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Name - Augustus "Gus" Stoker

Age - 18

Talents - He picked up some archery when he was a child, although his parents quickly disapproved of his choice of hobby and broke his first bow in half. At the academy, he's been slowly getting back in the habit of practicing again.

Personality - Gus is one of those guys you hate to love, and he knows it well. Weeks of anger can build up inside over his many infuriating qualities, then one of his charming smiles and your entire argument against him will melt away. He’s generally good-natured and friendly, albeit a bit blunt. His sense of humor, however sarcastic and crude, will never fail to bring a smile to people’s faces, and even if that doesn’t work, his laugh is deathly infectious.

Special Abilities - Gus seems to have an affinity for spells, hexes and the like, being able to cast them with much greater ease than regular witches and warlocks. In the two years he's been here, the ability to enter the mind of an animal and control its actions had surfaced in him. He's also able to do the same with people, except he can only sit back and watch.

Biography - Burdened with parents who used their child as something to take their anger out on, Gus often dreamed of the day he would finally be free of them. His days as a child was a constant game of hide and seek, dodging both of his parents who were a mess of screaming matches and alcohol. He became used to hiding under desks, beds, and in closets, all in order to avoid their stinging hits. Unfortunately, he wasn’t always quick enough, and the abuse he would suffer through was only more severe after he was dragged out kicking and screaming from under the bed. At times, it would result in him being locked in closets, or the garage as punishment - especially once he got older. Being caught trying to run away, a twelve year old Augustus was shoved into the freezing cold garage, locked inside for the night without a second thought. Trying to find something to keep himself warm, Gus instead found an old box filled with old, strange looking books. Covered in symbols, he opened up the grimoire to take a look inside. Reading about magic that included curses, hexes, and enchantments… there was nothing more that he wished to be true. And when they proved to be just that years later when practiced for the hell of it, payback was more than warranted for. 

Cursing his parents with such awful bad luck that it killed them within a day, Gus was finally free of them when he was fifteen years old. He didn’t even mind being sent off to live in an orphanage - it beat his own home any day of the week. Only packing a bag of clothes, and the grimoire that had so heavily paid off, that was all he felt he needed. Power like that at his fingertips? He could get used to that.

Soon enough, a slightly dotty witch with frizzy, red hair showed up at the doorstep of the orphanage together with two men in suits. The woman explained everything to Gus, about his powers and bloodline before inviting him to join the academy. Of course, Gus was more than happy to oblige.