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Damien was raised around a mixed group of children due to his parents’ choice of regular jobs in the muggle world. He even was originally in a regular muggle school, doing his lessons with muggle kids until the day his Hogwarts letter came. His experiences with muggles and muggle children have left him without any form of hatred towards half-bloods like him or muggle borns. Instead, if he sees one being picked on or bullied by a Slytherin, he will more than likely confront them. He was taught that they are no different and should not be treated as such.

This also makes him a compassionate listener to those that have been bullied by the other students that don’t share Damien’s outlook towards them. He will gladly sit down and let another student from his house share their story with him and will try to calm them down if they are distressed. Thanks to his father’s job as a doctor, he even knows a little first aid and will help patch up any cuts or scrapes that are left on them.

Sadly, it takes a lot for someone to break through Damien’s shell first before he will lend them his ear. Since Damien was an only child growing up, he never had anyone else like him to relate to; at his muggle school, he had never properly fitted in with the other kids so he never made too many during his time there. Though he feels slightly more comfortable at Hogwarts now after his first year, he is still trying to make friends and open up to other students. However, once someone does break past his shell, they have a friend and protector for as long as he is around them. He will never let a friend be hurt or taken advantage of on his watch. Since he has so few, he understands the value of friendship and will do his best to preserve those relationships.

Another downside to Damien is that he has a vicious temper. If he does encounter someone bullying another half-blood or a muggle born, the student is likely to walk away with a broken nose. If he feels like he or others are being taken advantage of, he will strike back. Just because he is a Hufflepuff, does not mean he will be used as a locator every time one of the other students can’t find their stuff, nor will he allow the others in his year. Although his mother taught him better, he has a hard time controlling himself when he encounters that type of behavior. In his last year at Hogwarts, however, he has learned that when he gets to that point he needs to go back to the common room and relax.

General History:

Damien was the only child born to a normal human woman and her magical blooded husband. The pair had met while Damien’s father had been attending medical school after he had graduated from Hogwarts. They got married, despite her family’s protests, and ended up moving down to Wales to get some much needed distance between her angry parents and them. The feud between the two families is the reason Damien has only seen his living grandparents twice since he was born.

As Damien grew, his mother quit her job while his father worked long shifts at the local emergency room. She did her best to prepare him for regular school, which he would attend until he was eleven years old. She did her best to instill proper values in her son: to always say yes ma’ma, yes sir, to use please and thank you, and to not look down on anyone that was different from him.

Nothing she taught him, however, could prepare him for what he encountered during his time at the regular school. He was bullied and picked on for acting how he did when he first arrived; mostly by kids older than him. It wasn’t long before he got into his first fist fight. His parents did their best to help keep him out of trouble afterwards.

When the Hogwarts letter arrived, Damien didn’t know what to make of it; though he had been told of his father’s past and eventually why his grandparents had issues with their family, it never occurred to him that he would have the chance to attend his father’s old school. His first exposure to the magical world was when his father took him to pick up his supplies from his first year. They made a day of it; not only did he get his supplies but his father also took him down to Hogsmead for dinner where he got his first sampling of pumpkin juice and a very small sip of his father’s butterbeer.

His first year at Hogwarts went much the same as his time at his first school had; he had been bullied because he wasn’t a pure blood and was a Hufflepuff. It didn’t help that his nature kept him quiet so he mostly kept to himself most of the time. As a second year, he thinks he is prepared for whatever the other students try to throw his way. He’s had enough of being bullied; it’s time for him to make his stand and make his own mark at Hogwarts.

The Sorting:

The sorting was a strange experience for Damien. It was his second experience with the magical world, the first being the trip to Diagon Alley with his father to get his supplies. He didn’t know exactly what to make of the talking hat as his name was called for him to come up to have the hat placed on his head. When the Sorting Hat called out “Hufflepuff!” his eyes went straight to the table filled with what he assumed would be his new house mates as they welcomed him.

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Species: Feline
Gender: Female
Focus: Compassion
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