Ambrose Pepper
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| Ambrose Augustus Pepper | |
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| Biographical Information | |
| Born | 19 September 1994, 18 |
| Current City | Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, England |
| Blood status | Half-blood |
| Physical Information | |
| Gender | Male |
| Height | 5'4" |
| Hair Colour | Sandy Brown |
| Eye Colour | Blue |
| Skin Colour | Fair |
| Relationships | |
| Father | Francis Pepper |
| Stepmother | Gabrielle Murray |
| Mother | Claire Pepper |
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| Family Tree | |
| Magical Characteristics | |
| Wand(s) | |
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| Education | |
| School | Hogwarts |
| House | Gryffindor |
| Occupation | |
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| Character Information | |
| Playby | Max Thieriot |
| Kit | |
An apprentice beast handler and former Gryffindor, Ambrose was most well known amongst his peers for mispronouncing spells and causing accidents. He is also very gullible.
His father is Francis Pepper who makes time turners for the Ministry, his mother, Claire Pepper was a court scribe until a memory charm accident in early summer 2008, involving Ambrose's older half brother. Ambrose also has a younger brother called Timothy Pepper who is a Fifth Year Ravenclaw. From July 2011 his stepmother is Gabrielle Murray
History
Early Years 1994 Onwards
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 (who was 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 Muggle-born 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.
First Year at Hogwarts 2006-7
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.
Second Year at Hogwarts 2007-8
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 Mungoes. 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.
Since then, Claire has been in St Mungoes for spell damage, trying to deal with her memory loss and damage which means she doesn't remember the family, and forgets from day to day after being told. Ambrose does find it upsetting, and this has 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 Florish 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.
Third Year at Hogwarts 2008-9
In third year, Ambrose's inability to pronounce spells correctly has prevailed. It hasn'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 Ignan Storm, who gives 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 claims its more for the benefit of Ambrose's classmates who'd like to keep their limbs intact.
He's been asked not to attend duelling club a while... or is confined with the first years.
One class he loves is Care of Magical Creatures, and he spends lingering time there with the different beasts. Its a class he doesn't have to use so much magic in, and the creatures don't recoil or run away from him when he raises his wand to try a spell. Well... not at first.
Fourth Year at Hogwarts 2009-10
In Ambrose's fourth year, he finally started to find his feet with girls. Most notably, because he began to grow up a bit! He enjoyed meeting the overseas guests due to the Tetrawizard Tournament at Hogwarts. He finally began to make progress in charms under Nightingale Kesali's guidance, and made a friend in Moira McBoid, visiting her Scottish farm in the holidays. He acquires a first girlfriend in Cyhirae Trishna.
Over summer, Ambrose attended the trip to South East Asia and finally began to feel more at home in his skin as he grows.
Fifth Year at Hogwarts 2010-11
Ambrose decided that this would be his last year at Hogwarts as he was not cut out for academic life. He and Cyhirae break up and Ambrose begins to date Juni Zamperia, buying her an Alpaca for her birthday. Other highlights of his year are volunteering for the school newspaper, interviewing charms professor, Rick Donovan.
Academic Records
| Subject | End of Third Year | Mid Fourth Year | End of Fourth Year | OWL |
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| Astronomy | A | A | A | A |
| Charms | P | A | A | A |
| DADA | D | D | D | A |
| Herbology | A | A | A | A |
| History of Magic | D | P | D | P |
| Potions | P | T | T | D |
| Transfiguration | D | P | P | P |
| CoMC | A | E | E | O |
Career
In July 2011 Ambrose joined the Beast Division as an apprentice beast handler.
