NAME Myrddin Cadwallader
NICKNAMES 
Myr - Something the other kids called him instead of Myrddin. 

BIRTHDATE April 19
BIRTHPLACE Cardiff, Wales
HOMETOWN Cardiff, Wales

BLOOD STATUS Half-blood
ETHNICITY Welsh
LANGUAGES
English - Fluent - Native
Welsh - Fluent - Native

FACECLAIM Jaeden Lieberher
APPEARANCE He's a slight creature, but on the taller side of things at the moment. He keeps his hair neat, and just in general has a neat appearance. He has a smal scar on his right eyebrow from being hit in the head by a chair during a rough housing event when he was a kid. The other boys were very apologetic.

FASHION T-shirts, shorts, or other practical pants. He's doesn't come from a lot of money, so nothing too fancy.

 

PERSONALITY
Tolerant, Wary, Meticulous, Worrisome, Easy going, Skeptical, Steady, Inert, and yet a little bit of a dreamer

"What's wrong with being the sane one?...You're getting me into trouble again, aren't you?" Myrddin is often compared to a rock amongst his friends. While not always the most interesting or colorful person around, he is the one that can be relied on to be there when you need someone to bounce off of, to keep you grounded when things get a little too hectic. But he is liable to sort of just go with things. He doesn't like to be in trouble, but he really just likes to go with his friends to "make sure no one gets killed", or so he says. He's grown up seeing his mother handling everything as a strong, independent woman despite the help his uncle tried to offer. Myrddin really just doesn't want to be the one to cause others grief...but he'll happily join you to try and keep you out trouble...(and indirectly get himself involved as well...what? As much he tries, he really is just a kid still). Myr tolerates a lot of nonsense around him, and is not phased by most things, but yet...

"Okay, okay, I get it: Magic. But you really expect me to believe that?" While one might think an 11 year old would be filled with more wonder and awe at this magical world, Myrddin tends to take most things with a grain of salt.  Perhaps what mars Myrddin the most is his inability to enjoy sponteneity and chaos. Even as a small(er) child, Myrddin liked to keep things in order. To him, it meant stability. His mother always stessed keeping things orderly and tidy. To be fully aware of your surroundings means you are prepared for the random knocks life will give you. An ounce of prevention, any job worth doing is worth doing well, that sort of thing. But with that preparedness comes a lack of movement, sometimes appearing like a lack of desire to embrace change and enjoy the moment. Myr has always overthought things, and worries incessantly over what might happen. And if he gets too overburdened, he tends to crack and just lets loose the fears: "You realize we're doing this, we're going to get in trouble, people might get hurt, WE migh get hurt, what's going to happen to our families if we do, what about our grades, what about class, what if we die, oh god I don't want all of you to die, I don't want to die, STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M INSANE." And when he gets thid riled, he really needs someone else to be "his rock" and calm him down.

But beneath this is a kid who just wants to be a young boy enjoying life. He WANTS to enjoy magic, eating Bernie Botts and not knowing what gross flavor he might get, and just in general being a kid. Maybe going to this unknown magical world is exactly what he needs to let go of some of his reservations. Sometimes, that childlike wonder and happiness pops up when he is truly fascinated by something ("see flying"). And growing to know how to basically enjoy life while still maintaining himself is something the kid is going to have to learn.

BACKGROUND 
Muggle born Aeron Cadwallader lost most of his family early in life, and only found his calling after going to Hogwarts. Thereafter, along with Cyril Greengrass his best friend, they became Aurors and supported the Order of the Pheonix in the war against Voldemort. During tht time, he met a muggle woman named Aster, and the two hit it off immediately. However, with the war and crime against muggles escalating, Aeron tried to keep Aster out of the Wizarding world as much as he could: she never knew he was a wizard, and Aeron kept his marriage to her a secret from his peers except for Cyril.

With the birth of his children however, it was becoming increasingly obvious he would need to come clean about his origins since his children would be witches or wizards. But Cadi didn't show any magic, and it was not obvious if Myr would. Essentially, Aeron kept putting it off for as long as he could. Aeron was well liked by his in-laws though. But when Myr was only about 5, there was a horrible accident in the city. A bridge collapsed under unknown circumstances, and his grandparents and one aunt were killed. While the muggle world saw this as a horrible accident, it was actually an attack by Deatheaters, and it was covered up by the ministry. Aeron, fueled by a new found hate for Voldemort, and threw himself into his work and distancing himself from his family in a weak attempt to keep them out of the fray.

But then it happened. Aeron, while on Auror business with Cyril, died. The aftermath was brutal enough that there wasn't s body that could be returned to Aster, and thus a tale was spun that fit a little too well with how ilusive Aeron had been these days: Aeron met a woman at work and ran off to join her. Aster, now a single mother, continued to raise her two children. Cyril, burdened by massive guilt, quietly left the wizarding world and settled near her and her family in an attempt to make amends for something she would never know about.

Fast forward to the present. Cadi never showed any inklings to magic. Her time came and went, and for a while, it appeared the Cadwallader's would be squibs. But that all changed when Myr came of age. Life was fairly normal and straightforward in the home. Aster worked with Cyril in a curio shop, Myr and Cadi helping out when they could. Myr didn't have any real issues, he had a group of friends, did well in school, and aside from some of the random things that just seemed to happen (doors or windows randomly shutting and or breaking with no reason...or a draft, they always though it was a draft), Myr never had any inclination that he was extraordinary. 

