Emile LeDoux
Emile Sylvain LeDoux──────────────
Status
Pureblood
School
Beauxbatons
Year
Year 2
Fc: Dylan Kingwell
Appearance
Emile has short dark brown hair and large brown eyes. His eyes almost come off as yellow in some lights and he takes pride in this. He is a moderate height and weight, not too small and not too tall. Many moles and freckles dust his face and body. He usually wears very well put together outfits and his hair is always laid in the right way. He uses a minimum amount of gel, not wanting his hair to get dehydrated or crusty.
Personality
Emile is very kind. He loves taking care of others and being as helpful as possible. He wants to make as many friends as possible while at school. He is shy and doesn’t usually put himself out there. He is also naive and easily pushed around. If someone more assertive than him comes along they can easily manipulate him into doing what they want. He loves animals and hopes to take care of them one day.
History
ReducioEmile was born into the LeDoux family. He is Liz’s second cousin. He was born to Noelle and Albert LeDoux in Deauville on the coast of France. He grew up as an only child and was spoiled rotten. This however is not what he wanted. He never asked for anything and any fancy things he had his parents bought for him because they wanted to spoil. Although his parents are from a strict Pure-Blood family they are not as aggressive about it. They still would prefer he got married to a Pure Blood girl they would be fine with any. He himself does not care about any of that.
From a young age, he was very interested in Magical Creatures, the family owning many. He showed interest in normal muggle creatures too. He found all species to be interesting and wants to learn all he can about them. He read Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them well before attending any sort of school. When he got older he started pushing his parents to let him attend a muggle school until he was old enough to go to Beauxbatons. They finally relented and he started to attend when he was 7 years old.
His first instance of magic was when he was 3. He was toddling around the living room, playing with his toys when his mother came in to try and put him to bed. He tried to get away from her, not wanting to go to bed, but that didn't work out. When she tried to pick him up she found that he was much much heavier than he should be. He had made himself heavy enough that she couldn't lift him to take him to bed. She was so pleased that she had shown a sign of magic that she let him stay up a bit longer.
He first went to the beach when he was around 8 and immediately fell in love. He had never seen anything quite so beautiful. He loved the smell of the ocean, the sand between his toes, the breeze, and the animals. He loves ocean animals. They mystify him more than any other type of animal. If he wasn’t at school or at home he was observing and drawing ocean animals. He has a journal that he draws and writes notes in. He is ecstatic to learn about magical creatures at Beauxbatons and can’t wait to meet friends.
Last edited by Elizabeth Isaacs on 16 Jul 2021, 02:25, edited 1 time in total.
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Emile LeDoux
Broom Racer?
No
Quidditch Player?
No
Duelist?
No
Stats
Stamina: 7 | Evasion: 6 | Strength: 8 | Wisdom: 7 | ArcPower: 6 | Accuracy: 6
Abilities
01 | Comprehend Languages (Veela)
ReducioEmile always looked for new books to read about different animals. Whenever he ran across what looked like a good book about Veela’s it was always in a different language. This made really bothered him and inconvenienced him. After running across the 5th book in a row in a different language he decided to switch his search. Going to the language section of his family library he found many books about many different languages. Finding all the ones he could about Veela, he took them to his room. He spent hours upon hours reading them. Within a week he had finished each one and was ready to re-read and try and learn the language.
Starting with simple greetings and basic chatter, he quickly moved on to more advanced things. He had always been an academic and spoke French, English, and German. Why would Veela be any different? English and German were both muggle languages and had been fairly easy for him to get down, Veela, however, was a magical language, and the first one he had attempted to learn. Basic things were easy for him to get down. It was the more complicated parts of the language that got him. He would spend hours each night trying to get only a few phrases down. He would walk around the house muttering in Veela to himself.
After a month and a half of practice, he felt pretty confident in his abilities to keep a basic conversation going, although it was hard to know since he didn’t personally know a Veela he could practice with. However, his parents had noticed how much effort he was putting into learning the language and his mother asked her Veela friend to try and help him. When she told him he was so excited. As soon as the Veela walked in the door he immediately greeted her in Veela. He called her Ms. Paquet.
Ms. Paquet came every weekday for 2 hours to work with him on the language. This was a godsend as he had been pronouncing many things wrong. He had an understanding of the basic mechanics of the language but not how to pronounce anything. Within the following 3 months, he picked up more and more. Ms. Paquet was shocked at how quickly he learned and was impressed with how much he picked up in the few short months. As he grew his parents started planning a trip with Ms. Paquet where he would go and stay with her family for a week, just to test out his Veela with others.
He was ecstatic and really enjoyed his week with the Veela family. He got many comments on his language skills and lavished in being able to understand what they were saying. When he got home he felt confident enough to get those books in Veela and read them. He has been honing his skill ever since and tries his best to practice twice every weak so he doesn’t lose it.
Wc: 498
02 | Non-Human Enthusiast
ReducioEmile's obsession with creatures of all sizes has landed him in trouble many times. When he was younger he would often be late coming home because he wanted to explore the creatures that came out in the night time. He would trespass just to follow creatures he found fascinating for as long as possible. Of course these were just regular Muggle creatures, but he loved them nonetheless.
At home he spent his time reading and reading and reading about all of the creatures in the magical world. His love of all animals big and small lead him to the mystery of half-human hybrids.
At first Emile didn't believe that really existed, but after talking to his mother and father, he realized they most certainly were. There were many many types of human hybrids or humanoid creatures. Emile was interested in them all. He spent night after night reading though all the books in the LeDoux's library, exhausting all of them. Since his mother saw the enjoyment he got out of learning about these creatures, she went out and bought him more books.
He spent years reading and learning about anything and everything that these creatures did. When he actively started to look for one was when his mother grew worried. She knew that going up to people he suspected of being hybrids was rude and sometimes dangerous. This combined with his obsession over learning the Veela language, influenced her decision to introduce him to a real life Veela.
While Emile's and Ms. Paquet's lessons were mostly about the Veela language and learning it, he also started worming in questions about her race in general. She wasn't very keen on talking about it at first, but when she saw his large growth in the Veela language, she eased up. She talked to him about her experiences growing up as Veela and what it was like having a family FULL of Veela's. Emile was ecstatic to learn and wrote down everything she said religiously.
After going to visit her family and spending a week with them, he became confident in reading books in Veela. Using this new skill he learned even more about hybrids. It turns out that hybrids have the best information on other hybrids. Going to school with others who were open about their race gave him much joy. He has notebooks full of notes he has taken on his classmates, of course not detailing who specifically the notes are about, just detailing what their species was and what he observed about them.
Of course he can't automatically tell when someone is a hybrid, and he knows better now than to assume. He just knows a lot about those who choose to be open about their race and likes to chat with them about what their lives are like if they are up to it. He also may use this advantage in a fight, if the opportunity arises.
Wc: 488
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