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Alaric Equinox
Status:
Half-breed
Nationality:
American
Residence:
East Dorset, United States
Function:
Wizard
Patronus:
Black Bear
Wand:
24,0 cm blackthorn wood and white river monster spine
Alaric Equinox came into this world October 27th, 1987 born from a Vampire father hailing from Britain and a Witch mother hailing from America. They were the couple that was meant to be doomed as Alaric’s grand entrance into this world ultimately took his mother’s life; there were just too many complications at birth. It was because of this that his father had very little contact with him. He taught him enough about being a dhampir to get him by and to control his cravings as a child, but his teachings were cold and often harsh. Since his father could not stand to look at him, given his resemblance to his mother, he was given a private tutor named Victoria, also a dhampir.

Alaric’s father left for good when he was just 5 years old leaving him in a house in East Dorset, Vermont with Victoria, an elderly woman who also was alone in this world, she continued Alaric’s education where his father had left off. She taught him how to properly unsheathe his fangs, how to fight to protect himself, how to hunt animals, and probably most importantly how to apply makeup. The corpse-like look to his skin never suited him and often brought streams of rubies to cascade from his eyes as he looked at himself in the mirror. Although he maintains his milky white complexion, he adds just enough makeup to get rid of the corpse-like appearance.

The day would come where he would gain a Hogwarts letter although he could have gone to Ilvermorny Victoria decided to owl Hogwarts and see if he would be accepted there feeling that getting away from the area that caused him so much pain would be better for him in the end. She was both right and wrong. Once he was accepted into Hogwarts and sorted into Slytherin the feeling of oppression lifted off his shoulders he was accepted here even for what he was. There were always the occasional bullies who would make fun of him, push him outside on particularly sunny days, and ridicule him or goad him by asking if he wanted to bite them. Occasionally he would lose his temper and show hi fangs to the other students as a hostile act hoping that scaring them would make them just leave him alone. It did not and it granted him detention and a severe owl home to Victoria.

After his first year, Victoria realized that Alaric’s father never taught him how to properly control their nature because although dhampirs were still part human their personalities were ultimately predator and everything around them, especially humans, were the prey. She spent the summer teaching him how to quell those feelings so that he could make better choices at school when he was picked on. He had many different coping mechanisms to help calm him down and when he returned back to school he was a new boy even if the bullies weren’t. He would find himself in the infirmary many times getting treated for severe sunburns and although most would have sought revenge against the children who did this to him, he decided now to just ignore them and remain kind to others.

Alaric rose above them he was determined to wipe away the stigma that came with being what he was. He was never 100% certain why he was placed into Slytherin because he was such a gentle soul but he knew the hat never lied and maybe it was that determination to prove that he was just as good as the rest of them and better than most that landed him in the noble house of the snake. It was in his third year that he received an owl about his father’s passing, something that did not seem the phase the thirteen-year-old. It also had information about his vast inheritance and the fact that Victoria would be his legal guardian until he became of age. That was something that brought him immense joy as she was the only parental guide he had ever truly known. It was also at this time that he officially petitioned to have his last name changed to Equinox legally something which was granted as it was deemed to be in his best interest and it finally allowed him to erase every last aspect that was his father from his life.

He found that he was not particularly gifted in the casting of magic and it often took him much longer to master casting even minor spells than his other classmates. This caused him to only work harder to prove that he could do it. Although there was always a class that pulled him like a siren’s call and that was astronomy. It was peaceful and looking at the stars seemed to help calm the turbulent waves that formed inside of him when he was picked on. There was just something about the crisp air at the top of the astronomy tower that breathed passion into him, and he often spent hours up there, with the professor’s permission, studying and charting the stars. He was often given detentions for being caught out after curfew just walking outside looking at the stars or mapping out charts in the courtyard without having access to the astronomy tower.

After graduation Alaric returned home to the united states to the home he had grown up in and shared with Victoria he saw no reason to move away and now that he was an adult, he could easily help take care of her. She no longer had to fulfill any duty and could spend a nice retirement doing as she pleased. Alaric continued to study astrology and even go on to author a book or two even if it was only published in the muggle realm. This was something that gave him the night owl hours that he preferred to keep although it is not unheard of to see Alaric out in the sunlight you may just see him under a sun parasol to protect his skin.

Now however his dream had come true. Hogwarts had called upon him to come back and teach the very subject that had given him hope while he was in school. Alaric would answer this call with pride.