Post by Javier Demery on Jun 15, 2011 18:06:52 GMT -5
In Character:
Name: Javier Demery
Nickname: Goes by the name 'Javier' alone.
Age: Twenty-four
Alliance: 'Snatchers', though mostly himself.
Blood Status: Pure
House: Formerly Slytherin.
Likes: Keeping under the radar, the occasional drink, playing piano, tasteful music in general, art, writing, being in power, thestrals.
Dislikes: Being ignored, people in power, people who don't have manners or at least the sensibility to pretend they do, children, apparating.
Fears: Getting too involved in this which hardly concerns him, his own downfall, letting someone of lesser worth trump him, Azkaban, getting involved in personal relationships deeply enough to affect his mindset.
Goals: Network, perhaps eventually have an heir, benefit from Voldemort's uprising while he can, (despite his fear) marry a woman who shares his ideals and is everything he thinks she should be.
Strengths: Face is like a mask for emotion, charming, can do some non-verbal magic, apparition.
Weaknesses: Puts himself above everyone else (which can be a weakness or strength I guess), herbology, flying (he hates the feeling of not having his feet on the ground), can quickly change thoughts and emotions.
Personality:
Sort of has to sides to him – the side that is well-mannered and charming, and the side that is... well, unpredictable and a little crazy. We'll start with the first. Javier has always been able to interact well with people when he chooses to, but spar with words when he hasn't wanted to put in the effort. He is especially good with dealing with women though when necessary has used that charm against men as well. He has never cared as much as others about blood status itself. That is, it doesn't impress him to hear about another person who is from a three-thousand year old straight pure-blood family, but knowing that he is is something that he gets pride from. Nearly everyone is beneath him, so what difference is it how much?
The unpredictable side doesn't come out usually unless Javier feels the situation coming out of his hands. That, or if one is around him enough to notice that sometimes, his words are a little bit off. If he thinks he has ultimate control in a situation he may reveal his motives out of arrogance – the classic super-villain mistake. He never gives away his full plans, though, if he's been forming them. Since joining the Snatchers he has been living without a solid plan which is new to him. However he does use his intelligence more than he lets on. His motives for joining the Snatchers, for instance, is not one of hatred for the Undesirables, but rather the impression of hatred, so that he will be above the danger and more likely to fit in with the people who will take him places. His violent episodes are rare and usually due to something being in the way of a goal rather than just killing for fun. However, should the need arise he won't hesitate in his new found 'career'.
Looks:
A tall man with brown hair and hazel eyes. Basically, what stands out the most is his charming smile and the fact that he's always well-dressed. Yes, in descriptions about Javier there will never be a chance that charming and well-dressed won't be mentioned. [Exaggeration!]
History:
Not that much has ever been disclosed of his home life, other than his mother was a pure -blood who had an affair with her pure-blood husband's father. His mother, and the man who Javier initially believed to be his father, had married young and had a mostly distant relationship. His mother (Edie) worked in a shop that made robes, though this was mostly a hobby to give herself a pass to freedom. Javier's 'father' Luke had inherited his father's fortune shortly after marrying his wife; his father had died under suspicious circumstances shortly after Javier was born.
Edie was depressed over the passing of the elder Demery and eventually died from unknown causes. Although Luke was actually smug about what happened, and thought that she deserved it, the distance then between Javier and Luke closed some. He was proud when Javier got into school and into Slytherin house. Apparently, whatever had been bothering him was now out of the way, and he could enjoy his retirement (at the age of thirty-four) with more money than ever.
Javier's life in Slytherin was as usual. He wasn't the sort of bully that would cast jinxes at people, but he was a tormentor with words who seemed to know things about a person that he shouldn't, such as correctly guessing whose parents were having problems, who had lost a person important to them, and who had experienced a break-up. This didn't help him get friends. He was something of a loner because of his tendency to pick on people regardless of house and status, even if he never got violent or went out of his way to pick on someone who hadn't started something first. He was also very good at the subjects that interested him most, perhaps because of his ability to shut out that which he found irrelevant.
When he got out of school Javier seemed to grow up more. He found himself a job though by then his father had passed away and Javier got his inheritance. He never married. Suddenly, because of his manners and charisma that seemed to manifest naturally as he aged, Javier had plenty of friends and business acquaintances. He held parties to boost his reputation. He with intrigued by the Dark Lord's message but didn't want to endanger himself too much. So he stuck to his own life, working at least to make enough friends that he would have no problem getting out of trouble should he decide to join the ranks of the dark lord. To make himself appear less useful he rarely did anything with magic so they wouldn't have a reason to hunt him.
So once he was twenty-four and the Dark Lord was fully in power he thought there was nothing to lose. Rather than face the consequences of being a death eater directly he decided to join the Snatchers in collecting muggleborns and blood traitors. He does so with his usual suits and good manners, setting him apart from most who put function before fashion. He briefly had an affair with a half-blood widow named Mrs. Scythe, though that, like being 'evil' was a means to an end. She was rather influential...
