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Post by aidan on Jul 13, 2010 10:55:57 GMT 1
General Information
First Name: Aidan
Last Name: Tait
Heritage: Pureblood
Birth date: 01-01-1959
Age: 15 years old - 5'th year after the holiday
Place of Birth: Outside of London - Tait Manor
Current Location/Home: Tait Manor, Hogwarts
Look
General Appearance:
Aidan is a very handsome boy – actually very pretty. He has a straight nose, his skin is lightly tanned, his eyes are blue and his hair is thick, black and styled. His face always seems calm and friendly. He rarely grimaces and only smiled with a small smirk. Aidan is extremely narcissistic, it even happens that he uses make-up to hide a zit on his face. He also uses different facial creams for men and special hair products for his hair to make it look shiny and healthy. He does not like the smile holes he get when he forms a grimace or one of his rare smiles. This little obsession with his face is completely secret and not even his room mates know what he is doing at the bathroom – every morning and evenings he has a schedule of what to do and how to take care of himself.
Aidan is considered tall, but he is not one of the tallest students – not at all. He is taller than most girls, but of course there are always exceptions. Everything about him is long; his legs, his fingers, his nose and his face. It is first recently he started to do some push-ups and swim in the lake to train his body. Before he had a rather slim and not athletic shape with chicken legs – but the training has definitely helped. Being used to the cold temperature from when he was at Durmstrang (in his first to second year), the boy does not mind to dive into the lake during the winter (just a quick dive though). He finds the Scottish winter quite mild compared to where he comes from.
The boy is not considered as a loner – he is just very critical when it comes to friends. He knows that he is quite handsome and he also chooses his group out from looks and of course out from bloodstatus and family reputation. But to be honest, he is actually a good talker with most people – when he actually cares to make an effort (more about it in the personality). Usually the boy is seen sitting alone somewhere – since he does not mind loneliness. It is not hard to see that he is a Tait. Very stylish.
Just as he is concerned about his body, Aidan is also concerned about his dressing style. Only the best is good enough for him and sometimes not even that. His school uniform is paid extra for so it would be made out of more comfortable material. It is only on Fridays he pulls up his sleeves and makes his tie looser than it usually is. When it comes to his school uniform he only wears silk ties, shiny black leather shoes with a pointy tip and dark pants that has that special fold in front. He never wears anything else on his uniform but a small pin on his tie – of course a silver snake. The only thing he wears on his hand/arm/wrist is an expensive watch.
Outside of school Aidan has a weakness for buttondown shirts, t-shirts with a v-cut collar and more comfortable pants; like jeans for example - though he has still not quite accepted the jeans coming into fashion. He likes jackets, but only wears them in spring and autumn – during summer he only wears shirts and t-shirts no matter how cold and rainy it is. His shoes are always pointy and made of leather. There is no way he is going to wear snickers or anything else cloth-like. It is only on really hot days he wears sandals, but it is usually flip-flops and he doesn't like the feeling of having something between his toes, even though it is only those kinds of flip flops he likes.
When winter comes he wears long collared sweaters, of course still leather shoes, leather gloves and long black coats (if not robes). The coats are usually woollen and expensive. The brand he likes the most is Tait (of course), but he usually chooses those kind of clothes where the rose (which is the brand's mark) is hidden - he thinks that the rose is a little bit girlish. Aidan rarely wears hats, but it happens when it is too cold for his ears not to be covered. He likes to wear scarves in different colours, but when it comes to shirts and pants he usually chooses calm and passive colours. Nothing that screams out or makes him get noticed more than necessary.
Eye Colour: Blue
Hair Colour: Black
Background
Parents:
Father: Christian William Tait, 55 years old, owner of Tait Fashions, pureblood
Mother: Daphne Irene Tait, 50 years old, designer, pureblood
Siblings:
Brother: Christian Jr. Tait, older, deceased (for real) this summer after having been missing for three years, pureblood
Other Family:
Grandfather: Aidan Nathaniel Tait, pureblood, deceased
Ghost: Simon Tait, founder of Tait Fashions
Cousin: Daniel Tait, newborn, pureblood
Uncle: Christoph James Tait, editor and chief for the Tait branch in France
Personal History:
Before birth: Aidan's birth is not the beginning of his entire history. The Tait history goes way back to Simon Tait who was the founder of the Tait fashion industry. He was also the one to build the Tait manor and up until today he has never left it. His spirit still haunts the halls, but he is not dangerous. No, Simon Tait was a man who had a nose for good business and he was what people would call ”new rich” at that time. He was from a upper middle-class family that had a sense for fashion. His mother's interest in designing clothes gave him the idea of starting right from the beginning with the few amount of money he had. At that time Tait fashion was something that was only for the upper class – and it was out of the ordinary. Black was the main colour in it and it had so much elegance that the prices quickly rose as it got more and more buyers. Soon Simon had enough money to build the Tait manor and in that same castle he ended his days as a 70 year old man. No one knows why he haunts the manor, but most people say that he loved his ”creation” so much that he would never leave it.
The two brothers: Aidan's father was the descendant of the famous Simon Tait. His name was Christian William Tait and he was one of the two brothers who were the heirs to the fashion industry. Christian's father at that time – Aidan was the youngest and was therefore the second in line to this after his older brother but sadly his brother Christoph married a woman who was unable to get pregnant and his father saw him therefore as a loss cause. Christian Tait married a designer Irene who was actually working for another firm than the Taits, but she quickly changed her job and right after the wedding she became pregnant with Aidan's older brother – Christian Jr. His brother was incredibly spoiled because he had been the one who had secured his father the position as the leader of the company because he was able to produce the next heir – unlike his brother who was childless. Aidan Tait (which was the name of Aidan's grandfather) died before he could see his next grandson and because of that Christian decided to call his next son the same as his father had been called.
Birth: Aidan was born a cold January morning where the snow was preventing any muggles to get out of their houses in cars. He was (like the rest of his family) a black haired boy with blue eyes. He looked pretty much like his older brother expect he was smaller from birth than Christian Jr. had been even though he was born over one week too late (he was supposed to be born new year morning). Aidan Tait was actually conceived by a mistake. His brother Christian Jr. was not supposed to have another sibling to compete with – The Taits like to keep the child rate slow in their family and they like to only have one child policy; an heir is the most important thing and they would really like to avoid any form for competition with the other sibling this heir might have. And Aidan was exactly the competition to Christian Jr. his family was afraid of.
Early years: Aidan's early years were not much different from other kids'. Despite the fact that they had magic everywhere around them and that the family house elves Zeus and Hades were there to fulfil his wishes, he had a very calm and normal up growing. His brother Christian Jr. was very superior to him and he teased his younger brother a lot. It was not rare that Aidan and Christian Jr. got into a fight and they had to have their parents to separate each other. Being the heir of the Tait Fashion industry Christian Jr. was able to get away with almost everything and it was often that Aidan got blamed for something his older brother had started. Christian Jr. was also a boy who was very popular among his friends. He was loud and very big compared to other kids that were his age – that once again left Aidan in the shadows of his older brother. He of course had his own friends, but they were not as many as Christian's and Aidan would rather use other techniques than loudness and strength to gein friends. He would rather manipulate people into liking him. Of course, at that time the young boy did not really know what he was doing and he did not even know what manipulation was.
Magical powers: Aidan's magical powers started to develop themselves when he was 10 years old. His brother had gotten a letter from Durmstrang and was sent off to the school. That one year until it was Aidan's turn was one of the best years of his life. He was alone at home without having Christian Jr. to bother him. His powers were simple and sometimes he was able to make things fall down from shelves without being able to control that. With his older brother gone, his parents started to give their youngest child more attention and some of his best memories are from that time. Their economy went upwards and the times seemed less stressful than they had been before. His powers slowly grew and there was an episode where he suddenly found himself sitting on the highest branch of a tree in their rose garden without knowing how he got there. His mother had to levitate him down after he had been sitting and calling for help for a half hour.
Durmstrang:To begin with Aidan was sent of to Durmstrang exactly like his brother. He did not get a letter from the school, but being from a rather powerful family who liked discipline, he was able to get in through the influence of his father and his mother's good connections with the school. Durmstrang fitted Aidan a little bit more then it fitted his brother. He soon became friends with the oldest of the Abercrombie brothers who was just a couple of years older than him. Thuomas Abercrombie was a very bad influence for Aidan – and the manipulative and arrogant personality got built up even more. Thuomas and his younger brother protected Aidan from the older students who had build up more muscles than knowledge and who were treating the first years as small house elves – if not even worse. But even though Aidan got good connections to one of the very powerful families in the wizardry world, he had to leave the school he started to love very much.
Transferring to Hogwarts: The reason why Aidan transferred to Hogwarts was because of something that happened at Durmstrang and which will still remain a mystery. His older brother Christian Jr. disappeared all of sudden and went missing. After a few months the ministry of magic considered him dead. No one knows what happened to him, but some students blame the Abercrombie brothers to have something to do with his disappearance. Especially because not Aidan was the next one in line to the Tait Fashion industry now that his brother was gone. But why they should help him and not achieve anything through it is still unclear. Aidan remains silent and does not say anything about what happened and what he knows and does not know. His father now gave him his brother's position as the heir of their business and because the man was afraid of losing another son, he quickly transferred his boy to Hogwarts which at that time seemed to be a rather safe place to be (they are purebloods so they had nothing to fear).
