Matías Peña Rojas
Name: Matías Peña Rojas
School: Castelobruxo
Year: Y2
Status: Wizardborn
Appearance: His faceclaim is John Leguizamo, especially as Luigi from that old Mario movie. However, he looks like he is 12-13, not a young adult like in the pictures; imagine John Leguizamo’s features, but on a young teenager.
Personality: Matti is quite the jock, but he also has a mind for logic. His intellectual expertise leans toward handiness.
Matti's just a humble guy. He’d be the type of guy to walk by and offer to fix your car for you (you’ll see below that he does indeed know what cars are), without you having to ask or offering him any reward.
He’s a ladies’ man, aided by his genuinely handsome features and visibly kind nature. Since he is still so young, he’s in his awkward teenage phase, so his flirting is more of an awkward, endearing type than anything to truly write home about. Still, he likes to get the girls. If he has a genuine crush on a girl who really loves him and who he really loves, that’s when: he won’t flirt, when he finally does flirt will be even more awkward, and he would probably rather run and hide away from her forever. (He would need a wingman to bridge the gap.)
He, quite secretly, dabbles in gender nonconformity.
As for his Seer abilities, they genuinely frighten him. He is scared of, and dreads, the day he begins to have visions, and of not being able to properly have control over them. He doesn’t want to be plagued by something so embarrassing, and potentially dangerous, like if it happens to him in a moment he needs to be paying attention to for his or others’ safety. He doesn’t want it to take over his life. He comes from a Colombian household, which, like many Colombian households, puts a lot of pressure on him to be successful. He doesn’t care as much about success as many others, but he does care in the sense of making his family happy and proud. He knows being a Seer means added pressure to be successful in the role of a Seer, but he doesn’t want to spend his life being a Seer.
He has been hiding it from school thus-far successfully, because he is not old enough to have visions yet, so he honestly just uses his Intuition ability to avoid additional problems for himself. It has actually been very helpful. For example, sometimes other boys want to start fights with him, and he can sense them coming without even looking at them and dodge quickly out of the way. He uses it for that sort of thing. Again, it’s the visions and expectations put upon him down the line he’s really afraid of. Matti, usually a down-to-earth and loyal guy, is prone to melancholy and seclusion when thinking about, and discussing, being a Seer. Despite its couple of perks like his Intuition, he, overall, sees it as a curse, not as a blessing.
Although Matti is more street smart than he is academically smart, he isn’t the worst academically, because he has a good, general intelligence in most subjects. Additionally, coming from a Colombian household, he was always expected to perform well academically. His hard-working attitude, which stems from the impossible expectations put upon him by his family members, makes him perform better in school than he otherwise would.
Matti grew up fairly rich, so, although he’s mostly humble and down-to-earth, he does occasionally display signs of being a rich boy.
Matti may like (not in an attraction sense, but that, too) women more than men! Men are often mean, and he is very mild-mannered next to many of them. He honestly thinks a lot of men are raised to be awful, and he doesn’t like them. However, he has a strong sense of his own, generally non-toxic manhood. He thinks more men should be like himself (it’s probably one of his more arrogant thoughts, but it’s, objectively, a correct one).
History: Matías Diego Peña Rojas is his full name. His father, raised under strict Colombian culture, used to be rigid in dating Purebloods like himself, mostly just to appease his cruel family, until he fell in love with a Half-Blooded woman. She seemed to be the first person who cared about him beyond wanting to tie the knot between families, and that’s when Matti’s father realized he didn’t genuinely care about tradition, he just wanted real love. Matti’s mother, also Colombian, was more used to breaking traditions, because she was already a bit of a disgrace due to being a Half-Blood. Against all odds, Matti’s father rebelled against the status quo and chose her. The couple happily eloped. Together, they had Matti’s two older twin sisters, and then, about ten years later, Matti himself.
The beautiful story came to a tragic end when Matti’s mother, shortly after his birth, fell ill to a rare disease. Regrettably, even being looked after by the finest magical doctors, she didn't make it.
