Maximus Desford
Nov 13, 2014 13:55:05 GMT -5
Post by Maximus Desford on Nov 13, 2014 13:55:05 GMT -5
Maximus Desford
NAME: Maximus Arolus Desford
AGE: 31
SOCIAL CLASS: Middle Class
STATUS: Single
OCCUPATION: Auror
PLAY-BY: Aidan Turner
BLOOD STATUS: Halfblood
EYES: brown
HAIR: black
SKINTONE: slightly tanned
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6'1", average statue
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: His relaxed stance sets him apart from others of his standing in the Ministry
OVERALL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Maximus has, fitting his personality, a rather dark appearance. His hair is black and slightly curly, almost unruly and reaches down to his shoulders. Usually he just pushes it back but sometimes, when he makes an attempt at looking proper, he ties it back with a band of silver silk. His skin isn't perfectly upper class pale but a little tanned, even in the winter as Maximus likes long walks, horse rides or more challenging activities outside, apart from his job. His eyes are of a deep brown and could be considered warm, but this usually isn't noticable due to his brooding facial expression and often narrowed eyes. The light stubble that always graces his jawline and continues over his lips is black like the rest of his hair and adds to his dark appearance. It is to be said that Maximus does nothing to change anything about this however as he prefers long black cloaks to tail coats and other fancy clothes some of the upper class wizards share with muggle fashion. He has a relaxed stance which might lead people to underestimate his agility and awareness of his surroundings as he seems uninterested and a little distant. However his eyes are not. They don't often lose their penetrating stare.
NON-MAGICAL SKILLS: Even though he's not very graceful due to carrying himself in a rather relaxed manner, almost a little slouched, he can ride a horse and dance alright, both of which he learned in his childhood. He has a good memory but others often have little use of it when it's needed as he sometimes has trouble expressing his thoughts, as well as his feelings.
MAGICAL SKILLS: Having completed the complex training to become an auror, Maximus has great magical skills. He'd always been good at DADA, even when at school and he has a certain proclivity for Transfiguration. Contrary to popular belief he's quite apt at Healing as well, but he struggles now and them with brewing potions.
WEAKNESSES: Due to his problems expressing himself Maximus can at times errupt seemingly out of nowhere when his surpressed feelings prove to be too much for him. This doesn't mean that he has a short temper however. He's a hands-on type of guy and rather acts instead of planning a course of action in a team, which often leads to miscommunication on his job.
STRENGTHS: When he wants to Maximus can be very patient and calm. He may put on an act of holding grudges indefinitely because he's unwilling to trust a person who once betrayed him, but he can't quite keep his forgiving nature bottled up and so he tries to hide it from the outside for his own protection. A side of him which didn't often have the chance to show is that he can be quite romantic. At times it leads him to being melancholic and see what is lacking in aesthetics, the beautiful side of it has yet to appear.
QUIRKS & HABITS: He smokes and pays regular visits to pubs
OVERALL PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION: Upon first meeting it becomes obvious that Maximus is of the reserved type. He keeps himself out of social interaction as far as possible and prefers to be left alone. If he is forced to be social, he often comes across rough and not caring. Maximus doesn't easily lose his temper and is collected, patient and calm, which can make him seem distant. However he can be loving and caring when he chooses to be. He is closest to his cat and cares deeply for the animal and even though he doesn't show it, he also cares for his family to some extend. Whether it is his job or his desire to protect, in those situations he is very attentive and agile, thinking quickly when in a dangerous situation.
