LAURENCE RUPERT WILLOUGHBY BUCHANAN xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxx ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ℍ𝕒𝕣𝕕𝕤𝕙𝕚𝕡𝕤 𝕠𝕗𝕥𝕖𝕟 𝕡𝕣𝕖𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕟 𝕖𝕩𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕣𝕪 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕪. - C. S. Lewis ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 「✰」 PORTKEY — are you lost? I. — essentials II. — background III. — trunk IV. — index info V. — WIP VI. — WIP VII. — WIP VIII. — WIP

CODED BY ANA HANBURRY

ESSENTIALS

------------------------ Let us be grateful to the mirror for revealing to us our appearance only. - Samuel Butler ------------------------ ---Face: Round, alabaster, freckled & pale. Naturally quite hairless & smooth. ---Eyes: Steely, cold ocean blue eyes that sport two narrow pupils. ---Nose: Prominent, flat & broad. ---Mouth: Frequently curled up into a self-absorbed, confident smirk. His lips are full and reddish, which resonates with his freckles, and his teeth are all straight but for one hooked tooth in the top-left corner of his mouth, the result of a minor accident when he was very young. ---Hair: Soft, straight, long messy blonde hair naturally falls to his shoulders. ---Frame: Athletic, robust, lithe, tall, lanky.

------------------------ A good stance and posture reflect a proper state of mind. - Morihei Ueshiba ------------------------ Casual Standing: Back straight, arms straight or folded, gaze calm & collected. Casual Sitting: Legs crossed, ankle-over-knee. Hands clasped, calmly resting on his lap. Head tilted slightly backward. Happy: Proud, wide smile. Cheerful eyes, soft eyebrows, relaxed stance, open body language. Sad: Defeated demeanor, tired eyes, gloomy face, hints of self-perceived weakness and vulnerability, closed body language. Stressed: Twitching eyes, clenched jaw, jumpiness, heightened irritability, intense fidgeting, decreased environmental awareness, closed body language. Annoyed: Raised brows, dissatisfied eyes, crooked mouth, bitter stare, flaring nostrils, closed body language. Angry: Clenched jaw, furrowed brows, intense gaze, pained eyes, blushed skin, closed body language.

------------------------ An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life - becoming a better person. - Leo Tolstoy ------------------------ ---Confident: Owing to his slight narcissism & arrogance, Buchanan has always been the confident type. He'll often overestimate himself, and is slow to back down. ---Social: An extrovert at heart, he loves to make new connections with strangers, and is often more than happy to have a chat. He's extremely talkative, and obsessed with working his supposed charm. ---Witty: Having been thoroughly educated by private tutors, Laurence is intelligent and well-read. He's quick on his feet with his remarks and doesn't shy away from defending himself rhetorically. ---Arrogant: If narcissus had any heirs, Laurence would have been amongst them. Enamoured with himself and deeply motivated to come across as good as he humanly can, he's known to be relatively self-absorbed. ---Perfectionist: Nothing under the heavens could ever hope to match this one's expectations, which is reflected in his academic zeal & sheer athleticism. ---Restless: Laurence is a very energetic lad, and finds it difficult to explore his own boundaries. He'll often rush into things head-over-heels.

------------------------ My wardrobe reflects my long-standing belief that great style lives in the details. - Stephanie Winston Wolkoff ------------------------ School Robes: Purchased at Twilfitt & Tattings, Laurence's school uniform is of excellent quality. He keeps his clothing pristine & well-pressed. Both his robes and shirt feature personal monograms, as Laurence had his initials stitched upon his shirt's sleeves & the inside of his coat. School Casual: When dressing casually, Laurence likes to look presentable. Quarter zips, cricket sweaters & dress shirts seem to be the norm in his wardrobe. Generally, these outfits give a good overview of his usual appearance out of class. Athletic: The Scottish weather can be fairly treacherous, so Buchanan's attire is heavily dependent on how cold it may be. When he goes for a run on warm days, he typically wears a red Gryffindor tanktop and plain black rugby shorts, whereas he'd wear his emerald green Wollongong Warriors jumper and grey sweats on colder days. Formal: Gifted to him by his father on his tenth birthday, Laurence owns bespoke dress suits for both white tie and black tie events. Amongst his most-prized possessions are cufflinks bearing his family's coat of arms. Other: Laurence has a number of men's colognes, but he strongly prefers to wear Tom Ford's Oud Wood & Parfums de Marly Percival.

------------------------ “I don't have to listen to rumors about a man when I can judge him for myself.” ― Stephen King ------------------------ ---Grades: TBD, need to RP more for rumours to be a thing ---Opinions: TBD ---Behavior: TBD ---Appearance: TBD

Coding Credits @Katrina Walker

BACKGROUND

PSYCHOLOGY ------------------------ The purpose of psychology is to give us a completely different idea of the things we know best. - Paul Valery ------------------------ An extroverted and socially-conscious soul, Buchanan likes to maintain wide social networks and sizeable friend groups. He prefers group activities over vis-a-vis interactions, as he finds hanging out with (larger) groups of people to be more eventful, and because a crowd is often easier to predict and trust than any given person. Laurence has a tendency to be a bit shallow and vain when it comes to his external appearance. He’s ambitious, a tad narcissistic and suffers from what some would describe as egotism, so he strives to be at his absolute best when in the presence of his peers, or to at least appear to be so. However, because this desire to appear superior might paradoxically render him to be a social outcast for trying too hard, and because his desire to be succesful stems from generational trauma and a fear of failure, as well as a fobia of appearing to be lesser, Laurence will simultaneously do his absolute best to not seem like a show-off. He is thus fully aware of his predicament, but sees no alternative, and has embraced this behaviour as normative and fundamental for his behaviour and corresponding image at Hogwarts.

