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R a v e n
"Well she broke up with you because you were clingy didn't she?" Naomi's usually sweet tone sounded incredibly annoyed, it was almost a little comical to hear that in her squeaky voice but Raven wasn't laughing, because what Naomi was saying was making him really angry. She was his friend, she wasn't supposed to defend his ex after she had shot him a random death glare. All he had done was smile at her nicely at breakfast that morning.
"No, she never said that!" Raven let out loudly and angrily, they were in a fairly remote part of the castle, but the few passing people didn't do anything to stop them, everyone was either used to people arguing by now or didn't want to get involved in something that also would lead to them being in the hospital wing, "stop saying that she said that!"
"But it's really obvious that's what she meant. Look I'm not trying to be mean--" Naomi said in the sharp tone Raven only heard her use when she tried to be mean, which was so rarely he was pretty sure he hadn't heard it in two years. They frequently joked about how she should actually be in Hufflepuff, but Raven knew his friend well enough to know that she was a true Gryffindor, "--but you've been acting all pissy for ages now and I'm sick hearing you whine about her,"
It wasn't untrue that he hadn't been the nicest around his friends lately, but to be fair Naomi hadn't been acting like her usual sugar sweet self either and Jamie had suddenly started to be pretty quick to point out things that really got to Raven. And that annoyed him.
"Oh my god, shut up, you've both been fucking annoying lately stop blaming each other." Jamie let out after a being quiet for a good chunk of the fight.
"Maybe you should have stopped being such a pushover for a second and told us that," Raven snapped at his friend. Upon seeing Jamie's hurt face he instantly regretted it. Jamie looked over to Naomi for support. Usually, if someone had said that to Jamie she would be quick to assure him it wasn't true but today she said nothing.
"Well thanks for letting me know that you're both assholes," Jamie said bitterly, turned and left the other two, who quietly stared at him for a moment before they turned back to each other.
"Why didn't you say anything!?" Raven said angrily, but a little quieter this time, the guilt had replaced some of his anger.
"I wasn't the one who called him a pushover,"
"well, I didn't fucking mean it?"
"...Whatever," Naomi said coolly, turned and left as well, walking in the opposite direction as Jamie, her short blonde curls bouncing with her brisk steps.
Raven didn't stay for long, he was still angry, because neither of his friends were acting reasonably, and hadn't really since they came back to school. The entire Hogwarts castle felt like it was falling apart actually. Raven couldn't pinpoint exactly when but at some point watching people who were usually the best of friends bicker in the corridors had become normal. No one really knew why, the most logical explanation was probably stress, that was what Raven was blaming his own feelings on at least.
He didn't want things to turn out with his friends like they had with Ella Rose and Charlie Lewis, though. They were two seventh years who currently both were in the hospital wing, not talking to one other after having it out in a seriously violent duel. He wasn't too surprised about Charlie starting something like that, he was in Slytherin after all and Raven felt like it was fair to say that people from Slytherin's would be more prone to end up fighting with one of their friends, or anyone for the matter, like that. But Ella was in Hufflepuff, and rumours were that she was the one who had started it, which was incredibly weird to Raven. He had talked to her a couple of times and she was incredibly nice, the type that wouldn't hurt a fly, and the only time Raven had heard her raise her voice it had been to defend Charlie.
Raven reasoned to himself, as he angrily stomped his way out of the castle, that maybe it was better he and the other two had left each other before it escalated. He really needed some time to himself to calm down. The lake seemed like a good place it was October, so it wasn't like a lot of people were out in the cold. He found his way down to the lake and sat down in the damp grass. The sky was grey and dull and didn't do much to brighten his mood, neither did the leaves on the trees and ground that he felt were supposed to be a beautiful Gryffindor red and gold and not the boring yellow and brown colour they were.
He sighed and grabbed a fistful of grass, taking his frustration out on the vegetation. Now that he was alone he felt significantly calmer and he honestly felt scared. He was usually pretty quick to get angry, he knew that, but he rarely talked like he had today or the past week or so with his friends, and fighting like this made him nervous they weren't going to forgive him.
He glanced out over the lake, let go of the grass and grabbed another fistful. This year really wasn't shaping up to be a good one, and he couldn't imagine anyone at the school felt the same.
General
Full name
Raven Oliver Murphy
Pronunciation
> /reɪvən/
> /ɒli:vɜːr/
> /mɜːfiː/
Nickname
Murph, occasionally
Age
Sixteen
Birthdate
October 13
Place of birth
Lodnon, England
Ethnicity
English
Accent
Cockney
Background
Raven's mother left soon after he was born, under mysterious circumstances, even his dad didn't know the full extent of. He grew up with his father, step mum and half-brothers in London. He was always an outcast as a kid, was frequently made fun of due to his name (which was his mother's idea according to his dad), and how emotional he got over things. Head no idea about the existence of magic until he got his Hogwarts letter.
Raven Oliver Murphy
Pronunciation
> /reɪvən/
> /ɒli:vɜːr/
> /mɜːfiː/
Nickname
Murph, occasionally
Age
Sixteen
Birthdate
October 13
Place of birth
Lodnon, England
Ethnicity
English
Accent
Cockney
Background
Raven's mother left soon after he was born, under mysterious circumstances, even his dad didn't know the full extent of. He grew up with his father, step mum and half-brothers in London. He was always an outcast as a kid, was frequently made fun of due to his name (which was his mother's idea according to his dad), and how emotional he got over things. Head no idea about the existence of magic until he got his Hogwarts letter.
