Post by Marcus Conway on Dec 28, 2007 16:12:01 GMT
The Character
Marcus Lloyd Conway – Hufflepuff 3rd year – Muggle born but with magic in the family
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Appearance:
Marcus is of an average height for his age and of a decent build for it too. He has a mess of red hair and light blue eyes. His smiling face is often adorned with his wide, round glasses.
Personality:
Marcus has his stranger then usual idiosyncrasies with his quiet yet quirky mannerisms. He has a terrific sense of humour and fun (though he is nervous of anything dangerous) while being fearsome in his loyalty to those who he is close to and he will stick by their sides no matter what. Marcus isn’t what some may call brave but when he is called to make hard decisions, Marcus can be counted on to make and stick to his swift and thought-out decision.
He is hard headed but hard working and diligent. He loves the challenge of classes and revels in getting his assignments done the day he gets them. Marcus is happy to say to his friends, “sorry guys, I’ve got work to do. Go on without me.” And when it comes to his friends he expects them to know that when he is focused on his work that’s where his mind is. He can’t multi task and all those that know him know that about him too.
Marcus, too, believes in doing what is right, for himself and for others. He believes in seeing problems through and not dwelling on what he cannot accomplish. He knows his limitations and is not put down by them. Instead he likes to push them as much as he can by doing more to broaden and expand on those limitations. Trustworthy and discerning, Marcus is approachable and kind, giving with his time when called upon to do so and affectionate in his own, quirky way.
History:
Marcus comes from a small family. His mother and father are in their late forties and are both muggles but he had a distant uncle that is a wizard (but we don’t talk about him). His sister is four years older then him and they get along like most siblings do, occasionally well but mostly irritating each other and their parents. Amara Conway, Marcus’s sister, one day received a letter delivered by a beautiful owl. Needless to say, Lloyd and Abby Conway were most upset about their daughter attending a school for witchcraft and wizardry but when their uncle explained about the magical world they soon relaxed about the whole scenario and came to accept that their daughter was a witch.
Marcus has been showing signs of possessing magical talents since he was four but no one fully understood them because their uncle was shunned from social gatherings for being outrageously weird. Most thought it was just odd things that happened around Marcus. Other then those weird things happening once so often, he grew up relatively normal, compared to some. Having good grades at school came easy and having a few better the average friends ensured that he learnt social and self-disciplining skills that are to come in useful in the future.
Then when Marcus was ten he got a similar letter from the same institute. Amara was over the moon that she wasn’t the only normal one in her family who could experience the wizarding world (as their uncle was a most unsociable person when it came to their family and they had not seen much of him). His mother was a little less then understanding that both her children would be spending so much time away from home but Amara, Marcus and their father, Lloyd, were able to calm her down eventually. Now Marcus is preparing for his first year at Hogwarts and very much looking forward to it. From all that Amara has told him he couldn’t be more jittery.
Sorted into Hufflepuff, Marcus was ecstatic and found the Hufflepuffs to be charming people. The two people he'd met on the train had also been storted into Hufflepuff so the three started hanging out, fast becoming firm friends. Sam and Alice and Marcus went everywhere together that was important and did most things together. Having such a friendship was very important for the young red head. He achieved well in his school work, catching onto the topics with ease. Still he had to work hard to keep them going.
