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FAMILY:

Mother: Andrea Brocklehurst (neé Whiteley).

Father: Peter Brocklehurst.

Siblings: Mandy Brocklehurst (5 years younger).

Nephew: Benjamin Boot (14 March, 1999; 5 years old).

SEXUALITY: Hetrosexual.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Lena Franklin Single.

LOYALTY/ALLIANCE: His family and his ambitions.
ROLE IN THE WAR: Matt was working for the Ministry in Washington DC at the time, discussing plans for the Quidditch World Cup when everything kicked off. Hearing his sister’s involvement in it all, he rushed straight home to look after her.
POLITICAL VIEWS: While Matt might work for the Ministry, he prefers to not discuss politics too much.

HEIGHT: 6 ft.
BUILD: Athletic.
EYES: Dark brown.
HAIR: Medium length (for a man), dark brown hair that is typically slicked back.
MANNER OF DRESS: Matt prefers to stick to well tailored suits of the muggle variety. He finds them more aesthetically appealing than dress robes, and they make it easier to move between the muggle and wizarding world with ease.
OTHER: Detail Here.
PB: Ben Barnes.

POSITIVE

CHARMING: If there was one word to describe Matthew, it would be charismatic. Even from a young age, he always had a unique ability to attract and fascinate other people with his coy smiles, his playful nature and storytelling abilities. Also being painfully charming, he takes great delight in talking people round to seeing the world in his way, or at least seeing his point in conversations. And while he can be charming to most people, if you are the object of his affections (if only for that night), he has a rather singular way of making you feel as though you are the funniest, most intelligent and most stunning individual has had the pleasure of meeting.

DETERMINED: Matthew, quite like his mother, has always been and will always be a person of a singular mind. When he decides that something needs doing or that he wants to achieve something, there is not much that can dissuade him. It is part of the reason he has held quite senior international diplomatic roles, despite his young age compared to his peers. He is not afraid to work harder or longer than his peers, to achieve his goals. He realises that not everything can be simply achieved overnight. Some goals require strategy and a long term plan, things he is more than willing to wait on in order to achieve what he wants to.

CARING: Despite Matthew putting up all sorts of walls around him, should you be one of the few people to make it past them, he can be an extremely caring individual. While he is not often the best at articulating how he feels, he instead tries his best to demonstrate it. For example, when his sister had difficulties with the ex that in his opinion, was clearly batting way above his league, he did not think twice in stepping in and offering financial assistance. Knowing his sister to be a stubborn woman though, rather than giving her money directly, he would instead turn up with food shopping. Similarly, when a friend found himself in a rather sticky predicament with the law, Matthew not only ensured that the charges went away, but also that the media never heard a word of his indiscretion.

AFFECTIONATE: While he might not seem like the type, Matthew has always been a very affectionate person towards his friends and loved ones. Knowing he isn’t always the best at expressing how he feels, he tries his best to show people instead. This includes but has not been limited in the past to flowers delivered to his exes’ work, hugs for friends he’s not seen in a while and unashamedly snuggling his nephew. He is the type of person who might not necessarily tell you that he loves you, but if you’ve had a bad day will turn up at your house with a takeaway and a 4 pack of beer.

NEGATIVE

AMBITIOUS: While ambition is not necessarily a bad trait to have, it is when you take it to the extremes that Matthew has been known to take it. While on the face of it he might seem like a friendly gentleman on the face of it, the truth is that he can be both callous and ruthless in achieving his goals. He has been known to sleep with women to curry favour, blackmail colleagues and metaphorically throw people under the bus in pursuit of what he wants most. There are not many morally questionable things he wouldn’t do in order to achieve his end goals.

INTENSE: While he has calmed down a lot since Lena left him (citing his workaholic tendencies as the reason), Matthew is prone to being a very intense man. Once he turns his attention to something whether it be a work or a relationship, he will throw everything that he has at that thing. So, for example at work, while others would be goofing off on a Friday afternoon before hitting the pub, he would be working at his desk until the very last moment before his boss kicked him out of the office. He has been known to forget to eat or drink while trying to figure out the finer details of a plan at work. Hell, he has even been known to fall asleep at his desk after working for hours on end.

ARROGANT: While Matthew might claim to be a humble, simple man, the reality is as far from the truth as possible. He is good looking, smart, charming and by god does he know it. If he wasn’t such a great person, why on earth would so many women flock to try and climb into his bed so easily? As for his attitude, if he thinks himself to be more intelligent than his peers, has been known to openly talk down to people he sees as being inferior. In his own head, he sees it as a way of encouraging them to improve themselves. After all, if nobody tells them they have a problem, how are they ever to improve?

