Post by Damien Noland on Nov 18, 2014 23:57:57 GMT -8
Name: Damien Noland
Age & Birthday: 26; April 8th, 1982
Bloodline: ¼ or Muggleborn, depending or how you look at it
Personality: Damien is a sociable and highly charismatic individual. He has the qualities of a leader that allow him to organize and get things done. He is highly enthusiastic and dedicated in all the he does, adding onto the charm of his optimistic and generally happy nature. He is an idealist, always looking ahead and trying to envision a better world. He has a great compassion for his fellow humankind, and has devoted his career to serving them. A bit stubborn at times, he refuses to let anything pull him down and tries to look at all situations in a positive light. He exudes confidence in himself, and is adept at charming and revving up a crowd. Unfortunately, he also has a sort of naivety about him. He always looks forward, trying to create his visions, but he never stops to truly focus on the present.
Height: 5' 11"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
General Appearance: Damien is of average height and decent build. Some might say he is good looking, though he is currently single. Still rather young, he retains a sort of youthfulness about him that compliments his charming personality. He keeps up a good appearance in order to give off a good impression. He is generally found wearing a suit of some kind, but that of a more relaxed nature. He isn't so uptight as to be entirely formal; he accepts who he is, and expresses it while still retaining a good appearance.
Wand: 12.5" Dogwood, Dragon Heartstring
Pet: None
Worst Class(es) were: Transfiguration and Defense against the Dark Arts
Best Class(es) were: History of Magic (he found ways to make it entertaining) and Charms
Special Ability: None
Special Item: None
Occupation: Campaign Manager
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
History: Damien Noland was born in eastern Wales to what for all intents and purposes was a muggle family. Only much later in his life did he find out that his Grandmother had a tryst (unknowingly) with a wizard, before he left her single and pregnant with his father. His father had never revealed any magical abililites, and thus the family was none the wiser about the magical community until Damien was born. So, through that rationale his father was a squib and he was a quarter pure... or did his father just inherit his muggle traits from his mother... or did the magical genes just skip a generation? Whatever the case, Damien never particularly cared - he disliked labels and those who would try to place them on others. From his childhood on upward, he always placed a great emphasis on the uniqueness of the individual and the power everyone had within themselves to create change.
He received his letter from Hogwarts and got to experience the huge culture shock that all those from non-magical families experienced. His school years were average, he supposes. He was sorted into Gryffindor and did fairly well throughout his classes all seven year. Of course there were all the many experiences he had there, getting into minor trouble, going to Quidditch games, etc., but it was probably a similar experience to what most students had, he would assume.
After school, he wasn't entirely sure what he wanted to do. He was certainly ambitious, however, having dreams of making the world a better place for everyone. He worked very hard for a few years at a small business, before he found a calling. He realized that if was truly going to devote his life to the betterment of society, then politics was the direction to go. At first he served as a campaign manage for several people he helped get elected to office. His enthusiasm and ability to motivate support earned him a reputation that allowed him to earn quite a bit of money. Never once, however, did he participate in any corrupt practices that politicians have been negatively stereotyped for. He feels that it is one of the major roots of the problems of society, and plans to fix it and pull the career of politics out of the mud. Now he's begun preparations for his own political ambitions, setting them perhaps even as high as the Minister of Magic himself.
Recent events, however, created a series of setbacks. The ministry was a bureaucratic mess, a complete disaster that threatened the country, and now Hogwarts has been attacked. Like all setbacks, though, he has turned the situations around. The ministry's mess only served as fire for his increasingly louder campaign, claiming the need for a change in the system. As for Hogwarts, he has begun a collaboration with several sponsors that will allow him to open an interim school, protected with safety measures far more advanced than Hogwarts. The school is a private system adminstered over by himself, and therefore falls outside of Ministry jurisdiction. True, parents wont have to send their children to his school, but he thinks the people deserve to have a school open for their children in their own country, regardless of the stupidity and inaction of the current political regime. He has assured the people that this is by no means a political ploy on his part, but proof of his dedication to his people and to the future. He almost sees it as a sort of test of his leadership abilities, and refuses to let himself fail.
