────────── VALENTIN EVERBONE ──────────

- YEAR - Second - BLOODTYPE - Pureblood

- BIRTHDAY - 18th February 2009 - SCHOOL - Beauxbatons Academy of Magic

- RESIDENCE - Paris - SEXUALITY - Bisexual

Reducio Valentin's inherently dark features are a result of Italian ancestors on his mothers side of the family, his dark hair and eyes as well as his tanned skin contrasting with his French nationality. He has a strong build, and although he may look slender and possibly with lack of muscle, he is in actual fact quite strong whilst being very nimble and quick, owing to his time spent playing sports throughout his childhood. Valentin is usually seen with a fairly neutral expression, if not more serious looking, but this is not usually a reflection of his mood. When he is not wearing his school uniform, which is far too light for his liking, Valentin will choose to wear black or at least dark clothing, and rarely adopts a very casual style. He sees each style choice as an opportunity to make an impression on others, one which he would not waste.

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Reducio Valentin is very independent and tends never to rely on others for help, such independence carries through into his friendships, he is not one to keep up the pleasantries with those who he is uninterested in getting to know, though will maintain a fierce loyalty to those he considers friends. Although not one to volunteer his voice to an open discussion, he is not one to keep his opinions to himself when he feels someone is wrong, and although he would, on most occasions, not go out of his way to embarrass someone, he would certainly enjoy it if he did. Valentin values the traditions and ideas of both pureblood sides of his family and would consider himself a blood purist only in the lightest sense of the word, though he would not condemn the existence of wizards of other blood statuses he does hold purebloods above the rest. A view held by his father and grandparents, Valentin believes that purebloods have a biological advantage when it comes to magic, but not to say he thinks some muggle-borns cannot become just as powerful. Having been born and raised in France, Valentin is a fluent French speaker, however his vast English family, including his father, meant that he was brought up speaking English as well, and is bilingual, speaking fluently in both languages. Spending his time mainly in France, with only a few trips a year to his family in England, Valentin does speak with a noticeable French accent, though one that does not hinder the understandability of his English in the slightest.

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Reducio Valentin was born on February 18th 2009 in Paris, France to English and French parents, Hugo Everbone and Aurelie Rousseau respectively, both work as Aurors for the Ministère des Affaires Magiques de la France. Valentin's parents both attended Beauxbatons, though graduated three years apart from each other, and as a result never really met whilst at the school. Aurelie was born a Rousseau, a relatively unheard of French pureblood family, she made a name of herself however at Beauxbatons where she attained the highest grades in both her O.W.L and N.E.W.T examinations. She worked hard for these achievements as she realised, as soon as she knew what one was, that she wanted to become an Auror. His father, Hugo Everbone is from a comparatively more well known pureblood family, the Everbone's. It is from this side of the family that Valentine also has two aunts and a cousin, Scarlet Salvatore, whom he has known since the two were toddlers. Hugo is a Parselmouth, a rare, but known talent within the Everbone lineage, a talent which he kept a secret to all but those closest to him throughout his time at Beauxbatons. Academically, Hugo put his effort into the subjects which were of interest to him, and those he felt were of value for his future career, focussing on Defence Against the Dark Arts and Potions. He met Aurelie during his first few years of working as an Auror for the French Ministry, and the two have lived in Paris together ever since there marriage, taking frequent visits to the Everbone estate owned by his parents in Saint-Nom-La-Bretèche just outside of Paris. Valentin spent his childhood surrounded by magic, with both of his parents being wizards, as well as all his visiting family, he was home schooled by a private tutor arranged by his parents, as they felt he should not be taught amongst muggles, as they felt his magical abilities set him apart from them. During this time he frequently attended Quidditch matches with his father, and joined him in supporting his team, The Wimbourne Wasps, which although being an English team has personal ties to the Everbone family. From this, and his own love for competitive sports, Valentin began practising his own Quidditch skills in much of his spare time, thrilled by the feeling of being on a broom.

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Reducio Valentin's first instance of magic occurred one evening within the study of his parent's house that was set aside for use by his private tutor, he was eight at the time and had been told by his tutor that he would be given a test the next day. Convinced that his tutor had been writing up the questions for the test during the day's lesson, he decided he was going to see if he could find them after the tutor had left for the day. Choosing a time when his parents were preoccupied, Valentin snuck into the study and scanned the room, considering where the tutor may have stored her notebook full of notes. The desk positioned at one end of the room did not contain any drawers, so his gaze shifted to the shelf of books on the wall behind it, as well as the selection of textbooks, Valentin saw the tutor had also placed her notebook there. The shelf's position on the wall meant there was no way Valentin could reach it, so he moved the desk chair to a position from which he could stand on it. It was still quite high, but just within reach if he really stretched; he did just this as he attempted to get it for a third time, though when pulling it down off the shelf, he brought with the glass jar of sweets kept at one end of the shelf. Dropping the book, he quickly tried to make a grab for the jar, though felt it slip past his fingers and worriedly braced himself for the shattering that was sure to bring his parents, but it didn't come. Watching it fall, it was as if the jar slowed down just before hitting the ground, making a only a small thud as it landed on the ground. As excited as both his parents and tutor were at hearing the news, he was still made to do the test the next day, the questions to which had not been written in the book.

