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Professor Horace E. F. Slughorn; Potions Master; Head of Slytherin House
Topic Started: Jul 16 2009, 07:25 AM (701 Views)
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What should we call you? Gem
What is your gender? I'm a girlie.
How can we get in touch with you? gembob@rocketmail.com or a PM (<-- preferable)
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Did you read all of the rules? Yes ^__^
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When Sirius heard people arriving, he hopped down from his perch in the tree with surprising grace. A smile spread across his handsome features. This would be the first time he’d be seeing Remus and Peter since the end of school, not to mention the first summer he wasn’t on lockdown in the Black family home. Things were finally looking up for the young wizard.
He wiped his forehead, which in this heat was dripping with sweat, on the edge of his dark blue t-shirt. Sirius wasn’t especially partial to hot weather. Though it did mean girls in less clothing, always a good thing, it also meant he was perpetually sweaty. It did not detract from his beauty, of course, just made him look more rugged… but unfortunately, it also made him quite uncomfortable.
That was why he was dressed in simple, cool clothing. A pair of white swim trunks and a t-shirt. Hopefully, later he’d be able to abandon the shirt and go for a dip. There had to be some cute bxkini-clad girls around this neighborhood somewhere right?
When Sirius saw Remus and Peter, he rushed forward to greet them.

How many characters do you currently have on this board? One! *Huggleclomps Frank*
Anything else you want to tell us before we begin? Bahah, thanks to the dazzling Cait for suggesting a picture! (: OH and I know my example sucks, but I'm lazy and didn't feel like typing something new. xDD

About Your Character
Basics

Full name: Horace Egbert Fenwick Slughorn
Nicknames: Slug, Sluggie, Slugger... Oh, and Marguerite Penn (yes, the Marguerite Penn, dear friend of mine) often calls me Harry.
Ancestry: Pure Blood
Gender: Oho! Male, of course!
Age: 82
Birthday: May 7th, 1893
Sorted into: Slytherin
Who do you follow? I follow Dumbledore, through and through. I know what goes on in my house, but I'd never condone or support it. I'm a Slytherin, yes, but I do not follow the Dark Lord, nor do most of my students!
Wand: 10 inches, Holly, Dragon Heartstring
Personal
Sexuality: ... I don't really see how that's any of your business!
Likes:
- Crystallized pineapple
- Things made of velvet
- Gorgeous younger men
- Potions, of course!
- Hobnobbing
- A good mead
- Advising Tim Buchanon (yes, he is the Undersecretary to the Minister, now that you mention it)
- Some of my students
- Tangerine bath salts
- Belgian chocolate
- Felix Felicis (those were two of the best days of my life!)
- My little parties
- Dumbledore (good man, he is)
- Classical music
- My collection of Egyptian bathrobes

Dislikes:
- Dragon Pox (worst childhood memory right there!)
- Cheap wine
- Slytherin's bad reputation
- The Dark Lord
- Vinyl *shudder*
- Divination (absolute waste of time!)
- Artichokes
- Students who obviously won't amount to anything
- Aging
- Needing to have my robes let out

Strengths:
- Potions, again, very obvious
- Great eye for talent
- Decent moral compass
- Throwing marvelous parties!
- Transfiguration
- Consuming high-quality foodstuffs
- Forging bonds with up-and-comers
- Quite enterprising

Weaknesses:
- Any decadent food
- Anything in burgundy velvet
- The rich and the powerful
- Easily manipulated
- Divination (useless load of bollocks!)
- Over-inflated sense of self importance
- Exceedingly self-indulgent
- 'Pet' students

Goals:
- Personally advise the Minister of Magic
- Get Sirius to come to more of my parties
- Find the name of that marvelous dessert I had in Paris
- Improve Slytherin's reputation
- See Voldemort defeated (not defeat him personally of course, but live to see him taken care of)

Fears:
- Being powerless
- Everyone finding out about a certain thing I may or may not have said to a student a very long time ago
- Voldemort, Voldemort's rising power, basically anything to do with Voldemort
- No one important going to my funeral
- Inferi (I've been fortunate enough never to see one, but the mere description sends shivers up my spine)

Tics, Quirks & Habits:
- I can't sleep unless I've washed
- When I'm very bored, I'll try to make sounds with the top of my head. Only when I'm alone, of course!
- I'm perpetually humming
- Before each class I have a cup of tea

Pet Peeves:
- When students don't show up to my parties
- When people try to manipulate me
- Chocolates that melt all over your fingers
- Chairs that are too small

Favorite sounds and smells: Mmm… my favourite smell, by far, is freshly brewed Amortentia. For me, it smells like a mix of milk chocolate, roses, and sandalwood. My favorite sound is a bubbling potion or a really good piece of classical music.

