Background (AU!Canon; HP): Having been born in a rather rural region in China, Li’s parents later moved to Europe for business reasons, eventually settling in Switzerland. In truth, their parent’s business was a little extreme; simply known as contractors, they specialized in finding information about any person, and even going so far as to kill people for the right price on the black market. This was not only an underworld trade, for they had been known to receive contracts from officials in the government, even the ministry of magic. Of course, they had also taken on contracts from numerous Death Eaters. As long as their fees were paid though, it mattered little to them who their client was. On the outside though, Hei’s family owned a simple tea shop, in an unassuming town. The eldest of two children, Li was trained from a very early age to abstain from emotions, in old school martial arts (which many in the wizarding world found useless nowadays), in wand dueling, and many other things a young boy should never have to deal with-- everything must be business like. His sister though, Pai was spared the pressure of continuing the family business, and she was the only joy Li was allowed to have in his life. When Li was around the age of 14, Pai was abruptly taken from him and his family by an unknown person or group. Due to their business the suspects are many—some shady person in the ministry could have taken his sister, the Death Eaters, or even just a former victim of theirs with a vendetta. If Li has any true motive at all, it is to simply find out what happened to his sister. Following that he led a rather unassuming life, although his parents did make the choice to home school him to ensure he learned the tools of the trade. He took OWLS and NEWTS like everyone else though, and earned rather average marks for them. It’s not that he’s an average person, just in the business of contracts, it is better to be the norm, to fade in. At present, he is currently employed in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, where he helps people who accidently jinx themselves, etc. His coworkers all speak well of him, although they think he is a tad clumsy to be working there, but he has shown a strange proficiency for electrical spells. As for his other side, he has decided to continue the family business of taking contracts. His current position in the ministry enables him to snoop around and see what various government officials are up to, which is highly beneficial for his clients who deal more on the shady side of things. Regardless, he still finds work in the virtuous side as well as he does occasionally run into criminals in his department. His identity as a Contractor (he is addressed as Hei when dealing with clients), still remains a mystery as all of his transactions are conducted through discreet owl post. Although for the majority of his life he has remained decidedly neutral as is the nature of his business, quite recently he has come to slightly favor the Death Eater side, and that is why he applied for the position in Hogwarts. With the government they are proposing, it would be a lot easier for him to conduct business, as officially the ministry does not condone this practice. Though he is at the moment, still neutral but perhaps leaning. What do they do at the Ministry?: As stated before, he works in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. He investigates the accidents, discovers the cause, and reprimands those who cause them in the first place.
Re: 2nd shot? :P
The eldest of two children, Li was trained from a very early age to abstain from emotions, in old school martial arts (which many in the wizarding world found useless nowadays), in wand dueling, and many other things a young boy should never have to deal with-- everything must be business like. His sister though, Pai was spared the pressure of continuing the family business, and she was the only joy Li was allowed to have in his life. When Li was around the age of 14, Pai was abruptly taken from him and his family by an unknown person or group. Due to their business the suspects are many—some shady person in the ministry could have taken his sister, the Death Eaters, or even just a former victim of theirs with a vendetta. If Li has any true motive at all, it is to simply find out what happened to his sister.
Following that he led a rather unassuming life, although his parents did make the choice to home school him to ensure he learned the tools of the trade. He took OWLS and NEWTS like everyone else though, and earned rather average marks for them. It’s not that he’s an average person, just in the business of contracts, it is better to be the norm, to fade in. At present, he is currently employed in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, where he helps people who accidently jinx themselves, etc. His coworkers all speak well of him, although they think he is a tad clumsy to be working there, but he has shown a strange proficiency for electrical spells.
As for his other side, he has decided to continue the family business of taking contracts. His current position in the ministry enables him to snoop around and see what various government officials are up to, which is highly beneficial for his clients who deal more on the shady side of things. Regardless, he still finds work in the virtuous side as well as he does occasionally run into criminals in his department. His identity as a Contractor (he is addressed as Hei when dealing with clients), still remains a mystery as all of his transactions are conducted through discreet owl post.
Although for the majority of his life he has remained decidedly neutral as is the nature of his business, quite recently he has come to slightly favor the Death Eater side, and that is why he applied for the position in Hogwarts. With the government they are proposing, it would be a lot easier for him to conduct business, as officially the ministry does not condone this practice. Though he is at the moment, still neutral but perhaps leaning.
What do they do at the Ministry?: As stated before, he works in the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. He investigates the accidents, discovers the cause, and reprimands those who cause them in the first place.