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Negative Exposure

Created on 2007-08-17 03:34:01 (#13615462), last updated 2007-10-17

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Basic Info

Name:	Brian Stone
Birthdate:	1986-04-28

Bio

The Basics

Character Name: Brian Greggory Stone
PB: Raúl Zajdner

Age: 27
Birthday: 1 November, 1974
Wand: Willow and powdered dragon scale, 13.2”
House in School: Slytherin, 1985-1992
Bloodline: Pure.

Political View: Apathetic. Most any political view he professes to have is based solely on what those surrounding him believe. This even applies, to a certain degree, to the question of pure- versus mud-bloods—Brian accepts purebloods being better simply as a fact of life, though he sees the difference between the two as one more of social class than anyone being “better” in terms of magic. He’d use his own naturally weak magic as an example if he ever had to defend this view, but it’s unlikely that he’d ever bring it up.

Appearance

Height: An even 6 feet, though his build makes him appear shorter.
Weight: 170 lbs (12 stone)
Eyes: Pale blue, though when the light hits them just so they appear pink.
Hair: White.
Build: Quite skinny; he has the appearance of someone who never quite grew out of puberty.
Dress Style: Traditional wizard. His clothes are well-tailored as befits his family’s social class. He prefers neutral tones as any colour whatsoever tends to make him appear flamboyant.
There’s a small collection of Muggle-style clothes hidden in the back of his wardrobe.

Defining Marks: Brian is an albino, which means there is no pigmentation in his skin, hair, or eyes. He has a lanky appearance with long arms and nimble fingers. He has several small scars from boyhood adventures, being tormented at school, and the occasional accident with a piece of equipment his father was selling. They are most numerous on his hands and arms, though there are a few on his face and legs, and one rather large one on his back.

Personality

Brian is possibly one of the least traditional—that’s to say, stereotypical—Slytherins you’ll ever meet. Certainly his bloodline is more pure than most, but strong aspects of his personality would seem more fit to other houses at first glance: he’s quiet, clever, lacking in traditional social graces, and not terribly ambitious by all evidence (really all he needs is the right impetus, but more on that later).

However, there’s one particular characteristic that the Sorting Hat picked up on, and it was primarily this that landed him in Slytherin: his fierce love of self coupled with enough insecurity to keep him from standing up for his own interests. His years in Slytherin taught him how to utilize his self-love for his own benefit and protection, to toughen up against percieved threats that would have had him cowering in the corner at age eleven, to take care of himself rather than live in constant fear. Some are Sorted because of what they are, others because of what they may become: Brian was the latter.

An adverse effect of this was that he built up a rather thick shell between him and the rest of the world. However, the few who’ve been able to slip past this shell have found within an intelligent, witty and supremely sensitive young man—and if he’s still a bit self-serving, it might be overlooked because of a certain vulnerable charm. But it is unfortunately difficult to find and capture this version of Brian.

Brian looks at life, and indeed most aspects of it, with decisive apathy. What should it matter if the world ends tomorrow? In truth a great deal, but this is one part of Brian’s shell he’s built up so much he nearly believes in it himself. Deep inside, however, there’s a small part of him that remains youthfully idealistic and rebellious. The reason he hasn’t given in to his parents’ pressure to marry, for instance, is because he finds spending the rest of his life attached to a person he finds merely passable loathsome—no matter if it’s his “duty.” He also has a strange off-and-on fascination with Muggles—he understands them to be something less than wizard-kind since they can’t do magic, but at the same time he’s awed by what they accomplish without it. And while there’s a great deal about them he doesn’t know he can sometimes be heard to use Muggle slang words or phrases. He’s especially interested in films and television: he’s been known (or rather, not, since what would happen if anyone found out?) to sneak out at nights, disguised as a Muggle, and attend a showing at the local cinema, or watch the shows in an electronics store (for a long time, he thought that’s where one had to go to watch tv). As a result of this he’s developed an interest in somehow bringing this medium into the wizarding world—a few times he’s been caught trying to “direct” the paintings stored away in the basement.

When he’s on the pull he tends to go outside Oxford to another place altogether—doesn’t want to risk being seen twice in the same crowd.

Psychology

Extrovert/Introvert: Introvert so far as he prefers to keep to himself most of the time, however he can put on an “extrovert mask” when necessary to exist in social situations.
Boggart Would Be: Brian’s boggart would take the form of himself with a twisted smirk on its face—one that knows all his failings, his insecurities, his downfalls of character. It would advance on him and begin to laugh, mocking and jeering. Simply put, his greatest fear is facing his own vulnerability.
Patronus Would Be: Brian has never achieved a corporeal Patronus, though not for a complete lack of happy memories.

Sexuality

Complicated. Brian’s particular sexuality could be best described as self-love: he’s more interested in his own pleasure than the other person’s, more interested in achieving power over them than serving their needs. He isn’t even terribly interested in who his partner is, so long as they’re passably attractive. It’s possible that he could feel a genuine connection with someone, someday, though they’d have to break down a lot of walls for it to happen.

