The Slytherin Gentleman

Alexander Carrow, Seventh Year, Slytherin, Prefect, Death Eater "A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar." - Mark Twain

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[ December 2, 2023 // Hogsmeade // Undetermined Location]

Alexander's eyes iddly ran over the news paper titles.

DEATH EATERS RISING, MUGGLE KILLINGS, UPCOMING WAR?

The journalists' take on it all was just so pathetic in their futile attempt to strike a sensation, he thought briefly, while also noting what a lovely development that was. Now that the Aurors had to go chace after Death Eaters, they would fully forget about what happened to his father and aunt a while back. What him and Artemis did to them awhile back, actually, but no one knew that. It was better that way, really. Everyone hated the Carrows, even half the Death Eaters and no one particularly cared as to why they died.

Abruptly, his train of thought was interrupted by what appeared to be a shocked gasp coming from behind him. "Are you alright?", he asked, instantly slipping into the perfect gentleman decorum he faked to the tee.

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[thealexandercarrow]

Full Name: Alexander Dorian Carrow

Nickname(s): Alex. Athena used to call him Lex but now he gets extremely irrated if anyone else uses it.

Age: Eighteen

Birthday: January 13th

Species: Human / Wizard

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Habitual Quirks : Alexander. ( source )

Writers, bold all of your character’s regular truths.

1. Smoking: the action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco or a drug. 2. Binge drinking: the consumption of an excessive amount of alcohol in a short period of time. 3. Drug abuse: the habitual taking of illegal drugs. 4. Nail biting: a common body language sign of anxiety/tension. 5. Lip biting: a common body language sign of anxiety/tension. 6. Night Owl: a person who is habitually active or wakeful at night. 7. Early bird: a person who rises, arrives, or acts before the usual or expected time. 8. Negative attitudes: a philosophy of approaching life with criticism and pessimism. 9. Positive attitudes: a philosophy of approaching life with optimism and confidence. 10. Swearing: the use of offensive language. 11. Superstitious: an irrational belief that an object, action, or circumstance not logically related to a course of events influences its outcome. 12. Inspecting fingernails: a common body language sign of boredom. 13. Scratching your neck: a common body language sign of uncertainty. 14. Foot and finger tapping: a common body language sign of stress/impatience. 15. Nose touch: a subtle body language sign of deceit. 16. Flipping hair: a common body language sign of craving attention. 17. Twirling hair: a common body language sign of flirtation. 18. Cracking knuckles: a common body language sign of readiness. 19. Hands behind back: a common body language sign of confidence. 20. Finger pointing: a common body language sign of authority. 21. Hands on hips: a common body language sign of readiness. 22: Hands in pockets: a common body language sign of mistrust/reluctance. 23. Frequent touch: a common body language sign of warmth/familiarity. 24. Throat-clearing: a common body language sign of rejection/doubt. 25: Jaw-clenching: a common body language sign of hostility. 26: Eye-rolling: a common body language sign of irritation. 27: Head-tilt: a common body language sign of interest. 28. Whistling: to emit high-pitched sound by forcing breakthrough a small hole between one’s lips or teeth; usually to a tune. 29. Humming: make a low, steady continuous sound like that of a bee; usually to a tune. 30. Perfectionism: refusal to accept any standard short of perfection. 31. Photographic memory: the ability to remember information or visual images in great detail. 32. Paranoia: a mental condition characterized by delusions of persecution, unwarranted jealousy, or exaggerated self-importance, typically worked into an organized system. 33. Exaggeration: a statement that represents something as better or worse than it really is. 34: Intuitive: using or based on what one feels to be true even without conscious reasoning; instinctive. 35: Quick-witted: showing or characterized by an ability to think or respond quickly and effectively. 36: Interrupting: breaking the continuity of a conversation with one’s own statements. 37: Doodling: to scribble or make rough drawings, absent-mindedly. 38: Irritable: having or showing a tendency to be easily annoyed. 39: Gambling: to play games of chance for money; bet. 40: Travel-sick: suffering from nausea caused by the motion of a moving vehicle, boat, or aircraft. 41: Sensitive: having or displaying a quick and delicate appreciation of others’ feelings. 42: Melancholy: a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause. 43: Chewing gum: the exercise of chewing flavoured gum which is not intended for swallowing. 44: Fidgeting: to make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience. 45: Skeptical: not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations. 46: Neat-freak: compulsively obsessed with cleanliness. 47: Gossiping: divulging personal information about others. 48: Prim: feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper; stiffly correct. 49: Abbreviating: Giving others nicknames/shortening names/giving pet names. 50: Having a catchphrase: having a sentence or phrase typically associated with a specific person.

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CHARACTER TRAIT (1) || Hypocrisy

“The truth is rarely pure and never simple.” ― Oscar Wilde

Amycus Carrow, his father, was no man to take others’ opinions on anything, much less those of his son so every form of disobedince was punished severely. This is what brought upon the need of Alexander to develop a way to counteract to the state of thing. Innitially, canting was a means of surviving his father’s wrath for Alexander. At a very young age he had figured out that if one was faced with somebody in the position of power, he had no other choice but to obey their bidding or in the very least pretend to, especially if the said somebody was likely to exert their rights in less than pleasant ways. 

