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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 8:37 pm
xxxxxxxx ▬▬ 《 LAPIS LAZULI MORTEMER 》 ▬▬ xxxxxxxx
▧ 【 Bᴀsɪᴄ Iɴғᴏ 】
➥ Birth Name —Lapis Lazuli Mortemer
➥ Nickname(s) —Laz, Lazuli
➥ Age —28
➥ Birthday —September 10, 2010 [Virgo]
➥ Gender —Male
➥ Orientation —Straight
➥ Wand —10 inches Fir wood, Phoenix Feather core, supple and bendy
▧ 【 Pᴇʀsᴏɴᴀʟ Iɴғᴏ 】
➥ Birthplace —Sussex, England
➥ Current Residency —Sussex, England
➥ Nationality —British
➥ Heritage —French, Norwegian
➥ Language/Dialect —English, French (fluent), Norwegian (proficient), Scottish Gaelic (passable)
➥ Accent —Received Pronunciation
➥ Blood Status —Pureblood
▧ 【 Aᴘᴘᴇᴀʀᴀɴᴄᴇ 】
➥ Hair Color —Black
➥ Eye Color —Pale Blue
➥ Height —6'0 ft
➥ Notable Features —Stab scar at the rib-chest, scar on right palm
➥ Image Reference —David Giuntoli
▧ 【 Iɴᴅɪᴠɪᴅᴜᴀʟɪᴛʏ 】
➥ Personality
▶ ALTRUISTIC — Lazuli is surprisingly generous to his skills and his time, especially when it comes to people close to him. While not a pushover, Lazuli was willing to help anyone... anyone especially if he knew that he has the time to do it. While he was indeed positively selfless and kind, this leave him little time for himself while feeling bitterness when Lazuli was being used.
▶ VISIONARY — He was a gifted visionary, intelligent, and he sees things in a different angle like how an inventor does. As a result, this made him an odd one out of the four siblings- together with his twin Beryl. He apparently doesn't know when to quit, and will strive to reach for his goals and plans for the betterment of himself and the people around him. He usually plays fair and square but when the dire situation calls for it, he wouldn't hesitate to get his hands dirty if it was a matter of life and death- but with good intentions.
▶ QUIET — Even as a child, Lazuli was a very soft-spoken person like his niece Esmeralda- to the point his father pretty much ignored him because he was seen as a very delicate boy. He rarely speaks up and rarely ever raised his voice. He keeps his intentions and thoughts hidden from the people around him, including even his own family. This made him come-off as mysterious at best and possibly a sociopath at worst (he's not), even if he was the most mellow brother among the three sons.
▶ SOLEMN — Given his past, Lazuli was to the point that he expected the worst case scenario to come at his doorstep anytime, anywhere. If something positive was given in front of him, it will leave him wondering if he deserved it or if it was a false sense of hope. While he would never let people down lest of being a burden to them, Lazuli was a really solemn and anxious man as a result- rarely giving people a sincere happy smile (he only smiles out of politeness) and sometimes struggles to see himself having peace. This is the exact reason why he puts people's well-being first before himself.
▶ NURTURING — Deep down, Lazuli has a incredibly soft side, particularly to children and animals. He supports his friends as much as he can, and was considerate to people's feelings to the point that he turned out to be easy to talk with. To children, he would never even try to express his cynicism to them- as he wanted them to have a happy childhood and hope for the best. Now, if only if he applies this to himself...
➥ Likes
▶ Quiet parks ▶ His niece and nephew ▶ His workplace ▶ New ideas ▶ Appreciation
➥ Dislikes
▶ People who think he's snobbish ▶ His niece having nightmares ▶ Broken things ▶ Flashbacks ▶ Not being productive
➥ Hobbies
▶ Tinkering ▶ Observing ▶ Photography
➥ Skills
▶ Metal Charming Invention ▶ Exceptional skill in spell theory ▶ Memorization skills
➥ Ambition — Renowned Inventor (with his sister, but well...)
▧ 【 Bᴇʜɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ Cʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀ 】
➥ Background History
▶ CHILDHOOD — Lazuli was born minutes before his twin sister Beryl, to Agate and Ester Mortemer- a cursebreaker and an herbologist respectively. As a child, Lazuli was often overshadowed by his two brothers who often rivalled each other and their father always paid attention to Topaz and Jasper. Except, Topaz was the only older sibling to actually care for the twins, whereas Jasper just ignored them all the time because "they're not worth his time". Lazuli and Beryl were primarily raised by their very firm yet loving mother as a result, all while being ignored by his father was he was deemed too meek and weak to get on his old brothers' level. Besides, they already have an heir and a spare, so Lazuli was often left to his own devices in the study- with him and Beryl wishing to make a difference and shake things up a little in the house when nobody's looking.
▶ SCHOOL LIFE — The time when he got in Hogwarts was the time Lazuli realized that there was more to him than his father described of him. His ambitious nature, made him land to Slytherin as a result- while his twin was sorted to Hufflepuff. While other people were surprised of Beryl's sorting, Lazuli was not- as he already knew that Beryl was already hardworking and fair from the start. The twins weren't bothered by this separation, though Lazuli was more bothered by how his family stigma affected his effort to make friends- though he and Beryl managed to have friends who were more open-minded than everyone else. One of them was his first love named Georgia Portinari- a Gryffindor girl and a black sheep from her snobbish Ravenclaw family. With this kinship, they bonded and started dating in their sixth year. Academic-wise, Lazuli excelled a lot in his wandwork and alchemy; because he was a visionary who always want to improve something for the community, he wanted to invent things. Fortunately, Beryl joined in with her dream to be a metal charmer as well.
