Post by BRAYDEN RICHARSON on Jan 7, 2023 17:57:38 GMT
BRAYDEN ARTHUR RICHARDSON
VITAL STATS
FULL NAME: Brayden Richardson
ALIAS: Bray, B, Professor Richardson
BIRTHDAY: February 28, 1987
AGE: 35
GENDER: Male
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
BLOOD STATUS: Pureblood
OCCUPATION: transfiguration professor @ hogwarts
POWER: animagus (raven)
PLAYBY: ben barnes
ALIAS: Bray, B, Professor Richardson
BIRTHDAY: February 28, 1987
AGE: 35
GENDER: Male
ORIENTATION: Heterosexual
BLOOD STATUS: Pureblood
OCCUPATION: transfiguration professor @ hogwarts
POWER: animagus (raven)
PLAYBY: ben barnes
THE CHARACTER
Being a pureblood witch or wizard doesn’t automatically mean that you’re wealthy or that you hate Muggles. Just as it doesn't mean you buy into the nonsense of arranged marriages and 'keeping it pure', like that means anything; to Brayden Richardson, it didn't. It never has, and he never understood why his parents sought more than they could afford simply because they were purebloods. He never understood why they wanted the approval of others. Those people did nothing for him and his family.
His father's unhealthy gambling problem led to their financial ruin, but it was Brayden's fault that he couldn’t marry into a good family. It wasn't because his father was an idiot and was seen as an unfit match to any 'worthy' pureblood family for their daughter to marry into. Why would anyone want their daughter associated with the Richardsons? That meant the one person Brayden had found himself infatuated with while he was in school wouldn’t look at him twice.
Knowing that his adolescence would never yield him any romantic entanglements, he kept things as casual as he could. He didn't want to end up hurting himself by getting too attached to someone who only viewed him as a right now instead of a tomorrow guy. Still, he had enough fun to make it worth the effort. And there were plenty of ladies that seemed to want just a right now kind of guy.
After he finished school, he managed to scrape together good enough grades to get a job in the Auror office at the British Ministry of Magic. He went through the rigorous training and passed with flying colors. He was glad for this because he needed a job that would pay him well enough to pay off the debts his now deceased parents left him. He sold everything he had and rented the smallest flat imaginable, so that he could save as much as possible.
He officially took up his post in 2007. He would remain there until an accident (in 2018) would land him a desk job for the rest of his career. Not wanting that, he started looking for a new job. That's how he found out about the open position at Hogwarts. Brayden had never thought of himself as professor material, but what harm could there be in applying?
Shockingly, he got the job, being an animagus didn't hurt either, and he turned in his resignation to the Ministry. You would have thought he'd have picked Defense Against the Dark Arts, given his career path prior to becoming a teacher, but he went with something he knew even better. Brayden had always been good at transfiguration, amongst other subjects, and he was excited to teach the young witches and wizards the art of transfiguration. He's been at the post for five years and hasn’t regretted his decision once.
His father's unhealthy gambling problem led to their financial ruin, but it was Brayden's fault that he couldn’t marry into a good family. It wasn't because his father was an idiot and was seen as an unfit match to any 'worthy' pureblood family for their daughter to marry into. Why would anyone want their daughter associated with the Richardsons? That meant the one person Brayden had found himself infatuated with while he was in school wouldn’t look at him twice.
Knowing that his adolescence would never yield him any romantic entanglements, he kept things as casual as he could. He didn't want to end up hurting himself by getting too attached to someone who only viewed him as a right now instead of a tomorrow guy. Still, he had enough fun to make it worth the effort. And there were plenty of ladies that seemed to want just a right now kind of guy.
After he finished school, he managed to scrape together good enough grades to get a job in the Auror office at the British Ministry of Magic. He went through the rigorous training and passed with flying colors. He was glad for this because he needed a job that would pay him well enough to pay off the debts his now deceased parents left him. He sold everything he had and rented the smallest flat imaginable, so that he could save as much as possible.
He officially took up his post in 2007. He would remain there until an accident (in 2018) would land him a desk job for the rest of his career. Not wanting that, he started looking for a new job. That's how he found out about the open position at Hogwarts. Brayden had never thought of himself as professor material, but what harm could there be in applying?
Shockingly, he got the job, being an animagus didn't hurt either, and he turned in his resignation to the Ministry. You would have thought he'd have picked Defense Against the Dark Arts, given his career path prior to becoming a teacher, but he went with something he knew even better. Brayden had always been good at transfiguration, amongst other subjects, and he was excited to teach the young witches and wizards the art of transfiguration. He's been at the post for five years and hasn’t regretted his decision once.
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