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Basic Info| Name: | notthatharry |
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| Birthdate: | 08-09 |
BioName: Harry Dresden
Series: The Dresden Files
Age: 16
Personality:
For most of his life, Harry has been a shy kid who compensates by being something of a sarcastic pain in the ass. He dealt with the death of his father and the subsequent loneliness of his years of state care by cultivating a persona of easy humor, always quick with a snarky remark or a caustic comeback. This attitude also resulted in a deep hatred of bullies, as he was beaten up. A lot.
Under his attitude, however, Harry is a rather sensitive kid. He empathizes with others on a deep level, and when he sees someone in trouble he can’t help but feel like he has to step in and help, especially if the person in trouble is a woman or child. He looks out for the little guy, no matter the odds. His father raised him to be a gentleman, and he took those lessons to heart. He has a great deal of courage, though some would call it insanity, and won’t back down if he thinks the cause is right.
More recently, however, he’s been through a great deal of trauma that has left him sullen and withdrawn, wracked by guilt for the lives he took, and the pain of losing his second family. He tends to sit off to the side, trying to keep from attracting attention. He fears social contact, both because he’s never had much experience with large crowds or children his own age, and because he’s afraid of being hurt again. It will take a lot to get him out of his shell.
Background:
Harry was born to a Muggle father, Malcolm Dresden, and a powerful witch named Margaret Gwendolyn LeFay. Sadly Margaret died in childbirth under mysterious circumstances before she had a chance to tell Malcolm about her true nature. Therefore, Harry spent his early childhood completely unaware of his magical heritage as his father and he traveled the country side performing his father’s act as a stage magician.
Sadly these good times were not to last, and when Harry was six Malcolm died of a brain aneurysm, leaving Harry an orphan. He was bounced around state care facilities until he was ten years old, when he was finally adopted by a powerful wizard named Justin DeMorne, along with another potential wizard, a muggleborn named Elaine. DeMorne introduced both of them to a skewed view of their heritage, and tried to turn Elaine and Harry into his enforcers without their knowing. The training was grueling, indeed abusive and damaging, but Harry was happy in his own way, and he and Elaine even began to fall in love. Lemon drop
This happiness was not to last, however. One dark day when Harry was sixteen years old, DeMorne revealed the true reason he had adopted him. DeMorne, a former Auror, had become a Dark Wizard years ago, and had adopted Harry and Elaine to raise them to be his enforcers. Harry managed to escape that night and fled. DeMorne dispatched a spectral assassin after the young wizard, but he was fortunate enough to find a powerful fairy who owed his mother a favor. She granted him a boon that allowed him to defeat the shade, but promised she’d return to collect his debt one day.
At this point Harry could have fled and disappeared into the mass of humanity, but he couldn’t leave Elaine in DeMorne’s clutches. He returned to save her, and she thanked him by placing him in a binding spell. Trapped and betrayed by the two people he was closest to in the world, Harry was again tempted to give in, but something just wouldn’t let him. Slipping his bonds, Harry rose up and faced DeMorne in a magical duel, and in the course of the duel DeMourne accidentally set the house ablaze, causing it to collapse around him, with Harry barely escaping with his life. Harry never found out what happened to Elaine, but the evidence suggested she died in the fire as well. The whole fight being a blur, Harry couldn't actually remember who originally started the blaze, and that uncertainty has haunted him ever since.
Wandering in a daze, Harry dug himself out of the wreckage of the house, the only thing he had left in the world were his want, his mother’s pendant, and a strange enchanted skull that claimed to be the home of a spirit of knowledge.
Harry wandered for a short time, but he did not get far before he was picked up by the Aurors. Harry had engaged in unlicensed magic, and stood accused of potentially causing the deaths of two people. Dragged before the Ministry of Magic, Harry was facing the rest of his life in a wizarding prison, with only the Dementors for company. DeMourn had been a feared Dark Wizard, and had worked with even more feared men than he. The Ministry wanted to erase him from memory, and furthermore were terrified of the prospect of what Harry might become. Not just because of DeMourm, but because of his mother as well. They were about to close the book on him when an elderly figure stepped forward and spoke on his behalf.
Ebenezer McCoy was a highly respected wizard, who had spent years discovering new magic and battling dark wizards and powerful creatures. His word carried a great deal of weight among the Ministry, and his personal history with Margaret meant that when he heard of Harry's trial, he rushed to investigate. His words swayed the Ministry, and convinced them to release Harry into his care on probation.
