Constantine Ravenclaw

Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there, wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.

a character in “London Rising: A Wizarding Tale”, as played by RolePlayGateway

Last seen at: Diagon Alley

This poor destitute soul appears to be an abandoned character, but their creator chose not to give them up for adoption. They now roam their universe with no true purpose. How terribly depressing...

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Description

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At full length, Constantine is 5'11, but a debatable 6'0 ft. Falling just above his shoulder, his hair is black with a white streak running through, which was caused by a childhood accident. With a unique, thin gold ring in his iris, his eyes are as pitch black as the night. Though when he was born, they were hazel, the change is said to be because of his constant changing to a raven. He has pale and slightly swallowed skin. At a distance, one could still make out the extreme look of fatigue and lack of sun.

Constantine isn't in the best of shape, but he gets in a good workout from regular exercise and his work, along with semi-healthy diet. He is skinny and almost devoid of any muscles, by far is he someone to make heads turn at the beach. But, since he does like the attention of a lady every now and then, he makes an effort to make himself presentable. He attracted to various muggle style clothing, specifically trends called, emo and Gothic.

Name
Constantine Ravenclaw

Nickname
  • Stripes
  • Fright-Night
  • Vampire
  • Conny

Alias
Fright-Night

Age
34

Species
Human

Race
British American

Gender
Male

Orientation
Heterosexual

Identifiable Marks
  • Hair: White streak running through.
  • Tattoo: Located on right shoulder. The tattoo is an image of a fictional character from the muggle made movie--Nightmare before Christmas.
  • Tattoo: Located on his right pectoral. The tattoo is an image of a muggle writer and one of his famous poems, The Raven.

Vernacular
  • American
  • British

Accent
London

Voice
Dark & Raspy, but still clear

Personality

Besides magic, Constantine best weapon is his comedy and sarcasm. Just like everyone else, he can be serious when he needs to be, but for the most part he likes to joke and be sarcastic. However, getting him to laugh or something the humor in something is a difficult joke. This could be an accidental trait or something he does on purpose. For instance, if you told him a joke, he might simply stare at you as I he didn't get it. But, if he was the original one to tell the joke, he might laugh hysterically.

To some Constantine may appear dark, not only in manner, but in alignment. Growing he was told stories of "The Boy Who Lived", though he was not fascinated in the boy, but the dark wizard. He researched everything there was on Lord Voldemort, his rise, his fall, death eaters, etc. Voldemort was not his hero; he just had keen interest in him. Besides this fascination, there is the fact he attended Durmstrang Institute which is known to teach dark arts.

Besides all the conspiracy theories of Constantine being a dark wizard, he is a good guy with a great heart. He can be out for himself at times, but deep down he would put his life on the line to save a stranger. He also likes to keep to himself and be a loner, but does loves to engage in a chat with people of common sense and general intelligence. Constantine will at first be a person you distance yourself from, but as you get to know him, you will crave for his presence.

Habits
Writing in his Grimoire. Does this when bored or has any free time.

Hobbies
  • Performing parlor magic; sleights of hand.
  • Keeping up with the latest muggle trends and gossip.
  • Researching anything related to "the boy who lived."

Quirks
  • Abundance of raven themed objects and items. Claims it has nothing to do with his last name.
  • May twitch from time-to-time.

Likes
  • To hang around muggles.
  • To live in the muggle world.
  • Telling people he was struck by lightning, which resulted in the white streak in his hair. Whether this is true or not, is unknown, meaning he is the only one who knows the truth
  • Edgar Allan Poe.
  • Emo style clothing.

Notable Skills
  • Master Hand Wizard.
  • Expert Illusionist.
  • Adept Animagus. Means he keeps his human mind when transforming.
  • Enhanced vision, including the ability to see in areas of low lighting. This is another perk or side effect form transforming.

Specific Spells
It must be noted that Constantine can perform a wide range of spells, but below or ones he favors and has perfected.

  • Avis: Conjures a flock of small, twittering birds. Uses this spell in conjunction with other for deceiving visuals.
  • Imperio: One of the Unforgivable Curses, this spell causes the victim to be completely under the command of the caster, who can make the victim do anything the caster wishes.
  • Fiendfyre: Cursed fire, made up of flames of abnormal size and heat that can crumble fairly substantial objects to soot at a mere touch. Left burning long enough, the fire will take the shapes of gigantic fiery beasts (raven) which will pursue any target humans.
  • Confringo: Causes the target to explode.
  • Incarcerous: Sends thick ropes out of thin air to wrap around someone or something. But, altered to be chains.

