Post by sam on Sept 5, 2010 17:22:04 GMT -5
Name: Pwca {Sam} Nimbus Black
Age: 31
Birthdate/place: September 6th, Stoatshead Hill, Devon, England, UK
Species: Human Pureblood Wizard
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Build/height- Sam is 5’11”. An avid runner and hiker, he has an athletic, toned build.
General Description- Sam is fair, sharp-featured and eternally boyish. He sports soft charcoal hair and pale hazel eyes, which often glint with curiosity and merriment. His smile is easy and genuine. Sam's clothes are largely inspired by his occupation: he wears rugged black boots, and layers of durable clothes that are made to withstand the elements, including ice, ash and rock. The only colour he's known to wear aside from grey, black and olive drab is blue. Sam wears a stud earring that is made of crystal quartz.
Possessions- In addition to his wand, Sam owns an enchanted rucksack {that he has charmed to hide its contents}, an ice axe and hammer, and a pair of snowshoes.
Personality:
Temperament/Mental Attributes- Sam is patient, level-headed, and a good man to have around in times of chaos. He learns and responds quickly and can drown out the goings on around him to focus on the task at hand. Sam has struggled with self-esteem throughout his life and often uses his dry sense of humor to dispel stress or hide uncertainty. Although Sam likes to see the best in people, he is not one to trust others frivolously. This caution likely comes from his responsibility and his desire to protect those he loves. Sam often works alone or in limited company and he has learned to appreciate the solitude as a chance to commune with Mother Nature.
Alliance- Former soldier for the Order of the Phoenix.
Strengths/Weaknesses- Sam's strengths and weaknesses come from both his heart and head. He's genuinely creative and intelligent, and has a rare appreciation for those things people often care little about (or take for granted): the earth, the sky and all the wonders in between. He is a good-hearted and hard working man and he is a trusted guide on matters pertaining to elements, materia and energy fields. He has an honest outlook but will hide his feelings to spare another's feelings. Sam suffers from low self-esteem and has bouts where he is rather lonesome and introverted. He has a growing fear of letting others down. On a more trivial level, Sam dislikes sunshine {both the heat and the light}, is terrified of deep water, and really hates large spiders. He's allergic to centaur saliva. Sam's best day involves a mountain ridge, a glorious rock sample and a nimbus overhead.
Employment&Education:
-Adults-
Former House- Ravenclaw
Job- Elemental Miner {Canadian Station 13}; Sam is tasked by the Ministry to collect natural elements from remote international regions for shipment back to the United Kingdom. This includes the provision of certain crystals, materia, volcanic ash, gemstones, wood, and rocks for use in magical products (crystal balls, wand cores, and classified items for the Department of Mysteries, including prophecy orbs).
Employer- Ministry of Magic, Department of International Magical Cooperation {International Magical Trading Standards Body}
OWLs/NEWTs- Like his brother, James, Sam earned Outstanding and Exceeds Expectations marks in all subjects. His favorite class and highest achievement was Potions.
Other:
Magical Skills- Sam has the basic magic skills of an adult wizard however he possesses an expert ability to read the omens and signs of nature. Many believe Sam to be a Seer.
Patronus- Coyote
Wand- Douglas Fir, 11.5” Core: Black Opal
Goals/Aspirations- To act as guide between the magical and natural worlds and to help those who become lost along the way.
Other Information- Sam's birth name, Pwca {pronounced POO-KAH}, is the Welsh name for the will-o-the-whisp, or ghost light. Sam has seen many ghost lights during his journeys through the Canadian mountains but he is often the only member of his team to do so (they don't think him odd, however, because he also sees thestrals).
History-
Sam knew from a young age that he was born in to a rarity: a family that loved one another, supported each other, and worked to the ends of the earth to help those in need. Despite an ancient line that vainly considered itself royalty, Sam's parents were exceptions to the rule of Black, and they raised their children to learn and to serve and to always do the right thing. It was because of this upbringing that Sam and his brother, James, were sorted in to Ravenclaw {and not in to Slytherin - as had all other Blacks, save Sirius, before them}. It was also responsible for making Sam and James completely inseparable as youth. Sam admired James as his hero and up until his graduation Sam did practically everything James did, even sharing in his relentless passion for the natural world. Although distance kept them apart for several years, the boys always remained close.
As a young adult who graduated Hogwarts with exemplary marks, Sam was presented with many options for employment, including work at the Ministry of Magic. His love for and continued study of the natural world made him a prime candidate for an overseas position with the International Magical Trading Standards Body. His brother, James, had already left home for studies in the United States and Sam realized he needed his own adventure, that allowed him to see the world beyond his many textbooks. The work was dangerous and involved constant travels through mountain ranges and dense forests of British Columbia, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest.
Most recently, Sam spent the summer acting as the guide for the newly elected Minister of Magic's Official Bureau on Elemental Artefacts. Sam was not told of the purpose of their visit only that he was to show them his recent discovery of a Black Aventurine* and not ask questions. Sam did as he was told however, sensing a negativity in their dealings, chose to hide the extent of his massive discovery. He continues to sit on this information and recently sent a warning owl to his brother, who took a position at Hogwarts:
James: wolves tread where the Phoenix flies. be careful. love, Sam.
- - - - - - - - - -
*From The Magikal Properties of Gemstones...
Black Aventurine {Black with Silver}
Control, Power, Magickal Invisibility.
