Maximilian Greenslade
"I have nothing to say about the nature of magic that you don't already know. Everything we profess to understand about magic informs us that I should be a six feet beneath a hilariously baffling gravestone. You don't come to the dead for wisdom."
Theme Song
◈ The Green Leaves of Summer|| Dimitri Tiomkin
Full Name
Maximilian Byron Dorian-Greenslade
Nickname(s)
Max
Bonewall (his Quidditch nickname, coined by Slytherins but adopted by the Gryffindors of his time)
Old Man/Granny (One of several nicknames given to him by his ministry coworkers)
Age
32
Date of Birth
17th of August 1860
Repealed Date of Death
15th of October 1889
Date of Legal "Resurrection"
15th of October 1959
Sexuality
Hetrosexual
Department
Department of Mysteries | Level 9
Blood Status
Half-Blood (technically a three quarters blood)
"I have nothing to say about the nature of magic that you don't already know. Everything we profess to understand about magic informs us that I should be a six feet beneath a hilariously baffling gravestone. You don't come to the dead for wisdom."
Theme Song
◈ The Green Leaves of Summer|| Dimitri Tiomkin
Full Name
Maximilian Byron Dorian-Greenslade
Nickname(s)
Max
Bonewall (his Quidditch nickname, coined by Slytherins but adopted by the Gryffindors of his time)
Old Man/Granny (One of several nicknames given to him by his ministry coworkers)
Age
32
Date of Birth
17th of August 1860
Repealed Date of Death
15th of October 1889
Date of Legal "Resurrection"
15th of October 1959
Sexuality
Hetrosexual
Department
Department of Mysteries | Level 9
Blood Status
Half-Blood (technically a three quarters blood)
✔ Observant
✔ Meticulous
✔ Energetic
✔ Likable
✘ Conscientious
✘ Rigid/Strict
✘ Secretive
✘ Insomniac
Personality Description
Daring, idealistic and noble to a fault; these words were once used by ministry officials to describe Max's character. That was a century ago, and presently, no other words could be quite so far removed from the truth. Though he does not remember his experiences in the future, even a time paradox would have trouble undoing the changes to his character.
Max has turned to an almost darker shade of his previous form: devious rather than clever, meticulous and consistently serious over a formally endearing carefree yet hardworking manner and a zealous realist, disgusted by the very thought of dreams and ideals.
Max knows he once held the key to future events, and therefore knowledge that could prove invaluable to the magical world. And yet, he recalls almost nothing; a glaring emptiness is all he has to show for his experiences. This handicap however does not excuse him from his responsibilities to the magical world; the thought of failing to defend it because of his amnesia is intolerable to him.
Attempts to reinvigorate his memory though natural and magical means have consistently failed, if anything; Max's weariness of the future has only continued to grow, along with his frustrated attempts to repair his mind. Only a sense of caution he has no recollection of gaining prevents him from attempting more dangerous solutions. Max understands that even these have no guarantees of success and every chance of permanently crippling him. Left with no means of returning his memories, Max belatedly turned to his own recovery efforts and reintegration in magical society. He was only recently permitted to leave St Mungo's and still has a long road ahead of him until he is fully rehabilitated.
Max is understandably somewhat solitary; twice over he lost an entire world of people; one in the past and one in the future. Despite his reservations, Max has made an effort to adopt at least the façade of his former decidedly social and kindly self. Gradually, the act is turning into a semblance of reality, though Max cannot help his lingering insecurities from interfering; bonds deeper than cordial or somewhat friendly relations still elude him. A typical social pattern would consist of an exchange of pleasantries, friendly banter, an occasional social outing and a polite refusal to any invitation to a personal event; such as a birthday party or the like. Max is tolerant of innocent social awkwardness and first mistakes, however he does not tolerate invasions of his privacy and personal space. More to the point, he despises what he considers phony attempts to share in his loss and loathes pity; preferring to encourage instead an image of the wacky time traveling cousin that everyone like but dismiss as an eccentric. Left with nothing to do, Max quickly drifts to very bad habits. Only his return to the Ministry saved him from falling further, giving him a sense of purpose he thought was quite literally lost in time.
Daring, idealistic and noble to a fault; these words were once used by ministry officials to describe Max's character. That was a century ago, and presently, no other words could be quite so far removed from the truth. Though he does not remember his experiences in the future, even a time paradox would have trouble undoing the changes to his character.
Max has turned to an almost darker shade of his previous form: devious rather than clever, meticulous and consistently serious over a formally endearing carefree yet hardworking manner and a zealous realist, disgusted by the very thought of dreams and ideals.
Max knows he once held the key to future events, and therefore knowledge that could prove invaluable to the magical world. And yet, he recalls almost nothing; a glaring emptiness is all he has to show for his experiences. This handicap however does not excuse him from his responsibilities to the magical world; the thought of failing to defend it because of his amnesia is intolerable to him.
