Post by regulusblack on May 27, 2012 6:59:15 GMT -5
Regulus Arcturus Black
"Toujours pur"
"Toujours pur"
Birth Certificate
Name: Regulus Arcturus Black
Birthdate: 20th April 1961
Age: Fifteen
Year: Fifth
Job: Student
Blood: Pureblood
At First Glance
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Grey
Height: 5'9"
Distinguishing features: His looks (Blacks are known for their looks)
Desired Play-By: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Description:
Being a member of the Black family, Regulus is inherently quite handsome. He has grey, piercing eyes with short, groomed, raven-black hair. He also has a well-built structure to accompany his handsome facial expressions. He is muscular from playing quidditch over the last few years but wouldn't be at the peak of fitness in that sense.
Tell Me More
Likes:
[+] Voldemort
[+] Blood Supremecy
[+] Quidditch
[+] Family
[+] Being caught in the background
Dislikes:
[-] Muggleborns
[-] The realisation that he’s put his faith into the wrong idea
[-] Being in conflict with his brother
[-] Being away from the limelight in the eyes of his parents
[-] Being played
Habits/Quirks:
[-] Regulus would withdraw into himself when nervous/conflicted
[-] Regulus has a habit of running his fingers through the hair on the back of his neck
Strengths:
[+] Quidditch
[+] His family
[+] His intelligence
Weaknesses:
[-] The idea of popularity/being noticed
[-] Appeasing his parents
[-] His Pride
Overall Personality:
Regulus is a naïve teenager who is quite impressionable. This has been true for the wizard all his life really and it has been taken advantage of. Most notably by his parents. In fact it is because of his parents that Regulus became more orientated towards blood status. Their influence also spread into his taste of wizards, preferring to go for the likes of Lord Voldemort to the point of admiration. He does take things at face value for instance; he does believe that Slytherin is better than Gryffindor or that Lord Voldemort is a great wizard because that was what he was told.
Having grown up with his parents building on his naïve nature, Regulus did become the favourite child in contrast to his rebellious older brother, Sirius. This did give him an element of arrogance because being the younger sibling; he had something to be proud of and worthy to be used against Sirius in times of conflict (which has increased over the years). In a way, Regulus’ attempts to beat his brother is his way of trying to get Sirius to notice him. Not just notice him but see him for he is, accept it and learn to care for him. Because you wanna know something, Regulus does care for his family. He may not show in a way that they interpret it as such but he does. This love for his family brings about an element of courage and selflessness which you wouldn’t conventionally find in a Slytherin.
Bring It Home
Father: Orion Black
Mother: Walburga Black
Siblings: Sirius Black
Other Important People: None
Overall History:
Regulus Arcturus Black is the second son of Orion and Walburga Black, members of a respectable pureblood family. Due to his connection with the Black dynasty, he grew up in a privileged lifestyle which included the ownership of a house elf by the name of Kreacher. It can be said that Regulus had a better childhood then his brother, Sirius. With the eldest son, he rebelled against their parents which resulted in many injuries. The combination of witnessing his brother being attacked by his parents and his impressionable nature, Regulus did not want to go against his parents. He absorbed their philosophy, dawning the belief that he, like his family, should be “toujours pur” (always pure). This isn’t to say that he completely turned his back on Sirius. He always cared, even getting into silly arguments with Sirius just so that he would be noticed and acknowledged by his older brother. The relationship between the brothers got worse after Sirius’ arrival at Hogwarts – the eldest Black was a Gryffindor.
When Regulus himself arrived at Hogwarts, he made up for his brother’s mistake (in the eyes of their parents) by allowing the Sorting Hat to sort him into Slytherin, the house of many Black ancestors before him. Once sorted, Regulus settled into school life quite easily. He did reasonably well in his studies, made (Slytherin) friends and developed a love for quidditch, eventually making it onto the house team. Life at Hogwarts was good. It was the summer holidays that things began to rot. Arguments. Acts of rebellion. Regulus’ parents were at odds with Sirius and Regulus was in the thick of it, leaning towards the belief of mum and dad. Things got to breaking point and the family did break. Sirius left, leaving Regulus with their parents. He can still remember the night it happened. Regulus became an only child in the eyes of Orion and Walburga but for him, he still believed deep down that he had a brother. Things were bad in the Black family. Even Uncle Alphard got disowned for helping Sirius.
But time moved on. Regulus returned to Hogwarts just like Sirius and moved on with his life. Whilst Sirius made his new life with the Marauders, Regulus continued with his as he began to sway towards the dark arts and a certain practitioner by the name of Voldemort. The impressions left by his parents had done their jobs in creating these two brothers. One of light and one of darkness.
Show Off
James Potter knew that his friend was stressed. He knew this because they were like brothers, having met for the first time only five years ago on the Hogwarts Express. Sirius had been loyal as a dog to him over the years and so Jamesfeltknew that he had to be the one to help. And with possible places flashing through his mind like a freight train, the wizard knew that there was only one that his devoted companion would go into in a time like this. So here James was – walking down to the Black Lake where he would find a pensive teenager worrying about the things that came close to colliding with his world. What specifically was bothering Padfoot James didn’t know but he would find out. He’d feel responsible otherwise.
The wood was starting to clear. Each tree towered over James, taking its lead from the one before as he moved closer and closer to the lake. With each step, James knew how to approach the situation that he had laid out in front of himself. He would not stack on the pressure for a confession immediately – ease into the conversation. Padfoot drawing away was not his aim. Any possible denial needed to be confronted.
Now at the beck and call of the sight in front of him, James had found his best friend. The fifteen year old observed his classmate as he skimmed stones on the calm water. James made the final walk over to the shore line, following Padfoot’s lead in removing the weight of his robes. Watching Padfoot’s latest attempt to skim a stone, James smiled. “Not bad there, Padfoot. Bet I could skim one further though.” James reached down to pick up a pebble when something caught his eye – the Map. Sirius knew he was coming. “And there I was thinking that my arrival would be unnoticed.” James had not anticipated that his company would have the map that he helped create. The assumption was that it had been left up in the dormitory or in the hands of one of the other Marauders. Maybe easing into the situation had gone out the window.
Behind The Mask
Alias: Robbie
Age: 19
Years Roleplaying:
Other Characters: James Potter
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