Have you ever met a boggart? What does it look like? Oh, of course I have! You try living to 82 and not having seen a boggart! It turns into a disgusting, dirty, penniless, powerless, version of me.

Can you cast Patronus? What does it look like? What memory do you use? Ah, yes, the Patronus! Had a hard time with that spell when I first learned it, but of course, now it’s as easy as breathing. My patronus takes the form of a hare, and I use the memory of the first (and only) time I fell in love. I’d tell you more, but the details are far too messy.

What is the worst memory Dementors bring forward? When I was younger, a dear, dear friend of mine committed suicide. It changed my entire outlook on the world, and I will never be the same for it.

If you were to find the Mirror of Erised, what would you see? I really don’t know what I’d see in the Mirror of Erised, and I’m perfectly happy to remain ignorant. [What Slughorn is too embarrassed to say, is that there are two fantasies he entertains, and he really isn’t sure which would appear. Of course, the obvious would be him, leading a discussion in a room full of Britain’s most important people. But then there’s a tiny, teeny, miniscule part of him that would be happiest if he found his other half, who loved him no matter his influence on the rest of the wizarding world. Except in his times of greatest sadness, Slughorn denies the latter fantasy.]

Tell me a couple secrets about yourself: Secrets? Oho, a man of my age certainly has his fair share of secrets, not all of them suited for your ears. I will share a few of my tamer ones, however. Firstly, I've been known to regift unfortunate presents. If I don't like what someone has given me, I'll rewrap it, and give it to another friend. Conversely, if I buy something for someone and find myself wanting it, I often end up keeping it. I buy them something else, of course! Hmm... what else? Oh! I do love teaching. I'll complain about it til the Fat Lady sings (which, unfortunately for the Gryffindors, seems to be happening with alarming frequency), but I do enjoy moulding the minds of tomorrow. Certain minds more than others. Ahh, and I have one more for you! I secretly collect muggle ceramics. Y'know, little cats and things! Yes, that one is a tad embarrassing, so I trust you not to let it get out!

Personality: [Because Slughorn could never possibly answer this with anything even remotely close to honesty, I've deigned to answer it for him.

Horace Slughorn is a genuinely good and caring man, but often finds himself blinded by fame, fortune, and talent. He feels it's a waste of his time to befriend or teach those who lack the aforementioned qualities, though he'd never admit this to anyone, even himself. Slughorn likes to think he doesn't really play favourites, but that certain more talented or famed students are simply attracted to him (not like that Spider, you perv!). He fosters these connections into later life, where they can serve his ego.

Speaking of egos, you'd be hard-pressed to find one larger than Slughorn's! He thinks himself tremendously important and influential. In fact, it is this notion that gets him up every morning. If he thought he didn't have great sway in the wizarding world, he wouldn't bother getting out of bed (he has a large enough food stash in his bedside table to last a week). So yes, suffice it to say Slughorn's ego is an integral part of who he is.

Now I know the above description paints the portrait of a terrible, selfish, man, but that simply isn't the case... at least not entirely. Slughorn has a strong moral compass, an often underappreciated quality, and he'd never join Voldemort. He is a proud and loyal supporter of Slytherin, but he doesn't support the dark arts, and he encourages his students to follow this example. Slughorn is also quite kind and jovial, and quick to laugh. Though he has a tendency to look on the negative side of things, he has a wonderful sense of humor, and encourages a light-hearted atmosphere in his classes. He doesn't mind jesting and talking as students brew, which is why many enjoy his classes. Though perhaps Slughorn isn't the most reliable or sensible old man, his company can be thoroughly enjoyed, provided it's taken with a grain of salt. And provided you're one of his favourites, or else you're not likely to have his company anyways.]

Looks
Distinguishing Features: Well, after I die, I could be identified by my very bald head, my large moustache, and the three moles on the back of my neck. Not to mention my... girth.

Not-so-distinguishing features: Hmm... well, I have a short gait, but that's due to my short legs! *chortle* I'm usually quite flushed, and often have a bit of sweat round the collar of my shirt.

Appearance: I was very good looking in my youth, or so I'm told, and I believe I've aged quite gracefully! Unfortunately genes made me quite short, but I've long since made my peace with that, as they were the same genes that gave me my marvelous moustache. It's absolutely monstrous, and is silver with just the slightest traces of blonde left. I've recently gone bald, but I think that ads to my dignified-professor look. I'm rather pale, though usually flushed, and have a few freckles that come out in summertime. My eyes are a... what was the word used? Oh yes, "gooseberry". My nose is small, my eyes are large, and my mouth is rather normal sized. My chin is rather pronounced [as are the few chins below it!], and my neck is admittedly a tad pudgy. The rest of me is rather round, but that's what you get in old age!!

I like good quality, comfortable clothes. Velvets, silks, and linens are staples in my wardrobe. I wear clothes of a lost era, an era before jeans and cropped tops. I tend to wear a few layers: a nice undershirt, a good dress shirt, a velvet vest, and a jacket overtop. I think my wardrobe suits my position perfectly.

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That is a good example of my mustache. Only picture it on a roguish, devil-may-care sort of fellow!

Place of Birth: Leeds, England

Immediate family: All dead, m'afraid. Arnold, my brother, died a few years back in an awful troll-related accident, and Mum and Dad have been gone for some time now.

Extended family: Well Arnold had two daughters, Alyssia and Lucinda. Alyssia is still single, a retired healer, and Lucinda married a French wizard and had three children. Her children are mostly married off, with little-ones of their own. We occasionally get together over the Holidays, and I pop in to see Alyssia when I'm in London.

Other important people: Oh, well I do have a good number of friends. You've probably heard of a fair few of them too. I've been quite influential to a number of rising stars. There is Lysander Jones (seeker to the Quiberon Quafflepunchers), Jarvis Ronbocker (captain of the Moose Jaw Meteorites), Espen Luddmore (Head of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes), Eloise Postermere (Personal Consultant to the Bulgarian Minister of Magic), and Francisco Dole (Best-Selling Author of My Time with Trolls), just to name a few of my closest. We keep in touch through regular correspondence.

Pets: A grey owl, Olive, who is used solely for post services.

History: I was born in Leeds to a Eudora and Timothy Slughorn. My brother, Arnold, followed barely nine months later. We led a very simple life in the countryside... happy, but simple. Though my parents were pure-blood, they'd long ago lost any sort of fortune or influence. Arnold and I went off to Hogwarts, but were thankfully in different years. I was sorted into Slytherin, which was much the same as it is now. Largely purebloods, or those who wished they were. I surrounded myself with a group of very influential friends, and we quickly became a powerful force within Hogwarts. They accepted me because I'm a pureblood, but I was always a bit lower than the rest of them because I wasn't rich. They dabbled in the Dark Arts, but I'm proud to say I kept my hands clean of that.

It was in my sixth year we realized we were in love. It was magical. It was perfect. It was everything, and more. I won't say his name, as that might cause a bit of controversy. He was of the richest pureblood family of the time, and his family would never accept him with me... or any man, for that matter. Not to mention we'd be exiled and ridiculed by our group. So, we kept it a secret. After we had graduated, we kept in close contact. His parents dragged him off to the family estate in France, and so we couldn't meet. We kept in contact via admittedly graphic love letters. His mother found one. Two months of hell later, he'd hung himself. Using the muggle method of suicide was like a final 'Fuck you' to his parents.

Like I've said, that was the only time I ever fell in love. Learning of his suicide is also the memory dementors bring forward for me. Awful, awful stuff. After that, I spiralled out of control, as they say. I slept around, experimented with a few illicit substances, and generally just fucked up my life. I watched Arnold get married and have kids. It was at age 24 that I hit "rock bottom", and decided to go on "the tour". The tour being the trip every young wizard should make upon graduation where he travels the world and sees how other wizards live. Most of my peers had done it at seventeen or eighteen years of age, but I was doing it at 24. Sod it, I thought, my life was shit enough already, what could this hurt? It was on the seventh month of this trip that I encountered another young wizard, rather as lost as myself, who proposed we share some Felix Felicis. What the hell, I thought for the millionth time since his death. That day was the perfect summation of the trip, the trip that changed everything. Somewhere on that trip I saw colour again, I felt life was worth living, I felt the world come alive beneath my very feet. I've tried not to look back since then.

When I came home I studied up on Potions, which had been my strongest subject in school, and applied to be a teacher at Hogwarts. I'm not sure why, but I was inexplicably drawn back to that school. I was happiest in Hogwarts, to be sure, and yet sometimes I cannot look at that secluded nook in the library or the fourth floor boys bathrooms without thinking of him. Well, no matter what my motivation, I'm here now. My years at Hogwarts have been rather uneventful. I find myself teaching the bright minds and celebrities of tomorrow, something I take great pride in. I am their friend and confidante! The staff and I get on fairly well, though they've accused me of playing favourites on occasion. Codswallop, of course. At age 57 I took Felix Felicis once more, and, though it could not compare to the first time, I had a most marvelous day. The years roll by with alarming speed, and I'm afraid I won't be at this school much longer. It's been over 55 years! Hogwarts is my home, but I'm thinking it might be time to take that tour once more, only this time as a wizened and expierenced old man


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Anything else you want to share? No, but if you had good quality sweets on you, I wouldn't turn them down.
Edited by Gem, Jul 18 2009, 09:47 AM.
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Can't wait until he's ready!
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Dude! Make him my professor!

*wants to go to one of Slughorn's parties*
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