Post by Leif on Aug 18, 2013 3:29:11 GMT -8
[/color]player information!
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age ; Twenty-four.
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characters you already play ; Iwan Rhydderch, Kastian Winokur, Mishael De'Santise, Guillaume Lecroix, and Spyke Radke.character information!
the basics
character name ; Constantine Michael Dunham
nickname(s) ; Costa (most common nickname), Con (when he's being devious and others want to mock him), though, it is not uncommon for him to be called Michael. Also called Cost and Cash by some friends and family.
age ; 23.
date of birth ; March 9, 1987.
blood status; Half-blood.
sexual orientation ; Heterosexual.
wand ; Constantine's original wand was eleven and a half inches with an extremely thin wood cut of Yew. The base of his wand is only slightly thinner then the tip. It is a flexible and long lasting wand that can stand the duress of being abused. Sadly, the wand snapped when he was running down a flight of stairs and got shoved off the side. Hence, he had to get a new wand when he was sixteen years old. His new wand is of a Hornbeam wood verity, the appearance similar to his first wand, but with a Phoenix tail feather core and a matching length of eleven and a half inches. It was quite an adjustment to Hornbeam from Yew.
affiliation ; Neither. He'd defend his family and friends, that's it. No marching on another's lawns unless if he's paid for it.
occupation ; He's a corporate spy in the field of industrial espionage. Mostly focusing on muggle companies.
the appearance
height & weight ; Height and weight has always been something that Constantine has never paid a great deal of attention to. He never worried if he was going to be tall enough because simply while growing up he was perfectly normal and average. He liked being perfectly normal and average in his height and weight. As of now he is at a grand total of five feet and nine inches (about a hundred and seventy-five centimeters). His weight comes in at a hundred and fifty-four pounds (eleven stone, or seventy kilograms). He has a well built slim body. He is quite active and he does have mass, but he is still thin.
hair ; His hair for the most part is several inches long. It often comes down to his neck and covers his eyes. Despite having long hair it is not completely unruly. He grooms his hair and takes care of it. His hair is a dirty-blond color. When it is shorter (when he gets around to cutting it off) it looks brown, but as it grows it's a blond mixed with brown as if he has natural highlights. His hair is often pushed to the sides. It annoys him at times.
eyes ; Constantine has small brown eyes. His brown eyes do stand out quite a bit and reflect light. They're hard to miss. His eyes are almond shaped and are quite close to his nose. There's a small gap between them and his eyebrows which are arched and thin. Simply put his eyes are brown and there's nothing really special about them.
facial features ; It is quite hard to describe a person's face outside of a skin tone. Well, from what is observed Constantine is of course Caucasian, with a white skin tone, quite pale to be honest as if the sun doesn't hit it far too often. He has no crinkles, wrinkles, moles, or freckles, but he's still quite young. His lips have a soft reddish-pink shade. His nose is actually quite wide and a bit snout.
distinguishing features ; From knowledge and the good health that Constantine is in he has no tattoos. He once thought of a piercing as a teenager, but he never actually went through with the idea and hence has no tattoos. He has no birthmarks, the only thing that really distinguishes him would simply be himself, his style, nothing strong from his skin, lips, or ink.
style ; For the longest time Constantine had a poor sense of style. But as the years went by he developed a sense and had started to build up a collection of quite good looking clothing from suits to shirts. His clothing is amazingly modern compared to what most wizards use with outdated fashions that continue to trickle into the wizarding world no matter how much elderly purebloods hate it. He wears sweater, scarves, he does have jeans and he also has a great many pants that aren't jeans but are khakis, chino, cotton pants, pin stripes. He even has vests. For cold weather he has large jackets with a great deal of buttons and are too thick it's a wonder he even managed to put it on. Most of the time his clothes are light, lightly layered and are meant to blend into his surroundings. If he's going to the opera, he'd dress nice in a suit. If he's going to a bar he'd dress casually in a t-shirt with some sort of team logo on it. If it's a wizarding event he'd wear dark purple robes (no matter how much he hates purple). He blends in. He tries to.
play by ; Landon Pigg
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the personality
likes ;
READING just give me a good book and i'd be set
It was a surprise when Constantine picked up reading. It was a bit slow at first and didn't come until he was well into Hogwarts. He began reading more to himself when he was around thirteen. Reading kept him calm. When he read his stress seemed to disappear as he escaped into another world. He learned to love books as an escape from his own life. Being a teenager, he was never completely happy with himself and had too much anxiety and panic. The calm of reading had shaped him into the person he had begun.
In his later life he realized that the reading helped his mental agility far more then he had realized. He found himself reading more and more simply for pleasure. It became a way for him to practice his patience. It also became a way he spent his free times besides hitting up bars every moment of the day. Though, the books did make him a more private an elusive person, he is proud of them and would be perfectly set with something as simple as a good book.
ADRENALINE faster! faster! faster! can you speed up anymore?