Ebenezer, however, knew he was in no position to raise a traumatized teenager, and so after a month he contacted Headmaster Cid about submitting a promising new student…
Blood: Half
Series: The Dresden Files
Age: 16
Personality:
For most of his life, Harry has been a shy kid who compensates by being something of a sarcastic pain in the ass. He dealt with the death of his father and the subsequent loneliness of his years of state care by cultivating a persona of easy humor, always quick with a snarky remark or a caustic comeback. This attitude also resulted in a deep hatred of bullies, as he was beaten up. A lot.
Under his attitude, however, Harry is a rather sensitive kid. He empathizes with others on a deep level, and when he sees someone in trouble he can’t help but feel like he has to step in and help, especially if the person in trouble is a woman or child. He looks out for the little guy, no matter the odds. His father raised him to be a gentleman, and he took those lessons to heart. He has a great deal of courage, though some would call it insanity, and won’t back down if he thinks the cause is right.
More recently, however, he’s been through a great deal of trauma that has left him sullen and withdrawn, wracked by guilt for the lives he took, and the pain of losing his second family. He tends to sit off to the side, trying to keep from attracting attention. He fears social contact, both because he’s never had much experience with large crowds or children his own age, and because he’s afraid of being hurt again. It will take a lot to get him out of his shell.
Background:
Harry was born to a Muggle father, Malcolm Dresden, and a powerful witch named Margaret Gwendolyn LeFay. Sadly Margaret died in childbirth under mysterious circumstances before she had a chance to tell Malcolm about her true nature. Therefore, Harry spent his early childhood completely unaware of his magical heritage as his father and he traveled the country side performing his father’s act as a stage magician.
Sadly these good times were not to last, and when Harry was six Malcolm died of a brain aneurysm, leaving Harry an orphan. He was bounced around state care facilities until he was ten years old, when he was finally adopted by a powerful wizard named Justin DeMorne, along with another potential wizard, a muggleborn named Elaine. DeMorne introduced both of them to a skewed view of their heritage, and tried to turn Elaine and Harry into his enforcers without their knowing. The training was grueling, indeed abusive and damaging, but Harry was happy in his own way, and he and Elaine even began to fall in love. Lemon drop
This happiness was not to last, however. One dark day when Harry was sixteen years old, DeMorne revealed the true reason he had adopted him. DeMorne, a former Auror, had become a Dark Wizard years ago, and had adopted Harry and Elaine to raise them to be his enforcers. Harry managed to escape that night and fled. DeMorne dispatched a spectral assassin after the young wizard, but he was fortunate enough to find a powerful fairy who owed his mother a favor. She granted him a boon that allowed him to defeat the shade, but promised she’d return to collect his debt one day.
At this point Harry could have fled and disappeared into the mass of humanity, but he couldn’t leave Elaine in DeMorne’s clutches. He returned to save her, and she thanked him by placing him in a binding spell. Trapped and betrayed by the two people he was closest to in the world, Harry was again tempted to give in, but something just wouldn’t let him. Slipping his bonds, Harry rose up and faced DeMorne in a magical duel, and in the course of the duel DeMourne accidentally set the house ablaze, causing it to collapse around him, with Harry barely escaping with his life. Harry never found out what happened to Elaine, but the evidence suggested she died in the fire as well. The whole fight being a blur, Harry couldn't actually remember who originally started the blaze, and that uncertainty has haunted him ever since.
Wandering in a daze, Harry dug himself out of the wreckage of the house, the only thing he had left in the world were his want, his mother’s pendant, and a strange enchanted skull that claimed to be the home of a spirit of knowledge.
Harry wandered for a short time, but he did not get far before he was picked up by the Aurors. Harry had engaged in unlicensed magic, and stood accused of potentially causing the deaths of two people. Dragged before the Ministry of Magic, Harry was facing the rest of his life in a wizarding prison, with only the Dementors for company. DeMourn had been a feared Dark Wizard, and had worked with even more feared men than he. The Ministry wanted to erase him from memory, and furthermore were terrified of the prospect of what Harry might become. Not just because of DeMourm, but because of his mother as well. They were about to close the book on him when an elderly figure stepped forward and spoke on his behalf.
Ebenezer McCoy was a highly respected wizard, who had spent years discovering new magic and battling dark wizards and powerful creatures. His word carried a great deal of weight among the Ministry, and his personal history with Margaret meant that when he heard of Harry's trial, he rushed to investigate. His words swayed the Ministry, and convinced them to release Harry into his care on probation.
Ebenezer, however, knew he was in no position to raise a traumatized teenager, and so after a month he contacted Headmaster Cid about submitting a promising new student…
Blood: Half
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