Character Applied for: Percy Weasley

House and Year (if applicable): former Gryffindor, 1987-94
Description of Character's Personality:

Arrogant, pompous, stubborn, stiff-necked, workaholic, socially-challenged ass. 
Percy actually means well, and his heart is in the right place, but his complete 
inability to successfully interact with other people, combined with his not 
always charming personality, make it difficult to tell at times.

Percy is extremely bitter by this point in his life. He feels betrayed by his 
family. He feels a bit betrayed by the Ministry, at this point, because Minister 
Fudge has finally admitted that "Lord Thingy" is back, and Percy feels like he 
lost his family over nothing. However, his essential faith in the Ministry 
remains; he's still very staunchly pro-Ministry and anti-Voldemort. By now, he 
finds it very difficult to trust anyone at all, but he does trust in bureaucracy 
and regulations. 

Percy has no friends; the closest thing he *has* to a friend is Oliver Wood, and 
their relationship, from the time they were eleven, has basically been Oliver 
talking about Quidditch and Percy telling him to go away. (Percy is vaguely 
bitter about Quidditch, as well, as he's the only Weasley with absolutely no 
aptitude whatsoever for it; he can just barely fly a broom.) He's extremely 
lonely, but he believes that doesn't matter; what he's doing at work is more 
important. 


Important Backstory, if any:

Points not in canon:

Percy and Penelope Clearwater dated from the end of his fifth year to shortly 
after he left Hogwarts. The day he was hired at the Ministry, he broke up with 
her so she would not distract him from his work.

Sample Journal Entry:

It is intensely frustrating to know that barely anyone here has the proper 
attitudes toward their work. Even in Magical Law Enforcement - of all places - 
the corridors are deserted by six p.m., as though all illegal activity ceases 
after the close of normal business hours.  I simply cannot understand how people 
can ignore the importance of the work we're doing here. Personally, I haven't 
been home before eleven p.m. in weeks, and I don't regret it at all; there's 
work to be done, and I have been entrusted with the responsibility of seeing 
that it gets done.

After all Minister Fudge has done for the country, however, I do find it the 
height of ingratitude that his employees show him so little loyalty and support, 
as a general rule. It shouldn't surprise me, I suppose, as I've always known 
that many Ministry workers are sadly lacking in a proper sense of respect for 
authority.