BIRTH PLACE: Southampton
PARENTS: August Desford (60, lawyer at the Ministry) and Claudia Desford née Carrow (52)
SIBLINGS: Varus Desford (35, Accidental Magic Reversal Squad Worker, married, 3 children), Livia Roberts (29, married, 2 children), Iulus Desford (20, unmarried)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: none
CHILDREN: none
OTHERS: Alecotus Carrow, married, one child; Finnley Carrow, married, one child (died under mysterious circumstances: Norman Carrow -> Richard Jones)
PETS: a cat named Tiger
AGE: 31
SOCIAL CLASS: Middle Class
STATUS: Single
OCCUPATION: Auror
PLAY-BY: Aidan Turner
BLOOD STATUS: Halfblood
EYES: brown
HAIR: black
SKINTONE: slightly tanned
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6'1", average statue
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: His relaxed stance sets him apart from others of his standing in the Ministry
OVERALL PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Maximus has, fitting his personality, a rather dark appearance. His hair is black and slightly curly, almost unruly and reaches down to his shoulders. Usually he just pushes it back but sometimes, when he makes an attempt at looking proper, he ties it back with a band of silver silk. His skin isn't perfectly upper class pale but a little tanned, even in the winter as Maximus likes long walks, horse rides or more challenging activities outside, apart from his job. His eyes are of a deep brown and could be considered warm, but this usually isn't noticable due to his brooding facial expression and often narrowed eyes. The light stubble that always graces his jawline and continues over his lips is black like the rest of his hair and adds to his dark appearance. It is to be said that Maximus does nothing to change anything about this however as he prefers long black cloaks to tail coats and other fancy clothes some of the upper class wizards share with muggle fashion. He has a relaxed stance which might lead people to underestimate his agility and awareness of his surroundings as he seems uninterested and a little distant. However his eyes are not. They don't often lose their penetrating stare.
NON-MAGICAL SKILLS: Even though he's not very graceful due to carrying himself in a rather relaxed manner, almost a little slouched, he can ride a horse and dance alright, both of which he learned in his childhood. He has a good memory but others often have little use of it when it's needed as he sometimes has trouble expressing his thoughts, as well as his feelings.
MAGICAL SKILLS: Having completed the complex training to become an auror, Maximus has great magical skills. He'd always been good at DADA, even when at school and he has a certain proclivity for Transfiguration. Contrary to popular belief he's quite apt at Healing as well, but he struggles now and them with brewing potions.
WEAKNESSES: Due to his problems expressing himself Maximus can at times errupt seemingly out of nowhere when his surpressed feelings prove to be too much for him. This doesn't mean that he has a short temper however. He's a hands-on type of guy and rather acts instead of planning a course of action in a team, which often leads to miscommunication on his job.
STRENGTHS: When he wants to Maximus can be very patient and calm. He may put on an act of holding grudges indefinitely because he's unwilling to trust a person who once betrayed him, but he can't quite keep his forgiving nature bottled up and so he tries to hide it from the outside for his own protection. A side of him which didn't often have the chance to show is that he can be quite romantic. At times it leads him to being melancholic and see what is lacking in aesthetics, the beautiful side of it has yet to appear.
QUIRKS & HABITS: He smokes and pays regular visits to pubs
OVERALL PERSONALITY DESCRIPTION: Upon first meeting it becomes obvious that Maximus is of the reserved type. He keeps himself out of social interaction as far as possible and prefers to be left alone. If he is forced to be social, he often comes across rough and not caring. Maximus doesn't easily lose his temper and is collected, patient and calm, which can make him seem distant. However he can be loving and caring when he chooses to be. He is closest to his cat and cares deeply for the animal and even though he doesn't show it, he also cares for his family to some extend. Whether it is his job or his desire to protect, in those situations he is very attentive and agile, thinking quickly when in a dangerous situation.
BIRTH PLACE: Southampton
PARENTS: August Desford (60, lawyer at the Ministry) and Claudia Desford née Carrow (52)
SIBLINGS: Varus Desford (35, Accidental Magic Reversal Squad Worker, married, 3 children), Livia Roberts (29, married, 2 children), Iulus Desford (20, unmarried)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: none
CHILDREN: none
OTHERS: Alecotus Carrow, married, one child; Finnley Carrow, married, one child (died under mysterious circumstances: Norman Carrow -> Richard Jones)
PETS: a cat named Tiger
CHARACTER HISTORY: Growing up as the second son of an upper class family never bothered Maximus, other than some of his classmates who were in the same position and extremely vexed by it. However already in his childhood Maximus often thought he'd been born into the wrong set of siblings. When his older brother wanted to play hide and seek, Maximus much rather taught himself how to forge a magnificent staff out of a very straight branch of an acorn. It seemed the two brothers never had quite the same interests. So when Varus went off to school, Maximus was left alone with his younger sister. And he wouldn't play with her dolls for anything. He even took beatings from his father for refusing to play with the little girl. It had been the time when Maximus' liking for long walks in the forest close to their home had started to develop. This way he could easily escape his demanding sister, his angry father and his silent mother.
