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Full Character Name: Kelvin Henry Watkins
Character Birthday & Age: August 12, 1995 • 14
City & Country of Birth: Burwell, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom
Pureblood, Halfblood or Muggleborn: Halfblood
House & Year: Ravenclaw, 5th Year
Wand: 14 inch pliable Mahogany spiraled shaft with a Dragon Heartstring core.


Kelvin thankfully avoided the pale fate of his father, being fair with a bit of color that never seems to get darker despite the time he spends reading outside in the sun during the summer.  He has thick dark hair most of the time--when he isn't using charms to change his hair color-- and he rarely lets his hair get past his eyebrows before he chops it short.

He has a large, infectious smile and bright brown eyes.  Kelvin's nose is prominent but his father assures him he will grow into it.  His features are still in that transformative stage with the beginnings of the masculine features to come.  Kelvin is five foot eight inches.


Kelvin was a very active and easily excitable child, a bit of a shock for two calm intellectual parents whose first son had been an easygoing child.  As he got older, his parents were able to channel much of his energy into a passion for learning, though Kelvin has problems paying attention to things that he doesn’t find exciting, like potions and cooking, two things his mother was very good at.  He has a love for fiction, especially muggle fantasy stories involving magic.  And at times, gets caught up in what he refers to as adventures and his parents call trouble.

In school, he has excelled in Transfiguration, quickly becoming his favorite subject, he often attempts magic beyond his ability to sometimes amusing results.  He also enjoys Charms and Care of Magical Creatures, the latter surprising his parents who have no love of the outdoors.  Much to the displeasure of his mother, Kelvin rarely manages to do more than pass Potions, and no amount of bribing by his mother has been able to make him care enough to try any harder.  He understands the importance of school, but never passes up a bit of fun if he can help it, and is always up for joining someone on an 'adventure.'  He rarely takes charge in group situations, preferring to let someone else be the leader so that he can just enjoy the ride.


Born in Cambridge in 1995, Kelvin is the second child of Carl Watkins, a muggle, and his pureblood wife Miranda Bagnold.  Miranda was from the old pureblood family the Bagnold’s, granddaughter of the former Minister of Magic Millicent Bagnold.  Miranda caused quite a scandal, even in the anti-purist Bagnold family, when while unofficially studying ancient and medieval muggle history at Cambridge--ever the Ravenclaw in search of knowledge--fell in love and eventually married Carl Watkins, a muggle whose life work was the study of the belief in the supernatural during the middle ages.  She managed to keep the knowledge that she was a witch from her husband until her first son, Patrick got his acceptance letter to Hogwarts in 1996, a year after Kelvin was born.

Kelvin only knows of the fights between his parents during this time from the stories his older brother shared with him.  At the end of 1996, as conditions  in the the wizarding community in Britain deteriorated, Miranda sent her husband and youngest son to America, where Carl taught at Harvard until Miranda came and brought them back after end of the Second Wizarding War in 1998.

A vivacious child, Kelvin drove his scholarly parents crazy at times, though they quickly realized that their youngest son had a great interest in everything around him, and started his informal education at an early age.  They managed to channel much of his energy into learning, something his brother had only been tangentially interested in, and by the time he received his acceptance letter to Hogwarts, Kelvin would have said he could have taught his father’s undergraduate class at Cambridge and History of Magic at Hogwarts. 

His first three years at Hogwarts, Kelvin excelled in History of Magic, which made both his father and mother incredibly happy, and Transfiguration.  Doing well in all of his other subjects, except for Potions which, either due to lack of interest or lack of ability, he only barely managed to pass each year.  Something his brother during his brief visits during the summer, never forgets to mention at least ten times during dinners.  Kelvin has a great relationship with his paternal grandparents, but hardly sees his family on his mother’s side, as Miranda still has not totally forgiven her family who had shunned her, despite their anti-purist views, until Patrick had been born and they all of a sudden wanted to be a part of their lives again.

After coming home from Hogwarts after his third year, Kelvin informed his parents that he liked boys not girls; a declaration that led to his father hugging him and accepting him immediately and caused awkward dinners where his mother did not speak to him for weeks.  He is hoping for a moment to tell his brother, who knows something is wrong by the chill at family dinners when he visits.