Role-play Sample: See Kyle, Callid, or Chase
Age & Birthday: 26; April 8th, 1982
Bloodline: ¼ or Muggleborn, depending or how you look at it
Personality: Damien is a sociable and highly charismatic individual. He has the qualities of a leader that allow him to organize and get things done. He is highly enthusiastic and dedicated in all the he does, adding onto the charm of his optimistic and generally happy nature. He is an idealist, always looking ahead and trying to envision a better world. He has a great compassion for his fellow humankind, and has devoted his career to serving them. A bit stubborn at times, he refuses to let anything pull him down and tries to look at all situations in a positive light. He exudes confidence in himself, and is adept at charming and revving up a crowd. Unfortunately, he also has a sort of naivety about him. He always looks forward, trying to create his visions, but he never stops to truly focus on the present.
Height: 5' 11"
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Brown
General Appearance: Damien is of average height and decent build. Some might say he is good looking, though he is currently single. Still rather young, he retains a sort of youthfulness about him that compliments his charming personality. He keeps up a good appearance in order to give off a good impression. He is generally found wearing a suit of some kind, but that of a more relaxed nature. He isn't so uptight as to be entirely formal; he accepts who he is, and expresses it while still retaining a good appearance.
Wand: 12.5" Dogwood, Dragon Heartstring
Pet: None
Worst Class(es) were: Transfiguration and Defense against the Dark Arts
Best Class(es) were: History of Magic (he found ways to make it entertaining) and Charms
Special Ability: None
Special Item: None
Occupation: Campaign Manager
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
History: Damien Noland was born in eastern Wales to what for all intents and purposes was a muggle family. Only much later in his life did he find out that his Grandmother had a tryst (unknowingly) with a wizard, before he left her single and pregnant with his father. His father had never revealed any magical abililites, and thus the family was none the wiser about the magical community until Damien was born. So, through that rationale his father was a squib and he was a quarter pure... or did his father just inherit his muggle traits from his mother... or did the magical genes just skip a generation? Whatever the case, Damien never particularly cared - he disliked labels and those who would try to place them on others. From his childhood on upward, he always placed a great emphasis on the uniqueness of the individual and the power everyone had within themselves to create change.
He received his letter from Hogwarts and got to experience the huge culture shock that all those from non-magical families experienced. His school years were average, he supposes. He was sorted into Gryffindor and did fairly well throughout his classes all seven year. Of course there were all the many experiences he had there, getting into minor trouble, going to Quidditch games, etc., but it was probably a similar experience to what most students had, he would assume.
After school, he wasn't entirely sure what he wanted to do. He was certainly ambitious, however, having dreams of making the world a better place for everyone. He worked very hard for a few years at a small business, before he found a calling. He realized that if was truly going to devote his life to the betterment of society, then politics was the direction to go. At first he served as a campaign manage for several people he helped get elected to office. His enthusiasm and ability to motivate support earned him a reputation that allowed him to earn quite a bit of money. Never once, however, did he participate in any corrupt practices that politicians have been negatively stereotyped for. He feels that it is one of the major roots of the problems of society, and plans to fix it and pull the career of politics out of the mud. Now he's begun preparations for his own political ambitions, setting them perhaps even as high as the Minister of Magic himself.
Recent events, however, created a series of setbacks. The ministry was a bureaucratic mess, a complete disaster that threatened the country, and now Hogwarts has been attacked. Like all setbacks, though, he has turned the situations around. The ministry's mess only served as fire for his increasingly louder campaign, claiming the need for a change in the system. As for Hogwarts, he has begun a collaboration with several sponsors that will allow him to open an interim school, protected with safety measures far more advanced than Hogwarts. The school is a private system adminstered over by himself, and therefore falls outside of Ministry jurisdiction. True, parents wont have to send their children to his school, but he thinks the people deserve to have a school open for their children in their own country, regardless of the stupidity and inaction of the current political regime. He has assured the people that this is by no means a political ploy on his part, but proof of his dedication to his people and to the future. He almost sees it as a sort of test of his leadership abilities, and refuses to let himself fail.
Role-play Sample: See Kyle, Callid, or Chase