- Has their allegiance changed or has it grown stronger?
Avery’s allegiance has grown stronger as he becomes more settled in the Death Eaters. He first joined more out of rebellion than anything else but it gives him an outlet for his aggression. His sadism is reinforced in the Death Eaters and that has been the reason for his remaining allegiance.
- What has led them to be on the side they’re on? (familial ties, personal choice etc)
Avery’s father, Burak, is also a Death Eater. He was part of Tom Riddle’s gang in Hogwarts and was seduced by his political agenda. When Avery was nine, Burak took the Dark Mark. Until that point, British politics hadn’t particularly played a part between Burak and his wife (Avery’s mum) Adalet, despite them living in Britain. Their romance had been somewhat of a whirlwind and their focus had been in other places. The Dark Mark on her husband’s arm made Adalet realise that he wasn’t all she had thought and she was unable to forgive him for both his views and the lies that kept them from her. They divorced.
Avery was never able to reconcile the idea of his once loving, united family and his mother’s decision to leave. He was too young to see where lies and discord had already come between his parents. While he alternated between both homes, he took his father’s side because, in his mind, it was Adalet being unreasonable. She was the one who wasn’t being supportive enough of Burak’s choices in life.
The teenage rebellion that followed had a particular focus in acting out against his mother. This included getting himself expelled from her alma mater and transferring to Hogwarts, willing the Sorting Hat to put him in Slytherin and befriending the children of his dad’s old friends. They led him to following in his dad’s footprints, straight into the Death Eaters from school.
- Where do they see themselves after the war?
Hopefully just still playing with fire and dragons. The war isn’t really changing how he lives his life, it’s just making it slightly easier to get away with things because someone gave him a mask and he’s gonna use it.
-What does your character hope to achieve during the war?
He’s just here to have a good time and watch the world burn
-If your character could speak to a younger version of themselves, what do you think they would say?
“Go with dad.” (bc some bitches never learn)
- What are some new or unshared head cannons you have for your character?
There is an actual Avery family in England who were mentioned in the Pureblood Directory, though they are close to dying out and less ‘pure’ than they once were. Someone messed up the paperwork when Burak first immigrated to Scotland with his parents and a series of misunderstandings and Turks not understanding Scots (and vice versa) and somehow ‘Avci’ got misfiled as ‘Avery’. They never bothered to fix it, in part because it helped to navigate the class system.
The Sorting Hat did want to put Avery in Gryffindor but he wasn’t having it and Slytherin was the next best suit for him anyway
Does he really and truly resent his mum if he still sees her on every major holiday and birthday? He might pretend he’s just going because of his sister (and it’s true that he’d do anything for Dilara) but... really?
