Phoenix Valentine

[Prof. Phoenix Valentine]

PHOENIX VALENTINE*
Forty-Nine years old, Head of Gryffindor/D.A.D.A Professor/Ex-Auror
represented Gryffindor, bearing a Fifteen inch Alder, with a core of a Phoenix Feather
along with the Essence of Crystallized Phoenix Fire wand

Pet: A red tailed lemur named Cyclone.
Patronus: Wolf

Description

Phoenix stands at mere 5' 10" with a weight of 150 pounds, which allows him to be slightly more agile than others. If one were to see him at a table of some kind they'd notice that he always attempts to stand or sit fully erect since he sees slouching as a small weakness. Phoenix is a rather attractive man for his age, he has dark brown medium length hair that is normally always brushed back. If it is not it falls loosely over his deep brown eyes that are usually behind a pair of glasses due to his not so perfect eye sight. He also normally has a 5'o clock shadow but more often he is seen with a cleanly shaved face. The great wizard war gave him a nice present, although he walked away from it he was left with a bad scar that makes its way down from the back of his right shoulder, along his side and down to his waist. Oh and he is a lefty.

Personality

Phoenix is the kind of guy that loves to be around people, even though he doesn't like to be the center or attention he tries to mingle with all the people that he possibly can. People are able to relate to him, because he is always open to any type of conversation. When he gets to know someone well enough to be considered friends with them he will do anything to keep them safe from any kind of harm. To get his mind off the past/recent events he sometimes attempts to pull a joke on someone, or take a long relaxing walk under the night sky.

When it comes to the job Phoenix takes everything serious, but not enough to go over board. He never takes the situation to lightly, as he looks at all the possible endings to it. Also when it comes to teaching about the Dark Arts and the ways to survive against them to students he allows them the freedom to ask him any question that might pop into their minds. He expects to be given the same respect in return from anyone; student, or professor alike. Although if his students do not show any respect to each other or to him, he will show them what its really like to be with a teacher who is not given proper respect. But all in all he respects the rules of any type, even if he tries to stretch them to their maximum.

History

Phoenix was born into a rather well off wizarding family. At a young age his father was always away on business with the Ministry, leaving his mother to watch over him. During his time with his mother he observed her using spells, although he didn't know what it was he was always around magic. He spent the long tedious years that he was in Hogwarts in the great house of Gryffindor. In the first few years he was one of the students to always wait until the last minute to do any type of work for class, just making it through. Out of all of the classes that he took he seemed to excel in D.A.D.A and Transfiguration. He was decent in charms, and still to this day horrible with Potions. During his free time he found himself a second home on the houses quidditch team as a beater, and he set a house record for the amount of times that he was able to successfully hit someone with a bludger, along with getting hit. In the final years of school he managed to pass all of the N.E.W.T.s with flying colors although they were challenging, squeaking through potions.

After leaving school to his dismay he found out from his mother that his father had disappeared earlier that month. This was one of the worst stages of his life. The father that he envied and the one that had taught him how to fly a broom so well, when he happened to have free time, just disappeared without a trace. He looked up to his father since he was an Auror himself. After slipping into a depression he locked himself in his room for at least a month or so after he had been given the news of his fathers disappearance. His mother had tried to give him hope but it never worked it only made him feel worse since he had no way to find his father.

A few months after the accident he and his mother were told that his father had sadly been killed in action, with this news Phoenix went to the Ministry of Magic for the training to become a Auror, so he would be able to protect his mother and others close to him. Throughout the training they managed to teach him things that Hogwarts could not have possibly taught and showed him in his youth. The training seemed to take forever but in reality it had been a mere three years. He walked out of that building on that last day as a reborn person. With the help of the Ministry and fellow Aurors he was able to find the death eater that had murdered his father. Although it took until he was in his mid thirty's he was able to relieve the pain that he and his mother had to endure throughout the years.

Sadly the pain would return and only get worse as the great wizarding war broke out. Phoenix thankfully made it out of the war alive, but he ended up with a grave wound on the right side of his back and side, and like all curses they can never be completely healed. Him being a stubborn person at times continued to work for a few more years with the Ministry before being forced to retire from the pain caused by the wound. He ended up moving to the outskirts of England after retiring to live his life out in a cozy cottage that seemed to big for him with his hyperactive pet. After many years of countless callings from the Ministry wanting him to return, Hogwarts offered him the job of Defense Against the Dark Arts position, and without hesitation he packed his things and began teaching right away. Two years later he was offered the position of being the head of his former house Gryffindor. This is where he is now, after living through the worst wars in the history of wizardry he enters his fifth year as a professor, and third being the head of one of the great houses.

Interests: Dueling, Transfiguration, Quidditch, the quiet, jokes, women, respect, adventures, the stars and thunderstorms.

Dislikes: Cockiness, Potions, not being able to do anything, being stuck in one spot for long periods of time.

alias: Cody

how did you find us?: I have been here for ages. c: