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[h3][u][b][color=goldenrod]   BASICS       [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[u][b]Name:[/b][/u]
  [color=goldenrod]A[/color]lexander [color=goldenrod]H[/color]olcroft 
[indent][i]" [color=goldenrod]A[/color]lex "[/i][/indent]

[b][u]Gender / Preferred Pronouns:[/u][/b]
  [color=goldenrod]H[/color]e / [color=goldenrod]H[/color]im / [color=goldenrod]T[/color]hey

[b][u]Age:[/u][/b] 
  [color=goldenrod]1[/color]8

[b][u]Birthday:[/u][/b] 
  [color=goldenrod]J[/color]une 22  ♋︎

[b][u]Sexuality:[/u][/b]
  [color=goldenrod]B[/color]isexual, [color=goldenrod]M[/color]ale preference

[h3][u][b][color=goldenrod]   APPEARANCE       [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[color=goldenrod][i]O[/i][/color]n most mornings you can find Alex already in his morning routine before even the crack of dawn, it doesn't matter if he only went to sleep a few hours ago, he'll keep on continuing. That doesn't mean that every day is sunshine and lollipops for him, some days are definitely better than others like anyone else but this is why this is called a routine with his establish set of good habits. Whether it be keeping up with material fashion or physical health, he always seems to have his fingers on the pulse in addressing them if he wants to change anything. 

His secret to taming his messy bed head? It's located in the shower with some water and a bit of soft handling, it can do wonders for anyone, isn't that amazing? Of course, that's the easy part before he has to the mop up his wet locks of dark brown hair with the blow dryer while simultaneously combing to shape it into shape. It not hard after a few years of ingraining it as his muscle memory since all the best things come after working for them, plus the countless amount of dollars spent but he doesn't talk about that. In the end though, he makes it look effortless when his wavy hair has been styled to the side yet still with volume that has strong sense of care for the way it has been handled. 

Imagine all of that was just for his hair, now think about the rest of him. Just kidding. Or am I? 

Continuing on for Alex, his closet of clothes has a little bit of everything that he can fit into any occasion which may come up so he could be called someone with a pretty solid foundation clothing-wise. He generally doesn't fall into any category or style for the clothes he wears but overall would be considered as someone who was well dressed for the situation. It is a skill that is much harder than it sounds as having a solid understanding on what kind of event he is going to and fitting himself to match while still being tasteful is not something one just picks up without much experience and deliberation. Thankfully, his height of 5' 8 is quite average that most things he looks for are quite accessible for him if he searches with enough effort. 

[h3][u][b][color=goldenrod]    PSYCHE       [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[color=goldenrod][i]P[/i][/color]ersonally, Alex has always seen himself as an introvert but repeatedly the idea has been rejected by people as he's seen as 'the popular one' or as 'someone who knew everyone'. This might of been a shallow observation from others, but Alex never had really close friends that he's let into his own life. Mostly having presented himself as a cheerful person who went along with anything lead many people to find him simply easy to talk to and befriend. Over time, he has come to interpret his experience and perspective of him simply having many casual friends he has but not having any close individuals who know him in and out.

However, there is truly a difference between being truly a kind and compassionate individual or being kindhearted so that other people would like you. As for himself, he's always gauged himself to fall in the latter category as a phony, keeping himself under wraps as the outside world never managed to pierce through the veil he always placed up. That never meant he didn't truly interact with people genuinely but he's like a baby chick who never broke out of their shell, having never found a solid anchor for himself to establish on. As such, he always enjoyed the presence of others who he finds as better people than him, supporting them and wishing them the best over his own self. 

If he was to perform his own evaluation on his personality, he'd fall under the archetype of the Mediator, being quite the accurate description for him yet not without a few discrepancies. Same with the star sign of his birth being Cancer, it is also another aspect of him that he resonates with parts of the description yet does not fully describe him. Together with the two of them, he'd agree that he would be a prime example as he places his own emotional baggage onto the back burner while prioritizing others, being a behavior that he aptly does which align with the two classifications. In a sense, the protective and cautious aspect of his personality takes to the forefront, while his emotional side is truly evident in the care he provides for his friends that may surprise people. 

However, the mask that he placed on simply end when graduating, like any habit you'd continue with them until yourself or something pushes a change to say otherwise. In fact after High School, the pressure to fit into the mold and mask that he designed for himself is becoming more of a natural instinct for him. Anything that is going on in the back of his mind will build up there until he eventually implodes in one way or another, whether it be today or next week, that is simply how his personality is and always been. As time passes on, a palpable feeling of distance has become stronger, intertwined with the presence of melancholic aloofness. Sometimes if you catch him at the end of his fuse, his emotional side may violently crack its way through the mask that he placed in front of him, but that's when a person should notice that it's really a red flag. 

