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Portrayed by Shia Labeouf |
Name: |
Colton Viorel Higgins |
Aliases: |
"The Pikey" |
Birthday: |
June 4th, 1922 |
Position: |
Gryffindor |
Lineage: |
Half-Blood |
Description
Colton is a boy with an impish quality. He has lightly tanned skin, hazel eyes, stands about 5'7" tall, and is approximately 130 pounds. His hair is unkempt and a shaggy dark brown.
His face is a smooth baby face with a slight chin, wide smile and slightly large for his face nose that gives him character. Evenly spaced from the thick bridge of his nose are small eyes. His dark hair sweeps and curls over his ears that much like his nose have yet to be grown into just yet. A habit of head bobbing comes in sync when he or someone else is talking, as if he needs to keep aware of the slower cadence of British English from the Shelta language he grew up in.
At the moment Colton is wearing a Hogwarts, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry uniform. Rather notable by the scarlet and gold colouring it must have sorted into House Gryffindor. A grey vest edged in gold and scarlet covers a crisp white Oxford shirt, buttoned from the belt-line to the collar and accented with a scarlet tie with narrow gold stripes. The shirt is tucked neatly into matching grey trousers that fall to the tops of black shoes. Over all of this flows a voluminous black robe lined in soft Gryffindor Scarlet fabric, unadorned except for a scarlet maned golden lion standing rampant over a scarlet background with gold fret sewn over the heart.
Background
Back in ancient times on the Irish coast a Pure-Blooded Wizard Lord (as this was long before the Statute of Secrecy), Lord Quinn wanted his son, Aron, to marry, he gathered all of the most eligible pure-blooded ladies to their small castle for a ball and he hired a motley band of gypsies on as entertainment. Lord Quinn was extremely displeased when his son chose one of the gypsy girls, Mirela, over all of the pure-blood girls gathered. This love eventually entitled the gypsies a large plot of the young lord’s land. It is called Quinnland now and that band of Gypsies the Quinnland Clan and they use that land as a home base to this day. Colton’s family might be poor, mistrusted, constantly accused of being thieves and vagabonds. But Colton knows the truth: he comes from nobility, and he is proud that his family sticks through thick and thin and do what needs to be done to survive and be together. Colton has been all over the world and has learned many things about cultures and skills and other knowledge people twice his age only dream about.

9 3/4 inches, Dogwood, very flexible, with a Dragon Heartstring core.
School life proved to be difficult for Colton, not being with his family traveling around the world. Colton likes to think he knows every nook and cranny in the castle and environs. Truth is, if Colton's not in class he's somewhere he probably shouldn't be. He and Pringle, the Groundskeeper, are “bosom buddies” for all of the time Colton's spent in detention. Colton thinks the faculty is a goodly bunch, mostly. He's just not going to let them change him, that's all.
Not surprisingly his grades for the most part are barely a passing A. He however has a good solid hold on movement magic, and anything that will aid him in his future dream occupation of being a Curse-Breaker for Gringotts Bank. So it's History of Magic, Ancient Runes, Charms, and Defense Against the Dark Arts that he paid more attention to than the other classes and he took for his NEWT classes: Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Ancient Runes and Charms.
The Quinnland History
The best parts of Colton's family start at the beginning and at the end. If you ask Colton at least.
Once upon a time and all that rubbish it was hundreds of years ago when knights and ladies ruled tales. This is one tale Beedle the Bard missed out on, it's a shame because it would truly be his greatest story! A ship full of Roma Gypsies crashed onto the shores of Ireland. Most of them perished in the shipwreck, but some did survive. A band of Tinkers aka Shelta - Irish Travelers were in the area, squatting on the lovely plot of land that bordered the shore the Roma washed up on and a castle where they were heading to for a gig.
Well as Gypsy's always do, they took care of one another and the band of Shelta soon had those that survived back in good health and those that didn't were properly buried.
Together they continued to the castle for the gig. A noble was throwing a ball for his only son and heir so that he might finally find a bride. The Tinkers were the entertainment for the Ball. The noble wasn't disappointed with the atmosphere the Tinkers produced at the ball either. Well that was until he noticed that his son was paying absolutely no attention to the hundreds of noble ladies of good breeding he had brought to his castle. His son, Aron Quinn was too focused on one of the newer members of the Tinkers, one of their new Roma sisters by the name of Mirela who was dancing to the music her new family was playing.
