Ambrose Pepper
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By Sarah/NiobeW I K I
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Full Character Name: Ambrose Augustus Pepper
Character Birthday & Age: September 19th, 1994 | 17 (turned Sept 2011)
City & Country of Birth: Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England
Blood Purity: Halfblood
Former House Gryffindor
Wand: Walnut, unicorn tail, brittle, 7inches
Patronus: Squirrel (never tried to cast it)
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By Sarah/Niobe
Physical Description:
Ambrose Pepper was always likeable enough at a distance. He has well proportioned features, inherited from his mother, he likes to think, which give him the look of a friendly sort. As a teenage Hogwarts student, his sandy brown hair often needed more of a wash than it got, and he suffered with acne in winter, though potions have cleared that up considerably by his third year.
At school through fourth year, Ambrose was patiently waiting for his body to have that bit of growth that all boys got. His feet and hands were oversized to the rest of him slightly, which made him a little clumsy. He was longing to be taller - even a few inches, he wasn't fussed.
During fifth year his body grew at a rate of knots and he shot up several inches like he was not intending to stop. Now at seventeen, and the same age as the Hogwarts sixth years, he is still growing, now 5ft 9, and broadening out the fitter he becomes.
Ambrose's eyes are large and blue. When he was younger he hated the fact that when combined with his soft expression, he could pass for a girl with a wig. He thinks they are most unbecoming in a man, was self conscious enough about his speech without lady-like lips to emphasize things. The broader and stronger he becomes, the less he dwells on this, as he is finally growing into things - not exactly the ugly duckling, but somewhat.
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Ambrose in his school years
Personality Description:
Ambrose means well, he really does, he's just a little slower than the majority of the population. Gullible to a point of insanity, he holds onto the words of the likes of his former classmate Winifred Oliver like its gospel. He fell for all the sarcastic jokes the Professors used in lessons, and subsequently got a very twisted view of the world. Now he has progressed beyond the classroom he is becoming much more streetsmart. Though, his Department of Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures like to tease him just as much, he is also their little brother as an apprentice. They take their big brother duties seriously, introducing Ambrose to adult wizarding life.
Ambrose is incredibly protective about his brother, who is two years his junior. Tim is a Ravenclaw, far more academic than Ambrose will ever be, and with aspirations to become a top class healer. Ambrose was convinced that Tim would be torn to shreds at Hogwarts in his first year year. He was most upset when his brother was not sorted into Gryffindor too, so he could watch him all day. He frequently bowled into Tim's conversations and quizzed him later to ask if the people were being nice to him, or that he doesn't much like the look of the girls Tim was speaking to, and that he'll sort them out. Tim learned quickly not to even let Ambrose entertain the thought of 'sorting out'.
While at school, Ambrose would drive any more academic housemate or classmate spare with his questions. He'd forget what he asked, and repeated things often, chipping in his own warped reality of the world and anecdotes of things he believed to be true, but were hideously wrong. In his professional career he is much more careful who he relays these to, a little shy about it, and has begun to learn to laugh at his own shortcomings and misunderstandings. He is thankfully much more focused on his duties and learning everything there is to know. For when Ambrose is really interested in something, he turns into a sponge.
On the plus side, Ambrose has never ever meant anyone any harm. He gets too tongue tied to insult anyone effectively! He is surprisingly adept at dealing with people who are upset, sitting and listening to things, and always nodding along to their side of the story.
Generally jolly in his outlook, happy to be with friends, family, especially his Muggle relatives on his mother's side, Ambrose only turns gloomy when the anxiety of spellcasting gets too much. His tongue ties itself in knots, and its usual to see him carting himself off to the hospital hut due to performing the wrong incantation. He generally does it with good humour and grace, though in the lead up to his OWL exams, pure frustration on his face began to show.
History:
Ambrose was born to Francis and Claire Pepper, only at the time Ambrose arrived, they hadn't yet married. He was Claire's second child, having another boy, aged five already, from a previous relationship which had ended.
Ambrose was the first of the two children Francis and Claire were to have, the second being Timothy, Ambrose's brother two school years below him.
Life at home was happy. Ambrose attended local schools, the family content to fit into a Muggle life as far as possible. Claire, being Muggleborn was very adept at this, and neatly prepared explanations about boarding school for Ambrose, and how not to speak about magic before his friends. Occasionally he'd slip up, but his teachers put it down to an overactive imagination, and if they ever met Francis (which was less often than they did Claire) they put it down to his genes.
Ambrose adores both his parents, and considers his father to be a genius. Francis Pepper creates time turners, a family business that has been passed down through generations from father to son. It requires precision and patience, sadly only the second trait is achieved by Ambrose in any one day. The time turners are regulated and controlled by the Ministry, though Francis isn't considered a true unspeakable, despite working with the Department of Mysteries.
Claire was until the summer of 2008 a scribe for the Wizengamot, sitting in on lengthy trials. While Ambrose and Tim were too young to attend Hogwarts, she worked as best she could, and occasionally made use of time turners Francis had not yet delivered to make it possible to collect her sons from school when they were very young. The Department turned a blind eye the first half dozen times, which was thankfully all that was needed.
Ambrose was incredibly excited to go to Hogwarts. His older half brother was already attending, and he adored the fact he'd been sorted into Gryffindor. He wasn't one for winning them too many points, last in the class to master most of the basics, charring more feathers in charms class than the rest of his housemates put together. His parents kept encouraging him - sometimes it would just take longer, they told him, but he'd catch up in no time and be ahead of them if he tried really hard.