Matti’s father chose a Muggleborn next. After twenty-odd years with his previous partner, his family’s pressure for him to be a blood supremacist meant nothing to him. He’d disowned his family a long time ago at this point. Yet again, the woman his father chose was an angel. Matti’s father and (non-biological) mother were, generally, healthy parental figures in his life, besides their extreme pressure on him to succeed due to their remaining, prideful cultural instincts. They taught him how to be a real man, and not to have toxic masculinity. His older sisters lived close by and were in his life a lot, as his family upheld this particular cultural tradition, they, too, valuing family. His sisters and mother, as well as his grandmothers (his father’s mothers, his biological mother’s mothers, and his mother’s mothers–he has many grandparents) were constantly challenging him to respect them and all women, and through these lessons, taught him to value the women in his life.
Because Matti’s mother, the one who raised him, was a Muggleborn, Matti dabbled in Muggle culture through his grandparents and, occasionally, through her. Although Matti knows more about the magical world, he took up an interest in cars and mechanics, so he knows how to fix cars and wants to drive a car one day.
Matti grew up fairly rich, coming from a Pureblooded father. When his father disowned his family, it was before they could disown him first, so he managed to secure a number of stable assets. Besides, his father has a high-paying (though low in rank) job as a magical lawyer.
Matti got his schooling from a magical private school. He learned to be proper there, so he can pull it off when he needs to, but, again, other than a couple of rich boy tendencies, he’s quite down-to-earth for someone who grew up rich, because of his parents having given him a chill upbringing, featuring many, very Colombian lessons in respect and family values.
First Magic: Matti was 5. He was watching his Muggle grandparents (his non-biological mother’s parents) replace a car engine. Both the elderly woman and man were the handy type, and, over the years, they taught him much of what he knows today about handiness, mechanics, and vehicles. (This was one early instance, before he was able to properly learn, that secured his interest in these things.) They were juuuust replacing the engine, when it suddenly burst, but there were the tiiiiniest little sparks flying out of it where they should not have been, because that part of the engine was entirely covered by metal. His grandparents still don’t understand what happened, and because of this accident, his parents were forced to have him around his poor, sweet grandparents less for a few years, just until he got some basic sense of control over magic in order to protect their family's magical identity.
School: Castelobruxo
Year: Y2
Status: Wizardborn
Appearance: His faceclaim is John Leguizamo, especially as Luigi from that old Mario movie. However, he looks like he is 12-13, not a young adult like in the pictures; imagine John Leguizamo’s features, but on a young teenager.
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Personality: Matti is quite the jock, but he also has a mind for logic. His intellectual expertise leans toward handiness.
Matti's just a humble guy. He’d be the type of guy to walk by and offer to fix your car for you (you’ll see below that he does indeed know what cars are), without you having to ask or offering him any reward.
He’s a ladies’ man, aided by his genuinely handsome features and visibly kind nature. Since he is still so young, he’s in his awkward teenage phase, so his flirting is more of an awkward, endearing type than anything to truly write home about. Still, he likes to get the girls. If he has a genuine crush on a girl who really loves him and who he really loves, that’s when: he won’t flirt, when he finally does flirt will be even more awkward, and he would probably rather run and hide away from her forever. (He would need a wingman to bridge the gap.)
He, quite secretly, dabbles in gender nonconformity.
As for his Seer abilities, they genuinely frighten him. He is scared of, and dreads, the day he begins to have visions, and of not being able to properly have control over them. He doesn’t want to be plagued by something so embarrassing, and potentially dangerous, like if it happens to him in a moment he needs to be paying attention to for his or others’ safety. He doesn’t want it to take over his life. He comes from a Colombian household, which, like many Colombian households, puts a lot of pressure on him to be successful. He doesn’t care as much about success as many others, but he does care in the sense of making his family happy and proud. He knows being a Seer means added pressure to be successful in the role of a Seer, but he doesn’t want to spend his life being a Seer.
