Notes for playing Primary Tension: - Who he was before, who Celestina wants him to be, and who he is now. Marked by memory-- tidbits of things he remembers and how he works through them
Character development establishes both ditziness and incredible dueling ability. Then give him something he cannot fight his way out of–or something he knows he can but shouldn’t. Whether or not he fights his way out of it anyways establishes his next phase of character development. Broken by Injury? Being unable to be himself. Or being constrained to a schedule of monotone.
~Auster – is rarely with him.
Mannerisms: ~Always be moving, fidgeting. ~ Conspiracy theory hottakes. Random things. Do not worry about making sense.
~He is an expert duelist but has basically no hand to hand or weapon combat training. He is very athletic, but his not used to using his body as a weapon.
xxx❆BASICS☃xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx FORMERLY KNOWN AS Deepak Erin Edgar Paul Aaron Knapp NICKNAMES Mausi (Celestina), Master Erin (Epsilon), E-E (someone in his dreams) GENDER male SEXUAL ORIENTATION panromantic AGE 17 BIRTHDAY April 1st, 2042 -- Aries LANGUAGES English, German, a few curse words in random languages
BLOOD STATUS pureblood WAND Ebony wood and Pixie Wing core. 11 ¼ inches. Curved shaft. [x] PATRONUS mouse
FACECLAIM Yuri Pliestsky (or any anime pics) Occasionally has dyed black hair (naturally blond) blue eyes HEIGHT 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) WEIGHT 140 lbs (63.5 kg)
APPEARANCE ear and lip piercings, a leviathan on his left arm (none done yet)
xxx❆SCHOOLANDCAREER☃xxxxxxxxxxxx ATTENDING Durmstrang Institute YEAR seventh HOUSE Musta
CLUBS ■ Dueling Club ■ Ice Skating ■ Skiing (for the discounts) ■ Quidditch -- beater (yr 4+), reserve (1-3)
N.O.R.S.E. SCORES Astronomy ~ D Charms and Hexes~ E Dark Arts ~ O Herbology ~ P History of Magic ~ D Potions ~ E Transfiguration ~ E
Advanced Flying ~ O Divination ~ P Ghoul and Ghost Studies ~ E Healing ~ E Mythology ~ A Wandless Magic ~ O
O.D.I.N. SCORES
Charms and Hexes~ E Dark Arts ~ O Potions ~ A Transfiguration ~ E
Advanced Flying ~ E Ghoul and Ghost Studies ~ A Healing ~ E Mythology ~ P Wandless Magic ~ E
Other Electives
Apparition: (year 6) Advanced – Erin can make it from Sisikon to England in 3 apparition jumps.
DREAM JOB Professional Daydreamer? Dancer? Ruler of the World?
xxx❆PERSONALITY☃xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx IMAGINATIVELife in a small town of less than 400 can be awfully boring sometimes, and Erin lived on the outskirts of even that. He was always curious for the latest gossip or news, but often it was up to his own imagination to supply the excitement. Accordingly, Erin’s mind is usually wandering, either because he’s carefully thinking about something else or just daydreaming. Sometimes he daydreams about different ice cream flavors. Sometimes he daydreams about ruling the world as an Emperor of Darkness. It really depends on his mood. He seems to miss the point a lot, but Celestina always seemed to understand him, and he remembered his sister used to. Epsilon always says he was “seeing possibilities”, a sentiment that Erin really appreciates.
SINGLE MINDEDCelestina calls it contrary, Epsilon calls it determined, and Erin remembers someone in his old family calling him stubborn. Either way, Erin has a tendency to get stuck on the same theories or ways of thinking, and once decided, he’s stuck. When he was nine, one of the kids in the village said that the fishing foreman was secretly a leviathan that sentenced fish to die, and ever since, Erin could never quite look at the foreman without thinking about a leviathan. When he eventually befriended Foreman Wojciech, Erin decided that leviathans were fine, but the man is perpetually associated with leviathans—thankfully, Wojciech is quite flattered by the notion! Erin’s singleminded focus guides him in exercise or dueling, and he moves fluidly ever forward.
