Post by Ashton Scrivener on Nov 22, 2015 21:24:39 GMT
ASHTONMORTIMERSCRIVENER
Basics
Character Name: Ashton Mortimer Scrivener
Age:32
House: Gryffindor
Date of Birth: October 28, 1982
Blood Status: Half-blood
Wand: Dragon Heartstring core, Cherry wood, 10 ¾ inches, Springy
Personality
Likes: Psychology, Reading, Sociology, Photography, Collecting antique nicknacks, Cats, Old movies, Jazz, Tabletop RPGs, Solving puzzles, and People watching
Dislikes: Pureblood elitists, Dogs, his own clumsiness, the cold, the word 'moist,' cabbage, bigots, violence, and judgmental people
Personality: Ashton is a nearly perfect blend of wizard and muggle, making him the ideal teacher for Muggle Studies. He is very accepting of both muggle and wizarding culture and is fascinated by both. He spends his free time reading about muggles and wizards and reading psychological and sociological studies of both. He has deep understanding of both cultures, so it's easy for him to teach Muggle Studies and make muggle lifestyle relatable to the wizards who take his class. Ashton absolutely loves his students that work in his class and will do absolutely anything to assist a student in their school and personal life. He does not hesitate to make a lazier student wake up and pay attention. He hates giving detentions, but he will do so if it teaches the student to take his class seriously.
Ashton is very blunt and is unafraid to speak his mind. This does lead him to occasionally use profanity in his classroom when either a subject or a student upsets him, though he's usually very good about watching his language. He won't hesitate to tell a pureblood elitist exactly what he believes and stand up for his right to teach students about muggles in Hogwarts. He has had many elitist parents in the past criticize him for his course, which occasionally makes him a target for elitist attacks; both verbal and physical. Because of this he always has his wand on him and is always prepared for a duel or fight when he's alone in a place with a high wizard population.
Despite this, Ashton has a very lighthearted nature. He is curious about anything and everything unfamiliar to him, and even things familiar but not entirely known to him. His eyes have a glimmer of wonder and curiosity to them at almost all times. He's prone to talking to himself whenever he gets an idea for some theory regarding life, or the unknown, or even magic. He is a very friendly person and will hold out his hand for anyone in need. He absolutely hates seeing pain or suffering. He tries to protect everyone he cares about, even if it puts his own reputation or safety on the line.
History
Parents:
Adelaide McKinnon- Pureblood, 51, former Slytherin, Healer at St. Mungo’s
Thomas Scrivener- Muggle, 53, muggle sociologist
Siblings:
Ross Scrivener- 29, doctor at St. Mungos, former Slytherin
Euphemia “Effie” Scrivener- 27, former Gryffindor
Marseli “Marcy” Scrivener- 24, former Slytherin
Duncan Scrivener- 21, currently in a muggle university, former Ravenclaw
Kirk Scrivener- 19, currently in a muggle university, former Ravenclaw
Neil Scrivener- 17, seventh year at Hogwarts, Slytherin
Heather Scrivener- 15, fourth year at Hogwarts, Gryffindor
Gillian “Gilly” Scrivener- 12, second year at Hogwarts, Slytherin
Character History: A young witch named Adelaide McKinnon was about to go into her 7th year at Hogwarts. It was the summer before she had to go back to school and she was wandering downtown London. She was walking through the streets when she met a man about her age on the street. He had nearly run into her. One could say it was love at first sight, but it really wasn't. Adelaide and this man ran into each other many more times that summer, when the man finally asked for her name. She told him her name, and he responded with, "Adelaide? A beautiful name for a beautiful girl. My name is Thomas. Thomas Scrivener. I was wondering if you could show me around London a little. I'm only here for the summer before I go back to Scotland." So she did.
The two had fallen for each other by the end of the summer. That was when Adelaide decided to reveal to Thomas that she was a witch. That had no doubt surprised Thomas, who was a muggle, but he accepted that part of Adelaide and asked how he could write to her throughout her school year at Hogwarts. The two did just that during Adelaide's 7th year. The next summer, the two spent more time together when Thomas proposed to Adelaide. She initially said no, knowing her parents would disapprove of the marriage. Thomas urged her to talk to her pureblood elitist parents about marrying him. She talked to her parents. Her father was furious and refused to let her be even near Thomas. That was when Adelaide thought of a plan.
