<div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/81/23/a5/8123a5dc9d470b88c48f4b4a7cbd6881.jpg)<br/><br/><div align="center"><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Character Images</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/ba/Topher_Sly_1.jpg)  (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/cf/Topher_Sly_2.jpg)  (https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/5/5a/Topher_Sly_3.jpg)</div></div></div></div><strong>Name</strong>: Topher Dubois<br/><strong>Age/Birth date</strong>: 22 / April 1st<br/><strong>Blood Status</strong>: Pure-blood<br/><strong>House</strong>: Slytherin<br/><strong>Year</strong>: 6th<br/><strong>Wand</strong>: (Red Oak, Basilisk Skin, 12 inches)<br/><strong>Optional</strong>: This wand has seen better days; it is an old wand, passed down in the family, not quite matched with its owner. There are scratches on the tip and handle, and there is a small burn mark on the side. This wand has seen some dark days, once upon a time. The current owner may or may not live up to its legacy.<br/><strong>Apparition license?</strong>Yes!<br/><strong>FaceClaim</strong>:Baptiste Giabiconi<br/><strong>Height/Weight</strong>: 6'0" and 160 lbs.<br/><strong>Hair Color</strong>: Brown<br/><strong>Eyes</strong>: Brown<br/><strong>Distinguishing Marks</strong>:  Topher has a serpent tattoo on his left wrist; the mouth connects to the tail, almost like an ouroboros (https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/b/ouroboros-snake-eating-its-own-tail-eternity-infinity-symbol-isolated-white-background-82002976.jpg).<br/><strong>Sexual Orientation:</strong>Homosexual<br/><strong>Home</strong>: London, England<br/><strong>Personality</strong>: Fun-loving, witty, humorous, arrogant, intelligent, impatient, easily-angered, hot-headed, easily-bored, fibber, spiteful<br/><br/><strong>Family</strong>:<strong>*</strong>signifies that this person is related to Topher by blood.<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The Fam, spoiler'd for length</div><div class="spoiler_body"><em>Chester Dubois<strong>*</strong> (brother, age 30)</em>: Currently Chester makes his money by investing in new lines of broomsticks--the Dubois Dancer series. No, they aren't Firebolts, but Dancers are known to be a very reliable broom that's difficult to break. Chester was a Slytherin when he went to school. He was also a prefect.<br/><br/><em>Tatianna Pierce née Dubois<strong>*</strong>  (sister, age 29) &amp; Gabriel Pierce (age 31, brother-in-law)</em>:They met at Hogwarts in Gabriel's last year. They currently work in Knockturn Alley, running a loan company. Tatiana is Topher's actual sister. Both were Slytherins. Tatiana was Head Girl when she attended Hogwarts, and she played on the Quidditch team. Tatianna is, for some reason, fairly high on the Ministry's watch list...<br/><br/><em>Alan Dubois<strong>*</strong>  (father, 42) &amp; Eleanor Dubois<strong>*</strong>  (mother, 40)</em>: Topher's parents who work as financial advisers and capital investors. They have several businesses they've invested in, many pertaining to potion-making, which is their specialty. They have one incredibly successful cauldron company called <em>Pot &amp; Kettle</em>, which makes designer cauldrons for people who are into aesthetics. They are both incredibly patient; they've had some failed business investments, but they've pulled themselves back up. It is rumored, but not confirmed, that Alan has a Death Eater mark and may have made a similar deal with the Ministry as his own grandfather, Tobias. <br/><br/><em>Marcia Lockwood<strong>*</strong>  (age 39, aunt)</em>: Marcia is actually Eleanor's sister, but she's estranged from the family. She is the <em>only</em> non-Slytherin in the family and married a....<em>Muggle</em>. Though her husband passed away last year from a heart condition. She currently works as an Auror and does not talk to her relatives. 'Pulling a Marcia' is considered to be the worst thing a Dubois can do.<br/><br/><em>Pascale Dubois<strong>*</strong>  (grandfather, 66) &amp; Ninette Dubois<strong>*</strong>  (grandmother, age 67)</em>: Pascale and Ninette did not move away from France; they still work as bankers there for a competitor bank of Gringotts as Curse-Breakers. Yes, even at their age. Pascale and Ninette, when they attended Hogwarts, managed to get Os in <em>everything.