Arturo Reyes
▬ ARTURO REYES,
TENŪSA DUKUN NAMED ONE OF THE TOP TEN MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELORS IN W. DIGEST. Arturo, affectionally nicknamed Art, has taken his decade and a half-long career in forested wetland herbology and zoology to focus on magical conservation of the wilds.
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appearance. Standing slightly under six feet, Arturo's mixed ancestry of Filipino and Canadian really exposes itself with his lightly tanned skin, sharp nose, and youthful complexion. Dark wavy jet black strands of hair rest on the top of his head within various strands of length depending on his whim and need for public appearances to both students and the media. He keeps himself active for both his passions and vanity, using his need for observing the wilds as a reason to keep active and fit. The man puts a huge emphasis on his outfits, having utilitarian outfits for when they needed to go into the forests and an understated but clean, simple aesthetic otherwise. He loves greens, tans, greys, blacks, and whites and can often be seen in a combination of these signature colors. |  |
personality. First and foremost, Arturo is a naturalist with a strong sense of pride for being a graduate and dukun of Tenūsa, for his love and passion in magical conservation, and an immigrant for the Phillipines to New Zealand. The man has a soft spot for biomes similar to Tenūsa and his home of New Zealand. He takes incredible care of himself and it could be seen as a mighty downfall with how much time goes into self-care with meditation, yoga, and morning/nightly rituals. For those that make it into Arturo's circle, they can see him as one of the kindest and most thoughtful people they know and a fierce advocate and ally for what he holds dear. He is not one to be easily taken advantage of and is keen on picking up on off-kilter or foul vibes without much hesitation in holding back on calling people out for peculiar intents. |
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biography. Born in the early evening in Manila to a Canadian Half-Blood Father and Filipino Pure-Blood Mother, Arturo Christian Reyes was the couple's third child out of six. With an older sister and brother before him, Arturo's life in the Philippines was short-lived as their family immigrated to New Zealand when Art was three years old and his eldest brother had his first instance of magic and was invited to attend Tenūsa, Island of Divination to begin his official wizarding training. Arturo's childhood home in Hamilton had always been so full with a huge connection of family on both sides who held the word family in such high regard and often hosted family meals at their home thanks to the ease of a portkey.
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His family continued to grow, older siblings left to Tenūsa and Arturo watched as his father worked for the Ministry of Magic as an auror for the New Zealand branch and his mother owned a garment store in their wizarding community. Arturo turned 8 years old and he was in his mother's shop drawing aimlessly to pass the time with some of his younger siblings who were squabbling over something unimportant. After the two of them had been getting on his nerves, he yelled for them to "shut up" and through the emotional outbreak, Arturo bewitched one of his mother's garments to change from a pastel pink into a deep olive color accidentally. Without any idea of how he did it, his mother came at the commotion and began to tear up in absolute happiness and joy that another one of her children had showed magical capability and was headed to school with both of his older brother and sister.
The traditional journey to Tenūsa was taken by his mother during her own learnings at Tenūsa and by both of her parents the first time they had to take their eldest to the Isle of Divination. His sister was accompanied by just their mother since there were more kids at home to take care of and this trip for Arturo was his father's first time doing it alone. It was a much longer trip than the average three weeks, taking a month through some accidental missteps and immense bonding for a boy with their father who spent so much time trying to ensure that he was taking care of his family. It helped that there were many other young children within Arturo's clan of learning (a practice his mother felt was entirely important culturally) and where he met jason randle, one of his best friends of all time.
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Arturo was quick to adapt to the new culture of this island, village, and pewari experience. He found a deep love for the wilds, the verdant greens of the island enthralled the young boy who learned so much through Tenūsa's unique traditions and methods. Excelling at Herbology and Care of Magical Creatures tasks, Arturo was quick to pick up on the health of the island and figuring out through the help of his own Dukun, Kiara Tūwhare, an incredible magical conservationist herself as an indigenous Maori woman from New Zealand who focused on marshlands and the Pacific Ocean as her means of giving back. She instilled this sense of urgency to care for the communities (both societal, natural, incorporeal, and spiritually) that all existed on various planes converging into each other caring and supporting each other through their own strands of connectivity. Yes, Arturo thought she was insane at first too.
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Despite not truly hearing her for what she was preaching but by the time he was close to graduating, the magic he experienced in looking at her lens and genuine compassion shaped him so intensely. So much so that he spent the next fifteen years as a part of her entourage, creating his own branch to research the wilds that he loved and cared for so much. Arturo spent so much time on his work and the community that he already had built that there wasn't time for romance in his life except for fleeting moments, letters, looks and occasionally more. |
Through his work Arturo did receive accolades for his discoveries on efficient ways to care for forested wetlands and received media requests. It also just so happened that Arturo had an intense fixation on caring for himself, too, and found himself on tabloids and lists of eligible bachelors in the Wizarding World with people fascinated by him wanting to learn more about this elusive wizard who was obsessed with the wilds.
It wasn't until Kiara was close to retiring that she reminded him that he was missing an important component of their work — giving back to the next generation. She would offer him a buy-in to their research organization but he had to work for them part-time and take on a pewari to help as he was helped by Kiara. Initially, he didn't feel ready to give up his work fully but as his mentor and biggest inspiration, he connected with Tenūsa after living in Auckland for the last 15 years with a home and everything to return back to the Isle that shaped him wholly. Now, three years later, and he'd happily admit that Kiara had been right his entire life and he loved being back with the people of Omah Geni and giving back showing others the joys of their traditions and the importance of magical conservationism.
It wasn't until Kiara was close to retiring that she reminded him that he was missing an important component of their work — giving back to the next generation. She would offer him a buy-in to their research organization but he had to work for them part-time and take on a pewari to help as he was helped by Kiara. Initially, he didn't feel ready to give up his work fully but as his mentor and biggest inspiration, he connected with Tenūsa after living in Auckland for the last 15 years with a home and everything to return back to the Isle that shaped him wholly. Now, three years later, and he'd happily admit that Kiara had been right his entire life and he loved being back with the people of Omah Geni and giving back showing others the joys of their traditions and the importance of magical conservationism.
Last edited by Arturo Reyes on 9 Jul 2026, 18:10, edited 8 times in total.
Arturo Reyes
statistics & abilities
Stamina 11 | Evasion 15 | Strength 07 | Wisdom 15 | Arcane Power 10 | Accuracy 17
spells & potions
As an adult, Arturo knows all spells and potions from the school curriculum.
adult log
2024: +5 stats
2025: +5 stats
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