LEYTON, Milo Augustus (REPOST)

[Milo Leyton]

LEYTON, MILO AUGUSTUS

“GREAT MINDS DISCUSS IDEAS; AVERAGE MINDS
DISCUSS EVENTS; SMALL MINDS DISCUSS PEOPLE.”
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The truth is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with caution.
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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FULL NAME. Milo Augustus Leyton
NICKNAMES. He hasn't any that he is aware of.
BIRTHDATE. September 1st
AGE/YEAR Sixteen/Sixth
BLOOD Pure
HOUSE PREFERENCE Ravenclaw
CANON OR ORIGINAL? Original

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It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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HAIR&EYES Dark, sable eyes are set within a plain face of high, subtle cheek bones, an average sized straight nose, and plump pink lips that are accented by a softly curved cupid's bow. Ebony hair drapes about his features in deep waves and even sometimes lofty curls brushing about the nape of his neck nearly to his shoulders. Such hair usually falls into his face as he's bent over into a book, shielded from the world around him.
HEIGHT&WEIGHT He possesses a thin, tall build often regarded as willowy and angular. Standing nearly at 5 foot 9 inches, he weighs in at 139 lbs on average. The least he's weighed was during a fastidiously contumacious retreat in the wilderness with little more than a few cans of beans in his bag for sustenance and complementary bottles of water. At 130 lbs, and prodigiously edacious, he's learned never to attempt that again. It was, gelasticly, after he had returned home to proper meals that he weighed the most he's had to date, which was 146 lbs.
FACE CLAIM Go Sang Gil

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I don’t go looking for trouble. Trouble usually finds me.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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WAND Pine :: Phoenix :: 10 1/2 :: Solid
LIKES

[/b] Upon seeing Milo in passing on but a few occasions anyone is able to deduct that he likes to read as he is always sitting alone somewhere in a distant corner of the room with a book pried open and his face inclined towards its pages. Closer observation, however, would reveal that he is actually quite an unmitigated bibliophile. His room at home is filled with a voluminous quantity of tomes that look like brobdingnagian landscapes towering high to the ceiling, hiding walls and spilling over relics of what used to be a proper bedroom. He loves the feel of books, the smell of old books, the fragrant volitiles, the vanilla, the anisol, the terpene. He is obsessed!
Words. On top of being an immense lover of books, Milo also has a deep fascination with words, making him a committed logophile. Not only does he study words, but he also uses them. A lot. He has the most obnoxious way of speaking that inadvertently marginalizes people, so he is often left alone. No one cares to know what hirquitalliency is or his lack of it.
Writing. Shy and extremely introverted, Milo would never refer to himself as an accomplished writer. Despite members of his family encouraging him to pursue a career track in literary expertise, he's far more comfortable privately scribbling prose in one of the many tattered notebooks he owns. However, he has, on recent occasion, submitted work to a small literary anthology called The Epochal Raven under the pen name MAL.
Learning. Its one of the multitudinous reasons why he is so infatuated with books. Most of everything he knows he's read from a book and he's got a near unquenchable thirst for knowledge that drives him through subjects like water. He is a mental sponge with a semi-eidetic memory.
Tea. He finds it to be a soothing addition to his studies, especially a hot cup of green tea with honey.
Muggle things. Due to the wizarding world's distance to the muggle world and its inner workings, its only managed to galvanize his curiosity on the subject. He even has a few odds and ends hidden within his salmagundi of a room.
Really comfortable chairs. Unlike the average chair, a really comfortable chair does wonders for Milo. Combined with tea and a very good book, he may just be quietly lulled to sleep where he sits.[/ul]
DISLIKES