VAIN: One of the more unfortunate traits that Matthew seemed to develop from his time in Slytherin, is his vanity. While he had never been particularly attentive in his appearance, it became abundantly apparent to him very quickly that it was a large part in getting ahead. It is for this reason that he will spend a good twenty or so minutes in front of the mirror each morning getting his hair just right. Or, spending out a small fortune on the finest hand tailored suits that he could afford. He is a firm believer that it is better to be overdressed for every occasion, then underdressed. Which is while others might come in on a casual Friday in jeans and t-shirt, Matthew can still be found with a shirt on.

LIKES: A well tailored suit, a good bourbon, coconut flavoured anything, cigars, muggle action films (especially James Bond), fast muggle cars

DISLIKES: Queuing, cold coffee, Ministry Canteen food (he normally orders out for lunch)

CHILDHOOD: Growing up in the outskirts of Windsor, Matthew was very lucky to enjoy quite a decidedly middle-class upbringing, attending a local private school until he was old enough to go to Hogwarts. His mother Andrea was a High-Ranking Ministry Liaison, who often left the house early and returned late in the evening. While he never held it against his mother, he was largely raised by his father who was an artist by trade, and consequently always present at home, unless he needed to attend a gallery. This often meant that Matthew would pass the day with his sister and father, painting and making crafts of various descriptions, until their mother returned for dinner. That’s not to say that all his childhood was spent indoors though, as some of Matthew’s happiest childhood memories involve chasing his sister around various National Trust gardens or exploring some of the various museums that could be found on their doorstep and in London itself.

HOGWARTS: As with many people before him, his time was a place of wonder and intrigue. While it might have gotten off to a bit of a rocky start by being sorted into a house his mother did not deem to be appropriate, it was here that he found his own kind. People who he did not have to pretend to be anyone other than himself around. While he had always been encouraged to play down his slightly competitive and ambitious side, in Slytherin he was taught to embrace it, to thrive because of it and not be ashamed. Sure, there were a few people who took their ambition and self-preservation to extremes, but the other lessons and the connections he made here were invaluable to his later career. While he might have started Hogwarts as an idealistic young boy, he left a confident and self-assured young man.

A DREAM JOB: While he had no expectations of getting a good job straight out of Hogwarts, Matthew still somehow fell on his feet. Whereas most people his age started out at the Ministry in roles like post boys or junior administrators in basement departments, Matthew somehow managed to score himself a Junior Aide job working in the Department of International Magical Cooperation. While he would like to tell his friends that it was because of his impressive people skills, and the fact he is a natural communicator, the reality of the situation is that his Mum put in a call for him. Not that he cared how he got the job though; it was more important to him that he got it.

Over the next few years, he continued to put in his time as a loyal foot solider in the bottom ranks of the department. That was until one day where a job came up two paygrades above his. Not expecting to get it, he had only intended to go to the interview as a way of showing his bosses that he was keen to progress quickly. What he didn’t count on though was the ideas that he put forward to his manager, combined with the pure confidence in applying for it would pay off. Somehow against all the odds, he managed to score the job of International Liaison for sporting events.

BEN'S BIRTH: Having always been a selfish man deep down, for many years, Matthew could easily count the amount of people he truly cared for on one hand and it was that way for many years. That of course came to an end the day that his nephew, Benjamin Boot came into the world. Staring down at the face of that little rascal, he felt an immense love for him that he was not entirely sure that he was capable of feeling. Sure, Terry had been more than slightly an asshole in his opinion, but he couldn’t completely slate the bloke, he did give him his nephew after all.

More than Ben himself though, it was looking down at his face that he realised that maybe he wanted a family of his own. Maybe he wanted a wife, a child and everything that came with that all. Maybe he didn’t want to come back to his empty bachelor flat every night or to go out on a Friday night, to come home with another faceless beauty. Resolving to not be that person any more, he went back into work the next day, asked out the pretty girl in his department and put in for the promotion in America he felt like he deserved.

SEPARATION AND HOMECOMING: For years, Matthew very much lived the good life while in America. He lived in an amazing apartment, he had a fantastic job and best of all, he had the stunningly gorgeous fiancé to complete the set. Unfortunately for him though, not all good things last forever and for Matthew, things came to a rather abrupt end. Coming home early one day after an afternoon meeting was cancelled, he found clothes strewn around the apartment and his fiancé’s legs wrapped around the neck of the Junior Transport Minister for the USA.

While he tried his best to move on, to forget about her and to resume his good work, he just couldn’t. Every time he walked into the Ministry, he was reminded of her, and the apartment seemed to lose something without her things there. So, doing the only thing he could think to do, he applied for a job back home. Citing his reason as being family and missing his nephew, the paperwork was done and dusted, and he was on his way back home with a few trunks in no time at all.

NAME: Tori.
AGE: 31.
TIMEZONE: GMT.
OTHER CONTACTS: Tori #3639 on Discord.