Constantine loves speed. Not the drug known as speed, but, the motion of going fast. He loves being on his broom with the wind in his hair. He loves roller coasters and their high speeds and fast jerks. He loves anything that moves fast, provided, that he can feel the motion. Being stuck in a plane is not the same as a broom to him. He'd prefer to take a speedboat over a small plain any day if he couldn't have access to his broom.
He loves having a thrill, that last ounce of adrenaline running through his veins. He's not about to go ruin his body with chemical substances, he's perfectly fine with sticking to fast moving vehicles or his work. When he first went on a roller coaster it scared him to death. But, he had learned to grow into them over the years. By the time he was sixteen he was able to shrug them off. Flying at Hogwarts had really helped him learn to tolerate the speed. Weather if its the excitement and thrill or just the challenge of the speed, he does not understand why he loves them. He just knows he loves going fast. Even with his music, he prefers fast tempo over slow.
CHARMS aguamenti! ahhh... refreshing!
Charms has always been one of the best subjects for the young Constantine. When he first went to Hogwarts he took a natural affection to Charms which surprised him because he was at first most interested in Herbology. When looking back, he has no idea why the hell he was interested in Herbology, but, he's quite proud that he has come to love and enjoy Charms over the rest. His older brother had a gift for Arithmancy, which was a subject that he didn't snap to. Charms was the subject that clicked in his mind more-so then the rest.
Throughout his school life Charms was the only class he enjoyed with every fiber of his being. Now, in the modern day he finds himself finding the field much more useful then he could have ever dreamed of. He finds himself using the charms he had learn to get himself out of tight spaces, make copies of things, wiping memory, to even unlocking a locked file cabinet holding important information he wanted.
DOGS go on boy, fetch! good boy!
Though, he had an owl for school, but, he always wanted a dog. The owl for school was perfectly fine because they required a pet for school. Constantine never really got along with cats, rats were another story. He didn't know whom in their right mind would bring a toad to school. So hence, he was left with one animal he would be happy with in school, an owl. Besides, his own owl meant he could send letters in his teenage years without his parents being able to grasp a look at them because the owl obeyed him and only him.
He loves his owl and still does, but, his best friend is his dog. After he graduated Hogwarts he saw an adorable German Shepherd puppy when he went to a pound to help a friend to see if her lost cat was there. He couldn't resist but to go back to the muggle pound and he paid for the small puppy. He raised the dog himself. Though, he sure had some adventures with his dog. His German Shepherd is his favorite activity and person of all. He could tell his dog anything, and his dog remained loyal. His dog even knew every last one of his secrets.
SHOWER SINGING finally... alone to sing a tale of the ages under a stream of hot water
Constantine likes to sing in the shower. He always has. As a young kid he liked baths more and would debate his life's biggest problems and have imaginary arguments with that kid that won him in an argument. If he wins he'd shout "Take that kid from two weeks ago!" It took him a long time as a child to come up with a good come back line, though, he is much better with it as an adult. As an adult, he likes the shower. He can debate his life's biggest problems in the shower, arguments from back when he was seven years old to debating and questioning himself and whether or not if he's a good person or not.
Though, under the steady stream of hot water where he can seemingly solve all of life's problems and the complex questions and equations of the universe... His imagination would run wild. He day dreams and sees himself in another life at times, wonder what he would be like, and trying to remember the best times he had as a child. With his imagination he finds himself singing to himself. He can be quite loud, but, his voice is good. When confronted about it, he gets easily embarrassed.
dislikes ;
MESSES can you not put your drink there?
Messes seem to be the bane of the existence of Constantine Dunham. He dislikes messes, his home is clean. He has always found things easier to find when things are organized for him. Having a clean room has always made it easier for him to clear his thoughts. Sometimes he'd tear everything apart and can't stand the mess and rearrange everything. He simply doesn't like messes. It's not just physical messes that Constantine hates, he hates emotional messes when it is himself or someone else. Messes tend to build up around him because when he is stressed out he finds it relaxing to rip up wrappers, papers, anything within reach that he doesn't need. His rubbish bin is about half ripped up wasted paper. He can't stand paint on his hands, sharpie, marker messes on his skin. Someone wants to write a note on his hand? No thank you!
ICE too cold, too cold, too cold!
In a strange habit, Constantine loves the cooler weather of winter. But, what he doesn't like? Ice. He's perfectly fine with snow, and a nice cold soda or beer. But, he doesn't want ice in his drink. He doesn't even eat ice cream very often. He hates ice. He grew up to dislike ice because as a child they hurt his teeth as he'd never fully close his top lip when taking a sip out of a glass.
As he grew older he continued his preference to not use ice. He learned to drink out of a cup properly, but, he never outgrew his dislike of ice. However, he does tolerate ice cream now and then. But, snow cones are a different story. He avoids ice in his drink and would probably continue to dislike ice until the day he dies. In a restaurant he'd shut up and deal with the ice, at home, his freezer doesn't even have a working ice maker. He just filled the ice container up with other stuff.