Today: Today Aidan is used to the life at Hogwarts. This school can of course not be compared to Durmstrang who was pretty rough, but to be honest, he likes Hogwarts quite a lot. He is not interested in becoming anything else than the owner after his father now that his brother is gone. The interesting thing is that his uncle remarried and his wife has now given birth to a little boy who they had decided to name Daniel Tait. Even though his uncle now has a son, the contract is still sealed and he can therefore not regain his position as the heir to the business. Aidan does not like this new comer to the family, but his father has assured him that he would make sure that Daniel won't get the position as the next owner of the Fashion industry.
Character Traits
Personality:
Manipulation: Aidan is an actor. He likes to manipulate with people to make them do what he wants. It has become so serious now, that he does not even know when he is doing it anymore. He cannot control this – it is a part of who he is. Sometimes he happens to do it on purpose, but mostly it is something he does every time in small bits – a glance, a word, a small smirk. He always wants everything to fit into his perfect world and from a small age he has been taught that it can be done through manipulation, so this is what he does now.
Speaking: This is one of Aidan's biggest strengths. He is good at manipulation because he is good at choosing the right words for the crowd he is speaking to. He is not afraid of holding speeches and usually uses pathos to reach the people. Pathos represents an appeal to the audience's emotions and the ironic part is, he is good at referring to their emotions while his own are so well hidden that he cannot even see them himself. Being a good speaker shows Aidan that he would be a good leader too, but he does not care about it at the school. The only thing he focuses on is to gain his position as the next heir to the Tait Fashion industry.
Arrogance: Of course, being an Tait is meaning being arrogant. Aidan is very self-confident and knows that he wants. If there is something that does not fit into his ”little world” he usually avoids it. He loves his family and his closest friends, but the only person he really trusts is himself and even some of his friends agree on that he is the most arrogant person they know. This flaw makes most people stay away from him – not all of them completely dislike him, Aidan is just difficult to be around and he only makes it less difficult for those people he himself has chosen out from the crowd.
Flirting: One of the few things this boy is very insecure about is girls and flirting. Yes, he is hetero sexual even though his obsession with looking good makes him sometimes appear gay. This will of course change during the years, but right now the boy does not know that. Aidan does not know what to do once he falls in love with a girl. There is no way he is going to tell her that and that is why his experience with the opposite sex is very bad. He has some friends who are girls, but it is very rarely that he has a girlfriend. He would not consider himself shy – he is just not good at being seductive – he prefers to watch from afar and hope that the girl he likes would walk up to him all by herself.
His father: One of his other weaknesses is his father. Aidan is actually very afraid of failing to him, and now that his brother is gone, his father got even more strict. He wants Aidan to live up to all of his expectations. From a young age, Aidan's father has scared him even when he was at Durmstrang his first two years after becoming a wizard. His father is the owner of the Tait Fashion industry and it puts a pressure on Aidan. He has to behave and show that he can act like a leader.
Beauty: Beauty plays a huge role in Aidan's life. He is very judgemental when it comes to style, looks and behaviour. You have to appear beautiful in every aspect. He really dislikes ugly people (people HE finds ugly), handicapped people (broken legs and arms do not count), clumsy people and people without manners. The interesting thing is though, clumsy people can win him by showing self-confidence and not blushing because they are making a fool out of themselves.
Calmness: This is actually so strong for this boy that it becomes a weakness. He hates fighting and raising his voice. Compared to his older brother and his future son, Aidan appears cold and dead as a stone. He never does anything out of the ordinary and does not really have a big temper. When there is something that bothers him he either discuss it or ignores the problem. Aidan seems boring to most people and he does not feel the common teenage need for getting drunk, going to parties, have fun and just joke around. He has his own special sense of humour and he does not have to be in a certain situation to smile at something – though his smile never reaches his ears.
Strengths:
- Manipulation
- Speeches
- Staying calm
- Outer looks
- Being able to discuss without getting angry
- Giving advice to his few friends and make them listen
- Charms (though not flirting)
- Numbers
- Confidence
- Talk to people (girls are not included)
- Keeping secrets
Weaknesses:
- Flirting
- Being too critical and judgemental
- Appear boring
- Never wanting to party, get drunk, ”have fun”
- Talk about feelings
- Accepting his own feelings
- Lock people out – even his closest friends
- His father who has complete control over him
- Appearing like a empty shelled zombie
- Being around girls he likes
- Bad looks
- Him having and off day
- His appearance affecting his emotions – for example, a simple zit can ruin his day.
- Hating gay people (because they sometimes think that he is gay – which he is not)
- Hatred towards: Magical Creatures and human-like magical creatures, muggle, muggleborns, the school system as it is now, the ministry as it is now, ugly people, handicapped people, clumsy people.
Other Information
Pets: A black cat called Sevena
Wand: 13', oak, Dragon Scale
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Post by Albus P.W.B. Dumbledore on Jul 18, 2010 16:53:00 GMT 1
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