Russell Adams

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Introducing: RUSSELL ADAMS

The Basics
Name; Russell James Adams (aka Russ)
Age; 16
Birthday; 7 March
Gender; Male
Year; Sixth
House; Hufflepuff
Occupation; Student
Wand; 10 ½” Hazel w/ Hippogriff Feather.

Russ’s dark brown wand is particularly good at Charms, Transfiguration, and Divination. However, the hippogriff feather core makes it temperamental, and if Russ treats it with disrespect it backfires on him.

The Outer Layer
Physical Appearance;

Russ is a very down-to-earth guy. He likes to dress simply. Even his formality is minimal. In general he is wearing jeans and a t-shirt, and prefers not to be wearing his school uniform. He is not particularly fond of yellow, and dislikes the restriction and static-cling of a sweater vest. His clothes must allow him to move.

Something people might notice from over the years is that he often carries antique cameras around with him on his downtime. His interest in recording undisturbed candid moments is the direct source for his preference in clothes and careful movements. He is never obtrusive in his gestures, and has the ability to move incredibly slow and with precision.

Because of his low-key activities, Russ is not particularly strong. He is a lover, not a fighter. He enjoys watching a game of quidditch or footy, like the next guy, but he prefers quiet activities. He likes to focus, without a lot of distractions. Fast-paced action tends to confuse him – he has been blindsided by poles and walls enough times to know that. It is just safer for him to move slowly.

The Inner Layer
Patronus; Hedgehog
Boggart; A Mummy
Strengths;

*Charms, Transfiguration, & Divination_ Russell’s wand lends itself to these fields. However, he struggles terribly in anything that are not these three subjects. Potions is an absolute mess for him, as there is too much going on. He likes the focus of these subjects, without too much multitasking.
*Photography & Film_ This is Russ’s primary interest. He loves recording life. He is an observer, and finds immense interest in the smallest aspects and intricacies of life. Sometimes he can seem a little detached, because he is observing so much life through a lens, and not participating first hand. Though he thought moving images was amusing when he entered the wizarding world, he only uses plain old muggle film, and strictly film. Therefore, a number of his cameras are antiques, which he also enjoys maintaining.
*Adaptable & Accepting_ Russ has a very open mind, and finds it very easy to delve into the unknown. He loves to observe new cultures and experiencing new worlds.
*Imaginative_ As a child, he was assumed to have an overactive imagination, which was laid to rest when his family found out he was a wizard. However, he does still tend to daydream a lot.
*Compassion_ Though he is a bit naïve, Russ has a great deal of compassion for others. He will help when help is needed, regardless of background, and does not like to see others suffering.

Weaknesses;

*Romance_ Russ is highly susceptible to strong infatuations, which he is repeatedly convinced is love. He will fall arse over elbow for a girl that he has only seen from afar, and then get his heart broken because she does not know he exists. He is a sucker for romance though, and simply loves to be in love.
*Lazy_ Russ is not terribly motivated. Not a whole lot is expected of him, and he expects very little of himself in turn. He does actively keep up with his hobby, which he hopes will aid him in his life as an adult, but that is the extent of his discipline. Unfortunately, he was babied growing up, and was not made to do much for himself, so he forgets that no one is going to pick up after him at Hogwarts.
*Multitasking_ Russ has a hard time concentrating when a lot of things are going on, and will surely mess up severely whenever he is forced with distraction. This can result in some comedic events, which he finds highly embarrassing.
*Self-Pitying_ Russ has a tendency to give in to his depression. Though he is fairly constant, when he is sad he gets ridiculously sad and feels sorry for himself.
*Oversensitive_ The poor boy is highly sensitive to criticism and scorn. He is not trying to prove himself, in fact he is absurdly average, but the slightest insult offends him greatly.

Personality;

Russell is generally very predictable and easy going. He is not easily upset, unless someone insults him, and even then he broods silently. He has been known to occasionally go into a deep damper, especially when he has had his heart broken. However, he has been allowed to expand and grow tremendously since his mother became a part of his life on holidays. As he has gotten older, and started to notice a number of girls, he is often falling in love from afar. It is a bad habit of his, and no matter how many times it happens, he just go right on ahead and fixates his fascination on the next girl.

