Hogwarts School: A Harry Potter RPG

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→ CHARACTER INFORMATION.

Name:
James Ryan Knight

Birthday:
December 15th

Hometown:
London, England

Bloodline:
Pureblood

Magical Strength (pick one):
Charms

Magical Weakness (pick one):
Divination

Year (pick two):
Sixth (or) Seventh. Preferably Seventh.

Biography:
The first son, and the second of three children, James carries the weight of his family’s name on his shoulders. He was born slightly ahead of schedule to Andrew and Emily Knight during a cold winter night.  While there had been some complications with his birth, he made his entrance into the world with a giant fit of laughter. After all the crying had subsided, of course. Spoiler: There was a lot of it.

During adolescence the only real hardship that James had suffered was at the hands of his older sister Abigail. She had disliked her younger brother - as most firstborns do - but warmed to him slowly over the years while she still had a height and weight advantage. He prepaid her kindness eventually, but has largely blacked out the years she spent ‘torturing him’ or having him dolled up in dresses.

At around the age of ten, and his entrance into Hogwarts, the Knight’s welcomed another daughter into the world. At first he had found himself jealous lack of attention, but James soon found himself doting on the baby as much as the rest of his family during his time home from the Castle. He coddled her probably more than he should, but so did his father and older sister.

Then, near the end of the war, tragedy struck the Knight family. His father had been one of the men fighting on the frontlines, and his death hit his family hard. His mother seemed to have taken it the hardest and ended up being committed to St. Mungo’s after a breakdown had made relatives question her mental health. His sister - who was newly married - had offered to accept the younger siblings into her home, but in the end only the youngest had gone with her as James was taken in by his father’s brother.

As for James, he found himself lost. He spent almost a year in silence after losing his father (a man he viewed as his role model), and grieved for his mother as she continued to deteriorate in st. Mungo’s. He attended school as usual and was glad for the distraction it brought, and slowly recovered his heart as he threw himself into the thick of things. It was far from healthy, but it helped him cope and in time he was more than a shade of his former self.

→ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Note: This section is optional, and is up to you to complete.

House Request:
Gryffindor

Personality:
James is an easygoing guy that rarely loses his temper, and normally doesn’t stay lost for long. He enjoys laughing and socializing. Due to this, he tends to make friends quickly with people similar to himself and more slowly with the rest. At times his attempts can seem shallow however, or his smiles forced, as he is still hurting (and usually hiding it) from the loss of his father.

Academics-wise, James does best at midday and into the evening hours where he spends a better part of his time honing his flying skills for Quid. He meets every challenge head on and won't stop until his task is finished. Some might say that he is stubborn, but he likes what he does and training can be hard work. It also helps to distract him from things he'd rather not think about.

When he isn't sitting around the common rooms or in class, James has a bit of an adventurous side and enjoys exploring on the off chance he comes across something he deems interesting. He is also somewhat of a fierce competitor, so if he deems you a rival you are pretty much stuck with him till death.

He tends to have a snarky side if he is in a bad mood, which generally tends to be in the mornings as he has difficulties dealing with them.

Appearance:
If there is one thing to be said about James, it is that he isn't very hard to miss in a crowd. Standing at around an inch and a hair over six feet tall, he strikes a rather imposing presence which is aided by the strong physique that comes with being athletic. However, because of his height, he still feels a little awkward, as he is still developing and hit a staggering growth spurt recently. His dark brown hair is typically cut short and generally well maintained.

→ SAMPLE ROLEPLAY.
OPTION I:

James glared at the darkness that stretched out almost impossibly far in front of him from where he sat. Or well, was forced to sit. As part of a prank from the seniors in his House, the teen had found himself magically glued to a chair and bound around the chest with rope. In the middle of the dungeons. At night. Without his wand, no less.

’Merlin. For the love of all things, please save me,’ the dark haired teen thought to himself. James would have screamed it, but his lungs were burning from exerting himself as much as he already had, and the thought of sparing breath to talk or cuss exhausted him more than he thought was possible.

Then, as if answering his prayers, the sound of footsteps had gave him a second wind. A small timid voice sounded soon after as he hop-scooted through the corridor, and he was thankful that it hadn’t been a professor. While it would have been awkward to explain his current situation to anyone, he figured that he may have also gotten in trouble if it was a professor.

"Hello! Is Emma Birch here?"

“No. Emma. Birch. Here!” James called out in response to the scared girl as he used up the last of his energy getting closer to her. Each word had been punctuated by a loud thump as the chair legs hit the cobble corridor's floor.

As she finally came into sight, what happened next probably did little to help ease her nerves. The legs on the chair James was confined to broke and sent him sprawling forward into a pathetic mess on the ground in front of her. It really hurt to laugh, but James still found himself doing it. Then, while in the middle of panting, oh-so-casually said, “A little help would be appreciated. If you don’t mind?”


→ ABOUT YOU.

Please list any characters you have on the site (current and previous):
Alexander Valentine (AlVal) & Jacob Scarborough (J Scars). There was Karis too, but she was weird and my muse never worked for her.

How did you find us?:
I rolled in like a tumbleweed covered in spiderwebs, since I joined originally back in 2011 and forgot how I found you all back then. (See: My other applications wherever they may slumber.)