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Henry Colour
Status:
Half-blood
Nationality:
Scottish
Residence:
Lilyhaven, Scotland
Function:
First year, Ravenclaw
Wand:
21,1 cm chestnut wood and dragon heartstring
Background
Henry was born to an American muggle mother and a Scottish wizard father in the small, unknown town of Lilyhaven. He grew up the youngest with four older sisters, all of whom having left home while he was still young. He and his sisters were raised in a very strict, Catholic, and sometimes abusive household. His father, Alistair, believed forcefulness to be the only way to teach his son and have him be ready for the world at large, just as his father before him did. This did little to strengthen Henry's will. For a long time, Henry was kept unaware of the wizarding world, believing magic to be make-believe, like most muggles. Before learning about witches and wizards, he strove to be a great animator, but he's learned about how the Ministry of Magic functions and now wants to help rebuild a better functioning, modern society for magic users. Having only just discovered his own heritage, Henry is excited to see what Hogwarts has to offer.

Appearance
Henry is of a small, wiry stature with tan-ish white skin, hair wavy and a sandy light brown, and green-brown hazel eyes, framed by simple, black bifocals. His preferred clothing style (under his robes) is a white button down shirt with dark grey pants and black suspenders. His hair is usually a mess to the point that Henry's just stopped trying to calm it.

Personality
Henry is the bookish type, usually found nose deep in the pages of any novel or tome.  He's studied everything from Armenian History to Cryptozoology. His favorite topics, and the ones he remembers the most, are animation techniques, pagan tradition, human biology and medicine, ax wielding, and modern law. He also has an affinity for mystery novels and horror stories. He's sweet and friendly, putting on a positive attitude, no matter what. But he also tends to be a realist, telling it like it is and not realizing when that's not the right thing to do. He doesn't really understand sarcasm, subtlety, or vague speech and doesn't respond to negative comments, mostly because he doesn't register them as negative. However, when a friend is in danger, he'd do anything to protect them. It's really hard not to be friends with him, as he tries to see the best in people and be kind in any and all first meetings. Though, somehow manage to tick him off, and he'll never forget. He may not do anything about it then, but you can bet he'll dig up dirt nobody wants unearthed. His speech patterns tend to be formal or sound pretentious, but he never means it to be and only does it for clarity reasons. He does sometimes fidget and fondle odd trinkets, but he never lets it get outwardly bothersome.