Russ is not without his quirks. Because of his imagination, which was his primary source of escape as a child, he will often get a vacant expression, resembling his mother greatly, and it is clear that he is in his own little world. He can be very idealistic, and has a clear idea of a perfect little world, which only he is privy to. These characteristics in his world, which play to his ever whim, are very unrealistic, and only serve to disappoint him. This can be particularly disheartening when he fantasizes about how a person might respond to him, and fail to do so.

Russ can be irritatingly indecisive, but once he sets his mind on something, he is very devoted. His loyalty is unwavering. Which is probably why he has managed to stay Ryker’s friend after all of theses years. Indecision seems to riddle his very being. Sometimes he can be very brave and adventurous, but often times his laziness will just make him disinterested. He has fleeting moments of brilliance because of his open mind and his observant nature, but he is undoubtedly average. Basically, there are hopeful glimpses of him taking direction, but then he curls back into his shell of subtle insecurity.

The Past
History;

Grandparents_ James Adams & Linda Ainsley-Adams
Mother_ Julia Jane Adams
Russ was born in Paddington, London to an archaeologist, Julia. Julia was a single mum, having gotten pregnant abroad. She never planned to have children, despite her motherly instincts that inclined her to keep him. According to his mum, she does not know who his father was, just a night in passing. Russ doubts this, considering her partners have not been particularly frequent. But then, his relationship with his mother has predominately been through mail.

When Russ was born, Julia took very little time off from her dedicated work abroad. In her mind, it was best for Russell to be raised in a stable location, despite how much he wanted to be with her, and so his grandparents raised him for the first ten years. These ten years were filled with doting grandparents who did not expect Russ to lift a finger. They were enthralled with his loving and adventurous spirit, and did not want to hurt his confidence by scolding him. Fortunately he had had a good heart, and did not turn into too much of a brat, but it did make him very sensitive to the slightest criticism or instruction to do something. It did not help that strange things would happen around him, which no one would believe he actually did when he tried to explain. They just laughed it off as another aspect of his expansive imagination.

Being a muggleborn, Russ was astonished to receive an acceptance letter to Hogwarts. This was partly to do with the fact that, in addition, his best friend, Ryker, then came out about being half-wizard when he found out. However, Ryker excitedly helped him understand what being a wizard meant, and how it pertained to spurts of magic in his life before. Being his mother’s son, he naturally took the opportunity to explore the unknown… and he did not have much going on for him in the muggle world to leave behind. He loved his grandparents, who passed when he was thirteen, but they were hardly in tune to a coming of age boy.

When Russell got to Hogwarts, he was completely overwhelmed. He had no idea about wizarding norms or common feelings among the community. He had no idea what it meant to be sorted into Hufflepuff, and since then has still had trouble to be strictly loyal to his house. He is not very competitive. However, over the years, as his Slytherin friend started to change because of the nature of the world, he is beginning to understand the life of a wizard.

When he was thirteen, because he had no where to go after his grandparents died, and his mother inherited a life she had no idea how to lead, he started staying with his mother on excavation sites around the world. This has opened his horizons, and he is now sure that he wants to travel the world like her, and not be anchored to one spot. However, he has a strong interest in photography and would like to incorporate that in to his career. He is not sure how wizardry will work out for him in the future, but he does enjoy it.

Put You To The Test
Password; admin edit
Roleplay Sample;

Russell wished he had his camera. As he leaned against a balcony, he could feel his stomach wrenching with the nerves of a young man surging with hormones, but still in an experienced prime with young women. It did not help that Ryker had disappeared to ‘get drinks’. Russell suspected that he had perhaps taken up with a girl. He had always seemed the more confident one to Russell. As such, Russell’s hands rubbed over each other, not from cold, but from the absence of a recording device. It really was an opportune event to have a camera. Julia Mum would surely find it amusing. She always expressed interest in the world hidden from muggles.

Glancing about, Russell hoped to spot Ryker. His bright blue eyes soon met with a much more pleasing sight. Goddess. Dark nymph. Bewitching… witch. Now his heart leapt, and his breath caught. It had happened again. He knew the telling signs well enough; there was no denying it. This mysterious beauty had stolen a heart offered out many times, but given back to him again so quickly that it was still ripe and enthusiastic to be beheld by yet another stunning creature. As girls seemed to be increasingly turning into women, it was getting worse for him.

Feeling as though he was about to faint, his tender eyes sparkling with bittersweet visions, Russell gripped tightly to the railing.

[Kelsey Rachel LeBlanc]

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