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| Professor of Charms |
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| Portrayed by Tim Curry |
| Name: | Vindictus Viridian |
| Aliases: | That Scary Teacher |
| Birthday: | December 5th, 1880 |
| Position: | Professor |
| Lineage: | English, Muggle-born |
Description
How perfect that the Professor of Charms be so perfectly charming. Though, charming isn't necessarily the right word. More…impressive. He's getting on in age, but the weight of his presence doesn't seem to burden him as his gait is one of intense self-assurance. Hard lines are cut into his face, but they represent experience more than they would shine a light on weariness. Slight jowls and wrinkled bags under his eyes give a softness to a face that looks like it was much sharper in it's youth. Nevertheless, there is an intensity to this man that is anything but soft. His eyebrows come to devilish points above blue-green hazel eyes. A thick dark goatee is mostly matches his long, flowing earthy locks — but within his facial hair there are signs of greying. He's draped in long, fine bluish-green robes that shift with each bold step he takes, and his head is adorned in a large hat of the same color. When he speaks it is with a solid, unyielding English accent.
Background
Born to a Muggle family, when Vindictus was of age, he changed his name to sound more "wizardly." It was also the name he wrote stories under as a child that helped him deal with the extreme bullying he faced at Hogwarts from those that viewed his Muggle heritage as "dirty". In the end, Vindictus got the last laugh because he was extremely good at Charms and by the time he was a Fifth Year, he had created an arsenal of jinx to inflict upon his bullies.
He also began publishing stories of "fiction" about his life being bullied, and though he couldn't do the things in his book to his tormentors without getting expelled, he took satisfaction in just the writing of it. The act helped him a great deal in coping with the tremendous amount of disdain he received from others.
When the position opened up for a Professor of Charms at Hogwarts, Vindictus lunged at the opportunity, vowing to himself that he would help any student that might be going through the same thing that he did. He is a very protective man, and has faced a few bouts of suspension for turning students he has caught bullying into a chicken that would lose feathers off and shoot them out his opened beak every time it tries to say something rather unpleasant in Chickenish.
Quirks
- Champion of the Underdog
- Vindictive
- Impressive Presence
- Wealth: Well-To-Do
RP Hooks
- Professor of Charms at Hogwarts, please contact staff for a scene with Vindictus.
- Author of Curses and Countercurses (Bewitch Your Friends and Befuddle Your Enemies with the Latest Revenges: Hair Loss, Jelly-Legs, Tongue-Tying and Much, Much More).
Logs
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Relationships
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Dumbledore |
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Starkey |
Gallery
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