Post by Michael Armstrong. on Jul 14, 2010 22:13:20 GMT -5
take out your wands, it's
michael ANTHONY armstrong !
[/color]michael ANTHONY armstrong !
hello! introduce yourself, you nifty person ![/color][/center]
name , michael anthony armstrong.
gender , male.
age , 27.
job , WHA relocator.
blood , pureblood.
wand , 12 inches, dragon heartstring core, willow wood.
playby , josh beech.
tell me all about your pesky behaviour !
[/color][/center]personality ,
Michael's always been an outsider in his family because in his inability to understand why purebloods are better than any other purity or even a muggle. He's never been one to fit in, he's been the ‘black sheep' of his family so to speak. While he's known to be the kindest of the Armstrong children, he can be known to have random spurts of anger that really have no explanation other than the blood that flows through him. When he's in one of these rage sessions, it's better to keep away from him because he'll look for any reason to cause a fight and duel with any witch or wizard around him at the time. He doesn't know what causes the anger, just that it seems to happen the week before every full mood.
He's more reserved than most; he just finds conversations with those he doesn't have a connection to awkward more or less. Just that alone can make his leader ship role within the resistance a bit difficult at times but he'll ignore his nerves to get the job done, he believes if people give up on fighting the Dark Lord, then the world will fall into a worse state than it already is and if it makes him uncomfortable at times, Michael will deal with it. When he's nervous speaking to someone, he can be known to stutter a bit though if the necessity arises to control it, he'll do his best to do so.
With it being said that he's more reserved than others; Michael is very intellectual despite that fact. He can speak fluently five different languages and understand others just based on the fact that he knows the other languages. Knowing that many languages takes a certain amount of wit and love of learning to accomplish it. If he's not found spending time with his pets, Michael can be found spending time reading a book. Whether it's a non-fiction book or not, he absolutely loves to read and learn new things.
For the few people he has made connections to, Michael will do absolutely anything he is asked of them whether it's to give them a home in his apartment or something of the sort. Short of killing him or another of his closest friends, it's very hard to break his loyalty. With that being said, Michael knows how to manipulate people if it becomes a necessity such as within his work field. Or just flat out lie to cover himself or another person up that he feels really should get a break from the Wizarding Housing Authority.
likes ,
Music.
Drinking/cigarettes.
Quidditch.
Nature.
DADA.
Ancient Runes.
Problem solving.
dislikes ,
Liars.
Purists.
Dark Arts.
Cocky people.
People with no back bone.
patronuses ,
Dueling.
Learning.
Skepticism, he can tell when someone's lying.
Intellectual, he knows latin, english, german, spanish and a little bit of french. Other languages he can understand enough to know what’s being said.
Ability to stay calm under stress, to think in the most stressful of situations.
dementors ,
The Resistance. It's something he'll fight for until the end of his days.
Despite being able to remain calm in tight situations, his temper is known to flare up sometimes.
He doesn't know how to let go of things sometimes. Sometimes, it's all he can do to not take his anger out on the person who is causing him the pain.
Animals, animals, animals. They've always been something Michael adores. Perhaps to a fault because he often finds himself thinking he likes animals more than people.
He's the co-leader of the resistance, sure, but he's always found it hard to wait around for things to happen sometimes. He's always got to be doing something, organizing something for the resistance or just helping a family at the WHA get away with their status.
mirror of eriseds ,
Michael would love to watch the world become a better place - for the WHA to be destroyed and the resistance to succeed.
Perhaps learning to communicate with others more; to make relationships with others would be something that Michael would enjoy and could make him happy.
While it will never happen, Michael likes to think of the idea of his family realizing the foolishness of their ways and aiding in the resistance.
boggarts , Michael's biggest fear would have to be the world with no hope left. No resistance of any kind against the Dark Lord, he fears what the world would be like. The idea of the wizarding world being so full of fear for a single person and his followers terrifies him right down to his core.
flaws ,
He's a neat freak, if you go to his home, it's spacious and very neat.
Workaloholic, he puts in late hours at the WHA as long as it doesn't conflict with the resistance's schedule.
His inability to connect to people. While he's friendly and all, he can't seem to make good, lasting connections with very many people.
what about the story of your spiffy life ?
[/color][/center]history ,
Michael was born on April 17, 1973 into the Armstrong wizarding family, long involved in the darker side of magic. Four generations to be exact and Michael’s made the fifth, only two blood traitors were before him and they’d be taken care of by the family, not wanting their name to be disgraced by the like of a blood traitor in their family.
Being the second child of his parents, Michael was expected to be less mature than Jeremy and even as it turned out, they had reversed roles. Michael was the more reserved of the eldest boys; playing with himself more than anyone throughout his childhood. Finding out at a a very young age that he was a wizard was the most exciting thing he could have ever learned as a child but even at that age, his parents were trying to instill their values in him - they were pureblooded meaning they had no muggle or non-magic blood flowing through their veins which by default made them better than mudbloods, muggleborns, and definitely better than those wretched muggle creatures as his parents often called them if the topic came up.