Appearance
Dark brown, gentle curl, short
Eyes
Brown
Body
Lean, athletic, especially upper body
Height
6'3 (190 cm)
Weight
176 lbs (80 kilograms)
Markings/scars
Random small scars across arms from picking at small scabs
Clothing style
Raven likes to dress to impress most of the time, that isn't to say that he tries to look fancy, but instead just always stylish and put together. His sense of fashion would be best described as a little sporty, a little alternative and casual. The colours you will see him in the most, when he isn't in his uniform, is black white and red. You might find him wearing sweatpants when just chilling around the common room.
Health ailments
n/a
Face claim
Daniel Howell
Persona
Personality
The first words one would describe Raven with is confident and charismatic as it's the person he tries to be, however, he is actually very insecure. He lives for the validation of others and thanks to being a generally kind of friendly guy most of the time he has managed to make friends with enough people and is popular enough (at least in his house) to satisfy that need somewhat. While nice, he is sometimes judgemental as he often tries to categorize people into boxes, people who don't like him often end up in the bad people box.
He likes to act like he doesn't care about people's opinions and will pretend insults doesn't get to him, the first time, the second time you can be sure he'll bite back and defend himself, revealing that he actually cares quite a lot. He is emotional and is not the best at hiding his emotions, when he was younger he used to be quite a crybaby, and if he lets himself, he still is, but nowadays he mostly channels any negative emotions into anger, causing him to be quite hot-headed.
Raven is impulsive, whether it's about heading headfirst into danger or blurting out things he shouldn't say he doesn't really think things true. However, when he is forced to take a step back and reflect on things he can act a lot more rationally, as he is fairly smart. And despite this impulsivity, he can be seen calmly reading by the fire in the common room just as often as he's energetically laughing and running around in the corridors.
Likes
Quidditch; magic; animals and magical creatures; attention; soccer; fun
Dislikes
being disliked or criticized; confined spaces; rats;
Habits
Picks scabs
Talents
Sports/physical activity - making friends - caring for animals/creatures
Mental ailments
(possibly) Borderline personality disorder
Fears
Confined spaces (Claustrophobia), big rats (less so after being at Hogwarts for a while), deep water, being abandoned
The first words one would describe Raven with is confident and charismatic as it's the person he tries to be, however, he is actually very insecure. He lives for the validation of others and thanks to being a generally kind of friendly guy most of the time he has managed to make friends with enough people and is popular enough (at least in his house) to satisfy that need somewhat. While nice, he is sometimes judgemental as he often tries to categorize people into boxes, people who don't like him often end up in the bad people box.
He likes to act like he doesn't care about people's opinions and will pretend insults doesn't get to him, the first time, the second time you can be sure he'll bite back and defend himself, revealing that he actually cares quite a lot. He is emotional and is not the best at hiding his emotions, when he was younger he used to be quite a crybaby, and if he lets himself, he still is, but nowadays he mostly channels any negative emotions into anger, causing him to be quite hot-headed.
Raven is impulsive, whether it's about heading headfirst into danger or blurting out things he shouldn't say he doesn't really think things true. However, when he is forced to take a step back and reflect on things he can act a lot more rationally, as he is fairly smart. And despite this impulsivity, he can be seen calmly reading by the fire in the common room just as often as he's energetically laughing and running around in the corridors.
Likes
Quidditch; magic; animals and magical creatures; attention; soccer; fun
Dislikes
being disliked or criticized; confined spaces; rats;
Habits
Picks scabs
Talents
Sports/physical activity - making friends - caring for animals/creatures
Mental ailments
(possibly) Borderline personality disorder
Fears
Confined spaces (Claustrophobia), big rats (less so after being at Hogwarts for a while), deep water, being abandoned
Magical informationa
Gryffindor
School year
6th
Wand
Holly wood - Dragon heartstring -14 inches
Blood status
Half blood
Quidditch
Plays as a batter for the Gryffindor team, is rumoured to become captain in year seven
Amortentia
freshly baked bread ; rain on pavement ; freshly cut grass
Patronus
Ferret
Boggart
Swarm of large rats (would be a confined space if it had been possible for a boggart to become this)
Best class
Care of magical creatures
worst class
Astronomy
Favorite classes
defence against dark arts ; charms ; care of magical creatures
Pet
Barn owl named Cinnamon
Relations
>Father - John Murphy - alive [muggle]
Raven has always been close to his father as he was the only parent he had for the first years of his life. When Raven found out about magic through his Hogwarts letter he started blaming his father for not telling him, despite knowing, but as he has grown a little older he has mostly gotten over that.
>Mother - Adrielle Storm - unknown [witch]
He never met her and recent her until he realised she was the one who passed down the magic to him, at which he developed a curiosity and almost admiration for her. He dreams of meeting her one day, but no one seems to want to give him any information on her, claiming they don't know.
>Stepmother - Linda Murphy - Alive [muggle]
Raven's relationship with his stepmother is pretty good, he grew up with her and while a little sceptic of her at the start has come to love her throughout the years, sometimes he feels a little distant from her
>Half brothers - Liam and Ludvig Murphy - Alive [muggles]
Raven loves his brother a lot and is very protective of them and misses them a lot while away at Hogwarts, Liam is thirteen and Ludvig is eleven. Raven was thoroughly disappointing, but not surprised, neither of them got their Hogwarts letters.
Friends
> Naomi Brown - 16 - Gryffindor [best friend]
> Jamie Bennet - 16 - Gryffindor [Best friend]
> Finn Davis - 16 - Muggle
> considers most people in Gryffindor year 5-7 his friends
Enemies
Anyone that has shown they do not like him he considers somewhat of an enemy. Doesn't really consider them all enemies but also doesn't really give friendships with people from Slytherin a chance due to being fed the "almost all evil witches and wizards was sorted there" conspiracies once he started.
Past relationships
Has been in plenty of relationships throughout his years at Hogwarts, some he considered kind of serious other's less so. The last relationship he had was with Lily Song, who broke up with him at the end of their fifth year, he spent most of his summer being sad about it.