Post by sandi on Jul 18, 2011 21:52:31 GMT -5
Basics
Name:Keaton Ballard
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Desired House/Staff Position: Divination Professor
Year: Graduated
Race: Caucasian
Weight/Height: 153 lb. and 5',7"
Magic
Wand Type 9 3/4" Butternut and Unicorn hair
Patronus: A Cat
Favorite Class/es (1+):
- Divination
- Care of Magical Creatures
Least Favorite Class/es (1+):
- Defense against the Dark Arts
- Muggle Studies
Personality
Likes (3+)
- Animals
- Teaching, and sharing information that he has learned
- The outdoors, especially on cold and rainy days
- Books
- Drawing and painting
Dislikes (3+):
- Bad omens
- Students who reject the ways of divination
- Dogs, and any other dangerous or vicious animals.
- Hot, sunny days
- Sports
Skills (3+):
- Seeing omens that may predict events of the future
- A strong will. He is not easily manipulated or convinced out of his ways.
- He is very witty, and knowledgeable.
- Keaton is well-practiced in charms and Care of Magical Creatures, even if his subject of choice is Divination.
Weaknesses (3+):
- He is incredibly stubborn and set in his ways.
- While he would not ever openly display his fears, a bad omen could set him off for an entire day or more.
- Keaton is not all that much of a people-person. The most he can connect with his students is on a simple teacher-to-student level. It's much harder for him to make friends with those who are not his peers.
- Despite his ability to supposedly 'see' future events, Keaton has rather weak eyesight, and wears glasses to improve it.
- When he gets his jollies from alcohol, which more often than not, he will, he's nuttier than a squirrel.
Character Description:
A neatly-kempt man of a small-stature, Keaton would appear to many as a student fresh out of his seventh year in Hogwarts. He has a finely structured face, donned with a pair of glasses to aid him in his vision. Nonetheless, he is an intelligent man of twenty-eight years, and the recently-welcomed Divination professor. Often times, he will keep to himself, whether it be studying in the library or out drawing on Hogwart's grounds. It's clear than he isn't much the kind to socialize.He does, however, take pride in his position as Divination professor, and is more than happy to discuss the art with anyone who cares to listen.
Personality/Beliefs Outline:
Keaton Ballard is an intelligent young professor who tends to keep to himself. When he does interact with others, it is at most times people who are close in age, or older school staff that he respects. He takes great pride in his student's grades and learnings, but he finds it hard to connect with his students more than as a teacher. He believes faithfully in the art of divination and it's great powers, and is quite set in his ways. He feels that not being born as a Seer does not dictate how good of a teacher he is. At times, he doubts his abilities because of the fact that he is so young, and still a very new professor in Hogwarts.
Background
Mother:
Nadine Ballard, 56, Librarian
Father:
Archer Ballard, 58, Ex-Auror
Siblings:
N/A
Country of Origin:
England
Heritage:
Half-blood
History:
Keaton was born into the Ballard family in year 2070. His mother was a doting muggle librarian, who cared endlessly for Keaton's well-being. His father was a quiet ex-auror, who had long left behind the wizarding world in order to spend time with his wife. Neither one was rich, and Keaton grew up in a small London apartment that he knew as home. It wasn't until Keaton was ten years old that his parents introduced him to his fate. He was to be a wizard, to attend Hogwarts. While his parents had been hoping that their son would be 'normal', they did not reject the idea of his being a wizard. They embraced the fact that their son would be gone for all but three months of the year, and happily sent him off.
Gradually, over the years of schooling, Keaton developed a fondness of school subjects such as Divination and Astronomy. It was in his fourth year of attending Hogwarts as a member of Gryffindor that he decided that his future was in Divination. Since that year, his heart was set upon studying all aspects of the subject. While he enjoyed classes such as Care of Mythical Creatures and Charms, he knew that his fate lay in the path of a Seer.
Name:Keaton Ballard
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Desired House/Staff Position: Divination Professor
Year: Graduated
Race: Caucasian
Weight/Height: 153 lb. and 5',7"
Magic
Wand Type 9 3/4" Butternut and Unicorn hair
Patronus: A Cat
Favorite Class/es (1+):
- Divination
- Care of Magical Creatures
Least Favorite Class/es (1+):
- Defense against the Dark Arts
- Muggle Studies
Personality
Likes (3+)
- Animals
- Teaching, and sharing information that he has learned
- The outdoors, especially on cold and rainy days
- Books
- Drawing and painting
Dislikes (3+):
- Bad omens
- Students who reject the ways of divination
- Dogs, and any other dangerous or vicious animals.
- Hot, sunny days
- Sports
Skills (3+):
- Seeing omens that may predict events of the future
- A strong will. He is not easily manipulated or convinced out of his ways.
- He is very witty, and knowledgeable.
- Keaton is well-practiced in charms and Care of Magical Creatures, even if his subject of choice is Divination.
Weaknesses (3+):
- He is incredibly stubborn and set in his ways.
- While he would not ever openly display his fears, a bad omen could set him off for an entire day or more.
- Keaton is not all that much of a people-person. The most he can connect with his students is on a simple teacher-to-student level. It's much harder for him to make friends with those who are not his peers.
- Despite his ability to supposedly 'see' future events, Keaton has rather weak eyesight, and wears glasses to improve it.
- When he gets his jollies from alcohol, which more often than not, he will, he's nuttier than a squirrel.
Character Description:
A neatly-kempt man of a small-stature, Keaton would appear to many as a student fresh out of his seventh year in Hogwarts. He has a finely structured face, donned with a pair of glasses to aid him in his vision. Nonetheless, he is an intelligent man of twenty-eight years, and the recently-welcomed Divination professor. Often times, he will keep to himself, whether it be studying in the library or out drawing on Hogwart's grounds. It's clear than he isn't much the kind to socialize.He does, however, take pride in his position as Divination professor, and is more than happy to discuss the art with anyone who cares to listen.
Personality/Beliefs Outline:
Keaton Ballard is an intelligent young professor who tends to keep to himself. When he does interact with others, it is at most times people who are close in age, or older school staff that he respects. He takes great pride in his student's grades and learnings, but he finds it hard to connect with his students more than as a teacher. He believes faithfully in the art of divination and it's great powers, and is quite set in his ways. He feels that not being born as a Seer does not dictate how good of a teacher he is. At times, he doubts his abilities because of the fact that he is so young, and still a very new professor in Hogwarts.
Background
Mother:
Nadine Ballard, 56, Librarian
Father:
Archer Ballard, 58, Ex-Auror
Siblings:
N/A
Country of Origin:
England
Heritage:
Half-blood
History:
Keaton was born into the Ballard family in year 2070. His mother was a doting muggle librarian, who cared endlessly for Keaton's well-being. His father was a quiet ex-auror, who had long left behind the wizarding world in order to spend time with his wife. Neither one was rich, and Keaton grew up in a small London apartment that he knew as home. It wasn't until Keaton was ten years old that his parents introduced him to his fate. He was to be a wizard, to attend Hogwarts. While his parents had been hoping that their son would be 'normal', they did not reject the idea of his being a wizard. They embraced the fact that their son would be gone for all but three months of the year, and happily sent him off.
Gradually, over the years of schooling, Keaton developed a fondness of school subjects such as Divination and Astronomy. It was in his fourth year of attending Hogwarts as a member of Gryffindor that he decided that his future was in Divination. Since that year, his heart was set upon studying all aspects of the subject. While he enjoyed classes such as Care of Mythical Creatures and Charms, he knew that his fate lay in the path of a Seer.