keep it a secret, but instead she became jealous. The two found it hard to have peace with one another.
 Dubhlainn later went on to teach charms at Hogwarts for two terms, having but retired and became a shop owner to study the magical wildlife. His sister gave birth to two lovely children, one of whom it was realized that she too was magical, and Aileene, having realized that she didn't know how to raise a magical child, turned to asking for forgiveness from her brother. However, she never got to watch them rise as she, and her adoring husband, were murdered just before her daughter, Caitriona turned 10. He is the sole caregiver of both children, and hopes to set a good example for them. Lately, Dubhlainn has struggled with keeping both children under wraps, the eldest has just graduated from Hogwarts, and the youngest is just beginning there. He hopes he can get his life together, a single uncle playing mother and father, whilst operating his own flower store where many of the muggle neighbors do not appreciate his people eating and animal harassing plants.

Roleplay:
You come across one of these posts on the site. Please select one & reply as your character:

Option One -
Amelia Nixon was many things, but she was never a pushover reporter that people could just usher away with a busy shuffle past. She was dedicated and eager to cut to the very middle of the current political tensions because she was Amelia Nixon and her articles would most certainly become front page material.

“Sir, please! It’s for the Prophet, how do you feel-“

Another one brushed passed her, the shuffling busy masses making their way through Diagon Alley for the lunchtime rush. This had been the best possible time to get people, but none of them were giving her anything to go with.

Only momentarily discouraged, the short red headed lady took a seat on a nearby bench. Her quill resting in her left hand and her notepad ready in the opposite hand. Amelia pouted, tapping the quill against her leg as she scanned the waves of people for somebody - anybody - who looked like they had something to say.

She had been dreaming of her name in bold print, Amelia Nixon: The Source of Today’s Tomorrow. She had been dreaming of the larger office and the secretaries that would fetch her the morning coffee and fetch her anything she needed. The VIP interviews and the most exclusive press passes. But all Amelia had was a page seventeen piece on the rising number of frogs in London.

Hardened by a day of no success, the reporter stood up and started to trod off down the alley. A loose stone on the cobble path caught her heel, sending the distraught girl toppling down to the ground.

“Merlin’s fog watch, my heel is broken! Help!” she yelled as she tried desperately to recover her shoe frantically in the middle of the Diagon Alley moving crowds.


Roleplay Response:
Dubhlainn was quietly walking along Diagon Alley, his head lifted upwards above the crowds, searching. The bustle of the surrounding area filled his ears as he looked from shop front to shop front, hoping for a vacant building to begin moving his business to.
 But alas, most of the surrounding shops were filled to the brim with owners.

"My heel is broken! Help!" A woman's voice sounded just behind him and it caught his attention. Not only because she sounded frightened, but because he knew how cruel people could be, and they wouldn't stop. He turned around and went through the crowd, against the stream.

"Excuse me, sorry. Excuse me. My apologies." He bumped and pushed past people, not in the least bit bothered by their irritation with him. He taught at Hogwarts for Merlin's sake! He could handle a few grumpy kids.

Catching sight of the woman who had fallen, he began scanning with his eyes for her shoe and sure enough, there it was. The heel was broken off and she was nowhere near retrieving it. He bent down and lifted it, then made his way over to her. With a sultry smile he held it out, "Missing this ma'am?"

OTHER
How did you find us? Google

[Dubhlainn Emmet]

(OOC: TOTALLY FORGOT TO REPLY WITH THE RIGHT CHARACTER I AM SO SORRY)
E L S E W H E R E   A D U L T

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Dubhlainn Emmet
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Blood Status: HalfBlood

Education:
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardy

Residence:
Bray, Ireland

Occupation:
Former Professor, currently Flowershop Owner

Do you plan to have a connection to a particular existing place (for example: the Ministry, Shrieking Shack) or to take over an existing shop in need of new management?
Not too sure. He wants to keep his flowershop but would like to move it somewhere more magical, as the locals aren't too fond of his animal eating plants.

Requested Magic Levels:
Adult characters have 32 starting levels to distribute across these four categories (less levels can be used if you so desire, but no more than 32). The number of levels on the lowest ability must be at least half of the highest ability.

If you want levels above the usual 32 total, or a significantly uneven distribution of starting levels, please fill out and submit the Special Request form here.
Charms: 8
Divination: 6
Transfiguration: 8
Summoning: 10
Do you wish to be approved as a group with any other characters? If so who and for what IC reason?
Type your response here.

