Nationality: Romanian/British/Welsh Year: 3rd Name: Liam Osiris Linwood Age: 13 Day of Birth: March 27th Pronounciation: Lee-am Oo-Sigh-Rus Lynn-Wood Meaning: House: Hufflepuff Blood Status: Half-Blood Wand: Cedar, Phoenix feather, 13 inches, Wand Hand: Right More About Wand: Whenever I meet one who carries a cedar wand, I find strength of character and unusual loyalty.My father, Gervaise Ollivander, used always to say, ‘you will never fool the cedar carrier,’ and I agree: the cedar wand finds its perfect home where there is perspicacity and perception. I would go further than my father, however, in saying that I have never yet met the owner of a cedar wand whom I would care to cross, especially if harm is done to those of whom they are fond. The witch or wizard who is well-matched with cedar carries the potential to be a frightening adversary, which often comes as a shock to those who have thoughtlessly challenged them.
The Phoenix Feather comes from the tail feathers of a Phoenix, and is especially good with fire or defensive magic, as well as healing magic. This may be due largely to the healing properties Phoenixes have.
Manner of Dress: When in his uniform he usually loosens his tie and rolls the sleeves up as they get too hot for him. When out of uniform he tends to wear comfortable and loose clothing that can be cleaned easily as he's often getting dirty from being outside so much.
Voice Style Sexual Orientation: Straight Personality: Reserved- Liam tends to keep his feelings and thoughts to himself and doesn't really talk to just anyone. Most of the time he prefers to listen and mull over things before speaking. When he does speak he's usually very well spoken and what he says has a lot of thought behind it.
Passive- Liam doesn't really act fast or in haste, everything he does is done slowly and with care. He's very much a peacemaker and can often keep his brother and sister from fighting using his natural negotiating skills. Even if he has a problem he's not the type to complain about it. He's much more likely to try and figure it out on his own. When he's completely stumped then he'll seek out Maer or Leo for help, but that's usually a last resort.
Robust- Like his brother, Liam is rather tall and strong for his age. For a little while he took kick-boxing with his brother but soon grew tired of seeing people hurt in class. Liam has an unusual amount of stamina and is often going on long hikes and walks when he can.
Considerate- Liam tends to think of others ahead of himself and is often offering to help those that need a hand. A lot of times, or so his siblings have pointed out; others will take advantage of his kind nature. It's not that he really cares if people do or not as long as they really do need the help. If he finds out that they could be doing what they ask of him he gets a bit annoyed and will stop doing anything for them.
Ticking Time Bomb- Liam might be slow to anger, but this doesn't mean he can't get angry. Most of the time he shrugs off slights and can manage to keep his anger in check, but there are times when his anger bursts out at some pretty bad moments.
Habits: When in an uncomfortable situation, he'll tug on his clothes and fidget a lot. He'll rub his chin when he's thinking, or bit the his bottom lip when concentrating or deep in thought.
Hobbies: Hiking, exploring the outdoors, Bird Watching, Playing football.
Dislikes: Being forced to sit indoors during splendid weather, Perfumes and colognes as they make him break out in hives, Cheater, People who needlessly kill animals for sport, Being Scrutinized or compared to others, Nuts, Any type of red meat he won't eat.
Favorite Class: Care of Magical Creatures, he loves animals and loves magical animals even more. Mostly because his father tends to bring strange and new animals into the home to take care of them.
Worst Class: Charms, he's always pronouncing things wrong or not holding a vowel out long enough.
Greatest Treasure: The old spyglass that was given to him by his older brother Challis, he uses it a lot.
Found in these Locations: Out doors, Exploring the castle
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History Born on March 27th about 18 minutes after Maer, the doctors and his parents feared at fist that he was stillborn. He didn't make a sound until the doctor finally smacked him on his backside. Of the three, he was the quietest and easiest to take care of, while his siblings would be howling their lungs out for something he'd just sit and stare at everything around him. It actually took him longer to walk than the other two, him being so cautious, he would wait until no one was around to attempt walking because he didn't want to get run into or pushed down by an older rowdier sibling. They didn't even know he could walk until he was 20 months.
