leo han desjardins • hufflepuff • first year

LEO HAN DESJARDINS
" the golden boy "

FULL NAME: Leo Han Desjardins (한리원, Han Ri-Won)
GENDER: Cis Male
AGE: 11 years old
BIRTHDAY: September 14th, 2009
ETHNICITY: French-Korean
NATIONALITY: Scottish

HOUSE: Hufflepuff
SCHOOL YEAR: First Year
SPECIES: Human Wizard
BLOOD STATUS: Pureblood

IN MORE DETAIL...

Leo is a French-Korean young wizard by ethnicity. He is unusually tall for his age and his build is strong from participating in sports. His hair is dark brown, much like his eyes, and his skin is tanned. Leo wears his uniform properly and, when not in uniform, can be seen in plain button downs (either black or white) and slacks with a robe as outerwear.

Leo is an ambitious wizard at the core. He is constantly running towards the moving target that is his parents' expectations with stubborn dedication. Changing his course would be quite the hard task.

One might say that he is inventive as well. Leo has a certain cunning about him that he applies to interpersonal situations as well as his journey to success. He comes by competition naturally.

Leo's extroversion is undeniable. He is a people person through and through. Because of his upbringing, he has learned how to be both charming and well-mannered at once. However the social graces he shows in public are not necessarily indicative of his personal opinions.

The Han (韓) surname reads as "kingdom" in hanja. That meaning did not come from nowhere. Family records dating back to the 12th century attest to this. The Han name in wizarding history comes from a line of powerful officials of various forms. It is believed that the particular bloodline has a yearning for government positions. Even in Scotland, where the family has been located since the mid 20th century, many have found themselves working in the ministry.

The Desjardins family has one main value of note and that is tradition. Every practice, every action follows the proper family guidelines. Each summer, in the family mansion located in Provence, they host their lavender ball, a gathering of like purebloods to celebrate their poshness and the elite purity of what is traditional. Even the Floo Network is too newfangled to be connected to the manor. One must get there by broom.

Sybil Desjardins and Phillip Han met at the lavender ball back in 2003 after their seventh year of Beauxbatons and Hogwarts respectively. Their marriage was arranged for the next summer and carried out without issues. Phillip inherited the Aberdeen mansion that same year so that was the natural settling place for the couple.

The first Han Desjardins child was born a years later in 2005. Nicholas Han Desjardins was a handful and, in pureblood terms, an embarrassment. Everything that could be done incorrectly Nicholas did incorrectly. He ran through precious flowerbeds, accidentally offended his grandparents multiple times, and did not listen to his teachers.

The least fortunate out of all of the events was the lack of an event. No first instance of magic came for Nicholas. The parents had begun to worry around age 5 but, by age 7, they were seriously concerned. A squib child was not something that had occurred in either family line. It was better than a non-pureblood child because, at least, this was not their fault. They did not intend to make a magic-less son. Hence, Nicholas could attend family gatherings but he received only looks of pity and none of pride, similarly to his parents.

Leo Han Desjardins was born as a remedy to his older brother. His parents could not have only a squib for a heir. Thankfully, Leo fixed their problem. Hence, he was perfect. His early display of magic left him with prince treatment for the rest of his child. There was nothing he could do that would anger his parents.

Leo took advantage of his privilege less than one might think. Although he knew that he could do no wrong, he had to be better than expected. The expectations were impossibly high but, if he continued to do well in his schooling and with his tutors, he could surprise his parents once again.

Leo's first instance of magic was a cause for celebration in the Jang family. He was nearly three and a half years old and he had been playing with a toy sword on the lawn. His imagination was moving quickly and, at a particularly glorious moment in the fight scene, the sword began to glow for nearly a second. Thankfully, his parents were monitoring him so they were able to see the instance in real time.