Age: 31
Birthdate/place: September 6th, Stoatshead Hill, Devon, England, UK
Species: Human Pureblood Wizard
Gender: Male
Appearance:
Build/height- Sam is 5’11”. An avid runner and hiker, he has an athletic, toned build.
General Description- Sam is fair, sharp-featured and eternally boyish. He sports soft charcoal hair and pale hazel eyes, which often glint with curiosity and merriment. His smile is easy and genuine. Sam's clothes are largely inspired by his occupation: he wears rugged black boots, and layers of durable clothes that are made to withstand the elements, including ice, ash and rock. The only colour he's known to wear aside from grey, black and olive drab is blue. Sam wears a stud earring that is made of crystal quartz.
Possessions- In addition to his wand, Sam owns an enchanted rucksack {that he has charmed to hide its contents}, an ice axe and hammer, and a pair of snowshoes.
Personality:
Temperament/Mental Attributes- Sam is patient, level-headed, and a good man to have around in times of chaos. He learns and responds quickly and can drown out the goings on around him to focus on the task at hand. Sam has struggled with self-esteem throughout his life and often uses his dry sense of humor to dispel stress or hide uncertainty. Although Sam likes to see the best in people, he is not one to trust others frivolously. This caution likely comes from his responsibility and his desire to protect those he loves. Sam often works alone or in limited company and he has learned to appreciate the solitude as a chance to commune with Mother Nature.
Alliance- Former soldier for the Order of the Phoenix.
Strengths/Weaknesses- Sam's strengths and weaknesses come from both his heart and head. He's genuinely creative and intelligent, and has a rare appreciation for those things people often care little about (or take for granted): the earth, the sky and all the wonders in between. He is a good-hearted and hard working man and he is a trusted guide on matters pertaining to elements, materia and energy fields. He has an honest outlook but will hide his feelings to spare another's feelings. Sam suffers from low self-esteem and has bouts where he is rather lonesome and introverted. He has a growing fear of letting others down. On a more trivial level, Sam dislikes sunshine {both the heat and the light}, is terrified of deep water, and really hates large spiders. He's allergic to centaur saliva. Sam's best day involves a mountain ridge, a glorious rock sample and a nimbus overhead.
Employment&Education:
-Adults-
Former House- Ravenclaw
Job- Elemental Miner {Canadian Station 13}; Sam is tasked by the Ministry to collect natural elements from remote international regions for shipment back to the United Kingdom. This includes the provision of certain crystals, materia, volcanic ash, gemstones, wood, and rocks for use in magical products (crystal balls, wand cores, and classified items for the Department of Mysteries, including prophecy orbs).
Employer- Ministry of Magic, Department of International Magical Cooperation {International Magical Trading Standards Body}
OWLs/NEWTs- Like his brother, James, Sam earned Outstanding and Exceeds Expectations marks in all subjects. His favorite class and highest achievement was Potions.
Other:
Magical Skills- Sam has the basic magic skills of an adult wizard however he possesses an expert ability to read the omens and signs of nature. Many believe Sam to be a Seer.
Patronus- Coyote
Wand- Douglas Fir, 11.5” Core: Black Opal
Goals/Aspirations- To act as guide between the magical and natural worlds and to help those who become lost along the way.
Other Information- Sam's birth name, Pwca {pronounced POO-KAH}, is the Welsh name for the will-o-the-whisp, or ghost light. Sam has seen many ghost lights during his journeys through the Canadian mountains but he is often the only member of his team to do so (they don't think him odd, however, because he also sees thestrals).
History-
Sam knew from a young age that he was born in to a rarity: a family that loved one another, supported each other, and worked to the ends of the earth to help those in need. Despite an ancient line that vainly considered itself royalty, Sam's parents were exceptions to the rule of Black, and they raised their children to learn and to serve and to always do the right thing. It was because of this upbringing that Sam and his brother, James, were sorted in to Ravenclaw {and not in to Slytherin - as had all other Blacks, save Sirius, before them}. It was also responsible for making Sam and James completely inseparable as youth. Sam admired James as his hero and up until his graduation Sam did practically everything James did, even sharing in his relentless passion for the natural world. Although distance kept them apart for several years, the boys always remained close.
As a young adult who graduated Hogwarts with exemplary marks, Sam was presented with many options for employment, including work at the Ministry of Magic. His love for and continued study of the natural world made him a prime candidate for an overseas position with the International Magical Trading Standards Body. His brother, James, had already left home for studies in the United States and Sam realized he needed his own adventure, that allowed him to see the world beyond his many textbooks. The work was dangerous and involved constant travels through mountain ranges and dense forests of British Columbia, Canada, and the Pacific Northwest.
Most recently, Sam spent the summer acting as the guide for the newly elected Minister of Magic's Official Bureau on Elemental Artefacts. Sam was not told of the purpose of their visit only that he was to show them his recent discovery of a Black Aventurine* and not ask questions. Sam did as he was told however, sensing a negativity in their dealings, chose to hide the extent of his massive discovery. He continues to sit on this information and recently sent a warning owl to his brother, who took a position at Hogwarts:
James: wolves tread where the Phoenix flies. be careful. love, Sam.
- - - - - - - - - -
*From The Magikal Properties of Gemstones...
Black Aventurine {Black with Silver}
Control, Power, Magickal Invisibility.