Ambrose, believing every word, tried harder than ever, and his trips to the infirmary were as many as four times a week. He managed to pass his broom course with Hooch just - because it didn't involve speaking any spells.
In second year, he decided to try out for Quidditch, and got knocked off his broom by a bludger and broke his leg. That got patched up soon enough, and he contented himself with cheering loudly at matches instead, though is a bit jealous of anyone his age who does play in the team.
His most famous mishap other than that was when he singed off his eyebrows which refused to grow back for a week right before Valentines day which ruined any of his chances to flirt with the girls.
At the very end of the year, his older half brother left Hogwarts right before the NEWT exams. Ambrose thought it was daft, but secretly was glad someone else was taking the attention away from his poor grades for the year.
He was later informed his mother had been caught by a backfiring obliviate spell, and had lost her memory, taken into care by St Mungo's. Although it was not Claire who cast the spell, Ambrose is convinced it was, and therefore has a twisted sense of relief that his mother made mistakes too.
From then, Claire stayed in St Mungo's for spell damage, trying to deal with her memory loss and damage which meant she didn't remember the family, and forgot from day to day after being told. Ambrose found it upsetting, and it made him all the more protective over the rest of his family.
In the summer before third year, while shopping for school supplies with his father and his brother Tim, Ambrose decided to try and steal some self correcting ink from Flourish and Blotts. He was caught, and in the heat of the moment, Timothy admitted blame, claiming he'd planted the bottle in Ambrose's pocket to get him in trouble.
Ambrose, gobsmacked at his younger brother covering for him, stuttered and later claimed he'd been winding Tim up, so that their father gave them equal punishment for the incident.
In third year, Ambrose's inability to pronounce spells correctly has prevailed. It didn't helped that he trapped the tip of his wand in the door in November, which further intensified magical accident likelihood. After a strongly worded letter from several of his Professors arrived home at Christmas, Francis ensured the wand was replaced hurriedly.
As things get more difficult, Ambrose found himself kept behind by exasperated Professors, and has begun to loathe Transfiguration and Charms which require a lot of memorisation and speaking spells. He is scared stiff of Professor Storm, who gave him an almost weekly detention to sit in his classroom reciting the same spell over and over without his wand, while he marks homework. The Professor claimed its more for the benefit of Ambrose's classmates who'd like to keep their limbs intact.
He was asked not to attend duelling club a while... or is confined with the first years.
One class he loved was Care of Magical Creatures, and he spent lingering time there with the different beasts. Its was class he doesn't have to use so much magic in, and the creatures did't recoil or run away from him when he raised his wand to try a spell. Well... not at first.
In Ambrose's fourth year, he finally started to find his feet with girls and life. Most notably, because he began to grow up a bit! He ended up asked out by a string of girls in the following months.
Back in third year Winifred Oliver (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=7076) had wanted to 'practise kissing'. With the Tetra-wizard tournament he found himself on a date with Durmstrang student Emilija Cihala (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=11689) at the Halloween party. By Christmas he was asked out by Cyhirae Trishna (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=12789) which turned into a relationship for the rest of the academic year. Meanwhile he'd struck up a friendship with older girl Moira McBoid over their mutual love of creatures (http://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=11980).
Ambrose helped out with the Hogwarts Howler, inspired by his older cousin Theta. He was nearly drowned by Professor Storm in the lake. In the summer he went on yet another of the school trips, this time to South East Asia.
In his fifth year, he became much closer to Juni Zamperia (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=17666). When she vanished as part of the Valentine's Day portkey kidnapping, he was distraught. and the two got together to the point where Ambrose gifted her an alpaca (http://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=18524).
He continued to help with the Hogwarts Howler, interviewing the striking charms Professor, Rick Donovan (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=18085). Growing in confidence, and sure he did not want to study for his NEWTS, Ambrose applied to become an apprentice at the Ministry (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=18315).
After his exams, in summer 2011, Ambrose began working at the Ministry as a lowly apprentice. He proved loyal, studious, determined and willing to do anything. Although he occasionally fell out of his depth due to his age, he appreciated making some new, much older friends and alliances, such as discovering Balfour Spectres cats are Sphinxes (http://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=19658), meeting a vampire (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=20348), or two (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=20411), learning to play pool with Auror Gamp (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=20563.msg186478#msg186478), and helping catch a griffin on Level One with the Minister for Magic (https://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=20708).
Exam Grades
3rd Year End of Year Grades:
- Astronomy - A
- Charms - P
- Defence Against the Dark Arts - D
- Herbology - A
- History of Magic - D
- Potions - P
- Transfiguration - D
- CoMC - A
4th Year Mid Year Grades:
- Astronomy - A
- Charms -
PA - Defence Against the Dark Arts - D
- Herbology - A
- History of Magic - P
- Potions - T
- Transfiguration - P
- CoMC - E
4th Year End of Year Grades:
- Astronomy - A
- Charms - A
- Defence Against the Dark Arts - D
- Herbology - A
- History of Magic - D
- Potions - T
- Transfiguration - P
- CoMC - E
Ambrose's OWL results (http://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=19348.new#new)
How Do You Fit Into Your House?:
Ambrose's pure persistence at his cause, his solidarity to friends alike and his courage to defend his family with his pride make Ambrose a perfect Gryffindor candidate. (He's not cunning enough to be a Slytherin, nor sharp or witty to be a Ravenclaw, and he's far too gullible to be a Hufflepuff, right?)
Sum up your character in one paragraph:
Ambrose is a tongue-tied but well-meaning soul with a great love for magical creatures. His somewhat dangerous unreliability to perform magic as a student kept everyone on their toes, and him in the corner of their eye.