In-Character

Full Name: Shrike Umbernauld
Nicknames: N/A
Birthdate: April, 21, 1864
Current Age: 26 Years
Occupation: Cartographer
Reputation: 3 - improper, anarchic, wild, a known casanova, suspected but unproven criminal background.
Residence: Windkirk Manor, the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
Hogwarts House: N/A
Wand: Yew, 13", steadfast, Kelpie hair
Blood Status: Halfblood
Social Class: Working Class
Family: The House of Umbernauld. I'll be putting them all up for adoption v soon. :O

Appearance: Shrike is every inch the dashing rogue — stately, rangy, muscle-bound but brisk, with an everlit lustre in his burnt umber eyes. He has a husky Scottish accent that evokes the rolling seas. His clothing is rugged, shadowy, practical, and his hands are deft; he favours the right, but practices ambidexterity.

History: Bandits have always plundered the bonny carriageways and drovers' trails of Scotland. The Umbernaulds performed raids as a warrior family, sacking caravans, heisting nobles, and cutting down many who'd fight back. For generations they thrived here at the top of the food chain, discrete enough to remain uncaught, but prolific with their combination of tracking and tactics, dagger play and memory charms. Until one bleak night when they abandoned their legacy.

Goldcrest Umbernauld was the sweetest and sunniest of their number; it was cruel that he should be the one to cross someone who should not be crossed. In the coldest January day of 1890, he robbed a vagrant who fast transpired to be a fellow wizard; a wizard with a fetish for the Cruciatus Curse. Goldcrest was tortured and left to fade on the moorside. His death ruptured the family, and led them to a harsh revelation: their way of life was a means of wealth, not survival. For Goldcrest had not survived, even with a purse full of silver. They must forsake their legacy as bandits and pursue an honest life.

And so they try. Shrike is the natural leader of this family of wild, reformed bandits. His milestones are all family happenings. His first sign of magic when he saved his baby sister from being trampled by a mare. His muggle father passing from illness when Shrike was barely ten. His first kill, a fellow teenager, with his mother's blade. The births of his niece and nephew. And of course the fateful death of his young brother, Goldcrest. Even as he pursues other ventures, penning maps and charts for Scottish territories, all his life events have given Shrike a profound, unbreakable link to his kin.

Personality: Untamed and inconstant, but smooth and outgoing, seductive even, and prone to coining nicknames. Shrike possesses a sparkling greed that runs in the family, and an astonishing photographic memory. He is head of the House of Umbernauld, and has much resting on his young shoulders.

Other: N/A
Sample Roleplay Post: I couldn't possibly. *blush*

Out-of-Character

Name: Willow
Age: 30 (and moar)
Contact: PM
Other Characters: Arven Fisk, Bragi Holm, Clue Leverett, Djura Crossridge, Dunstan Ruskin, Eloquence Higgs
How did you hear about us?: A dog told me about u (it was nice).

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