Edward Bishop ♗ First Year ♗ Hufflepuff

INFORMATION

Full Name: Edward Alexander Bishop III Gender: Male Blood Status: Pureblood School Year: First

Birthday:: June 12th, 2014 Residence: Canterbury, England House: Hufflepuff Nationality: English

PHYSICAL

eyes: honey ——— hair: dark ——— skin: pale ——— height: 130cm ———body: slender Dark hair, pale skin (a combination of his Anglo-Norman ancestry while personally having never spent much time out in the sun), small even for his age (both short and slender). Doesn't need glasses or contacts to see but does use them when studying small print to reduce eye-strain and so keeps a pair of reading glasses for that purpose (a habit he picked up encouraged by his grandmother). Moves gracefully even through crowds, using his size to his advantage to weave in and out without running into anyone.

PERSONALITY

good: studious, ethical, empathetic ——— bad: shy, insecure, obsessive-compulsive As a first-year, Edward is shy, lacking in confidence, easy-going (not uptight) with an easy laugh when he finds something funny, naturally curious, enjoys reading, loves music. His accent is decidedly received pronunciation, he pronounces his words carefully with precise elocution, which his parents instilled in him for multiple reasons including to be one day be better at verbal spellcasting. Yet, he doesn't appear to have much of the hubris that one might typically associate with it.

HISTORY

Family Background: Edward is an only child from a pureblood Wizarding family (albeit not one of the "Sacred Twenty-Eight"). He has an overprotective mother (who attended Hogwarts as a Ravenclaw and who may or may not be a Seer whose glimpses into possible futures have led her to become afraid of harm or disaster befalling her family), father proud but amicable (attended Hogwarts as a Slytherin, and is now involved in Wizarding politics). Due to an overprotective mother, the only other children his age he really spent time with were his cousins and they aren’t very close. Close with his paternal grandmother (who attended Hogwarts as a Hufflepuff and today is considered eccentric by most) who lives in a rural dower house out in the Kent countryside. His late grandfather also attended Hogwarts as a Gryffindor and was a tri-star athlete (quidditch, broom racing, and dueling) who later went on to coach professionally. Growing up as an only child, he spent most of his time around the adults in his life, listening intently and taking in the wisdom taught to him by his grandparents (grandfather before he passed away, and grandmother still to this day). He would spend time with his grandmother in her garden, she would work while teaching him little bits of herbology lore or share fantastic stories of magical creatures (especially that time they found an infestation of gnomes in the garden). His grandfather would tell him stories of his own childhood - his great grandparents had both been Slytherin and as adults, of the opinion which was a more common in their day, that children were meant to be neither seen nor heard - so that benign neglect left his grandfather on his own most of the time growing up, quite the opposite of his own overprotective mother. His grandfather therefore shared stories of his own adventures escaping into the grounds of their estate and the woods beyond which learning all sorts of practical knowledge to share, or other times giving him some insights into the nature of bullies and how to deal with them by being the better person: fighting if he must defend himself, but only honorably, and sharing other wisdom gathered from over the course of his life as an athlete and coach. Additionally, with an overprotective mother, Edward spent most of his time indoors, reading, which he actually enjoyed, though the adventure stories he read made him long to be able to one day do similar things himself, though to do so he knows that he needs to study hard to face the challenges that lie ahead. As he was from a Wizarding family, while he was forbidden from actually practicing magic while he was underage, he could certainly read about it and study up on his own - what if he didn't get into Hogwarts!? Quelle horreur! (He doesn't actually speak French, but he picked up some phrases from his mother - who isn't French either - but did introduce them into her own vocabulary as she hoped they seemed to make her more interesting). And so with that he devoured as much of the family's library as he could, even attempting to tackle books beyond him to challenge himself, and perhaps one day having been at least relatively familiar with it, might come more easily to him when he is ready to learn it properly. First Instance of Magic: One day, not long after his 7th birthday, he was stuck inside due to the rain by his mother's orders, he was alone in his room, bored; suddenly, his toys began to move on their own, which startled him so much he ran and told his parents, his father immediately realized what happened, but his mother scolded him for making up stories, at first not believing it was his magical awakening, as she hadn't had hers until she was older herself, but as she had some gift in divination she was able to discern that he was telling the truth and warned him to be more careful with uncontrolled magic due to its dangerous nature, and from then on kept an even closer eye on him for fear of magical mishaps.