CAREFREEErin remembers only parts and pieces of his childhood in England, taped together by daydreams and imaginary happenings. But that life is so very far--metaphorically and literally--from his life now. His clearest memories of a home is his very free and relaxed existence in the Swiss countryside. Even at school, he can rely on Amelie to do any complicated social navigation– when she needs him, he just does as told; when he needs her, he can count on her to do an complicated observation and speaking. Erin is used to being able to do things on his own timeline, and doesn’t have to worry about much besides Epsilon making pea soup for dinner. After all, Erin thinks, he bounced back from nearly dying, and he went entire years at school without a friend, so nothing can be that bad. He already lost his entire family once, so any new tragedy can’t compare. Through a combination of “I’ve been through worse” and cold indifference, most things now just slide off him. Even if Celestina nags, Erin is pretty chill and does things at his own pace.
ACTIVE From dancing and gymnastics when he was young to ice skating and flying during his school years, Erin has always been a very active person. Sporting and athletics seem to be the only times he’s completely focused, and even at other times he will absent-mindedly sway or dance.
RESERVEDBeing an English-only speaker in a German-speaking country didn’t make it easy for Erin to socialize with the other Sisikon kids the first few years after the train accident. While his German improved quickly by necessity, Erin still has a mysterious loner reputation at school. He isn’t against hanging out and of course loves any gossip, but generally Erin doesn’t do too much to actively cultivate a particular persona.
❆☃HOBBIES ■ Daydreaming ■ Ice Skating or Dancing ■ Dueling
❆LIKES ■ Sunshine days or long hot baths. ■ Music -- listening and dancing to it mostly. He often hums when there’s no other sound. ■ Conspiracy Theories and dystopian literature. ■ Warm cozy blankets and hot cider ■ The color yellow
☃DISLIKES ■ Remembering or forgetting his life before Sisikon—either way it makes him anxious. ■ The Friking Cold! And Dark! ■ “Sit Still, Be Quiet, and Pay Attention!” ■ Trains. Any kind of non magical or non-foot transportation really. ■ Pea Soup. Peas. Anything with those disgusting green blobs.
❆STRENGTHS ■ Active -- even if it’s just daydreaming or idle dancing, Erin is constantly moving about and doing things, and he keeps fit outside of these. ■ Easygoing—aside from his anxieties over memories and fire, Erin is for the most part an easygoing guy who doesn’t let things get to him overmuch.
☃WEAKNESSES ■ Stubbornly clings to his intuitive conclusions even in the face of other evidence. ■ Very easily bribed or won over with food.
❆DREAMS ■ Of a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes ■ It’d be pretty cool to meet Iselin’s ghost
☃FEARS ■ Fire -- even a small one has him careful and nervous. Ever since the train accident, Erin can’t stare at fire without feeling anxious. It’s not enough to make him freeze up, and anyone who has tried to use it against him in dueling has been harshly punished. But he is very careful around it. ■ Serious injury– Erin seems unafraid of most things, but that’s because he trusts his own abilities and the powers of healing magic. More than anything, he fears injuring himself beyond repair though–unable to dance, to skate, to run. What would he do then?
xxx❆BACKSTORY☃xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx[/color ❆☃EARLY CHILDHOOD Erin grew up in a big family in a small village in England. He spent much of his childhood learning gymnastics and dance with his twin sister, and daydreaming about this or that.
All that came to an abrupt end when his family was on a trip in Switzerland and a train crash killed his whole family. He was barely dragged out of the fire in time and rescued by locals. Later, with no family to turn to, he was adopted by Celestina Hyur, an apparent old friend of his mother’s.
Over the next four years, Celestina, or Pearl Spiritfield as she was known by the locals, taught him the language and continued his early education. Gradually, she showed him the things in her research and the attempts to understand her own mother, Iselin, and Iselin’s research. A former professional skater, Celestina also honed Erin’s gymnastics and dance talent on ice.
❆☃SCHOOL YEARS Erin had insisted on attending a wizarding school, and Celestina definitely preferred Durmstrang to Hogwarts, citing her own bad memories of Britain. With some reaching out, Celestina secured him an invitation to Durmstrang Institute. With Celestina’s support, Erin dyed his hair to a more edgy black before going off.
❆FIRST YEAR Life at Durmstrang was exhilarating and grand in a way Erin enjoyed—he found thrills in flying, skiing, skating, and later dueling. He was excited to explore the campus and was mostly overlooked. A few weeks back from Winter Break though, he managed to offend one of the most popular kids in their year. For this he started suffering some grief–mostly around his being small and ditzy.
