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“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”
– D A L A I L A M A Duri is an Asian boy that stands at five foot ten, five inches taller than his twin sister, and weighs a healthy 150 pounds. He is of Korean descent, both of his parents having been born in South Korea. Duri prefers to keep his hair short in the back and longer in the front and has a tendency to wear guyliner and earrings. He likes to switch up his hair color time to time, but most of the time it is black. He performs the same regiment skin care ritual that his sister, Bora performs in order to keep his skin smooth and soft, like a baby. Many people think of him as effeminate, but he rejects the notion and particularly likes it when his masculinity is complimented on. He has a habit of sniffling here and there for no reason and he catches colds relatively easily.
When it comes to clothes, Duri likes to wear designer just like his sister does. However, while she prefers pink lace dresses and peter pan collars, Duri enjoys a more casual street fashion consisting of hoodies and t-shirts with jeans and chains. He is liberal with his jewelry and is often decorated in rings and necklaces and earrings and bracelets. He tends to wear dark, simple colors rather than overly bright or pastel. His fingernails are neatly trimmed and he’s known for having overly bright teeth. When he is sleeping, Duri wears either boxer shorts – but he most commonly dons animal-styled baggy onesies. The teenager has an assortment of them and actively collects them – his most common one to wear is the monkey one he owns.
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N A M E
Duri Song
N I C K N A M E
Duri will not respond to any shortening of his name, because it usually sounds stupid and kiddish
B I R T H D A T E
June 20, 1999
G E N D E R
Male
A G E
Sixteen
B L O O D S T A T U S
Pureblood
S E X U A L I T Y
Secretly bicurious
H O U S E
Warren
Y E A R
Sixth
E L E C T I V E S
- Apparition
- Divination
- Care of Magical Creatures
B E S T C L A S S
Defense Against the Dark Arts
W O R S T C L A S S E S
Potions and Herbology
C L U B S
Choir, Dueling Club, and Quidditch
B O G G A R T
A Giant Snake
P A T R O N U S
Capuchin Monkey
A M O R T E N T I A
Peppermint | Bubblegum | Freshly Cut Grass | Cotton
W A N D
Applewood | Phoenix Feather | Springy | 11"5'
Applewood wands are not made in great numbers. They are powerful and best suited to an owner of high aims and ideals, as this wood mixes poorly with Dark magic. It is said that the possessor of an apple wand will be well-loved and long-lived, and I have often noticed that customers of great personal charm find their perfect match in an applewood wand. An unusual ability to converse with other magical beings in their native tongues is often found among apple wand owners, who include the celebrated author of Merpeople: A Comprehensive Guide to Their Language and Customs, Dylan Marwood.
This is the rarest core type. Phoenix feathers are capable of the greatest range of magic, though they may take longer than either unicorn or dragon cores to reveal this. They show the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a quality that many witches and wizards dislike.
Phoenix feather wands are always the pickiest when it comes to potential owners, for the creature from which they are taken is one of the most independent and detached in the world. These wands are the hardest to tame and to personalize, and their allegiance is usually hard won.
L I K E S
- Birds
- Playing games
- Winning
- Cool breezes on sunny days
- Tattoos
- Any food with flour (bread, pizza, etc)
- Traveling
- Comic Books
- Being annoying
D I S L I K E S
- Sharing clothes
- Losing
- Hot drinks
- Bugs
- School
- Herbology
- Tasteless things
- Studying
H A B I T S
- Quirking his eyebrow flirtatiously when trying to appear handsome
- Sniffling
- Wriggling his fingers
- Touching things when he shouldn't
- Sleeps like a baby
H O B B I E S
- Dancing
- Singing
- Martial Arts
- Extreme sports
F E A R S
- Snakes
- Having his freedom taken away from him (via father)
- Failing
P E R S O N A L I T Y
In order to understand Duri, his confidence should be the first subject touched upon. When people see Duri, strutting in with a charming smirk and a designer hoodie, they typically swoon. Duri knows they swoon and smiles when it happens. If someone flirts with him, he’ll flirt back, and revels slightly in the attention. However, his reciprocation often leads to others seeing him as arrogant or as a player – when in reality, it isn’t true. Though many people don’t see it, Duri is actually very insecure – not so much in his appearance, though he does think he is less attractive than other guys – his insecurity really lies in his personality and his skills.