When Quinn asked Mirela for his first dance you could hear the scandal sizzling through the air and his noble father's spine! After several dances where Quinn would only dance and talk with Mirela his father in a fury threatened to cancel the ball. To that Quinn replied that he might as well, because he had found the girl that he was going to marry, Mirela.
In a rage the nobleman threw all of his guests out and locked the Tinkers in. He demanded that they remove their gypsy enchantment from his son. Now among the Tinkers and even the Roma that survived were witches and wizards, but they truly had cast no spells. Quinn was very much in love with Mirela, and she was soon madly in love with him for all that he did to rescue her family from his fathers scorn.
The short of the long of it is that Quinn helped the Tinkers escape the castle and and after his father died old and knowing he had no heirs and his lands would fall into ruin, his precious noble prestige gone, Quinn still didn't marry Mirela, as his father forbade it, and Quinn was honor bound. But the lack of marriage didn't keep Quinn and Mirela from having a family together, and to make sure that his children would always be safe, he gave his beloved's family his lands.
Centuries later from their fairy tale beginning the Tinkers often stop in these lands, it's sort of their home base they always return to. The castle of Quinn now ruins high on a hill that overlooks the large meadow the Tinkers Caravan camp upon and from the highest tower if anyone dares go up into the rickety thing (which Colton of course often does.) from there one can see the rotten barnacle covered wreckage of the old Roma boat lain in the shallows of the shore to the south of their lands. The lands have long since been warded and so only those of their band of Tinkers and guests may see and find their way to Quinnland as they call it now. The Tinkers often return to Quinnland especially when a baby is due, just like they did when Colton's parents, Megs and Baird were expecting him. By the time Colton was 8 months old, they had lost him to crawling wanderings 5 times already. The frequency of his periods of wander only increased and grew more prolonged the older he got. Colton Viorel Higgins is the great-(a lot of greats)-Greatest Grandson of Quinn and Mirela. It's something Colton takes great pride in, and it's his favorite story to hear and tell.
Report Card
Classes |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
Year 4 |
Year 5 |
Year 6 |
Year 7 |
Astronomy |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
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Charms |
A |
A |
A |
E |
E |
E |
? |
Defence Against the Dark Arts |
A |
E |
O |
E |
O |
E |
? |
Herbology |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
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History of Magic |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
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Potions |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
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Transfiguration |
A |
A |
E |
A |
E |
A |
? |
Flying |
O |
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Ancient Runes |
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A |
E |
E |
E |
? |
Arithmancy |
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E |
A |
E |
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RP Hooks
- Irish Traveler - Colton has a great deal of trouble being trapped at Hogwarts for most of the year. In the muggle world especially his way of life is extremely looked down on. Even in the wizarding world there are many that look down upon the gypsy lifestyle. Don't feel you don't have to be the nice guy that accepts this Irish Traveler Troublemaker. I don't mind some conflict.
- Quidditch Team - Colton has been the Seeker for the Gryffindor Team since 1935. His style on the Pitch is almost always Reckless win, lose or draw.
- Curse-Breaker - The only reason Colton has continued his education at Hogwarts and chose to be away from his family for two more years entirely has to do with his goal to be a Curse-Breaker. Which Gringotts requires NEWT levels to hire.
- Higgins' Shelta Wagon - Since turning 16 which makes him a man in his culture he's got his own Caravan now and while he's at Hogwarts it's often parked along the path to the school just on the edge of Hogsmeade.
- Weakness for Redheads and Asians - What's a guy to do versus these beauties!?
Logs
Logs featuring Colton |
Logs that refer to Colton |
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Quirks
- Outcast: Irish Traveler
- Prankster
- Wealth:Poor
- Immature
Relationships
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Lara
Pidge: Colton has a weakness for a girl with brains, especially if those brains are underneath red hair. Lara is smart, pretty, sweet and nice to Sierra. What's not to like? He asked her out 5th year, but she only saw the goof-ball side of Colton and turned him down. He's done a lot of growing up since then and it seems she's taken notice. He looks forward to Hogsmeade Weekends to spend some alone time with her. It's a bit of a mess with his questionable feelings for Zoe. But it's not like they are really serious yet and questionable feelings are questionable. She said she loved him and that was real nice. A real nice cue for Colton to get cold feet and do a little jig into the friend zone.