Attempts to reinvigorate his memory though natural and magical means have consistently failed, if anything; Max's weariness of the future has only continued to grow, along with his frustrated attempts to repair his mind. Only a sense of caution he has no recollection of gaining prevents him from attempting more dangerous solutions. Max understands that even these have no guarantees of success and every chance of permanently crippling him. Left with no means of returning his memories, Max belatedly turned to his own recovery efforts and reintegration in magical society. He was only recently permitted to leave St Mungo's and still has a long road ahead of him until he is fully rehabilitated.
Max is understandably somewhat solitary; twice over he lost an entire world of people; one in the past and one in the future. Despite his reservations, Max has made an effort to adopt at least the façade of his former decidedly social and kindly self. Gradually, the act is turning into a semblance of reality, though Max cannot help his lingering insecurities from interfering; bonds deeper than cordial or somewhat friendly relations still elude him. A typical social pattern would consist of an exchange of pleasantries, friendly banter, an occasional social outing and a polite refusal to any invitation to a personal event; such as a birthday party or the like. Max is tolerant of innocent social awkwardness and first mistakes, however he does not tolerate invasions of his privacy and personal space. More to the point, he despises what he considers phony attempts to share in his loss and loathes pity; preferring to encourage instead an image of the wacky time traveling cousin that everyone like but dismiss as an eccentric. Left with nothing to do, Max quickly drifts to very bad habits. Only his return to the Ministry saved him from falling further, giving him a sense of purpose he thought was quite literally lost in time.
Biography
Maximillian Byron Dorian-Greenslade was born in Cornwall, in the year of our lord 1859. His childhood was a happy one, split between the family's Cornish estate and their holdings in French Brittany. As the youngest of three born late into his parent's lives; Max was often showered with more affection than responsibilities. His older brothers and heirs apparent to the Dorian-Greenslade business empire had already completed their education by the time their 'baby brother' turned elven, and though the young Maximillian adored both; the already substantial distance between them grew wider as the family heirs assumed the responsibilities of their elders.
The Dorian-Greenslade's were a wealthy house, established by a successful English muggleborn wizard entrepreneur in the late 18th century. Constrained by blood purity prejudice of his home country, the founder left for France and was quickly integrated into its more liberal magical society though his marriage to the Dorian family. The marriage of the the founder's daughter to one of the Greengrass heirs solidified the new family's status as a powerful mix-blooded house, assuming their current Greenslade surname.
Max, ever the bookish intellect of the family, surprised his relatives by being sorted into the house of the brave. Gryffindor changed the impressionable pre-teen from a shy unconfident boy to the outgoing and energetic star keeper of the crimson house's Quidditch team. Upon graduating, Max's house friends encouraged him to pursue a professional Quidditch career, but family pressure convinced him to pursue a steadier line of employment, and use his high grades to join the ministry's department of mysteries instead. The next decade saw the youngest Greenslade adapt to his ministry career. Max was a member of the original team charged with investigating the possibility of time travel, and was among the first to realize the dangers of the process. He married a Breton witch from a good family in his mid twenty's, their son was born a year later. His growing concerns regarding time travel and his newly found paternal responsibilities finally forced him to take action against his coworkers. Max agreed to spy on his fellow unspekables and report any dangerous or illegal experiments to the investigation department. On the eve of his displacement in time, the unspeakable 'spy ring' tried and failed to prevent an unauthorized attempt at time travel using a pre-timeturner device. Max's attempts to counteract the enchantments cast on the device unintentionally activated it; killing his two fellow cell members, while he in turn disappeared and was later presumed to have died in the incident.
Max's memory of what came after is sketchy at best. He knows he spent at least a few years in the unspecified future date before he traveled to 1959, using a refined but no less dangerous version of the time traveling device. The device, a large grandfather clock fitted with a sealed compartment, large enough to contain a single person, re-materialized in the exact same location of the original experiment. Max stepped out of the device before the shocked eyes of department unspeakables and promptly fainted without saying a single word. Max was evacuated to St Mungo's, were he was treated for severe undernourishment and organ failure. Meanwhile, the time traveling device remained dormant and unresponsive. The only clues found inside the compartment were a worn muggle calendar for the year 1959, a magical 19th century pocket watch in perfect working order, Max's wand and a blank sketch book. When Max regained consciousness, the ministry probed his mind for clues though means of legilimency. His most recent memories were found to be his arrival in 1959 and his departure from 1889. None the less, the Department of Mystery's believes Max traveled to an unknown date beyond 1959 but cannot properly recall events which haven't technically transpired. He couldn’t have obtained the worn 1959 calendar or improve the time travel device otherwise.
