Player Information Name: Raffy Timezone: GMT Personal Journal:[Bad username or unknown identity: ”rmarques”] Players Contact/AIM/MSN/YAHOO: AIM: Gaian Monk156, MSN: rafaelmarques637@hotmail.com, skype: rafmarques2 Email Address: rafaelmarques637@hotmail.com Former/Other Characters in the RP: Currently only John Egbert, have had several others in the past How did you hear about us?: An enabler.
Character Information Name: Henry Yates School Year: 6th Gender: Male Age: 16 Out of school living location: Lyon, France and Birmingham, England. Blood status: Muggleborn
Personality: Henry isn’t the friendliest of people. Or rather, it’s not so much that he’s unfriendly, it’s more like he comes across as... Detached. A lot of his interactions with people he has little familiarity with cam come across as if he’s more of an observer than a participant. In more straightforward terms, he rarely actively engages someone, keeping himself withdrawn, formal, and almost coming out like he was simply passing by and felt a need to make a comment on the current situation. Which isn’t always a completely inaccurate conclusion. His body language reflects this, with him often crossing his arms, or at least moving as little possible, simply leaning against some nearby wall, or sitting down if possible.
Should someone come to him and engaged him in a way that require his involvement though, he’s actually quite willing to engage the person with just as much enthusiasm. He’s more talkative and starts using more casual speech. His body language changes as well, with him becoming far more expressive, to the point of even talking with his hands some. Any furhter interactions he has with someone that pings him like that is guaranteed to not be quite as detached and formal as with others, although not always at the same level. Depending on factors such as context, his mood, and even the way the conversation is going, he will slip into a more or less formal speech pattern. Familiarity also earns much of the same behaviour as the above, although in a far more consistent way.
Another aspect of his personality is how versatile he is. He’s shown a knack for adapting to different situations and to always focus on trying to make the best of every situation he’s in. Part of this can be attributed to his upbringing; he’s certainly had his life changed in rather big ways, and has been able to take them relatively in stride, and even thrive under them. Another reason for this ability of his, is because in the end, he’s an optimist. As subdued as he may be in his optimist most of the time, ultimately, he’ll always believe that everything will work out in the end, and he’s bound to express that, even if not always explicitly.
Should his predictions fail though, another aspect of his personality will come out: guilt. And not just in situations where his optimism fails, too. Guilt isn’t something Henry takes to very well, or lets go easily, sometimes to extremes. He still feels a lingering sense of guilt for the strain on his parent’s relationship when it came up that he was a wizard, for instance. If he feels he’s wronged, disappointed someone, or failed to live up his word, even if it was due to circumstances beyond his control, for which nobody would blame him, he’s bound to hold some guilt over it, and feel the need to make it up to them somehow. How, he’s never quite sure, but he’ll be racking his brains trying to figure out something that could work until he finally does. If he doesn’t, he’ll outright ask, how awkward or inconvenient it may be be damned.
At his core, though, Henry is still an introvert. He’s not one to go out of his way to make friends with everyone he meets, or being anything resembling the life of a party or even a group he’s in. He’s far more likely to be the quieter one, that doesn’t speak as much as everyone else, maybe even with his own smaller subgroup, slightly apart, but still a member. As a result, he’s by far a follower, not a leader. He very much prefers to help someone improve their plan, rather than come up with one of his own. He may try to take lead if it’s just him and someone else that’s unwilling to lead, but the truth is, he’ll have no idea what he’s doing, and isn’t likely to get much accomplished. Leadership qualities don’t come naturally to him at all. Somewhat at odds with this, he does fairly well in situations where he has to work together with someone, being actually quite adept at brainstorming for something, even if he’ll never take it upon himself to make the final decision.
Another thing about Henry is that as hard as he can be on himself,he’s actually very forgiving. He’s often very much open to giving someone a second chance, and grudges are a rare thing for him to hold. Likewise, he doesn’t get mad often, and even when he does get mad, it’s a very controlled anger, with no big screaming, or throwing things around, sometimes even avoiding harsh words. Even in those cases though, it’s still a very present emotion that he will not make an effort to hide. Colder interactions, glares, and outright ignoring the person in question are common manifestations of his anger.
In what’s likely a result of his forgiving nature, he’s a little naïve, sometimes taking things at face value simply because he has no real reason not to. This is especially likely with his friends, although at the same, the fact that knows them doesn’t let them get away with a lot of claims. In other ways, he’s more likely to act naïvely towards a friend, but at the same time, a stranger would be able to get away with something more outlandish than his friends would.
However, he never really expects people he calls friends to try to take advantage of him. If there’s one thing he has in spades, is faith and trust in his friends. Them and his family are the most important things in his life, as far as he’s concerned, and he’d do anything for them, and expect nothing but the same from them. He’s extremely loyal as well, and greatly values loyalty in his own friendships, to the point where he’ll sometimes butt in matters that aren’t really his concern if he feels his friends are breaking someone’s trust, or wronging someone unjustly.
Despite all this, however, he is not at all above enjoying some schadenfreude, especially if it involves a stranger, or someone he feels is deserving of their situation. He may keep his enjoyment to himself, but it’ll be there for sure.