Truth be told, he is very aware of his flaws and is afraid it will drive people away. He never takes anything, or anyone, seriously and sees life as a joke or a game to be played. Furthermore, he has a hard time remembering other people’s feelings – try as he might – and often says something insensitive or straight-up insulting – though it is usually said in jest. Plus, he’s just straight-up careless sometimes! Not insincerely, but his lack of forethought and afterthought leads to many potentially dangerous situations. He’s unfocused and hyperactive, hardly able to sit still or listen long enough, and can be very hard to handle sometimes when he’s excited.
In order to appeal to other people, Duri tries to pass off as a happy, optimist. But, in reality, he’s pessimistic and tends to think the worse of people. He often expects people to leave his side for the stupidest of reasons. To add onto this, he pretends that he doesn’t care about anything so if he messes up, it is less embarrassing. In all actuality, he’s hard-working like his sister and spends most of his time building up his dancing and singing skills, things which he are very insecure about and will only do when he believes he has perfected them. Even then, however, he still doesn’t think he has perfected it and is very critical of himself. His criticalness leads to easily pent-up frustration and Duri often cries – when no one is around – because of it. Duri expects himself to be good, and wants to be good so much, that when he doesn’t meet his expectations, he tends to get angry and annoyed with himself and beats himself up about it.
However, the true Duri is rather cute. He’s outgoing and playful – he isn’t afraid to make himself look stupid for the sake of others’ laughs and likes it most when he makes other people happy. He can be rather witty – though in an unconventional, punny way rather than with sarcasm. Though he flirts easily with people, when he is around a particular girl he likes, or he thinks their feelings for him are genuine, he gets flustered and nervous and often can’t speak around them (and it’s rather obvious too). The idea of someone genuinely having feelings for him makes him warm inside and he really wants other people’s love.
Though his grades don’t echo it, Duri is incredibly smart and is a perfectionist. Everything has to be perfect for him, and he strives for it. His room is typically neat – except for his clothes which he always hangs on his bed rather than putting in his drawers for easy access – and loves organization. Chaos often confuses him more than anything else, and so he’ll often get confused by teachers if they don’t teach in an orderly, chronological order.
H I S T O R Y
Duri Song was the third child born to Jay and Ji-yeon Song and the younger twin of Bora Song. While he is completely of Korean descent, he only lived permanently in Korea when he was little. When his father was in his teens, his older sister having already been of age, the Song family migrated to America in hopes that they could find a better political standing there rather than the infamous, yet uninfluential, prominence that the Song family held in Korea. At Salem, Jay was sorted into Warren and made a name for himself with his ambition. However, upon graduation, Jay went to Korea in order to reconnect with his heritage. In Korea, Jay met the small farm girl Ji-yeon, a herbologist with a passion for nature and an adamant pacifist. He was immediately smitten and, within a year, they were married and living in Korea. Jay’s marriage to a small, unknown girl shocked the family and fellow friends, considering the elitist personality of the Song clan. Jay helped Ji-yeon start up a small business in Ellicot, Maryland while he began to rise in ranks in the Republic of Magic.