▶ POST-GRADUATION — Right after he graduated with his twin, they decided to move out from Sussex and live in a town of Norfolk with Georgia and Robert, who was Beryl's boyfriend. The twins dedicated their work in crafts under the name of 'Mortemer Metalliques' with the support of their mother (much to their father's chagrin) and they've been happy. At age eighteen, Beryl and Robert gave birth to a girl named Esmeralda and the year after, Lazuli and Georgia decided to get married with a very small wedding as Georgia no longer cared about the disapproval from her parents- not that it bothered them to start with. Nevertheless, Lazuli was convinced that they will be living a better life now that they were away from Sussex. It was mainly because it means being away from his father and his brother Jasper, while also doing anything he wants and starting a new path. At least, that's what he thought it was going to happen, anyway.
At age 21, he found out the news of his father being murdered, leaving he twins torn about what they should feel. Their father was an elitist, terrible, and ignored the twins most of the time- but they didn't have enough bitterness to wish him death. Months later after that, an intruder broke into their home. Lazuli cannot (or rather, didn't want to) remember much after hearing disturbing noises from the lviing, but he remembered that it was a mess and Jasper was trying to kill him while Lazuli tried to fight back. Had Georgia not intervene with a final spell, Lazuli and a two-year old Esmeralda would have died but in return it took the life for his wife immediately. The next thing Lazuli remember was that he was in a hospital with his niece, who was also injured but not as bad as her uncle's.
The realization of how his friend Robert, his wife Georgia, and his twin sister Beryl all lost their lives in one night was too painful for Lazuli to handle that he sometimes wished that he should also die with them, too- but also he felt like he shouldn't die, too. Esmeralda was the only one to survive aside from him and thus it was his responsibility to look after his sister's only daughter. After his eldest brother Topaz returned home to take responsibility as a family head, Lazuli followed suit and reluctantly left his supposedly new home in Norfolk with his niece, since all he could think about from that house was everything terrible. He at first struggled at raising Esmeralda on his own until his mother offered her assistance, and also tried to talk to his once-distant nephew Garnet for the first time. It turns out that they share a kinship despite Garnet being Jasper's son, except the boy struggled in lacking magic and having to pay the consequences for being a "squib" until all of that was proven wrong.
A few years later, Lazuli couldn't seem to get a break when Jasper once again came to Sussex to pay retribution. As Topaz and Amelia stood up to him and fight, Lazuli was quick to get Esmeralda and protect her from harm- but he didn't get to protect Garnet in time as Jasper's fire spell (that was meant for Topaz) caught him. Maybe Jasper must have felt terrible about it, Lazuli would think, as it gave Amelia the opportunity to drive him off the estate. It took so many days before they cleaned up the aftermath, and Lazuli never got any sleep after that. It left him to wonder if he didn't deserve to have peace in his life, but he sure did know that his niece never deserved it. He wanted to make sure that Esmeralda can grow up to have a better life, but it left him little time for himself as a result.
This year 2039, with his brother's insistence, Lazuli bought the shop of Dervishes and Banges after Topaz cannot stand another situation in which his youngest brother might end up having an accident with one of his inventions. The Slytherin didn't seem to mind, thinking that working in a peaceful village near Hogwarts was worth trying.
▧ 【 Sᴄʜᴏᴏʟ ᴀɴᴅ Cᴀʀᴇᴇʀ 】
➥ Former Education —Homeschooling
➥ School —Hogwarts
➥ House —Slytherin
➥ Class of —2028
➥ Participation/Position(s) —None
➥ Best Lessons —Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration
➥ Worst Lessons —Divination, Herbology, Astronomy
➥ OWLS Results
▶ Potions - EE ▶ Transfiguration - O ▶ Astronomy - EE ▶ History of Magic - EE ▶ Charms - O ▶ Defense Against the Dark Arts - O ▶ Herbology - A ▶ Care of Magical Creatures - EE ▶ Wandlore Studies - A ▶ Alchemy - EE ▶ Divination - P ▶ Study of Ancient Runes - EE ▶ Arithmancy - EE
➥ NEWTS Results
▶ Potions - EE ▶ Transfiguration - O ▶ Charms - O ▶ Defense Against the Dark Arts - O ▶ Care of Magical Creatures - O ▶ Wandlore Studies - EE ▶ Alchemy - EE ▶ Study of Ancient Runes - A ▶ Arithmancy - EE
➥ Current Occupation — Owner of Dervishes and Banges, Metal Charmer, Spell Inventor
▧ 【 Pᴏᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴀʟs ᴀɴᴅ Cᴀᴘᴀʙɪʟɪᴛɪᴇs 】
➥ Strengths
▶ Incredibly generous ▶ Very understanding
➥ Flaws
▶ Hard to read that people tend to see him the wrong way ▶ He puts people first to the point he has little time for himself
➥ Fears
▶ His family being hurt even further ▶ Being unable to have peace in his life