ROBES why must wizards dress differently?
Despite the greatness of magic that Constantine had proved in his lifetime, he spends a great deal of time in the muggle world. He does use his magic to his advantage often. But, he dresses like the muggles to blend in. He loves muggle clothing and spends money on it. He's still young in his twenties so he can easily get away with spending that money. However now that he has gotten used to working within the muggle world he has developed a distaste for robes. He cannot stand robes, the ugly colors, the too warm, clunky robes that wizards loved to wear. As far as Constantine is aware... Robes are a crime against fashion. He won't wear them unless he needs to do so.
FISH AND TURKEY ugh, this tastes bland
It is not often that Constantine complains about his meals and food. A lot of the time his food are simple things he can just grab right out of a refrigerator and nuke. There are some foods he dislikes and those are fish and turkey. He thinks turkey is a very bland type of meat and would prefer not to eat it, he doesn't like the taste and he never has. Fish is a bit of a different story, but they freaked him out as a kid. He saw one with the head and eyes still on his plate at some fancy restaurant. It threw him in a mood to dislike fish. He doesn't dislike the taste of fish, it's just that memory of the fish resurfaces whenever he's offered fish and hence he turns the fish away. He strongly dislikes bland tasting food. He's not a hundred year old wizard with failing taste buds. He's young, in his twenties, he wants to burn his taste buds with coffee too hot to drink and food so spicy that one needs to sign a waiver.
TONGUE TIED erm-- wait, what? dammit!
Most people can relate to one of the strongest dislikes that Constantine has. The strongest dislike and the thing he hates most is not a material procession but a mental one. He hates when he has something to say that it stays at the tip of his tongue, and yet, cannot form a sound. He hates forgetting things. He is not a forgetful person and has a great memory to support his habits and job field.
The most frustrating event of his mind failing him he dislikes more than the rest is simply being stumped. He hates being stumped. It is as if he were writing something and he could not think of the perfect bullet to write about for five sentences. Being stumped annoys him to no end and makes him want to rip the paper up. But, regardless, he tries to push through it. Sometimes he does not succeed. Being stumped while thinking on his feet is a different matter, he simply apparates away to a new location. But, sometimes he gets a second, third... or fourth wind...
strengths ;
THINKING ON HIS FEET obstacle ahead? i don't stop, i think on my feet
Constantine is accustomed to thinking on his feet. Ever since he was a small child he had lived in the moment. And to the modern day he continues the trend of living in the moment. By living in the moment he had wandered away from his chores or homework which in turn got him into a wealth of trouble. He had learned to make up excuses and come up with good reasons of why he was in a certain area at that exact time of the day. It didn't slide so well when he was at Hogwarts, but, once he entered the working world it worked very well for him as it did when he was a child and sometimes as a teenager.
To some it may seem like he had never grown up, but, in fact he has. Thinking on his feet, as he calls it, allows him to see the situation at hand and come up with the best possible solution to it. He had learned to make a balance of getting life's tasks out of the way, and thinking on his feet helps his career much more. He's able to apparate as an instinct when he's in fear that he'd be caught or sheathing his wand within a second. He learned quick reflexes and his mind agility allows him to compete with others on a competitive level. He quite enjoys it and views it as one of his greatest strengths, not a flaw. Basically, he's imaginative.
PATIENCE oh, no ma'am, i don't mind waiting
He is surprisingly very patient. He has always been good at waiting for a parent to come back, patiently for dessert after dinner. Even though he's a fast moving adventurer, he does take the time to slow down and smell the roses. He'd help a parent with a chore, take a bit of time to do his homework (though it took a lot of pressure from his parents at first...). When asked to stay on hold, he's okay with it. He's okay with waiting on other people and will find some other way to entertain himself while waiting. He could easily entertain himself with a book or by keeping his mind occupied with a million thoughts a second.
When he was about eight years old, he was extremely impatient and wanted things at the exact moment. His mother encouraged him to write down what he wanted and what he was thinking to help him pass the time. Today, he now has a large collection of journals he had kept containing his thoughts. It is an age old way of collecting memories and seemingly something girls would do. But, Constantine is not embarrassed by his journals. In fact, he writes a bit too much in them. They included intimidate details of his life and even his real job. The journals are kept in his flat in London. He does make a copy of some pages at times to give to his employer's as his job requires him to keep some type of log. He prefers handwritten over figuring out how to use a computer.
PASSIONATE AND COMMITTED that's a brilliant idea! can i try?
Constantine is extremely passionate and committed to the fields he applies himself to. When he wants or desires something, such as learning a new trick, he focuses on it until he can win it over in perfection. At times it may seem he is a perfectionist, but, in reality he simply has a strong self motivation to stay passionate and committed to things his heart and mind desires. One such example as a child was learning to do a backflip without magic, it took him about eight months, but, he finally achieved it.