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
Caitriona Magee
Aengus Magee (will be applying him for Hogwarts next term)

Biography: (300 words minimum.)
Dubhlainn was born in Ireland by his magical mother and muggle father. They were shamed for having a child together in their small town by what little wizards and the like there were, and therefore moved to America. Their son went on to Ilvermorny while their daughter, whom they had two years after Dubhlainn, was a muggle like her father. His sister, Aileene, wasn't jealous of his abilities at first. In fact, she found it to be exciting and tried to tell all of her American friends about the tricks he could do. But no one believed her. She became a joke in her public school and soon became depressed. Dubhlainn was crushed to learn that his sister, at the age of 13, was  hurting herself and soon took to protecting her and insisting she keep it a secret, but instead she became jealous. The two found it hard to have peace with one another.
 Dubhlainn later went on to teach charms at Hogwarts for two terms, having but retired and became a shop owner to study the magical wildlife. His sister gave birth to two lovely children, one of whom it was realized that she too was magical, and Aileene, having realized that she didn't know how to raise a magical child, turned to asking for forgiveness from her brother. However, she never got to watch them rise as she, and her adoring husband, were murdered just before her daughter, Caitriona turned 10. He is the sole caregiver of both children, and hopes to set a good example for them. Lately, Dubhlainn has struggled with keeping both children under wraps, the eldest has just graduated from Hogwarts, and the youngest is just beginning there. He hopes he can get his life together, a single uncle playing mother and father, whilst operating his own flower store where many of the muggle neighbors do not appreciate his people eating and animal harassing plants.

Roleplay:
You come across one of these posts on the site. Please select one & reply as your character:

Option One -
Amelia Nixon was many things, but she was never a pushover reporter that people could just usher away with a busy shuffle past. She was dedicated and eager to cut to the very middle of the current political tensions because she was Amelia Nixon and her articles would most certainly become front page material.

“Sir, please! It’s for the Prophet, how do you feel-“

Another one brushed passed her, the shuffling busy masses making their way through Diagon Alley for the lunchtime rush. This had been the best possible time to get people, but none of them were giving her anything to go with.

Only momentarily discouraged, the short red headed lady took a seat on a nearby bench. Her quill resting in her left hand and her notepad ready in the opposite hand. Amelia pouted, tapping the quill against her leg as she scanned the waves of people for somebody - anybody - who looked like they had something to say.

She had been dreaming of her name in bold print, Amelia Nixon: The Source of Today’s Tomorrow. She had been dreaming of the larger office and the secretaries that would fetch her the morning coffee and fetch her anything she needed. The VIP interviews and the most exclusive press passes. But all Amelia had was a page seventeen piece on the rising number of frogs in London.

Hardened by a day of no success, the reporter stood up and started to trod off down the alley. A loose stone on the cobble path caught her heel, sending the distraught girl toppling down to the ground.

“Merlin’s fog watch, my heel is broken! Help!” she yelled as she tried desperately to recover her shoe frantically in the middle of the Diagon Alley moving crowds.


Roleplay Response:
Dubhlainn was quietly walking along Diagon Alley, his head lifted upwards above the crowds, searching. The bustle of the surrounding area filled his ears as he looked from shop front to shop front, hoping for a vacant building to begin moving his business to.
 But alas, most of the surrounding shops were filled to the brim with owners.

"My heel is broken! Help!" A woman's voice sounded just behind him and it caught his attention. Not only because she sounded frightened, but because he knew how cruel people could be, and they wouldn't stop. He turned around and went through the crowd, against the stream.

"Excuse me, sorry. Excuse me. My apologies." He bumped and pushed past people, not in the least bit bothered by their irritation with him. He taught at Hogwarts for Merlin's sake! He could handle a few grumpy kids.

Catching sight of the woman who had fallen, he began scanning with his eyes for her shoe and sure enough, there it was. The heel was broken off and she was nowhere near retrieving it. He bent down and lifted it, then made his way over to her. With a sultry smile he held it out, "Missing this ma'am?"

OTHER
How did you find us? Google

[Calypso Ross]

Hi Dubhlainn, apologies for the further delay with your application!

Thanks for making those changes, your application looks good now. There's just one small thing I'll need you to edit before we can get you accepted.

Dubhlainn later went on to teach charms at Hogwarts for two terms,

I know Linc originally suggested that there might be some issues with saying he taught there and asked you to think about what he might have taught/when, but if you could actually remove the references to Charms and the specific amount of time he was there (e.g. an edit to 'Dubhlainn later went on to teach at Hogwarts') again, that would be much better. Seeing as Charms is a core subject, we have always had professors for it, so it'd be difficult to incorporate Dubhlainn without it overwriting someone else's history.