☃SECOND YEAR Erin mostly wandered between class, skiing or ice skating (warmer months), soaking in the hot tubs (colder months), talking to ghosts, and exploring. He found a few of Iselin’s trophies in the trophy room and was investigating when he befriended Amelie Siddall from Keltainen, who also examining her ancestry. When they were accosted by an older student, Amelie defended him, and the two impressed each other with their sass. They were inseparable from then on.
With more of a life outside of Sisikon, Erin started questioning again the events that had led to his family’s deaths. At school, he quietly accepted Iselin’s reputation as a terrifying duelist. At home though, he asked more and more questions, searching for scraps of memory that might help him learn more of his birth family.
❆THIRD YEAR A few bullying acts taken too far and his performance in dark arts, dueling, and now martial magic was starting to prove that Erin’s unfocused, ditzy demeanor masked an adroit athlete and duelist. He had an uncanny ability with the dark arts that discouraged trifling, and a cunning, charismatic charmer in Amelie. The whole combination earned him first fear then friendship with a few older friends in quidditch and dueling, especially once they realized he was skilled but not unpredictable.
☃FOURTH YEAR For the first time, Erin returned to school with more friends than over enemies. He made Musta’s first string in Quidditch and was actually friendly with most of his teammates–particularly the older beater who seemed to have taken him under his wing. He placed quite well in Durmstrang’s annual tournament, placing third of his year in flying and tenth in the school in dueling.
Over the summer, an owl crashed over their farm—it turned out a young Nicole had sent her owl all the way from England in search of someone that looked like her. This was the start of Erin and Nicki’s letters.
❆FIFTH YEAR mostly involved studying for the NORSE exams. Amelie was quite busy with her newly appointed Team leader status, which meant most of their time together was studying–although they did always find a few hours each week to just relax. Instead, Erin honed his combat skills and continued to practice skating, skiing, and flying.
That winter, he finally learned from Celestina that he had actually been kidnapped: there had been a fire, but it was one she caused as a cover to smuggle him away. More disturbing was the idea that he might have family still alive in England. The news bothered Erin so much that he flew off for a few days to stay with Amelie. At the end of the week though, Erin returned: he had realized he didn’t exactly care that was how their relationship started–Erin liked Celestina and Epsilon, and he liked the life they had built around the farmstead. Maybe eventually he would go find out more about whatever family he had remaining, but that was all very far away. He was sure his sister was dead, and she was the only one he cared to remember.
☃SIXTH YEAR Over the winter, Nicki showed up. After the initial surprise, they spent an incredible break together, filled with skating and skiing. They swapped stories about Durmstrang and Hogwarts–which sounded not nearly as fun–, he introduced her to his friends and Sisikon, and Celestina even welcomed her to return in the summer. Erin’s grades, unfortunately, weren’t high enough to host a transfer student under the new program, but Amelie’s were, and her family was highly regarded in the magical community.
❆SEVENTH YEAR
❆☃POST-GRADUATION ###
xxx❆RELATIONSHIPS☃xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx FAMILY ■ Adopted MotherCelestina Hyur, Artificer and Potioneer (halfblood) ■ House ElfEpsilon (npc) ■ Pets Auster and Perle (his and Celestina’s barn owls) Perilyn (Celestina’s barn owl)
FRIENDS ■ Best Friend: Amelie Siddall ■ Pen pal, maybe crush: Nicole Ines ■ Ramsay Raine Rehnquist, older student ■ Anja (NPC, same age); Ben (NPC, five years older); Wojciech (NPC, the Leviathan fisherman) ■ Friend slots are open if you’d like to talk
xxx❆UPDATES☃xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx CREATED April 2020 UPDATED 29 March 2023 UPDATES MADE ■ (recent update) ■ (recent update) ■ (recent update)
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NORSE > ODIN
CORE Astronomy ~ D
Erin loved the sky, and loved stargazing. He wondered if Nicki, his penpal, saw the same stars and constellations. He was, though, particularly drawn to daydreaming or napping when staring at the sky, which was less conducive to listening to class. As he crammed for the NORSE exam, he thought he actually quite liked the content of the class and resolved to pay more attention to the ODIN level classes. Unfortunately, fifteen hours of cramming doesn’t make up for 5 years of absentmindedness in class and he didn’t make the cutoff to advance to advanced astronomy.
Charms and Hexes~ E > E
Erin was generally better at the Hexes than Charms part of his Charms and Hexes class, but still did well. The professor was an old softie with a missing eye and scarred face that seemed more intimidating than he was, and Erin got along well with him. Charms and Hexes was less painful to study for because of the professor, and Erin was pleased to do well without much studying. Despite his wand wood being generally weaker, Erin, encouraged by the professor, found that creative uses of unconventional spells made for more powerful uses.