At Hogwarts Maximus was often alone. Even though he'd made a few friends he drove them all away as soon as he felt like they demanded something of him to keep up the friendship, even if it was just the 'wait up for me' in the morning. He quickly felt controlled and forced, so he retreated and dedicated his life to school instead.
After he graduated with astoundingly good marks, or so his parents thought, for someone as reserved and quiet as him, he felt lost at first. He couldn't see himself in the adult world. He didn't want to go into training like Varus, who was already married, nor did he want to follow in his father's (and his brother's) steps and serve the ministry. They had done nothing for him so he wanted to avoid them demanding his loyal service. For a few weeks he lived at home with no idea what to do, where to go or who he even was until his father had enough with him. A huge fight followed about the good-for-nothing son who could not open his mouth if his life depended on it, who looked like a better beggar and wasn't even able to find himself a wife. That night a physically and mentally wounded man left the house he'd never return to.
It seemed like it had been the push Maximus had needed to grow up and stand on his own two feet. At first he only knew that he wanted as far away as possible from his family. However as he didn't have much money he could only cross over to France at first. He struggled the first few months as he didn't know the language and wasn't the most welcome guest either, but he made do with small jobs where people didn't have to trust or respect him, but merely gave him money for his services. It had been a huge step for him to go out and offer what he could to earn the money to survive. After a year he had saved enough money to be able to pay for further travels as there was nothing which kept him in France. Eventually he ended up in Bulgaria where he found people who met him not quite as judgemental as they had in France. However he found Bulgaria to be in uproar, struggling for independence, forcing almost everyone to take a side. He could not find it in himself to care however for the fate of a country unconnected to him as it was and which had done even less for him than England had. But here he could see the misery and the violence right before his eyes as he had come for the first time in his life come to that part of a society. Seeing that nobody cared if one or the other beggar vanished from the street to never appear again, he took it upon himself to solve the riddles of vanishing people, of violence and crime - violence most of all as his own scars hadn't completely healed yet.
Maximus was quite successful in his task of finding culprits and even turning them in without showing his own face. This way he could still work on his own, do good for his own heart without someone using him for another purpose, corrupting or instructing him what to do.
He lived like this for a few years, but finally grew tired of living from the bare necessities. He began to think about life again, wondering what had felt so wrong about obeying his father, fulfilling his wishes by just getting a decent job when he'd finished school. It would've given him an income, a schedule after which to live each day. He decided he wanted back. Not back to his family as the rift between them had grown too deep on Maximus's side. He couldn't imagine meeting them again without feeling shame for fleeing but at the same time despise, maybe even hate towards his father for rasing him like he did and for forcing him to leave or without looking at his brother in contempt for not letting him live like he wanted to, his mother for never speaking up for him. He couldn't even name everything he thought about when thinking of his family or if everything was even justified.
Still he returned to Great Britain, or rather he decided to first go to Ireland and stayed there for a few months, getting used to living in a bigger city again, before he moved to the heart of London. Somehow he wanted to go on like in Bulgaria, chasing after criminals in the dark underground and he did at first, but soon found that there had been a reason he'd abandoned the life he'd had in Bulgaria. It took him some time to decide and even more courage to go through with his plan to go into Auror training. He wanted to be able to achieve more than before and he missed a certain standard of living. It wasn't surprising that he was admitted with his excellent marks and his rather vast experience. Just like at school he went through training with good results due to hard work, but as soon as his income allowed it, the loneliness which had lasted for far too long already, took its toll and he found friends in drink and a cigar now and then. Even though he knew it was no way he should go, he found himself unable to stop and the cat he got himself couldn't change that either. However the animal made him feel less lonely and he was almost bearable for the people around him. Instead of his defensive demeanour one was only met by indifference.
At one and thirty Maximus is where he wants to be in his life. However he is missing something, but he can't figure out what it is. He is sure it's not his family for even though he meets both his brother and father at the Ministry at times, his heart is void of feelings for them by now.
NAME: Leo
AGE: 21
YEARS ROLEPLAYING: 11 months
DO YOU AGREE TO THE RULES OF LOVE?: yes
DO YOU UNDERSTAND THE RP TERMS UNDER RP: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW?: yes
HOW'D YOU FIND US?: never got lost
DATE: 13/11/14
ROLEPLAY SAMPLE:
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I apologize for those names, I had too much fun with them
