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Victory King · August 12, 2023 – 7:56 PM

In-Character

Full Name: Victory Merit King
Nicknames: Vic, V
Birthdate: July 27th, 1859
Current Age: 34 Years
Gender: Male
Occupation: Activist & Owner of Rip Van Winkle
Reputation: Staff Discretion.

• Was committed to an asylum from 1884 - 1886.
• Disowned by his family in 1886. As a result, he fell to the middle class.
• Widely known to be gay though has managed to not be arrested for it thus far.
• Is prominently a gay rights activist though he does have other causes.
• As far as the general public knows, he owns a pub & inn though the general public do not know the deeper details of the establishment or their connected establishments.

Residence: London, England
Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff 1870-1877
Wand: 12", springy, blackthorn, augurey tail feather
Blood Status: Halfblood
Social Class: Middle (was born Upper)
Family:

Father: Valor King, b.1827
Mother: Harmony King, b. 1827
Brother: ~~Bravery King, b. 1858-1884, twin to Chivalry~~
Brother: Chivalry King, b. 1858, twin to Bravery
Sister: Promise ____ nee King, b. 1861

Appearance:

face claim: Harry Lloyd
ethnicity: English
height: 5 ft. 7 in.
build: Slender
eyes: Green
hair colour: Black
wand hand: Right
distinguishing features: A slight limp that is much more noticeable on rainy or snowy days.

scent: He tends to smell lightly of petrichor due to it being his favoured cologne & scent.

demeanor: Victory tends to stand upright and proper by default due to his prestigious upbringing. He walks with a slight limp but somehow manages to do so regally. Especially on days when he is using his cane. Victory has a tendency to be rather stoic, which was not common when he was a student. Over the years and thanks to the hard times he faced, he became very well-practiced at hiding his emotions and it is rare to see them displayed across his face. When he truly laughs in joy, it is a wonderful, contagious sight to behold. One that was oft-seen in his school days and days of being a young adult — but not so often during his later adult years.

fashion: Victory tends to dress as is proper for a man of his class albeit on the more casual side of things. He prefers darker colors as well as clothing that is easy to move in while still looking stylish. Has a fondness for hats. He also occasionally uses a stylish walking cane with the Hufflepuff crest emblazoned upon it.

History:

childhood: 1859-1869
1859	Victory was born the third son to a couple of Hogwarts sweethearts that had gotten wed after a years-long standoff with Victory's maternal grandparents. They had eventually gotten tired of having to continue to deal with their now-spinster daughter and so the pair were wed. Victory's childhood was a loving and jubilant one. The siblings were close, the parents loving, their life blessed.
1861	A sister is born who is named Promise. She is much loved by her parents and siblings.
1866	Victory has a burst of accidental magic at the age of seven, causing their toy brooms to race one another around the room. While the other King children grew out of their interest in brooms and Quidditch, the joy of them stayed with Victory.
1869	The twins eventually go off to Hogwarts and Victory feels their absence keenly.
hogwarts years: 1870-1877
1870-71	Victory joins his older brothers at Hogwarts and is sorted into Hufflepuff. He is a bright, happy child that has no trouble making friends of various backgrounds. He dreams of joining the Quidditch team but is too young to do so during his first year. Instead he spends his first year trying to get the current Hufflepuff team members to teach him what they know. He was also no stranger to exploring the castles and getting into the sort of innocuous mischief that any adventurous first year might end up indulging in.
1871-72	In his second year, he makes it onto the Hufflepuff team as a chaser. He plays in that position throughout the rest of his school career.
1874-75	Victory's fifth year comes and without a shiny prefects badge to show for it. No one was surprised. After all, he was prone to lighthearted pranks and mischief and did not tend to take his academics all too seriously unless he was really fond of the class or instructor. Not exactly the image of a role model that will keep unruly students in order.
1875-77	In his sixth year, Victory was given captaincy over the Hufflepuff Quidditch team. Both years that he was Captain saw Hufflepuff take the Quidditch cup victory. Victory's school years were also marked by a friendship with a fellow male student whose family was at the lower end of middle class. It was a friendship that slowly blossomed into a romance as the two got older. Victory had love, a promising future career in Quidditch and was content as he graduated from Hogwarts and entered the world of being an adult. In 1877, Victory and his family move from London to Hogsmeade since most of their family friends are doing so.
early adult life: 1877-1884
1877	Upon graduating from Hogwarts, Victory is convinced to join the Falmouth Falcons as a second string chaser. It isn't his first choice in teams but it is a start. He does not mesh entirely well with the team and does not get along with the captain who continuously encourages violence on the pitch. Victory decides to tough it all out, hoping it will get better.
1878	Victory moves to the first string but he still has issues with his teammates. He especially has an intense animosity with one of his teams beaters that often escalates to physical violence.
1882	Victory sustains a career-ending injury when a bludger hits his knee. Many swear that it was his own teams beater that done had done it, the one he had repeated altercations with though this is never proven. His knee is able to be saved but he is forever left with a limp and knee pain that acts up when it rains or snows. His Quidditch career is over and Victory spends the next couple years trying to pick himself up again. But life is hard and he doesn't know where he is meant to go from here.
82-84	While Victory's career was over, his continued romance with his school friend is going well. They are deeply in love and dream of eventually getting a flat together.
1884	Victory's life implodes when his brother, Bravery, discovers Victory and his lover together in early 1884. Bravery is not okay with what is going on between his brother and this man and he is determined to put a stop to it. Victorys lover is reported and arrested. Victory is put into an asylum instead of being given prison time because of ropes pulled by his parents. Victorys contact with his lover is non-existent due to their respective imprisonments. He is devastated to be parted from his lover and the conditions of the asylum do nothing to help his mental health. He is unable to find forgiveness for Bravery. Victorys turmoil deepens when he gets news of Bravery's death from the Laughing Plague. He does not know what to feel. He never forgave him for what he did but he also loved him. Victory is full of equal parts grief and equal parts rage.
adult life: 1885-xxxx
1886	After two years in the asylum, Victory is released for reasons he is never quite informed of. His parents say they will forgive him if he promises to never speak to his former lover or take another man as one. Victory is livid. His parents, who were supposed to love him - who had fought so hard for their own love - had betrayed him as far as he is concerned. He refuses. He is then disowned though had already inherited some money from his grandfather that allowed him to stay within the lower ranks of the middle class. For the time being, he scrapes by with odd jobs.
1887	Half-breeds are banned from Hogwarts which lights a fire within Victory that he thought had died out. He is among those that passionately campaign for a reversal. And from here is borne is activist career.
1889	Victory has the idea of opening a sort of cafe/public parlour where people of the LGBT+ community can gather to socialize without worry and just be themselves. He immediately looks into how to bring this into reality.
1891	After two years of research as well as squirreling away the money needed for it, Victory has opened Rip Van Winkle. To the general public, it seems to just be a pub & inn. In actuality, the pub & inn is the secret home of one of four entrances into a cafe/public parlour that is only accessible to those in the know due to various enchantments that prevent potential raids or accidental visitors. (More details in Other section.)
1893	An election is taking place and Victory is watching it with keen eyes. It is his wish that there will one day be a Minister of Magic that sees the value of all people. Not just the societal "norm".