HOBBIES ------------------------ As for hobbies, I don't really read or watch TV. - Tom Brady ------------------------ Quidditch Laurence is an avid fan of Quidditch, and supports his local team, the Ballycastle Bats, as well as the Aussie Wollongong Warriors. His interest in the fast-paced, dynamic playing styles that blossom in the Southern Hemisphere has often caused him to end up in fiery debates with his peers over which players perform better, and which obscure teams would triumph in outlandish, near-improbable friendlies. Running Every morning at the crack of dawn, Laurence rises to go on a three-mile run. He’s been doing so since his tenth birthday, mostly because it helps him relieve stress, and because it makes him feel more energetic. Alas, the dark side to this hobby is that Laurence is obsessed with looking his best & being succesful, and his runs likely reflect this compulsion. Classes When attending classes, Laurence found that he excels at and is simultaneously most interested in Herbology and Potions. He loves the outdoors, and often collects flowers and plants that catch his eye on morning runs. He very much enjoys History of Magic, and suspects that he likes these subjects the best, as they require a lower mastery of magic than, say, charms or transformation. Though he’s too proud to admit so, Laurence isn’t a very powerful wizard, so he feels right at home in subjects that offer up a level playing field. Dancing Be it the waltz (English or Viennese), tango or foxtrot, Laurence knows them by heart. Hailing from an aristocratic background, his parents found it important for him to be tutored in traditional dancing styles, so that he could represent himself and his household properly on formal occasions. He’s liked to show off his skills ever since. Fashion & Shopping As Laurence loves to look his best, he enjoys going shopping for clothes and dressing well. Whereas others feel that a jumper and sweats suffice, Buchanan doesn’t mind dressing up, and does so most opportunities he gets. Wizarding Chess Laurence was taught to play wizarding chess by his late grandfather. Despite the fact that he’s got neither the time nor the interest to learn its many openings and gambits, he likes to play it recreationally, and feels as though he knows “more than the average man” about the sport, though that could very easily be his arrogance speaking. Languages As a boy, Laurence was taught to speak English, Ulster-Scots and French. As he grew older, his parents decided to tutor him in German, which he's thusfar grown conversational in. He's fascinated with other cultures and languages, and would love to learn more, so that he could later travel the globe and find out more about different peoples.

------------------------ HISTORY The truth is, we all face hardships of some kind, and you never know the struggles a person is going through. Behind every smile, there's a story of a personal struggle. - Adrienne C. Moore ------------------------ Laurence Rupert Willoughby Buchanan was born to a family of landowners in Ballymoney, county Antrim. His parents, both wizard-born, hail from a line of Scottish mages that settled Ulster centuries ago, during the reign of king James I. The Buchanans claim lineage of the divine Fergus of Galloway, who is said to have been the subject of a Franco-Scottish legend known as Roman de Fergus. Until the 1960s, the Buchanans were a very prestigious and respected pureblood house, until Laurence’s grandfather married a muggle-born witch, which caused quite an upheaval in the Northern Irish wizarding world, as their union coincided with the outbreak of mass sectarianism in Ulster, which complicated the matter further, as Laurence’s grandparents were from opposing social and cultural groups. Be that as it may, the family persevered, and Laurence’s childhood was generally peaceful and uneventful. He grew up without struggle and need, and often traveled between the family’s manor house in the Northern Irish countryside and their residence in East Belfast, where he was primarily brought up by tutors and nannies. Many people envied him for his tremendous privilege, but the truth is that Laurence struggled with the emotional and physical absence of his wealthy and powerful parents, who were too busy furthering their careers, relocating their assets, or discussing policy. This meant that the boy started working very hard to emulate what he thought his parents desired of him. He grew to always uphold a façade of confidence, pride, competence and bravado, all the while the pressure rose and rose, and Laurence became more and more self-conscious of his appearance and image to others. Buchanan was sorted into Gryffindor recently, and is eager to find himself in a house he never expected to join.

------------------------ FIRST INSTANCE OF MAGIC I am a great admirer of mystery and magic. Look at this life - all mystery and magic. - Harry Houdini ------------------------ When Laurence was but nine years old, he’d been tasked with writing an essay about the emergence of porcelain in 18th century Saxony, and the historical importance of obscure German wizard Walther von Tschirnhaus. His parents, upset that their son had not yet shown any signs of magic, found it important to educate what they presumed to be their eldest squib son as best as theu could, so that he could at least work as a writer, librarian or chronicler. Given that Von Tschirnhaus’s alchemy & its significance is quite a tough subject for a nine-year-old to understand, let alone detail, Laurence grew upset with his tutor, ahich saw him burst out in tears, crying uncontrollably as his tutor angrily rebuffed the poor boy. Upset with his supposed incompetence and helplessness, Buchanan flew into a fit of rage. Before he understood what was happening, Laurence witnessed as his pot-bellied tutor’s buckle magically burst from his belt, zifting across the chamber like a stray bullet. The 60-something-year-old’s trousers dropped, and all that shielded Laurence from certain horror were a pair of antiquated white undertrunks featuring red polka dots. Embarassed and shocked beyond relief, the tutor bolted out of the room, trousers still draped about his ankles. He screamt his words of resignation through that Antrim county manor, crying out that “Ye ought t’ get that wee bastard’s magic un’ner control!”

Coding Credits @Katrina Walker

Statistics and Abilities

Stamina - 8
Evasion - 9
Strength - 3
Wisdom - 3
Arcane Power - 3
Accuracy - 9

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Potions Known

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