[hider=Andrew Brown] [h2][color=f26522]The Mundane[/color][/h2] [color=f26522]Name:[/color] Brown, Andrew [color=f26522]Age:[/color] 33 [color=f26522]Regular Appearance:[/color] [hider=Mr Brown] [img]https://images.nightcafe.studio/jobs/0RUhMtTqZp35zrIQw78E/0RUhMtTqZp35zrIQw78E--1--lw9n1.jpg?tr=w-1600,c-at_max[/img] [/hider] [color=f26522]Subject:[/color] Metalworking [color=f26522]Personality:[/color] Andrew Brown is a practical man with something of a perfectionist streak. He is considered one of the more strict and no nonsense teachers at Ayame High, through he generally makes it very clear to his students at the start of each class why this is the case; The tools and methods employed when working with metal can be very dangerous and cause a great deal of lasting harm if you mess around or do something stupid with them. He is also regarded as a good teacher in that he will actively take the time to make sure that each student knows what they are doing and why... provided that they have an earnest desire to learn or improve themselves. He will try to inspire his students, but if it is clear that someone doesn't want to learn he isn't going to lose any sleep over them. Outside of the classroom, Andrew is something of a lonely person. Despite living and working in Japan for a few years, he is still considered something of an outsider and it makes forming relationships difficult. Those that make the effort to reach out and get to know him will find a loyal friend that will always try and make time for them, regardless of what is happening... through he is prone to forgetting to talk to people and may need some helpful reminders. Privately, Andrew is a massive nerd. He has a number of collections in his house, many of which he still needs to put together, decorate or paint. He'll get to it... sooner or later. [color=f26522]Bio:[/color] Originally born in Australia, Andrew grew up there as the youngest child with three older sisters. It was a loving household and while Andrew might not have gotten everything he might have desired, he grew up in a stable environment; Something that he would come to appreciate much later in life when he started to see what happened when that wasn't the case in regards to friends and people he knew. For a long time, Andrew drifted through life. He didn't really know what he wanted to do with himself and thus didn't really know what direction to push himself into. By chance he stumbled into blacksmithing due to a interest in cosplay. A friend of his at the time had been spending a great deal of their spare time working on a cosplay outfit over a matter of months, but found themselves hitting a bit of a dead end due to not having the time, resources or desire to learn how to work metal for some decorative details and the prices to get such things commissioned was rather high. Having nothing better to do and unemployed at the time, Andrew offered to help out and took a course on metalworking. He found himself enjoying it so much that once he had helped his friend out, he started something of a by commission business out of helping out with cosplays and the like. In time he started getting commissions for fantasy blades or weapons for collectors. He was even a contestant on the reality TV show 'Forged in Flame' and even made it to the final round, but his weapon was a bit heavier then that of the other guy and it was a close enough call that the judges needed to dig deep to decide a winner. The decision to go into teaching, let alone do it in Japan, were kind of connected. His showing on Forged in Flame had given him a bit of renown in his field, but he was nowhere near well known enough to make a living purely off of his commission based occupation. He needed another job... and teaching was something that he could do, through it would take a few years of study in order be qualified as one. Once he was qualified and started looking for work as a teacher, by chance one of the jobs he came across was for Ayame High in Japan... Having always wanted to go to Japan and seeing this as a chance to kill several birds with one stone since it was to teach metalworking to teenagers, Andrew applied and was accepted. [color=f26522]Other:[/color] Rumor has it among the student body that Mr Brown is romantically involved/interested with one of the other teachers at the school. Exactly [i]whom[/i] that may be is up for debate; It isn't strange for students to discuss possible 'ships' that they think would be adorable or work out, often with their own biases of favorite teacher. [h2][color=f26522]The Magical[/color][/h2] [color=f26522]Other[/color] Andrew Brown is in an interesting position magic wise. Due to Lux's inexperience and panic in her first ever crisis, she hadn't noticed that there had been a male teacher in the room with the others. As a man, he couldn't become a magical girl or gain magical abilities... however, he had been awakened to the magical world all the same. [/hider]