[/b]...or groups. He generally likes quiet, peaceful surroundings and the clamoring of bolstering adolescents often rattles his nerves. He can withstand it if the given topic of conversation is even remotely bordering on intellectual, however.
Putrescence and other unsanitary filth. After learning so much about germs, bacteria, and viruses, its turned him into a bit of a mysophobe. He constantly washes his hands after contact he deems unhygenic and he goes to great lengths to keep his surroundings as clean as possible.
Circumbilivaginating any given topic or task. He likes to move forward, and this especially applies to conversation. Most of the time, if you aren't getting it, he won't bother.
Those who abuse books. He sees this as an unforgivable crime of sorts.
Blatant, unchecked, rampant fatuity. He believes it is one of the causes of frequent major disaster.
Fruit skins. He knows they are healthy, but he isn't fond of how they get stuck in his teeth.
Being nude. He is very self conscious and he even doesn't look at himself during showers or when changing. There is a sense of vulnerability that comes with nudity that makes him extremely uncomfortable, even in private.[/ul]
BOGGART Being naked in front of a large group of people. This is perhaps a common fear associated with stage fright or vulnerability and insecurities.
MIRROR OF ERISED If Milo were to look into the mirror, he would see quite the image of himself sitting at a luxurious desk topped with mountains of books...all written by MAL.
PATRONUS A mouse, small, intelligent, and adaptable. They have the innate ability to co-exist with other life forms by generally going unseen and being most active while no one else is looking. They can learn to overcome obstacles and adapt to unpleasant surroundings.
PERSONALITY Milo is a virgo, though not many people put much stalk in the zodiac and horoscopes, but it is a very interesting fact about him. He possesses an obsessive intellect, but he is so introverted and self conscious that he can not share his knowledge or actively learn from others. The moment he opens his mouth, his soft voice and mild tone marches out equipped with a slew of unpopular words that are often difficult to understand. Thus, he is seen as unapproachable and unfriendly. His only friends seem to be his large collection of books and he looks at home in a bookstore.

However, behind that wall of his and beneath the air of disinterest is a very insecure person to afraid to really be heard or truly be seen at his truest core. He's afraid people won't like him for his fear of germs and dislike of fruit skins. He's afraid that he's not normal enough to be accepted, and so he keeps the world at a distance to observe but not be part of it. He's afraid of anyone getting inside and seeing the frightened child hiding within.

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Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right, and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort.
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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BIRTHPLACE Manchester, England
CHILDREN None
PARENTS

SIBLINGS None
OTHER Choi Tae Hyun :: 64 :: Maternal Grandfather :: Deceased
HISTORY Milo has always been a quiet child. His infantile eyes were constantly observing all that he could see and by the time he could speak, all he did was ask questions. Why is the sky blue? Why is fire hot? Why does mummy use the twig to make the cake fly? He asked 'why' so much that his parents would feign fatigue whenever he came toddling over with a new question.

One person who never tired of his curiosity, however, was Tae Hyun, his grandfather. They took great pleasure in discovering the whats, whys, and hows of the world together through many books that Milo was introduced to. He started reading at age three and built a brow raising vocabulary by the time he was five. Even still, he didn't talk much and he began seeking the answers to his questions in the pages of large books instead of his parents who couldn't be bothered. Whenever he did open his mouth to talk it was to instead answer the questions of his parents who saw their boy as a surprisingly valid, credible source of information.

Before the year that his Hogwarts letter was to be delivered to him, Tae Hyung passed away from chronic illness. Milo was stricken by this and mourned for months, but he was left all of Tae Hyung's books and his wise words to stay curious and to believe in the beauty and power of words.

Entering his first year, Milo had already built a protective wall around himself and he kept busy with frequent visits to the library for new texts to devour. The only time he spoke was to answer questions. If he didn't know the answer to any given question at the time, he would know by the end of the day.

Now, entering his sixth year, not much at all has changed. He's grown taller, more awkward, his glasses are too big, his voice is too soft, he smells like parchment and ink and tea leaves and some people believe there is something legitimately off about him, a screw loose in the ole noggin'. Two more years, however, and school will be done and he will be starting a new chapter in his life.

Maybe, just maybe, he might write a book.

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Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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NAME/ALIAS CaeJae
OTHER CHARACTERS So far for this generation, 10.
RP EXPERIENCE? 9 years of fantasy roleplay and fiction writing. 4 years of Harry Potter roleplay on this very site.
RP SAMPLE. See Xenon
HOW DID YOU FIND OUR SITE? A friend (who no longer frequents this site) introduced it to me some time ago.
CODE WORD? Can I Slytherin?
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