Maximilian Porell

[Maximilian Porell]

PORELL, MAXIMILIAN RICHARD.

FULL NAME. Maximilian Richard Porell
NICKNAMES. Max
BIRTHDATE. 12/18
AGE 31
BLOOD Half-blood
POSITION DESIRED Auror
CANON OR ORIGINAL? Original

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HAIR&EYES Max has short cut, scruffy brunette hair, which though washed is never really combed. Or at least it certainly doesn't hold the appearance of having been combed. His eyes match his hair fairly well, walnut brown though appearing quite black unless the light is in them, they carry a sort of stern seriousness about them but with an underlying sense of kindness.
HEIGHT&WEIGHT Max stands at a reasonably tall six feet, four inches and weighs in at around one seventy three pounds. He's certainly not muscular in build, but appears athletic which he maintains, due to his need for being active in his line of work.
FACE CLAIM Eric Bana

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LIKES Plain tea, long walks in the wilderness (particularly cornish countryside), reading beneath a tree on a fine day in peace.
DISLIKES Writing reports, long and boring lectures, lazy peers who slack off and make word difficult for the rest of us.
BOGGART His older brother who is a known Death Eater and supporter of the Dark Lord, currently in hiding. Max fears facing him in combat.
MIRROR OF ERISED Sees himself, happily retired with his wife and a family of their own, a thing far from happening with his busy working life.
PATRONUS A Greyhound. A patronus can change if the heart of the caster changes, and falling in love is definitely a big change of the heart. The manifestation matches that of the one he loves.
PERSONALITY Max is a bit of a recluse when it comes to people, he pours most of his effort into his job, and spends little time socialising and making friends as he has little time to do so. He has a strong sense of justice, which can sometimes cause him to bump heads with his superiors at the ministry, especially if it means a potential dark witch or wizard getting off without charge. Despite that, he is a loyal worker and does everything he can to be efficient at his job, clearly spurred on by something to perform well at his work.

Having few friends he is often seen alone when not at work, though he carries himself well without company. Max holds much hatred for his older brother, a hatred fueled by more than the simple fact they are on opposite sides.

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BIRTHPLACE Truro, Cornwall, England
PARENTS William Porell, blood-traitor, retired auror, deceased. Margaret Porell, muggle, 58, retired, living at the family home near Truro.
SIBLINGS Robin Porell, brother, 34, death eater, location unknown.
OTHER Callum Sint, godson, trainee auror.
HISTORY Maximilian was the second born son in a half-wizard, half-muggle family. His mother being a muggle was very understanding of his abilities, and remained at his father's side without judgement of their differences. His childhood was effectively a happy one, though he was always slightly jealous of his older brother, especially when he eventually was sent off to Hogwarts ahead of him.

His brother, being sorted into Slytherin house made him change over time, he began to speak abusively to their muggle mother and even ignore her when she tried to discipline him. Despite this he still treated Maximilian with care, and Max continued to look up to his brother, despite being very close to his mother. Eventually the time came to go to school, but his brother had already left leaving him to go it alone.

Max was not sorted into Slytherin like his brother, but rather ended up in Ravenclaw house, much to his brother's disappointment but his parents' joy. School proved difficult for Max, who apart from his brother had been reclusive as a child, and not taken time to get to know the children who lived around his area; many of whom had been muggles. However he stuck to his studies, making a few friends across the way.

In his forth year however, his brother went missing after an argument with his father that would prove fatal. It had been the winter and Max's birthday - he had been home from Hogwarts for Christmas and outside with his mother when they had both heard the scuffle. Rushing into the house the pair of them came into the main room and found his father laying lifeless on the floor – his brother nowhere to be found. His father's death, accidental or intentional put the family on hard times.

Back at Hogwarts in his fifth year, Max went out of his way to get the best possible results in his OWLs, trying to drown out his thoughts of his mother home alone, without his father there with her. Passing his OWLs with flying colours (except potions which he got by with), he went onto the NEWTs required to become an Auror as his father had been in life. His mother gave her full approval of his plans for the future.

With his NEWTs eventually coming to an end, and Max passing with the required grades (once again only just scraping his potions grade) to become an auror, he took a year long break however to take care of his mother, before entering the additional training to become an Auror for the ministry. After a year of training, he was accepted into the Auror department, where he set about pouring himself into his work much as he had done his studies.

A few years later, the news came in of an attack for the Aurors to investigate, Max's heart was shattered to find the name of his brother on the list of suspect Death Eaters involved in the attack. Now he tries to continue his work, while all the time torn between his loyalties to his job, and having to possibly arrest his brother someday – or worse kill him in combat. While awaiting this possible face off with his brother, Max excelled himself repeatedly before his ministry superiors.

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NAME/ALIAS Brett
RP EXPERIENCE? I spent several years on the RP forum of a site called gametalk, after that I left to RP on a star wars RP site which I spent five years on becoming the owner for the last three of those years. Eventually I spent a great deal of time RPing on a game called Furcadia and now spend most of my RP time on World of Warcraft – though I do wish to get into forum RP again. Link to the Star Wars site: childrenofthemoon85619.yuku.com/ though it has died lately. Also I've been here on and off for quite a while!
RP SAMPLE. The dull tick of a clock filled the candle lit room of Maximilian's office, as he sat there idly looking over reports of recent possible dark wizard activity. Lately work had become considerably dull, as the number of attacks had lessened or become too difficult to actually follow up.

Continuing to sift through the reports, his eyes fell upon one that piqued his interest greatly. Five muggles dead, and several more having to serve time in St. Mungo's. This was nastier than other reports, this one looked genuine for a start, but on top of that it had a list of suspects that were also possible Death Eaters. Shifting closer to the light of the candle, he read down the list slowly, taking the names to see if he recognised them from other reports.

Suddenly, time seemed to stand still for him. His eyes had stuck firmly on one name in particular...

Robin Porell, suspected Death Eater known to have been sighted in the area that night.

“Suspected Death Eater?” he repeated the words as though trying to get them to sink in, hands beginning to shake slightly he placed the report down and steadily stood up, trying to remain calm in his actions.

Walking out of his office, he passed a few of his colleagues who were also working late, one of whom had tried to speak to him only to be blanked. Getting around the corner, and finally outside he pushed back against the wall and took a few deep breaths. Placing his hand on his forehead, he felt as though he might faint or collapse in some way if he didn't remain supported like this.

“What have you done, Robin?” he murmured to himself, speaking a name from the past he had hoped was gone for good by now. Things were going to become difficult.
CODE WORD? EiffelTower