Name:
Oliver Hall
Nickname(s):
"Liv"
He hates being referred as "Ollie" or any variation of the nickname
DOB/AGE:
18
June 10th 2001
Place of Birth:
San Francisco, CA
Blood Status:
Mixed
Race/Ethnicity:
Caucasian/Hispanic
Height/Weight:
True Measurements: Unknown
Standard Form: 5'8 - 135 lbs
Eye Color:
Unknown
Favored Eye Color: Blue
Physical Description:
Face Claim
As a Metamorphmagi, one of the biggest concerns is the ability of returning to your original appearance. For some, it's as natural as breathing air after completely altering themselves. It's not always the case. Liv tends to lose himself in the shift in his appearance, leaving him struggling to try and recall the minute details of his original forms. Despite using recent photos of himself, there are days that Liv feels like he's wearing a mask. This isn't the face or body he was born with. One of the hardest things for Liv is having to describe his own appearance.
Going by the latest image, he is a young male adult with a rather lanky frame. There are little characteristics that makes Liv blend in a crowd to the point he'd disappear. He just looks like any other stock image model and extra in a movie. Only one thing could be noted: his eyes. Liv seems to have the type of stare that could make anyone uncomfortable if he stared at them for too long, especially if they don't pick up his presence. His hair is rather plain in color and cut. Light brown and kept short, his hair takes on a "fluffier" texture, especially if styled.
Personality:
Liv is your typical lost teenager fresh out of Ilvermorny.
Sure, he was given some direction and discipline to focus on his studies. But, that's the extent of the support system he had. For the most part, it seems that everyone has forgotten the student. Even his mother had ignored her own child growing up, leaving Liv all by himself. His only company has always been his imagination. Rather than reach out and make friends, Liv entertained himself with his own fantasies that bubbled in his mind. Most of it was projected into his drawings and writing. When he was forgotten in a group project, Liv would create vasts worlds in his notebooks. Fictional lives pushed him along instead of reaching out and learning about the lives of his classmates.
However, being ignored didn't mean he was completely forgotten. He had his own bullies to contend with. Whenever he crossed their vision, they would make it a point to beat him down. Destroy his little world of imagination and realize just how messed up reality could be. One of his biggest bullies has always been his own mother. The times she acknowledged his existence was to point out the negatives. Sending a good-for-nothing to Ilvermorny was pointless. Being a living vacuum that only sucks money out of everyone and everything. He was nothing more than a mistake that cost her everything in the end.
Negativity is a contagious disease once it's beaten into you. Since the world treated him as something worthless, he's come to believe in it. It's hard to say that Liv has a shred of confidence in himself these days. He barely managed to graduate Ilvermorny and earn his permit. He believed that he would fail if he tried to apply for further education. LIv couldn't believe that there would be any place that would hire him. There was nothing for him he could do right or even bring anything good into this world.
Liv is your typical young adult that most dangerous groups likes to recruit.
Likes:
Graffiti Art
Personal Bubble (3 feet all around)
Fizzing Whizzbees
Energy Drinks
Solitude
"Loud and Obnoxious" Music
Rabbit Junk
Smoking
Dislikes:
Forced Social Gatherings
Authoritative Figures
Ice Mice
Having his Personal Bubble Popped
Strengths:
Undetectable: For the longest time, Liv has a knack for entering rooms without people detecting his presence. It's no work of magic. Rather, it's his innate ability to blend and remain unnoticed that allows him to "sneak" into most places. However, this strength had regularly backfired while he attended Ilvermorny. He had served detention quite a few times for being "absent" despite him being present during classes.
Observation: All those years living behind the scenes and drawing has given Liv a keen sense of sight. He can pick up things that are easily missed by those distracted by white noise such as their own busy thoughts and distractions. The smallest of details have a way of coming forth from the "whole picture."
Legging It: What he lacks in physical strength and combat skills, Liv makes it up for how quickly he can book it. All those years of bullies chasing him down had allowed Liv to build up stamina and slight acrobatic skills to get away from them (in the form of easily scaling a fence and having the energy to keep running). If he's lucky enough, he could possibly outrun anyone wanting to catch him because of the amount of physical energy he has.
Weaknesses:
Strength: Liv lacks the physical capacities of strength in order to properly defend himself and lift something pretty heavy. For the most part, he's just a weakling that constantly flinches when someone abruptly moves a hand his way.
Book Smarts: School was never Liv's strong suit. For the most part, lessons seemed to go in one ear and out the other. He struggled to graduate, leaving him with only a select few things he could recall because it was practically beaten into him over and over again. These key pieces of information are mostly from his History of Magic studies.
Positive Feedback: A tricky, double-sided sword, giving Liv positive feedback could result in two things. One, he doesn't believe you and does everything he can to justify how it amounts to nothing. Two, it becomes a sort of drug for Liv. He's starved for recognition of any kind that he would accept it from the worst of the worst and continue to do what he can to receive more from them. If the later happens, Liv can easily be taken advantaged and swayed to get this attention
by any means.
