Bryce McLaughlin

Bryce Gruber McLaughlin

Sparkler wands fanatic since 2039

Dare you to Move by Switchfoot

Name: Bryce Gruber McLaughlin

Age: 39
Date of Birth: May 23, 2039

Place of Birth: Oban, Scotland

Current Residence: London, England

Heritage: Half-Blood

Wand: 12" balanced Cedar wood with a Unicorn Hair core
Patronus: African Elephant

Boggart: Dying alone

Occupation: Ollivanders Shopkeeper

          Oct' 58 - June' 61: Part-time Dragon Keeper/ Student (studying wandlore)

          July' 61 - Sept' 62: Apprentice to wandmaker Phillipe Hunging/Part-time waiter

          Sept' 62 - April' 66: Apprentice to Phillipe Hunging

          May' 66 - June' 72: Official Assistant to Phillipe Hunging

►  ► Education

         ►Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry 

         

          Hogwarts: 2050- 2056

          House: Slytherin

          Excelled in: Transfiguration, Herbology, and CoMC

          Disliked: Ancient Runes and Divination

        ► OWL exam grades
         ○ CoMC [O]
         ○ Charms [E]
         ○ DADA [E]

         ○ Herbology [O]
         ○ History of Magic [A]

         ○ Potions [E]
         ○ Transfiguration [O]

        ►NEWT exam grades
        ○ CoMC [O]
        ○ Charms [E]
        ○ DADA [O]
        ○ Herbology [O]

        ○ History of Magic [P]
        ○ Potions [O]
        ○ Transfiguration [O]

►  ► Appearance

        Hair Color: Brown

        Eye Color: Blue-Green

        Skin: Tan

        Body: Muscular 

        Height: 5'11"

        Other: Scar on his chest and shoulder.

Bryce can be quite a tough guy, but he also has a soft side as well. The first impression one might get by is that he's busy, grumpy, angry, and the 'don't talk to me' type of person. However, once you take the chance and say hello, you'll find that he's a very nice, funny, and easy to talk to kind of person. He loves to laugh which is why he's such a practical joker, but one thing he does not accept is being disrespected and rule-breakers. True, he's a joker himself, but he doesn't do anything that would be considered inappropriate or harmful to others and does not encourage anything of the sort either. Safety first in his mind, but also having fun at the same time is something he'd like to see more often.The society is too serious in his opinion.   

►  ► History of Bryce

        Place of Birth:  Oban, Scotland
        Current Residence:  London, England
        Blood Status: Halfblood 

        Heritage:  Scottish - English
        Language: English
        Relationship Status: Single

        History: Bryce Gruber McLaughlin is the second oldest brother of five in his family. He has three brothers, Jason, Casey, and Nelson, and two sisters, Victoria and Angela. He was born to pureblood witch Eliza (neé Donaldson) McLaughlin and half-blood wizard Daren McLaughlin. His large family lived in a large yet cozy home towards the southeast near Romania and Bulgaria. His love for animals grew at a young age, though it was more for the larger and scarier creatures instead of the cute and loveable kind that most young children love. Daren McLaughlin was a dragon keeper in Romania and he frequently took his sons with him onto the job site. The man was quite driven to have his sons follow into his footsteps, and he was quite successful in his attempt since all four boys had taken an interest in the fascinating creatures, but his eyes were set on his middle son to be the most promising.

During the term of his OWLs, it was suggested that perhaps he should look into wandmaking for a career. While Bryce had never had an idea of his own on what he wanted to do in the future, the idea interested him. He took the desired OWLs for dragon keeping like his father wanted, but he had also thrown in a few that could open up a few more possibilities for his future and be of no suspicions to his father.

After graduating, Bryce became a part-time dragon keeper next to his father to make him happy, yet while he studied dragons during the day, he studied wandlore at night when everyone was asleep. After a year had gone by, he enrolled himself in an afternoon class that focused primarily on wandlore. Slipping under Daren’s radar for a good few years, saying that he was taking extra classes about dragons and dragon keeping, it was only a matter of time before the man himself found out. While displeased about the sneaking around and disappointed that his son would not be following in his footsteps, Daren instead shook the young lad’s hand, gave a proud grin, and sent him off to study wandlore.

Bryce quite his job as a part-time dragon keeper and was introduced to Phillipe Hunging, who was an older wandmaker, neither famous nor unknown. Phillipe pushed Bryce’s work to perfection until he was right ready to quite, but with a few words from his mother, the lad pushed onward in his career and studies.

Proud of his accomplishments and confident in his own abilities as a wandmaker, Bryce continued to study and learn from Phillipe and from himself as well. That didn’t mean he didn’t want to get away from the old wandmaker as quickly as he could, and after hearing there was an opening in Diagon Alley as the new Ollivander’s shopkeeper from a close friend of his, Bryce quickly took the opportunity. That is, he had to sneak away from the crazy wandmaker mentor he had before the guy could truly find out that Bryce was leaving.

