[OOC] Hogwarts: Ignition - Year One

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About to head out of town for the weekend. I'll try my best to post while I'm gone

[Eyeris]

They could devise a magical means to do so?

Yay posts! Great work everyone!

[SgtEasy]

Name:

Ajax Leroufe-DeCroy

Nickname(s):

AJ

Gender:

Male

Age:

12

House:

To be sorted

Appearance:

Ajax is called "a weird child" repeatedly by his previous teachers and this doesn't appear in his appearance. His hair is a dark brown, originally black but the chlorine from the pool when he swam turned it this way. His hair is combed back, the ends spiking a little. His eyes are a light brown, deep and sparkling with wonder. He only has a few pimples and no black heads. His nose is proportion to his face, while his head is a bit big. He has tan coloured skin. He is 5'5 and is slightly buffed up, just a bit more streamlined due to his swimming. His hands a bit callous from holding his Eskrima sticks and his eppee.

Wand:

A fir wand. It is just shy of nine and one-half inches long. The core consists of hippogriff tail hair. The wand was at the basement of the shop that Ajax went in. It took so long for AJ to choose a wand that it took 7 hours to find one. The shopkeeper almost died of excitement and joy.

Pet:

A Snowy Owl by the name of Fuji. She is slightly smaller than the rest of her kind but she is speedy and intelligent, akin to the owl of the legendary Harry Potter.

Strengths:

Strong: Ajax's father wanted to be strong like himself, as he was a former NZ soldier. His father practiced Eskrima, a martial art from the island nation of the Philippines. Of course, he wanted to teach Ajax how to defend himself. From then on, Ajax's father was a parent as well as a sensei to him, teaching him the ways of Eskrima. Of course, that and coupled with his swimming skills and fencing classes, Ajax grew up to be a very strong boy. With stamina to boot, of course.

Unpredictable: Being a very weird and self proclaimed fantastic person, Ajax's brain works very different from normal. He is weird and very unpredictable most of the time. His childish demeanour can immediately change into a more serious Ajax, one that anyone that knows him would not mess with. This may be because of the enormous amounts of Dubstep he listens to and makes.

Weaknesses:

Attitude: Ajax swears a lot. I mean, swears a lot. Mostly because of genes and the mates he hanged out with, Ajax is also very impatient with people he doesn't like. Most of the time if someone pisses him off, Ajax will immediately flip the guy the bird and kick him in the gut. He is very quick to violence and his swearing may make some teachers look down at him because of it.

Cluelessness: Ajax was basically thrust into the wizarding world. He was a "pure" muggleborn, with no magical parents at all. He was given some brief information, basic and simple by Mcgonagall. He was surprised by the wizarding world and is still recovering from the shock of being a wizard.

Strength on left arm: As a child, Ajax was always plagued with his weak left arm. It is as buff looking as his right but is not as strong as the right and is easily susceptible to pain and to fracturing.

Personality:

As said previously, Ajax is a very weird child. He is a bit less reserved to say what he wants to say, and sometimes just spouts out the craziest things just cause. Rainbows and unicorns are said the most. He is very confident and likes his dubstep and techno. His cheery attitude and childish demeanour may bring a smile. But when someone insults him, he combusts into a swearing, red face, angry boy with love for violence and a certain like for punching someone.

History:

Ajax was born in Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand. Erin Leroufe, a full muggle of French descent and Ajax's mother, was a nuclear physicist and a graduate of Unitec. Aaron DeCroy, a 5th generation New Zealander and a muggle, was a soldier in the NZDF and had military training. Erin was walking down to work one day when she was mugged. The man put a knife to Erin's neck and threatened to slice it open if she didn't tell him what her passcode is for her MasterCard. Aaron then came out of nowhere and shot the man in the head, being on leave from the ship he served on. They soon fell in love and married.

Ajax is their only child. He is a born and bred New Zealander, growing up over there. Ajax made many friends during his time in New Zealand, still not aware of his wizarding capabilities. The family then moved over to England when Ajax was the age of 11 because his mum found a new workplace in London. He didn't feel quite right when he went into his english muggle primary. All the students thought he was weird, because of his accent and his weird name. He never got any friends and for the first time in his life, he felt alone. When he turned twelve, he received the invitation to Hogwarts. His parents were surprisingly calm about this, knowing that Ajax was always something special. When he was going to leave for Hogwarts, his dad looked him in the eye and said "AJ, don't worry okay? You'll be fine mate. It's a whole new world over there. Me and your mum always thought you were special. Now go out there and learn how to make card tricks!"

NPCs:

Aaron Leroufe-DeCroy (Father): A 5th generation New Zealander and a muggle, was a soldier in the NZDF and had military training. Aaron is a kind hearted man, wilful and honourable. He is almost what you would call a stereotypical Kiwi. He has a laid back attitude, a liking for fish and chips and a love for his home country. He always had a very down to earth attitude to things and always spoke his mind.

Erin Leroufe-DeCroy (Mother): Erin Leroufe, a full muggle of French descent and Ajax's mother, was a nuclear physicist and a graduate of Unitec. Erin was always a fierce hearted lady. Like Aaron, always spoke her mind on things. She was a woman that took lead and was a workaholic. She loved Ajax and would do anything to make him safe, just like any mother should.

[SgtEasy]

Hopefully that's good enough

[Eyeris]

We are talking it over now! :D

[Fox]

Sorry about the short post. The one I'd worked on didn't go through and I lost it, so I just put that out so I didn't hold anyone up.

[TheHangedMan]

I'll get a post up the day after tomorrow. I won't be on all day tomorrow; I've got a fight to watch :)

[Eyeris]

Yay! I'll make an IC post and a decision about new characters when I am done with my paper! ;D

[soren]

Ugh work is gonna kill me

[LupusIntus]

I'm just hangin around. Let me know if i'm accepted. :)

[TaliPaendrag]

I'm still around. :3 I'm just waiting on Miss to post, as there is very little that I could write in the meantime.

[SgtEasy]

I AM STIL HERE PEASANTS, NO WORRIES!!! YOURE GLORIOUS SHE KING IS STILL HERE

[TheHangedMan]

I'm still here of course. Just waiting for @Avanhelsing to post.

[Tip]

Hanging. Don't really know whether to post, and if so what about.

[Avanhelsing]

I'm so sick or I would post.

[Eyeris]

All new characters are accepted! If anything needs to change you have been sent a PM! :D

[Eyeris]

Also, my paper is done (yay) so expect a post from me tonight or tomorrow! I'll try to help out people who seem stuck.

I'm sorry you feel sick! get well soon!

[LupusIntus]

Huzzah! I'll repost my char sheet in characters and start working an intro. :)

It looks like the sorting hat bizz is already finished, no? Would a GM kindly assign Sevrin a house (and a tad bit of flavor text from the Sorting Hat would be nice as well :D)?

[SgtEasy]

Oh, so sorting hat is done..... Hmmmm, can someone do a brief rundown of what's happened? I want to introduce my character properly without reading through 80 posts. Not to be lazy but.... You know

[SgtEasy]

Oh and.... 300TH POST OHHHHHH YEAAAAHHHHH!!! TAKE THAT OH YEAH AND TAKE THAT! OOHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHH!!!