Name : Percival 'Percy' Eggingsbaum
Gender : Male
Blood Status : Pure-Blood
Age / DOB : February 12th
Current School Year : First Year
House : Hufflepuff
Occupation : Student
Pet: A Cat named Fritz, after Percival's Grandfather Fritz Eggingsbaum.
Appearance : Percival fits into the typical Nerd stereotype. He has a pair of taped-up glasses sitting upon his nose, a close cropped head of ashy-blonde hair and a pair of fat, bumbling blue eyes that look too small for his face without his glasses, and far too large with them. His nose is chunky and bulbous at its tip, and his lips - whilst keeping them pursed like his new friend Cary - seem to waiver and quiver when he holds them tight, as though the words within his voicebox are fighting their way out of its confinement. He breathes too heavily and almost always has a blocked up nose - a regular trait within the Eggingsbaum family (though the Family are incredibly new and are only just considered Pure-Blood, as Eggingsbaum has two pairs of Wizarding Grandparents) - which leaves him sniffing a lot. His Uniform is almost always a mess, though he is only rarely late for class, when running errands for Cary.
Personality : Percival is, at heart, a kind young boy. His American heritage shows through with a largely boisterous persona that is held reserved around his new friends. Whilst he holds the potential to be loud and zany, Percival is quiet and prefers to linger and watch as his new friends find their place within the schools (and the years) hierarchy, Percival preferring to go wherever his friends go. He all but idolises Cary, believing him to be good looking, a powerful spell-caster and a great friend (though often finds himself confused at the lapdog-to-owner like relationship that they hold), and he enjoys the time that he spends with him, though remains upset about how the Sorting Hat sorted him.
Due to the Eggingsbaum's background as a Muggleborn-family-turned-Pure-Blood by time, Percival holds no aversion to Muggleborn Wizards or Muggles in general, and has a favourable outlook on how resourceful and technologically adept the Nomagic peoples are. He gets along with most, and finds difficulty in understanding Cary's disdain for the Nomag's.
However, like all first years, his personality and thought processes could be expected to change due to his experiences and influences that he gains at Hogwarts.
Virtues/Strengths : Good person; Caring; A good listener; Polite; Easy to talk to
Flaws/Weaknesses : Poor spell-caster; Unattractive; Slightly dim-witted.
History : Being born to a fairly new Pure-Blood house (Percival being in the first generation to be considered Pure-Blood by outsiders), Percival found himself in what could only be described as an utterly warm household when he was growing up. Born to two Ilvermorny graduates (a confirmed Seer and a member of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement), Percival moved with his two parents Benny and Shirley Eggingsbaum to England, as they liked to consider themselves 'slightly bohemian, but not madly so' and therefore liked to keep on the move, if only once.
Settling into English life well, young Percival Eggingsbaum made friends with his many Muggle neighbours, never having any incidents of non-wand magic usage (he highlights this as a telltale sign of his lack of spellcasting potential in his more self-depreciating moments) and otherwise behaving much like a normal young boy - if one were to ignore his in-home life, in which his mother spent much of time caring for her Mandrakes, and his father spent his time brewing potions. All in all, his family were caring and loving, and gave him the support that brought him into his kind persona now.
However, worried that their son was at most a Squib - not due to worry that their son would be a muggle, but more so at the possible emotional backlash that their young son might experience if he discovered he would never be a Wizard - Percival's two parents were incredibly pleased when he received an invitation to Hogwarts, his magical ability having been picked up by the Ministry - though it was seemingly in need of being drawn out by careful tuition and practise. Hurrying him through Diagon Alley and to platform 9 and 3/4s, Percival's two parents waved him off as the train to Hogwarts left the station, leaving him in a cabin with a young boy named Cary - whose father was not present as he left for Hogwarts.
Quickly striking up conversation with the quiet young boy Cary, Percival quickly came to like him - as he quickly came to like most people - and decided that seeing as he only knew Cary, he would follow him around until he couldn't any longer, so as to keep himself from getting lonely in the school. After being sorted into Hufflepuff, Percival waited with abated breath as the Sorting Hat was placed upon Cary's head, but after much deliberation on the Hats part, Cary was placed in Slytherin, leaving Percival disappointed and worried about his future after the seeming loss of his new friend. However, Hufflepuff isn't known to be the most welcoming house for no reason, and Percival has found great comfort within their ranks, whilst still managing to maintain his loose friendship with Cary.
Magic Level : 1
Wand : Maple & Griffin Feather, 11'' 1/2, rigid.
Patronus : Wild Boar
Specialities : N/A
For 5/6 yrs: OWL Classes : N/A
For 7 yrs: NEWT Classes :N/A
For Adults: NEWTs earned :N/A
Percival 'Percy' Eggingsbaum - Hufflepuff 1st Year
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