Written 2002, © Erica 2005

Profile for Hogwart's- A HP RP by Thalia Devlin [EDIT: RPG is currently dead]

Personal

Name: Erica 'I've read everything. . .and Snowflakes ARE ghey'
Previous boards: Do I really need to?
Noteable SNs: Azurial, Berlioz Callaghan
Birthday: 03/03/85
Time Zone: Central
Education: High School Senior

Basics

Email: [email protected]
Name: Berlioz Jason Callaghan
Meaning: ?/healer/warrior
Nicknames: Lio, Lioz, Berli
Age: 17 (b-day Dec 11)
Gender: Male
Wand: Ebony, Unicorn tail hair, 12 1/4 inches
House: Ravenclaw
Year: 7th

Health

Eyesight: 20/19
Hearing: Pretty sharp with perfect pitch
Left/Right/Ambi: Right
Disabilities/Handicaps: None
Physical Health: Generally pretty good, but he'll usually catch any contagious illness going around

Psychology

IQ: 140
Extrovert/Introvert: Extrovert
Phobias/Fears: Fire, large dogs, injuring his hands
Mental Health: As sane as the next person

Personality

Goals/Dreams: To become a concert pianist and tour the world/ Fall in love and raise a family
Quirks/Habits: Humming melodies to himself, tapping out rythems on desks, daydreaming
Hobbies/Interests: Piano, piano, piano... did I mention piano? Poetry, writing, reading (especially fantesy)
Likes: All the above
Dislikes: Fire, large dogs, blantant stupidity, liers, concieted gits, self-infatuated prats
First Impression: Studious but charming
Philosophy of Life: "Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius." -Henri-Frederic Amiel
Phrases they use often: "Bugger..." "Honestly..." "No, really..." "Git."

Family

Parents: Matthew Aaron Callaghan & Marion Rebecca Sutherland
Sibling(s): Franz Hector (23), Persephone Camille (19), Kalliope Amalia (8)
Children: None
Family History: Matthew was born to Edward Davis Callaghan and Emma Isabelle Fredricks in Dublin, Ireland. Matthew was the oldest of four boys: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. His parents never had any girls. Matthew's father, Edward, was an accountant, and his mother, Emma, was a school teacher. Through this combination, the boys were taught to value education and all four went through school with excellent marks. John became a dentist. Luke became a lawyer. Mark became an architect. Matthew followed in his mother's footsteps and became a teacher. He earned his doctorate in Greek at University College Dublin and now teaches Greek at Eton.

Marion was born to Howard Brian Sutherland and Sarah Janelle Anderson in London, England. Howard was a banker and Sarah was a professional violinist playing in the London Symphony. Marion was an only child and therefore was a little pampered. Her parents gave her her heart's every desire, including music painting, dancing, fencing, swimming and horseback riding lessons. Only the music stuck with her. Marion had her mother's talent for music and had a love for the piano, so piano it was. Marion attended the Purcell School from her childhood to youth and then attended the Royal College of Music in London. After graduating, Marion began entering contests to create a name for herself, and soon was giving concerts with the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.

Matthew and Marion met about six years after Matthew started teaching at Eton and four years after Marion graduated from the Royal College. Marion was giving a concert at Eton and Matthew happened to attend. Matthew was smitten at first sight by her grace and quite elegance. As Marion was already a well-know pianist, Matthew was somewhat nervous to approach her, but soon gathered the courage and asked her on a date. Marion accepted and the two soon fell in love and were married.

Background

Occupation: Student
Affiliations: Hogwarts, LYPG- London Youth Piano Guild
Education: Muggle grammer school 5-7. Muggle prep school 8-10. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 11-17.
Home: A town-house in Notting Hill
Finance: Well-enough off
Personal History: Berlioz was the third child of four. On account of his unusual name, there is a perfectly legitimate reason. For the boys, Marion chose the first name (musically related) and Matthew chose the middle name (Greek related). For the girls, Matthew chose the first name and Marion chose the middle name. Berlioz showed he had inherited his mother's talent for music at an early age. At three, the piano bench was an object of interest for him, and he would constantly climb up on it to bang at the piano keys. After turning four, Marion began teaching Berlioz to play the piano. And thus it started. Berlioz has been playing for twelve years now and even the revilation that he was a wizard has not detured him from his desire to go professional.

