TRIGGER WARNINGS: Death, autopsies, body horror, stillbirth and child-loss

In-Character

Full Name: Prometheus Icarus Pomfrey
Nicknames: Prom, Icarus, Icky (If you’re his little sister, anyone else gets cursed)
Birthdate: September 21st, 1858
Current Age: 35 Years
Gender: Male
Occupation: Unspeakable
Reputation: 10 - Though he is known to be quiet and private, less interested in mingling than in his work or his books, Icarus’ reputation is otherwise unmarked. He is soft-spoken, kind, and polite, and altogether unremarkable in the shadow of his father.
Residence: Where do they currently live?
Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw
Wand: Sycamore, 13”, fairly bendy, phoenix feather core
Blood Status: Pureblood
Social Class: Middle
Family:

• Thessalus Pomfrey: father, b. 1828
• Eileithyia Pomfrey nee – : mother, b. 1839
• Kythereia Pomfrey: sister, b. 1860, d. 1865
• Cepheus Pomfrey: brother, b. 1861, d. 1861
• Damon Pomfrey: brother, b. 1865, d. 1884
• Iris Pomfrey: sister, b. 1866, d. 1867
• Chryseis Pomfrey: little sister, b. 1874
• Dr. Hippocrates Pomfrey: uncle, b. 1828
• Dr. Wystan Pfomrey: cousin, b. 1858
• Thomasina Dempsey nee Pomfrey: cousin, b. 1863
• Anandhita Pomfrey: cousin, b. 1874

Appearance:

• Ethnicity: Caucasian
• Height: 5’9”
• Hair: Brown, straight, a little long but well-kept.
• Eyes: Startlingly blue, sunken and heavily shadowed by lack of sleep.
• Wand Hand: Right.
• Build and Bearing: Icarus is tall and scrawny, bordering upon malnourished, with every line of his skull standing out sharp and pale. His stance is relaxed, with a slight slouch about the shoulders and a humble downward tilt to his head. Thick brows give him the appearance of deep thought even in the rare instance that his mind is quiet, and his eyes are never still. Always patient, always observing. Expression is moderate on his face– closed-mouth smiles creasing about his eyes and anger more a stillness than a frown. He holds his arms tight to his sides, hands often clasped, as though to avoid touching anything involuntarily. No one has ever heard him raise his voice.
• Attire: Icarus favors wizarding robes over the more complicated attire of modern Muggles. He dresses heavily, often chilled by his poor health and fluctuating weight, and in decidedly muted colors. He despises hats and gloves, donning either only when propriety absolutely demands it.
• Play By: David Dawson

History:

• 1857: There was no love to the union of Eileithyia [Surname] and Thessalus Pomfrey. They were simply a suitable match. Hers was an old pureblood family fallen on hard times, plummeting in a monetary tailspin driven by her father’s love of gambling– his was a family of renowned healers with a building fortune.
• 1858: Prometheus Icarus was born a little less than a year into his parents’ marriage. Though there was some dispute over precisely what to name the child, his parents agreed that his names should call upon legends.
• 1860: Kythereia, Prometheus’ first sister, was born. The labor took a great toll on his mother, though he was too young to understand or remember.
• 1861: Prometheus’ brother Cepheus was born in midwinter and died in a matter of weeks. Prometheus was scolded several times for asking where the baby had gone.
• 1862: Prometheus began studying with a tutor provided by his father. The better he became at writing, at reading, the greater his natural curiosity seemed to grow. He picked up a habit of peppering his parents and teachers with questions which he was destined never to outgrow.
• 1864: Little Kythereia took ill in spring, and Prometheus watched as she wasted away. For a time it seemed as though this tragedy would push the boy toward healing, as he turned his constant questions on his uncle. He became fixated on death, to the great disturbance of his fretful mother. She was assured it was most ordinary for a boy his age to have questions about such things– and still, Prometheus could find no one to offer a satisfactory explanation of the mechanics behind the death of the young. Nor any sort of death, for that matter.
• 1865: Kythereia died and was buried just a few weeks into the new year, and not long after a grieving family welcomed a bittersweet blessing in the form of Damon– the first healthy babe born in the house since Prometheus.
• 1867: After much anxiety, baby Iris lived only a few hours and it was determined that [Mother] should avoid bearing any more children for her own health. Old enough now to understand what had happened, Prometheus was also old enough to overhear the whispers that followed them– about the potential of a family curse. A wild rumor. Speculation, and yet he heard it more than once.
• 1870-1871: Starting school under such a looming shadow wasn’t easy, but Prometheus was– guiltily– glad to escape his grief-stalked home and embark on his new adventure. He was sorted into Ravenclaw house, to the surprise of no one who knew him. Though a naturally quiet soul, Prometheus quickly made friends among his more intellectual classmates. They called him Icarus more often than not, and so that became his name away from home.
• 1871-1872: Icarus attended his second year at Hogwarts.
• 1872-1873: In his third year, at the insistence of excited friends, Icarus joined the duelling club. His father’s reputation did not grant him any particular excess of skill, but he enjoyed the meetings, and practiced willingly. This, though, like everything else he had dabbled in, offered only temporary involvement.
• 1873-1874: By his fourth year, Icarus’ father had become concerned by his son’s shallow investments in his own future. Icarus seemed to have little intention for the rest of his life. Mild-mannered, clever, more interested in books than in the world around him, he was certainly nothing like his ambitious father. Icarus came under significant pressure to choose a destination for the rest of his life. Put off by the arguing, Icarus began to avoid his father where he could– and still he could offer no clear answer to the question of what he wished to do with the rest of his life.
• 1874-1875: Icarus toyed, for a time, with the idea of becoming a Professor. School was the only thing he had ever felt much passion toward. He loved the learning, loved the books and the routine, but teaching would be altogether different, and he hadn’t a clue what subject he might want to invest in with any specificity. He left the dueling club for a time to focus all of his efforts on studying for his OWLS, and came out the other side of the exams with excellent grades and no clearer sense of interest.
• 1875-1876: Icarus attended his sixth year at Hogwarts, continuing his studies in Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, Portions, Transfiguration, Divination, Care of Magical Creatures, and Muggle Studies. He considered entering into some sort of research field– attending, perhaps, the Flint Institute– but in the end he could not justify the expense of continuing his education even further than the NEWTS level. Another unexpected pregnancy from his mother reinforced the idea that Icarus would simply need to commit to something, to hep provide for his family. Chryseis, at least, was born healthier than the babies who preceded her.
• 1876-1877: Reluctantly, Icarus resigned himself to becoming a career healer, as so many in his extended family had. It interested him more than Ministry work, at least. He performed excellently in his NEWTS, and following graduation applied for a position at St. Mungo's.
• 1877-1878: Icarus spent a year in London training as a healer. He never much took to the work– gentle though he was, he preferred to work efficiently and in silence, and his bedside manner left something to be desired. Still, he enjoyed helping. He enjoyed fixing. Icarus developed a particular fondness for working with his hands, rather than his wand.
• 1878: Icarus became a fully fledged healer, specializing in artifact damages. Though the work was fulfilling, he fostered a building frustration over each failure, each loss. He struggled to accept that not everyone could be saved. Over time, he demonstrated more investment in those he'd lost than those he'd helped.
• 1879: Icarus applied to become a Coroner for the Department of Investigation at the Ministry.
• 1880: Icarus thrived as a Coroner, easily enthralled by the complex mysteries of a victim’s fate and happy to work any odd hours the Department asked of him. Nine months after taking on a full time Coroner’s role, Icarus purchased his own home in Bartonburg North, off Hibiscus Lane. Though well supported, he made no moves to begin searching for a wife.
• 1882: What had, for many years, been just a sensitive stomach became a full-blow illness. He began to suffer crippling pain whenever he ate too much, or too rich a meal– he became something of a nightmare to feed at social functions, and rapidly lost weight.
• 1883: Finally feeling settled in his new life, Icarus began slowly seeking an appropriate wife. He courted a couple young ladies, before settling into a prolonged courtship with one with whom he shared an interest in learning.
• 1884: The Laughing Plague devastated the Wizarding World, and Damon was one among many to pass away. Icarus never recovered from the loss of his beloved brother. He ended his courtship with little explanation, and descended ever deeper into his work. The dead became even deeper an obsession.
• 1885: Isolated in his mourning, Icarus began to… indulge in his fascination with the mechanics of life and death. What started as seeking some answer as to what might have been done– some way that Damon could have been saved– exploded into a spiraling passion which caught the eye of the Department of Mysteries. He left his Coroner’s work behind to become an Unspeakable, and dedicated his every day to studying death.
• 1886: Over time, even the considerable leeway granted by the Department of Mysteries was not enough to satisfy Icarus’ obsession. There were lines that even an Unspeakable could not cross. Not officially. And so Icarus began to work at home, establishing an isolated laboratory accessible only by apparition, carefully shielded and available only to himself. There, he was determined to unravel the very fabric of life, the better to be able to reconstruct it. In the years that followed he created many monstrous things– chimeras constructed of a menagerie of creatures, dead things mimicking life. He forgot limits. He forgot morals. These questions, he determined, would never be answered if everyone was too afraid to properly pursue them. And what else was an Unspeakable really for?
• 1894: Present day.

