Character Name: Ren Takahara Pearce
Preference: Ren
Species: Muggle Born Wizard
Race: British Japanese
Nationality: United Kingdom
Sex: Male
Age: Seventeen
Birthday: April 23rd, 1958
Zodiac Sign: Taurus and Dog
Birthstone: Diamond
Birthflower: Daisy and Sweet Pea
Sexual Orientation: Demisexual Panromantic
Personality: Ever since he was a child Ren has had a very considerate and kindly personality. As a child he was a bit more open with others, but that changed as he got older. He realized that there were things about himself that people would use to alienate him, so he developed the tendency to keep to himself a little. It's not so much that he isn't out-going or insecure, but just a little guarded on what he tells people. He also doesn't want to have to go through the pains of loosing a close friend because of his special gift, as he can't help himself from trying to warn them about unsightly future events. He wants nothing but the best for those he cares about, and doesn't like seeing people in lain. He is very faithful to his friends and tries to be as considerate as possible with others. He feels like if people are so considerate to his special needs then the least he could do is pay it forward whenever he can Unfortunately he is not so brazen that he will automatically stick his neck out for others. He dislikes conflict and tends to be cautious when faced with difficult situations. He would rather observe and think rather than act blindly. Ren while he has a penchant for being lazy, he is incredibly intelligent and well disciplined. He might procrastinate from time to time but others can rely on him to get the task done....that is of course if he remembers about it. Luckily for him he is usually assigned a student aid that will remind him of his studies, and Victor has the tendency to do so as well. Though Ren isn't with out his more apparent faults. He is often excessively faithful in someone and will blindly believe in what they say. He's also evasive, often day-dreaming or reading to escape from real world struggles.
Positive: Faithful, Considerate, Grateful, Brave, Disciplined, Reliable, Sensible, Easy-going
Neutral: Meticulous, Stubborn, Worrier, Maternal, Effeminate, Curious, Private, Quiet
Negative: Shy in love, Easily Embarrassed, Loyal to a fault, Childish, Lazy, Evasive, Forgetful, Clumsy, Cautious
Quirks: He always has to be color coordinated in dress, wears glasses even though they serve no practical use, constantly asking to feel people's faces with his hands or to play with their hair, never seen with his hair down, carries chewing gum on him at all times, he is severely ticklish and want's no one to know, he has really good senses, he can't swim, he attends quidditch matches to support his house even though he cant actually witness the games, and he often wears concealing clothes.
Likes: Fashion, interactive art, interactive activities, music, animals, food, gum, clothes, soft fabrics, the sound of rain, soft fluffy hair, playing with hair, brushing hair or having his hair brushed, being read to, spring, various teas, being sung too, singing, finger painting,
Dislikes: Large bodies of water, cars, motorized transportation, car alarms, horns, swimming, the cold, winter,
Fears: Getting lost, freezing to death, motorized vehicles (cars), swimming or being trapped out on water.
Mother - Carolyn Takahara - deceased
Father - Ken-ichi Takahara - deceased
Mom - Gwendolyn Pearce: Ren and his mother are two peas in a pod. She's his best friend, and he doesn't feel scared to be open and honest with her. Ever since she and Vic adopted him Ren's clung to her side. She raised him to be broad-minded and creative, while Vic taught him the importance of being disciplined and reliable. If there is one issue he has with his mother it would be that she has the tendency to baby him. Sometimes he likes it, but there are ways that have made it a little annoying.
Dad - Victor Pearce: Ren adores Victor much like he does Gwendolyn, but sometimes he feels a little insecure around him. He feels like he isn't meeting some of Victor's expectations and worries about embarrassing him due to some of his inclinations and hobbies. Victor want's him to take over their family business after Hogwarts, but Ren is very disinterested. The two have had troubles seeing eye to eye as he has become older, and it makes Ren upset. He just want's Victor to be proud of him, but Ren can't force himself to do things he doesn't like. They already have a hard time bonding due to a lack of common interests, and Ren's extra "abilities" do seem to make his dad uncomfortable.
Davi - Ren and Davi started dating around their fourth year together, and in secret. Ren wasn't comfortable with keeping their relationship a secret, but complied with Davi's wishes due to certian socital standards. He also knew that Davi's father was a stern military man, and that his family upheld really traditional values. He didn't want to cause Davi stress, but in the end his family found out anyways and it seemed like keeping it a secret only made things worse. It put a lot of strain on both his relationship with Davi, and how his family viewed him. Ren didn't like having a hand in causing Davi unnecessary issues, and broke up with him over it. Ren still wonders if it was the right decision.