Very intelligent and has a strong drive to learn everything he can, except potions.


A happy, intelligent student who never seeks out trouble, but manages to find himself in it.  A natural follower, never the first to step forward in anything but class.  A young man still trying to find his place in a world full of things to learn.

Name

Name:  Kelvin Henry Watkins
Reason or meaning of name:  Kelvin is a name often found for second or third sons in the Watkins line.  Henry was a name that Kelvin’s mother liked.
   
Nicknames:

Birth

Age: 14
Date of Birth: March 12, 1995
Blood Purity: Half-Blood
Blood Type: O+
Astrological Sign: Pisces
Nationality: English
Birth Place:  Burwell, Cambridgeshire, England

Family & Home

Father: Carl Watkins
Age: 51 (October 31,1957)
Occupation: Muggle Historian, Professor- University of Cambridge
Relationship with:  Kelvin is extremely close to his father.  Kelvin usually accompanied his father to work, where he was able to sit in on his father’s lectures as well as get plenty of attention from his father’s students.  Much of what Kelvin knows of muggle history he learned from his father.

Mother: Miranda Bagnald Watkins
Age: 48 (September 22, 1960)
Occupation: Magical Historian
Relationship with: Kelvin was close to his mother, learning a great deal from her about magic and being a good person. After coming out to her however she has yet to speak or even really acknowledge his existence in the house.


Brother: Patrick Carl Watkins
Age: 24 (February 16, 1985)
Occupation: Curse Breaker
Relationship with: Kelvin is extremely close to his older brother and generally cares more about what his brother thinks than he does about what his parents think.  Patrick when he can has always made time for Kelvin, given the ten year age difference the two have never overlapped at school and there is very little in the way of sibling rivalry.

Birth order: Youngest

Grandparents :
Archibald Bagnald - Maternal

Glenn Patrick Watkins - Paternal
Emmeline Watkins - Paternal

Current Residence: 129 North Street, Burwell, England, United Kingdom

Socioeconomic Level: Upper Middle Class

Talents/Skills:  Excellent memory.  Fast reader.  Very good thumbwrestler


Physical Characteristics

Height: 5’8”
Weight: 140lbs
Race:  Caucasian
Eye Color: Bright Brown
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Skin color: Fair
Shape of Face: Oval
Distinguishing features: None

Health: Excellent.  A few small scars from horsing around with his brother when they were younger.

Speech patterns:  A relatively standard English accent having spent much of his childhood around academics at Cambridge.

How does he dress: Casual, preferring t-shirts and jeans and the occasional button-up with slacks.

Intellectual and Educational Background

Intelligence Level: Extremely bright and knowledgeable in the areas he finds interesting.  Knows quite a bit of history, both magical and muggle.

Learning Experiences: A haphazard education from his parents as well as his father’s students.

Personality Attributes and Attitudes

Mannerisms:  Talks quickly when excited.  Very expressive eyebrows. Blinks and crosses his arms when he lies.

Habits: Doodles on his notes and the occasional essay.  Un-dogears any dog-eared pages in books before he begins reading it.  Keeps a record, separate from his class notes, of all of the spells (and the few potions) he has learned in a old leather bound journal that he now calls a grimorie.

Hobbies: Reading.  Studying History.  Muggle crossword puzzles.


Emotional Characteristics

Strengths: Intelligent.  Friendly. Honest.  A follower

Weaknesses: Too Open. Inability to focus on details he does not care about.  A Follower.

Introvert or Extrovert: An Extroverted introvert.
 
Optimist or Pessimist:  Optimist

How does Kelvin deal with anger:  He doesn’t.  He distracts himself until the anger dissipates.

With sadness:  He doesn’t like to cry in front of others.  He writes about it in his journal and talks to his friends about it when it is not as fresh.

In a crisis:  Calm doesn’t panic, but doesn’t take charge.

With change: He accepts change as a part of life, except for those changes pushed onto his personal way of doing things.

With loss: Depends on the severity of the loss, but he shuts down and does not deal with it until forced to by time or friends/family.

