Jack Greenberg

[Jack Greenberg]

E L S E W H E R E   A D U L T

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Jack Greenberg
Gender: Male
Age: September 24, 1940
Blood Status: Half-Blood

Education: 
Hogwarts- Gryffindor

Residence:
Belgravia, London

Occupation
American Auror working as the “Junior Under Secretary for International Magical Law Enforcement Cooperation”

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?
Ministry of Magic- Department of Magical Law Enforcement

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 Exceptional Levels special request form here.

• Charms: 10
• Divination: 5
• Transfiguration: 8
• Summoning: 9

Do you wish to be approved as a group with any other characters? If so who and for what IC reason?
Not at this time

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
N/A

Biography: (300 words minimum.)

Jack is the son of Joshua Greenberg of Brooklyn, New York and Jamie Greenberg née Mulligan, formerly of Dublin, Ireland. Born on 24 September 1940 to the large and influential Greenberg family of New York, Jack has always strayed from the beaten path. While siblings and cousins were the perfect children, Jack always seemed to manage to find trouble. At 10, after managing to burn down the barn of a well-placed congressional official, Jack was shipped off to Dublin to live with his grandparents, former ministry employees, and sent to Hogwarts.

An academically gifted, although incredibly lazy student, Jack moved back to New York after graduation and took a job as an Auror. He did well in training, being placed in a covert unit tracking down members of an illegal poison smuggling ring (although office rumor was an uncle, a renowned magizoologist, secured the position). During the final takedown, a civilian was killed in the crossfire. Details released were murky, and the controversy was “earth shattering”, with the press calling for an investigation. Ultimately, while Jack was cleared of the death, his record was scorched.

Refusing to let their son crash and burn, Jacks parents called a friend, and Jack was “promoted” to be a senior officials representative to the Ministry and banished to London in an “exchange program”, although who the ministry sent was never brought up again. His official capacity, described to him in a fairly rushed meeting, is to coordinate Magical investigation that involve international crime between the UK and US. He was then flatly told that if he “messed this one up no rich family member will have enough pull to protect” him. 

His sealed personnel file looks as if he is two different men: Intelligent, with a solid work ethic forged from the Aurors, and decorations for valor. Also described as “a bored, over educated rich kid who can’t decide if he wants to work on a Muggle car one week or try to become an animagus the next, or try his hand at occumency.”

Landing in London, he lives in a flat owned by his mothers cousin and starts work at the Ministry in a few days.

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:
Jack was not having a phenomenal week. Since arriving in London he had already received three letters from New York tearing him a new one for various things he had no control over. How could he possibly know anything about a group from New Jersey trying to blow up the Congress for their policy on muggles when he was in London?

The trip to Diagon Alley wasn’t planned, but as his departure from the upper east side was also not planned, he had forgotten basic necessities. What Auror forgets a basic copy of “Advanced Defensive Spells”? What wizard doesn’t bring a basic potions kit? A disgraced one, despite his parents making sure the details were kept hush hush.

He still had a few days before starting his position at the Ministry. Boring days spent trying to practice occlemacy and trying to brush up on his British counterparts ongoing fight against dark magic. And he was now an administrative quill-scribbler. Not how he planned on his career going.

A commotion ahead snapped him back to reality. A woman, about his age, was on the ground, her shoe being kicked towards him by the crowd. “For the love of…” he muttered as he took two quick steps forward and grabbed it. Woman’s heel, average size, scuffs on the toe from walking around in tight quarters. An office worker? Maybe. The heel itself was worn, so not a new shoe. Middle class. But she wasn’t a suspect, and frankly, he was trying to go on with his day. “You okay?” He asked, holding out a hand, and quickly realizing how strange a thick New York accent sounded in London .

OTHER
How did you find us? Google

[Calypso Ross]

Hi Jack, welcome to the site!

Your application looks good so far, there's just a couple of things we'll need you to edit before we can get you accepted.

Firstly, in your occupation, biography, and roleplay sample, you mention Jack's new occupation:

Occupation
American Auror working as the “Junior Under Secretary for International Magical Law Enforcement Cooperation”

Jack was “promoted” to be a senior officials representative to the Ministry and banished to London in an “exchange program”, although who the ministry sent was never brought up again. His official capacity, described to him in a fairly rushed meeting, is to coordinate Magical investigation that involve international crime between the UK and US.

Since arriving in London he had already received three letters from New York tearing him a new one for various things he had no control over. How could he possibly know anything about a group from New Jersey trying to blow up the Congress for their policy on muggles when he was in London?

He still had a few days before starting his position at the Ministry. Boring days spent trying to practice occlemacy and trying to brush up on his British counterparts ongoing fight against dark magic. And he was now an administrative quill-scribbler. Not how he planned on his career going.

To avoid any conflict between specific roles/positions and to prevent certain positions in played institutions stalling if a player goes inactive, we ask that our players do not assign themselves highly specific positions in the Ministry of Magic. We also have a detailed breakdown of departments/offices in our site canon (this will be on a board currently inaccessible to you) and Jack's position currently seems caught between two departments. Typically, the Auror Office in our canon investigates criminals, including across international operations; the Department of International Magical Cooperation serves as a more policy/politics-driven department and engages regularly with other countries on other non-criminal matters.

In order to align with our rules on positions and the site canon around our department, I'd suggest that it might be best for you to rewrite Jack's biography to fit one of the following two new occupations:

• Jack joins the UK Ministry's Auror Office as an Auror, where some of his investigations could relate to international crime; or
• Jack joins the UK Ministry's Department of International Magical Cooperation in a more generic role such as 'Advisor' or 'Coordinator', where he could liaise with foreign counterparts (and the Aurors) on criminal policies (not investigations) instead.