</em><br/><br/><em>Louis Dubois<strong>*</strong>  (age 70, great-uncle) &amp; Lucrezia Moretti (age 68, great-aunt)</em>: Accountants, both of them. <br/><br/><em>Tobias Dubois<strong>*</strong>  (great-grandfather, age 92)</em>: Currently the family patriarch. Tobias is a proud frenchman who was a bit off-put by moving to London. He got the family's start in banking, competing in perhaps less-than-savory ways with Gringotts. He is known to have a Death Eater tattoo, and it is widely believed that old dark magic practitioners like Tobias covertly funded a lot of evil wizarding acts, though he turned himself in and got amnesty, as he'd killed no one. What information he traded for that is unknown, and it's widely believed he turned coat simply to save his own skin and family &amp; had the means to trade for that, not because the old fart had changed anything about himself at all.</div></div><br/><br/>[Note: The names/ages of any<strong>non-Dubois</strong>(anyone without<strong>*</strong>) are open to be changed if anyone would like a family connection with Topher! I am open to changing information about these!]<br/><br/><strong>History</strong>: The Dubois family originally traces their origins back to Paris, but they chose to move to England seven years ago. They have long-admired Hogwarts and have always sent their children there at rather great personal expense, though the Dubois family's never been exactly prolific. They are, however, passably wealthy and well-off. The family are bankers, accountants, & investors in magical businesses--they have helped start up more than a few cauldron and broom companies with their Galleons.<br/><br/>But what about Topher? Topher's story can be summed up in the phrase "Has A Lot To Prove." He's the youngest in his family, and as such, he feels an incredible need to stand on his own and be unique. This has resulted, on more than one occasion, in Topher attempting feats<em>well</em>beyond his ability. For example, when his brother first got accepted into Hogwarts as a Slytherin, young Topher tried to conjure a pretty green and silver flame with his brother's new wand to celebrate. He set fire to their beautiful vacation flat in London, much to the family's chagrin. Topher meant well, though. Mostly. In no manner was he stealing the wand because he was very curious and a little jealous. No. Of course not.<br/><br/>What Topher didn't know was that his family were once rather famous practioners of the dark arts in France. They traditionally provided safe haven and funding for Death Eaters fleeing England...and poor Topher never knew a thing. All Topher knows is that his family is wealthy and pure-blooed, and money breeds jealously. Anyone that accuses his family of being evil is met with racuous laughter...and possibly some sort of secret spiteful vengeance. He won't tolerate bad-mouthing of his family. He actually got into trouble his own 1st year attending Hogwarts when a Gryffindor in his year suggested that the Dubois couldn't hide what they'd done just by moving to London to suck up to the Ministry, and Topher hexed him.<br/><br/>This did not help Topher's family's reputation.<br/><br/>His family have always been Slytherins (save for one), so Topher has a reputation to try to uphold, which makes his life all the more complicated. His family sets a lot of stock in favored House. He got his tattoo last year, the one on his left wrist, to try to honor his family.<br/><br/>Topher has played Quidditch all his life. When he was younger, though, he used to get hurt a lot playing Quidditch, even breaking his arms a few times. What a rush! Topher regrets nothing. His sister is the one who taught him everything he knows about riding a broomstick, but he later honed his abilities when he began playing for Hogwarts for Slytherin, though he has not, as of yet, been able to play in a 'winning' match. Partly this is due to being periodically unavailable during the matches (as he gets into trouble or fights, landing him smack-dab in the hospital wing) or he gets pulled out and benched if he gets too competitive and aggressive. His fondest hope is to not only play on his House's team this year, but actually make it to and play in the final match. He's an incredibly talented player; he just needs to channel it the right way.