Character Name: Filius Pendragon
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Education: Graduated Hogwarts school of Magic class of 1962, Apprentice to his father (The Great Aethwy Pendragon) for 10 years
Community Applying To:
Hogsmeade/Diagon Alley (Elsewhere)
Do you wish to be approved as a group with any other characters? If so who and for what IC reason?
No Group
Do you plan to have a connection to a particular existing place (example St Mungo's, Children's Home, the Ministry, Shrieking Shack) or to take over an existing shop in need of new management?
Opening a Wand Shop in Hogsmeade/Diagon Alley
Biography: (300 words minimum.)
Now that his father was gone, the shop was left to Filius. He knew this day would come, he just hoped it wouldn't be this soon. Filius had his father as his tutor for the past 10 years, taught him everything he knew about wandlore. But now it was his time to take the reigns, he felt a surge of power bolt through him as he stood in the middle of the shop, his hands on his hips, surveying his proud heritage.
The shop has been passed down from generation to generation of the Pendragon family. Solid daark oak floor boards, antique cabinets and desks, many were the original pieces of furniture from when the shop was first acquired back in 1639. His workstation out the back had been recently modernised to aid Filius in his creation of wands, though the craftsmanship and artistic detail was still all done by hand. "That's what father would've wanted" he thought to himself.
He had kept the shop closed for the past two weeks, in both grieving for his late father and to make one modification to that shop which his father would've never allowed. Though his father was a great man and an even better wand maker, he resented having a crowd in the shop. You can imagine how he felt the week or so leading up to the start of school. This made Filius smile to himself, it was one quality about his father that Filius often found amusing, for he was the complete opposite. He relished the hustle and bustle of a busy shop.
He remember when he got his first wand...He lost it mind but was able to replace it, suppose it did help that your father was Aethwy Pendragon! Snapping out his reflections of the past, he got round to finishing his touches. He had just installed a new area for people to practice with the wands, without causing havoc in the shop. He remember this one boy who had come in, Aethwy Pendragon handed him a wand and told him to flick it. The boy complied and before you knew it, Filius found himself having to put out a fire that had erupted on his fathers beard!
Again chuckling to himself, Filius flipped over his sign to show OPEN and returned to his work station, building another wand and waiting for his first customer.
ROLEPLAY
Reply as your character to the following:
It was impossible for Dianne to stay out of trouble. It wasn't that she was looking for trouble, it's just that trouble always managed to find her. Today she wished she could find something equally familiar but more comforting.
The five-year old girl hugged her puffskein closer to her and brushed her face in its soft fur for comfort. She had named him herself and he was always her special pet. No she was certain she had never gone down this side street before. Her anxiety increased every second as darkness fell as she walked down the road. A loud noise came to her left and she buried her face in her pet's fur completely. The scared girl bolted the opposite way slamming the both of them into the wall of the nearest building. Tottering back a few steps she found a door a few feet to her right and ran to open it. What light there was inside spilled out into the darkness and she spilled into the room.
Once in, she was caught between the impulse to curl her cloak up more tightly around her and loosen her grip on it. She wasn't alone anymore but she was now among strangers instead, which was nearly as terrifying. Her puffskein had recovered from the shock of the wall and now was purring contentedly as the girl hugged it, causing a mildly calming effect on the girl. Gathering her courage, she marched up to the nearest person, pulled on the nearest clothing hem and blurted out in a loud voice:
"I'm lost and it's dark and I wanted to know where I am but I'm not scared but I am worried that Sambundeakin is scared because he's little and needs something to eat and wants to go home."
She paused to draw a breath in her nearly never-ending sentence, "He misses my and his mommy."
To explain the scared girl held up the custard-colored puffskein. Sambundeakin the puffskein, however simply purred as if nothing on earth was wrong in the world.
Roleplay Response:
It had been a busy day for Filius "that time of the year" as the shop keepers knew it. The shop had been filled to children and families all day as each student, normally first years but there was always a few kids who has lost their wand or broken it, had tried out numerous wands in order to find the wand that picked them. However the rush was over now and the evening started becoming dark. He went around the shop igniting the lamps. He liked the effect the flames had in the shop, made it more homely.
Humming away to himself, Filius had just ignited the last lamp with the tip of his wand, when all of a sudden he felt a tug on his trouser leg. He looked down to find a small girl hugging what Filius could only describe as something. Before he could even contemplate what was going on that little girl spoke loudly ""I'mlostandit'sdarkandIwantedtoknowwhereIambutI'mnotscaredbutIamworriedthatSambundeakinisscaredbecausehe'slittleandneedssomethingtoeatandwantstogo home." Both amazed at how fast the girl could talk and the fact she did it all in one sentence, Filius tried to pick together what he had actually understood.
He understood she was lost and managed to pick up the part about missing a mother. The rest didn't make much sense, though he had a distinct feeling it was aimed towards the creature which was making loud purring noises. He smiled warmly at the girl, thinking how one day he would like to be a father.
"It's alright m'dear, how bout you two make yourselves comfortable over there" He showed the little girl over to the the burgundy chair that sat in front of a roaring fire. "Make yaself comfortable whilst i'll get fetch your ma" he continued, giving her a glowing smile, hoping it would put her at ease.
SHOPKEEPER QUESTIONS
Answer these questions only if you are applying to be a shopkeeper as well.
Shop name:
Pendragon Wands for Witches and Wizards
Shop Description (200 words minimum):
As you enter the shop, through the large dark oak door that has six glass panes in it and black irons bolts, a bell can be heard before you set foot onto solid dark oak floor boards that run all the through the shop, some a bit creakier than others. Immediately to the left can be seen dark oak and burgundy glass cabinets, showing off some fine, handcrafted wands. Next to these was a fireplace with a beautiful wooden mantel surrounding it, with a picture of the Great Aethwy Pendragon hanging above it and burgundy chair in front of the fireplace.
To the right was a wall plastered of more cabinets demonstrating the models of the types of wands that Filius can make. These were broken up by a hallway which leads to the practice area. The walls themselves cream white however had a large dark oak skirting board lined around the bottom. Hung from the ceiling was a huge copper chandelier.
Observing towards the back of the room, you could see the shop was split into two floors, bound together by a spiral dark mahogany staircase. Behind the front desk you could see rows and rows of crimson boxes. over towards the right behind the desk was a wooden desk with a bucket next to it, full of wood shavings from crafting wands.
The walls were littered with copper lamps and small family photos. A crimson rug lay before the front desk, with a quill and ink well on top and what seemed to be a small mountain of parchment. The also seem to be a bookcase on the left hand wall, full to the brim of mythological books, wand history books and of course, the big black book which was for his eyes only as it contained all the core recipes his father has ever created and a few of his own.
What purpose will this shop serve other than selling things and being the home of your character? Why would people want to RP there just for fun?:
The store would be a fantastic place for students to meet before the beginning of the beginning of a new academic year and provides an insight into different wands which can be custom made for students depending on their character traits and allows students to practice with them.
