Done! Hope there aren't any mistakes, I typed this out on my phone. [hider=James McNamara][center][img]http://31.media.tumblr.com/2f08bb7f495ae35890024a2f38e2f717/tumblr_mw8xwqYWbj1qbz72ro1_500.jpg[/img] [b]Name:[/b] James McNamara [b]Age:[/b] 17 [b]Grade:[/b] Junior [b]Social Class:[/b] Gifted [b]Social Class Explanation:[/b] Drums, piano, banjo, harmonica, you name it. Pick an instrument and James would most likely be able to play it. But his true love and talent lies in the guitar, both acoustic and electric. By age eleven, he was able to play some of the most complicated guitar pieces. His musical style is deeply rooted in skiffle and rock 'n roll; though he's quite fond of punk rock as well. He is heavily influenced by The Beatles, The Ramones and Blink-182. As of late, he has also started dabbling in some songwriting. --- [img]http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mb30z6sAcJ1rw1mux.gif[/img] --- [b]Personality:[/b] James is as slick as they come, and he knows how to work his pretty face to his advantage. He is charming and surprisingly well read, knowing a little bit about nearly every subject someone could think to broach. If he weren’t so damn charming it might be considered annoying, but his smile and the twinkle in his eye lets him get away with a lot that others would be called out on. He does what he wants, when he wants, and doesn’t often consider the consequences. He isn’t purposefully malicious, though he does have an explosive temper when crossed and can be cagey and deceptive when someone digs into his past. His moral compass isn’t pointing exactly straight though, he’s not one to turn down a few drinks and a good party or say no to a date with a pretty girl. You see, James firmly believes that you only have one life and you’ve got to live it, otherwise what’s the point? There’s no such thing as mistakes in his mind, only learning curves and stories you can one day share with your grandkids. He spends a lot of time thinking, speculating and asking questions about the world around him, contrary to the belief that he’s just some dumb jock. And if given the chance, James could rattle on for hours and hours about the mysteries of the world we live in. He’s pretty deep. [b]History:[/b] James McNamara grew up in working class Liverpool, born to a vivacious young mother and a merchant seaman. However, at a very young age, James was placed in the care of his stern Aunt Grace - his father was virtually non-existent and his mother was too much of a free spirit to be a “proper mother” at that age. His aunt and uncle raised James, who was always a bit of a rowdy child. In his adolescent years, he became quite rebellious - though, he had a knack for art that seemed to go hand in hand for his very sly sense of humour. He also developed a passionate love for music, something that helped keep him together when his life felt like it was falling apart. When he was ten, his mother Lily returned to his life. While it was much too late to develop a conventional mother/son bond, they developed a closeness and something of a friendship that was just what he needed. Through her support, James was able to pursue his passion for music. She had even been the one to buy him his first guitar. When James was fifteen, however, he lost his mother in a tragic accident, and that made him go through some dark times. He felt the world crumbling around him, and though he gave the facade of being tough and capable, inside he was simply a lost boy looking for a place to belong. In a last ditch effort, he applied for a student visa and a full ride scholarship to Caelbury Academy. After a whirlwind of auditions and aptitude tests, he was finally accepted into the school. --- [img]http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lcmp38M8bj1qa7qb3o1_500.gif[/img] --- [b]Extracurricular Activities:[/b] None yet. [b]Miscellaneous:[/b] James is as blind as a bat without his glasses but he's rarely seen with them, believing that they completely undermine the reputation he's been building up for himself. Why not wear contacts, you ask? See, he tried wearing them once, only to have some sort of allergic reaction that effectively blinded him for two days. So yeah, he's not fond of the things.[/center][/hider] [hider=James's Relationships][b]Acacia Hawthorne:[/b] "Smart. Really smart. She has an IQ of like, 200 or something, doesn't she? Pretty cute, too. Not gonna lie. Though she's more like a little sister to me than anything. Which is kinda weird because she's the same age as me and a grade higher. But yeah, she's a really nice girl." [b]Lili Lafontaine:[/b] "Oh, Lili? We've hung out a few times. Pretty cool. And she's not bad at art, either. I've seen some of her artwork and stuff. She's pretty loaded but she doesn't seem to like hanging out with the other rich kids though. Which is something that's completely understandable. A good handful are a bunch of prissy little snobs, but she's definitely not one of them." [b]Jacob Rockwell:[/b] "Bit of a tosser, really. I don't mean to sound like a complete dick but it's true. I mean, all the guy does is go on and on about how I'm systematically bending-slash-breaking every one of the school rules in chronological order, which granted, I have actually been doing