Magical Abilities
  • Registered Animagus: Can transform into a flock of ravens, with one being him the rest are an illusion.
  • Apparition License: Disappear from one place and appear almost instantly somewhere else.

Equipment

Grimoire: A book that contains various spells and notes. This also doubles as his diary. Keeps this on his person at all times, though it is hidden in the form of a raven's feather, within his hair, thanks to a Protean Charm.

Wand Holster: Holster for Constantine's wand, strapped to his right thigh.

Clothes
Suit: Constantine wears a number of different style emo and gothic style suits like the one in the picture. He has cast a different number of charms on them to prevent moderate hexes and curses.

Skeleton Top Hat: Aside from being a stylish piece of clothing, is also a magician’s hat used or a number of different tricks.

Focus
Raven Ring: A specially made ring made to focus one's magic. This one custom crafted for Constantine since he prefers to use hand magic. Although he is exceptional without it, wearing the ring boosts his proficiency tenfold and centers his aim. Like wands, the ring has a magical core consisting of: Thestral tail hair.

Wand; Whitewood, 12 1/4", unyielding, hippogriff feather: Though Constantine does not and cannot use a wand, he still carries one. This however, is for deceitful purposes only. For one sees his wand is still holstered they would assume he is unarmed, when really he always armed because of his adept ability to use hand magic. The wand is however, the first one he ever bought and intended to be his match.

Broom
Doesn't own one.


Animal/Familiar
Name: Serenity
Nickname: Serene, Reni (Pronounced Rain)
Age: 270
Species: Fairy
Race: Dragon Pixie
Gender: Female
Appearance:
  • 6 Inches Tall
  • Green skin, with emerald scales
  • Purple hair
  • Auburn eyes
  • Slim, but voluptuous figure
  • Spikes along back and on knee caps
  • Two medium sized wings
  • 3 Inch tail
Personality: Serenity personality has changed almost completely since she met Constantine. She used to be sweet, kind, caring, and all around loving person, who days were filled with partying and having fun. But, after being rescued by Constantine and spending so much time around him, she has developed a similar personality. She loves to be just as sarcastic and crack jokes. But, just like all other pixies who have masters, she has become extremely possessive and protective over him. She sticks to his side, never leaving unless ordered to and won't allow anyone especially females to get too close. Serenity thinks of Constantine as her soul mate, but not on a delusional level. She knows they will never be together, so she will instead protect him from those that don't deserve his company. So she can be a bit of a nag and the annoying sort of conscious.
Clothes: A sleeveless, formfitting, purple dress, falling just above the knees.
Skills & Abilities:
  • Very fast and agile
  • Adept magical skill
  • Breathe fire
  • Flight
Bio/History:

Amora had rescued the young pixie from a fairy slaver and figured the two would be a nice pair as Constantine would need a further assistance and the fairy needed a new home.

The pair didn’t exactly get along at first; they wouldn’t even talk to each other. Serenity only stuck around because she was in debt to Amora, but eventually they became good friends, helping each other out a numerous occasions.

--Still To Be Edited--

History

Birth Place/Area of Residence
Birth Place: London, England
Area of Residence: Previously London, as of now Hogwarts

Family Tree
Sasha Bell-Mother: Murdered.
Acario Ravenclaw-Father: Murdered.
Maddy Ravencalw-Older Sister: Murdered.
Luci Ravenclaw-Younger Sister: Murdered.
Jecce Ravenclaw-Middle Sister: Murdered.
Amora Ravenclaw-Great Aunt: Working as a Hit Wizard in Paris.
Adela Dimitra Cozma-Tomb-Friend: Attending Hogwarts.
Crimson Cheshire-Arch Nemesis: Unknown.

School
Durmstrang Institute

House
Didn't attend Hogwarts.

Howgwart Staff Position
Head of Hogwarts Security

Occupation
Past: Hit Wizard
Present: Auror

Quidditch
Never played.

Bio/History
The life of Constantine is dark and unfortunate tale, one that no man should have to live. For this reason, it is often said that Constantine is not a mortal, but a demon or something of the sort.

