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Nicholas Bevans

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Nicholas Bevans is a short, handsome, carefree Gryffindor who is quick to put himself in front of those who are out to physically or emotionally hurt someone. He loves to swim, dance, and fly, but only cracks open a book when he must, and can often be found outside or in an empty classroom casting spells for the fun of it. As far as he knows, he is a muggle-born since doesn't know if his father was a muggle or a wizard.

History

Nicholas knows nothing of his father other than the very little information that his mother gave him. He was a businessman from the United States and when his mother became pregnant his father left her and went back to America. Nicholas is of the opinion that his father was married and rich and powerful, given that a check from some lawyer arrives every month that allows him and his mother an easy life and a nice place to live in London.

Nicholas knew he was different at an early age. Strange things would happen around him and especially when someone would pick on him and he would fight back. He was always shorter than other boys his age and anytime they started to pick on him about it they ended up down on their knees looking up at him before the fight ever started. His primary school teachers often wrote home to his mother that he was either not serious enough about school or that he was quick to get into fights, never realizing that Nicholas never truly started the fight. The fights were always in reaction to being picked on or someone else being picked on.

When the wizard showed up in the summer after he turned eleven to tell him that he was a wizard, he was quick to accept the fact while his mother was sure it was some type of prank or attempt to send her son to a school for difficult children. Upon arriving at the school, he was sorted into Gryffindor, the hat commenting that he was “Quick to stand up for a stranger, and event quicker to stand up for a friend.” Not knowing anything about the houses, or Hogwarts even, this comment didn’t make any sense to him until much later. Nicholas quickly became known for getting involved in fights that didn’t concern him and for firing tripping jinxes at anyone who called him short until they apologized and rarely getting caught by professors.

He does well enough in school, always quick to put off homework for something more entertaining. He quickly took to the classes that involved the actual casting of spells. Showing a talent for Charms, Transfiguration, and Defense that allowed him to do well without ever trying all that hard, preferring to spend his free time dancing, swimming, or flying for fun. He ended up doing well on some of his O.W.L.s, doing much better on the practical portions of the exams.

2013-2017

Nicholas has enjoyed success as an obliviator. After a few random assignments early on in his career and a talent for dealing with muggles, he is now often assigned to work with other offices and departments for larger events and operations in case muggles get involved. He is on track to becoming a young senior obliviator, though he is still years away from that.

He continues to live with Virgil and Ariadne, and has had a few semi-serious months-long relationships.