<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">»<em>Introductory Information</em> - Staff, Muggle Studies TA - Muggle Science Specialist and Research Assistant«</span></div><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/harrypotter/images/f/f5/Leaky.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20180620004833)</div><br/><strong>Name:</strong>Daniël Bakkes<br/><br/><strong>Age:</strong>56, though due to an accident he does appear to be significantly younger then this.<br/><br/><strong>Birth Date:</strong>February 20th, 1963<br/><br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Hetero, by trial and error.<br/><br/><strong>Blood Status:</strong>Pure-Blood<br/><br/><strong>Birthplace:</strong>Capetown, South Africa<br/><br/><strong>School Affiliation:</strong>He currently works for Hogwarts, but he went to Uagadau - "The Mountain of the Moon" - Uganda.<br/><br/><strong>Wand Length | Wood | Core:</strong>Not Applicable<br/><br/><strong>Patronus:</strong>A Single Wasp<br/><br/><strong>Apparation License:</strong>Yes<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b1/TheGreatestIB.jpg/220px-TheGreatestIB.jpg) (https://lastfm-img2.akamaized.net/i/u/770x0/3466331d72264127acb25b78ec2a9a73.jpg) <br/><br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">»<em>Personal Information</em>«</span></div><br/><br/><strong>Physical Features:</strong>Average height and thin with brown eyes and darker brown hair, always looks like he missed a day or two of shaving even when he hasn't. Looks significantly younger than his actual chronological age and is not happy about it, and the resulting grumpiness does seem to age him somewhat.<br/><br/><strong>Personality Traits:</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Innovative</strong> - Explores new ideas just for the fun of it, especially in his attempts to blend Science and Magic.</li><li><strong>Openminded</strong> - Tries to accept people for who they are and willing to take a chance.</li><li><strong>Well-Traveled</strong> - Travel does broaden the mind.</li><li><strong>Down-to-Earth</strong> - Tries to keep his feet on the ground, looking for practical solutions to problems.</li><li><strong>Clever</strong> - A quick wit and quicker feet get you surprisingly far in life.</li></ul><ul class="bbc_list"><li><strong>Grumpy</strong> - Was rather looking forward into being a grumpy old man.</li><li><strong>Confrontational</strong> - Ever kick something in the bullocks just because you thought someone should?</li><li><strong>Authority Issues</strong> - Has an innate distrust of authority figures and structures even when he shouldn't.</li><li><strong>Overpragmatic</strong> - Concentrates on practical applications to the point of sometimes missing the wider ideological picture.</li><li><strong>Sarcastic </strong>- The deadliest spell of them all.</li></ul><br/><strong>Brief History:</strong>The Bakkes were actually among the first Dutch colonists to settle in South Africa in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. They certainly will never shut up about it. Pure-Bloods as far back as their records can determine, when he was born the plan was to wait until he was of the schooling age then slip him off to Europe. Durmstrang probably. However and fortunately, Uagandau - "The Mountain of the Moon"  in Uganda - got to him first. Africa's main magical school in Uganda has some lovely traditions; for example, Hogwarts has Messenger Owls, Uadangau sends Dream Messengers leaving inscribed stones on a candidates hands while they sleep. Sometimes, they can do more than that.<br/><br/>Uagadau ended up feeling more like a home then home ever did and he stayed. When he graduated he just started travelling the world instead of going home. The family wasn't entirely happy with that but it's a little tradition that a couple of the young Bakkes go to Europe to find spouses to refresh the gene pool a bit. They told themselves he was just looking for a wife. Instead he traveled, saw the world, even snuck into a Muggle College and got an otherwise legitimate degree in Muggle Science, if just a BS in Physics, than found a fellow defector cousin in England and started helping with his magic research. There was an accident with an alchemy experiment, and Daniel's aging was slowed. He is Not happy about that and has been looking for a way to undo it since. More travel, more searching, more research - he's 56, he should be thinking about retirement.<br/><br/>Magic without Wands is considered a difficult art, as Wands help you Channel and Focus. In Uagadau though they teach the students to consider Wands to just be Tools and compared to a graduate of Hogwarts their spells known are more limited but they have greater mastery over them. So when one day someone noticed a regular at the Leaky Cauldron stirring his coffee with wandless magic<em>while reading a book</em>, on<em>Muggle Science</em>no less, word of mouth began to spread a bit and Daniel found himself with opportunities he never expected.<br/><br/><br/><strong>Likes:</strong>Coffee | Science | An Intellectual Challenge<br/><br/><strong>Dislikes:</strong>Wet Socks | Prejudice | The Grip of his Family<br/><br/><strong>Family:</strong>The Bakkes Family has been based in South Africa since the 1700's, most of them unapologetic Afrikaners and supporters of Apartheid. Defection does happen though and between England and the Netherlands he has a cousin Stijn, a researcher. His immediate are all pure-bloods family otherwise have been variations of magical enforcers of law, used sometimes to brutal effect.<br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Maghiel Bakkes | Father | 77 | Manor Lord | Pureblood </li><li>Behati Bakkes | Mother | 74 | Idle Rich | Pureblood</li><li>Divan Bakkes | Paternal Grandfather | 98 | Retired | Pure-Blood</li><li>Riette Bakkes | Paternal Grandfather | 92 | Retied | Pure-Blood</li><li>Arno Swanepoel | Matenral Grandfather | 94 | Retired | Pure-Blood</li><li>Emma Bakkes | Maternal Grandmother | 90 | Retired | Pure-Blood</li><li>Stijn Bakkes | Cousin | 54 (Though he appears significantly older) | Magical Researcher/Curse Breaker | Pure-Blood </li></ul><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">»<em>Academic Information</em>«</span></div><br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Marks</div><div class="spoiler_body"><span class="bbc_u">Passing Grades</span><br/>O - Outstanding<br/>E - Exceeds Expectations<br/>A - Acceptable<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">Failing Grades</span><br/>P - Poor<br/>D - Dreadful<br/><del>T - Troll</del><br/></div></div><br/><br/><strong>OWL Grades:</strong>- [Note: Uagadau uses a different system, these are the equivalents as far as anyone is able to determine.]<br/><em>Charms</em>- E<br/><em>Transfiguration</em>- O<br/><em>Herbology</em>- A<br/><em>Defense Against the Dark Arts</em>- E<br/><em>Ancient Runes</em>- E<br/><em>Potions</em>- O<br/><em>Care of Magical Creatures</em>- E<br/><em>Astronomy</em>- O<br/><em>Divination</em>- P<br/><em>History of Magic</em>- A<br/><em>Arithmancy</em>- E<br/><em>Muggle Studies</em>- O<br/><br/><strong>NEWT Grades:</strong><br/>O - Transfiguration, Alchemy, Astronomy<br/>E - Arithmancy, Defense Against the Dark Arts<br/><br/><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;">»<em>Miscellaneous Information</em>«</span></div><br/><br/><strong>Face-claim:</strong>Ian Brown<br/><br/><strong>O/O's:</strong>Here (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=40628.0)<br/><br/><strong>Notes:</strong>Daniel's different training and attempts to blend Science and Magic have created noticeable difference in his casting. Most dramatically he doesn't need or use a Wand, but his spells are shockingly efficient with magical energies. His spells tend to be smaller but are noticeably "harder, denser, and more precise", harder to dispell then you'd expect. He doesn't cast big spells, he takes small spells and adjust them to his needs for the situation.<br/>