Dark Arts ~ O > O
Erin was a very gentle person, more likely to be caught daydreaming than terrorizing fellow students. But for the 4 years even before his official magical education began, Erin had been raised with a witch studying “experimental” magic with magic theory -- these things started sounding awfully familiar once in his dark arts class. Beyond this advantage, Erin enjoyed the sense of power and security that came with much of the Dark Arts. He did well enough in the class that it discouraged even the toughest bullies from messing with him too much, which was a bonus.
Herbology ~ P
According to Erin, everything in herbology looked the same here. Durmstrang was cold, and Sisikon was cold, and everything was either a tiny green sprout or a tough tree. Erin understood the local greenery and the plants he used often well enough, but Herbology generally just wasn’t his favorite. It wasn’t enough for the exam and he didn’t really care.
History of Magic ~ D
Erin much preferred the histories he wrote in his head to whatever was being read to him in class. He liked listening to the stories, but he always rewrote them in his head, and apparently that wasn’t okay for History. He much preferred reminiscing over his old life, or listening to Celestina track down hers, but was still disappointed to not be able to continue: History was a fun class to daydream in.
Potions ~ E> A
Celestina was better at potions than spells, and Erin picked up quite a bit as a young child reorganizing her notes. Celestina’s affection for potions meant there was always a spare cauldron for him to practice at home, and potions theory he understood adequately. He was generally great at Potions, but his technical potion-making skill was nowhere as precise as his adoptive mother’s and Erin had a bad habit of spacing out or getting a feeling to try something different that inevitably had unexpected results. Luckily he didn’t do this on the exams, and managed to secure passing grades.
Transfiguration ~ E > E
Transfiguration theory was hard at first, but he was told that his wand had an affinity for Transfiguration and hexes and studied determinedly to try to figure out what would “unlock” this affinity. He wasn’t sure of a single moment, but he did find transfiguration invaluable; over breaks, Erin would mourn his inability to conveniently turn one thing into another. At school though, he used transfiguration daily, turning whatever he had on hand into whatever he needed.
ELECTIVES Advanced Flying ~ O> E
Erin generally excelled in athletics, and Flying was no exception. He was excited that Advanced Flying was offered as a full elective all seven years, and continued it alongside his beater practice. In later years as his skiing and ice skating became better, Erin gravitated to spending more time in those, but still did well in flying.
Divination ~ P
Erin did rather well at some forms of divination and rather terribly at others. He sat through the class at least. That was about all he could say for it.
Ghoul and Ghost Studies ~ E > A
Erin took Ghoul and Ghost Studies because he was convinced it would help Celestina find Iselin, and if nothing else, maybe it would let him reach across the veil and talk to his dead family. He tried very hard in the class to work on communicating with the ghouls and ghosts, but found himself sometimes better suited to controlling them via spells.
Healing ~ E > E
Healing was a must. Erin focused in class because every time they learned about something new, he imagined how it might have been used to save his family, or save someone. Plus, he figured, the better he was at first aid things, the lower the chance he’d get irreparably injured. Erin struggled with the more complex aspects of biology and physiology, but his struggles slowly paid off.
Martial Magic ~ O> O
Given his years of experience in dueling club and his uncanny knack for the Dark Arts, Erin did unsurprisingly well in Martial Magic. Dueling–with or without strict rules–brought together his athletic focus, his magical knowledge, and his desire for control. It further cemented his reputation for being a weirdo that should nevertheless not be trifled with.
Mythology ~ A>P
Erin found Mythology a lot more forgiving of the kinds of retellings he made up for History. Sometimes his retellings were still a little out there, but overall the kinds of things he added didn’t detract from the story. His teacher wasn’t overly fond of his penchant for random details, but he did technically scrape an acceptable score on the NORSE exams, which meant Erin got to hang around and listen to stories for another two years.
Wandless Magic~ O > E
Erin kept his wand tucked in his hair as a hairpin generally, easily accessible whether he was daydreaming or skiing. With all the time he spent in athletics though, he found plenty of opportunity to practice his wandless magic, and found it a good skill to have anyways.
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❆☃ERINEDGARSPIRITFIELD 17 years || Musta || pureblood Dueling Club secret weapon || Quidditch beater || Ice Skating Club soloist || Skiing club stranger _______________
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