Orpheus Travers
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basics. |
name:
Orpheus Melville Travers
birthday: November 5 1958
blood: Pureblood.
hogwarts: '77 Slytherin
profession: Former position in the The Department of International
Magical Relations as the Head of Record Keeping. Presently in Azkaban.
alliance: Death Eater. |
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personal. |
former home:
81506 Portobello Road, Notting Hill, West London
personality: Very envious of those who seem to have an easier
life than he has, relaxation and play do not come easily. Often feels
lonely and isolated as an adult. Generally, has a good sense of humor
that can carry him through when times really do get tough.
His mind is very curious and inquisitive, always seeking information
on a wide variety of topics. The broader the subject matter the more
it appeals. Prefers to deal with abstractions -- the small but important
details associated with any subject tend to slip his mind. A good detective,
he loves getting to the roots of problems and enjoys finding out what
makes other people tick. Orpheus is often eccentric and offbeat.
Known in his circle of friends for being blunt, honest and truthful.
Known to others to be very willful, stubborn, tenacious and independent
with a tendency to be snobbish and uppity. Always wants to be proud
of himself and will never do anything that will make himself look bad.
Orpheus needs the respect and admiration of others and enjoys attracting
attention to himself. Everything he does tends to be self-emphasized
and self-exaggerated. A great need for love, affection and reassurance,
and a tendency toward vanity, allows him to have his head easily turned
by flattery. The more insecure he is, the more he tends to be a showoff.
Intense and complex by nature, extremely strong emotional reactions
to most situations. Feelings are often very difficult to verbalize.
Therefore he has a tendency to be very quiet - - to brood and think
a lot. Seldom gets overtly angry and tends to hold things in, but, when
he does lash out, Orpheus is furious and unforgiving. When he makes
an emotional commitment, it is total -- not attracted to superficial
or casual relationships. Orpheus tends to regard the significant people
in his life in much the same way as he does his possessions -- overly
attached and much too jealous. If challenged, he takes it as a personal
affront and tends to lash out and fight back in a vengeful manner. Loves
mysteries and the supernatural. |
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appearance. |
height:
6'3"
hair color: Blonde.
eye color: Blue. |
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relations. |
mother:
Calliope nee Parnassus Travers
father: Sol Travers
siblings: Klio Travers (![[info]](https://www.scribbld.com/img/userinfo.gif) brightest)
cousins: Angel Everglot
partner: Married to Juliana Wilkes (jules)
since April 1979. Their relationship has been very rocky since the beginning
as the arraigned marriage suited neither party. Juliana has cheated
on Orpheus multiple times, the outcome of which was his hitting her
during an argument. She filed a report and he was arrested on spousal
abuse charges which were later dropped when his murder trial took place.
past relationships: Previously engaged to Laura Mulciber. Marriage
prospects fell apart after the death of her brother. Upon discovering
Laura was not a virgin, Orpheus' father insisted the engagement be terminated.
The families are not speaking. Laura is now married to Dominic Yaxley
and has a child. |
| story. |
Orpheus lived
with his parents and younger sister in Gloucestershire. He had a happy
childhood, with early memories filled with pushing his sister on a mattress
down the large front staircase and adding pounds of extra sugar to his
mother's pies when she wasn't looking. Orpheus and his sister were the
best of friends, being separated by only 4 years. He couldn't wait until
she started school at Hogwarts and he could do his big brotherly best
to show her around. He was sure she would be a Slytherin with him and
as of his second day as a first year, began preparing to 'pass the torch'.
However, Orpheus was very different at school than he was at home. He
was in Slytherin, adequate in most subjects, apt in Potions, excelling
in Transfiguration. He wanted to go out for his Animangus License, Transfiguration
being his favorite subject. He had high academic hopes.
Orpheus was very popular, very outgoing. Nearly everyone liked him,
except for the obvious house rivalries. He got along well with most
of his teachers and though was often in detention, it was never anything
very serious. His typical offense was not completing his homework, having
been too occupied with his friends to be bothered. No one ever really
expected him to become a Death Eater.
But Orpheus was very insecure with himself. He often required the approval
of others in order to think he was any good. As he grew up, he saw many
of his housemates involved with Darker elements of magic and soon he
was caught up with the wrong sorts of people.