but that's besides the point. The point is; he needs to chill out just a tad, might make him a little more tolerable to be around." [b]Roman Zelenka:[/b] "Cool as a cucumber. Wait, does anyone even use that expression anymore? Cucumbers aren't even cool. Nevermind, back on topic. So, Roman... He knows like, four languages and that's insane, in my books. Plus, he got in on the lottery? That doesn't even make any sense. You never really know what's on his mind. Oh! And he plays guitar, too. I think. I've never really seen him play." [b]Vladimir Kalkovich:[/b] "Vlad, Vlad, Vlad. We've played together a couple times. Our guitars, I mean. What were you thinking? Get your mind out of the gutter. Anyway, he's good. Not as good as me, of course. But still good. His crazy math skills more than makes up for it, I think. He's pretty chill, funny too, but y'know how they say music is the window to the soul? His music sounds a little... angry sometimes, maybe? I don't know if it's just me, but - definitely something to look into." [b]Rayne McCutcheon:[/b] "Christ. She's a firecracker, that one. Brutally honest, too. If it's on her mind, it's out of her mouth. But I can respect that. We get along pretty well... most of the time, at least. She can get real pissed real quick and it's not pretty. She's kinda like me, I guess." [b]James McNamara:[/b] "Yours truly. What can I say, well fit [i]and[/i] bloody talented. ...I'm joking. Honestly, I could go on on some 'the meaning of life' bullshit right now but I'll spare you the talk." [b]Nathan "Nate" Dixon:[/b] "That's the one with the computers, isn't it? He's nice enough, I suppose. Really helpful. Don't really know him that well, though. Always seems like he's busy tinkering with his... robots? Machines? God knows what." [b]Julie Scott:[/b] "12 languages. This girl can speak 12 languages. Forget what I said about Roman. Sorry, Roman. [I]This[/i] is insane. She aces about every single one of her tests, too. And, uh, she's not bad looking, either. But, yeah! We used to hang out but not so much now, and she's really nice. A little awkward, but not too awkward. Though she can get a little uptight about things." [b]Cole Grimoire:[/b] "Mm, don't really know him. He's the sort of guy that keeps to himself. I've only ever seen him hanging around other... "commoners", like him. God, I felt like an arse just saying that word. Anyway, next!" [b]August Marco:[/b] "Now, there's a guy with a sense of humour. That one time where he set the sprinklers off? Priceless. I've seen him in detention a couple of times, but that's pretty much it." [b]Max Wallenberg:[/b] "He might seem a little intimidating at first - he's a tall guy. But he's actually really fun to hang out and chat with, probably one of the only ones in here who doesn't think talking about metaphysics and shit is boring. Just takes awhile for him to open up, that's all. Also, uh, I've got to say. He really gets around, and coming from me, that's saying something." [b]Wren Sinclair:[/b] "Only 15 and already has a couple of big budget movies under her belt. Talk about giving a guy an inferiority complex, huh? Jokes aside, yeah, we do hang out quite a bit. But she does get a little flustered sometimes. Not sure why. I mean -- I should be the one getting starstruck, you know? Her being in showbiz, you'd think she'd be used to getting compliments and stuff like that everyday." [b]Brenden Aldrin:[/b] "A bit young to be a principal, don't you think? Honestly, for this kind of school you'd expect the principal to be a ninety year-old man who still wears a cravat. Not that I'm complaining, of course." [b]Hayden Hawthorne:[/b] "Hawthorne... Isn't Acacia's last name Hawthorne, too? So I guess he's her brother or something? I don't know, I've never really heard her bring him up much. All I know is that he's the vice-principal and that runs a bunch of the clubs in school. With the power the Hawthorne family has, I'm surprised he's not off running some mega corporation. But to each their own, I guess." [b]Flynn Zimmerman:[/b] "I've been in some of his classes. He's an good teacher. Though I'm not the expert here, you tell me. I mean, he does his best help his students so I guess that counts for something. Most of the time I see him outside of class, he's pretty quiet, a bit of a wallflower, actually." [b]Alli Kendrick:[/b] "Miss Kendrick? She's the History teacher, and the cheerleading coach. Which is kind of a weird combination. But hey, she's not one of those teachers who would bore even a mollusk to death, which is fine by me. And honestly, it helps that she's pretty easy on the eyes, too. Okay, I know it sounds superficial. Like [i]really[/i] superficial but Jesus Christ, you should see some of the guys in her class climbing over each other to sit in the front row. Not even joking."[/hider] [hider=Seth Kabhsenuf][center][img]http://mortalinstruments.