Sorry for any confusion caused here!

Once you've made the required change, please repost your entire revised application below, and we can get you accepted ASAP. Thanks!

[Caitriona Magee]

E L S E W H E R E   A D U L T

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Dubhlainn Emmet
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Blood Status: HalfBlood

Education:
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardy

Residence:
Bray, Ireland

Occupation
Former Professor, currently Flowershop Owner

Do you plan to have a connection to a particular existing place (for example: the Ministry, Shrieking Shack) or to take over an existing shop in need of new management?
Not too sure. He wants to keep his flowershop but would like to move it somewhere more magical, as the locals aren't too fond of his animal eating plants.

Requested Magic Levels:
Adult characters have 32 starting levels to distribute across these four categories (less levels can be used if you so desire, but no more than 32). The number of levels on the lowest ability must be at least half of the highest ability.

If you want levels above the usual 32 total, or a significantly uneven distribution of starting levels, please fill out and submit the Special Request form here.

• Charms: 8
• Divination: 6
• Transfiguration: 8
• Summoning: 10

Do you wish to be approved as a group with any other characters? If so who and for what IC reason?
Type your response here.

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
[iCaitriona Magee
Aengus Magee (will be applying him for Hogwarts next term)[/i]

Biography: (300 words minimum.)
Dubhlain was born in Ireland by his magical mother and muggle father. They were shamed for having a child together in their small town by what little wizards and the like there were, and therefore moved to America. Their son went on to Ilvermorny while their daughter, whom they had two years after Dubhlainn, was a muggle like her father.
 Dubhlainn later went on to teach at Hogwarts but retired and became a shop owner to study the magical wildlife. His sister gave birth to two lovely children but never got to watch them rise as she was murdered just before her daughter, Caitriona, turned 10. He is the sole caregiver of both children, and hopes to set a good example for them.

Roleplay: 
You come across one of these posts on the site. Please select one & reply as your character:

Option One -
Amelia Nixon was many things, but she was never a pushover reporter that people could just usher away with a busy shuffle past. She was dedicated and eager to cut to the very middle of the current political tensions because she was Amelia Nixon and her articles would most certainly become front page material.

“Sir, please! It’s for the Prophet, how do you feel-“

Another one brushed passed her, the shuffling busy masses making their way through Diagon Alley for the lunchtime rush. This had been the best possible time to get people, but none of them were giving her anything to go with.

Only momentarily discouraged, the short red headed lady took a seat on a nearby bench. Her quill resting in her left hand and her notepad ready in the opposite hand. Amelia pouted, tapping the quill against her leg as she scanned the waves of people for somebody - anybody - who looked like they had something to say.

She had been dreaming of her name in bold print, Amelia Nixon: The Source of Today’s Tomorrow. She had been dreaming of the larger office and the secretaries that would fetch her the morning coffee and fetch her anything she needed. The VIP interviews and the most exclusive press passes. But all Amelia had was a page seventeen piece on the rising number of frogs in London.

Hardened by a day of no success, the reporter stood up and started to trod off down the alley. A loose stone on the cobble path caught her heel, sending the distraught girl toppling down to the ground.

“Merlin’s fog watch, my heel is broken! Help!” she yelled as she tried desperately to recover her shoe frantically in the middle of the Diagon Alley moving crowds.


Roleplay Response:
Dubhlainn was quietly walking along Diagon Alley, his head lifted upwards above the crowds, searching. The bustle of the surrounding area filled his ears as he looked from shop front to shop front, hoping for a vacant building to begin moving his business to.
 But alas, most of the surrounding shops were filled to the brim with owners.

"My heel is broken! Help!" A woman's voice sounded just behind him and it caught his attention. Not only because she sounded frightened, but because he knew how cruel people could be, and they wouldn't stop. He turned around and went through the crowd, against the stream.

"Excuse me, sorry. Excuse me. My apologies." He bumped and pushed past people, not in the least bit bothered by their irritation with him. He taught at Hogwarts for Merlin's sake! He could handle a few grumpy kids.

Catching sight of the woman who had fallen, he began scanning with his eyes for her shoe and sure enough, there it was. The heel was broken off and she was nowhere near retrieving it. He bent down and lifted it, then made his way over to her. With a sultry smile he held it out, "Missing this ma'am?"

