Kai D. Trenary______________________________________________________________________________________
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INTRODUCTION------------------------------------------------------------
FULL NAME: Kai Darius Trenary
NICKNAMES: None Currently
AGE: 13
ALLEGIANCE: Neutral
HOGWARTS HOUSE: Hufflepuff
CLASSES: Care of Magical Creatures, Potions, & DADA
WAND: 9.75 inches, Dragon Heartstring, Elder, Rigid
PLAY BY: Colin Ford
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APPEARANCE
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HAIR COLOR: Dirty Blonde
EYE COLOR: Gray-Blue
HEIGHT: 5’5”
BODY TYPE: Slender
GENERAL APPEARANCE: Kai is a light skinned boy who stands about 5'5" with a skinny, slender build. As he's only 13, it's rather likely he's still growing, and his build still has a chance to fill out, though he distinctly doubts that it will. His eyes are bright and a stormy sort of gray-blue, while his hair is dirty blonde, appearing almost brown in certain lights. He isn't particularly attractive, though cute might work, not that he would approve of being called cute. He's... average, that's all.
As you would expect, Kai doesn't particularly enjoy the robes that wizards seem to favor. According to him, they get in the way more than they help. His favored attire consists of dark colored jeans that neither cling, nor hang off his slim frame (because they show dirt and grime less readily than lighter toned pants) and t-shirts and tank tops in varying shades of gray, often with little to no details on them. Impressively, when he opts to wear a white shirt, it's rare that any dirt or grime whatsoever will be found on it, even if he had just been working in the greenhouses, or working with potion ingredients. He rarely dons anything but a pair of black skater shoes on his feet, and also has a jean jacket that looks as though it's had much better days.
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PERSONALITY
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GOOD TRAITS:
-Blunt
-Honest
-Loyal
-Instinctive
-Self-aware
-Decisive
BAD TRAITS:
-Stubborn
-Introverted
-Impatient
-Passive (Aggressive)
-Sarcastic
CHARACTER LIKES:
-Thunderstorms
-Peaches
-Working in the greenhouses
-Magical creatures.
-Books.
-Plants.
CHARACTER DISLIKES:
-Charms.
-Extroverted people.
-Jeremy, his brother.
-Garden Gnomes.
-Being completely alone.
-Cats.
-Arrogant Prats.
GOALS:
-Graduate from Hogwarts with passable grades.
-Work for Slug and Jiggers’ Apothecary to learn more uses for various herbs.
-Eventually run a giant greenhouse with mundane and magical flora.
QUIRKS:
-Often stands with his hands behind his back, sometimes in military "at ease" position.
-Always has something in his mouth. (Quill, paper clip, ect.)
-Always carries a muggle notebook and pen with him. The notebook is full of doodles, notes on various subjects & people, quotes, and a variety of other things.
BOGGART: Everyone leaving, or being dead. Being completely alone, forever.
PATRONUS: Transfiguring a Middlemist Red plant for his mother. It didn't last long, but it brought her joy to see one of the rarest flowers in existence.
DEMENTOR: His father leaving after Kai returned from his first year at Hogwarts.
VERITASERUM: He's jealous of purebloods.
MIRROR OF ERISED: A giant greenhouse, with many beautiful flowering plants, amazing smells, and magnificent colors, with an attached room full of books filled with information on various plants including their properties and how to take care of them. And, a large Middlemist Red in the middle of it all, with his mother working it beside him.
PERSONALITY: Kai is a... curious person to deal with. He appears to be rather straightforward and blunt, with a talent for striping things down to their most essential parts and dismissing flowery words and unimportant details. For the most part, he tells the truth and has no problems telling someone precisely what he thinks if he's asked, or what he's observed. He's loyal, to those that've proven worth being loyal to, but unlikely to follow someone blindly or just for the sake of following someone, but has a distinct lack of ambition. He does just what needs to be done to get by. He's a touch introverted, and gets easily tired and annoyed of in-your-face, highly extroverted people. In complete contrast, however, Kai hates being completely alone. He would rather sit in companionable silence.
His actions tend to be based more on instinct than any actual logic or reason, and he has a distinct talent for being able to tell how people will interact. He's rather decisive and impulsive, hating to wait around when he feels something needs to be done. The strange part in all of this, however, is that despite his normally forthcoming ways, Kai can be exceptionally subtle. He seems to have a good sense for when not to tell the entire truth of something, or when to twist his words. It can be difficult to tell when he's telling the complete truth, or when he's leaving something out.
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FAMILY & POSSESSIONS
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FATHER: Gavin Trenary (Age 40) - Estranged
MOTHER: Ellen Pena (Age 43) In good health
SIBLING(S): Jeremy Trenary (Age 19) - Non-Magical Older Brother
OTHER: Logan Pena (Age 46) - Uncle on mother's side.
BLOOD STATUS: Muggleborn
RACE: Human
SOCIAL STATUS: Upper-Middle class
PET(S):
Aldric - Barn Owl
BROOMSTICK: None
OTHER POSSESSIONS: None notable.