He has been hiding it from school thus-far successfully, because he is not old enough to have visions yet, so he honestly just uses his Intuition ability to avoid additional problems for himself. It has actually been very helpful. For example, sometimes other boys want to start fights with him, and he can sense them coming without even looking at them and dodge quickly out of the way. He uses it for that sort of thing. Again, it’s the visions and expectations put upon him down the line he’s really afraid of. Matti, usually a down-to-earth and loyal guy, is prone to melancholy and seclusion when thinking about, and discussing, being a Seer. Despite its couple of perks like his Intuition, he, overall, sees it as a curse, not as a blessing.
Although Matti is more street smart than he is academically smart, he isn’t the worst academically, because he has a good, general intelligence in most subjects. Additionally, coming from a Colombian household, he was always expected to perform well academically. His hard-working attitude, which stems from the impossible expectations put upon him by his family members, makes him perform better in school than he otherwise would.
Matti grew up fairly rich, so, although he’s mostly humble and down-to-earth, he does occasionally display signs of being a rich boy.
Matti may like (not in an attraction sense, but that, too) women more than men! Men are often mean, and he is very mild-mannered next to many of them. He honestly thinks a lot of men are raised to be awful, and he doesn’t like them. However, he has a strong sense of his own, generally non-toxic manhood. He thinks more men should be like himself (it’s probably one of his more arrogant thoughts, but it’s, objectively, a correct one).
History: Matías Diego Peña Rojas is his full name. His father, raised under strict Colombian culture, used to be rigid in dating Purebloods like himself, mostly just to appease his cruel family, until he fell in love with a Half-Blooded woman. She seemed to be the first person who cared about him beyond wanting to tie the knot between families, and that’s when Matti’s father realized he didn’t genuinely care about tradition, he just wanted real love. Matti’s mother, also Colombian, was more used to breaking traditions, because she was already a bit of a disgrace due to being a Half-Blood. Against all odds, Matti’s father rebelled against the status quo and chose her. The couple happily eloped. Together, they had Matti’s two older twin sisters, and then, about ten years later, Matti himself.
The beautiful story came to a tragic end when Matti’s mother, shortly after his birth, fell ill to a rare disease. Regrettably, even being looked after by the finest magical doctors, she didn't make it.
Matti’s father chose a Muggleborn next. After twenty-odd years with his previous partner, his family’s pressure for him to be a blood supremacist meant nothing to him. He’d disowned his family a long time ago at this point. Yet again, the woman his father chose was an angel. Matti’s father and (non-biological) mother were, generally, healthy parental figures in his life, besides their extreme pressure on him to succeed due to their remaining, prideful cultural instincts. They taught him how to be a real man, and not to have toxic masculinity. His older sisters lived close by and were in his life a lot, as his family upheld this particular cultural tradition, they, too, valuing family. His sisters and mother, as well as his grandmothers (his father’s mothers, his biological mother’s mothers, and his mother’s mothers–he has many grandparents) were constantly challenging him to respect them and all women, and through these lessons, taught him to value the women in his life.
Because Matti’s mother, the one who raised him, was a Muggleborn, Matti dabbled in Muggle culture through his grandparents and, occasionally, through her. Although Matti knows more about the magical world, he took up an interest in cars and mechanics, so he knows how to fix cars and wants to drive a car one day.
Matti grew up fairly rich, coming from a Pureblooded father. When his father disowned his family, it was before they could disown him first, so he managed to secure a number of stable assets. Besides, his father has a high-paying (though low in rank) job as a magical lawyer.
Matti got his schooling from a magical private school. He learned to be proper there, so he can pull it off when he needs to, but, again, other than a couple of rich boy tendencies, he’s quite down-to-earth for someone who grew up rich, because of his parents having given him a chill upbringing, featuring many, very Colombian lessons in respect and family values.
First Magic: Matti was 5. He was watching his Muggle grandparents (his non-biological mother’s parents) replace a car engine. Both the elderly woman and man were the handy type, and, over the years, they taught him much of what he knows today about handiness, mechanics, and vehicles. (This was one early instance, before he was able to properly learn, that secured his interest in these things.) They were juuuust replacing the engine, when it suddenly burst, but there were the tiiiiniest little sparks flying out of it where they should not have been, because that part of the engine was entirely covered by metal. His grandparents still don’t understand what happened, and because of this accident, his parents were forced to have him around his poor, sweet grandparents less for a few years, just until he got some basic sense of control over magic in order to protect their family's magical identity.
