Raphael Jourdain
- Status:
- Half-breed
- Birthday:
- 24 Oct 2013
- Nationality:
- French
- Residence:
- Beijing, China
- Function:
- Second Year, Duellist, Koldovstoretz
- Wand:
- 24,6 cm chestnut wood and unicorn hair
INpc of Fawkes Chaos
Link to Application: here
Name: Raphael Jourdain
PC Name: Fawkes Chaos
Year: 2nd
Status: Half-Breed (Dhampir)
Residence: Beijing, China
Nationality: French
Physical Description: French boy who's around 4'11 with a relatively thin build. Raphael has blond hair with baby blue eyes. His hair is always in some form of mess, very rarely kept neatly unless going out for a ball. He tends to wear more formal clothing around the place as well.
Mental Description: Raphael doesn't like people. He tends to stay away and distance himself from them. He prefers spending time with animals who understand him better. Other than that he's smart and constantly experimenting with different ingredients and herbs.
Biography: Raphael Samuel Jourdain was born on 24th October 2013 to Lucien and Emma Jourdain. He was their second child and first son. Lucien Jourdain is a lawyer. He had studied at Beauxbatons before going to England where he met Emma. He's a rather good lawyer and specializes in cases relating to half-breeds. Emma Jourdain on the other hand is a herbologist. Their garden at home was filled with numerous different plants and on the weekends, Emma would go to a local market to sell them.
Raphael was born extremely pale to the point where the doctors were worried about his health. After months of constant monitoring and medication in the hospital it was discovered that he was a Dhampir. His father was overjoyed at the news and threw a banquet to celebrate it a few days after.
When Raphael was around a year old, his parents noticed that he would not look in their direction when they spoke. While it was common for babies to do this occasionally, unless they were right in front of his face he wouldn't look at them. Concerned, he was once again taken to another doctor.
The doctor ran a multitude of tests on the 1 year old child and they found that Raphael was deaf. They concluded there may have been complications during the pregnancy or it was a genetic mutation that caused it since there was no history of deaf people in their family.
His parents tried everything but there was nothing they could do short of a surgery which he was much too young for. They had to learn to adapt.
Since Raphael was born deaf, he struggled to communicate. His vocabulary when it came to speaking was extremely limited, some of the few words he could speak being along the lines of mama and papa since those were simple sounds.
When he turned 6 his parents got a sign language tutor. His tutor taught him how to communicate through sign language and he was happy. Happy he could finally get his thoughts out. Happy he could finally talk to other people. That happiness was short lived as he soon learnt that not everyone could understand the language or sign back to him. He hated it. He began to grow distant towards others. Cause to him, what was the point of making friendships if no one could understand him.
Family ties: The only people he truly stayed close to was his family. His parents learnt sign language so they could communicate with him while they ensured his siblings also learnt. Along with his siblings were also his cousins. Well the ones he was on good terms with anyways. He was closest to his cousin Fawkes. They were the same age and practically grew up as twins more than cousins. She seemed to be able to understand him more than the others. She was also the first of his cousins to learn sign language with him.
Raphael instead of making friends with humans turned his attention to animals instead. He couldn't go out during the day without multiple layers on so instead he would spend his nights outdoors with the nocturnal animals. The owls were his favourites. They would fly near him and even let him hold them. With the animals he felt understood. He didn't need to hear them to understand them. He felt right at home with them.
When Raphael was 7, his father had to be transferred over to China for work. His family moved over to Beijing and stayed there for a couple of years. It was during this time, Raphael experienced his first instance of magic.
Another skill he had picked up was lip reading. He wasn't the best at it and he couldn't understand if someone was speaking incredibly fast however whatever little he could understand allowed him to have some conversation with people who didn't know sign. He couldn't respond using his voice most of the time but it was still better than not responding at all.
Despite all of his struggles he was still a bright child. He learned how to read and write in both French and English even if he couldn't speak them. He also learned about the various plants and herbs there were from his mother. He was able to distinguish them from one another without much difficulty.
He was taken for balls with his parents a couple of times. Even though he didn't interact with people he was considered incredibly beautiful. His uncaring demeanour also made him more intriguing and mysterious. Many girls would constantly come up to him asking for dances. He couldn't hear them but he understood what was happening. He rejected all of them instead opting to drag his elder sister to dance with him to make them jealous.
Raphael didn't like people but he was still a kind soul. Just to animals. His parents hoped that going to school would help him open up more.
After he started his first year in Koldov, his parents decided to move back to France. However, Raphael preferred to stay in China. The amount of medicinal herbs he could learn about was extraordinary and that curiosity made him have the decision to remain in Beijing with his aunt Phoebe and his uncle Theodore. Not to mention, the fact Koldov was in Russia opened up even more worlds of opportunity to study more herbs.
He spends his summer vacations in France with the rest of his family but is otherwise in Beijing for the remainder of the year when he's not in Koldov.
First Instance of Magic: Raphael was around 7 when he experienced his first instance of magic. His mother had brought some dried up herbs from the garden into the house. Raphael being curious as to what it was, picked it up thinking they were flowers. He frowned. These were not the vibrant flowers that were in the garden. Saddened he was about to drop them when they began to turn into small flowers in his hand. Excitedly he showed his mother who also got excited realising his magic was making itself known. She picked up the flowers and put them down before going to give Raphael a hug. A few seconds later the flowers had returned to the original dried herbs. Raphael touched it again hoping it would become flowers again but it didn't.