By the time it was time for Michael to enter school it was understood within the family that perhaps their second oldest wasn't going to be worst that he could be. For that reason, Michael wasn't adored by his parents and often was shunned at family events whether it was a family reunion of sorts or even when Voldemort had visited his family's mansion. He was only a small child, certainly not a threat to the Dark Lord and he was a son of a prominent dark family.There was no reason for Michael to be exterminated, yet any way.
There was a sort of last hope for the family as Michael entered his first year of school at Hogwarts; in ‘83, two years after the Dark Lord had been killed. The family knew it was only a matter of time before he was back though and even as young as he was Michael understood that.He, unlike his family, didn't understand why purebloods were so much better than others and he enjoyed the stories of the great wizards who had fought against Voldemort. In a muggle word, they would have been much like a superhero to them. They fought for what was right and perhaps he wanted to tell his parents how he felt but he already wasn't exactly their...favorite so he remained quiet about his views.
“Ravenclaw!" The sorting hat called out almost before it even was fully placed on Michael's head. Much to his parents' disappointment, he wasn't in the Slytherin house; the house he was supposed to be placed in to help save his ‘lost' soul from the muggle loving kind and muggle alike. Standing from his seat on the stool, he moved over his new house's table. Maybe it was his brother's forceful glare he was receiving from two tables over that caused the slight regret to flow through him or not; but that was one of the few times he has ever truly regretted being who he was.
Throughout his schooling career, Michael excelled in a few of his classes, namely DADA and Ancient Runes. While the other subjects did come easily to him, Michael didn't enjoy them as much as some of the other students in his house or in the school for that matter. DADA taught him what he would need eventually, in his mind. Whatever he chose to become later on in life, he would need to know how to fight against the dark arts and the wizards practicing it. Ancient Runes wasn't a skill he needed to become a hit wizard; the job he had decided upon before the Second Wizarding War had begun.
Every year seemed to pass with no real problems, Michael excelled in his favorite classes while barely passing others. He'd tried out for a chaser spot on his quidditch team just for the hell of it and surprising to himself, he became a chaser for that year and his final two years. Speaking of his final year, much to the shock of himself and many of the people of his graduating class, Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor in his final year. He was supposedly the chosen one; the one that had survived the killing curse, the one that was to kill Voldemort if and when he returned. Something seemed off about him though to him and he did his best to steer clear of the famed wizard, hoping nothing truly terrible would happen before he could leave the school and not have any chance of being involved whatsoever.
Oddly enough, things began to grow worse at Hogwarts and within the wizarding world itself, the dangers growing with every year it seemed. While he didn't believe in the dark arts or even truly fighting in the entire durance of the second wizarding war. The Order would win against the Dark Lord, just as they had in the prior war. Something the entire world didn't know was probably the worst of all: Harry Potter wasn't on their side this time around. He had accept Voldemort's offer in front of the Mirror of Eraised and now, they were fighting a group of wizards they had little chance of beating in the long run.
The war was growing worse and it seemed the Voldemort was taking over and his worst fears became true in 1997. The Dark Lord had taken control of the ministry and despite the efforts of the Order, the wizarding world was to sink into a dark time. It was revealed only a year later who Harry was truly aligned with during the Battle of Hogwarts. Michael was unaware of the events until days later when it was published in the Daily Prophet. The Dark Lord was instituting an organization right away, headquarters located in Hogsmeade that would round up suspected mudbloods, determine their status, and eventually relocate them if they wouldn't or couldn't be of some use to Voldemort. There are a few cases of the families being murdered however.
Michael hadn't done much with his career even as he reached the age of 25, he had been studying different spells and types of magic. Perhaps he could make a difference once he was trained enough he told himself and only two years ago did he meet someone of the same same accord. Together, they founded the resistance, an organization fighting the good fight in a world ruled by a Dark Lord with no good intentions. Michael keeps his ties secret though, covering it up with his job that he's held for nearly a year and a half at the Wizarding Housing Authority, better known at the WHA. While he can't protect every family that comes to his office, at times he will change a few things around for the family to get away with their status and live their life freely unless they're ever caught. With that being said, it would well explain his heavy drinking when he's alone and not planning with his elder or working.
mother , mariah ann armstrong, 49, WHA relocater.
father , connor james armstrong, 51, WHA inaugurator.
siblings , jeremy steven armstrong, 30, obliviator.
damian christopher armstrong, 22, WHA chaperon.
stacy aliah armstrong, 16, student.
others , echo, 3/kneazle.
feliz, 3, kneazle.
celestial, 5, phoenix.
midnight, 2, hawk owl.
aside from this epic fantasy, who are you ?
[/color][/center]name , Jess.
age , that’s nice.
experience , long enough to know how to.
password , don’t need them, kthx.
anything else , nope.
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