In adulthood the traits of being passionate and committed to his work had allowed him to go further then he could imagine. It lets him keep doing what he loves. His job lets him try all kinds of different jobs, even if he's working for an alternate motive. He has been commented on his passion before, he simply thanked them and overlooked it. He does not know this trait about himself exists. He simply thinks he is dedicated, but, it's really his passion and ability to commit that keeps him dedicated to the task at hand.
weaknesses ;
INDECISIVE can't decide where to go, what to do with my life
Indecisive, he has always been a person whom couldn't make great choices regarding his own future. He lives in the present, not the future. Constantine has a hard time trying to comprehend his future. He cannot see himself in five years, ten years, he doesn't look at his future and wonder what will be. He focuses on the present, and the pleasures of life in the now compared to what he could have tomorrow. It is a dangerous way to live, if something were to happen, as he has no safety net to fall back down on. He is meddling in a dangerous field, and, he enjoys it.
To his family it seems as if he has a new job every other week to few months. His official job title is only known by him and a small handful of people. His close friends and family think he's just a guy that isn't happy with any job and keeps hopping around. But, in reality, he does love his job and all the other ones he has to "pretend" to be apart of. He has many talents, but, being unable to make long term decisions effects the later efforts of his life. He never realized how deep he gotten into corporate espionage until he was already doing it for large companies.
NARROW-MMINDED what? no, i don't believe it
Constantine is narrow-minded, there's no question from his family about it. He can be greedy, intolerant, and have no sympathy at times. It's like he acts like a petty thief at times. He does feel sympathy and have a full range of emotions. He simply hides it. He keeps to himself about his emotions, his affairs. Of course his family can see right through his fake smile, but, his friends often times cannot.
When Constantine has his mind made up about something he is pretty set in that view and can become stubborn over it. It is very difficult to change his mind. He is a brilliant man, but, narrow-minded, his opinions hold great meaning to himself even if to others. It is as if he's crossing a large bridge with other people, he acts if the bridge is only big enough for just him. He views the world from only his point of view, and he has come to accept that. He can comprehend and understand another's point of view, but, it brings him back to the age old argument of if the grass is greener on the other side or not, because, the only view he could ever truly understand is his own.
SKEPTICAL um... no, what? can't be...
Sometimes the world simply needs skeptic people. Constantine is one, by nature. It is a great defense against people at times... But it can be quite annoying and a great flaw. He listens around carefully and gathers information. Since he remembers a great deal of information they only add up. When he questions people his questions are often sharp and pointed and he expects specific answers. He questions the answers asking when, where, what, how. Having a skeptical mindset makes it hard for him to believe things and take it seriously. Being skeptical has gotten him into bad situations and made people angry and frustrated with him. It could make him seem as if he doesn't trust a person.
boggart ; The largest fear he has is easily torture. He dislikes torture on his end or someone else's end. He prefers other methods. His view of torture is anything that inflicts physical harm. Emotional torture isn't included in his opinion or definition of torture.
amortentia ; In the love potion of amortentia the smells would come off as strong and almost overwhelmingly of fresh high quality wood burning, mixed with crisp fresh air in a pine forest. The final smell would be fresh bacon.
erised ; His deepest desire within him is actually seeing himself being a top of a corporate latter himself one day, without need to ruin the work of others.
veritaserum ; His job is his deepest secret. To friends it looks like he trades jobs often, but in reality his job is a corporate spy and corporate espionage. His work has helped to destroy companies, inventions, patents, jobs. He hasn't realized the effect of this. But, it is his deepest secret.
dementor ; The worst memory Constantine has was watching someone die. It terrifies him to this date. He was a witness to a robbery and was alongside a woman as she died during an attack in Diagon Alley when he was a teenager over summer. He finds himself remembering that woman now and then. He cannot seem to get it out of his mind.
patronus ; Constantine's happiest memory to this date isn't one any normal kid would have. The one memory that seems to come back with his patronus and any time his happiest memories are called forth are the memories of his first paycheck. The first time he was paid for an actual real job. It gave him a great sense of independence and freedom. He couldn't believe how good he felt on his first paycheck (even if he spent it all at once). His patronus is a misty white red fox (vulpes vulpes crucigera).The fox is a clever, sneaky and a discreet animal that uses his cunning and wit to their advantage. Constantine is much like this an intelligent person who is also street smart. Thinking on his feet is a big part of this.
personality ; As a child Constantine was obviously not the brightest of the bunch. He fought back every step of the way. When it was time to read? He threw the book across the room or out a window and stormed away. It took some time for him to start reading. What had inspired the reading in the young child? It was simply the fact he approached it himself. Constantine hasn't ever liked anything outright handed to him. He wanted to grab for it, he wanted to ask for it. He wanted to pursue it. The key part of him growing up was choosing to pursue subjects on his own. But, there was something that his parents quickly learned was a good way to influence his choices: bribery.
