In-Character
Full Name: Archibald Maxwell SkeeterNicknames: Archie
Birthdate: March 19th, 1856
Current Age: 32
Occupation: Crime & Politics Reporter for The Daily Prophet
Reputation: 8 – his job is particularly unglamorous, and his brother is obnoxious.
Residence: London
Hogwarts House: Slytherin
Wand: Spruce, twelve inches with a dragon heartstring core. Swishy.
Blood Status: Halfblood
Social Class: Middle
Family:
Maxwell Skeeter, Father [1829]Appearance:
Martha Skeeter née Bagshot, Mother [1835]
Barnabas “Barney” Skeeter, Brother [1859], and family
Antonius “Tony” Skeeter, Brother [1863]
Mortimer “Morty” Skeeter, Brother [1864]
Thompson “Tommy” Skeeter, Brother [1867]
Tamsin “Tammy” Skeeter, Sister [1868]
Irina Skeeter née Baddock, Wife [1864-1884]
Reginald Skeeter, Son [1884]
Archie’s appearance is not particularly exciting; he is neither pretty nor plain, and stands at a reasonable five feet, seven and a half inches with a build that is reasonably fit, but not as much as he might like. He dresses fashionably, perhaps a bit more flamboyantly than most in his acquaintance. Though generally well-kept, his hands often have a smudge or two of ink on them from writing too aggressively. His eyes are a tedious (in his opinion) grey, his nose that of his mother, and his mouth that of his paternal grandfather, he is told. His hair is a shaggy blond mane; while sense would dictate he tie it back, he often refrains from doing so to aggravate his father. He is right-handed.History:
1856 | Archibald is born the first child to middle class couple Maxwell and Martha Skeeter. Though named for his muggle grandfather, the staff and even his mother quickly take to calling him ‘Archie’, in spite of his father’s hopes for a dignified child.Personality:
1859 | Martha carries a second pregnancy to term, another son that they call Barnabas. Archie, too young to fumble about with long names, insists upon calling him Barney—a nickname his brother will grow to hate—and it sticks.
1863 | Martha’s third successful pregnancy yields another son, Antonius.
1864 | In May, Archie has his first epileptic fit, and has the poor sense to do so in front of his father. He is sent to a healer who gives him a foul-tasting tonic to take daily, and the two never speak of it again. July sees Mortimer born as well, named for the children’s maternal grandfather.
1867 | Martha delivers another son, Thompson. That autumn, Archie departs for Hogwarts where, after back-and-forth with the Sorting Hat, it is eventually decided that he shall be placed in Slytherin, a decision made difficult by a mixture of traits from three of the four houses. It is Archie’s own inclinations that see him here, as he feels Slytherin to be the anti-Hufflepuff, and it is already that he has begun to come into conflict with his father.
1868 | At last, Martha delivers the daughter she has always wanted, a lovely, delicate thing called Tamsin.
1869 | In May, Archie’s paternal grandfather, for whom he was named, dies of a heart attack.
1870 | Archie concludes quite quickly that academia is not his cup of tea. He writes his grandfather asking if he really needs school for his intended career, and the two come to an agreement. Though he is intelligent, Archie does only the bare minimum for his schoolwork, with the exceptions of Defence Against the Dark Arts and Astronomy, which he genuinely enjoys.
Though he ceased taking his tonic as soon as he left home and his father could not force him to anymore, it is not until November of this year that Archie has another one of his fits. Mercifully, he is alone in the dormitory when this happens, and so no one sees anything.
1872 | Archie is pleased to receive his OWL grades, and promptly informs his parents that he will not be returning to Hogwarts in September, as, with four OWLs, he has surpassed his grandfather’s requirement for employment. Maxwell is furious, and threatens to turn Archie out; it is only Belladonna’s insistence that ensures Archie remains in the house, though he is told quite firmly that any money he wants, he will have to earn. As a step in this direction, he begins working as a reporter for his grandfather’s magazine.
1877 | He manages to land a job as freelance reporter at The Daily Prophet, continuing to work full time for his grandfather.
1879 | By Christmas, Archie begins to work full time at The Daily Prophet>. He bounces from department to department for the next year, dipping his toes into the waters of each, before finally settling in Crime & Politics under Ian Pengloss. He continues to write the occasional article—about once a month—for his grandfather.
1882 | Set to be married before long, Archie acquires a plot of land in Irvingly so that he (and his bride-to-be) needn’t worry about living under his parents’ roof. To his surprise, his grandfather finances the building of a modest (two storey, four bedroom) home on the plot, declaring it an early wedding gift.
Just after Christmas, Archie leaves his family home to move into his own residence in Swallowbury.
1883 | Archie and Irina marry early in the new year.
1884 | In April, Irina passes just after delivering their son, young Reginald. Distraught and uncertain how to do the whole fathering thing, Archie leaves the lad largely to the care of nannies, and then all but abandons him to his mother’s care, seeing the lad only occasionally. He lets the house in Irvingly, moving instead to a home in London.
1888 | Barney accidently elopes, which Archie finds delightful. With more than four years since the death of his wife, Archie begin to wonder if he should (more sensibly than his brother, though!) get married himself, but sees no real rush—he and Irina were well matched, and he’s hardly about to find an adequate wife just to mother the son he scarcely sees.
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