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NAME: Caradoc Reuben Dearborn
NICKNAMES: ‘Doc (or sometimes “Rube” to those who hate him....! :( )
AGE & BIRTHDATE: 27 | 16 November, 1953

BLOODLINE: Halfblood (Muggle mum and Wizard father!)
LOYALTY: DUMBLEDORE, of course!

WAND: 11 3/4 inches, Maple wood, with a Unicorn Tail Hair
HANDWRITING: Cutty-Fruity!

MARITAL STATUS: Still single, sadly....! :’(
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Straight mostly, although - well... I presume that he was rather attracted to one Gareth Orloc, a young man from school....! xD <3
CURRENT RESIDENCE: A small flat in the center of London, with a roommate, maybe? :D

OCCUPATION: Auror (for now, at least!)
HOGWARTS HOUSE & YEARS ATTENDED: Hufflepuff | 1965-1972

PATRONUS: Border collie
BOGGART: His own body lain out, prone, on the ground.... Like he was a coward who was running away from a battle, when he was hit in the back with a curse...
AMORTENTIA: Cherry Coke (or rather, regular Coca-Cola served up inside an old cherry-preserves jar! xD <3), mixed with his “Tezcatlipoca” cologne, which of course, is meant to smell like a supple leather armament, and instead merely amps on his skin as a Bomber Jacket with a chocolate bar melting inside one of its pockets...! xD <3

PB: Joshua Stewart

Where do you see yourself in a year? Five years? Ten years?:
Well, assuming I'm still alive in a year, or five, or even ten - which, let's face it, doesn't seem too bloody likely, what with the Traitor in our Order and everything... But okay, let's make-believe and pretend that I make it through another year... I'd really love for the bloody war to be over by then, so that I might return to my true passion: whittling trees and such as down to things like broomsticks and wands! That, or raising animals, in a nice quiet little farm... Or, ranch, I suppose the correct term would be, if I were actually raising the animals for their meat! (Of course, I'd probably make a pretty lousy rancher, what with how bloody hard I cry when I come across a dead animal on the bloody roadside!)

You have just been informed that you only have 24 hours to live. What do you do in this short amount of time?:
Um... I give 'em hell, obviously...! And by "'em" i mean of course the Death Eaters who are sneaking UP on me and plotting to kill me in 24 hours....! Heh... I'd also try and prepare the good ol' little bro for the possibility of losing me....! (So sorry, Benny.... I mean, BENJY!)

What is something other people think or assume about you that frustrates you? Why?:
I dunno; I'm pretty chill, I don't really care what people think about me - whether I'm a half-blooded Mamzer who pulled his mother away from her Chosen People, or whether I'm just a plain old Half-blood who pulled his father's family down from grace...! Really, I'm totally chill...!

Describe yourself in three words. Elaborate on your choices and explain your reasoning.:
Um... how does "brave", "good" and of course, "clever" strike you? No? Why ARE you laughing at that? Okay, okay, so I was laughing too, as I said those words... About MESELF...! Heh... Anyway, well - I'd say the three words that best describe me are "Slow", "Determined" and of course, "Hilarious"! If you know me, you'll know that's all true, every word of it... And if you don't know me, well - I DO hope you get to know me and my sense of humour before I go to meet my Maker....!

How would you like people to remember you after you're gone?:
Ooh, that's a tough one.... I suppose -- yes, I suppose I'd wanna be remembered as someone who laughed himself to death...! Heh... (Sorry again, Benjy!) FIVE STRENGTHS AND FIVE WEAKNESSES.

• Transfiguration - He’s amazingly good at Transfiguration, surprisingly enough!
• He’s a decent human being - Pretty self-explanatory, I think...! lol!
• Care for Magical Creatures - I mean, srsly, if ANY Death Eater hung a KNEAZLE up on a Mantle, or even a bloody magical RAT - well, Doc would undoubtedly have to get away from his fellow Aurors in order to cry over the senseless loss of life...! (not that his PEOPLE lost aren’t ALSO senseless losses, but - well, an Animal is far more innocent than any person - even someone as good as Doc...
• Brave - Or at the very least, he manages a fair facsimile thereof...!
• Class clown-iness - Yes, in fact, in case you hadn’t already Guessed from knowing Doc previously - or even just glancing at the NAME he put on hs journal (“Eh... what’s up, Doc?” as in BUGS BUNNY! xD <3) well... he IS a certifiable class clown, who LOVES to see people laughing, or at the very least, smiling...

