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name: erik grimshaw pronouns: he/him age: thirty-four year: sixth blood status: muggleborn classes: apparition, care of magical creatures, charms, defense against the dark arts, history of magic, latin, magical law, politics clubs: n/a positions: gryffindor quidditch beater & captain, prefect
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Life was difficult for Erik because he wanted to believe in magic but he always knew better than that, he had too many reasons not to believe. Father Christmas was bullshit told to kids whose parents could afford to buy everyday essentials let alone an excess of gifts and food. The tooth fairy was another lie told to kids who didn’t lose their teeth from their father’s fist rather than the usual sandwich. He was the kid from the ‘bad’ family, the kid who caused too much trouble at school, the kid wasting his potential. He could’ve been a lot of things. He tried his best but he always had too many problems at home to ever succeed at school. It only took one night of pent up, adolescent rage to derail his life completely. One year in prison for assault and petty larceny made it nearly impossible for Erik to get a job, even if it partly lead to him finally finishing secondary school thanks to an education in prison where he had nothing else to do and no distractions. In the years since he’d been in and out of jail for petty crimes and was, very slowly, giving up hope. He wanted things to be better but he never seemed to get a chance to make things right — at least in the muggle world. At twenty-seven years old, he opened a lock without touching it and spent every waking moment trying to make it happen again. Days later on his twenty-eighth birthday, he received a letter that finally gave him a reason to believe in magic. Six years later, he might finally have found what he needed to reach that ever out-of-reach potential he was always told he had.
— played by cola