Matías Peña Rojas
Is your character a Broom Racer? No.
Is your character a Quidditch Player? No.
Is your character a Duelist? Yes!
Stats:
Stamina: 7
Evasion: 8
Strength: 0
Wisdom: 6
ArcPower: 6
Accuracy: 8
Special Race/Ability: Seer!
Matti’s father is a Pureblooded wizard, with a family history of Seers (although it’s skipped a few generations). His biological, Half-Blooded mother also had a (more backdated) family history of Seers on her father’s Pureblooded side.
Matti was 8. He felt a candle whizz toward the back of his head. Wait…"felt?" He knew he didn’t see it in his peripheral (he has poor peripheral vision)...What just happened? He didn’t think on it long, though. He swiftly turned on his heel, and realized the other jocks at the school, away from instructors to keep them acting proper and traditional, were snickering, and using magic they weren’t supposed to be using to throw lit candles at him! Tearing up in shock and confusion, scared for his life and deeply disturbed that these boys hated him so much they were willing to risk setting him on fire, he did the only thing he could think to do in a timely fashion: He yelled.
The teacher ran over, and the boys got in very big trouble.
Matti couldn’t stop pondering about it later, not only about how awful those boys had been, making him question what other children’s upbringings were like, but also, how he had managed to notice the candle coming at nearly the back of his head. It didn’t make sense to him, and, as a very logical kid, it distressed him to not know.
He curiously went to his dad later that day, who was sitting in a rocking-chair at the family's small mansion's patio, where he promptly sat on his lap, and asked him about it.
His father’s face lit up. “Son, you’re a Seer! This is huge! Congratulations!"
Matti didn’t know why his father wasn’t more concerned about it, only excited. It was like he could only see positives in this, no negatives. But, Matti would soon find out that it didn’t matter what he felt about being a Seer, which was utter devastation, just that being a Seer could help the success of the family. He, perhaps justly, had a couple of thoughts about that: What do you mean he wouldn’t have a normal life? Would be severely pressured into taking up a job that used his powers? Would possibly be plagued by random visions one day? Would grow white-haired prematurely? Wasn’t ever told that being a Seer ran in his genes, until that day when it was convenient to tell him?
What do you mean he was too young to be told about it, until it happened to affect him?
Matti was devastated, and, he realized, no one seemed to notice all that much about how he felt about it.
Still, he tried his best, every day. He didn't want to whine or complain, or stop being a sweet angel child for his parents. He got used to his Intuition over time.
One day, the bullies started throwing spitballs at him. They wouldn’t dare with the candles again, apparently. Matti "felt" them all before they even got close to hitting him. It still freaked him out that he could do this, when other magical students couldn’t, especially when his powers were in action. He otherwise just felt like a normal kid, same as everyone else, and would even forget about this ability at the best of times.
He did the only thing he could do, which was make the most of it and use it to his advantage. At one point, he ducked, and the spitball hit the girl sitting at the desk in front of him. She ran back and actually pummeled the boys. Once again, everyone else got in trouble, and not him.
Mere weeks later, the lead bully was about to grab the back of his school jacket. He turned around and punched the boy instead. He got in trouble temporarily (a brief suspension), but it was worth it. For once, he'd stood up for himself, instead of just dodging. He wasn't typically a puncher, but he was so over these boys thinking they were so much better than him just because they were a bunch of misogynists and he wasn't.
Third time’s the charm. The bully, realizing this kid Matti had an incredible awareness, like some third eye thing, as well as just absolutely insane reaction time, never bothered him again.
Yes, that saved Matti, there...But he didn’t want to be this way. In his view, stopping a few bullies during a temporary track in his life wasn’t worth a lifetime of afflictions.
If special race/ability, how did they join the school? Most students at Castelobruxo are not yet aware Matti is a Seer. His only ability right now is Intuition, and his hair is very black. There are no outward signs, at the moment, save when he reacts to his Intuition, but usually that is in high-stakes situations to begin with. However, the school gladly accepted him while knowing he is a Seer. They prize students who have rare "gifts" (in their eyes, not Matti's).
