Leon Rupert King

LEON RUPERT KING

Full Name:       Leon Rupert King Nicknames:       Leo, King Date of Birth:       2nd May 1955 Hometown:       York, North Yorkshire Education:       Gryffindor, Class of 1973 Blood Status:       Muggleborn Occupation:       Wand Makers Apprentice Employer:       Ollivanders Wand Type:       Maple, Phoenix Feather, 13 1/4 inch

APPEARANCE

Hair:
      Leon's hair is a dark ginger which shines through more when hit by the light. But when wet or in darker lighting it can be mistaken for brown. Also his hair is rather wild and unruly even when kept quite short from being naturally curly.
Eyes:
      Pale blue and glassy which can give him a bit of a doe eyed look at times.
Height:
     5 foot 11 inch
Style:
     His style is quite casual and laid back with a preference to a t-shirt rather than a shirt. Even when dressing up more smart he tends to go for more casual and comfort rather then smart and dapper. He had more of a rugged handsome look to him than clean cut.
Etc.:
     Casual and laid back Leon could easily blend into the muggle world with his clothing styles which helps being a muggleborn. While he doesn't mind wizard robes he just prefers the muggle styles as they seem to fit him better and have a more comfortable look to them.

PERSONALITY

Erised:
     To be able to give his niece her first wand.
Dementor:
     When he got the phone call telling him that his brother and sister in-law had been killed.
Patronus:
     When he got his own first wand as he has been fascinated by them ever since.
Boggart:
     His greatest fear is that he'll do something wrong in front of his niece that could end up turning into something horrible for her.
Likes:
     His niece Piper, wandwork/craft, geeky tech stuff, star wars, quoting movies/books, reading, comic's, sketching (especially when Piper joins in), sci-fi, fantasy, doctor who, board games.
Dislikes:
      When book adaptations deviate from the book, when things aren't in the right place, leaving Piper alone, smoking, cats, coconut, inaccuracy's, any sour.
Basic Personality:
      Leon himself while on the outside can seem to be quite a laid back guy isn't really. He has OCD and so is always realigning things and has to have things spotless, which isn't easy with a five year old running around. Piper his niece has become his pride and joy ever since coming into his care and he spends as much time as he can with her, quite often teaching her some of his passion's like drawing or reading. And Leon does both of these a lot as he is quite nerd or geek loving comic books and there hero's as well as things like star was being a huge sci-fi/fantasy geek.

FAMILY HISTORY

Parents:
      Robert and Cynthia King
Siblings:
     Joshua King
Spouse/Significant Other:
     N/A
Children:
     N/A
Other Family:
      Sister in-law - Denise King
Niece - Piper King
Pets:
     Owl named Thor
Biography:
      Leon Rupert King is the second born son and final child of Robert and Cynthia King, coming a few years a his older brother Joshua Robert King. Though Leon never knew his mother as she passed away when he was two year old. She was unfortunate enough to contract as disease which eventually took her life. So Leon was more or less solely raised by his father. Though while he still had to work Joshua and Leon would have to spend their days at their grandparents until they where old enough to go to school through out the day. Since they spent a lot of time together Leon and Joshua where very close, often Joshua would try and teach Leon various sports in their grandparents backyard but usually to no avail. Leon was just not interested in sports like Joshua was but instead found a love for the art of the comic book. He could sit and read them for hours on end and loved super hero's of all kinds, so he quickly began to collect them.

     It was his love for comic books that he found his passion for drawing as he often tried to invent his own little comic strips as a child and it was through creating them the the passion developed. While his father would rather him played sports like Joshua he never showed it to Leon and even gave him the money buy his comic books as it kept his son happy. Though one day whilst Leon was in his bedroom reading his comic book that something strange happened. He was sat their reading them like any other day when he thought he saw one of the characters move. He just dismissed it until it happen again a few days later when e saw one of his favourite superhero's waving at him from out of the pages of the comic. Instantly he ran to show his father and brother, but when he showed them there was no moment at all. They told him he was just seeing things but Leon never really believed it as it had felt all too real to not have happened.