Constantine had showed a talent for his brilliant mind. He made master schemes. He built contraptions as a child, trapping doors, traps. Anything that a child could build to annoy siblings and parents: Constantine had done it. He always built complicated devices, models, and wrote complex reports when he felt in the spirit of it. It was a wonder of how he built and constructed such complex models, devices, or reports when he didn't aspire to do much else. His grades picked up considerably once his parents and Constantine had figured out how to apply what he knew and learned to everything and to make things seem fun to him. He showed and strived in creativity.
He can be dishonest and argumentative, but, he's learned to hold himself back and be an equal around his friends and family. He held back a great deal of himself in his adult life such as his job, his position, his field. He lies to his family and friends constantly over his work, and yet it doesn't really bother him most of the time. He had never dreamed of being in his job field whatsoever, but he's quite proud of his work and the work he has done. Even though his work has ruined lives and affected people to extends he couldn't dream of, he's always taken great pride in his accomplishments. He takes great pride in his work and he tries his very best to do it flawlessly. But, however when he's focusing on a single task he can be very narrow-minded and it is a great flaw of his. He forgets things when he's focusing on a single task: such as birthdays, appointments, planned meetings. His entire adult life is built upon a foundation of lies. Lie after lie after lie.
This brilliant narrow-minded man has always had a great memory. He has always been able to remember small details. He's had great recall ever since he was a child. An example of his recall was of an old muggle engineering book for children he got his hands on one day. He remembered the pages and very rarely looked at the book after reading through a section on how to build circuits or small gadgets. This memory has come to serve him quite well. His memory can be described to be similar to photographic memory, but he doesn't think in pictures. He just has great recall.
He can handle a great deal of pressure thrust upon his shoulders. Under the pressure he can hold a very good temper. It is actually quite hard to tick Constantine off, he's learned to tame his temper a great deal. The pressure can come from his work, his job, his friends, family, and every day things such as when he's trying to beat a frustrating game that outsmarts him. He's always been able to tolerate stress extremely well. He finds ripping paper quite soothing and it can help alleviate a great deal of his pressure. Though his moral integrity may seem to be shot at times, he still has a great set of morals and can remain faithful to the person he is with. He shows kindness to all people and is generally seen as a good person.
He's a sweet and extremely loyal guy to his friends and family. He'd defend his family even if it means sacrificing himself for them. He has a sense of humor, but, sometimes his humor can be dark. One example of his darker humor was him giving a friend a baby chick for her birthday. He was sure to put into the card that the chicken was named Dinner. He calls chicken omelets mother daughter specials. He has a strong curiosity that easily gets piqued by the smallest things. He isn't so fond of children, he likes them and all but he wouldn't be the first to babysit a child. He's more attached to the children that he's related to or those of his best friend.
All in all Constantine is a guy with a great deal about himself hidden. On the outside people see him as a sweet individual who should do a better job at holding down an actual job instead of hopping all over the place. He is a person that tends to forget things and needs to be reminded. But... If one knows the full personality which is him, which only his closest friends, family, and his employers will know from extended exposure to him: He schemes, he manipulates, he lies, he steals. He is Constantine Dunham an expert in corporate spying and industrial espionage.
the school life[/color]
school attended ; Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
former house ; Hufflepuff. Nothing notable happened to him at school, no honors, no quidditch, no prefect.
favourite subject ; Charms was his favorite subject, as it was the first subject to connect to him on a conscious level. He begun to really fall for it.
worst subject ; Ancient Runes, he was never able to grasp it and it was a wonder he even got into a second year in that class.
OWLs gained & grades ;
- [*]Arithmancy (Outstanding)
[*]Ancient Runes (Poor)
[*]Astronomy (Exceeds Expectations)
[*]Care of Magical Creatures (Exceeds Expectations)
[*]Charms (Outstanding)
[*]Defense Against the Dark Arts (Exceeds Expectations)
[*]Herbology (Exceeds Expectations)
[*]History of Magic (Acceptable)
[*]Potions (Exceeds Expectations)
[*]Transfiguration (Outstanding)
NEWTs gained & grades ;
- [*]Arithmancy (Outstanding)
[*]Care of Magical Creatures (Exceeds Expectations)
[*]Charms (Outstanding)
[*]Defense Against the Dark Arts (Exceeds Expectations)
[*]Herbology (Exceeds Expectations)
[*]Potions (Exceeds Expectations)
[*]Transfiguration (Outstanding)
[*]Apparation (Passed)
[*]Wandless Magic (Outstanding)
the family life[/color]
partner ; Dates around, nothing serious.
children ; n/a
mother ; Violet Dunham; 47; half-blood deceased.
father ; Lawrence Dunham; 49; pure-blood deceased.
siblings ; Sami Dunham; 28; half-blood.
Sebastian Dunham; 26; half-blood.