Soon, Ji-yeon gave birth to her first son: Geun. Afterwards came Bora and Duri. Life was pretty simple for them during their childhood: Ji-yeon would take them out to the garden and show them the herbs. Jay had always been distant to the family, because of work, but he particularly doted on Geun. Late at night, when he would get home, he’d tell Geun all about how he would succeed his legacy one and he was working for him. Whenever it came time for Geun to receive his Salem letter – well, it never came. Turns out, Geun was a squib. It was a scandal for the family among the pureblood community and caused a lot of inner conflict. The Song Clan blamed Ji-yeon halfblood status for corrupting Geun’s magic and Geun himself was a bit of a pariah. Their father, Jay, obviously struggled with the revelation and afterwards, Geun’s and Jay’s relationship became very rocky and they were no longer close. Ji-yeon, of course, stayed by her son and even threatened to divorce Jay and take her three children away if the animosity didn’t stop. Though there was still animosity, it became muted after that and was more behind-the-back. Ji-yeon enrolled Geun in a muggle school and even began to indulge herself in muggle devices in order to connect more with Geun.
After Geun fell out favor with his father, Jay paid more attention to Duri than the other two. This made Duri feel very uncomfortable, as he had no desire to follow in his father’s political footsteps but instead wished to become a famous musician. However, he indulged his father. As such, he never spent much time with Geun because he felt guilty and so avoided Geun like the flu. However, Duri’s relationship with his father wasn’t always smooth sailing – when he was caught talking to a muggle girl at a convenient store (after her indulgence, Ji-yeon fell in love with muggle convenience stores) his father threw a fit and Duri was grounded. There have been other instances in which Jay controlled Duri too much, but it never got violent.
Duri still hasn’t found a way to tell his father that he wants to be a musician, or a dancer.
F A M I L Y
The Song Family is mainly known for their inherited money and Jay Song’s domination in politics. It has been speculated that Jay will be running for president – though Jay has turned this down. They live a very public life due to Jay’s frequent promotion of his and his family’s image as well as his sister being known in politics as well. They live in a sweet ass
estate in Maryland.
45||Jay Song – Father:Jay Song is from the elite Song Clan that immigrated to America from South Korea in order to gain more prominence. Though he is very prejudice that does not mean he is inhumane. He does not support radicals like Voldemort or Grindelwald, but prefers a leniency in regards to politics. Despite loving his kids very much, he is distant from them and tends to not give them the time of day because he is obsessed with leaving a legacy. Jay and his eldest son, Geun, have an estranged relationship due to Geun being a squib and his involvement in the muggle world. Jay Song might also have a bit of an anger problem.
Ji-yeon was born in South Korea and lived their mainly. While she was a witch, she was, in fact, a halfblood. When Jay married her, it caused a stir in the family because of her blood status. In order to hide the dirtying of their blood status, the Song family claimed she was, in fact, pureblood but from a small pureblood family. For a long time, she was not accepted in the family. Opposite of her husband, Ji-yeon supports the more liberal side of politics and wants emancipation and equal rights for magical creatures. However, she disagrees with TWK’s idea of exposure to muggles because of the history.
Geun is the first son of Ji-yeon and Jay. He was born a squib, without magic, and as such has not had an easy life in regards to his family. Many of his grandparents insult him behind his back and his father is not discreet in showing his disappointment. However, his mother has always been by his side, cheering him on and even threatening to leave his father in order to protect him. He attended a muggle school and has recently graduated. He had plans to go to culinary school, however he has been meeting obstacles in the form of his father who does not want him gallivanting around with muggles anymore, especially with the raised tension.
F A M I L I A R
Jjok is Duri’s majestic female Golden Eagle. Just as she looks, Jjok acts very much like a proper lady and shows a strange fickleness when it comes to food and people. She never squawks and makes very little noise and, when looking at people, seems to be judging silently. The only time Jjok ever makes a noise is when Duri happens to make kissing noises to her in which she seems to be responding back to him in kind. She loves it when Duri cuddles her, but will bite anyone else who tries.
T H E M E S O N G
Cooke – Modern BaseballCause God knows I’d rather die than be dying
It’s not a cliché, no sir it is a logical preference
Because the way things were this year
Makes me think how good it all could be
and how well it could end
E X T R A N E O U S I N F O
- Tenor in Choir
- Warren Quidditch Seeker
- Amazing dancer
Banned