Liam has always been quiet and an easy child to raise, unless the other two managed to drag him in on their escapades. And even then he was reluctant to be as adventurous and was always the more cautious and had much more common sense than the other two. Though they'd often egg him on and demand he do what they were doing until he did it. And then even after he got hurt he never really blamed them for it. He'd just suffer alongside them without much complaint.
As they got older and his siblings started to do more on their own, Liam often felt left out. He never knew who to spend time with or if they even wanted him around. This is when he started to pull into himself more and became withdrawn from others and not as talkative. It was a bit alarming to his parents, but they didn't want to try anything drastic just yet. They figured he'd grow out of it so they just encouraged him to spend time with them more often.
Liam showed some initial interest in taking kick boxing lessons with Leoben but never really got into it as much as his brother did. He decided to drop it after about three months of taking the class. He just wasn't really into violence or fighting as much as Leoben. In fact, he was rather taken aback by the aggressive side of it.
Liam actually showed signs of his magic before either of his siblings, though he never told them or his parents that. When Maegrethe had the terrible encounter at the boarding school, Liam would often wake up with horrible nightmares of what was happening to her. At first he was sure it was just his imagination getting away from him, but when she wrote to them telling them how terrible the school was and how mean the teachers were that Liam realized he had seen things that had actually happened. He tried to speak to his parents about it but they didn't really pay too much attention to him about it.
They were rather stunned when they were requested by Improper Use of Magic Office at the Minstry of Magic to come to what was left of the boarding school. They found a very distraught and hysterical Maergrethe. No one could get much of anything out of her on what had happened, and no one in the school knew anything. It was Liam, who was able to give an accurate account of what had occurred and what had been done to his sister to cause her to do what she had done.
Their parents were furious and sued the school and got a rather large settlement to keep news of it out of the public eye. The family returned home where their mother started teaching her children at home out of the public eye. It was difficult but the siblings became a bit closer after this.
Liam was rather pleased when all three of them received letters to Hogwarts. He had always loved the idea of magic and having been raised around it he was very delighted to be able to learn more about it. Family: Mother: Magda Linwood, 46, Muggle, Stay at home mother Father: Carigan Linwood, 56, Pure Blood, Wizard, Ravenclaw Sibling(s): Liam is triplets with Maergrethe and Leoben. He has, along with this, a rather large family. • Harris Linwood, 21, Pure Blood, Auror *Half brother* Ravenclaw • Challis Linwood, 19, Pure Blood, Wildlife Photographer *half brother* Slytherin • Orin Linwood, 15, Half Blood, Ravenclaw • Tristan Linwood, 13, Half Blood, Gryffindor • Leoben Linwood, 11, Gryffindor • Liam Osiris Linwood, 11, Half Blood, Hufflepuff • Maergrethe Rei Linwood, 11, Half Blood, Ravenclaw • Casius Linwood, 9, Half Blood, Primary Education
Extended Family: Carigan's parents are deceased and Magda's aren't involved much with the Linwood family Maternal Side Mother: Name, Age, Blood Status, Job, House, Father: Name, Age, Blood Status, Job, House, Sibling(s): Name, Age, Blood Status, Job, House, Name, Age, Blood Status, Job, House,
Relationship with Family: Growing up with such a noisy and busy family often made him feel the one one out. He usually retreated to a quiet corner when it got too loud or went on a walk by himself outdoors. Unlike the other people in his family, Liam is an introvert.
He's pretty close to his Maer and Leo because of their odd sixth sense they share with one another. It often allows them to know or feel when one of the others is in trouble or hurt. Up until Maer was sent away, they were thick as thieves and did pretty much everything together, though Liam was usually talked into it. Liam being much more sensitive to their sixth sense actually has more of an understanding of what his sister went through. He always knows when she's having a flashback or nightmare about the place and can help calm her down or help her get out of it.
He's rather close to his father, probably because they are a lot alike and have the same love for animals. He loves to help his father with caring for animals and is planning on following in his father's footsteps one day. He's so into animals that he doesn't eat any red meat and chooses to live off of vegetables, fruits, gains and fish.