She asked Thomas to get her pregnant. She thought that if she ended up pregnant with his child, propriety would demand that she be immediately wed to the father to avoid the scandal of an illegitimate birth. Thomas said he wanted to wait before he did that. He wasn't ready to have sex or be a father, so they waited for a few months until Thomas decided he was ready. They tried to impregnate Adelaide for months when finally she noticed that her 'monthly' was late. She performed a spell to see if she was pregnant and indeed she was. When she told her parents she was having Thomas' child, they finally gave in and told her to marry Thomas. The couple was wed within the month, in order to make it seem like the child was born in wedlock. The two moved to Inveraray, Scotland to be closer to Thomas' family and further from the critical pureblood McKinnons.
Eight months after the marriage, Ashton Mortimer Scrivener was born.
When Ashton was three years old, his first sibling, Ross was born. He was constantly curious about everything that he saw, including his mother's magic. He tried to copy her spells all the time. When he was five years old, just after his sister Euphemia aka Effie was born, he succeeded in his first magic. He turned a rose into a Dalek and it attempt to "exterminate" his mother's entire garden. Adelaide fixed the entire mess and congratulated her eldest son on his creative use of magic. He was eight his sister Marseli was born. Though Ashton affectionately started calling her Marcy. At the age of eleven, while his mother was pregnant with another child, Ashton received his Hogwarts letter. His mother took him to Diagon Alley to get school supplies, but while they were there, they ran into Adelaide's parents. Her mother surprised Adelaide by apologizing for how they treated her eleven years ago, and told her to go home and rest while they took Ashton shopping for school supplies.
When Ashton arrived at Hogwarts for the first time, he was so full of amazement that he nearly passed out. When he was sorted into Gryffindor, he was initially in shock. Based on what his mother and her parents said, he expected to be in Slytherin or Hufflepuff, and hated the idea of Gryffindor. After all, he only ever heard bad things about that house. But the longer he was in that house the more he grew to love it. Halfway through his first year, his brother Duncan was born. He met Duncan for the first time over summer break. His second year was very uneventful and ordinary, at least until they signed up for third year electives. He chose to take Study of Ancient Runes and Muggle Studies. He was curious about how muggles did absolutely everything without magic. He also wanted to learn more about his father's culture, as he was muggle. This would also prepare him for university, as his father was insisting that his children go to a muggle university after Hogwarts.
When he had his first lesson in Muggle studies, he immediately fell in love with the subject. Just before Christmas break his brother Kirk was born. This was also the year his brother Ross started Hogwarts. He ended up in Slytherin, which surprised much of the third years at the time. After all, his brother was a Gryffindor. Siblings in opposite houses didn't just occur naturally. Two years later, two events occurred. Effie had started Hogwarts and was sorted into Gryffindor and little Neil Scrivener was born. Over the course of the next two years, Ashton had slowly developed his love of Muggle Studies and decided he wanted to study muggle culture and psychology for the rest of his life. When he was seventeen, his father assisted him in applying for university as he continued his seventh year. During his seventh year he also saw his sister Marcy enter Hogwarts as a Slytherin and his younger sister Heather be born.
When he graduated from Hogwarts, he got accepted into Cardiff University where he declared his major to be Psychology and his minor as Sociology. In his third year of University his youngest sister Gillian was born, though everyone was calling the girl "Gilly." In university is also when Ashton began experimenting with muggle dating. He dated a total of three muggle girls while at Cardiff University. When he graduated at the age of 21, he immediately enrolled in a masters program, specializing in Human Cognitive Neuropsychology. After a year, he enrolled for a doctorate in Social Psychology. When he was 25 years old, he earned a PhD in Social Psychology. He performed studies for about a year when he heard to a job opening at Hogwarts for Muggle Studies from his mother. He applied for the position and got it. He began working at Hogwarts when he was 27. He has now been teaching Muggle studies for five years and has loved every second of it.
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