Orpheus Travers |
| basics |
name: Orpheus Melville Travers
nicknames: Orpheus.
birthday: November 5 1958
blood: Pure
hogwarts: '77 Slytherin
profession: Records Office - the Department of International Magical Relations
alliance: Death Eater |
| personal |
home: 81506 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, West London
wand hand: Right
grades: average OWLS, disappointing NEWTS
wand: 13 1/8", Griffin's mane, cedar
pets: A barn owl.
financial: Upperclass but it's family money.
personality: Very envious of those who seem to have an easier life than he has, relaxation and play do not come easily. Often feels lonely and isolated as an adult. Generally, has a good sense of humor that can carry him through when times really do get tough.
His mind is very curious and inquisitive, always seeking information on a wide variety of topics. The broader the subject matter the more it appeals. Prefers to deal with abstractions -- the small but important details associated with any subject tend to slip his mind. A good detective, he loves getting to the roots of problems and enjoys finding out what makes other people tick. Orpheus is often eccentric and offbeat.
Known in his circle of friends for being blunt, honest and truthful. Known to others to be very willful, stubborn, tenacious and independent with a tendency to be snobbish and uppity. Always wants to be proud of himself and will never do anything that will make himself look bad. Orpheus needs the respect and admiration of others and enjoys attracting attention to himself. Everything he does tends to be self-emphasized and self-exaggerated. A great need for love, affection and reassurance, and a tendency toward vanity, allows him to have his head easily turned by flattery. The more insecure he is, the more he tends to be a showoff.
Intense and complex by nature, extremely strong emotional reactions to most situations. Feelings are often very difficult to verbalize. Therefore he has a tendency to be very quiet - - to brood and think a lot. Seldom gets overtly angry and tends to hold things in, but, when he does lash out, Orpheus is furious and unforgiving. When he makes an emotional commitment, it is total -- not attracted to superficial or casual relationships. Orpheus tends to regard the significant people in his life in much the same way as he does his possessions -- overly attached and much too jealous. If challenged, he takes it as a personal affront and tends to lash out and fight back in a vengeful manner. Loves mysteries and the supernatural. | | appearance |
height: 6'3"
hair color: Blonde.
eye color: Blue.
marks: --
general overview: Classic, debonair, somewhat stylish as well, rarely trendy.
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| psychological & physical |
outwardly: Self confident, somewhat arrogant at times, very proud.
inwardly: Very insecure with himself. He often requires the approval of others in order to think he is any good.
introvert/extrovert: Introvert.
first impression:
quirks/habits/mannerisms: A secret cooking hobby, ability to ignore anyone, extremely superstitious, loves music
boggart:
patronus:
likes: Women.
dislikes: Blood traitors, Muggleborns,
hearing: Good.
physical health: Good.
sight: 20/20. |
| relations |
mother: Calliope nee Parnassus Travers
father: Sol Travers
siblings: Klio Travers (![[info]](https://www.scribbld.com/img/userinfo.gif) brightest)
cousins: Angel Everglot
friends: alectos, matildas, narcissing, docstheword, obtineo
enemies: jules, dominics
orientation: Heterosexual.
partner: Married to Juliana Wilkes (jules)
past relationships: Previously engaged to Laura Mulciber. Marriage prospects fell apart after the death of her brother. Upon discovering Laura was not a virgin, Orpheus' father insisted the engagement be terminated. The families are not speaking. Laura is now married to Dominic Yaxley.
preferences: Female, easily manipulated, easy to please, easy going, easy.
turn-ons: Good conversationalist, outgoing, independent, good body, blonde.
turn-offs: Juliana.
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| history | Orpheus lived with his parents and younger sister in Gloucestershire. He had a happy childhood, with early memories filled with pushing his sister on a mattress down the large front staircase and adding pounds of extra sugar to his mother's pies when she wasn't looking. Orpheus and his sister were the best of friends, being separated by only 4 years. He couldn't wait until she started school at Hogwarts and he could do his big brotherly best to show her around. He was sure she would be a Slytherin with him and as of his second day as a first year, began preparing to 'pass the torch'.
However, Orpheus was very different at school than he was at home. He was in Slytherin, adequate in most subjects, apt in Potions, excelling in Transfiguration. He wanted to go out for his Animangus License, Transfiguration being his favorite subject. He had high academic hopes.
Orpheus was very popular, very outgoing. Nearly everyone liked him, except for the obvious house rivalries. He got along well with most of his teachers and though was often in detention, it was never anything very serious. His typical offense was not completing his homework, having been too occupied with his friends to be bothered. No one ever really expected him to become a Death Eater.
But Orpheus was very insecure with himself. He often required the approval of others in order to think he was any good. As he grew up, he saw many of his housemates involved with Darker elements of magic and soon he was caught up with the wrong sorts of people.
The Death Eaters told him he was something, they told him he was capable of great things, that he would be a somebody, and he believed them. They had power and people respected and feared them. More than anything, Orpheus wanted to hold power over people; he wanted to be in control. This was his major character flaw, which had obviously played into his house sorting.
| | astrology |
| Slytherin Scorpio: What is said of Slytherins born under all other signs is doubly true of Slytherins born under Scorpio. (Or was it that what is said of Scorpios is doubly true of Scorpios sorted into Slytherin?) There is no middle ground here - these wizards can embody all that is the very best in the world... or all that is the very worst. They are heroes, or they are villains. They are attracted to the dark, twisted, and forbidden mysteries of the world from the day they are born, and only they can determine whether they will study the dark arts in order to oppose them, or to embrace them. However, as Scorpio is a sign of transformation and regeneration, it is not impossible for even the most evil of dark wizards to turn to the path of good... Scorpio Slytherins have uncanny wisdom, insight into human psychology, and high "emotional IQ's." They are incredibly ambitious, often exist in a state of total ego, and if misused or hurt, can nurse the wound and seethe for decades. Still, although they are often tempted to do horrible things in the name of glory or discovery, they nevertheless are often the kindest, most compassionate, and most forgiving people of all, for they have seen their own inner darkness, faced it, and do not run from it when they encounter it in others. | | ooc |
Player: Brie @ tweaked
Played By: Hayden Christensen
Copyright: JKR owns the Harry Potter universe. Hayden owns himself. Orpheus's character belongs to me although he is canon based. Icons mostly by me.
Playing At: ![[info]](https://www.scribbld.com/img/community.gif) valesco
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