Most of his actual experience has been in a series of one-night-stands with Muggle women (or men, but only a couple of times for a change of pace). He first ventured into a Muggle dance club at the age of 23, and will still occasionally go to a club or pub to pull someone. He enjoys Muggles because of the absolute anonimity they afford him, and as he instinctively sees them as something less than himself, he isn’t apt to get emotionally attached.

Lifestyle

Occupation: Along with his father, deals in magical paintings and other types of art… plus the occasional piece of Dark Magic.
Residence: Stone House, a large and cluttered town house in Oxford, hidden away from prying Muggle eyes. It was first built many hundreds of years ago when the area was far less crowded with non-magic folk, and the family’s grown too stubborn to leave it. The basement is crammed with items waiting to be sold.
Financial Status: If any kind of upper class could be called “average,” the Stones are it: well-off enough not to be sneered at by crème-de-la-crème of wizarding society, but not enough to be greatly admired either. What unique status they have can be attributed to Thomas Stone’s popularity in the community.

Family

Parents: Margaret and Thomas Stone.
Siblings: None, though he does have a small white cat named Dot.

There has definitely been pressure on Brian to marry a good pure-blooded girl, and soon, especially because he’s all there is for carrying on the family name. Brian has every intention of marrying pure when he’s good and ready—he’s just not ready yet.

Aside from the marriage issue, Brian and his parents get on well enough, and nine years out of his Hogwarts graduation they’ve become more like roommates and business partners than parents. He’s more likely to turn to his mother in an emotional crisis—when his cat isn’t up for listening, that is.

History from student days at Hogwarts to the present time

Aristocratic families often aim for two male children: “an heir and a spare.” Brian was the spare of his family, though not for long. His 5-years-senior brother was a sickly child, and there are some things even magical medicine cannot fix. Harold Stone died his first year at Hogwarts, making the then-6-years-old Brian the new heir to the Stone name.

It’s possible there is simply something wonky with the Stones’ genetics, because although Brian is not weak physically, he is rather odd-looking—some people have (to their disappointment) mistaken him for a metamorphamagus; how else could he achieve such colouring?—and quite weak magically. His parents were relieved that he got into Hogwarts at all; it saved all of them a great deal of shame. And while he was never the best student by any means he got on well enough, especially in Potions, a subject more precise and practical than needing magical skill (he probably would’ve done well in History too, if it hadn’t been so boring).

His general apathy, however, barred him from achieving even a single O on the OWLs, and he graduated with equally unexciting NEWTs.

Brian had neither the magical strength nor the fanatical mindset necessary to become a Death Eater, but it was around the time of the second war that business in magical contraband picked up with a vengence, and Brian began to assist his father in the sale of Dark devices (and art, but that’s less relevant here). There were a few scares where he thought they might be caught for selling to Death Eaters, though the Ministry was never able to produce hard evidence that the Stones were behind a sale. Thomas Stone knows well how to cover his tracks, having learnt the art from his father, who learnt it from his father and so on.

During that time Brian would hear tell of a werewolf teaching classes at Hogwarts (“Now that’s exciting, maybe he’ll off a few students”), the Triwizard Tournament (“Why couldn’t that have happened while I was there?”), and Albus Dumbledore being murdered (“Never had much of an opinion about the man, but good news for our customers, isn’t it?”). Then Voldemort was defeated, and people’s lives, including Brian’s, couldn’t help but be changed by it. Quite a few family friends were rounded up and thrown into the klink, and the political environment began to change.

With the appearance of the Registry, things have changed even further. Because of suspicions on their family, all of the Stones have been issued with tags. Thomas is currently attempting to have their names removed from the Registry on the grounds that any evidence against him is coincidental and heresay. His position well affords him to be a crusader for putting the Registry to an end, since he is both a wealthy man and lacking a criminal record. At the very least, he is trying to get Brian—against whom the evidence is even less substantial—off so that Brian may begin to truly take over the family business. But Brian, for his part, is perfectly content for the moment to laze about and not have to worry about suspicious dealings. Gives him more time to go out at nights anyhow…

Players Info

Name/Nickname: EM
Yahoo IM: emwhisker
AIM: EM Whisker
Email: emark.the.spot@gmail.com

DISCLAIMERS: This is a character journal for the Fiery Inception RPG, a role playing game based on the world of Harry Potter, created by JK Rowling. The character of Brian Stone belongs to me but has been created in the context of JK Rowling's world. No copyright infringement is intended. No money is being made. This is for personal entertainment purposes only. All original characters are the property of their owners and creators. Raúl Zajdner belongs to himself.

This is a work of fiction written by an adult about an adult character. There may occasionally be content posted to this journal which is inappropriate for younger readers/viewers. Any such material shall be clearly labeled with a rating of R or NC-17 and most will contain appropriate warnings as to the nature of potentially offensive material. It is the reader's responsibility to abide by these warnings and to refrain from viewing such material as may be deemed inappropriate for their age in the country of their origin.

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