Link to Application: here
Name: Raphael Jourdain
PC Name: Fawkes Chaos
Year: 2nd
Status: Half-Breed (Dhampir)
Residence: Beijing, China
Nationality: French
Physical Description: French boy who's around 4'11 with a relatively thin build. Raphael has blond hair with baby blue eyes. His hair is always in some form of mess, very rarely kept neatly unless going out for a ball. He tends to wear more formal clothing around the place as well.
Mental Description: Raphael doesn't like people. He tends to stay away and distance himself from them. He prefers spending time with animals who understand him better. Other than that he's smart and constantly experimenting with different ingredients and herbs.
Biography: Raphael Samuel Jourdain was born on 24th October 2013 to Lucien and Emma Jourdain. He was their second child and first son. Lucien Jourdain is a lawyer. He had studied at Beauxbatons before going to England where he met Emma. He's a rather good lawyer and specializes in cases relating to half-breeds. Emma Jourdain on the other hand is a herbologist. Their garden at home was filled with numerous different plants and on the weekends, Emma would go to a local market to sell them.
Raphael was born extremely pale to the point where the doctors were worried about his health. After months of constant monitoring and medication in the hospital it was discovered that he was a Dhampir. His father was overjoyed at the news and threw a banquet to celebrate it a few days after.
When Raphael was around a year old, his parents noticed that he would not look in their direction when they spoke. While it was common for babies to do this occasionally, unless they were right in front of his face he wouldn't look at them. Concerned, he was once again taken to another doctor.
The doctor ran a multitude of tests on the 1 year old child and they found that Raphael was deaf. They concluded there may have been complications during the pregnancy or it was a genetic mutation that caused it since there was no history of deaf people in their family.
His parents tried everything but there was nothing they could do short of a surgery which he was much too young for. They had to learn to adapt.
Since Raphael was born deaf, he struggled to communicate. His vocabulary when it came to speaking was extremely limited, some of the few words he could speak being along the lines of mama and papa since those were simple sounds.
When he turned 6 his parents got a sign language tutor. His tutor taught him how to communicate through sign language and he was happy. Happy he could finally get his thoughts out. Happy he could finally talk to other people. That happiness was short lived as he soon learnt that not everyone could understand the language or sign back to him. He hated it. He began to grow distant towards others. Cause to him, what was the point of making friendships if no one could understand him.
Family ties: The only people he truly stayed close to was his family. His parents learnt sign language so they could communicate with him while they ensured his siblings also learnt. Along with his siblings were also his cousins. Well the ones he was on good terms with anyways. He was closest to his cousin Fawkes. They were the same age and practically grew up as twins more than cousins. She seemed to be able to understand him more than the others. She was also the first of his cousins to learn sign language with him.
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How they are related: Raphael's mother Emma is the sister of Fawkes' father Evan
Raphael instead of making friends with humans turned his attention to animals instead. He couldn't go out during the day without multiple layers on so instead he would spend his nights outdoors with the nocturnal animals. The owls were his favourites. They would fly near him and even let him hold them. With the animals he felt understood. He didn't need to hear them to understand them. He felt right at home with them.
When Raphael was 7, his father had to be transferred over to China for work. His family moved over to Beijing and stayed there for a couple of years. It was during this time, Raphael experienced his first instance of magic.
Another skill he had picked up was lip reading. He wasn't the best at it and he couldn't understand if someone was speaking incredibly fast however whatever little he could understand allowed him to have some conversation with people who didn't know sign. He couldn't respond using his voice most of the time but it was still better than not responding at all.
Despite all of his struggles he was still a bright child. He learned how to read and write in both French and English even if he couldn't speak them. He also learned about the various plants and herbs there were from his mother. He was able to distinguish them from one another without much difficulty.
He was taken for balls with his parents a couple of times. Even though he didn't interact with people he was considered incredibly beautiful. His uncaring demeanour also made him more intriguing and mysterious. Many girls would constantly come up to him asking for dances. He couldn't hear them but he understood what was happening. He rejected all of them instead opting to drag his elder sister to dance with him to make them jealous.
Raphael didn't like people but he was still a kind soul. Just to animals. His parents hoped that going to school would help him open up more.
After he started his first year in Koldov, his parents decided to move back to France. However, Raphael preferred to stay in China. The amount of medicinal herbs he could learn about was extraordinary and that curiosity made him have the decision to remain in Beijing with his aunt Phoebe and his uncle Theodore. Not to mention, the fact Koldov was in Russia opened up even more worlds of opportunity to study more herbs.
He spends his summer vacations in France with the rest of his family but is otherwise in Beijing for the remainder of the year when he's not in Koldov.
First Instance of Magic: Raphael was around 7 when he experienced his first instance of magic. His mother had brought some dried up herbs from the garden into the house. Raphael being curious as to what it was, picked it up thinking they were flowers. He frowned. These were not the vibrant flowers that were in the garden. Saddened he was about to drop them when they began to turn into small flowers in his hand. Excitedly he showed his mother who also got excited realising his magic was making itself known. She picked up the flowers and put them down before going to give Raphael a hug. A few seconds later the flowers had returned to the original dried herbs. Raphael touched it again hoping it would become flowers again but it didn't.