He pretty close to his older brother Challis and will often be allowed to go with him on his photo shoots in the summer. Challis has no patience for Leoben's wild antics or Maer's incessant complaining. He rather prefers the quiet triplet who can help him track down animals and stay completely still and not scare them off. Liam has also managed to find some of the rarer wild life species for him to photograph. Liam finds these trips to be relaxing and very rejuvenating, especially after being stuck with his annoying loud classmates or siblings.
Liam's family knows when to leave him alone and give him space when he needs it. If he doesn't get it he can become rebellious and reckless, sometimes even mean. He'll lash out at people to make them leave him alone. While he's patient most of the time after too much interaction and being forced to do things that test him or stress him out he'll crack.
Sorting To say Liam was overwhelmed by all the noise in the great hall would have been putting it mildly. Every noise and yell was causing him to flinch. Which meant it looked like he was having a spasm attack or worse. He tried to calm himself down as he waited to be called forward to the sorting hat, but it didn't really help when the hat was screaming out a house name every five seconds.
Liam covered his ears and tried to get to his happy place. Being such an extreme introvert, in situations like this the only way to stay sane was to try and get the over stimulation muffled and concentrate on something better. He smiled as thoughts of being outside and images of mountains came into his mind.
The next moment he was being poked and shoved by the kids behind him. He turned around in confusion and reluctantly took his hands off of his ears. "Come on man, stop going off into la la land, it's your turn!" He heard Maergrethe call from somewhere behind him. Liam laughed at her words and turned to go up the stairs.
He must have missed his brother's being sorted, because he didn't see him in front of him anymore. He thought it was rather funny that the sorting had them arrange themselves in the opposite order they were normally in. He made his way up the stairs and plopped down on the stool.
He grimaced slightly when the hat was forced onto his head and a voice began to speak in his ears with a gravely tone. "Well..now what House is best for you? You could go with your brother into Gryffindor, though you're not really one for glory. Hmm..I know, HUFFLEPUFF!"
Liam was rather relieved by the House he had been placed in. He didn't really mind being put into a House other than his brother. Maybe he'd finally get to do what he wanted instead of being forced to do everything his brother did. For some reason Leoben was always thinking he needed to get him to join in all his games.
Liam made his way over to the Hufflepuff table and slide into an empty spot grinning at the welcome the others were giving him. Of course..if they kept it up he'd probably need to make some makeshift earplugs. The noise was just too much for his sensitive ears.
Patronus His patronus is a gray fox.
Boggart Liam warily approached the billowy form of the boggart his wand already in his right hand. He stood with his legs apart wondering what the boggart would turn into. He had quite a few fears, most of them ones he had never told anyone else. He was actually relieved that neither of his siblings were in this class with him. He wouldn't want them laughing at his fears or trying to make him feel better.
The boggart swirled around and morphed into a hug black bear which roared and stood on it's back legs. Liam shuddered and pulled out his wand shouting, "Ridikulous!" before the bear could try to run at him.
The next moment the bear was dressed in a bright pink and yellow polka dot collar and balancing on a huge rubber ball as it tried to juggle some green balls. Everyone in the class laughed and Liam grinned. Well that wasn't so bad.
Mirror of Erised Liam was rather surprised when his sister grabbed him and dragged him into the castle. He could barely understand her jabbering she was talking so fast. Finally, more because it was hurting his ears than anything, Liam came to a halt and made her stop pulling him. "Can you speak a bit more slowly so I can understand you?" He asked in a low tone.
"Haven't you heard a single thing I've said? I found the Mirror of Erised, and it's wonderful! You have to try it out!" Maergrethe gushed all in one breath.
Liam found a smile tugging at the corners of her mouth. "What did you see?"
Maergrethe took a hold of his arm again and began to lead him to the room where the mirror was and continued to jabber on about seeing herself getting medals and graduating with top honors from school. Liam had figured as much, that was definitely something she desired over everything else. Well at least for now, he was sure her desires would change in time though.
And then the he was standing in front of the mirror and Maergrethe was askin him what he saw. Liam blinked a moment and then looked into it, concentrating on the mirror's surface.
The mirror surface wavered and the image of a mountain top came into view. Then he noticed his clothing and appearance had changed. He was now dressed in hiking clothes and had a hug pack on his back and a long walking staff in one hand. His eyes widened when he saw a small dragon curled around his neck. Whoa..he had a pet dragon? Sweet!
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