Childhood:
Constantine was the oldest out of triplet girls. He was only 7 when they were born and his long spiral of misery and loneliness began. Like with any newborn children, the older children begin to fell ignored, but with three new baby girls, this effect was multiplied greatly. With one parent working back-to-back jobs and the other wrapped up in taking care of the kids, this left little Constantine to do everything for himself.

He took care of everything himself: eating, hygiene, clothing, etc, he even had a muggle job delivering news paper. It must be noted, that even though Constantine has a very strong magical lineage, he is the only one with magical abilities in his immediate family. However his parents were fully aware of their magically gifted family, but never found the time to tell him of it or prepare him. So up until the day of his 11th birthday he had spent his time around troubled muggles, wondering what these strange abilities were that would emerge in times of peril.

Teens/Late Childhood:
Unlike most who receive a letter welcoming them to Wizarding School and world, he had an entirely different welcoming. You see those strange abilities of Constantine's had manifested in a dire time. Constantine was in what muggles would call a gang and this gang had gotten him into many near death situations and this final one had a likely, but highly unexpected result; he had killed a boy.

Poor Constantine had gotten into scuffle that had just tuned bloody when a rival gang member drew a knife. He then stabbed a close friend of Constantine’s and was preparing to do the same to him. It was then a bright green flash emitted from his hand, making his enemies crumple before him. Moments later after watching his friend die, hit wizards appeared and escorted him off to a disciplinary hearing.

There he faced extreme charges, with a worst case scenario of going to Azkaban. But it was decided that this was an accident and he couldn't possibly have knowingly cast such a powerful spell at a young age. A distant relative heard of this trial and came to Constantine’s aid. Once there, Amora told Constantine everything there is to know about the Wizarding World and even paid for all of his school supplies. It was also here that Constantine and Serenity first met.
This was also the time where Constantine learned of his innate ability to perform hand magic.

When taken wand shopping he was able to perform simple spells better without a wand than with one, but he was still given a wand and told to continue practicing. He was also given a family heirloom from Amora which belonged to his Great, Great Grandfather Alfred Ravenclaw. The heirloom was a custom crafted ring, which his grandfather used to hone his magic. Constantine was then taken to Durmstrang Institute where he would receive his education.

Life at Durmstrang:
One could debate whether his life was better or worse, he made friends and enemies, but because he had an affinity for everything bad for his health, he was always in trouble and danger. Constantine was a horrible student, but yet an excellent one. Meaning he did excellent on tests, but his behavior was far from exemplary.

As far as extracurricular activities were concerned, Constantine strayed away from most of them. Since he was terrible at flying, he didn’t participate in Quidditch; however he loved to duel and was a school champion in the sport. This even led to him entering and wining in the Tri-Wizard Tournament in his final year at Durmstrang. But, what goes up, must come down. After graduation Constantine met rock bottom once more.

Adulthood:
Upon coming home to his family almost a new man, he was welcome to a ransacked home with dead bodies strewn about. Immediately he took to a defensive stance, ready to deal with the intruder who had murdered his family. Constantine may have had serious problems growing up, but he still loved his family dearly and seeing them like this was enough to bring him to his knees. Unfortunately this was a weakness that was soon exploited by the still lurking killer. As a bright crimson flash blinded him, he fell to the ground as he felt the very life being slowly sucked out of him.

But, by the mercy of god, he was able to draw breath once more. Constantine awoke in a strange house with a woman standing over him. He attempted to defend himself, but with the sudden movement, it strained his injuries as he was still in recovery. The woman revealed herself as Adela, a vampire who happened to be passing by and was brought there to save him by Serenity.

Constantine then went on to become a hit wizard, with the help of his great aunt Amora. His main focus for this was to hunt other dark wizards, meanwhile tracking the one that killed his family. But, he soon learned that pursuing that wizard wasn’t going to be possible as a hit wizard, so he made the jump to Auror, which was a hard one, but he accomplished in two years. Once an Auror he started a case tracking down anything there was about the man he is now calling the Crimson Cheshire.

Recently:
Constantine has become obsessed with finding this man and has done everything within in his power to get to the next clue. He has done many a terrible thing and caused a lot of pain, but all for the greater good. It is clearly seen how close Constantine plays with the line between good and dark wizard. So to give him a break from all the drama of his life. Constantine has been put on a working vacation, where he will be the head of security at Hogwarts.

Constantine Ravenclaw's Story