What does Kelvin want out of life:  An exciting life that allows him to continue to learn and grow and opportunities to prove to himself that he is capable. He also wants the approval of his brother in whatever he does and becomes.

What would Kelvin like to change in his life: Nothing in particular.  Though he does wish he hadn’t come out to his mother because of the way she has treated him since he did.  He used to wish he was interested in potions, but that was more for his mother’s sake.

What motivates Kelvin: Curiosity, Knowledge, and Fun.

What frightens Kelvin: He fears being alone and not living up the potential he sees in himself.  He also has a fear of going blind.

What makes Kelvin happy:  The company of friends or his brother.  A good book.  A good intellectual challenge.  Being treated as if not an equal at least not as a child by his father and his students.

Is Kelvin judgmental of others: Yes, he makes snap judgements of people but those judgements rarely affect the way treats them.

Is Kelvin generous or stingy: Generous

Is Kelvin generally polite or rude:  Generally polite, doesn’t always realize till after the fact that what he did or said was rude, or could be rude

Greatest flaw: The fact that he rarely if ever takes charge, he is always the follower

Best quality:  Intelligence.

Kelvin's short-term goals in life: Come out to his friends.  Do his best in school.  Figure out what he wants to do with his life. Pass potions.

Kelvin's long-term goals in life: He hopes to be happy and successful, but other than that...he is still figuring it out.

How does Kelvin see himself: As an intelligent and nice person who sometimes puts his foot in his mouth. A good friend. A good student except in potions

How does Kelvin believe he is perceived by others: He hopes they see him as a nice guy that they can talk to or ask for help.  He worries that they see him as weird or weak cause he is happy living in both the muggle and magical worlds.

What would most embarass Kelvin: When he is publicly wrong.

Magical Characteristics

Erisid: 
Amortentia: Old Musty Books, Petrol, Cinnamon
Boggart: A Quill pointed at his eye (He has a fear of going blind, especially by being stabbed in the eye by a quill)
Dementor: His coming out to his mom.
Patronus: Racoon

Wand:

• Wood: Mahogany
• Core: Dragon Heartstring
• Length: 17inch
• Pliability: Pliable
• Special Characteristics: Spiraled Shaft
• Notes: Ollivander commented when the wand chose Kelvin that he’d likely end up being a tall man.

Special Title Request
Character Name: Kelvin Watkins
Title Applying For: Ravenclaw 5th Year Male Prefect
Character Biography: http://absitomen.com/index.php?topic=9403.0

What Experience has Prepared You For This Honor?:
Occasionally being  a restraining force on his more outgoing friends (i.e. Connor.)

Kelvin has maintained good grades in nearly every subject, and despite a few hiccups has a very good reputation with his fellow students and professors.

What Do You Think the Most Important Aspect of This Job Is:?
Keeping order and ensuring that the rules are followed.   Not just because they are rules, but because he understands that there is usually a good reason behind the rule, that the rules are there for the benefit of the students; they are not in place just to restrict the students.

Tell a Story From Your Past That Has Proven Your Mettle: 
While Kelvin has been swept up in the antics of his friends quite often, his general hesitation to break the rules has often reigned in some of the craziest, most rule breaking plans.  Maybe not always by much, but certainly by some.

Special Title Request

Character Name: Kelvin Watkins
Title Applying For: Head Boy
Character Biography: Bio

What Experience has Prepared You For This Honor?:
A hardworking student, Kelvin has been an exemplary prefect and he very rarely isn't ahead in his classes even with prefect duties.

What Do You Think the Most Important Aspect of This Job Is:?
Fairness. Not playing favorites with friends or housemates.  Kelvin takes no joy in others getting in trouble but besides a few slip ups because of crushes he is fair in applying the rules to everyone.  And following the rules for himself.

Tell a Story From Your Past That Has Proven Your Mettle:  
He works hard and has been a prefect for 2 years.  And while he doesn't participate in many extracurriculars he doesn't hide out in the library or the Ravenclaw common room either and is an active presence in the castle.  He errs on the side of respect for authority but will stand up for what he feels is right even if it means standing up to a professor.