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Name: Raffy
Timezone: GMT
Personal Journal: [Bad username or unknown identity: ”rmarques”]
Players Contact/AIM/MSN/YAHOO: AIM: Gaian Monk156, MSN: rafaelmarques637@hotmail.com, skype: rafmarques2
Email Address: rafaelmarques637@hotmail.com
Former/Other Characters in the RP: Currently only John Egbert, have had several others in the past
How did you hear about us?: An enabler.
Character Information
Name: Henry Yates
School Year: 6th
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Out of school living location: Lyon, France and Birmingham, England.
Blood status: Muggleborn
Personality: Henry isn’t the friendliest of people. Or rather, it’s not so much that he’s unfriendly, it’s more like he comes across as... Detached. A lot of his interactions with people he has little familiarity with cam come across as if he’s more of an observer than a participant. In more straightforward terms, he rarely actively engages someone, keeping himself withdrawn, formal, and almost coming out like he was simply passing by and felt a need to make a comment on the current situation. Which isn’t always a completely inaccurate conclusion. His body language reflects this, with him often crossing his arms, or at least moving as little possible, simply leaning against some nearby wall, or sitting down if possible.
Should someone come to him and engaged him in a way that require his involvement though, he’s actually quite willing to engage the person with just as much enthusiasm. He’s more talkative and starts using more casual speech. His body language changes as well, with him becoming far more expressive, to the point of even talking with his hands some. Any furhter interactions he has with someone that pings him like that is guaranteed to not be quite as detached and formal as with others, although not always at the same level. Depending on factors such as context, his mood, and even the way the conversation is going, he will slip into a more or less formal speech pattern. Familiarity also earns much of the same behaviour as the above, although in a far more consistent way.
Another aspect of his personality is how versatile he is. He’s shown a knack for adapting to different situations and to always focus on trying to make the best of every situation he’s in. Part of this can be attributed to his upbringing; he’s certainly had his life changed in rather big ways, and has been able to take them relatively in stride, and even thrive under them. Another reason for this ability of his, is because in the end, he’s an optimist. As subdued as he may be in his optimist most of the time, ultimately, he’ll always believe that everything will work out in the end, and he’s bound to express that, even if not always explicitly.
Should his predictions fail though, another aspect of his personality will come out: guilt. And not just in situations where his optimism fails, too. Guilt isn’t something Henry takes to very well, or lets go easily, sometimes to extremes. He still feels a lingering sense of guilt for the strain on his parent’s relationship when it came up that he was a wizard, for instance. If he feels he’s wronged, disappointed someone, or failed to live up his word, even if it was due to circumstances beyond his control, for which nobody would blame him, he’s bound to hold some guilt over it, and feel the need to make it up to them somehow. How, he’s never quite sure, but he’ll be racking his brains trying to figure out something that could work until he finally does. If he doesn’t, he’ll outright ask, how awkward or inconvenient it may be be damned.
At his core, though, Henry is still an introvert. He’s not one to go out of his way to make friends with everyone he meets, or being anything resembling the life of a party or even a group he’s in. He’s far more likely to be the quieter one, that doesn’t speak as much as everyone else, maybe even with his own smaller subgroup, slightly apart, but still a member. As a result, he’s by far a follower, not a leader. He very much prefers to help someone improve their plan, rather than come up with one of his own. He may try to take lead if it’s just him and someone else that’s unwilling to lead, but the truth is, he’ll have no idea what he’s doing, and isn’t likely to get much accomplished. Leadership qualities don’t come naturally to him at all. Somewhat at odds with this, he does fairly well in situations where he has to work together with someone, being actually quite adept at brainstorming for something, even if he’ll never take it upon himself to make the final decision.
Another thing about Henry is that as hard as he can be on himself,he’s actually very forgiving. He’s often very much open to giving someone a second chance, and grudges are a rare thing for him to hold. Likewise, he doesn’t get mad often, and even when he does get mad, it’s a very controlled anger, with no big screaming, or throwing things around, sometimes even avoiding harsh words. Even in those cases though, it’s still a very present emotion that he will not make an effort to hide. Colder interactions, glares, and outright ignoring the person in question are common manifestations of his anger.
In what’s likely a result of his forgiving nature, he’s a little naïve, sometimes taking things at face value simply because he has no real reason not to. This is especially likely with his friends, although at the same, the fact that knows them doesn’t let them get away with a lot of claims. In other ways, he’s more likely to act naïvely towards a friend, but at the same time, a stranger would be able to get away with something more outlandish than his friends would.
However, he never really expects people he calls friends to try to take advantage of him. If there’s one thing he has in spades, is faith and trust in his friends. Them and his family are the most important things in his life, as far as he’s concerned, and he’d do anything for them, and expect nothing but the same from them. He’s extremely loyal as well, and greatly values loyalty in his own friendships, to the point where he’ll sometimes butt in matters that aren’t really his concern if he feels his friends are breaking someone’s trust, or wronging someone unjustly.
Despite all this, however, he is not at all above enjoying some schadenfreude, especially if it involves a stranger, or someone he feels is deserving of their situation. He may keep his enjoyment to himself, but it’ll be there for sure.