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CHARACTER HISTORY
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Early Years: Kai was born 6 years after his older brother, Jeremy, to Ellen Pena and Gavin Trenary (they never married). They lived in a small suburban home, vaguely cramped, but not entirely uncomfortable. Gavin worked as a carpenter to pay their expenses, while Ellen stayed home with Jeremy and Kai. His mother subscribed to pagan faiths, such as druidism, and from a young age, Kai found himself helping her with her well cared for garden in the backyard. While they worked, Ellen told him about the properties of each plant and herb they cultivated in herbal medicine. Though she wasn't a witch herself, Ellen's knowledge of plant properties was extensive, as she had learned from her mother, and grandmother when she was young herself.
In mundane school, Kai was neither exceptionally bright nor dull, keeping the average pace you would expect. He wasn't a particularly social child, but that wasn't anything to worry about. Jeremy and Kai did the usual needling and teasing of each other, as you would expect from siblings. One day, it went a little too far, however. Jeremy had been watching Kai, while their mother went to the store down the street, and got sick of Kai pestering him. He duct taped Kai to a wall, up off the ground. Kai... didn't like that very much, and a few moments later, Jeremy found himself in Kai's place. That was the boy's first brush with accidental magic use, something that happened a few more times through his childhood before he received his letter from Hogwarts. He didn't get in trouble, however, as his mother and father couldn't see how little Kai could have overpowered Jeremy and stuck him to the wall unless Jeremy had been willing to be stuck up there. The incident was, for the most part, forgotten.
Shortly after Kai's 11th birthday, the Trenary household was visited by a man. The man explained, rather patiently, that Kai was a wizard. Magic existed, there was a whole government in place that sought to keep magic hidden from the non-magical (muggle) world, potions could be brewed, magical creatures existed, and wizards used owls to deliver letters. Kai's mind was sent reeling, as he was handed a thick envelope that contained his letter from Hogwarts. The next little while was a flurry of activity, as Kai was taken to Diagon Alley, and promptly bought probably half of Flourish and Blotts in an effort to garner as much information as he possibly could. He had stepped into the magical world 11 years later than those born into it, and he had no intentions of letting that lapse remain.
Kai's first year at Hogwarts was... uneventful. He faced the prejudice you would expect as he was a mudblood, but turned around and made that horrible insult into a badge of honor. He was a mudblood, but he still wasn't an arrogant prat, and that was enough for him. He showed an innate talent for potions and herbology, with his extensive knowledge of herbal medicine. But, upon his return home for the summer holidays, his father left. Gavin, a man who was too comfortable in the muggle world and his ignorance, couldn't handle his youngest son being a wizard, being engulfed by some magical world that would make no sense to him. He took Jeremy as well when he left.
Ellen and Kai moved in with Ellen's brother, Logan (his wife had died a few years previously, and his daughter was grown and on her own), and Kai returned to Hogwarts the next year with a heavy heart. It didn't take long for the infectious nature of Hogwarts to buoy his spirits, however he still feels a fair amount of guilt about his father leaving, even if his mother constantly insists it was only his father's fault.
Adulthood: Not Applicable
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BEHIND THE CHARACTER
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YOUR NAME: Velkyn
RP EXPERIENCE: On and off for about 5+ years.
HOW YOU FOUND US: A Top 50 Roleplay Sites list.
OTHER CHARACTERS: None
PURPOSE OF CHARACTER: To roleplay in an AU HP setting, due to a ridiculous itch in the back of my mind to do so. And fill out the third years a little bit more.
RP SAMPLE: - Spoiler:
Jesse gave a wary groan as he sat up, pressing the heels of his palm into his eyes and scrubbing at them. The nightmares were too much. They always would be. At least he wasn't ready to vomit this time, as he had been the past couple times he had allowed the need for sleep to overwhelm him. Dan was dead. He was reminded of it every time he closed his eyes. It made his heart ache painfully, and he missed the dull numbness that had seeped into him while he had been in shock, and that sleep deprivation tended to bring him.
He was 24, but would never be suited for this new world, if you could call it that. He would adapt to some degree, but he was far too laid back for this when it came right down to it. He had just been a ghostwriter before… before whatever this was happened. An apocalypse? He ran a hand through his dark, messy hair and finally opened his eyes to take stock of the room he had crashed in. There were a few other bodies scattered around, curled in blankets. He wasn't sure whether they were alive or dead, the thought ghosting through his mind. He shook it away, and stood, tucking away the ratty blanket he had curled up under in his pack.
Warily, he made his way outside, taking a look at his current supplies. Not much. Not enough. The most pressing need would be water. He took a small, measured sip from the gallon jug that hung off his pack. It was maybe 15% full. The one good thing, he reflected, about being stuck in New York City when everything happened was that the tap water had tasted nasty. Most people had opted to buy bottled water, and so there was usually a good amount stashed away in houses. So, Jesse found himself wandering to the south.
He stopped dead when he saw two people moving through the halted cars, and almost instinctively ducked behind one of the rusted hunks of metal. He had hated the things, when everything was… normal. Now, he was almost thankful for the cover they could provide. His eyes were trained on them, quietly judging and assessing them. A boy and a girl. Younger than him… they looked relatively harmless… safety in numbers, something Jesse hadn't subscribed to thus far. No one had been trustworthy enough, honest enough, for him to want to throw his lot in with them. He sighed. Another calculated risk. He needed water, those two were surviving in this mess, so they must have water.
He stepped from behind the car, and threw a hand up in a wave, still a fair distance away from the two teens. Letting them know he was there, but being quiet about it. You never knew who else was around, and he certainly didn't want to jump out of nowhere when they were closer. That could end badly.
by Kai Trenary Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:45 am