Clarissa Dunham; 20; half-blood.
other significant magical relatives ;
Brian Daniels, 49; half-blood (uncle by marriage)
Ashley (nee Stevenson) Daniels, 51; pure-blood (aunt)
Soleena Daniels, 23; half-blood (cousin - older twin)
Solaris Daniels, 23; half-blood (cousin - younger twin)
Bernard Daniels, 21; half-blood (cousin)
Stephanie Daniels, 17; half-blood (cousin)
the estranged paternal family
Lucian Dunham, 46, pure-blood deceased (uncle)
Delaney Delacroix, 46, pure-blood (aunt by marriage)
Daylon Delacroix, 21, pure-blood (cousin, older twin)
Drayden Delacroix, 21, pure-blood (cousin, younger twin) deceased
Dante Delacroix, 18, pure-blood (cousin)
Landon Dunham, 42, pure-blood (uncle)
Alanna Holloway, 40, pure-blood (aunt by marriage)
Adele Dunham, 20, pure-blood (cousin)
Alina Dunham, 18, pure-blood (cousin)
Alaric Delacroix, 16, pure-blood (cousin)
residence ; He has a spacious flat in London, England. However, he spends a lot of time in hotels across the country or in other countries. His flat seems minimalistic and modern, as if it's just enough for sleeping and eating. It's very clean because he pays someone to clean it. He has a ton of paperwork and boxes stacked up and shoved away in the spare bedroom that he has hidden.
history ;
before my time
Lawrence Dunham was a man whom committed to the one whom he loved. He staked his entire being upon the choice of his heart. His heart had chosen Violet Daniels a girl whom had just left Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Lawrence had always been the free spirit of the three brothers, Lucian, Landon and himself. He defied his parents and did as he willed, as, he was a strong-headed young man. Lawrence did not care of what his family thought of the one his heart fell for. All he cared for was his own heart's desires. He proposed. Violet had just graduated Hogwarts and finished her NEWTs.
Violet and Lawrence married before they knew it. Right after they had wedded, Lawrence cleared out his vault that was collecting ever since his parents had set it up for him. He cleared his fault out in order to prevent his parents from taking anything out. He shared Violet's vault from therein, and they had merged their assets. Violet lived in her family home and Lawrence simply moved in with her. Lawrence's job was in the magical law office doing paperwork while his wife, Violet gotten into a healer program. The young couple was deeply in love with one another and that was all that mattered to them.
It wasn't long until Violet realized she was pregnant. She kept doing her Healer training until she could no longer do so. She had her first child, Sami Lynn. A year and a half after the birth of Sami she had her second child, Sebastian Dunham. The parents were pleased with their children and decided they would wait before having any more children. It was a great decision as Sami was a toddler in her terrible twos and Sebastian was just a newborn. The years passed. Sebastian and Sami learned to walk, and were great young kids. Violet found out she was pregnant and in March of 1987 they had their third child, Constantine.
and thus enters the newest emperor, constantine
On March 9, 1987 Violet and Lawrence Dunham welcomed a new child into the world whom they named Constantine. He would grow up to share a name with some of the greatest leaders and friends his parents have found throughout their lifetimes. It was a powerful name to them, and hence, bestowed upon their youngest child. Constantine however did not make life easy. He fussed during the nights. Nearly every time he fell asleep he was awake within a few hours. He couldn't sleep for a solid break. It did not help that their newborn, Constantine stayed up all night when Sami was seven and Sebastian was five.
It took a while, but, by the time the terrible twos entered for Constantine, his attitude changed a bit. He became more calm as if the terrible twos became a breeze. But, it was a welcomed gestured by his parents, as, a newborn entered their lives, Clarissa. She would be the last of the siblings, and Constantine's baby sister. The family grew together and were used to one another. Constantine was sharing a room with his older brother, Sebastian while Sami shared one with Clarissa. Room was abit tight, as Violet's home was in a muggle neighborhood and only three bedrooms. Their mother grew up in that home, so did they.
By the time Constantine entered his threes, a new term had to be coined, the trouble threes as he found himself meddling in things and driving his siblings up the walls. He would take things and break them, or hide them, or switch them. It was a wonder how he even got access to certain things. He became a curious mind always interested in different fields and things. Constantine could never pick one game or one toy he liked more than the rest. It was as if his attitude changed constantly. As he grew older, into the age of seven, it wouldn't be uncommon for Constantine to mock his siblings and harass them. He could copy their voices in almost perfection, their stutter, language, wording.
He loved his family more than anything. He came to learn and trust them. When Sebastian came home from Hogwarts he became a dominant figure in Constantine's life. He respected Sebastian from a young age and would follow him blindly. Growing up it was only them six, his baby sister Clarissa, himself, his older sister Sami, and his older brother Sebastian. There were no aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no grandparents, that he knew of. As far as he was aware, the only family he had were them six.