Leo -
Ren was born on a warm, breezy April day to two muggles living in London. An immigrant man from Japan and his British wife. His biological father had moved to London on a scholarship where he met Carolyn, Ren's mother. After falling in love the two dated before finally getting married when they finished their schooling. He became a reputable banker and she a professor at the very same university. Both of them were ecstatic when she was confirmed pregnant, but it wasn't with out complications. His mother having several health scares during before finally giving birth to Ren. Immediately the doctors knew that there was something wrong, as Ren's eyes were glassy looking. He had been born with cataracts, and would be blind his whole life. Fortunately his parents were up to the task....at first. Unknown to them at the time was that Ren was a very special child. Although it became clearer as Ren got older.
Ren's first magical experience happened when he was just a toddler, while in a fuss he had accidentally transfigured his neighbors dog into a stuffed animal. Much to their horror, and Ren's joy. This is when they knew for certain that Ren was a Wizard and could do magic. They were offered to have Ren places under the care of a sort of magical tutor but his parents wanted Ren to experience what it was like to live as a muggle. As such he attended muggle schooling, and the three of them worked together, with some magical aids every now and then, to prepare Ren for his time at hogwarts. For the most part Ren's classmates were totally enamored by his abilities, but also saddened that he couldn't quite show them due to the lack of a wand. Until then he had to keep his emotions in check to keep accidents from happening. Still to say his school life was totally easy would be a lie. There were always a kid or two that would call him names, and due to being blind he was quite the easy target. Fortunately for him he was always assigned a student aid to protect him from such ill will as well as help him with his class assignments and studies.
Things got a bit more precarious when he entered secondary education as the students were not as pleasant. It was a strange time for all of them, and it was also around this time that Ren began to see things in a different way. At first they started has incoherent blips, just flashes of imagery or noises in his mind. Normally occurring after having touched a school-mate. Sometimes these visions were nauseating, and would cause sensory overload. Usually resulting in Ren falling terribly ill and having to stay in the nurses office or go home. However it was the only way Ren could see the world around him, and he became addicted to them. The constant practice only honed his skill, and the visions became more concrete with time. Soon enough he could have nearly accurate interpretations of the future, all of them recorded on paper in the form of a drawing. Though with this new ability cane hardships He was constantly getting sick from them, but when he didn't practice he often had withdrawals. His school mates were terrified to go near him, and he had lost a lot of friends over it. Even his own parents were cautious to touch him, and it made him feel unloved and alien to the world. His parents started to enforcing a certain type of dress to minimize the amount of skin contact he could have with them, and it only further made him miserable. Though he wonders to this day if things would have been different had he saw what would happen next.
When he was around eleven years of age his parents were taking him home from a birthday party in the winter. The snow was dreadful, and the winds dangerous. As they were passing a green light out on the open road an oncoming car hit a patch of black ice and collided with their car. Ren doesn't remember exactly what happened, just the sound of the car horn blaring as he pulled himself out of the car. The amount of pain he was in and how the cold snow seemed to numb the pain. He wasn't sure how long he had been out in the blizzard before finally being found by a recently married couple on their honeymoon. They rescued him from the cold and called for help immediately but by the time an ambulance had arrived his father and the other driver had passed away. His mother's heart eventually giving out just as she arrived at the hospital. Though Ren did not learn of this until waking up in the hospital three days later. He swore he could hear a woman singing to him as he came too, and it had lulled him into a sense of security. He thought it was his mother though in a way it still was. This is how he met Gwendolyn and Victor, the two newly weds who were the first bystanders to come across the car accident. The woman, Gwen, so heartbroken over the event refused to leave his side in the hopes that there was something she could do. They had already agreed to pay for his medical expenses, though at the time Ren was really ungrateful. Not because he was an ungrateful child but because of the trauma he had experienced. As far as he was concerned they should have left him to die in the snow. He wished that they did. Though despite his nasty temperament Gwen and Victor still came to visit him. Gwen often taking the time to read or sing to him, while victor tended to business calls. Eventually he grew attached to the woman, and as the weeks passed he started feeling at least a little better. When he was finally able to be released from the hospital Ren was to be placed into special care for orphaned wizards but Gwen and Victor asked to adopt him. Their kindness still makes him cry to this day.
After all the process work Ren was officially no longer a Takahara, but a Pearce. The transition seemed almost like a dream to him. He came from a fairly decent background but he had never even stepped foot in a mansion before. Unfortunately there were some problems with his new family, his new grandparents on Victors side were not particularly keen on a mud-blood grandchild, and it's been a source of strife with in his new family for years now. Ren had never lived in the wizarding world so he had been shielded from all the blood purists commonly found in pure blood families. On top of that he was heavily influenced by Gwen as he grew older. He adopted very feminine interests and traits that were not widely accepted in men. Often some what wrongly accused of being a homosexual (not that he didn't also enjoy the company of men) by outsiders, and bullied for it. Especially while at Hogwarts. Fortunately for him Victor has the tendency of being extremely intimidating to the student body, and this has kept most of Ren's bullies at bay.
