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Full Character Name: Tarron Zebulon Mordecai Archibald Knight
Character Birthday & Age: December 19th, 1953 (56)
City & Country of Birth: Ghost Gate Hall, Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, England
Blood Purity: Pureblood
Alma Mater: Hogwarts, Slytherin (1965-1972)
Job/Position:   Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot (2006 - Present)
Head of the International Magical Office of Law (1999 - 2006), Wizemgamot Elder (1999 - 2006)
Employee, Dept. of International Magical Cooperation (1973-1999)
Wand: 11in, Chestnut, Unicorn Tail Hair, Hard

Physical Description: Tarron stands at an average height (6'0) and somewhat average build. While as a younger man he was quite fit, he has now grown less muscular and slimmed up, his already angular face beginning to approach gaunt. While never a paragon of fitness, the stress and long hours at the office are evident in both his face and his stature.

With high, sharp cheekbones and generally pointed features, the onset of later years has also begun to sink his eyes somewhat, his usually gleaming eyes increasingly surrounded by wrinkles and worry lines. He has pale but not unhealthy skin and black hair.

His dark hair is turning grey, but at the moment this has chosen to concentrate in a sort of skunk-stripe right on his chin. His beard is thick and well-groomed, and clearly a manner of great pride.

In dress he is functional, proper, and somewhat modern. He prefers Victorian and Edwardian fashions to those of traditional wizards, though it's hardly unusual to see him in robes. He wears dark colors, usually accented with golds and browns, and is always dressed properly for the occasion at which he finds himself.

Tarron carries himself with an aura of great dignity. He has few bodily tics, his manner one of great care and thought. When he moves, he does so with determination and ease, and is rarely if ever awkward. His expression is usually pleasantly neutral, though his beard aids him in the art of the carefully directed scowl.

Personality Description: Tarron was raised in a pureblood and traditionalist household, the eldest son of two children and the heir to his father's fortune and lands. His father and family, despite their relations, were less militant than the rest of their blood. His mother and father raised him with a strict ideal on codes of behavior - ones he still follows to this day.

Tarron is dignified, polite, and old-fashioned. Never the sort to speak out of his turn, to turn up improperly dressed or to use strong language (especially in the presence of ladies) he is the quintessential gentleman in his conduct and speech. This makes him quite capable in social settings, but also rather predictable in the political spectrum.

One could say his life has been a long phase of mellowing. Originally possessed of strict purist ideals and racist tendencies, as his life has continued his strict ideals on blood purity largely evaporated and his dislike of muggles and half-breeds has near vanished. He holds fast to the separation of wizard and muggle, however. He fundamentally puts the goal of peace and the good of the majority first, and while chivalrous and brave he also tends towards the stubborn.

Underneath his strict code of etiquette and his morals, Tarron is a good man, albeit a rather grumpy one. He is incredibly fond of and loyal to his wife and children - though he also has high expectations of them. Tending towards a serious and thoughtful disposition, he enjoys scholarly pursuits, wizard's chess, and debate - particularly with his wife. Despite the common streak to the contrary, he is hardly humorless; but his sense of humor is fairly sophisticated and, at times, dark. He does not consider himself a man to laugh.

Overall Tarron is generally experienced as a serious, dour sort of man, not hardly and unfriendly one. His eyes tend to be bright with interest, and he enjoys conversation. Often stern and quiet, he is extremely formal and polite and holds others to his high standards.

History:

Family:
Archibald Knight (Father)
Alva Knight (ne Reid) (Mother)

• Hershel Reid (Brother)
• Cullodena Reid (Sister)

Arthur Morgan (Brother-in-Law)
Evie Morgan (ne Knight) (Sister)

• Darian Morgan (Son)
• Rhys Morgan (Son)

Aisling Knight (ne Bryne) (Wife)
Rowena Knight (Daughter)
Sophia Lenore Knight (Daughter)

Childhood
Born in the wizarding manor house of Ghost-Gate in Sutton-on-Sea, Tarron's early life was that of a typical pureblood in the mid-century; he was raised in luxury, surrounded by strict codes of conduct and etiquette. His parents, Alva and Archibald, saw to it that their young son was tutored by the best and taught the facts of the wizarding world. The ideals of pure blood and the lowliness of muggles were hammered into Tarron almost from the moment he could understand such concepts.