Constantine found himself loving muggle items as well as magical. He loved to play with things. He loved to take things apart just to see if he could put them back together... Which annoyed his parents to no end. However, they were able to keep Constantine under control. Things became much easier at home once Sami headed off to Hogwarts and Sebastian followed soon behind. There were still a few years in-between the older children and the younger before they would ship Constantine and Clarissa off to the great magical school of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As Sebastian entered school, Lawrence, their father, begun new construction and renovations of the home to let them live more comfortably.
and thus begun my journey of to hogwarts
As every eleven year old child does over the summer before they are to formally begin their education at one of the greatest magical schools in the world, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry... Constantine got his letter. It thrilled his family. The next trip to Diagon Alley was primarily a shopping trip for him. They went by Gringotts and let him hand the key to the family vault to the goblin. They let him count out the coins and place them in a silk bag for their day. The first place they visited was Ollivander's, by his choice. The first wand at Ollivander's disliked him, actually cracked the window much to his amusement. But, the second wand fit him perfectly. It was a Yew wand, an extremely thin wood cut of Yew. The base of the wand was thinner than the tip, which was quite odd. It was a flexible wand that lasted a great deal of time.
Lunch came around right after Ollivander's. He spent the meal reminiscing about his childhood, his past. Embarrassing stories were told about Constantine: Such as the time he fell into a pond after a duck bit him in the behind. He told his parents of how he remembered his first sign of magic. The family knew it well... Back when he was eight years old and tore apart a muggle electronic device's remote. They weren't happy he tore apart the remote and snapped at him for ruining it. The remote repaired itself automatically, and nobody had out a wand to repair it. It was him.
Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Such a fascinating place to be. Riding the train to the school for the first time eased him into the great boat ride across the dark lake to the great castle that stood in the distance. Walking in the castle blew the mind of the young Constantine as he saw more magic then he could dream of. He saw ghosts, floating candles, a huge bewitched roof. A talking hat... A talking hat of all things.
He found a natural affection to Charms. He found Transfiguration to be tough at first. He grew to love Transfiguration as time passed by from his first year and faded into the second year. His third year was a bit different as he had to choose an elective. It took a lot from him to choose one, but in the end he choose Arithmancy and Ancient Runes. He thought those would be fun. The thirteen year old teenager quickly grew to be an awkward fourteen year old having his first crushes. Then fifteen came around where he had his first kiss in the quidditch bleachers on the effect of a bet on the winning team. He won... His prize was a kiss.
The fifth year was fun, fifteen years old and turning sixteen. He had to deal with a great amount of studying that year to go after the OWLS. He had no idea what he wanted to do with his life, so he simply studied. He studied hard. He didn't like to study, it was boring to him. Studying never captivated his imagination. He did it anyway, he wanted the grades. Last thing he wanted was for his parents to think he was unfit for trips to Hogsmease (where he often placed orders for strange objects his parents wouldn't buy him). He passed a great number of his OWLS. After he turned sixteen, right when the exams were ending his wand broke. He was pushed off the stairs by an unknown assailant, he fell to the ground and groaned. When he rolled over he heard a snap... His wand.
He got a new wand that summer. He got a thin wand, much like his original Yew wand. But this time the wood was Hornbeam and the core was a Phoenix feather. The wood was something different. It took a great deal of time for him to get used to it. He nearly snapped his new wand in his sixth year as it wouldn't cooperate with him. But, from the advice he remembered since he had Hornbeam wood the wand adjusted to his code of honor and would perform only magic he would. It adapted and he adapted. He worked hard on his NEWTS in his sixth and seventh years. He was most proud of achieving perfect marks in wandless magic, a skill he found quite fun. Being able to perform some magic without the use of a wand, it was a great cover to unlock doors with a touch without his wand... To write letters in the air. To blow out candles by walking by or to even light them. Wandless magic amazed him.
leaving hogwarts and the job switch begins
Much to the surprise of some in Hogwarts Constantine never really dated anyone. Of course he did sleep with someone a few times, he never had a girlfriend really or dated around. He was always so obsessed about something and focused on something else while in school. He left Hogwarts with grades he was happy with. But, there was a problem: He didn't know what he wanted to do. He didn't want to be an Auror... He didn't want to work for the Ministry. He had no clue what he wanted to do. He just stayed holed up in his room at his parents house, not moving out. He hung out with friends.
It took him a few months before he finally got a job in a restaurant, a muggle restaurant in London. It was a start... Even if it were washing dishes. He had sent off applications to get a scholarship to a muggle university, because he was quite curious about it. He got an internship and quit his restaurant job and followed through with the internship with the muggle company... Though the internship was unpaid. It gave him experience he realized he quite liked. He liked corporate jobs. He loved offices. Though, his first paycheck from the restaurant job was one of the happiest moments in his life... To have spare money to spend on whatever he wanted.