Berlioz's older siblings are both non-magical, like their parents. Franz is married and his wife, Amie, is expecting their first child. Franz works as a computer programer and Amie is a tutor. Persephone is currently attending medical school with plans to become a pediatrican. Kalliope, or Kally, Berlioz's little sister, hasn't shown any signs of magic, but she's only eight and Berlioz was a "late bloomer" himself. Berlioz's first act of baby magic was when he was eight and a half. He had been having difficulty with a piece of music and was stomping around the piano room when the vase suddenly flew off the piano and smashed into the far wall. Berlioz is quite close to his little sister, and misses her quite a bit during the school year.

While Berlioz's fear of injuring his hands is understandible since he is a pianist, his fear of fire and dogs goes back to his childhood. When Berlioz was six, his family's house caught on fire. Berlioz had been trapped in the upstairs by the flames as the rest of the family had been in the downstairs when the fire started. Even though he had passed out from smoke inhalation by the time a fire fighter managed to rescue him, Berlioz's dreams were haunted by flames for many years after. Then when he was ten, Berlioz had been at his Uncle Luke's house, when his uncle's big Irish Wolfhound, Foofoo, for some reason bit him on the leg. Berlioz ran screaming into the house, with Foofoo not far behind. Luke took Berlioz to the hospital and had him patched up. The cause of the bite was never determined, and Berlioz harbors a deepset fear of large dogs. In an attempt to help him avoid his fears, Luke would keep Foofoo out of sight when ever it was nessecary for Berlioz to be at his house. Because dogs were so common, Berlioz started staying indoors more and more often. And thus stemmed his love for books and poetry, as he needing something to pass the time with and Marion would not allow him to play the piano all day long.

A hard working student, Berlioz works hard for his marks. Well, not all that hard, but he does work for them. Undoubtably his favorite class is Transfiguration, mainly based on the difficulty of the material taught. During the years he spent in muggle school, before he was informed he was a wizard, Berlioz had thought he would attend maybe Eton or his Purcell, and had prepared for such. His studitous nature was one of the things that caused him to be sorted into Ravenclaw, along with his witty sense of humor. And while he's main focus is his studies and the piano, Berlioz does try to spend as much time as possible with friends.

Appearance

Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 150 lbs
Eyes: Blue/grey
Hair: Light brown, slightly curly and cut just below the ears
Face & Complexion: A mainly Caucasian complexion, a bit of a narrow face, but with a well defined chin
Build: Thin but slightly muscular
Defining Marks: Small scar on the back of his right leg (from dog bite)
Dress Style: Comfortable but semi-stylish. When not in unirform, he likes to wear jeans and a polo shirt, and a jean jacket if it's cool
Possessions always on this person: wand, poetry book
Manner of Speech: Lyrical in a sense, very pleasant to listen to, but he can be blunt when he wants to be
Manner of Movement: Measured steps, half-way confident and half-way distracted (as he's often daydreaming between classes)
Other: Berlioz tends to blush very easily around girls, especially if they seem to like him

Romantic

Marital Status: Single
Sexual Preference: Hetro
Turn ons: Intelligence, musical inclination, wit, sense of humor
Turn offs: Airheads, narcissistic tarts, arrogance, conceited prats
Past Relationship: A few, nothing major
Other: Berlioz doesn't really like to get overly serious with his relationships. He thinks dating is for fun and doesn't mean the two love each other.

Favorites (What Is Their Favorite... ) ((We have sarcastic admins))

Animal: Nightingale
Book: Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut
Color: Off-white
Drink: Soda pop
Food: Waffles
Flower: Gladiolus
Music: Classical
Scent: Cinnamon
Thing To Do: Play piano

Least Favorite (What Is Their Least Favorite...)

Animal: Dog
Book: See Spot Run
Color: Pink *shudder*
Drink: Alcohol of any sort
Food: Beef
Music: Heavy metal
Scent: Wet dog
Thing To Do: Sit in the rain

Additional Comments: None at the time, I decided I'd like to try a guy character, and a muggleborn at that

Writing Sample: (see one for Valencia and/or Cho)