• Um... virtually every single other academic subject? - Well... other than Transfiguration and of course, Care of Magical Creatures, he just barely scraped by enough of an OWL score to get into the NEWT levels he wanted to sit, and then, of course, he struggled even harder to get passing marks in the NEWT levels... Becoming an Auror did NOT come easy to him, at ALL!
• Bravado - And not just because of the Marks he achieved (just barely!) did he have trouble with Becoming an Auror... The truth is, Doc is a frightened young man, who doesn’t believe he’s smart enough, strong enough, or even brave enough to manage the job - but every single day, he puts on his “game face” regardless, and somehow makes it through the day, on sheer bravado, most days... (I know, I know, this is supposed to be the Weaknesses section, but - I DO sorta consider this a weakness, having to place a “mask” of bravery upon his face every single day!)
• Not the quickest cauldron to boil - I think we’ve covered this, already, but - it bears repeating....! xD <33 Particularly as he was almost seduced by a Future Death Eater, during his schooldays....!
• Coordination - I mean, srsly, he’s constantly tripping over his own two feet - sparking many lectures from Moody about how one of these days he’s going to manage to take his own eye out with his wand, whilst he’s trying to catch himself from tripping over! Also, he owns a 1970 model of the Shooting Star broom, but - well, it prefers to fly without him! lol!
• Lack of confrontational skills/general ruthlessness-less - For an Auror, Doc is... really not very badarse, at ALL! I mean, srsly, he’ll ALWAYS play the “Good Cop” no matter WHO has to play the Bad Cop to manage to give him that! xD <3 And as for the whole “Crouch says we can USE the Unforgivable Curses now!” business, well - he thinks he’ll lay off of those, even IF a Masked Man IS throwing an Avada Kedavra at him; he doesn’t want to make a mistake, as in MISSING HIS MARK, or anything ELSE he might come to regret later... Basically, he’s too good a human being to actually be an Auror.... xD <3

PARENTS: Neil (ex-Hufflepuff!: b. 1922, d. 1975!) and Pamela (b. 1927, d. 1975!) Dearborn (née Cohen!) - A Pureblood wizard and a Muggle Jewess who converted to Christianity to marry Mr. Dearborn, who had, after a study of Muggle religions, accepted Jesus Christ as his personal saviour. Oy gevalt. No one on either side was happy, but things eventually calmed down enough for them to raise their five half-bloods/mamzers/take-your-picks in peace, though Pure-blood wizarding families very naturally still held Mr. Dearborn and his family in contempt.
SIBLINGS: Myrna (ex-Ravenclaw!: b. 1956, d. 1975), Eudora (SQUIB!: b. 1960, d. 1975), Bennett (ex-Gryffindor!: b. 1963, d. 1975), and of course, Naomi (unsorted but definitely a WITCH!: b. 1968, d. 1975)
OTHER NOTABLE FAMILY: Benjamin Fenwick (adopted kid brother! lol! Hufflepuff alumnus!: b. 1958!)

FIVE NOTABLE MOMENTS FROM YOUR CHARACTER'S PAST

• The miracle of life and such as! - Indeed, Caradoc was exposed to the Miracle of Life very early on, by his family... He was present when his eldest sister Myrna was born at home, and all the others were witnessed by Doc, too, of course! (I mean, even though his MUM called him Carry, his dad always called him “Doc” and mockingly said that there was something to be said for making his Mummy comfortable with a “Doc” in the House...! lol!) Anyway after watching his siblings all born, he watched them grow up, as far as that went, at least.... Naomi was just shaping into a slightly bossy, but flighty and very imaginative little girl, whereas ‘Dora (Eudora) was just coming into her own as a bloody Teeny-bopper (though - I don’t believe that term is historically accurate! lol!), Myrna was just ready to leave school, and possibly become an Auror herself, just like her much-vaunted Big Brother... And oh, Bennett, of course, he was becoming a Holy Terror as was only proper for a little eleven-year-old wizard, who absolutely loved to send his Squib sister Chocolate Frogs (unwrapped, natch!) at her girls’ school...
• Doc becomes an Auror in the hopes of fighting off the Darkness in the world - It wasn’t easy at all to make it through all the coursework, both inside the Ministry and back at Hogwarts, but - with Dumbledore’s encouragement, and not to mention, his own father’s guidance, he managed it somehow, and it would have been such a bloody proud day for his family, had they actually lived to see it... :(
• Doc’s ENTIRE FAMILY DIES HORRIBLY, without him there! - In the summer of 1975, of course, Doc was supposed to be spending the weekend with his family, but - he wound up spending the weekend with a friend instead, and he’s regretted his choice ever since... For you see, I think that the Death Eaters descended on the Dearborn residence, knowing of Doc’s habit of staying with them of his weekends off from training, and thus - had hoped to wipe out the Future Auror, as well as the ENTIRE FAMILY thereof...! :( <3 Unfortunately, when they found Doc not present among the captives they had in the house, well - that only seemed to make them even more violent....! :( <3
• Doc joins the Order of the Phoenix - This came before the slaughter of his family, naturally enough, given that it was Dumbledore himself who made him realise that there was a Darkness threatening the world... But still - well -I decided to save this titbit for a little later, given that this was bound to end on a sad note, anyway! D:
• Doc “adopts” a New family - In the form of Benjy Fenwick, who ALSO had lost his family - though of course, in a far less violent and less permanent manner! Of course, Benjy was willing to be adopted, but there was something to be said for how Doc chose to view him as a “kid brother” - much in the same way Bennett was to him... (Why, sometimes he even slips up and calls the poor young man “Benny” rather than “Benjy”! lol!)

NAME: Cori
AGE: 31 (!!!)
EXPERIENCE: oh, LOADS! xD <3
CONTACT: real.life.Joly AT Gmail
TIME ZONE: CST! :D