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Zoe
Pidge: Zoe and Colton have been close friends and partners in crime since he was a firstie. Zoe was the one that showed him around and together they found many of the nooks and crannies of Hogwarts together. They have always been 'just friends' that was a mantra that was told over and over again. But when it came to the final good-bye, when Colton would be going back to Hogwarts and Zoe would be establishing her new business did a friendly kiss good-bye turn into a rather passionate snog. It was this kiss that Solstice discovered and feeling betrayed by the mantra 'they're just friends' broke up with him. It also interrupted things enough that it's left Colton wondering if anything more could really be there. But he's got school and she's got the cafe, so there's no real time to explore the chance. He does know that he misses his friend every day.
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Melody
Pidge: Damndest thing this girl. Make real sweet music between the grudge slinging and lofty teasin'. Nice bit of a game.
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Solstice
Pidge: She really understood Colton, or so he thought. They were together the whole of their sixth year. But when she found out that he was enjoying more than the scenery of his family vacation spots in the summer of 1939, she broke up with him. He never meant to make her mad or hurt her. They aren't enemies or anything. Solstice just decided that his way of life was a bit too carefree for her.
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Kimiko
Noble Empress: Cutest girl in the world hands down. Cutest. Girl. In. The. World. The. Whole. World. He knows, he's been around it after all.
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Josie
Fellow Streetrat - She'd have made a better Traveler than some cooped up magical creature poop scooper upper! He looks forward to being a further bad influence on her.
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Madeline
Junior Auror - Poor kid takes things way to seriously at her age. Getting some fake Junior Auror Badge didn't help. If she had her way, I'd spend my final seventh year starved, Quidditch Free and not meeting the class requirements so I can become a Curse-Breaker. Sorry kid, I love ya, but that's just not going to fly with me. It could be worse, she could be doe eyed about becoming a Hitwizard. That would really put a strain on our good relationship. He misses the old fun loving Maddie!
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Hephaesta
Techno-Geek - Strange, prefers machines over people or animals. She's got a very nice mechanical owl Colton would love to have a 'see how it works' session with. She and Rylan would make a good pairing, cause she can be a bit on the stodgy fun dampening side sometimes.
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Carmichael
Caring Stranger - When Colton came into the Malt Shop all beat up by the Black Pack, Carmichael was rather concerned and sounded like he was going to give the Black's what for. But that would have ruined Colton's fun with his revenge so he lied to the stranger.
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Leander
Hogwarts Champion - The guy stuck his neck out and used his Champion title to rescue Colton from Pringle, so Leander was alright in Colton's book. Colton's pissed that the one good Slytherin got himself killed at the Triwizard Tournament. It chaps Colton so bad that the Magijugend that killed the Hogwarts Champion has sunk it's vile claws into Hogwarts.
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Ripley
Cronie - It's got to be tough being the body when his twin's got all the brains. Being a thug isn't all it's cracked up to be. Colton thinks Ripley might finally be learning this and is trying to get himself a bit of depth. He helped the lie his brother gave to Pringle to get Colton off the hook, so he can't be all bad either. It's a damn shame that Ripley left Hogwarts to go searching for the Magijugend to seek revenge for his brother's death and left Hogwarts wide open for the Magijugend.
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Megs Gail Higgins
Mother - Megs is a fabulous mother, care-free, sweet, nurturing, the whole package. What's important is that Megs is often so busy with the other kids that Colton can pretty much do whatever he wants and go wherever he wants. She even knows better than to ask Colton to babysit. Since the one time he did ended pretty much in a disaster of the interior of their caravan. Colton is supremely protective of his mother. People can say what they like about Colton and he'll just make a joke and take it with grin. But if there is even a hint of disparaging towards Megs, well that's grounds for fisticuffs for Colton.
