Two rules for life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2.

Biography: Vincent Balfour was born in Scotland to a Muggle mother and a magical father. His father is a strict, highly work-focused wizard who works in the field of Magical Law in Dundee, Scotland. There, he owns a registered office specializing in the authentication of magical artifacts. They had moved and lived there ever since in a more secluded muggle-neighborhood, that offers a discrete travel to the magical side of Dundee.

It was there, Vincent was home-schooled by his father. This gave him a strong foundation in age-appropriate general- as well as magical education. While his father constantly urged him to think critically, Vincent much preferred to spot the loopholes in plans and exploit them to reach his goals faster. Due to their differing natures, he and his father often clash, thus they do not share a close relationship.
This especially, is the reason Vincent misses his mother since she died. They had a close-knit relationship. She‘d taught him a lot about the Muggle world and shared Muggle hobbies and interests with Vincent before her car-accident. This was how he grew up familiar with things like smartphones, the internet and Television by her stories alone. It made it a whole lot easier for him to have and maintain friendships with Muggles, all without revealing the magical side of his family.

Thus in Dundee, Vincent found his sense of community through his Muggle friends—ones he met during mall trips and other events. Meeting up with them always requires a travel to the center of Dundee and more muggle-orientated City side. They aren't invited to Vincent's home, partially out of secrecy and partially because Vincent rather stays outside of his strict household with his father. Despite being close with his friends, Vincent has never had any trouble lying to them about his magical background. They believe he attends a strict boarding school somewhere in Switzerland. His excuse for the new life arrangement was: “Dad couldn’t be bothered to homeschool me anymore, I guess.”

First Instance of Magic: His first experience with magic was at age 5, when his father caught him copying answers out of a math book. In that moment, every lightbulb burst like fireworks, and the ceiling lamp came crashing down onto his father’s head, rendering his old man unconscious.

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