Abilities: Lovely Creature
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Is your character a Quidditch Player? No.
Is your character a Duelist? Yes!
Stats:
Stamina: 7
Evasion: 8
Strength: 0
Wisdom: 6
ArcPower: 6
Accuracy: 8
Special Race/Ability: Seer!
Matti’s father is a Pureblooded wizard, with a family history of Seers (although it’s skipped a few generations). His biological, Half-Blooded mother also had a (more backdated) family history of Seers on her father’s Pureblooded side.
Matti was 8. He felt a candle whizz toward the back of his head. Wait…"felt?" He knew he didn’t see it in his peripheral (he has poor peripheral vision)...What just happened? He didn’t think on it long, though. He swiftly turned on his heel, and realized the other jocks at the school, away from instructors to keep them acting proper and traditional, were snickering, and using magic they weren’t supposed to be using to throw lit candles at him! Tearing up in shock and confusion, scared for his life and deeply disturbed that these boys hated him so much they were willing to risk setting him on fire, he did the only thing he could think to do in a timely fashion: He yelled.
The teacher ran over, and the boys got in very big trouble.
Matti couldn’t stop pondering about it later, not only about how awful those boys had been, making him question what other children’s upbringings were like, but also, how he had managed to notice the candle coming at nearly the back of his head. It didn’t make sense to him, and, as a very logical kid, it distressed him to not know.
He curiously went to his dad later that day, who was sitting in a rocking-chair at the family's small mansion's patio, where he promptly sat on his lap, and asked him about it.
His father’s face lit up. “Son, you’re a Seer! This is huge! Congratulations!"
Matti didn’t know why his father wasn’t more concerned about it, only excited. It was like he could only see positives in this, no negatives. But, Matti would soon find out that it didn’t matter what he felt about being a Seer, which was utter devastation, just that being a Seer could help the success of the family. He, perhaps justly, had a couple of thoughts about that: What do you mean he wouldn’t have a normal life? Would be severely pressured into taking up a job that used his powers? Would possibly be plagued by random visions one day? Would grow white-haired prematurely? Wasn’t ever told that being a Seer ran in his genes, until that day when it was convenient to tell him?
What do you mean he was too young to be told about it, until it happened to affect him?
Matti was devastated, and, he realized, no one seemed to notice all that much about how he felt about it.
Still, he tried his best, every day. He didn't want to whine or complain, or stop being a sweet angel child for his parents. He got used to his Intuition over time.
One day, the bullies started throwing spitballs at him. They wouldn’t dare with the candles again, apparently. Matti "felt" them all before they even got close to hitting him. It still freaked him out that he could do this, when other magical students couldn’t, especially when his powers were in action. He otherwise just felt like a normal kid, same as everyone else, and would even forget about this ability at the best of times.
He did the only thing he could do, which was make the most of it and use it to his advantage. At one point, he ducked, and the spitball hit the girl sitting at the desk in front of him. She ran back and actually pummeled the boys. Once again, everyone else got in trouble, and not him.
Mere weeks later, the lead bully was about to grab the back of his school jacket. He turned around and punched the boy instead. He got in trouble temporarily (a brief suspension), but it was worth it. For once, he'd stood up for himself, instead of just dodging. He wasn't typically a puncher, but he was so over these boys thinking they were so much better than him just because they were a bunch of misogynists and he wasn't.
Third time’s the charm. The bully, realizing this kid Matti had an incredible awareness, like some third eye thing, as well as just absolutely insane reaction time, never bothered him again.
Yes, that saved Matti, there...But he didn’t want to be this way. In his view, stopping a few bullies during a temporary track in his life wasn’t worth a lifetime of afflictions.
If special race/ability, how did they join the school? Most students at Castelobruxo are not yet aware Matti is a Seer. His only ability right now is Intuition, and his hair is very black. There are no outward signs, at the moment, save when he reacts to his Intuition, but usually that is in high-stakes situations to begin with. However, the school gladly accepted him while knowing he is a Seer. They prize students who have rare "gifts" (in their eyes, not Matti's).
