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Post by Salazar Slytherin on Apr 16, 2008 12:26:19 GMT
General
Full Name: Salazar Hernan Slytherin Nickname(s): None. Occasionally people will call him Sally but they'll only do it once, after that they usually don't have a sufficient amount of tongue to call him it again. Gender: Male Age: 24 Year: Birthday: 12th February Subject: Duelling Wand:12½ inches of Mahogany with a Manticore sting core. Pet: Two snakes, one female (Tanis) and one male (Ophion).
Personality
Positive Attributes: Salazar is a very determined man. He believes that you should always see things through to the end and that quitting is never an option. He is passionate about the things he believes in and though this isn't always a good thing, it is a helpful trait in someone trying to set up a school. Negative Attributes: Nothing can stand in the way of Salazar getting something he believes he has a right to, not even human life. For the most part he doesn't care for people or their feelings. Strengths:- Determination
- Fighting (mostly with swords or wands)
- Strong stomach
Weaknesses:- Lack of compassion
- Finds it very hard to forgive
- Chickens (he's had a bit of a fear of them ever since he was four and woke up with one laying an egg on his face)
Greatest Fear: Salazar's greatest fear is that magical blood will get so tainted with muggle blood that the two races will have very little difference. Life Goal:He hopes that before his life is over he will have spawned an heir to the Slytherin name and legacy. He also wishes to kill a certain boy from his village who has a bit of a vendetta against. Patronus: Snake Boggart: Himself, dressed as a muggle.
History
Mother: Mylanwy (deceased) Father: Hernan (deceased) Sibling(s): Edric (deceased), Fletcher (deceased), Calista (deceased), Adrianna (deceased) Worst Memory: Being forced to watch his family killed by muggles when he was 15. Best Memory: Walking into Hogwarts for the very first time. Social Standing: The Slytherins were a peasant family, though Hernan was a blacksmith so they were a slightly higher class than some of the other pesants in the village. Childhood: Salazar was the first born son of Hernan Slytherin and his wife Milanwy. After him his mother gave birth to a second son and two daughters and then a final son. They lived in a small village just west of the Pennine way. The family was reasonably well off with money coming in from Hernan's job as the local blacksmith and Mylanwy selling the fine threads and cloths that she made. From the age of eight years Salazar helped his father where he could and on evenings earned money doing odd jobs for other families.
Over the years the three wizarding families were open with the the rest of the community about their powers. Though the Muggles enjoyed having magical aid when they wanted it, they were still weary of what the wizards could do to them. After many years of living in slight fear, the Muggles paranoia grew to an alarming level and they cracked. The first family to become victim to the torch and pitchfork wielding mob were the Fielders. Bruno Fielder, the local butcher and father of three, was chopped up using his own knives. His wife Sylvette was burnt at the stake and forced to watch as her children were tortured for information until they died.
The second of the wizarding families fled just a month later after they found their livestock slaughtered and their crops burnt down. Regardless of this the Slytherins stayed, Hernan refusing to believe they were in danger. For three years the family lived peacefully, going about their business as usual.
One day in the summer, when Salazar was fifteen years of age, he had some free time on his hands and decided to play out in one of the corn fields with one of he friends. While they were there he came across a snake. The snake followed him around as he tried to play. After a while Salazar was starting to get annoyed with it and so shouted at it to leave him alone. The snake obediently did so and went away. Unfortunately Salazar's friend was in the snake's path and so it slithered towards him. When it hissed at him for blocking its path the boy got scared, thinking that Salazar had told it to come after him, and ran off back to the village. When the boy returned it was with a crowd of adults who were shouting and accusing Salazar of being in a league with the devil. Salazar tried to escape them but they soon caught up with him and took him back to the village to be 'purified'.
He was taken to his home and where they slaughtered his entire family as a sacrifice. They planned to kill him next but after being forced to witness the rape, and consequentially the death, of his four-year-old sister, Adrianna, Salazar snapped into a blind rage and literally tore them all limb from limb. He considered killing the rest of the villagers just out of spite but reasoned that it would make him no better than the Muggles and so instead just fled the village, covered in the blood of both his family and foe.
Salazar travelled the length and breadth of the country, moving from one wizarding community to the next, never staying in the same place for more than a week and never making any bonds with the people he meets. For two years this continues until the night of his seventeenth birthday when he Godric Gryffindor. After being forced to celebrate the anniversary of his birth in the local alehouse he decided to stay around for a little longer than the usual seven days. In the drunkenness of the the night Salazar regaled the story of his life to his new friend and in return he was told of Godric's idea of starting a school to teach magical children how to use their talents properly. The next week Salazar was introduced to Helga Hufflepuff and Rowena Ravenclaw and the four of them began making plans.
During the construction process Salazar, though he does help out with the actual building of the castle, spends most of his time spreading the word and convincing parents to enrol their children at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Appearance
Eye Colour: Very dark brown Hair Colour: Black Hair Length/Style: Short, curly. Height: 5'10” Build: Slender, slightly muscled Distinguishing Feature(s): Salazar's most distinguishing feature is the smirk that is almost always on his face, though is for some reason it isn't present there is the scar that was left when his eldest brother split his chin while they were fighting with swords. Picture:
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