[h3][u][b][color=goldenrod]   BACKSTORY      [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[color=goldenrod][i]B[/i][/color]orn to a family that always seemed to change faces, there were never the same people in one household for too long. If this family were to live together, they would be six people total who would be together with the hierarchy of the father, mother, brother, and sister who also loved each other. Once upon a time, they did exactly that but now, they were shattered and splintered into pieces that everyone knew better than to even touch or get near. Still, before the cracks severed their family apart, his parents were both witches who came together to raise a family and everything that would be entailed in their not so mundane lives. 

However, disagreement found its way through their lives that ended up with their mother leaving the family when Alex was around 9 years old without an announcement. While too young to completely understand what happened, his older siblings were the ones to take the brunt of the drama and chaos that entailed such a messy separation. As the second youngest of the household and with a ten-year gap between his older siblings, the only thing he members are the tiny flecks of the conflict that echoed throughout the household between his mother and father that largely remains scattered. 

Despite a few memories being firmly ingrained in his recollection, the time of his childhood were rough placed to the side as he barely remembers anything meaningful outside of a few select pieces. To him, he prefers to not think about this time when he used to bounce between two households before it became just one, is a very troubling time for not only just him but his father who served as the pillar to what remained of their family. As there was a time were they were dealing with the aftermath of what had happened to their family, healing over the cracks and wounds in any way they could so nothing else have to be lost. Even at that time, things still fell through everyone’s hands as it was impossible to catch everything but they tried.

It was hard for everyone and he still remembers the time when his older brothers were still troubled by their parent’s separation as they acted out in their own unique ways which Alex learned from. He was the quietest child of the family who always stuck with himself, he kept things tucked away so nobody would have to worry about him which allowed his mother to take care of his mentally challenged sister who had several complications since birth. As such he never grew much into himself but from an outside perspective, things began to get better as the years went on when they managed to plant their feet as they found a new house in Maryland to start anew from the west coast. His father even found someone special who went through something similar as they came together to raise their families together, resulting in Alex gaining an older stepbrother. 

Only through his wife was Alex's dad was able to acquaint himself with the coven of The Sisters of the Dying Branch years ago, allowing his two older children to be initiated with the voucher of goodwill as a fellow witch on his behalf. They were older than average was their age for initiation by the time approval went through but they were indeed trained as witches by his father. As such, Alex got accustomed to the mountainous roads that lead to the coven, finding it to have its own charm that he appreciated as naps were taken and music played in the car. From his family's rocky circumstances, he rarely got to formally learn magic outside of the few things he was taught and the discoveries he found out on his own. With their new start, Alex finally got the taste of magic in his system that never truly left him as he began to dig into. 

As the years passed, Alex grew wiser and smarter as anyone should and soon reached the age that he was expected to join the coven. 

[u][b]Notable Rumors:[/b][/u]
[list][*]Claimed to be currently seeing one of his girlfriend's guy friend behind her back 
[indent][sub]While he does hang out with a handful of female friends he's friendly with, he's only dated one of them and even then they have broken up. [/sub][/indent][/list]

[list][*]Had to move schools because of a bullying incident that happened with the kids there.
[indent][sub]It's true that he had to move from that incident but the events of what happened have been hushed up by the school for good publicity. [/sub][/indent][/list]

[list][*]Said to have gotten involved with the cute chemistry / physics teacher at his high school. 
[indent][sub]Calling a teacher good looking doesn't mean anything. Besides, other students have been around, even when they had a celebration at their place.  [/sub][/indent][/list]

[list][*]Heard to be involved in some sketchy things outside of school that the adults don't know about.
[indent][sub]His younger sister has a learning disability and activities are provided for enrichment, sometimes it's playing some soccer and other times volunteering.[/sub][/indent]
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[u][b]Greatest Fear:[/b][/u]
[color=cadetblue][i]Rejection[/i][/color] and [color=firebrick][i]Failure[/i][/color] are two palpable feelings for Alex that's caused him trouble before, accompanying each other wherever they go that hangs onto him when they get a chance.  

[h3][u][b][color=goldenrod]   NOTABLES      [/color][/b][/u][/h3]
[u][b]Magic:[/b][/u]
[hider= Alex's Area of Studies]
[color=palegoldenrod][i]Most Notable Study: Fate/Entropy Spinning [/i][/color]
A curious area of study that witches have done over the centuries that have been grouped up or attributed to other forms of magic. It is truthfully an area that one could be considered to be separate from other forms of magic and worthy of focusing which is what Alex has done. The roots of its influence dig into the crafting of 'good luck charms' to 'readings of the future' and even 'curses felled upon people' which only scratches the surface. 

The closest practice of magic could be considered 'Divination' that deals with readings of the future by diving through time but Fate Spinning focuses instead on the 'present' that it influences to affect the 'potential future'. It is an unpredictable, ultimately uncontrollable, yet potent form of magic as probability and even the concept of 'destiny' can be bent. As such the more complex and higher forms of this practice are incredibly costly and present a danger that restrictions have been placed on it. 