The Death Eaters told him he was something, they told him he was capable
of great things, that he would be a somebody, and he believed them.
They had power and people respected and feared them. More than anything,
Orpheus wanted to hold power over people; he wanted to be in control.
This was his major character flaw, which had obviously played into his
house sorting.
Orpheus graduated from Hogwarts by the skin of his teeth, already very
involved with the Death Eaters. His long time friend Anthony Mulciber
helped to secure him a position at the Ministry and although it was
a poor excuse for what he thought he deserved, Orpheus knew his NEWT
scores could secure him nothing more. It was at this time that Orpheus
developed a relationship with Laura, Tony's younger sister and the two
were engaged. Shortly after their engagement was announced, Tony was
killed in an incident that the Mulciber family covered up by means of
their close ties as Voldemort supporters. This was the catalyst that
threw apart Orpheus and Laura's impending marriage and Orpheus was never
the same after the death of his friend.
It was at this time that Orpheus' eccentricities began to surface. He
threw all his time into work and left little for the sister and the
family that had recently meant so much to him. Under Tony's instruction,
he had worked hard to keep his family close but now he cared little
for anything. He grew closer instead to the Death Eaters and worked
his way up in the ranks steadily.
It was time for Orpheus to settle down, his family decided one
evening and a marriage was arranged with the Wilkes family with the
youngest daughter, Juliana. The pair were completely surprised by
the arrangement but went along with it for lack of better options.
The marriage was a failure from the start however, and only served
to give Orpheus more reasons to please the Death Eaters, especially
since now he was the brother-in-law of perhaps the two craziest
Death Eaters, the Wilkes brothers.
During this period of his life, Orpheus did work to rekindle his
relationship with Klio. The family within the walls of his own home
was fragmented enough and he looked to her for someone to rely on,
probably one of the only people he now thought he could fully trust
what with his parents dumping him with an awful match. Klio in turn
looked up to her brother and had no real knowledge of his
involvement with the Death Eaters or of his troubles at home,
although she knew he did detest his new bride.
Orpheus finally did get the opportunity he had been waiting for when
he was assigned the mission of carrying out the McKinnon murder. He
took pleasure in finally extracting the vengeance for the world he'd
been secretly harboring for a long time and had no problem that many
of the people murdered that night had no direct involvement in his
life at all. Marlene McKinnon was able to alert The Order however as to the identity of the Death Eater that had attacked her family so it was only a matter of time before the
authorities came after Orpheus.
Orpheus was arrested at the 100th birthday party of his
grandfather's on charges of spousal abuse that allowed the Ministry
to hold him until evidence in the McKinnon murder could be brought
against him. His groundbreaking trial began on September 1, 1979 and
he was the first Death Eater convicted and sent to Azkaban. To
Orpheus' credit he did not give up the names of any other Death
Eaters on the stand and confessed to carrying out the murder without
accomplices.
Orpheus is presently doing time in Azkaban and no release date is
set. He will be allowed visitation privileges beginning in September
of 1980. |
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astrology. |
| Slytherin
Scorpio:
What is said of Slytherins born under
all other signs is doubly true of Slytherins born under Scorpio. (Or
was it that what is said of Scorpios is doubly true of Scorpios sorted
into Slytherin?) There is no middle ground here - these wizards can
embody all that is the very best in the world... or all that is the
very worst. They are heroes, or they are villains. They are attracted
to the dark, twisted, and forbidden mysteries of the world from the
day they are born, and only they can determine whether they will study
the dark arts in order to oppose them, or to embrace them. However,
as Scorpio is a sign of transformation and regeneration, it is not impossible
for even the most evil of dark wizards to turn to the path of good...
Scorpio Slytherins have uncanny wisdom, insight into human psychology,
and high "emotional IQ's." They are incredibly ambitious, often exist
in a state of total ego, and if misused or hurt, can nurse the wound
and seethe for decades. Still, although they are often tempted to do
horrible things in the name of glory or discovery, they nevertheless
are often the kindest, most compassionate, and most forgiving people
of all, for they have seen their own inner darkness, faced it, and do
not run from it when they encounter it in others. |
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ooc. |
last edited: 8/26/08
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played by: Hayden Christensen
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