After two months of working with the internship he was swapped to a part-time employee. He stayed a part-time employee for about a month and got switched to a full time with a contract. He was quite thrilled. So he decided to do the logical thing... Buy a dog. He ended up adopting a dog from a shelter. He went with a friend to help her find a cat at the shelter, but the pound was out of cats sadly. He couldn't leave leaving an adorable puppy in the cage. He was called on his cell phone and had to take off. He came back right before the place closed for the night and walked out with the dog.
He spent a great deal of his free time training his puppy. While he was training his dog not to pee on his bed or his bedroom floor he was also under training from his work for an upper job in corporate. Each time his dog peed he put his dog outside. One day his dog just jumped out his window after he peed on Constantine's shoes he just took off. Soon the dog got trained... And so did Constantine by both the dog and his bosses.
His work had sent him to a hotel in New York to go work on something for them. He happily went, though the plane ride was quite an odd experience for him. He sat down his bag next to a corner as soon as he got to his hotel lobby when he needed to check his pockets. He picked up the wrong bag that belonged to someone else. It wasn't until he got up to his room he realized the bag he had picked up had a dead octupus in it, not the dinner he ordered. Suffice to say that night, he didn't want sea food. He just ordered room service and ate a hamburger. He dropped the octupus off at the front desk before leaving. He was sure they'd figure something out about it. It beats him why the hell someone had an octupus in their bag. The lobby found his bag and made the exchange right after he had already spent the little money in his bank account on buying clothes.
life as corporate espionage
He was rising fast in the corporate company he worked for. Another muggle company approached him one day on the streets when he was walking to go get something to eat. They offered him money if he would give them information about a project he had access to. He didn't see anything wrong with it and handed over the information. He signed an employment contract, never a non-disclosure agreement. It was extra money. And it was his first experience in industrial espionage and corporate spying.
He was offered a scholarship to a University after his internship. He had done great work. He finds himself to be great at a lot of roles, so, pretending to be something he's not is easy for him. He was extremely tempted to go to the muggle university, but, he was offered another spy job. He thought "spy" was fun so he told the university no. He never told any of his family about them offer. He was liking the small missions he was being offered. The small missions won his heart. He stayed in his job, right where he was at.
Over time he got offered positions by other companies and was paid to keep things discreet, he dealt in minor secret trading between some small locally owned companies. It wasn't long before a multi-billion dollar corporation snatched him up as a professional in the field. He had no idea how they figured out about him, but they gave him some training... Training they told him he's not allowed to talk about. They trained him and gave him a more stable job with better pay than he had before. But, it appeared to his friends and family he had a new job every few weeks to months. It seemed he couldn't make a decision on the direction of his life... And yet somehow managed to get himself into interesting job positions.
His official job was industrial espionage. He spies on companies and trades high end secrets and sabotages a company's progress to help a competitor often. The multi-billion dollar company was an umbrella company that owns several different times of companies ranging from electronics, to entertainment, to music, to research, to fashion. He was perfectly fine with his job, but, the secrecy doesn't bother him much. He can spend time with his family, and that's all that matters. He just has to live two lives at times. He often stayed in hotel rooms even if he has a flat in the city because it was the job.
He was once caught at a rival company in Cardiff. The muggles cornered him into an office on a high rise building. He couldn't get the window open, he thought about breaking it or apparating out. But, that thought didn't occur to him. Be brushed straight passed the muggles and unlocked the door using magic so he wouldn't need to swipe a card. He pulled out his wand and used a memory charm on the two muggles that were ordering him to stand down. Sadly, the female security agent forgot it was her kid's birthday... Constantine never knew. He worked his way down to the security office and he used magic to catch the recording device on fire, so no evidence of him escaping was caught.
Using magic to get himself out of tough places has been an advantage to him, a great advantage. He could disappear into thin air and get past locks that others had trouble. Invisibility spells allowed him to sneak pass a great deal of security. He rather loved his unfair advantage. He met some other corporate spies that specialized in his field. He met more over the years, but most of the ones he met disappeared into some undercover operation or got caught. He has yet to be ousted. Though, there was an underground rumor about the mystery man of who he was... The man who took down some large companies by leaking their patents... Plans, whatever before they actually patented it with the government, hereby invalidating them.
When he was twenty-one years old his parents asked too many questions about his whereabouts, they got nosy and went into his room and found his box full of fake identification papers. Constantine moved out and only told them it was for a play he was working on, a project. He found a flat in London, it took a shiny part of his monthly pay... But he felt it was worth it. His flat was well designed, spacious for him, organized, very modern looking. The second bedroom he had room to take home boxes, keep more paperwork, and store his fake identification papers in the safe of his bedroom. He now lives alone with his dog when he's not working on stealing some sort of trade secret. Due to them being muggle companies he doesn't realize the extent of the effect his work could have on corporations. He's magical, his pay is just converted to galleons anyway for when he needs it. Besides his work he just hangs out with his friends and family trying to explain why he suddenly has a new job every few weeks, or spending time with his best friend's kid who he looks down to as somewhat of a mentor. He's attached to that boy. [/size][/color][/justify][/blockquote]
