Augustus Faris | First Year | Gryffindor

Augustus Faris

Basic Information Reducio Species: Human. Age: 11 years old. House: Gryffindor Blood: Wizard born. Patronus: N/A. Scarecrow: Most insects or insect like creatures. Signature Spell: None, for now. Boggart: Spiders. Aesthetic: Princecore / Orientalism.

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The Wand Reducio Purpose: Useful for powerful spells but extremely difficult to control. Wood: Cherry wood. Core: Unicorn hair. Length: 25,1 cm. Flexibility: Reasonably flexible.

First Instance of Magic Reducio Augustus has had a few encounters with accidental underaged wandless magic, but the first considerable instance was the second summer after his family moved to England. He was around six years old. His family had went on vacation, to the coastal southern city of Porthsmouth. Even though he was used to the warm and clear water of Mediterranean beaches, Augustus was glad to once again be able to swim in the ocean. He was a pretty decent swimmer, but mostly used to the relatively calm waters of Algiers and the few towns surronding it. There, in southern England, the Atlantic waters were way more agitated. And cold. So cold in fact, that Augustus spent very few moments in the water before making up his mind that he would rather just be looking at it from the warmth of the rocky beaches. One morning, he woke up earlier than the rest of his family and decided to go admire the vast body of water alone, to meditate in its beauty. To get a better view, he went on strolling through a very sinuous and treacherous rocky path. At some point, he found himself a top a large slippery boulder, where he decided to make halt. As he was staring at the infinite horizon, he got caught complitely offguard by a strong huge wave. Crashing on the boulder with tremendous violence, Augustus was shaken off of his meditative state and completely panicked. Soaking wet and destabilized, he slipped on the moist rocks beneath his feet and started falling into the water. The temperature drop was instant. As soon as his body clashed through the waves, he felt like losing his breath. Nonetheless, he still managed to swim up to the surface, shivering from the cold. But as he was recollecting himself, he only had enough time to realise the boulder he was standing on a few secondes ago was far from stable. Before he could do anything about it, the big slob of solid rock started falling on him. In a state of panic, he didn't think of outswimming it. He simply put his hands over his head, as if it were gonna be of some protection. As he feared the fatidical moment of contact, he realised at his absolute surprise that he wasn't being crushed. Instead, the big pieces of of rock were simply levitating over his head, defying every laws of physics and gravity. Luckily enough for him, his father had seen him sneak out earlier and had discreetly followed him, so that he could react quickly enough and get Augustus out of this misadventure.

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Backstory Reducio It was on a summer night, the 20th day of august, that Augustus was brought into this world. His mother, Felicia Snow, was a proven diplomat, working for the Ministry of Magic. Her career seemed to be all traced if we consider her younger years at Hogwarts, where she led a brilliant academic journey as headgirl of Hufflepuff. His father, Selim Faris, was more of an adventurer and worked at the Algerian Ministry of Magic, more specifically in the magical creature regulations department. His works mostly concerned the creatures roaming the vast desertic plains of the Saharan ecosystem. They met in Algeria, in the frame of Felicia’s work. They fell in love swiftly and after two years of relationship, they had their only child. Augustus lived the first four years of his life in the north African country, amongst his cousins. Even though he doesn’t remember much of these formative years, his native country keeps to this day a good place in his heart. Besides, he spent quite a few summers over there, and still keeps in touch with most of his father’s family. When he was approximately four years old, Augustus’s mother was called back in England in her line of duty. Very much in love and unwilling to be separated from her, her husband followed through, and the young family started a new life in the heart of London. Augustus got accustomed quite quickly to his new home. Due to the obligations of his parents, his was mostly homeschooled by his grandparents on his mother’s side, especially his grandmother Melodia, to whom he has taken a particularly sincere liking. Most of his days were filled with lessons about the wizarding world, but also muggles subjects, such as literature, mathematics, geography and history, to which he has taken a particular interest. Every few summer though, he went back to Algeria with his father to spend some time with the rest of his family and go on adventures with his cousins.

Appearance Reducio Of quite small stature, Augustus is about 4'6 for 85 pounds. Far from being the strongest of his age, he compensate with speed and agility. His skin tone is slightly more tanned than the average english boy due to being half north african, but his mother's genes were strong, leaving him with a still quite pale skin tone and deep blue eyes. However, his definitely took his father's hair, which is very curly and messy. Augustus still didn't make peace with his hair texture, which is a nightmare to style, and that is why he keeps it mostly short.

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Personality Reducio Augustus is a young and very energetic boy. He has an immense curiosity which can only be rivaled by his thirst for adventure. However, the latter is often diminished by his respect (almost fear) of authority, which prevails often when he is about to walk the thin line between disobeying his parents and quenching his thirst for adventures. Academically and socially intelligent, Augustus has quite some ease to make friends due to his natural charisma. However, he can be quite stubborn and has some difficulty admitting his mistakes. Extremely loyal and proud, the young man has ambitions of greatness and will do what is necessary to benefit his house.