Then here comes to owl, and Cyril had some explaning to do. 

"Uh...yeah, Aster dearest, you see...Aeron was also a wizard and..." 

So now Myr knows he is a wizard, his father was one, his uncle is one, and now he has to figure out this whole wizard thing at Hogwarts. 

"...oh hell..."

TRIVIA
- The one thing Myr found really enticing about the Wizarding World is flying. When he was getting ready to go to Hogwarts, his uncle showed him many things, including a Quidditch match. Myr's greatest desire is to fly like those people, perhaps wanting some of the freedom it seems to give.

- (stealing a note from Shay~) Amortentia would smell like a slightly dusty, older rose potpourri, tinged with the scent of Bara Brith. (the curio shop often had vases filled with potpourri and he actually loves the smell of the shop very much).

- From working around antiques, Myr has a refined appreciation for antiquity, and is eager to learn. He would love most history classes for this reason.

- He exchanges letters with his sister regularly, and often gets fun "gifts" from his uncle as well. They are often silly things that he will usually just share with his classmates or friends.

 

FAMILY

Aster Cadwallader - Mother - 38 - Muggle - Scottish born Aster met Aeron and the two hit it off. He ran a curio shop with his friend Cyril that she worked at, and eventually they married. A no-nonsense sort of woman who when he husband "abandoned" them, pulled herself up and became stronger and more than capable. She now knows Aeron was a wizard, that Cyril is one, and her son is one. She's not happy about being decieved, but understands Cyril's reasons. She does not know her family died because of the wizarding war or that her husband has not run off and is dead however.

Aeron Cadwallader - Father - deceased - muggle-born wizard - died while out on an Order recon to an unknown Deatheater - Aster was told he ran off with another woman since there was no body for her to claim, and it was simpler to have her, her family, and children believe Aeron was a scum bag. Plus, his daughter was a Squib, and it was unknown of Myr would be a Wizard.

Cadi Cadwallader - older sister - 14 - Squib - a quiet, reserved girl who throws herself into her studies. She corresponds with Myr while he is in school, and admits she's a little jealous of his being a wizard and not her. She actually mentions to Myr that their mother and uncle have grown closer since knowing the truth, and she wouldn't be surprised if they married soon.

FRIENDS

Garreth, Evan, and Delwyn - all 11-12, muggles - Myr's friends before he left to go to Hogwarts. He was always the quietest of his friends, but they all acted like typical boys together. They don't really keep touch so much now that he goes to Hogwarts.

OTHERS
"Uncle" - Cyril Greengrass - 37 - Uncle Cyril owns the store his mom works at, and is an avid "teller of fate and fortune" around Cardiff. For rhe longest time, Myrddin thought his uncle was full of complete and utter nonsense, and never believed him. He is actually a distant relative of the pureblood family of Greengrass, but has little to do with them. He and Aeron were once Aurors, using their curio shop as a front to further their work. He feels horribly repsonsible for Aeron's death, and knew he felt strongly about keeping his family separate from the wizarding world. Cyril claims to be "bloody brilliant" at divination and seeing into the great unknown!! "Uncle, you're full of it and you know it." Cyril is in love with Aster at this point, and the feeling has become more mutual after she knows he's actually a wizard. He doesn't have the heart to tell her the absolute truth about Aeron or her family in fear that it will break her beyond repair.

 

ARE YOU EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO HOGWARTS? "I...guess...?" He chews on his bottom lip a moment, fiddling with his thumbs a moment in thought, "I mean, my uncle was super excited about it. Mom isn't too happy though."

WHICH HOUSE DO YOU WANT TO GET INTO? "Does it really matter?" Myrddin grumbles to himself, trying to remember something before snapping his fingers and respinding, "Uncle said 'be a slaverinpuff or go home!'...what? That's not real? Well hell...I don't know then..."

IS THERE A HOUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO BE IN? Still grumbling a little to himself bitterly, "Clearly not a Slaverinpuff...my uncle is the worst..."

WHICH CLASS ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO? "Ehhh...uncle said divination. I think that's a load of rubbish though. Oh! Is there a class where I can fly?"

WILL YOU BE TRYING OUT FOR QUIDDITCH? For a moment, his face lights up with excitement, "That's the thing where I get to fly around on the broom right? YES!" He exclaims with childlike glee before clearing his throat and calming down, though the small smile hasn't left him yet.

ARE YOU BRINGING A PET? "Yeah. This is Owen," He motions behind him where a smallish black cat with big gold eyes is currently rubbing on the back of his legs, "he's a little small, but he's good company."

ANY THOUGHTS ON HE-WHO-MUST-NOT-BE-NAMED OR HIS FOLLOWERS? "Um...I don't really know. Uncle seemed to not like them so much. I don't know though. Maybe ask me in a couple of days after I read up on it some more?"

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? "Not really. How often do I go home from here?"

 

COMMENTS: I feel like Cyril and Aeron were Slytherins or Gryffindors. Not sure, so have at it if you want to include any mention of it. I also think that Myr would be decent to good at any class that required being meticulous and precise.

Fun fact: Myrddin is the Welsh form of Merlin. 

SUGGESTIONS: It'd be interesting if he figured out what happened to his mom's family, or if someone recognized his name and knew his dad. 

PASSWORD: Ehhh...I don't have a preference. I have no idea what this kid is so if you see something, have at it!