Tarron spent much of his pre-Hogwarts years in study and idle pursuits. His sister, Evie, was born when he was 2 years old, and the two were very close as children. His sister's quick wit and mischievous tendencies were not always well received by their parents, but Tarron - despite his serious nature - rather liked them. When not in study with their Governess, the two children rode horses, studied music and dance, and played in the sea.

It was a pleasant childhood, in other words, the children raised to be assured of their superiority over the others they met. Hogwarts was a given, naturally, as both children had on many occasions demonstrated their natural magic.

Hogwarts
Tarron was sorted into Slytherin, as was largely expected of him. As a youth his energies were centered on ambition, on blood purity and on the cunning of politics. At Hogwarts he mostly excelled. While never quite the top of his class, he received good grades in all his early subjects, doing best in those that required a more scholarly bent than those that did not. (History of Magic, Potions, etc).

In his third year he took up the Study of Ancient Runes and Arithmancy, taking quite a shine to the Runes courses. His particular interest lay in the translation of Runes from their source language, this leading to a lifelong interest in old, dead languages and their challenges.

As a schoolboy, he was somewhat middle of the pack. Tarron made little effort to make himself popular, but wasn't the sort to be quiet and out of the way, either. While not widely befriending the other boys in his year, he did find himself rather taken with many of their ideas about purism and doing something about the muggleborns in their school. Caught up with a more militant form of purism, he was oblivious to the vague attentions of one Aisling Byrne, whose notes and small letters he assumed originated within his own house.

His parents often sought for a match for him, but Tarron had little interest in marriage as a young man, and so was interested in none of the young ladies his father brought before him as prospects. Begging his father to give him more time, he graduated Hogwarts in the year 1972, with NEWTs in Defense, Charms, Transfiguration, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes and Potions.

Post-Hogwarts
Tarron graduated just as the first Wizarding War was going into swing. The world he ventured out into was struggling with questions of purity - which he, so staunch about in school, soon began to question himself. Not a naturally violent man, the atrocities committed by Lord Voldemort began to wheedle away at his resolve, and he fund himself unable to approve of the actions taken by many young men and women had had once considered his friends. Cutting ties with most of his school friends, he joined the Ministry.

Tarron's interests and personality drew him quickly into the Department of International Magical Cooperation, where he found himself Interning with members of the International Council of Law. With a good head for numbers and administration, he soon found himself comfortably working on the details of cauldron thicknesses.

His sister graduated a year behind him, and was soon married off to one Arthur Morgan. Tarron would never truly grow to like his new brother-in-law, but he and Evie remained good friends.

While working for the Ministry, Tarron re-encountered Aisling Bryne, who had begun working in Accidents and Catastrophes. While dismissive and ignorant of her in school and still struggling with his opinions on blood purity, he found the intelligent muggleborn quite intriguing and soon found himself fond of her company.

His parents continued to ride him about marriage, and Tarron continued to find excuses as to why he had delayed doing so. In truth, he hardly knew himself; he had grown quite comfortable living as a bachelor in London, and the thought of delaying his burgeoning career did worry him. Either way, in the end it hardly mattered; the War was escalating and his parents soon found their attentions diverted to the struggle as the various lines of the Knight family drew up their positions.

When Voldemort was at last defeated for the first time, the Council had made him a junior seat. The cleanup after the War took years - years of adapting new laws, finding those laws resisted, and years of careful maneuvering to advance one's position. He continued to be friends with Aisling, and to be endlessly badgered by his parents to marry.

Many of his cousins, and his nephews, were born during this period; a man quite pleased to have family (and to have babies that distracted his mother from her endless letters) he was happy to attend the parties involved in these births, and liked many of them even as toddlers.

It wasn't til the 90s that life began to change drastically. Still dodging his parents' ever more insistent orders to marry, he finally gave in and admitted the real reason he'd been putting off marriage; he turned and with ease that surprised him, he admitted he'd been smitten with Aisling for years. Finally choosing to court her properly, he was flattered when she responded in kind. The couple were soon engaged.

The response from his parents was less than please. His father, enraged that he'd engage himself to a Muggleborn, cut his eldest son from the family tree and out of his inheritance. His mother was distraught, and his cousins, aunts and uncles were almost universal in their damnation of his choice.

He persevered past their protests, marring Aisling in 1994. The first few years of marriage were stressful, however - with the return of Voldemort and the fall of the Ministry, the birth of their twin daughters was the only bright spot.

During the Second Wizarding War, his parents made an attempt to stay out of the conflict. This did not aid them - when the Death Eaters attempted to take Ghost Gate in 1997, the ensuing fight claimed his parents' lives and burned the ancient home to the ground. The seaside property now sits derelict, property of the Morgan family but left as it was after 1997 - a burned out skeleton.

Late in 1998, Snatchers invaded the small apartment he and Aisling shared, capturing his wife. Distraught, Tarron had no recourse to free her from Azkaban and found himself alone with two infant girls, frustrated and enraged. His plight did not last long; thanks to fate, Lord Voldemort fell within months of Aisling's capture and the family was reunited.

The incident changed them, however, and they became much more insular than before. Tarron returned to the Ministry with renewed vigor, but Aisling chose to stay away. He did not question her choice for a moment.

His energy and ability found him Head of the Council before long; he assumed the position at the end of 1999, much to his pleasure. The increased Salary allowed him to purchase a home in the better districts of London, which he quickly did. The someone run-down estate was soon restored, the family's house elf Krix being acquired this way.

The next decade was a period of renewal. Despite his own family's rejection of him and shunning of his wife, the family made new ties, and his sister's family (the Morgans) never broke ties. He and his wife attended parties in the more liberal circles of wizarding life, and Tarron found his friends there, among a more mixed blooded and lower class of wizard than he had been raised with. Still, he was very happy, possibly more than he had been in his childhood. His children grew into sensible young girls, Rowena a bit more fiery than her sister, and Sophia more intellectual and proper.

Upon his promotion to Council Head, he had gained a seat in the Wizengamot. This body of law was soon Tarron's primary interest, the play of parties and politics never more vibrant than at its center. He found himself in the middle. opinion-wise; not an extremely popular man, but one whom did his best to be moderate and careful; thoughtful, rather than emotional.

Thus in 2006, the choice came before the Wizengamot to chose a successor to the Chief Warlock, who had died the previous month. Tarron, much to his surprise, was picked; while honored and immensely eager to see what would become of this, he was also fully aware he had been chosen less for his personal virtues and more for the fact that the other options had been too extreme for the wider members to agree upon.

Since his promotion to the Chief Warlock, he has happily both used his position to advance his own agendas and those of others. He finds the Wizengamot great fun, in truth; and while stubborn and traditionalist he enjoys playing various parties off against each other. As he ages, however, his political sense is dimming, replaced by a rather cynical visage.

Job Description:
As Chief Warlock, Tarron's job is somewhere between judge and Parliamentary leader; he usually makes the final call in legal cases, and when the Wizengamot is convened to discuss issues, he leads the discussion and announces the final decision of the council. While he is often the final voice, and in talks with the Minister can speak on behalf of the Wizengamot, he hardly has supreme power over it, nor can he make judgments that go against the majority opinion.

What expertise makes your character qualified for their position?:
Tarron has worked in the Ministry for almost 40 years, mostly in the law offices of the DoIMC. The most preparatory job he truly had was rising to Head of the International Council of Law - the council that adapts laws passed by the International Council of Wizards into English law. He has quite a bit of experience dealing with the realities of law and of a council structure, and his stiff pureblood upbringing has made him obstinate enough that he has little issue coping with the constant debates of law councils. He has also sat on the Wizengamot for a decade.

While qualified for the position, I (as a player) imagine the primary reason he got the job is less to do wit his individual resume and more to do with the simple fact he is mostly a moderate; I prefer to think he got the job on the idea he was the candidate most of those doing the choosing felt was the "least awful" rather than the best.
   
Provide a short summary of your character: Tarron is an older, stiff, and traditional sort of wizard. Once extremely purist and almost a Death Eater, over his life his opinions have mellowed enough for him to be happily married to a muggleborn witch. As a politician he is a decent leader, but tends to be unyielding and has very predictable reactions, making him somewhat easy to manipulate.