Javier Demery [UPDATE]

[Professor Javier Demery]

DEMERY, JAVIER ALDRED

“ALL ENDEAVORS WHICH ARE DIRECTED TO A PURELY WORLDLY END CONTAIN WITHIN THEMSELVES THE GERMS OF THEIR OWN CORRUPTION”
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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. Javier Aldred Demery
NICKNAMES. 'Javi', the Snatcher
BIRTHDATE. January 14th
AGE 39
BLOOD Pure-Blood
POSITION DESIRED Death Eater/Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor; he was a Snatcher during the war.
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 Brown hair that's not too long and not too short. He has a form of heterochromia. His eyes are blue, but his left eye has a brown section near the top. Also has facial hair that he keeps well tended.
HEIGHT&WEIGHT 6'1”, around 175 lbs. Much of that is muscle since he makes a point of working out every day.
FACE CLAIM Henry Cavill

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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 Sycamore :: Dragon Heartstring :: 13” :: Rigid
LIKES
[1] Being Alone – he doesn't have the chance that often anymore, and likes the quiet.
[2] The Occasional Drink – particularly wine!
[3] Playing Piano – he actually keeps one in his quarters at the school...
[4] Tasteful Music – it helps him lose himself in his thoughts.
[5] Art – what rich entitled man doesn't?
[6] Writing – not stories, but instead, letters and the like, as he's persuasive.
[7] Being in power – he thinks that he knows the best way to do just about anything.
[8] Thestrals. – they are fascinating, and he's been able to see them most of his life.
[9] Chaos – he likes to watch people be people, especially if he has pulled some strings.

DISLIKES
[1] Being ignored – major peeve, especially when dealing with potential allies.
[2] People in power – other than himself, as they tend to think they are better than him.
[3] Lack of Manners – even when dealing with enemies there are certain things that he expects.
[4] Children – he hates how loud and careless they are.
[5] Apparating – he will do it, but it makes him feel ill
[6] Being Humiliated – often by people of 'lesser value' getting the best of him.
[7] Flying - he hates the feeling of not having the ground under his feet
[8] Boredom – oh yes, the years since voldemort's downfall have been rather dull.

BOGGART Being forgotten, a fear completely unacknowledged by himself.
MIRROR OF ERISED Leading an army, fighting, and dying for no particular belief... He wants to change the world for good or ill, as long as things have changed by the time that he leaves it.
PATRONUS A black swan, for his sophistication and affinity to beauty; that's not to say that he can actually cast one, given his tendency to delve into darkness.
PERSONALITY Javier is known to have two sides to him – the side that is well-mannered and charming, and the side that is... well, unpredictable and a little crazy. We'll start with the first. Javier has always been able to interact well with people when he chooses to, and when he doesn't want to put in the effort he usually uses words to get his point across. He is especially good with dealing with women though when necessary has used that charm against men as well. He has never cared as much as others about blood status itself. That is, it doesn't impress him to hear about another person who is from a three-thousand year old straight pure-blood family, but knowing that he is is something that he gets pride from. Nearly everyone is beneath him, so what difference is it how much? For the reason, his interest in the Dark Lord's ideals and in being a Snatcher are not necessarily because he hates muggleborns or even muggles. In a small way, it's the freedom of doing something that will make an impact.

The unpredictable side doesn't come out usually unless Javier feels the situation coming out of his hands. That, or if one is around him enough to notice that sometimes, his words are a little bit off. If he thinks he has ultimate control in a situation he may reveal his motives out of arrogance – the classic super-villain mistake. He never gives away his full plans, though, if he's been forming them. Since leaving his comfortable Ministry job he has been living without a solid plan which is new to him. However he does use his intelligence more than he lets on. His motives for joining the Snatchers, for instance, is not one of hatred for the Undesirables, but rather the impression of hatred, so that he will be above the danger and more likely to fit in with the people who will take him places. His violent episodes are rare and usually due to something being in the way of a goal rather than just killing for fun. However, should the need arise he won't hesitate in his new found 'career'. People and situations alike are either stepping stones or obstacles to Javier getting his way.

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The war did not change Javier too much, because he doesn't feel that he was too personally affected by it. His charm has not waned over the years. In fact, that is a big part of why he is not in Azkaban right now. Years of parenthood and marriage have made him restless, explaining why he took over the job of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor when it became vacant. He is surprisingly loyal to the few real friends that he has, made mostly of past Death Eaters. But even if he likes them for who they are, he still doesn't hold the same ideals that they do about blood status. In fact, one of his new allies is ex-flame Angeline Locke, a vampire. He does not limit himself by thinking of people for what their blood status is. A muggle can still be a frightening enemy, and a dark creature can still be a useful ally. Javier is often disappointed by his son Evrain and to a lesser extent his daughter Daria, as they didn't turn out very much like he had hoped and anticipated. He is not paranoid about the future but he does see the possibilities in it. He knows that one way or another they are going to have to go to war again, and he wants Evrain trained to be able to handle it.

