Dax Tristam Fayette
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Full Character Name:
Dax Tristram Fayette
Character Birthday & Age:
May 23rd, 1991 / 17 / Taurus\Gemini Cusp
City & Country of Birth:
London
Pureblood, Halfblood or Muggleborn:
Halfblood
House & Year:
Hufflepuff, 7th
Wand:
10in, Pine, Unicorn Hair
Physical Description
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Dax, like his identical brother Dion, stands at a healthy 6’1 and weighs roughly 160 pounds. He’s slightly more muscular than Dion, but both of their bodies show the results of several years of working out.
His skin is bronzed with a farmer’s tan and is officially (as of last summer) darker than his platinum blonde hair. He often wears his short hair in the classic ‘rolled out of bed’ look, but when bothered to do anything with it he goes with the gelled spike look. The fact his hair is natural spiky in appearance makes this look easy to get.
He has pouty lips, to his annoyance – but some girls like that, so whatever. His neck is long and his body slim, with broad shoulders and a chest he quite likes to show off. Both he and Dion have heterochromia – meaning their right eyes are blue and their left eyes bright green. Both also have sectoral heterochromia (meaning their eyes have patches of color in them) and this is one of the easiest ways they can be told apart when they’re trying to act identical, as their sectoral patterns are different. Dax has a large splotch of yellow-hazel on his blue eye (Dion has smaller patches of green on his blue eye.)
He and his brother have identical jewelery, both having their lips peirced with gold hoops and a stud. They have identical tattoos as well, having celtic horses on their stomachs.
Dax prefers zip-up hoodie sweatshirts, tank tops, or cargo pants and loves to go shirtless with an unzipped hoodie when he’s got the chance, to Dion’s occasional embarrassment. His sense of fashion is better than he claims and tries to pretend it is.
Personality Description
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Dax is energetic and very fond of his own body (and other people’s, too!) He’s a man of largely physical pleasure, though his mind isn’t a bad or slow one. He’s aware he’s good looking, and is in the through throes of letting girls know it, too. He’d happily, at least at this point in his life, be a model or actor.
He’s a caring a loyal person below that, however, and is extremely (some would say disturbingly) close to his twin brother. He knows he’s the muscle of the outfit, and is context to stay there, effectively ‘guarding’ his brother, to Dion’s annoyance at times. He’s bombastic and forward; as a child he had to get the lecture about ‘indoor’ voices quite a bit, but it never sank in. He doesn’t know how to do anything quietly, even sleep – he snores like a thunderstorm, to the horror of his dorm mates. He laughs at full volume and takes up all the available space around him, both physically and emotionally. This big personality can grate on people at times.
While he seems all set up to fall into the classic setup of sex, drugs and rock and roll, he’s unlikely to actually do so. He honestly feels he should work to better the world somehow and can be something of a romantic – while he enjoys flirting far too much to give up doing that ever, he’s not all that likely to go to a one night stand (though he’d happily be a friend with benefits).
He and his brother are extremely close – to the extent his mother swears they’ll wind up with the same woman, and she might be right about that (literally, given her powers). The two are almost never seen apart. Dax considers Dion to be his ‘smarter half’ more or less, usually looking to him to tell him if he’s being stupid or not. Anyone who insults his brother is likely to get beaten up, and any woman that wants ‘alone time’ had better quickly learn that Dion’s presence during intimate encounters doesn’t bother his brother at all.
Dax is also bisexual, but primarily attracted to women – he’ll have fun flirting with guys if it’s funny, though. His general philosophy is he’ll sleep with guys if it’s a threesome.
Overall, Dax is a very physical person. He enjoys body contact and is a big hugger, liking to throw his arm over other people’s shoulders or dog pile. He’s a snuggler, in other words.
History
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Born in London in 1991, Dax and his brother are the only sons of Roland-Jean-Louis Fayette and his wife, Anne-Thérèse. Their parents relocated to England when it was realized Anne was pregnant, and set up a divination shop for themselves in Diagon Alley, which they make a living at to this day. The boys where born shortly after.
The family speaks French at home, leading to both brothers maintaining a noticeable French accent; however, any sexy ‘thickness’ of this accent is faked – both boys are perfectly capable of speaking clear unaccented English. Their normal voices have a slight but noticeable accent, however – namely the r’s coming out as rgr sounds and the dropping of H’s. (Listen or read to Fleur talk and tone it back a bit, basically)
Their mother, Anne, is a Seer; she found the other women in both the wizard and muggle world will pay plenty for her to use her ability accurately on their relationships. She’s somewhat regarded as a ‘sell-out’ in France for this, due to her pureblood heritage, but she doesn’t care and claims this has nothing to do with her impetus to relocate to England.
Her husband, Roland, is half-blood (muggle mother, half-blood father) and after the relocation took up a job working in Professional Quidditch. Over the years he rose through the ranks as a referee, and eventually quit to become the coach of the Falmouth Falcons (Curator permission needed for that, I think – will transfer him to the Department of MG&S if that isn’t alright). His enthusiasm for the sport is part of the reason both of his sons are keen on it, and also far more interested in adventure than in study.
The boys grew up in their flat over the shop, often travelling with their mother into muggle London and with their father when he got the chance to take the two to games. They received a typical wizard’s education, being taught to read and write in both French and English by their mother. Due to their upbringing they know quite a bit of Divination, and Dax is capable but uninterested in the subject.
Their mother ran a tight ship, as she had a busy job and a husband that was often travelling. She emphasized discipline, which her sons where happy to ignore. Their father’s freer spirit was clearly genetic, as they usually did their best to slip out from under her nose and run off and have fun.
When the two were 9, Dax suffered what would become his number one fear; while climbing up to the roof of their home in Diagon alley, he slipped and fell from the 5th floor and was only saved from death via a quick save by his natural magic ability, which was just enough to cushion his fall. He broke both of his arms and most of his ribs and was severely concussed, having to spend several months in the hospital recovering. Since this accident Dax has maintained a quite healthy fear of heights, though it didn’t diminish his daredevil nature. However, his fear of heights destroyed any desire or prospect he had of playing professional quidditch.
The twins’s first year at Hogwarts was 2002, and they did well in school from the get go, mostly due to the threats of what their mother would do to them if they slacked off. They were both sorted into the same house, much to Dax’s relief. They’re quite happy to be in Hufflepuff, even though Dax took a bit to get over being in the ‘sissy’ house – he’d hoped for Gryffindor.
Dax failed his flying exams for several years in a row and finally got permission to use a broom in his 5th year, to his humiliation. He hasn’t been on one since, however; he mostly got his permission due to teasing.
Both of the boys have a great aptitude for Transfiguration, and it’s Dax’s best subject, followed by DADA. He enjoys History of Magic and Ancient Runes as well, but doesn’t like to admit this (it’s his job to be the dumb jock of the duo, after all.)
The two of them began to study animagi magic in their 3rd year, having taken out of a bet with their previous Transfiguration professor for 1000 galleons ($10,000, in other words) that the two failed to realize the man had made in jest. They succeeded in their 6th year, both turning out to be horse animagi. They take the form of draft horses, specifically Drum Horses. Their pinto markings are identical, and they retain their heterochromic eyes. And yes, they did try to collect - except the Transfiguration professor quit before he cold pay them. Attempts to collect from the current prof remain unsuccessful.
Their OWL scores suffered a bit due to the bet, however, as they took some time off of studying to win the money.
Dax is currently setting his eyes firmly on being an Auror, considering his talents in DADA to be a sign – he also reads too much into his name’s meaning.