But what had originated as a mere way to ensure his own well-being soon became much more than that. Gradually, the boy became more and more aware that the people around him did not value sincerity as much as the valued praise. This is why he kept refining his skills in the field to the point it borders with pathology now. In fact, manipulation has grown like a second nature to Alexander. Likely to support two polar opposites depending on his own benefit, this Carrow is not to be truted indeed.

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The Carrow Twins || Final Goodbye Moodboard

These wounds won't seem to heal This pain is just too real  There's just too much that time cannot erase When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears And I held your hand through all of these years But you still have all of me

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CHARACTER TRAIT (4) || Detachment

"In a cruel and evil world, being cynical can allow you to get some entertainment out of it."- Daniel Waters

People say that everyone has emotions, that some have a wider specter and others  - a shallow one, but truth be told, shallow doesn’t even scrape off the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Alexander’s lack of basic human experiences such as love, devotion, empathy etc. As he himself likes to put it, it’s just a “waste of time and brain cells” seeing as people are just not worth it in his views.

But what most regard as a curse, is a blessing for Alexander as it allows him to discard all moral values because virtually everything society cherishes is in some way related to people and their well being. This is why the Slytherin feels no remorse for his acts because he had once read that the only unforgivable sin is the one you can’t forgive yourself and if that is so, than to him this sin does not exist. Besides, to him no one else has the right to judge as once, when there had still been chance for him turning out a good person, the world had chosen to turn a blind eye to him so now it was only right of him to have no mercy as well.

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BIO PART (2) || Personality

“When you know what a man wants you know who he is, and how to move him.” - George R. R. Martin

The term ‘manipulative’ is perhaps the most accurate one to describe Alexander Carrow. Raised in a family of high hostilities towards anyone and everyone, the boy learned at a young age that setting people against each other helps one survive unscathed and since then this is his go-to strategy. Whether it is the cynical approach of questioning everything, magnified by his immense intellect, agility of mind and knowledge, or the simple act of making people question their beliefs, it is what Alexander does when faced with a people-involving situation. 

Much like the famous character who bore his middle name, the Slytherin sees little merrit in high spiritual concepts such as love, friendship and loyalty, choosing instead to serve his own benefit and cater to his well-being. To him people fall into three cathegories - useful, dangerous and useless, to the former he comes across as the total gentleman with his impeccable maners and mean of a lord, the second he prefers to avoid seeing as the Carrows were more than suffiecient in teaching that and the latter receive nothing but a haughty, condecending treatment with a sprinkle of trying to twist their views into a distorted, mind-boggling image.

Unlike his father, the boy took no liking into torturing people physically and spilling blood for no reason. In fact, he is quite put of by the sound of screams and pleas that often echo down the dungeons of the Carrow home. But that is not to say Alexander isn’t as twisted as his parents, just that his forte when it comes to abuse is different - the mind. Much like every person of the family name, Alexander has a twisted fascination with getting people to suffer in his presence but unlike the rest, he prefers a bewildered, terrified person to a pool of blood. Hence his fency to the issues of the mind. 

Other traits:

+ Intelligent

+ Determined

+ Aimiable

- Hypocritical

- Detached

- Bigoted

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personality types!

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reblog with your personality types bolded, for your own reference, or for your followers to get to know you better! 

name: Alexander Dorian Carrow

zodiac: aries, taurus, gemini, cancer, leo, virgo, libra, scorpio, sagittarius, capricorn, aquarius, pisces

myers-briggs: istj, isfj, infj, intj, istp, isfp, infp, intp, estp, esfp, enfp, enfj, esfj, estj, esfj, enfj, entj, entp

the four temperaments: melancholic, phlegmatic, choleric, sanguine

enneagram: type one, type two, type three, type four, type five, type six, type seven, type eight, type nine 

alignment: lawful good, neutral good, chaotic good, lawful neutral, true neutral, chaotic neutral, lawful evil, neutral evil, chaotic evil

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Alexander Carrow + Moodboard

It seems that all that was good has died / and is decaying in me / It seems what’s left of my human side / Is slowly changing in me / Oh no, there is no turning back now / You’ve woken up the demon in me.

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Symphonies of Blinding Darkness || Self-Para || Flashback

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As a boy his mother had told him the world was not black or white, it had been grey and that salvation could be found everywhere - around every corner, in every building, in every person – but now Alexander knew for a fact it was nothing but a white lie. His world was nothing but a dreadful, suffusing darkness were even the faintest trace of light had been extinguished, he realized, gazing at his sister’s distorted face in the coffin. Once she had been so beautiful but the water had taken that away. No, it hadn’t been the water; it had been that coward who had ambushed her. But Alexander would have him pay, he would have them all burn at a pyre he had set so that they’d know how he had been burning slowly on the inside all his life.

