Jacob Steven Callahan (Jack)

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HOGWARTS SCHOOL OF WITCHCRAFT AND WIZARDRY
Student Record

CALLAHAN, Jacob Steven

BASIC INFORMATION

NAME: Jacob Steven Callahan
NICKNAMES: Jack (NEVER Jake)
DATE OF BIRTH: September 4, 1970
HOMETOWN: Killarney, Ireland
HEIGHT: 6'2"
HAIR: Dark brown
EYES: Blue
BLOOD: Half-blood
HOUSE: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff

APPEARANCE

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Jack is tall and lanky with a rakish smile and soft blue eyes. He's got a striking appearance, mostly due to his height, but his features lend him to look older than most of his classmates.
PERSONAL STYLE: Jack can be comfortable in jeans or a t-shirt or even nice slacks and a button down - clothes are just clothes.

PERSONALITY

LIKES: Flying, rugby, Quidditch, smoking, loud music, reading, playing guitar, laughing, rock music, drinking, girls
DISLIKES: Bullies, pop music, stupidity, astronomy, gum, Peeves,
DEMENTOR: Jack's house burned down when he was ten years old. He got caught behind a burning rafter that had fallen, blocking his path. Eventually he was so physically and emotionally stressed that he managed to apparate away from danger, but the memory of choking on smoke and the searing heat of the flames still haunts him.
BOGGART: Fire - he doesn't mind fire from his lighter or lighting fireworks, but Jack doesn't like it when people play with fire.
PATRONUS: The night after his third Quidditch match as Keeper, there was a great big party in the Gryffindor common room. Everyone was praising him for his saves, laughing and drinking butterbeer (although some students had stronger drinks) and there was a lot of music and dancing, too.
ERISED: If he were to look in the mirror he would see the mother he barely remembers, alive again and standing beside him. Now that he's a seventh year he should have clearer goals, but part of him thinks he'd be happy living his life as a barkeep.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Jack is is a pretty easygoing fella who likes to have a good time. He's rather clever, but doesn't make high marks because he'll sleep through classes or fudge his homework. His test scores are always high, however, so he's one of those types that doesn't do his homework because he feels like he doesn't have to prove he's clever. While he's easygoing, he's easily riled up by people acting stupidly or rudely and who take a situation from just mucking around to acting hateful.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

PARENTS: Robert Alan Callahan (44), Carol Bingham Callahan (deceased)
SIBLINGS: none
OTHER FAMILY: Margaret Callahan Leary (aunt), Charles Leary (uncle), Colleen Leary (cousin)
BIOGRAPHY: Jack's father, Robert, married Carol Bingham in 1969, and a year later their son Jack was born. He was a rather quiet baby, but once he reached the age of two he became a right terror. His mother adored him, however, and while she was a witch she lived in a house with electricity and record players to make life easier for her husband, who was a Muggle who had trouble adjusting to the magical world. He loved his wife dearly, though, and was devastated when two solemn-looking wizards appeared on his doorstep one evening to tell him that his wife had been murdered by people called Death Eaters. Jack was only five. Robert has raised him on his own ever since, with occasional help from his sister Margaret, who had a child of her own only slightly older than Jack.

Jack received his Hogwarts letter on his eleventh birthday, but because of when his birthday fell in the school calendar he started his first year at Hogwarts the September following, making him one of the older students in his year. He was visited by Dumbledore the summer before, talking about Hogwarts and his mother. Jack had been raised like a Muggle, and his father had chosen not to tell him that his mother was a witch. Jack was angry at his father for years after that, but he made peace with it some time during his fifth year. Grudges were heavy things to carry around, and Jack knew that his father had just wanted to make life easier.

Jack is no stranger to detention, but he avoids it whenever he can. He is well-liked by most of his classmates and sometimes a little feared because of his temper, but it only really shows itself whenever someone does something he thinks is particularly wrong. He's prone to lounging around with his mates, smoking cigarettes and playing guitar, or even sitting alone somewhere in the castle reading a book.

OOC INFORMATION

NAME/ALIAS: Becks
ROLE PLAY EXPERIENCE: Lots!
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OTHER CHARACTERS: Lucy Connelly
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