Name: Armand Erikson
D.O.B: December 12, 2035
Blood Status: Pureblood
Physical Description: 6'7", 163lbs. Long straight black hair, navy blue eyes. Always wearing the latest fashion, often in blues, silvers, and black.
Distinguishing Features: The palms of both hands have burn scars where it looks like he pulled a burning hot thin chain
Wand: Ebony with a tiger lily engraved into the handle, Veela hair core
Broom: No broom
Pet(s): None
Patronus: Cat

Job Title: Plant Removal Specialist
Employment Date: Dec 2093
Job Description: The Plant Removal Specialists are responsible for leading all plant removal assignments that pertain to their species, collaborates with other divisions when required, liaises with other departments as needed and meets objectives set by their superiors. Executes all plant removal assignments that require their expertise, educates wizards and witches on their species care, and is capable of preforming all the tasks given to Senior and Junior agents.
Required Skills:
Patience and politeness around frustrated people, perseverance and good concentration; superb, careful handling and knowledge of the magical and muggle plants they specialize in. The outstanding ability to properly educate wizards and witches on proper plant care, and how to deal with unwanted plants. Four years experience in this field or similar, plus proven leadership skills.
Required Education:
OWL Score of 'O' in Herbology, Charms and Transfiguration; 'E' in DADA, Muggle Studies and CoMC is recommended as well. Minimum Scores of 'E' on six NEWTs, preferably DADA, Charms, Transfiguration, Herbology, CoMC and Muggle Studies.

Personality: Elegant and noble in stature, even if he isn't actually of noble blood. Caring and has a bit of a soft heart. Loves to keep up on local fashion.

History: Armand was born as Drago Carracio to a wizarding mob family in Rome, Italy. His parents tried to leave and were killed for it, and Armand was placed in a muggle orphanage with no name. However, when he displayed strange abilities, he was often called Lamia. The Eriksons found him when he was three years old while on vacation, adopted him, and named him Armand.

Armand's childhood was unremarkable. He attended Hogwarts where he was sorted into Slytherin. While there he met and mentored a fellow Slytherin by the name of Slade Altair. By the time Armand was a sixth year, he and Slade had started dating. After graduating, Armand would go to Hogsmeade to meet up with Slade until the younger boy graduated.

Armand and Slade spent their early adult lives together, pursuing odd jobs while they went to a university. They developed a language together that they only used with each other. Armand began digging around, trying to find out who his parents actually were, and came across trouble. He went into hiding, telling Slade he would be back. When Armand did feel it was safe to return, he found that Slade was by the side of a noble witch named Lady Sapphire. Those who were close to her even referred to her as a princess. Armand gained in popularity by networking around and finally dropped in on one of their social events and purposefully asked around for his "Little Kin," his pet name for Slade. When Slade finally heard it, joy lit up in his eyes and the two were reunited.

Shortly after their reunion, Sapphire came to Armand and told him to leave Slade. Armand said he would only do so if Slade asked him to. Later Armand told Slade about the incident, and asked him to leave Sapphire. Slade said he could do it no more than Armand could leave the limelight. Armand took it as a challenge and dropped from public view. But he did not pursue Slade, and the two lost touch.

A while later Armand got letters from both Slade at the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts, offering positions. Armand took the job at Hogwarts as Herbology professor, though offered Slade that he could help with Ministry projects from time to time. But their relationship was not the same. While at Hogwarts, Armand met Natasha Blaylock, the Divination Professor. They quickly got close, got married, and had their first child, Damien. It was only after that in which Slade was introduced to Natasha. Wanting to share this part of his life with Slade, Armand kept having meetings with the man with Natasha, and later one of his students, Xana, who reminded Armand greatly of Slade. Another student of interest was Leo Moretti, who had ties to a wizarding mafia. Through Leo Armand found out about his past as Drago, and what happened to his parents. And of course there was Cassandra Trelawney, who had a crush on Armand and expressed it quite often.

Over the course of events, Xana piqued the interest of a long time enemy of Slade, and Armand decided this time he would be there for his ex. He reassured Natasha that he would keep her and Damien away from things, and that there was no longer anything between he and Slade that she had to worry about. But he needed to be there for him. After a trip to a special encampment in search of a particular type of magic, Armand came home to find out that Natasha was pregnant with their second child.

When things got out of hand, a man named Goya sent a forged note to Natasha as Armand saying to take Damien and meet them in the family home. Natasha did as the note asked, and when Armand went into the Divination tower to talk to her, he found the note, contacted Slade, and rushed home. While he was caught in a Devil's Trap, Goya killed Natasha, and went after Damien who had begun crying upstairs. Hearing this, Armand broke through the ceiling and climbed out, then found the room where Goya had his son. Slade managed to arrive and make it up the stairs in time to face down Goya. They did their best to try and stun the man, but they could not get their shots at him around Damien. He wound up killing Damien, which enraged Armand into killing the man with his own dagger. They called MLE then and reported the incident as a home invasion gone wrong, rather than the calculated attack against them that it was.

Later, Slade and Armand planned against the orchestrator of the attack, Thanatos. She was a powerful seer, so it would be difficult to take her by surprise. Armand used the magic they learned at the encampment to hide their movements, and they took care of Thanatos once and for all. Though Slade died in the process. Feeling alone once more, he changed his name to Drago Carracio and continued teaching at Hogwarts, despite painful memories and now having a voice in his head that sounded suspiciously like Slade.

Eventually Armand, as Drago, left Hogwarts and tried to find what to do with his life. He joined the Ministry of Magic at that point in search of something new. Eventually he changed his name back to Armand at the insistence of Cassandra, whom he spent a short time dating. Shortly after that, he met Rin, another member of the Ministry. The two fell in love and got married, and he taught her the secret language he had previously shared only with Slade. Her first pregnancy she had triplets. One boy they named Slade, the girl they named Natasha, and the second boy they named Aiden, after her uncle. Shortly after the birth of the triplets, Armand dropped out of the Ministry to become a stay-at-home father. He opened a side business, Erikson Potions and Enchantments, to keep busy while tending the children. They would later have two more children. Mary, and then Kyle. Of the five children, only Kyle would attend Hogwarts. Once Armand was sure Kyle was settled in Hogwarts and didn't wish to join Mary in private school as the triplets had also done, Armand decided it was time to re-enter the workforce, and decided to join the Ministry once more.

Former Occupation(s):
Erikson Potions and Enchantments
Ministry of Magic

• Werewolf Capture Unit
• Department of Mysteries

Hogwarts

• Herbology Professor

Education:
King’s College London (5 years)
Major: Forensics
Minor: Botony

London Wizarding University (8 years)
Major: Experimental Herbology

Hogwarts

Qualifications:
OWLs:
Ancient Runes: O
Arithmancy: Class not taken
Astronomy: P
Care of Magical Creatures: A
Charms: O
DADA: E
Divination: A
Flying: E
Herbology: O
History of Magic: P
Muggle Studies: D
Potions: O
Transfiguration: E
NEWTs:
Ancient Runes: O
Arithmancy: Not taken
Astronomy: Not taken
Care of Magical Creatures: A
Charms: O
DADA: O
Divination: Not taken
Flying: E
Herbology: O
History of Magic: A
Muggle Studies: E
Potions: O
Transfiguration: E