Professor Marcus Ryder

[marcus]

MINISTRY OF MAGIC
Permanent Record


RYDER, Marcus Julius

BASIC INFORMATION

NAME: Marcus Julius Ryder
NICKNAMES: Marc
DATE OF BIRTH: July 31, 1949
HOMETOWN: Stout, England
HEIGHT: 5’10”
HAIR: Medium brown
EYES: Hazel
BLOOD: Half-blood
OCCUPATION: Muggle Studies Professor, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

APPEARANCE

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Marcus is a fairly tall man in his late thirties with thinning brown hair that’s receding from his forehead, hazel eyes and a roguish smile. He’s a rather thin man, but he isn’t without some muscle and sinew, so he’s by no means a stick – more like wiry.
PERSONAL STYLE: Marcus tends to stick to a suit during work, if not he wonders around in a long-sleeved t-shirt and jeans, preferably accompanied by his favorite dragon-hide jacket.

PERSONALITY

LIKES: Muggle music, record players, cassette tapes, films, Muggle literature, cashews, chewing gum, headphones, cameras… the list could go on!
DISLIKES: Bullies, snobs, straight-laced and boring types, old age, really hot weather, coffee, dress shoes,
DEMENTOR: Being beaten by a group of Muggle boys outside of his local movie theatre when he was fifteen years old
BOGGART: Dying alone
PATRONUS: Driving his first car
ERISED: To teach the students at Hogwarts about Muggles and their lifestyle, also to find someone who will love him for the mess of a man that he is.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Marcus has a rather manic personality - he's brilliant and vivacious in front of his students or while interacting with his staff members, but when he retires to his quarters' late at night, he's often quiet and introverted. He doesn't often seek social interaction with others, but he's very good at stumbling upon people and striking up a conversation. Most people wouldn't call him odd, although he's not the most down-to-Earth bloke that you'll ever meet. He's a rather lenient teacher when it comes to tardies but absences he does not take lightly. He is very, very strict about bullying of other students and any rude behavior will land you in a week's worth of detention faster than you can say "What the Dickens?" He's a bit of a romantic when it comes to his love life, often spontaneous and making little gestures, such as presenting flowers on a whim or giving gifts. He doesn't often say "I love you" because he's had his heart broken too many times, but he is very affectionate.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

SPOUSE: None
PARENTS: Augustus (60) and Natalie Chelsea Ryder (58)
SIBLINGS: Julia Ryder Pryce(36)
OTHER FAMILY: Wesley Pryce (40)
BIOGRAPHY: Augustus Ryder and Natalie Chelsea met during their years at Hogwarts, but they waited until after Natalie had graduated before marrying. Nine months after their honeymoon, Marcus was born. He was always a curious boy, and he was fascinated by all of his father’s things, like an old gramophone and his records, and he often wandered around the Muggle town he grew up in looking at all of the thing they were selling in shops, like microwaves and bicycles. His father was a Muggleborn wizard and his mother was for all intents and purposes a pureblooded witch, so Marcus lived a double life – surrounded by magic at home but unable to speak of it to those who lived in the town around him.

When he was eleven he attended his first year at Hogwarts, was sorted into Hufflepuff house and made several friends, most of them Muggleborn. His favorite class until third year was charms, but the first elective class he signed up for was Muggle Studies. It was the only subject he received an ‘O’ in for his O.W.L.s, a score he earned yet again for his N.E.W.T. exams (along with Defense Against the Dark Arts.) Marcus was never the coolest kid in the castle, being smaller and more boyish in the face than some of his classmates, and his love for Muggles and their culture earned him a few beatings and taunts from Slytherin bullies. He was disenchanted when he was fifteen by the Muggle society when they too teased him for being small and “different.”

After school, Marcus went to work in the Muggle Liaison Office in the Ministry of Magic’s Department of Magical Law Enforcement. He never had a high-ranking position, such as one of the official liaison’s to Ministry of Muggle Britain, but he did work with several Muggles and did well at work, even though his supervisor once told him that he’d never amount to anything. He’d nearly lost it with him then, but luckily soon after a job opportunity arrived to teach Muggle Studies at Hogwarts, a position Marcus happily accepted and has filled since September 1979.

OOC INFORMATION

NAME/ALIAS: THE MASTER
ROLE PLAY EXPERIENCE: More than you know
REFERRED BY: -cackles-
OTHER CHARACTERS: I have a few!
ADDITIONAL INFO: None!
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