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THREADS = Active, = Finished, = Abandoned Reducio | Welcome to Hogwarts - 22/10/2021 | Trouble Sleeping? - 22/10/2021 | Don't You Dare Destroy My Peace - 23/10/2021 | So You're a Chaser Too? - 25/10/2021 | Samhain Festival - 29/10/2021 | The Fall Ball 2021 - 29/10/2021

RELATIONSHIPS = Close Friend, = Friend, = Neutral = Romantic, = Disliked Reducio | Enzo Delcroix - Beauxbatons | 1 2 His closest friend at Beauxbatons and one he feels he's most alike | Charles Alluring - Durmstrang | 1 Val can't help feeling drawn to him | Serena Towers - Hogwarts | 1 Not formed a strong opinion on yet | Jan Aalberg - Durmstrang | 1 Not formed a strong opinion on yet | Celeste Leblanc - Beauxbatons | 1 Strong dislike and annoyance towards | Alec Mason - Hogwarts | 1 Immediately disliked after meeting at the fall ball

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· STATS ·
Stamina: 9 | Evasion: 10 | Strength: 7 | Wisdom: 4 | Arcane Power: 2 | Accuracy: 10
Statistically Relevant: +1 Stamina, +1 Evasion

· ABILITIES ·

Year 1: Chaser's Interception

Reducio

Valentin had always had sharp reflexes growing up, such talents his father originally though might serve him well if he were to train for the Quidditch position of seeker. Valentin quickly realised however that it was the role of Chaser that he was best suited for. This was where he found the speed of the match was fastest, where his impact on the game could be highest, and of course where he could most easily score goals.

When Valentin was set on the position, his father made sure to find a competent trainer to help him develop and hone his skills. Most days, after finishing his private home-schooled classes, Valentin would carry out various drills and practise different manoeuvres on his father’s old Moontrimmer broom. The trainer would often enchant their quaffle to dart randomly between different spots on the makeshift small scale pitch they practised on. Valentin would sometimes spend hours until he was called in to eat, working on his ability to intercept the path of the quaffle, focussing on planning ahead to where it might go next and perfecting the ideal manoeuvre to smoothly grab it on route to the opponents side of the pitch.

Of course training with an enchanted quaffle was one thing, Valentin soon came up against the chance to put into practise what he had learnt, against other actual players. His trainer had arranged a friendly match to include many of the other students he was tutoring, as well as other young players, he wasn’t going to let the fact that he was younger than most put him off carrying out the skills he had learnt in practise with any less precision. There was some degree of initial thought adjustment, he was no longer just predicting the random path of a quaffle, now he had to decide what he thought the opponent team’s chasers would do next, what their plan was to get to his side’s hoops.

The first time Valentin attempted to intercept the quaffle in that match, he wrongly anticipated which out of the two other opponent chasers, the quaffle was being passed to, and realising his mistake too late missed out on a successful interception. Fuelled with the frustration of this mistake, Valentin wasn’t going to miss getting the quaffle again. With the quaffle once again in the hands of an opposing chaser he looked for the two other chasers on that team, and in a split second, made the decision on what was clearly the better option if he were them. He sped towards the invisible line he could imagine connected one player to the other – it was the short distance over which he knew the quaffle would be passed. The other team had no idea he was coming in from the side and he easily intercepted the ball mid-pass, his eyes quickly moving to the hoops now that the quaffle was firmly in his grasp. After the announcement of his goal, Valentin shot a slight grin towards the player who’s pass he had intercepted, whilst his skills as a chaser were something to be proud of, his graciousness in victory still needed some improvement.

Year 2: Statistically Relevant

Reducio

Valentin was always looking to improve upon anything he identified as personal weakness, and when there was weakness there was the chance of failure, something that Valentin didn’t like to risk.

As he began playing actual practise quidditch matches with friends and other practising young players he soon realised despite his high impact training for different strategies and manoeuvres during the match, he had no real experience, or knowledge of the stamina needed to maintain a high performance throughout longer matches. It was after the first couple of matches, when Valentin found himself tired and not playing to his best after only what ended up being half of the total match time, that he decided he would need to implement a new type of exercise into his practises. He opted for something simple, no specialist equipment or training to do, he would run. His family lived in the bustling French capital of Paris and so the pathways along the Seine naturally became part of the route in which he would go.

Choosing the quiet evenings as his preferred time to run, he would push him self to travel further along the river before turning back towards home with each new day, on odd days he would try something different and just see how far he could sprint before he had to stop for a breath. It took a couple of weeks for him to start seeing a noticeable difference, bet he soon realised he was now running longer, finishing the same distances faster and becoming tired less easily, and the results were evident in his quidditch too, with him now being able to play at top performance for much longer.

His stamina couldn’t do much to help him however when he was winded after taking a bludger to the side of his ribs, consequently putting him on the bench for the remainder of the game. He hadn’t been fast enough to dodge the incoming bludger after catching sight of it just before it made contact with him, and realised he was lucky to be able to have flown down to the bench rather than fall off his broom. Following a familiar practise technique favoured by his coach, he spent more time in training with one of the destructive flying balls, with it being regularly batted towards him to allow him to practise evading them safely. Their speed took some getting used to, and the frequency with which he was having to doge the bludger, he knew, was far greater than what he would expect from an actual match when there would be six other teammates as potential targets, but it allowed him to get better faster. Despite the odd bruise, or on one occasion, broken finger he came out with, he felt much confident about his ability to evade whatever the opposition might throw at him during his next match.

BROOM RACER? NO

QUIDDITCH PLAYER? YES

DUELIST? NO