Based on your roleplay sample, it seems as though the latter of these positions might fit Jack better, but feel free to revise your application to whichever of these positions you prefer.

Secondly, you mention Occlumency a couple of times in your application. All special powers (or attempts to learn special powers) require a special request that must be approved by the administrators. If you'd like to keep this as part of Jack's narrative, you can submit a request now. However, please be aware that special requests can take some time to process and are not guaranteed to be granted. Alternatively, you can remove the references to Jack practising/attempting to learn Occlumency from your biography and can submit a special request in future if you would like to pursue that plot for him. Please ensure you read the special request guidelines before submitting a request.

Finally, please also be aware that any character under the age of 25 starting at the Ministry must start as a trainee. I believe Jack turns 25 on 24 September 1965 (our current term is September 1965 - August 1966), so if he arrives in London prior to this date, he will start at the Ministry as a trainee. If he arrives after he turns 25, he does not need to start as a trainee. You don't need to change anything in your application, but if you could confirm when Jack arrives in London IC (either as a separate note or within your biography), this would enable us to determine his position when he arrives at the Ministry.

Once you have made the required changes, please repost your entire revised application below, and we'll be more than happy to take another look. If you have any questions about the above, please feel free to PM me for further clarification. Thanks!

[Jack Greenberg]

Thanks for the feedback! I’ve added a year and made his job just a regular auror for simplicity. Also, I removed the mention of occlumency for now. Thanks for the help!

E L S E W H E R E   A D U L T

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Jack Greenberg
Gender: Male
Age: September 24, 1939
Blood Status: Half-Blood

Education: 
Hogwarts- Gryffindor

Residence:
Belgravia, London

Occupation
Auror, currently MoM, formerly for MCUSA

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?
Ministry of Magic- Department of Magical Law Enforcement

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 Exceptional Levels special request form here.

• Charms: 10
• Divination: 5
• Transfiguration: 8
• Summoning: 9

Do you wish to be approved as a group with any other characters? If so who and for what IC reason?
Not at this time

Please list any other characters you already have at the site:
N/A

Biography: (300 words minimum.)

Jack is the son of Joshua Greenberg of Brooklyn, New York and Jamie Greenberg née Mulligan, formerly of Dublin, Ireland. Born on 24 September 1939 to the large and influential Greenberg family of New York, Jack has always strayed from the beaten path. While siblings and cousins were the perfect children, Jack always seemed to manage to find trouble. At 10, after managing to burn down the barn of a well-placed congressional official, Jack was shipped off to Dublin to live with his grandparents, former ministry employees, and sent to Hogwarts.

An academically gifted, although incredibly lazy student, Jack moved back to New York after graduation and took a job as an Auror. He did well in training, being placed in a covert unit tracking down members of an illegal poison smuggling ring (although office rumor was an uncle, a renowned magizoologist, secured the position). During the final takedown, a civilian was killed in the crossfire. Details released were murky, and the controversy was “earth shattering”, with the press calling for an investigation. Ultimately, while Jack was cleared of the death, his record was tarnished.

Refusing to let their son crash and burn, Jacks parents called a friend who sealed away that part of his MCUSA personnel file, and retired him. Another friend (one even higher up) pulled a string and Jack was taken on by the British Ministry of Magic. He was then flatly told that if he “messed this one up no rich family member will have enough pull to protect” him. 

His personnel file that is available looks as if he is two different men: Intelligent, a good investigator, with a solid work ethic reforged from the Aurors, and decorations for valor. Also described as “a bored, over educated rich kid who can’t decide if he wants to work on a Muggle car one week or learn to paint underwater the next.”

Landing in London, he lives in a flat owned by his mothers cousin and starts work at the Ministry in a few days.

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:

Jack was not having a phenomenal week. Since arriving in London he had already received three letters from New York tearing him a new one for various things he had no control over,  but this was the dying howl of the beast that was American anger. The scandal had blown over. His record was sealed with some fairly strong magic, and in the papers he had only been mentioned as “a tall, broad shouldered Auror assigned to a controversial unit”. All in all, he had been given something most people would trade much more for: a clean start.

The trip to Diagon Alley wasn’t planned, but as his departure from the upper east side was also not planned, he had forgotten basic necessities. What Auror forgets a basic copy of “Advanced Defensive Spells”? What wizard doesn’t bring a basic potions kit? A disgraced one, despite his parents making sure the details were kept quiet.

He still had a few days before starting his position at the Ministry. Boring days spent trying to learn about the state of the European wizarding world  and trying to brush up on his new British colleagues ongoing fight against dark magic. Not how he planned on his career going, but here he was.

A commotion ahead snapped him back to reality. A woman, about his age, was on the ground, her shoe being kicked towards him by the crowd. “For the love of…” he muttered as he took two quick steps forward and grabbed it. Woman’s heel, average size, scuffs on the toe from walking around in tight quarters. An office worker? Maybe. The heel itself was worn, so not a new shoe. Middle class. But she wasn’t a suspect, and frankly, he was trying to go on with his day; He still needed Galleons instead of American Dragots. “You okay?” He asked, holding out a hand, and quickly realizing how strange a thick New York accent sounded in London .

OTHER
How did you find us? Google

[Calypso Ross]

Accepted! Thank you for making those changes so quickly!

For awareness, the Ministry of Magic sign-up is here and further information about the Auror Office's sub-teams is here. Feel free to PM me if you have any further questions about where to start!