►  ► General

        Mother:  Eliza McLaughlin (née Mahoney) [62]
        Father:  Daren McLaughlin [64]
        Brothers: Jasan McLaughlin [42 – married] ; Casey and Nelson McLaughlin [30]

        Sisters: Victoria Radford [34 – married] ; Angela McLaughlin [26]

        Niece: Charlotte Irwin (Nelson's daughter) (3)

        Nephew:  Parker Radford (Victoria's son) (6)

        Pets: Two Siberian Huskies; Dino and LuLu

        ► Likes

         ○ Sparkler Wands

         ○ Pranks

         ○ Waffles

         ○ Sandwiches

         ○ Dragons

         ○ Bargains

         ○ Pretending to be a ninja

        ► Dislikes

         ○ Disrespect

         ○ Thiefs

         ○ Suits

Cyryl Grudzinski

Cyryl Bruno Grudzinski 
An adrenaline junkie since 2046

Stamp on the Ground by Italobrothers

Name: Cyryl Bruno Grudzinski

Age: 31

Date of Birth: March 27, 2046

Wand: 12" Monterillo wood, and Dragon Heartstring

Patronus: Honey Badger

Boggart: Dead family and friends

Occupation: Pastry Chef at Sweet Dreams Bakery

                     Traveler

                     Thrill Seeker

►  ► Education

         ►Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

       

          Hogwarts: 2057- 2064

          House: Ravenclaw

          Extra: Active quidditch watcher

          Excelled in: Flying and Potions

          Disliked: Divination, Ancient Runes, History of Magic

        ► OWL exam grades

         ○ Ancient Runes [P]

         ○ Arithmancy [E]

         ○ Astronomy [A]

         ○ CoMC [E]

         ○ Charms [O]

         ○ DADA [O]

         ○ Divination [P]

         ○ Herbology [E]

         ○ History of Magic [E]

         ○ Muggle Studies [O]

         ○ Potions [E]

         ○ Transfiguration [O]

        ►NEWT exam grades

         ○ Arithmancy [E]

         ○ Astronomy [E]

         ○ CoMC [E]

         ○ Charms [O]

         ○ DADA [O]

         ○ Herbology [E]

         ○ History of Magic [E]

         ○ Muggle Studies [O]

         ○ Potions [O]

         ○ Transfiguration [E]

►  ► Appearance

        Hair: Straight

        Hair Color: Sandy brown

        Eye Color: Green

        Skin: Really Tan

        Body: Athletic

        Height: 6’

        Other: Has a few scars here and there due to reckless injuries.

Cyryl is a very sweet, charming when he wants to be, studious, and responsible person…some of the time. He's also a rather laid back, party kind of guy who really, really enjoys having a good time. Danger doesn't mean anything to him if he can get away with it; meaning he'll go jump off a mile high cliff into a whirlpool full of sharks if he's guaranteed to live afterward just to feel the adrenaline. However, he won't push others into doing anything they don’t want to do (unless you happen to be a close friend of his), and is always a great person to talk to if someone needs someone to just listen. He doesn't have much of a temper, and it's very hard to make him angry, yet he's an open book, so it's easy to tell what sort of mood he's in. Cyryl puts all his efforts in his work that he does (with whatever job he has), though his head can sometimes just float to the clouds with the next greatest adventure.

►  ► History of Cyryl

        Place of Birth: Ostroleka, Poland

        Current Residence: Ostroleka, Poland

        Blood Status: Muggleborn

        Heritage: English – Polish

        Language: English – Polish

        Relationship Status: Never!

        History: Born in Ostroleka, Poland on March 27, 2046, Cyryl was the first of two boys born to muggles Ania and Rafal Grudzinski. His mother, being a Pastry Chef, has taught him both the art of pastry making as well as how to properly cook, and his love of daring adventures came from watching his father work as being a stunt man. Being brought up as a muggle, he knew nothing about the wizarding world until his letter came from a creature rather than through the mail. Not even the fact that his avoidance of certain death during a tragic accident at his father's work was due to the fact that he was showing signs of magic could have prepared them for this. However, Ania and Rafal put their faith in the man who showed up to explain what Hogwarts was all about, and after gathering the supplies, they sent their son off to an unknown magical school.

On the train ride over, Cyryl met his soon to be best friend, Gilbert Shepard. Of course, what meeting is complete without a chocolate frog eating contest? Of course, Cyryl may have won, though winner meant nothing. Just a start of a great friendship. Throughout his years at Hogwarts, the boy was sorted into Ravenclaw and excelled in almost all of his classes besides Divination and Ancient Runes. He just didn't find any of those classes interesting, so put his focus elsewhere. Regardless of his repeated top marks, Cyryl always found himself in rather dangerous situations such as too many close to unconscious flying moves or brewing who knows what kind of potion that usually ended up with his eyebrows singed off. No matter the danger though, he enjoyed the adrenaline it gave.

After graduating, he moved into a flat with his best friend Gilbert, a little ways away from muggle London; mostly due to the fact that Cyryl found a new fascination with apparation. His first few years out of school, the newly of age boy traveled around the world, looking for new dangers and adventures to keep up the feeling of adrenaline; Needless to say, Gilbert had to fix him up plenty of times so he didn't end up in a wheel chair for the rest of his life. However, at his mother's request, he applied for a job at the bakery she worked at, applying as a pastry chef. He of course got it, after a few words spoken from his mother of course defending his recent behavior and lack of work experience. Yet, as much as he enjoyed being a pastry chef, he longed to be outside. After six years of working at the bakery (mostly staying there so he didn't disappoint his mother), Cyryl finally quit his job and applied for a position in the Ministry.

Though after turn of events in the ministry with the cult attack, Cyryl fled from his job, back to Poland, and for lack of better words, begged his old boss to give him his job back as a pastry chef. After a few tormenting days of no response, he was given his schedule and started work immediately.

►  ► General

          Mother: Ania Grudzinski [54]

          Father: Rafal Grudzinski [58]

          Brother: Dominik Grudzinski [muggle] [25]

        ► Likes

         ○ Apparating

         ○ Adrenaline

         ○ Flying

         ○ Swimming

         ○ Sprinting

         ○ Pasta

         ○ Chocolate frogs

         ○ Baked goods

        ► Dislikes

         ○ Monkeys

         ○ Splinters

         ○ Mosquitos

         ○ Broccoli