Name: Javier Demery
Nickname: Goes by the name 'Javier' alone.
Age: Twenty-four
Alliance: 'Snatchers', though mostly himself.
Blood Status: Pure
House: Formerly Slytherin.
Likes: Keeping under the radar, the occasional drink, playing piano, tasteful music in general, art, writing, being in power, thestrals.
Dislikes: Being ignored, people in power, people who don't have manners or at least the sensibility to pretend they do, children, apparating.
Fears: Getting too involved in this which hardly concerns him, his own downfall, letting someone of lesser worth trump him, Azkaban, getting involved in personal relationships deeply enough to affect his mindset.
Goals: Network, perhaps eventually have an heir, benefit from Voldemort's uprising while he can, (despite his fear) marry a woman who shares his ideals and is everything he thinks she should be.
Strengths: Face is like a mask for emotion, charming, can do some non-verbal magic, apparition.
Weaknesses: Puts himself above everyone else (which can be a weakness or strength I guess), herbology, flying (he hates the feeling of not having his feet on the ground), can quickly change thoughts and emotions.
Personality:
Sort of has to sides to him – the side that is well-mannered and charming, and the side that is... well, unpredictable and a little crazy. We'll start with the first. Javier has always been able to interact well with people when he chooses to, but spar with words when he hasn't wanted to put in the effort. He is especially good with dealing with women though when necessary has used that charm against men as well. He has never cared as much as others about blood status itself. That is, it doesn't impress him to hear about another person who is from a three-thousand year old straight pure-blood family, but knowing that he is is something that he gets pride from. Nearly everyone is beneath him, so what difference is it how much?
The unpredictable side doesn't come out usually unless Javier feels the situation coming out of his hands. That, or if one is around him enough to notice that sometimes, his words are a little bit off. If he thinks he has ultimate control in a situation he may reveal his motives out of arrogance – the classic super-villain mistake. He never gives away his full plans, though, if he's been forming them. Since joining the Snatchers he has been living without a solid plan which is new to him. However he does use his intelligence more than he lets on. His motives for joining the Snatchers, for instance, is not one of hatred for the Undesirables, but rather the impression of hatred, so that he will be above the danger and more likely to fit in with the people who will take him places. His violent episodes are rare and usually due to something being in the way of a goal rather than just killing for fun. However, should the need arise he won't hesitate in his new found 'career'.
Looks:
A tall man with brown hair and hazel eyes. Basically, what stands out the most is his charming smile and the fact that he's always well-dressed. Yes, in descriptions about Javier there will never be a chance that charming and well-dressed won't be mentioned. [Exaggeration!]
History:
Not that much has ever been disclosed of his home life, other than his mother was a pure -blood who had an affair with her pure-blood husband's father. His mother, and the man who Javier initially believed to be his father, had married young and had a mostly distant relationship. His mother (Edie) worked in a shop that made robes, though this was mostly a hobby to give herself a pass to freedom. Javier's 'father' Luke had inherited his father's fortune shortly after marrying his wife; his father had died under suspicious circumstances shortly after Javier was born.
Edie was depressed over the passing of the elder Demery and eventually died from unknown causes. Although Luke was actually smug about what happened, and thought that she deserved it, the distance then between Javier and Luke closed some. He was proud when Javier got into school and into Slytherin house. Apparently, whatever had been bothering him was now out of the way, and he could enjoy his retirement (at the age of thirty-four) with more money than ever.
Javier's life in Slytherin was as usual. He wasn't the sort of bully that would cast jinxes at people, but he was a tormentor with words who seemed to know things about a person that he shouldn't, such as correctly guessing whose parents were having problems, who had lost a person important to them, and who had experienced a break-up. This didn't help him get friends. He was something of a loner because of his tendency to pick on people regardless of house and status, even if he never got violent or went out of his way to pick on someone who hadn't started something first. He was also very good at the subjects that interested him most, perhaps because of his ability to shut out that which he found irrelevant.
When he got out of school Javier seemed to grow up more. He found himself a job though by then his father had passed away and Javier got his inheritance. He never married. Suddenly, because of his manners and charisma that seemed to manifest naturally as he aged, Javier had plenty of friends and business acquaintances. He held parties to boost his reputation. He with intrigued by the Dark Lord's message but didn't want to endanger himself too much. So he stuck to his own life, working at least to make enough friends that he would have no problem getting out of trouble should he decide to join the ranks of the dark lord. To make himself appear less useful he rarely did anything with magic so they wouldn't have a reason to hunt him.
So once he was twenty-four and the Dark Lord was fully in power he thought there was nothing to lose. Rather than face the consequences of being a death eater directly he decided to join the Snatchers in collecting muggleborns and blood traitors. He does so with his usual suits and good manners, setting him apart from most who put function before fashion. He briefly had an affair with a half-blood widow named Mrs. Scythe, though that, like being 'evil' was a means to an end. She was rather influential...