Hi Dani! <3
I have a ton of characters, but off the top of my head these are probably my best bets for plots!
Ari Fisk was the year above at school and is head of Potion & Plant Poisoning at the Hogsmeade Hospital, so I imagine they know each other/have some kind of working relationship and shared potions-nerdery! Ari is also gay, but since his wife found out about his affair last year and he ended it he's been on a downward spiral and is quietly depressed and self-harming (general tw for threading with him atm!). So he's been taking small amounts of poisons and probably buys his ingredients from the apothecary, which Clarence could side eye.
Ester Montgomery was in the same schoolyear and formerly middle class – now she's a porn model and opium addict, lives a bohemian lifestyle and probably needs a sketchy potion every once in a while, lol.
Howell Howell is grumpy as hell but is a dragon-keeper, so they might be business acquaintances if Clarence wants to buy dragon-based ingredients from Avalon Glen.
Ishmael is a vampire who moves between London/Hogsmeade/the vampire caverns in the Forbidden Forest and does some black market trading. He also hires people as "human bloodbanks" in exchange for cash/thrills/sexual favours/whatever.
Nick Blott was going to inherit half of Flourish & Blotts in London before his best friend married the woman he loved, so now he lives in Hogsmeade instead. He's slightly frenetic and probably is a liability to himself when it comes to card games/making bets lol, so I feel like they could be friends through that, and is "bi-in-denial" aka he'll have flings with men when he's drunk and then pretend it never happened. xD
Trystan Selwyn was a Gryffindor, an upper class pureblood but adventurous and laidback and likes fun. He used to be an Auror and now specialises in disguise and concealment so might have need of potions sometimes.
James Fletcher is a troublemaker in Hogsmeade during the holidays, so I'm sure he's caused chaos in the apothecary before and will happily do so in future. xD
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3
I have a ton of characters, but off the top of my head these are probably my best bets for plots!
Ari Fisk was the year above at school and is head of Potion & Plant Poisoning at the Hogsmeade Hospital, so I imagine they know each other/have some kind of working relationship and shared potions-nerdery! Ari is also gay, but since his wife found out about his affair last year and he ended it he's been on a downward spiral and is quietly depressed and self-harming (general tw for threading with him atm!). So he's been taking small amounts of poisons and probably buys his ingredients from the apothecary, which Clarence could side eye.
Ester Montgomery was in the same schoolyear and formerly middle class – now she's a porn model and opium addict, lives a bohemian lifestyle and probably needs a sketchy potion every once in a while, lol.
Howell Howell is grumpy as hell but is a dragon-keeper, so they might be business acquaintances if Clarence wants to buy dragon-based ingredients from Avalon Glen.
Ishmael is a vampire who moves between London/Hogsmeade/the vampire caverns in the Forbidden Forest and does some black market trading. He also hires people as "human bloodbanks" in exchange for cash/thrills/sexual favours/whatever.
Nick Blott was going to inherit half of Flourish & Blotts in London before his best friend married the woman he loved, so now he lives in Hogsmeade instead. He's slightly frenetic and probably is a liability to himself when it comes to card games/making bets lol, so I feel like they could be friends through that, and is "bi-in-denial" aka he'll have flings with men when he's drunk and then pretend it never happened. xD
Trystan Selwyn was a Gryffindor, an upper class pureblood but adventurous and laidback and likes fun. He used to be an Auror and now specialises in disguise and concealment so might have need of potions sometimes.
James Fletcher is a troublemaker in Hogsmeade during the holidays, so I'm sure he's caused chaos in the apothecary before and will happily do so in future. xD
look ANOTHER beautiful bee!set <3