Personality:

overview:Jovial and cheerful as a youth, Victory sometimes shows instances of his old personality but those moments are few and far between. He is a philosopher when drunk as well as affectionate. When he is sober, he can be rather aloof. He isn't unfriendly but he does tend to initially keep a distance from other people. Has trust issues. He is a closet romantic and has a tendency to romanticize things. He is pretty secretive and doesn't often open up about himself and his personal life. He is hard working and loyal as well as generous to those that manage to win his hard-earned friendship. He is stubborn to a fault. Prone to sarcasm. A bit of an alcoholic.

He is also passionate and feels deeply that it isn't right to oppress people for things that they cannot help (within reason). As such, he is a champion of gay rights, lgbt+ rights in general, womens rights and beings rights to name a few.

fears: Being sent to Azkaban or his true establishment getting discovered.

goals: Help achieve rights and bring awareness to the plight of the LGBT+ community and other oppressed groups.

habits: Flipping a coin to help him make decisions.

hobbies: Recreational flying, Quidditch, Wizards Chess, Gobstones, playing cards, drinking, going to plays.

Other:

"Rip Van Winkle"
An underground LGBT+ cafe/parlourWhat is it? Rip Van Winkle, while publicly a pub & inn, is in actuality the home of a hidden entrance to a decently sized cafe/public parlour mix where individuals of the LGBT+ community can congregate and socialize. It is a place where they can just be themselves with occasional drag performances, balls and other similar forms of entertainment. It is a place for those of the LGBT community to feel safe to simply exist as they are that isn't a brothel or just all about sex.

How do people find out about it? Those already within the cafes "members" can inform others that such a place exists. They just would not be able to tell the exact locations of any of the entrances due to Victory being Secret Keeper of the locations. Nor can they speak of whom they have seen there thanks to an enchantment that is triggered when one enters one of the entrances. It is also impossible for just anyone to accidentally wander into one of these entrances thanks to various enchantments put in place.

Where are the entrances? There are four different entrances, one in London's Rip Van Winkle, another in seemingly nondescript public loo in Hogsmeade, another in a seemingly innocuous cafe in London and yet another in a clothing shop in Hogsmeade. This is so that people of different walks of life can access the cafe/parlour without raising eyebrows. After all, no one would question a debutante going for some tea or a chimney sweeper going to the loo. Again, individuals besides Victory are literally unable to say where they are located.

How exactly does anyone get full access, then? Once a potential new invitee has been vetted to make sure they aren't trying to cause harm to the community and has been through a sort of probation period, they will be given a slip of enchanted paper where Victory has written one of the entrance locations best fitting the persons social status. This paper has been enchanted to have its writing only be visible to the person it is intended for. It will also dissolve once it has been in the intended persons hands for more than a few minutes. This is to ensure the continued safety of the community.

— academics —

1875-1877

class	owl	newt
Arithmancy	E	E
Astronomy	E	—
Charms	O	O
Defense Against the Dark Arts	E	E
Divination	A	—
Ghoul Studies	E	E
Herbology	T	—
History of Magic	T	—
Potions	A	—
Transfiguration	E	O

— resume —1877-1878. Falmouth Falcons Second String Chaser
1878-1882. Falmouth Falcons First String Chaser
xxxx-xxxx. Rip Van Winkle Owner

— skills —01. Victory is a particularly skilled strategist.
02. Used to be able to cast a fully corporeal polecat patronus but has not been capable of it in years.
03. Can speak fluent English, French and Latin. Passable Arabic but knows only the naughty words for a handful of others.

— trivia —amortentia: Pine trees, the forest after it has rained, tobacco
boggart: His former lover bound in shackles and chains, glaring at him accusingly.
patronus: The night when he and his former lover had a 'spiritual' wedding where they said vows to one another and considered each other to be a husband. Its form takes on the appearance of a polecat but he has not been able to cast one in years.
romantic orientation: homoromantic
sexual orientation: homosexual
astrology: Sun: Leo, Moon: Cancer, Mercury: Virgo. Venus: Cancer, Mars: Leo. Full Chart

Out-of-Character

Name: Kit
Age: 30's

set by Lady!

Victory King