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Baird Logan Higgins
Father - When Colton was young it seemed to him that his father lost interest in a child of his once another child was born, then they'd get all the attention. But now that Colton is nearly a man, his father has taken more interest in him. Baird and Colton now often go out riding motorcycles together, exploring the many neighborhoods and wide open places that their band of Travelers frequent. Baird has also taken to teaching Colton what it is to be a man and do manly things. Thankfully Colton likes and understands what it is to be a man, in his father's eyes, so they get along actually rather well.
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Rylan Marku Higgins
Brother - Rylan is the second born after Colton. He is 2 years younger than Colton and is a bit of a stodge. He's home schooled by their mother because Rylan is a Squib. In many ways Colton is jealous of Rylan because he's not confined to Hogwarts for most of the year. But on the other hand it would have been nice to have family with him at Hogwarts. But then again, Rylan always is doing his best to ruin Colton's fun. 'Fun Police' is what Colton often calls his brother.
Rylan is open for Application. His age is changable as he would need to be 16 at creation. If interested please contact Boo or Colton & Alts.
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Sierra
Sister - Sierra is the third born after Colton. She is 3 years younger than Colton and in his eyes is the greatest thing ever. A tom boy, Sierra was the little brother that Colton wished Rylan would have been. They often go out together exploring the latest environs of the spot the Travelers currently settled in. Often playing Knight (played by Sierra) and Bandit (played by Colton) with wooden 'swords' that really are just branches. Sierra is another person that Colton will go to fisticuffs lengths to protect.
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Finley
Brother - Finley Fane Higgins is the fourth born after Colton. Born July 13th, 1927 he is 5 years younger than Colton. In Colton's eyes the lad is a bit 'off'. Colton knows he is a rather silly playful person that people will often call 'crazy', but Finley is just insane. He'll put a bucket over his head and then run into a wall over and over and over repeatedly or even run off a small cliff. Finley is the reason why Megs took a course at St. Mungos in first aid and why the pantry is full of Skele-gro. Colton thinks this desperate need for attention is because Finley's the middle child - at least until Megs pops out another kid like she's want to do. Finley coming to Hogwarts has improved their relationship a great deal. Colton does his best to mentor Finley and teach him just how to misbehave and behave when appropriate.
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Kelly Ioan Higgins
Brother - Kelly is the fifth born after Colton. He is 9 years younger than Colton. Kelly is often bullied and picked on, not just by outsiders but their own cadre too. People always think that Kelly is a girls name, they don't know that Kelly is a BOYS name that means: War, Lively, Aggressive. Unfortunately Kelly is anything BUT those things and so Colton often comes to his demure brother's defense and shows them what his beloved brother's name means himself.
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Cacia Stela Higgins
Sister - Cacia is the sixth born after Colton. She is 11 years younger than Colton. Never before has Colton met a more stalwart little girl. Her name Cacia means: Vigilant and Stela means: Star. In Colton's opinion there is no finer name for his little sister as she is always watching out for her siblings, even at her young age. The first time she shoved Colton he was shocked. But then a moment later a cricket ball went flying past where his head just was and Finley was behind him looking terribly guilty. She then made Finley apologize to Colton. The irony doesn't escape Colton that a little girl, nearly the youngest in the family is the glue that keeps them together.
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Adeen Lenuta Higgins
Sister - Adeen is the seventh born after Colton. She is 14 years younger than Colton. The baby! The littlest spitfire if ever there was one. She skipped over the whole crawling thing and went right to walking. Though that might have something to do with the fact that Adeen was born with Dwarfism. She also managed to inherit the redheaded gene that sneaks through his families veins. Her name means: Little Fire Torch. Very suitable if you ask Colton, of course he likes the name - he named her!
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Kennedy Christi Higgins
Brother - Ken is the latest addition to the Higgins family. Born May 1938.
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Dalaigh
'Cousin' - More of a brother than Rylan will ever be. Same Year at Hogwarts, different House though. They've always been thick as thieves. Just this (fifth) year with OWLs and Birds of a different feather…they've not been as attached at the funny bone.
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Nadya
'Cousin' - Dale and Colton's Watcher. Colton's very happy the Clan picked her to serve as watcher for him and Dale. Though poor dale, his sister being the Watcher. Colton and Nadya get along very well.
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Hitch
'Cousin' - Very nearly an outsider these days for all the prim and proper 'normal' life he's living these days. If it weren't for the fact that he's got some of the last of the purest Quinnland Blood in him, despite his uppity Oxford Father's influence he probably would be considered an outsider.
