Artemis M. Taylor
Ravenclaw
11 Years of Age
28,6 cm cherry wood and unicorn hair
Year One
Human

The first impression one gets when meeting Artemis Taylor is of his attitude. He is impeccably polite to everyone he meets, treating then with respect and courtesy. Of a shorter statue, and with a slimmer build than most, Artemis learned from a young age that politeness and intellect can diffuse most conflicts.

Being of mainly Irish heritage, Artemis is pale skinned, with dark hair and blue eyes. His uniform is always worn with care, and when out of uniform, Artemis prefers wearing button-up shirt and slacks.

Born into a wizarding household, he was still sent to a muggle school for his early years. Both of his parents were muggleborn, and as such he has a better grasp of the Muggle world than most in the rewarding world. His parents also nourished a love of learning, and Artemis is most often seen reading one book or another, Muggle or Wizard alike.
His family consists of a Wizarding father, who went to Hogwarts many years ago but decided to remain uninvolved with the Wizarding world, focusing more on his job teaching at a university, and his mother, who grew up in America, going to Charmbridge Academy for her schooling. After she had completed her scholarly work, she moved to Britain to study the governmental system changes after a rapid change of power. There she met her husband-to-be, and the result was little Artemis. He has no siblings.

When Artemis was 8, he was sitting in the living room of his home when he decided that he wanted to get one of the books from the upper shelves. He was not quite tall enough, but he tried reaching higher, and higher, until suddenly, he grasped the book. His mother then walked in, and upon seeing her son floating a meter in the air, quickly seized Artemis and brought him to the ground. This was the confirmation that Artemis was indeed magical, and his parents allowed him access to their books on magical history and theory. Artemis devoured these books, and clamoured for more, but his parents limited him to those books that could be understood (and not dangerously abused) by a child, so upon receiving his acceptance letter into Hogwarts, Artemis was not far ahead of his peers. Artemis heard about the Hogwarts Library from his parents and is planning on spending most of his time there.

The ride on the Hogwarts Express was wildly uneventful. Artemis sat alone in a compartment, simply reading A History of Magic again. Upon arriving at the castle, he was impressed by the visage, and remained mute and stunned upon entering the great hall. He stood around, and simply waited for his name to be called.

When his name was called, he went up to the hat, trying to act confident, but his nerves got the better of him. As he sat down at the hat was placed on his head, he concentrated on what he wanted most out of Hogwarts. The hat considered, and decided,
Shouting RAVENCLAW, Artemis quickly got up and sat with the rest of his new house. He was mute for the rest of the meal, taking in the sights and sounds. Never having been this deep in the wizarding world, it was new to him.

After the meal, he headed to his new common room.