<strong>Name:</strong>Laurent Valeris<br/><strong>Age:</strong>17<br/><strong>Height:</strong>6'3"<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>150lbs<br/><strong>Eye color:</strong>Green<br/><strong>Hair Color:</strong>Black<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation:</strong>Straight, bordering asexual<br/><strong>Kinks:</strong>Laurent is inexperienced, so this is a blank slate for now.<br/><strong>House:</strong>Slytherin<br/><strong>Wand:</strong>12", Ebony, Phoenix Hair, Firm<br/><strong>Patronus:</strong>Cat<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>First, Laurent is studious. While not endowed with much natural talent or power, Laurent has dedicated his life to the study of magical theory, with the goal of becoming an animagus. He is a firm friend to the few friends he has, and while he played the outsider for years, he now longs to get involved, meet people, and make the friends he should have made six years ago. While he is not a coward, he is not very self-assured. Laurent is also extremely ambitious, single-mindedly pursuing goals and strong desires; this is likely the main trait that led to his sorting into Slytherin rather than Ravenclaw.<br/><strong>Appearance:</strong><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">(http://www.modelresource.ca/Scene/Feb09/hugo_1.jpg)</div></div>Three words can sum up Laurent's appearance: thin, tall, and shabby. He may be tall, but he doesn't carry much weight on his frame. His dark hair is usually combed neatly, as Laurent hates looking untidy. He has a thin, bony face framing emerald eyes in pale skin. His wardrobe, however, is anything but as tidy as the man. His school robes are quite secondhand, being frequently patched, with many burned, faded, or threadbare spots that magical repairs can no longer hide. Outside of school clothes, Laurent wears similarly worn Muggle clothing, since it's cheaper than trying to find magical robes secondhand that don't look woefully out of style.<br/><strong>History:</strong>Laurent is of magic blood, back twelve or so generations. Maybe more. The Valeris family was a proud French wizarding family, moving to England not long after William the Conqueror brought an influx of French muggles. Firmly established on both sides of the channel for centuries, the Valeris manors were landmarks in their rural towns, with Valeris wizards wielding great power in England and France.<br/><br/>Time ruins everything, and the passage of years and the wear and tear of the magical world was not kind to the Valeris family. First their line in France turned to dark magic and was destroyed in the 1700s. Then, their magical blood in England began to wane. What was once a powerful extended family was reduced through squib births through the 1800s until only one branch of the family remained. And with their power fading, their wealth faded as well.<br/><br/>Today, wealth and power is only a memory. Laurent Valeris is the last of his family. He grew up with his father, Michel Valeris, moving around the countryside from one magical community to the next. Michel Valeris was consumed with the image of the former Valeris family, and made his living as a thief, grifter, and conman, obsessed with relics of the Valeris family of old, which were usually traded or sold rapidly to get out of trouble. As such, Laurent grew up with a healthy amount of embarrassment that did not abate when he went to Hogwarts and had to see some of the families his father had cheated again. This natural isolation threw young Laurent deeper into his studies than he might have burrowed otherwise.<br/><br/>His career at Hogwarts has been marked with excellent grades and few friends. Laurent laments this sometimes, but generally falls back on his ambitions to comfort himself. This year, he is coming to school in an exceptionally good mood, for over the summer, he finally fulfilled one of his lifelong ambitions. He completed the rituals to become an animagus. While he still cannot transform effortlessly, with some focus he can become a black cat.<br/><br/>This accomplishment has given Laurent a real boost to his confidence, while necessitating he find a new ambition to drive him. This year, he pledges will be different. He has decided he will attend parties and even try out for Slytherin's Quiddich. He will not spend another year in total isolation, lest he be totally isolated after graduation.