<br/><br/>Now he's just trying to see if he can calm down this year and do his family proud. He knows he's not doing a great job so far...but this year is the year! Right? He's a Slytherin. He has a heritage to uphold. He can't turn out like<em>Aunt Marcia</em>, can he? His family has incredibly high expectations of him--if he continues being good at Potions, he will likely go into business with his parents after graduation. If he ups his game at Charms, he might end up going into business with his older brother, Chester.<br/><br/><strong>Likes</strong>: Wizard's Chess, Quidditch (both for Hogwarts and professionally--his favorite pro team is the French National Quidditch Team),  any colors that are 'earth' tones, wrestling, riddles, shopping, looking after small animals, thunder storms, snow, snakes, small lizards, studying new things.<br/><strong>Dislikes</strong>: Bugs. Bugs. Oh, did I mention bugs? Topher<em>hates</em>insects and likes nothing better than to feed them to cuter and more worthy animals. He dislikes sunny days; they give him headaches. Studying<em>old</em>things he already knows. People insulting his family...even if they're actually right. The color orange.<br/><strong>Best Known For</strong>: His infamous 'all-nighter exam preps.' Topher does study and likes to study, but with some subjects, he's always scrambling. He hosts a shindig every year before final exams so everyone can burn off steam, and then everyone cracks down to study all night once they get all the partying out of their system.<br/><strong>Moments of Glory</strong>: His first O in Potions. He had to work really hard in that. It's a patient subject, and normally he struggles with that, but because of it, he was able to push on into Alchemy. And the time in his 3rd year that he got a new broomstick from his father and managed to race it all the way around the castle, into the Forbidden Forest, and back again before the professors had to magic him down and take away some House points.<br/><strong>Moments of Shame</strong>: Punching the captain of his House Quidditch team last year and getting benched during the championship match. Topher's got a hell of a temper, and he's<em>known</em>for it. He lost of a lot of points for his House doing that, and his reputation hasn't quite recovered.<br/><strong>Biggest Regret:</strong>Divination class. He tried to predict the teacher's hair would fall out in his 3rd year and cheat on an exam by subtly dosing the professor's hat with a Hair Removing Solution he made in Potions. Well, the teacher's hair<em>did</em>fall out. But Topher failed that test. He only ever does sporadically good in Divination now--and right now, he's doing badly. He thought it would be a piece of cake course...and he was wrong. You can't cheat fate, and you can't cheat on tests.<br/><br/><strong>Extra curricular subjects</strong>: Care of Magical Creatures, Divination, Alchemy<br/><br/><strong>Marks</strong>:<br/><em>Charms</em>- E<br/><em>Transfiguration</em>- A<br/><em>Herbology</em>- E<br/><em>Defense Against the Dark Arts</em>- E<br/><em>History of Magic<em> - D<br/><em>Potions</em> - O<br/><br/><em>(optional courses)</em><br/><em>Care of Magical Creatures</em> - E<br/><em>Divination</em> - D<br/><em>Alchemy</em>- O<br/><br/></em></em><hr/><br/><span class="bbc_u"><strong>Connections:</strong></span><br/><br/><strong>Silas Cork (6th year):</strong>"I'm ashamed to be seen with that Muggle-born. Except when I'm not. In other words, when he's being funny, he's great & I couldn't ask for a better friend. When he's being insufferably flirty, I just want to hex him into the nearest loo." #QuotesFromTopher<br/><br/><strong>Loveday Marley (6th year):</strong>"Chav who doesn't think she's a chav and who, inexplicably, thinks she's good at Quidditch. When my team beats hers this year, it's going to be sweet." #PettyTopher<br/><br/><strong>Nathaniel Warde (4th year)</strong>"A respectable friend, or at least, my parents think so. Not the worst sort. He's someone I certainly don't mind being seen with and wouldn't mind getting to know a bit, mostly as its to our own benefit and convenience." #SlySlytherins<br/><br/><em>(Character currently retired from gameplay)</em><strong>Penny Burton (1st year): </strong>"...so she flirted with me at some galas our families attended, not successfully, I might add. On the one hand, she's clearly the Right People, so we're friends because our families get along well. On the other hand, that flirting was weird. I don't think I responded right....God. Does she know? Does she<em>know</em>? How could she? I haven't told<em> a soul</em>." #PanickingPurebloodMoments