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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 Poitou-Charentes, France. He moved to London when he was eight.
SPOUSE Drusilla Della'Cron :: 31 :: Auror/Death Eater :: Former Slytherin
CHILDREN Christopher Evrain Demery :: 17 :: Slytherin
Daria Demery :: 16 :: Slytherin
Cierra Demery :: 16 :: Slytherin
SIBLINGS N/A
OTHER
Luke Demery :: 'Father' (Half-Brother) :: Deceased at 43 :: Retired :: Former Beauxbatons Student
Edie Demery :: Deceased at 29 :: Seamstress :: Former Hufflepuff
Bastiel Demery :: 'Grandfather' (Father) :: Deceased at 46 :: Antique Salesman
Lorena Goldstein nee Scott :: 33 :: Cousin :: Doctor at St. Mungo's
--Caeden Goldstein :: 16 :: Slytherin
--Caelen Goldstein :: 16 :: Ravenclaw
--Emma Goldstein :: 15 :: Gryffindor
--Matthew Goldstein :: 4 Months
Caelan Montgomery :: Deceased :: Cousin :: Former Slytherin
--Galen Montgomery :: 14 :: Slytherin
Being a pure, Javier has plenty of cousins, aunts, and uncles. His biological father was never revealed as his father; instead, he knew him as his grandfather.
HISTORY Not that much has ever been disclosed of his home life, other than his mother was a pure -blood who had an affair with her pure-blood husband's father. His mother, and the man who Javier initially believed to be his father, had married young and had a mostly distant relationship. His mother worked in a shop that made robes, though this was mostly a hobby to give herself a pass to freedom. Javier's 'father' Luke had inherited his father's fortune shortly after marrying his wife; his father had died under suspicious circumstances shortly after Javier was born.

Edie was depressed over the passing of the elder Demery and eventually died from unknown causes. Although Luke was actually smug about what happened, and thought that she deserved it, the distance then between Javier and Luke closed some. He was proud when Javier got into school and into Slytherin house. Apparently, whatever had been bothering him was now out of the way, and he could enjoy his retirement (at the age of thirty-four) with more money than ever. 

Javier's life in Slytherin was as usual. He wasn't the sort of bully that would cast jinxes at people, but he was a tormentor with words who seemed to know things about a person that he shouldn't, such as correctly guessing whose parents were having problems, who had lost a person important to them, and who had experienced a break-up. This didn't help him get friends. He was something of a loner because of his tendency to pick on people regardless of house and status, even if he never got violent or went out of his way to pick on someone who hadn't started something first. He was also very good at the subjects that interested him most, perhaps because of his ability to shut out that which he found irrelevant. 

When he got out of school Javier seemed to grow up more. He found himself a job though by then his father had passed away and Javier got his inheritance. He never married. Suddenly, because of his manners and charisma that seemed to manifest naturally as he aged, Javier had plenty of friends and business acquaintances. He held parties to boost his reputation. He with intrigued by the Dark Lord's message but didn't want to endanger himself too much. So he stuck to his own life, working at least to make enough friends that he would have no problem getting out of trouble should he decide to join the ranks of the dark lord. To make himself appear less useful he rarely did anything with magic so they wouldn't have a reason to hunt him. 

So now that he is twenty-four and the Dark Lord is coming fully into his power Javier has decided there is nothing to lose. Rather than face the consequences of being a death eater directly he's decided to join the Snatchers in collecting muggleborns and blood traitors. He does so with his usual suits and good manners, setting him apart from most who put function before fashion. He briefly had an affair with a half-blood widow named Mrs. Scythe, though that, like being 'evil' was a means to an end. She was rather influential...

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Javier went even darker than expected during the war, using the people that he'd 'snatched' as targets for the people that he was training. He would torture them and make them fight each other on occasion. Sometimes, he would let people go to make them think that they had a chance to escape but would instead send another 'recruit' after them. None of this gave Javier any particular pleasure, he was merely doing his job and 'researching' things as he went.

He made enemies with a lot of people but he was very good at frightening them into silence, which helped him a lot after the war. Some families that were very affected by this were the Marshalls, the Carters, and the Gunners, though they were far from the only ones. When he found that Ardin Crabbe had betrayed the Death Eaters, Javier sought to kill the man himself, though he has yet to succeed. Javier is a man who never forgives and never forgets, though, and the mark is still out there.

He married Drusilla Della'Cron after the war, a woman who was his 'student' during. He was teaching her to fight without a wand, and one thing led to another. They had three children, Evrain being the oldest and twin sisters Cierra and Daria following not long after. They moved countries from time to time until the war's aftermath died down a bit, and Javier escaped imprisonment by making it seem like he'd done less damage during the war and for implicating some of his former allies. Amusingly, it was the fact he'd chosen the snatcher status over the Death Eater that kept him from Azkaban, despite the fact that he had previously been mocked by his allies for the choice. He began to deal antiques like his grandfather had, and was respected for his knowledge on the subject.

Training Evrain was crucial in Javier's mind. He'd had a son right away, and he assumed that meant for the best. But Evrain was weak in Javier's opinion, and he had to be toughened up. Javier began to train him to fight the same way that he'd helped Drusilla, and at times he did get a bit rougher than intended. That was how Evrain got the scar on his face, and while Javier should probably feel shame for hurting his son that way, he found that all he had in him was resentment.

The life of an antique dealer was shockingly not that exciting. Javier began to think back on his days with the Death Eaters. Deciding that dying early was better than lingering on forever in this monotonous life, Javier committed himself to reforming the group. Though now they seem to be less about getting rid of a certain type of people and more about fighting the dullness of older age.

Very recently he decided to take the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, both to keep an eye on his enemies' children and to have something more exciting to do than sell things. He also has reunited with his ex, Angeline Locke, who is posing as a student at the school. There is an agreement between them, an alliance – where one can't handle their own problems, the other will try to step in.

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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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