It hasn't stopped him from experimenting on his own, hiding his proficiency in this area under the guise of creating 'good luck charms' and performing 'fortune readings' for others which are within his capabilities. Beyond the oversight of the adults, he uses this magic more freely as a strange hobby that he indulges in, watching the patterns flow to places and strings of fate being pulled that he watches and follows. That has earned him the reputation of being someone who had his fingers in everything seemingly, knowing a surprising amount of people from different places as performs random odd jobs and favors for them. People know better to avoid playing games of chance with him if they don't want to lose and that he seems to be occasionally involved when shifts of events seem to work out a few steps in his favor. 

[color=palegoldenrod][i]Interested Studies: Wards [/i][/color]
The magic used to create protected objects or spaces that have a wide area of application depending on the situation that a witch can find themselves in. As someone who has a few things he likes to hide at times, he is skilled for someone of his age group, having established the good habit of making sure no one can listen or watch when having an important conversation. It's a common joke that he likes to make about making sure that they have a 'safe space' that people would be comfortable talking within which isn't a total lie.

It is his father's trade which gives him someone to study under whenever he has time and his stepmother isn't also too bad with it either that results in him having a healthy education with this area of magic. While simple, his fondest memory was during a camping trip when he was younger where he finally set up a ward to prevent bugs once he polished it up. The sweet relief of no mosquitos or creepy critters in the night was a small blessing for everyone after getting bitten.

[color=palegoldenrod][i]Interested Studies: Spatial Interference[/i][/color]
A branch of magic that could be considered to be an extension of Elemental Magic to a degree. It is a base component to witches who are able to teleport as they bend space to physically disappear and reappear somewhere else. Taking that principle, one is able to reinforce the space around them to prevent it from being used in such ways with enough practice and extend it through the use of Wards as well. It is something that Alex hopes to accomplish one day but he doesn't have many other peers who can help him make such a task.

However, that doesn't warrant a witch to take such an interest in such nuances unless they wish to also achieve teleportation which Alex does want one day but isn't his current focus. His current expertise is involved in making compartmentalized space or 'pocket spaces' where he can put inorganic items in, currently at the size of a business briefcase out nothing. If he is given some material around the size of a school backpack or smaller, he can give about 50% more space they have within them that increases with smaller items, which is the most he can work with. 

[color=palegoldenrod][i]Casual Studies: Healing [/i][/color]
His stepmother's trade as a seasoned practitioner of healing magic, she was always the one to patch up his bruises and scratches after his dad's lessons. He tried to pick the art up from a young age but always lacked the aptitude for it that he never more focus on it. 

While not inexperienced or untrained, at most he's simply good at magical first aid should the occasion ever bring itself to him. He would leave any of the further delicate processes to those more skilled in his age group if they're any or the adults who eclipse him with experience. 

[color=palegoldenrod][i]Lackluster Studies: Combat Magic[/i][/color]
Defensive and Combat Magic are his father's trade as he is properly trained should trouble every arise, he is more than capable of handling himself compared to the average witch. 

It is an area of magic that should run in the family, with his older siblings easily picking it up from their father but Alex was always the one getting wiped even when others came to practice. Sure he was given the proper instruction and knowledge that his father isn't at fault but rather a surprising lack of affinity on Alex's part that he just doesn't 'click' with it. It does leave him being more comfortable moving his body in such situations and acting than those without but those with more combat sense and experience especially will find him easily read in upfront confrontation. 

[color=palegoldenrod][i]Lackluster Studies: Elemental Magic[/i][/color]
Similar to his experience in combat magic, he just seems to be trumped in elemental magic that he obviously knows he's behind them. That doesn't mean he hasn't learned anything but natural progression just seems to be difficult for him, stacked along with the fact that he's interested in other areas. He's still able to throw pebbles at annoying people, wring out water from his hair, or try to air out some last-minute laundry. It's just that nothing is impressive or substantial compared to others in his age group. 

[color=palegoldenrod][i]Abysmal Affinity: Illusion/Mental Magic[/i][/color]
If it is possible to have an adverse affinity to a type of magic, it is of this nature for Alex as they seemingly gobble him up. While it may seem that he is the type of person to excel in this kind of magic, after an incident in his childhood of trying something overambitious left him worse for wear. It was an issue that only got noticed when something designed to be 'fake' began to affect something that was 'real' which his parents scolded him for after resolving it and taking care of him. 

Ever since then, he's mostly stayed away from such magic and the skill he had in that area has atrophied into a shadow of itself. Attempts to use it since that event has resulted in him easily losing control of the spells that he tried that he called it a lost cause to pursue. [/hider]

[u][b]Other:[/b][/u] 
[list]
[*]His family has two German Shepherds that got when he was around 12 years old. They're called Maximus and Hermes. 
[*]He has three older siblings (Luke, Caius, and Melphina) and one younger (Leia). 
[*]Recorational drugs were introduced to him by his older siblings, even then they only do it once or twice a year (that he knows of). 
[*]He's pretty decent at roller and ice skating but he has had a few nasty falls that he prefers to do it with someone.
[*]Has a nicotine habit that he takes care of whether it be with normal cigarettes or electronic ones, it reaches his hands either way. 
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