Slowly, he stood up and made his way to his sister. His heart shattered upon looking at how spine-chillingly her bluish complexion contrasted with the ghost-white silk on the inside of the coffin where once it would have been most perfectly complimented. “I will burn the entire Order down even if it’s the last thing I do, Thena, I swear to every god or force or magic in existence”, he whispered, gently running his palm over her now ice-cold one as he placed a bouquet of scarlet roses over her chest. She loved the flowers, he remembered. “Just promise me you’ll take a fine seat in Heaven, dear, because the smoke will rise all the way to where ever you are now.” He wanted to say more but the words got trapped in his throat, threatening to come out in the form of tears, so he just kissed her forehead softly and retreated back to his seat.

The rest of the ceremony had been a blur to him. People had come and spoke on and on but all he could hear was her telling him she loved him and that he had been the best brother she could wish for. Now, after they had all gone, even the other two Carrows, he stood alone facing the cold granite that had her name and two dates carved onto it – the first was had been the luckiest day in his life when he had first met the ray of light that would light his life for seventeen years and the second - the day when darkness had taken over, the day when he knew there was no more hope for him.

On auto-pilot, he rolled up the sleeve on his right arm, pulled out his wand and removed the charm that hid the message there. “Failure”, it read, carved by the man who still claimed to be his father. One glance was all it took for Alexander to realize just how truthful it was – he had failed his father, for that he did not care, but he had failed to protect his sister and for that he would never forgive himself. The tip of the wooden wand pressed deeper into his skin before a flash of light illuminated the place. Pain shot through his body but he bit back the groan, falling to his knees, red trickles of blood seeping quietly down to the ground. The Slytherin forced himself to take a few sharp breaths to calm himself enough but it was impossible to hold back the tears any longer. He would allow himself to be weak now because he had to be stronger later. The ice in his heart would have to become a fire that would burn everything to ashes, this entire ghastly world that killed all light. He would have his vengeance, he would do what the words under the blood on his forearm said – “Nunquam obliviscere,nunquam ignosce” – Never forget, never forgive.

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The bad man behind blue eyes - Alexander Carrow moodboard

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A Hex Guide to Moral Alignment: Neutral Evil

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Neutral Evil characters stick by their own morals, and can partner up with any other evil characters as long as they benefit from it or else share a common interest and/or goal.

Traits

amoral or immoral

selfish

obnoxious

revengeful

sadistic

egotistical

malevolent

elitist

smug

indifferent

Positives

Focused on themselves

Usually independent

Can work in the law (prefers not to)

Will help others for rewards/payment

Negatives

Disregards others

Usually pure evil only when need be

Dishonorable

Will not keep their word

Prone to cheating and lying

Will harm, attack and kill who they want

Has no extremely limited loyalty to friends

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Biography Part (1) || The Basics

"Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth." - Oscar Wilde

Name: Alexander Dorian Carrow Nickname:  Alex Meaning of name: Latinized form of the Greek name Αλεξανδρος (Alexandros), which meant “defending men” from Greek αλεξω (alexo) ”to defend, help” and ανηρ (aner) ”man” (genitive ανδρος). Origin of name:  The most famous bearer was Alexander the Great, King of Macedon. In the 4th century BC he built a huge empire out of Greece, Egypt, Persia, and parts of India. Due to his fame, and later medieval tales involving him, use of his name spread throughout Europe. Age: Seventeen Sex: Male Sexuality: Heterosexual heteroromantic Nationality: English Species:  Wizard Blood status: Pureblood

Birth order: First child/Twin Family: Athena Carrow (twin sister), Amycus Carrow (father), Marlene Carrow {nee Blishwick}  (mother), Alecto Carrow (aunt), Artemis Carrow (cousin), Apollo Carrow (cousin)  Birth date: Jan 13 Zodiac sign:  Capricon Birth place: Carrow Family Home, London, UK Current residence: Carrow Family Home, London, UK Occupation: Student House: Slytherin Year: Seventh

Affilation: Himself and Athena, then Death Eaters Alignment: Neutral Evil Hubris: Overconfidence

Wand: 12 1/2 inch, Ash, Phoenix Feather, Flexible Patronus: Fox Amorentia: Undiscovered Animagus: Undiscovered

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WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?

"You don't want to go there, trust me." No one wanted to remember Amycus, especially not him and especially not now.

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Moodboard for Alexander Carrow || On The Inside

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PATRONUS ANALYSIS: 001. THE FOX

The fox is a natural trickster, and brilliantly charismatic. Those with this patronus are often more reserved, but do have the social capability to speak to just about anyone. They are strongly ambitious and observant of the behaviour of others, watching key points in what others do and storing them for further reference, when they may need them. They are good talkers, meaning they can convince people to do what they want and make them think it was their idea in the first place. The happiest memories of a fox is getting what they want, and a person who thinks on these things fondly may very well have a fox as their patronus. The most common house for a fox patronus is Slytherin. The most common signs are Libra and Gemini.

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