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Hello, welcome to the Void! A place for me to dump my characters in
(instead of you know, keeping them in my test thread like I used to do :'D)


This thread is under construction and will look better soon when I feel like fixing it up
 
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Zedekiah Blackbourne
Basic Information  
Nickname   Zed

Age   16 (December 20)
Gender   Male

Blood Status   Pureblood wizard

House & Year   Gryffindor, 6th year
Patronus   Seal

Wand  
Core   Phoenix tail feather
Wood   Aspen

Length   10 2/3 inches
Flexibility   Swishy

Personality  
Zed is a brave person, much like how his mother was when she was still living. Despite what may trouble him, Zed likes to put on a smile and make any situation more lighthearted when he can. He can be quite reckless and isn't he smartest wizard there is. In fact, he can be downright idiotic sometimes, but he makes up for this by being a reliable person. He's very strong willed and will stop at nothing to achieve what he sets his mind to. This makes him a surprisingly reliable person.

He's an emotionally sensitive person who wears his heart on his sleeve. Zed's a warm person, but unfortunately, he isn't friendly towards everyone. Because of his upbringing as a member of the Blackbourne family, Zed is not too kind when regarding muggleborns and half-breeds. His emotional sensitivity however, causes him to feel guilt for treating a muggleborn or half-breed poorly. Alas, his will to fit in and be recognised by his family oftentimes wins making him stamp down whatever guilt he may have.

History  
Zed's story starts with his parents and how they'd met each other. Auberon Blackbourne and Nydia Sinclair were unlike the rest of their family. They didn't share the same pureblood supremacy that the rest did. However, as alike as they were in their beliefs, they were different in how vocal they were about them.

Auberon had always been more hesitant to speak up on the matter. He feigned arrogance to please his father and the rest of their social circle. Nydia on the other hand, was much less fearful. She wasn't afraid to speak her mind when the subject arises, which was why her attendance in pureblood social gatherings had been few. In the event that she did attend, her older sister Harper would be by her side, making sure she didn't say too much things that their parents wouldn't approve of.

The two met at a pureblood party. As per always, Harper was supposed to be by Nydia's side that evening, but something came up at her work and she had to leave the party almost immediately. That was when Nydia and Auberon found each other and learned of one another's true beliefs. Auberon's father saw that his son had managed to catch a girl's interest and saw it as an opportunity. He made the necessary arrangements and merely days after their meeting the two were in an arranged engagement with one another--not that they both minded. In fact, both were relieved it was with one another.

The two were wed in less than a year and moved into together into a house of their own. They had two children: twins! One of which, was Zedekiah. Things were looking great the couple, until Nydia said too much regarding blood purity over dinner a party including Auberon's father. The head of the Blackbourne house wanted to dissolve of the two's relationship almost immediately. He demanded that his son leave her and take the twins with him. Auberon, ever so fearful of his father, did as he was told. But instead of taking both infants, he only took one, leaving young Zedekiah with Nydia.

Growing up with his mother, Zed didn't put much thought into his heritage. Hell, he didn't even know he was a pureblooded wizard until later on his life. Before the age of six, life was as simple as he could remember. His mother did nothing but smile and shower him with love. Back then, his father wasn't in the picture. It was just him and his mom. Life wasn't perfect however, and Zed knew that. At night, he would sometimes be awaken by the sound of his mother's choked sobs. She never told him what was wrong, and he would always forget to ask soon as she smiled brightly as him the very next day.

His mother was a brave woman, one that he would never forget. Her death marked a turning point in Zed's life. He was six when his mother died from an illness. His aunt Harper took him in when she died, as she had been helping take care of him while her sister was sick, but only for very briefly. When news of his mother's death reached him, his father came to take him in. Thus, he moved into the Blackbourne household with his father and grandfather.

At first, Zed felt rather excited. Finally he was going to get to know the man who'd been absent for as long as he could remember. When he got to the Blackbourne estate however, the excitement disappeared. The place felt cold to him, and while his grandfather was there to greet him on his arrival, he had a look of disapproval etched onto his face. He felt scared of the man even before he knew him. Beside him was a boy of his age. It jolted him how similar and oddly, at the same time, dissimilar they looked like. That was the day he learned the existence of a brother--a twin brother.

Growing up in the Blackbourne household was hard for him. It was a drastic change from the warm and loving house that he had lived in with his mother. All of a sudden there was the pressures of being from a pureblood family. Zed tried his best, but no matter what he did, he never measured up to his brother who was clearly the more favoured one. He felt like a shadow, but that didn't stop him from trying.

Appearance 
There was no mistaking his Blackbourne heritage from his raven black hair to his silver eyes sparkling with mischief. Despite being an identical twin, he and his brother were easy to tell apart. Zed's features were ever so softly softer, though it could also be because he tends to smile alot. He stands at approximately 5'10", not tallest but a far cry from being short. Although he is somewhat of a glutton, Zed is hardly fat in part thanks to his metabolism, and in part thanks to being an active person in general. (Full image)

Fun Facts  
Flying & Quidditch - Zed excels in flying; it was his best class back in their first year. He simply loved the feeling of having his feet off the ground. He plays keeper for the Gryffindor quidditch team.

Duelling - Ever since he was young, Zed had always been intrigued by the concept of duelling. He found it interesting. When he learned that Hogwarts had a duelling club, Zed immediately jumped at the opportunity and signed himself up for it. It was one of the few things that Zed greatly excelled at. He spent a lot of his spare time practising his spells and still continues to do so.

Chester the cat - On the summer before his first year, his aunt Harper got him a Siamese kitten as a gift after seeing how lonely he seemed in the Blackbourne household during one of her visits. Zed named him Chester for no particular reason other than 'he felt like a Chester'. He's brought Ches with him to Hogwarts every year since then.
 
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