Personality:

• Observant
• Innovative
• Patient
• Sensitive
• Humble
• Quiet
• Possessive
• Obsessive
• Tolerant
• Mercurial

Icarus possesses a level head and an even hand, never angry, never frightened. He keeps feeling of any great depth close to his chest, and prefers to interact only with those to whom he is already familiar. Once his more exuberant brother could be relied upon to coax Icarus out of his shell, and in his absence Icarus is less often seen. With the proper time and patience, Icarus proves a thoughtful and conscious man, who finds great joy in providing simple pleasures for the people he keeps close. He takes great pride in his accomplishments, approaching tasks with his own hands and often considering the overuse of magic to be somehow dishonest. A shorthand for things which should be approached with attention and care.

Which is why many would find his private interests difficult to reconcile with his docile nature. After a lifetime of losses, Icarus has developed a certain fascination with life, death, and the mechanics of the balance between them. Following the death of his dear brother, Icarus found the experiments permitted by the Department of Mysteries no longer satisfied the scope of his curiosity. He began engaging in experiments at home, toying with the nature of animation and the definition of life– stitching together new chimeric creatures from the remains of animals both living and recently deceased. He is aware, of course, that the world would consider his experiments immoral. He disagrees. How else can a problem be solved, if those looking are too afraid to ask the question? Icarus believes that he travels the intellectual path toward the secret to true resurrection– and he believes that for something so monumental, there can be no clean, simple solution.

Other:

• Amortentia: Lavender, ink, and iron.
• Patronus: An Irish Wolfhound. (Though a corporeal Patronus has bee out of his reach for some time.)
• Boggart: A wailing, mutated creature which seems cobbled together from several species, with the face of his dead brother.
• Skills:
• Fluent in English, French, and Latin.
• Exceedingly well-read.
• Possesses an intimate understanding of human anatomy, and familiarity with the majority of the most common fatal ailments.
• Experienced handling many animals– common and exotic, mundane and magical, living and dead.
• Possesses an apparition license.
• Frequently insists upon studying the mundane method for completing medical and scientific tasks, as well as the magical.
• Extensive dueling experience.
• A skilled Occlumens.
• Has developed, in secret, methods for the construction of new creatures from the living parts of other creatures, and for puppeting the dead to something resembling life. Has not, frustratingly, established any way to grant the animated dead their own will.
• Education:
• OWLS
• Astronomy: E
• Charms: O
• Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
• Herbology: O
• History of Magic: O
• Potions: O
• Transfiguration: O
• Divination: E
• Care of Magical Creatures: O
• Muggle Studies: O
• NEWTS
• Charms: O
• Defense Against the Dark Arts: O
• Herbology: O
• Potions: O
• Transfiguration: O
• Care of Magical Creatures: O
• Muggle Studies: E
• Name: His mother wanted to name him Icarus outright. His father refused– he claimed the story would make an ill prophecy of their son. He was not pleased to learn she had written it in as his middle name, and to this day refuses to acknowledge that he knows who she is referring to when she calls him Icarus.
• Health: Icarus has inherited his mother’s somewhat fragile constitution, much to his father’s irritation. He struggles to eat sizable meals or any foods with great richness to them, and so much of the time appears pale and quite thin.

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