Jace

Backstory

What Hogwarts House were you sorted into, and why did the Sorting Hat make that selection? Were you a hatstall (where it took the Sorting Hat a long time to decide) or was the decision immediate? What classes do (or did) you like the most? Which did you like the least? Any classes you did well in but didn’t particularly enjoy? How has your blood status affected your life in the Wizarding World? If you were in the UK during either time He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named rose to power, what was that like? What is your greatest strength? More importantly, what is your greatest weakness? What are you looking to do after you finish school? If you’ve graduated, have you found your dream job? What do you feel is the most fascinating aspect of magic? Do you want to use magic to help others, or to further your own ends? If you are being honest with yourself, what do you really want? Do you have any pets? What’s their name, and how do they act? Is there anything interesting about your family? Any oddities or disagreements?

Growing up with a Squib brother and absentee parents made life somewhat difficult, we were often short of food and money, having to rely on our neighbours limited kindness for such commodities. When i saw my Hogwarts letter I saw a chance to make a new and better life for myself. So I took it. It was difficult at first, I had no knowledge of this world - my mother being so bitter at rejectment she refused to speak one word. So, I learnt and researched, I found old, worn books that spoke of the different magics, different creatures - that were hunted down to extinction due to their properties, I learnt of old charms and curses, now made illegal by so called 'light' magic users. I wanted to learn more. I knew exactly what i wanted to do.

Of course, small hiccups do occur along each journey. Mine, was one of such. Upon arriving at Hogwarts grounds in 1973, a small, rather overlooked first year i found myself arguing with the most peculiar of things. A hat, and an ugly one at that. I wanted to remain overlooked, work behind the spotlight - perhaps a Hufflepuff or Ravenclaw, at a push i would have preferred Gryffindor, but no, that piece of mangy fabric had to sort me into the most loathed house. Slytherin. I can't say that my ambition being recognised does not make me proud, but researching into illegal magic in an already ostriacised house would only draw unwanted attention. But I made do, there was no point in throwing a fit about something that cannot be changed, I stayed in the shadows, watching, waiting, learning. I made connections with powerful people, dark people. I got forbidden tomes and knowledge.