     The evidence of this finally came through when his Hogwarts letter arrived. At finding out he was a wizard, Leon hadn't known what to believe as he loved fantasy and sci-fi and being a wizard was like getting to be Gandalf or something. His father was skeptical about it first but after a while of thinking and pondering about it he came to accept it was true especially when some ministry officials turned up on the door to take them to Diagon Alley. It was all just such a wonderful place that Leon could have stayed for months in that street and never gotten board, but his favourite shop was mister Ollivanders, the place where he got his first wand. The first time Leon held it was pure magic in itself and it had been the best moment in his life that he can remember. The rest of the day he paraded around with his wand constantly being warned not to swing around as he did, but Leon didn't care as he was going to be a wizard.

     Though while Leon didn't want to leave his brother he had to and so he promised to write to him and his father every week to 'keep them in the loop' as he had put it. He strode quite proudly onto the Hogwarts express despite not knowing anything about this magic world he was about to enter. He was sorted int Gryffindor which the hat found quite ironic since his name Leon in ways meant Lion. Despite being a muggleborn and totally out of place in the magic world Leon loved every moment at Hogwarts as he was able to use magic which was something he was astounded by every time he used it. Just a flick of a wand or a little inaction could make things happen that normal people didn't believe could happen, like turning a vase into a rabbit. Though despite all the different magical things at Hogwarts, his favourite part of being a wizard was his wand, his pride and joy that he always carried with him.

     Though one not so good thing that developed while Leon was at Hogwarts was his OCD. His roommates where extremely messy and Leon just found that he hated it and couldn't stand to see things strewn about. First of all it started off with him keeping his bed and trunk in order and clean but it slowly spread around the dorm until he would basically reorganize his roommates trunks once a week. At first they thought it was weird but they eventually got use to it as they didn't have to worry about if they had put something away or not as if they hadn't Leon would end up doing it for them. Though the one place Leon wouldn't go was the owlerly as it was cover in bird muck and he just couldn't stand it. So instead he trained his own to come to his window when he wanted to send a letter so he could avoid the foul place.

     Leon graduated Hogwarts with a good set of N.E.W.T's which made his father happy even if he didn't understand the subjects his sons qualifications where in. Though his N.E.W.T's weren't the only thing to come out of the graduation ceremony as it was also where his brother met his future wife. It was a bit of a whirlwind romance but after a few year together they where married. Meanwhile Leon had gotten himself a job which fr Leon was a wonderful job as he was allowed to become and apprentice wandmaker under the very man who had given Leon is own first wand. Mr Ollivander himself. It is a hard and tricky craft but Leon still love it all the same as he got to help people find their own wands at the same time as learning how to make them. He quickly began to learn about all the different wood type and their strengths and weaknesses, as well as what the cores of each wand could represent when coupled with certain woods.

     When Leon was twenty-one he became an Uncle as his sister in-law Denise gave birth to a beautiful baby girl whom them named Piper Eleanor King. Leon was made her god father and he loved her like she was actually his own daughter. To him she was the sweetest little thing in the world and nothing could change that. So when he got that phone call one prickly hot June night his heart was crushed for poor little Piper. Joshua and Denise had been attacked and killed in their own home. Piper had been sleeping over at friend at the time or she might had lost her life too. They had been attacked because Joshua was a muggle and so when Denise tried to defend him she was killed too. They had named Leon to be her primary career should anything like this happen as he grandfather was fit to look after a five year old on his own. Now Piper has been living his Leon for about six months and she has become Leon's pride and joy as he teaches her about the things that he loves in hope that she will too.

PLAYER INFORMATION

Name:
     Dusty
Payment:
     Laura - 30, Alice and Narcissa - 10 each
Comments:
     Points for anyone who knows the link between his first and middle name.