Skills/Talents:
Art (in general), Ambidextrous, Whistling
Friends:
None
Family:
Jennifer Anna Hall - 56 - Non-Maj - Convenience Store Clerk
Grandmother
Robert Hall - Deceased - Non-Maji - N/A
Grandfather
Rebecca Anne Hall - 35 - Non-Maj - Call Center Manager
Mother
Diego Julio Vasquez - 34 - Maji - ???
Father
Liv has never met his father. He's only been sent photos and letters from him. Since Liv graduated, he had no contact with his family. He had returned to San Francisco briefly to retrieve a few of his belongings before disappearing. Since then, his family has made no contact with Liv.
History:
Liv can only assume that his mother's favorite word of all time is "mistake" with how many times she has brought it up.
"It was just a mistake between you and your father."
"I mistook your father as a great guy."
"You don't understand how much of a mistake it was being with your father."
"Out of all the mistakes in my life, you're the biggest one."
The circumstances around Liv's conception is quite common in the United States. His mother and father were quite young when they first met. The two happened to be spending their summer vacation away from their home. This was supposed to be their first taste of independence and adventure as young adolescents. It became just another cliched "summer romance" between two teenagers. They made promises to keep in contact once they went back home and return next summer. It could've continued like this. Become a sappy romance that the two tell their grandchildren when they're old. But, reality doesn't work like that. Instead, Rebecca came home and experienced a sudden summer flu. She was taken to the hospital to be treated.
The news about her pregnancy ruined everything. Her goals. Her future. Her parents' relationships. A normal highschool life ceased existence. Her family demanded to meet with the boy and his parents, tossing all of their blame towards him. Even if he was younger than her, Diego should've understand the gravity of the situation. They got their daughter pregnant and must assume responsibility. Diego's family didn't want to be physically involved in the matter. Rather, they offered to compensate through fiscal means in order to help raise their child. In return, there would be no physical contact between Diego and Rebecca. In the end, Rebecca and Diego didn't have a choice in the matter. The two merely bowed their heads and followed their parents' order. Rebecca was forced to drop out of high school and prepare herself to have this child.
This mistake.
Liv didn't grow up with a real father. Instead, he received letters once a month from him along with compensation from "him." Every so often, he'd send pictures to Liv and talking about how things are going on his end. All the while, he was raised between three people: his mother and grandparents. All 4 of them lived on the outskirts of San Francisco. He can't recall a time when someone wasn't shouting at one another. For the most part, it was clear that Liv was a burden. His mother treated her responsibilities along the lines of a disgruntled kid forced to clean after their pet. Both grandparents only saw their retirement disappear in order to support "2 children."
Then, the "weird" problems started. At first, his grandparents didn't believe Rebecca when she freaked out over a "funny face' Liv did. Kids usually do the weirdest things like flip their eyelids inside out or cross their eyes. Then, there was the story about Liv levitating off the ground and how his cries caused all the stuffed animals to come to life. She was just one step away from being institutionalized until strange men and women came to the house. They confirmed that Liv wasn't a Non-Maj, a term that was foreign to the family. In the end, they confirmed that Liv was born with the gift of magic and belonged with the other Maj's. It turned out that Diego and his family comes from a long line of Majs with great influence in the magical world.
The burden of raising Liv grew tremendously.
Over the years, it was clear that the mistakes of two young teenagers was carried on his shoulders. If he wasn't around, then his mother would've graduated high school and have gone on to make a name for herself. His grandparents would've continued to love and support their daughter. They could've had a grandchild they can love. As for his father, Liv stopped reading his letters after he sent a photo of his wife and child. Ilvermorny was supposed to be his escape. His fresh start in trying to find something in himself. Something great that he could do to prove that he wasn't a mistake. Prove that he amounted for some worth in his existence. In the end, it only reminded Liv that he was a nobody. He wasn't even a damn ghost that haunted some part of the school's hall. He will always be nothing.
It was during his final year of Ilvermorny that he was approached by a small group of students that felt the same way. They felt similar burdens of reality, but they knew how to escape it. There was a group that acknowledged them and saw great potential in them. Over the months, Liv became wrapped up in joining them. All he had to do was graduate and get his permit. Own his wand. He barely passed, but that's all that was needed. There was no prospects for Liv after he graduated. Rather, he turned his back on the people and things that made him feel like nothing. Rather, all of his time and energy was turned to the group that made him feel something. He wouldn't mind getting his hands dirty to keep earning their recognition.
Pet(s):
None
Boggart:
Nothing
Embodies his fear that his worthlessness is in fact true, and a creature like a Boggart doesn't even acknowledge Liv's presence
Patronus:
Firefly
Amortentia:
Recent Rain on Concrete
Pastel Crayons
Freshly-Made Sugar Cookies
Misc. Powers:
Metamorphmagi
Favorite Spells:
Aparecium
Colovaria
Riddikulus
Ilvermorny House:
Pukwudgie
Wand:
Image Example
Larch, 8 1/2 inches, Spine of River Water Monster Core, Inflexible
