Ivor B. S. Stemp
first year | slytherin

Name: Ivor Balfour Spurling Stemp (EYE-vor BAL-for SPUR-ling STEMP)
Birth name: Ivor Balfour Spurling
Known as: Ivor, Ive
Date of birth: 25th September 2108
Place of birth: Hertfordshire, England
Currently lives: England
Nationality: British
Laterality: Right-handed
Gender: Male
Pronouns: He/him
Orientation: Whatever

Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Height: 5'2"
Build: Slight

Heritage: Pureblood
Wand:
Boggart: Mind your own business
Amortentia: Keep minding your own business
Patronus: Never attempted

Adoptive mother: ● Lilah Stemp

Biological father: ● Ignatius Spurling †
Biological mother: ● Renée Spurling née Bellamy †
Biological brother: Evan Spurling †

Primary education:
___Homeschooled (Stemp House)
Secondary education:
___Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
House:
___Slytherin
Year:
___First
Class of:
___2127
Extracurriculars:
___
Languages:
___English (native; fluent)
___Various languages (scattered words and phrases)

MB type: INTJ
Enneagram: 3w4
Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Temperament: Melancholy-Choleric


Background:
- Born into the Spurling family on 25th September 2108, Ivor Balfour Spurling was the first-born son of Ignatius and Renée Spurling
- Unbeknownst to anyone but the man himself, Ignatius had been cursed by an old warlock with a grievance, so that great tragedy would befall his first-born child; Ignatius had only scoffed at this and didn't believe anything would come to pass
- When Ivor was four, his earliest display of magic was terrible and uncontrolled, and caused the destruction of his house and his family; Ivor was later found in the woods near his home when Ministry officials located him using the Trace
- Shortly after this incident, a place was found for Ivor at Stemp House and he went to live there as a full-time resident
- Learned to control his magic from the age of five, and often staff would walk into a room where he had been animating objects, causing them to walk around as though on marionette strings, only for the objects to fall to the floor when Ivor realised he was not alone
- Ivor did not speak to anyone until he was almost six, and even then generally only said the word 'No'
- Homeschooled at Stemp House like the other residents; was gradually given more demanding work as it became clear he was very academically adept
- After several assessments and intervention from therapists and healers, it was decided that Ivor would be most likely to thrive in a family environment
- Fostered by Lilah Stemp at the age of nine; after a year, during which he had responded favourably to the arrangement, even talking more, she adopted him
- At first Ivor kept his last name, but officially changed it and took (or, rather, added) the name Stemp shortly before his first year at Hogwarts; this was something he was given the time and space to decide on his own


Extra:
- Precocious
- Kind of intense, and very restrained, but not immune to having his hard exterior broken through
- Brilliant from an early age, in terms of both his learning and his magical ability and control
- Didn't say much as a young child, and continues to be generally very taciturn, so much so that many understandably assume him to be non-verbal, though he will speak to those whose company he is used to and can tolerate
- When he does talk, he can be very persuasive
- Has a fascination with and fixation on words and collecting them; Words Have Power
- Interested in the concept of developing a 'voice of enchantment', in magic that influences or controls, and has a fixation on the concept of control in general
- Does all his schoolwork with no hassle, though he prefers it to be challenging, because he finds it engaging and because it's usually solitary, and almost always involves words
- Loathes anything that involves working in a group
- Remembers the events surrounding the death of his family vaguely, though the details are confused; his disjointed understanding of what happened continues to deeply affect him in various ways
- His hobbies include video games (third-person open world games in particular, in which he mostly just travels around the map without making much actual progression in the game), animating various objects, reading, studying niche magical interests, collecting bones and fashioning them into figures, and Just Sitting and Doing Nothing
- Doesn't cry, nor get obviously angry, nor laugh, nor smile very much
- Doesn't really crave human interaction; content to just go it alone and do everything by himself, but once he experiences connection with someone is usually startled to find he doesn't hate it, and even, to some extent, slightly opens himself up to it (see: Lilah Stemp)
- But is always aware of how easy it is to lose someone, whether they go away willingly or not, and so holds people at arm's length for as long as he can
- Has no particular fashion style, just wears whatever is bought for him
- Particularly excels at Charms and Defence Against the Dark Arts


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[term 45-51] abraham botros jr
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[term 60-64] angelo milano evans
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[term 67-73] aurelio kaiser
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[term 73 →] inkeri darcy-stemp
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