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/119.jpg[/img] [b]Name:[/b] Seth Kabhsenuf [b]Age:[/b] 30 [b]How long has your character been teaching at Caelbury Academy?:[/b] This'll be his second year teaching at Caelbury. [b]Social Class:[/b] Wealthy, but just barely. [b]Social Class Explanation:[/b] Believe it or not, Seth is actually a scion of the now defunct Egyptian royal family. His great-grandfather was a Khedive, his great-aunt was married to one, and he has a second cousin or something who'd descended from the main branch. But when the monarchy was dissolved, they only took their wealth with them. Seth's father has the money passed down over the years, and a fine house in the countryside, but they don't have much else. [b]Subject:[/b] Literature --- [img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls3bal04J01qd2ddio1_500.gif[/img] --- [b]Personality:[/b] Seth is very cautious with his words. He thinks a lot before answering any questions, afraid he's going say too much or just the wrong things. His words will either leave people wondering, for most of the time they aren’t all that easy to to understand. The key to having an easy relationship with Seth is to read between the lines: always read between the lines. He has a very peculiar sense of humour and tends to make jokes in the weirdest situations, which combined with his reckless way of living, makes him a very unusual type of guy. He cares about others more than he could ever care about himself, and often his true sweet and loving personality shows through the funny comments he makes. At heart, Seth is really all about peace; he just wants the world, and more specifically, all of his friends and peers, to get along. However, he knows that he can’t delude himself into thinking it’s going to happen. In his quietness, he sees the arguments people get themselves into, the tensions between siblings, between friends, between generations. On some occasions, he’s tried to step in, but the last time he did so, the two students ended up at each other’s throats, one with a black eye and the other with a bloodied nose. Seth thinks maybe he’s better off just watching and trying to keep himself out of the brunt of the conflict than trying to play peacekeeper. Outside of school, Seth is like your usual drinking buddy, someone who is always at the bar on his off days (so much that people might even think he works there) and buying people rounds and rounds of the most variable drinks. [b]History:[/b] Seth was born in Cairo, Egypt but he and his family soon emigrated to America a few years after his birth. He grew up in a big fancy house in the countryside with many fancy cars and a mother that never needed to work because of how much money his father had. Seth was told he had to be a ‘manly man’, by doing things like pushing kids around that were scrawnier than him, joining the football team, and treating girls like objects rather than people. And for most of his youth, that’s what he did, because he loved his father and wanted nothing more than to make him proud. If the things he was doing made him feel sick and empty, well, that was the price he was willing to pay for praise from his old man that was way too caught up in his delusions of the American Dream. It wasn’t until he got to university, when his father could no longer check up on what he was doing, that he stopped acting the way he had so diligently acted for his whole life. He secretly switched his major from Law to English Literature with the blessing of his mother, and his father had no idea about it until Seth finished all of his schooling and didn’t come to work at his law firm -- a law firm which soon started slipping behind the competition. He wasn’t exactly disowned from the family after that, but he was no longer invited around for dinner and phone calls with his mother were made only when his father would be at work. But Seth understood; he knew that his father wanted a good life for him, but that he was also attempting to relive his own youth through his son. And while Seth still loved his father very dearly, he just wasn’t the same person as him, and he never could be. Seth was a naturally passive and loving person, like his mother, though those instincts were stomped down so harshly that even ten years after dropping the act, Seth struggles to go back to the person he wants to be. He graduated college with a major in English Literature and a minor in Psychology, and then went on to grad and post-grad school for his doctorate, earning that at age 27, and then a year in a post doctoral position. Beyond that, he honestly hadn’t planned very well, but he does say that teaching had never actually crossed his mind. He’s still hard pressed to explain how he ended up teaching. He often comes across as conflicted, or only halfheartedly interested in his subject, even though he manages to be enthusiastic while teaching. He loves Literature, don’t get him wrong, but he also secretly wonders if he should've pursued a career in the field of psychology. He’d only been teaching for a year, so needless to say, he was thoroughly surprised when Caelbury offered to hire him as a teacher. --- [img]https://31.media.tumblr.com/c9908c5e31b99138c4015025b1a32d0d/tumblr_n0vg3gV9qg1qccp0co2_250.gif[/img] [img]https://31.media.tumblr.com/c7e8869e469274e1a6794324d90258d6/tumblr_n0vg3gV9qg1qccp0co3_250.gif[/img] --- [b]Miscellaneous:[/b] - He has long since given up hope on his students pronouncing his last name correct, so he usually just goes by Mr. Kab. - As a rule, Seth generally prefers his love interests to be human shaped but other than that, anything goes.[/center][/hider]