Physical Description: Quinten is an eleven-year-old British boy, who is physically active and stands at 4'10" with a lean build at just 5 stone 13 pounds. He has a long, oval face, full cheeks, a soft jawline, and a straight, narrow nose. His complexion is medium with warm undertones, and his brown hair is thick, short, and wavy, usually falling back into its natural position despite his attempts to style it. He leans towards more sporty clothes, wearing snug t-shirts, sweatpants, hoodies, and laceless shoes, which are all worn given how much he reuses them. He stands straight, usually moves briskly when he walks, and tends to speak rather loudly, though clearly, in a British accent, and he has been noted to talk too much.

Mental Description: Quinten is an extroverted, sociable, talkative, and energetic boy who makes friends rather easily. He enjoys humour, outdoor activities, and talking about whatever comes to his mind, but he is also curious about the world around him; particularly how things work, and strives for good marks at school. While generally obedient, Quinten is somewhat mischievous, and although he prefers avoiding confrontation, persistent provocation can cause him to lose his temper. He is very loyal to his friends, sometimes excessively so, and has resorted to dishonesty to protect himself and others from punishment. His sense of justice is subjective, and he can be intimidating towards those he believes deserve it, but what isn't subjective is how competitive he is. He loves winning and boasting about his achievements, but he is a sore loser―he hates losing with a passion― and goes hard on himself and others to ensure victory, even against great odds.

Biography: Quinten Wentworth Gainsborough V was born and raised in Yeovil, Somerset, as the youngest of five children in a comfortable, upper-middle-class family. His father, Quinten Wentworth Gainsborough IV, works as an aerospace engineer at Leonardo S.p.A., while his mother, Ralphina Geraldine Gainsborough, née Bishop, teaches at Oaklands Community Primary School. Quinten has four older siblings: Jefferson Francis who is thirteen, Guildenstern Christopher who is fifteen, Stacy Penelope who is seventeen, and Leonard Forbes who is twenty. Quinten has a loving relationship with his family, but growing up surrounded by accomplished siblings has left him with some rather large shoes to fill.

Quinten's eldest brother, Leonard, attends the University of Cambridge where he studies engineering, while Stacy has distinguished herself as the captain of a successful local under-18 girls' football team, and Guildenstern is an accomplished young musician participating in the National Youth Orchestra's Inspire programme. Jefferson shares his father's enthusiasm for engineering, already demonstrating considerable ability in mathematics and science, and Quinten also hopes to become an engineer someday, though he has yet to acquire any great achievements to the same extent as his siblings.

Quinten has grown up attending Oaklands Community Primary School where he has made numerous friends, most notably Sylvester Stainton who is his best friend, and outside of school, much of Quinten's childhood has been spent playing with friends, exploring the local countryside, or participating in sports. He joined the Pen Mill Football Club at a young age where he developed a particularly competitive attitude, and later took up archery, initially practising under his father's supervision, before joining the Yeo Bowmen. Outside of sports and other outdoor activities with his friends, Quinten also enjoys occasional fishing trips and other fun activities with his father and siblings.

Although his family has exhibited no known magical ancestry, Quinten's otherwise ordinary childhood took an unexpected turn shortly before he was due to begin attending Westfield Academy: A Hogwarts professor arrived at the Gainsborough's home in order to inform Quinten that he had been accepted into the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, thus revealing the existence of a magical world of which neither Quinten, nor his family had any knowledge of. The revelation came as a considerable surprise to the Gainsboroughs, particularly to Quinten, who suddenly found himself faced with the prospect of leaving behind his friends, familiar surroundings, and longstanding ambitions in order to pursue an education unlike anything he had previously imagined.

First Instance of Magic:
15 October, 2022 - Saturday

It had been a cloudy day in Yeovil, with rain expected later that day, but seven-year-old Quinten and his teammates on the Pen Mill Football Club were nonetheless, very excited for their upcoming match against the Tintinhull Youth Football Club. Unfortunately for Pen Mill, the match did not go very well for, and while Quinten's teammates were usually quite good at keeping possession of the ball and ensuring it stayed in the opposition's half of the pitch, today, their coordination seemed nonexistent. Despite Quinten's best efforts to at communicating with his team such that they would win the match, the opposing side repeatedly broke through their defence and managed to score multiple goals, ending the match in a nasty defeat of 4-1 for Pen Mill.

When the final whistle blew, rain had already been falling for a few minutes, and Quinten was in a particularly foul mood. He was furious with his teammates for what he considered an entirely avoidable defeat, and began yelling at them as he blamed their poor coordination for that day's loss. The argument (a few of the boys were defending themselves) had lasted for nearly a minute, with Quinten growing increasingly angry such that even his coach stepped in and told him to calm down, when a loud cracking sound was suddenly heard from a nearby tree, following which one of its branches broke off and crashed onto the ground some distance away from the children.

The unexpected noise startled everyone and prompted the coaches to usher everyone into shelter and away from the bad weather, and because there was nothing particularly unusual about the falling branch given the storm brewing outside, the fact that it was Quinten's first manifestation of accidental magic as a result of his intense anger was completely unbeknownst to everyone present.