OTHER
How did you find us? Google

[Dubhlainn Emmet]

E L S E W H E R E   A D U L T

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Dubhlainn Emmet
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Blood Status: HalfBlood

Education:
Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardy

Residence:
Bray, Ireland

Occupation
Former Professor, currently Flowershop Owner

Do you plan to have a connection to a particular existing place (for example: the Ministry, Shrieking Shack) or to take over an existing shop in need of new management?
Not too sure. He wants to keep his flowershop but would like to move it somewhere more magical, as the locals aren't too fond of his animal eating plants.

Requested Magic Levels:
Adult characters have 32 starting levels to distribute across these four categories (less levels can be used if you so desire, but no more than 32). The number of levels on the lowest ability must be at least half of the highest ability.

If you want levels above the usual 32 total, or a significantly uneven distribution of starting levels, please fill out and submit the Special Request form here.

• Charms: 8
• Divination: 6
• Transfiguration: 8
• Summoning: 10

Do you wish to be approved as a group with any other characters? If so who and for what IC reason?
Type your response here.

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
[iCaitriona Magee
Aengus Magee (will be applying him for Hogwarts next term)[/i]

Biography: (300 words minimum.)
Dubhlain was born in Ireland by his magical mother and muggle father. They were shamed for having a child together in their small town by what little wizards and the like there were, and therefore moved to America. Their son went on to Ilvermorny while their daughter, whom they had two years after Dubhlainn, was a muggle like her father.
 Dubhlainn later went on to teach at Hogwarts but retired and became a shop owner to study the magical wildlife. His sister gave birth to two lovely children but never got to watch them rise as she was murdered just before her daughter, Caitriona, turned 10. He is the sole caregiver of both children, and hopes to set a good example for them.

Roleplay: 
You come across one of these posts on the site. Please select one & reply as your character:

Option One -
Amelia Nixon was many things, but she was never a pushover reporter that people could just usher away with a busy shuffle past. She was dedicated and eager to cut to the very middle of the current political tensions because she was Amelia Nixon and her articles would most certainly become front page material.

“Sir, please! It’s for the Prophet, how do you feel-“

Another one brushed passed her, the shuffling busy masses making their way through Diagon Alley for the lunchtime rush. This had been the best possible time to get people, but none of them were giving her anything to go with.

Only momentarily discouraged, the short red headed lady took a seat on a nearby bench. Her quill resting in her left hand and her notepad ready in the opposite hand. Amelia pouted, tapping the quill against her leg as she scanned the waves of people for somebody - anybody - who looked like they had something to say.

She had been dreaming of her name in bold print, Amelia Nixon: The Source of Today’s Tomorrow. She had been dreaming of the larger office and the secretaries that would fetch her the morning coffee and fetch her anything she needed. The VIP interviews and the most exclusive press passes. But all Amelia had was a page seventeen piece on the rising number of frogs in London.

Hardened by a day of no success, the reporter stood up and started to trod off down the alley. A loose stone on the cobble path caught her heel, sending the distraught girl toppling down to the ground.

“Merlin’s fog watch, my heel is broken! Help!” she yelled as she tried desperately to recover her shoe frantically in the middle of the Diagon Alley moving crowds.


Roleplay Response:
Dubhlainn was quietly walking along Diagon Alley, his head lifted upwards above the crowds, searching. The bustle of the surrounding area filled his ears as he looked from shop front to shop front, hoping for a vacant building to begin moving his business to.
 But alas, most of the surrounding shops were filled to the brim with owners.

"My heel is broken! Help!" A woman's voice sounded just behind him and it caught his attention. Not only because she sounded frightened, but because he knew how cruel people could be, and they wouldn't stop. He turned around and went through the crowd, against the stream.

"Excuse me, sorry. Excuse me. My apologies." He bumped and pushed past people, not in the least bit bothered by their irritation with him. He taught at Hogwarts for Merlin's sake! He could handle a few grumpy kids.

Catching sight of the woman who had fallen, he began scanning with his eyes for her shoe and sure enough, there it was. The heel was broken off and she was nowhere near retrieving it. He bent down and lifted it, then made his way over to her. With a sultry smile he held it out, "Missing this ma'am?"

OTHER
How did you find us? Google


((OOC:I POSTED AS THE WRONG PERSON AGAIN I AM SO SORRY!))

[Calypso Ross]

Your bio falls short of the required length again, but seeing as there's been so much confusion with this application and you've given a longer bio further up, I'm going to go ahead and accept you now.

Just remember to bear in mind that any references to his teaching at Hogwarts should be kept vague so as not to overwrite the histories of other characters who actually taught subjects in previous years.