Abilities: Lovely Creature
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By 7, Matti was acting as a true ladies' man. His frequent successes had a little more do to with his good looks and aura of approachability, which men hated due to jealousy and women loved (excluding queer people), rather than genuine skill when it came to flirting. However, even the men had to admit he had an aesthetic handsomeness. He tended to catch stares by his peers starting really young, absurdly young. The adults would just say "that boy has a pretty face" and his peers were all over him, either cursing his name for looking so good with no effort or in love with him...which he had to admit, even he found a little weird, even though he was more than willing to flirt around.
Again, Matti was just 7, but many of his peers were ready to date each other, and so was he. One day during recess at the private school, Matti was playing a game of football with a group of friends. Matti was about to kick the ball, when his friend just froze. He suddenly realized she was staring at his definitely-totally-absolutely-rippling child muscles. He blinked twice and messed up the kick, but it didn't matter, she was still frozen! The boy flashed a goofy, toothy smirk her way, then, with a gangly kind of non-control over the different limbs of his body, he waddled over. She snapped out of it because she couldn't see his definitely-totally-absolutely-rippling child muscles, nor his face. But then he turned around again, and her crush came on strongly again, and she gasped, despite herself and her Pureblooded pride. This boy wasn't even a Pureblood, for Merlin's sake, but he was just so beautiful!
He kicked the ball. He accidentally hit her in the face. She was still madly in love with him. They dated for a few weeks, then they split apart, and she ended up moving shortly after anyways. He took her on wonderful dates while they were a young couple. She never forgot him, nor their wonderful times together.
She definitely didn't forget his beautiful face moments before she watched the ball came barreling toward her forehead.
Oh no! Or--oh, yes! It happened again. The summer after that year's summer, a girl was staring at him every time he visited the magical cafe with his sisters. Okay, then, he approached her! He heard later she was a popular girl and usually wasn't this nervous with boys. That was odd. She told him later, it was just that, he was so handsome and athletically-built, she couldn't handle it.
Anyways, that was just his life from then on. He got used to it. It didn't make him more arrogant, because he spent his entire childhood being raised to be the complete opposite. Otherwise, it probably would've. He definitely doesn't know what it feels like to not get the ladies, even though he tries to. He's a bit afraid of his hair prematurely graying, because he wants to still look handsome. He can hopefully pull it off, is his thought about that.
Again, Matti was just 7, but many of his peers were ready to date each other, and so was he. One day during recess at the private school, Matti was playing a game of football with a group of friends. Matti was about to kick the ball, when his friend just froze. He suddenly realized she was staring at his definitely-totally-absolutely-rippling child muscles. He blinked twice and messed up the kick, but it didn't matter, she was still frozen! The boy flashed a goofy, toothy smirk her way, then, with a gangly kind of non-control over the different limbs of his body, he waddled over. She snapped out of it because she couldn't see his definitely-totally-absolutely-rippling child muscles, nor his face. But then he turned around again, and her crush came on strongly again, and she gasped, despite herself and her Pureblooded pride. This boy wasn't even a Pureblood, for Merlin's sake, but he was just so beautiful!
He kicked the ball. He accidentally hit her in the face. She was still madly in love with him. They dated for a few weeks, then they split apart, and she ended up moving shortly after anyways. He took her on wonderful dates while they were a young couple. She never forgot him, nor their wonderful times together.
She definitely didn't forget his beautiful face moments before she watched the ball came barreling toward her forehead.
Oh no! Or--oh, yes! It happened again. The summer after that year's summer, a girl was staring at him every time he visited the magical cafe with his sisters. Okay, then, he approached her! He heard later she was a popular girl and usually wasn't this nervous with boys. That was odd. She told him later, it was just that, he was so handsome and athletically-built, she couldn't handle it.
Anyways, that was just his life from then on. He got used to it. It didn't make him more arrogant, because he spent his entire childhood being raised to be the complete opposite. Otherwise, it probably would've. He definitely doesn't know what it feels like to not get the ladies, even though he tries to. He's a bit afraid of his hair prematurely graying, because he wants to still look handsome. He can hopefully pull it off, is his thought about that.
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