<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/0/04/Tai.png)</div><strong>Character's Name:</strong>Tai Stardel'est<br/><strong>Nickname:</strong>none<br/><strong>Character's Age &amp; Birth date:</strong>17 -- 2/20/1997<br/><strong>Birthplace:</strong>Pomme Pourrie, wizard village, Aquitaine region, SW France<br/><strong>Current Residence:</strong>Pomme Pourrie, wizard village, Aquitaine region, SW France when not at school, family also owns an estate in Vietnam<br/><strong>Blood Status:</strong>Half-Blood<br/>Tai's matrilineal line is said to descend from the Sandalwood Maiden, a figure from Vietnamese folklore that some called a goddess come to earth and others describe as a particularly talented and powerful witch. The truth of this is unknown but the family has had over the generations a tradition of being talented in transmutation and transformation.<br/><strong>Wand:</strong>12", Red Oak, Hippogriff feather<br/><em>The true match for a red oak wand is possessed of unusually fast reactions, making it a perfect dueling wand. Less common than English oak, I have found that its ideal master is light of touch, quick-witted and adaptable. Hippogriff feathers make powerful wand cores and can perform almost all kinds of magic well. They excel in transfiguration and levitation especially.</em><br/><strong>Beauxbatons Mansion:</strong>Ombrelune, 2nd year<br/><strong>Pet:</strong>An Asian Fairy Bluebird named Màu Xanh<br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Pretty Bird</div><div class="spoiler_body"> <div align="center">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/68/M%C3%A0u_xanh.jpg)</div></div></div><strong>Special Possessions:</strong>A piece of polished sandalwood that acts as a portkey between his family's home in France and in Vietnam.<br/><br/><div align="center"><em><strong>Appearance</strong></em></div><strong>Hair:</strong>Dark Brown<br/><strong>Eyes:</strong>Brown<br/><strong>Weight:</strong>155<br/><strong>Physical Description:</strong>Tai stands about 5'9" with a more athletic build than most would suspect under his school uniform. He's handsome in an androgynous kind of way, rather elfin in appearance with a mischievous smile and moody dark eyes that are shaped by his Vietnamese heritage. His dark brown hair is cut in chunky layers and always looks a bit tousled which he manages to pull off as fashionable. He has light tan skin and thick dark brows that punctuate his every expression.<br/><strong>Other Notable Features:</strong>Dimples when he smiles<br/><br/><div align="center"><em><strong>In Depth</strong></em></div><br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Mercurial, curious, tricky, perceptive, secretive<br/><br/>Tai is a bit of an enigma that sometimes even his own family can't quite figure out. To most he is a devil-may-care trickster who doesn't appear to take anything seriously. Others categorize him as a loner though that doesn't quite explain how charming he can be when he puts his mind to it, at least in small bursts. Just when you think you've made up his mind about him he'll do something to make you reconsider -- like a random act of kindness when you've decided he's a relentless tease or acing a test after the teacher has written him off as an underachiever. He's rarely mean for the sake of being mean but he doesn't shy away from making people uncomfortable with his little pranks and jibes. The more stodgy or arrogant or even self-assured you are, the more likely you are to be in his sites for a laugh or two while with the shy or the meek, his teasing is likely to take on a gentler tone.<br/><br/><strong>History:</strong>Tai was born in France to the ancient Stardel'est or Eastern Star wizard family though he spent nearly as much time growing up in Vietnam. He is one of five children, the middle child, and the only boy. Two of his siblings are 'squibs' though in his family they are accepted and for awhile it was thought that he was the third as his abilities didn't manifest at the usual age and it wasn't until it appeared he would miss his chance to go to school and miss magical training altogether that his abilities suddenly manifested. His parents, somewhat exasperated, still believe to this day that he was hiding his ability from them as some sort of practical joke, the accusation of which receives nothing but one of his impish smiles in response. His family is comfortable, some would say wealthy, but seen by more traditional French wizarding families as odd...some would say a bunch of weirdos...a label that has become attached to Tai in the eyes of some. His older sisters have already graduated<em>Beauxbatons</em>and were considered model students while his academic career has been a bit more spotty, with minor disciplinary issues and largely lackluster academic performances with the exception of being extremely gifted in transfiguration like many in his family. He will be the last Stardel'est of his generation to attend the school as it is his younger sisters who are squibs. Tai isn't one to really participate in anything too organized though he loves to sing and is nimble enough on a broom.<br/><br/><strong>Family:</strong>The Stardel'est family is one of the oldest in France, once among the purest of blood until the family heir went to Vietnam with the French colonial muggles looking for new opportunities and met there a striking witch with whom he fell in love. The young woman's beauty was legendary and people claimed she was the descendant of the Sandalwood Maiden (a woman of extraordinary power who bewitched an Emperor and was said to have amazing powers of transformation and the favor of the gods) and so it seemed she was equally bewitching. Since that time the Stardel'est have maintained ties to Vietnam despite muggle war and politics, over the generation the family line mingling with Vietnamese witches as well as French wizarding families. The family is thought to be a bit 'mystical' in their thinking, even for the wizarding world, and are seen as everything from crackpots to simple eccentrics but they have been flourishing over the generations none-the-less. The family is also known for being skilled in transfiguration with most wizards and witches becoming animagi and the rare son or daughter became true shapeshifters, able to take on many forms, including inanimate objects.<br/><br/><strong>Likes:</strong>Music, mysteries, the beach in Vietnam, pranks, being underestimated<br/><strong>Dislikes:</strong>Too many expectations, the cold, people that are too serious, bad singers, things being too quiet<br/><strong>Fears:</strong>getting stuck in a rut<br/><strong>Favorite Animal(s):</strong>Fox<br/><strong>Favorite Color(s):</strong>Purple<br/><br/><div class="floatright"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;"><strong>Niferbelle</strong></span></div><br/><div align="center"><strong>Class Schedule</strong><br/>D.A.D.A.<br/>H.O.M.<br/>Ancient Runes<br/>Astronomy<br/>Potions<br/>Transfiguration<br/>Charms</div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">More Tai</div><div class="spoiler_body"> (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/8a/Tai2.jpg) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/b8/Tai3.jpg) (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5f/Chanthansan5.jpg)</div></div>