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Alphard
Overseer of Arsery - Not surprising this evil prick got made the Overseer of the JugEnds. Threatening little girls makes him feel like a big man. Sicko.
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Angelus
Boot Licker - He's why Flint's boots are always so shiny. Angelus would probably thrill to be the Headmasters Privy Master if this were a few hundred years ago. The Sorting Hat had a few stitches loose when he put this tosser in Gryffindor.
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Pringle
Nemesis - Colton's been tortured enough by the man to know what a sicko he truly is. Back in second year is when he first realized that the tosser gets some sort of sick glee out of disciplining the students and hurting them. All under some guise of teaching the kids respect for the establishment. Colton has begun to learn the arts of meditation so that when he is under the thumb screws of Pringle he doesn't give the 'Caretaker' the jollies he's after. It's truly a sign of a bloody apocalypse that Colton and Pringle are working together with the same sorts of ideas on what needs to be done about this Flint shite.
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Ria
Ignoramus - Stupid bint thought Charlie Chaplin was Hitler. Good thing she's sexy as all get out, or she'd be up a creek without a paddle with the smidge of sense in her brain.
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Xavier
Impostor - What a wash up! Some bullshit artist that likes to claim he's a treasure hunter because he goes to some posh locations and scoops knick knacks off of some beach. The Sykes family really doesn't spin the brightest bulbs. The idiot was actually claiming that he found and re-hid the brooch of Rowena Ravenclaw. What. An. Idiot. The girls (Kimiko) also act like royal idiots when he's around too.
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Class of 1940
Like Colton, the following characters are from the class of 1940 at Hogwarts:
Gallery
Christmas Presents
When Colton went with his family and a bulk of the Quinnlands to Portugal for Christmas Holiday 1937 they stayed on the edge of a small town where everyone was simply MAD for lace and crochet making. The presents he brought back from Hols are all from Portugal.
Everyone that he knows that's not on a tab got a doilie of some kind.
A little crochet lion head that Colton did himself after some old lady spent an hour every day helping him learn how to crochet.
A lovely Portuguese Lace Bookmarker featuring a purple iris.
By far the most elaborate seeming of his is for The Kid. He said it reminded him of the grey winged horses Josie's Guardian keeps. He thought it would make her feel less homesick. Or at least creeped out so much she forgot to be homesick.
So she doesn't get her 'hands dirty'…
Just looked like something she'd like.
These are the Christmas Presents given out to friends in 1939.
Lara likes to cook, their first date she baked him scones. Maybe if she had this present they wouldn't have turned out so… 'crisp' on the bottom! Colton made it himself.
((<FS3> Colton rolls Carpentry: Great Success.))
To celebrate Zoe getting herself a real cafe business in Whimzick Alley Colton pinched together enough money to buy her a tea set in Limehouse (Chinatown) in London.
Colton's first present to Kimiko was a very simple and cheesy crochet lion he learned how to make in Portugal in '37. The Crochet theme continues and proves how much he's improved with a more intricately crocheted Gryffindor Red Top.
((<FS3> Colton rolls Crochet: Good Success.))
He really wanted to give Josie something really spectacular to remember him by this year. Three long hard tries he finally was able to get it just right. She is his original lil Lioness and she's growing up fast. He's very proud of her so that all went into the carving of a lioness drinking at a pool of lily pads.
((<FS3> Colton rolls Carpentry: Good Success.))
For Maddie with all that she went through last year and the beginning of this year he's afraid that she's went through things no kid her age should. So unlike Josie who he'd like to encourage to continue to grow up the way she's going, he wants Madeline to hold on to being that goofy wonderful kid he adore. Thus the more childish and rough lion decoration.
((<FS3> Colton rolls Carpentry: Success.))
Hand-crafted by Colton Beater's bat. It's to regulation specs and everything.
((<FS3> Colton rolls Carpentry: Good Success.))
A compass…details coming soon.
Being poor means you make gifts or you re-gift second hand sentimental things. Colton has been saving up enough to get himself a new broom to treat himself to a christmas present. This means that Finley gets his old broom that he's used since he was a second year reservist on the Quidditch Team.
Alts