Max spent most of the next few years recovering in the magical hospital and learning about the present era. His family, including his widowed wife and orphaned child, permanently immigrated to France in the turn of the century were they prospered. The Dorian-Greenslades was later involved in the resistance to Grindelwald regime and was subsequently murdered as an example by his supporters. His son died in the war, while his wife was killed by dragon pox in the early 1950's. Most of the family's assets have since been inherited by distant cousins in France; the British assets had long since been liquidated. After his release from hospital several weeks ago, Max was able to regain his own savings after a particularly unpleasant discussion with Gringots. He has filed a request to regain control of his family's Cornish estate to the Wizengamot, but progress has been slow. When he was presented with an option to return to his old job as a ministry unspeakable, Max accepted and underwent a refresher course regarding the developments of the past 60 years with suspiciously little difficulty.
Maximillian Byron Dorian-Greenslade was born in Cornwall, in the year of our lord 1859. His childhood was a happy one, split between the family's Cornish estate and their holdings in French Brittany. As the youngest of three born late into his parent's lives; Max was often showered with more affection than responsibilities. His older brothers and heirs apparent to the Dorian-Greenslade business empire had already completed their education by the time their 'baby brother' turned elven, and though the young Maximillian adored both; the already substantial distance between them grew wider as the family heirs assumed the responsibilities of their elders.
The Dorian-Greenslade's were a wealthy house, established by a successful English muggleborn wizard entrepreneur in the late 18th century. Constrained by blood purity prejudice of his home country, the founder left for France and was quickly integrated into its more liberal magical society though his marriage to the Dorian family. The marriage of the the founder's daughter to one of the Greengrass heirs solidified the new family's status as a powerful mix-blooded house, assuming their current Greenslade surname.
Max, ever the bookish intellect of the family, surprised his relatives by being sorted into the house of the brave. Gryffindor changed the impressionable pre-teen from a shy unconfident boy to the outgoing and energetic star keeper of the crimson house's Quidditch team. Upon graduating, Max's house friends encouraged him to pursue a professional Quidditch career, but family pressure convinced him to pursue a steadier line of employment, and use his high grades to join the ministry's department of mysteries instead. The next decade saw the youngest Greenslade adapt to his ministry career. Max was a member of the original team charged with investigating the possibility of time travel, and was among the first to realize the dangers of the process. He married a Breton witch from a good family in his mid twenty's, their son was born a year later. His growing concerns regarding time travel and his newly found paternal responsibilities finally forced him to take action against his coworkers. Max agreed to spy on his fellow unspekables and report any dangerous or illegal experiments to the investigation department. On the eve of his displacement in time, the unspeakable 'spy ring' tried and failed to prevent an unauthorized attempt at time travel using a pre-timeturner device. Max's attempts to counteract the enchantments cast on the device unintentionally activated it; killing his two fellow cell members, while he in turn disappeared and was later presumed to have died in the incident.
Max's memory of what came after is sketchy at best. He knows he spent at least a few years in the unspecified future date before he traveled to 1959, using a refined but no less dangerous version of the time traveling device. The device, a large grandfather clock fitted with a sealed compartment, large enough to contain a single person, re-materialized in the exact same location of the original experiment. Max stepped out of the device before the shocked eyes of department unspeakables and promptly fainted without saying a single word. Max was evacuated to St Mungo's, were he was treated for severe undernourishment and organ failure. Meanwhile, the time traveling device remained dormant and unresponsive. The only clues found inside the compartment were a worn muggle calendar for the year 1959, a magical 19th century pocket watch in perfect working order, Max's wand and a blank sketch book. When Max regained consciousness, the ministry probed his mind for clues though means of legilimency. His most recent memories were found to be his arrival in 1959 and his departure from 1889. None the less, the Department of Mystery's believes Max traveled to an unknown date beyond 1959 but cannot properly recall events which haven't technically transpired. He couldn’t have obtained the worn 1959 calendar or improve the time travel device otherwise.
Max spent most of the next few years recovering in the magical hospital and learning about the present era. His family, including his widowed wife and orphaned child, permanently immigrated to France in the turn of the century were they prospered. The Dorian-Greenslades was later involved in the resistance to Grindelwald regime and was subsequently murdered as an example by his supporters. His son died in the war, while his wife was killed by dragon pox in the early 1950's. Most of the family's assets have since been inherited by distant cousins in France; the British assets had long since been liquidated. After his release from hospital several weeks ago, Max was able to regain his own savings after a particularly unpleasant discussion with Gringots. He has filed a request to regain control of his family's Cornish estate to the Wizengamot, but progress has been slow. When he was presented with an option to return to his old job as a ministry unspeakable, Max accepted and underwent a refresher course regarding the developments of the past 60 years with suspiciously little difficulty.
Likes:
Reading ▲ Newspapers ▲ Quidditch ▲ Old Magic ▲ Modern Muggle Music ▲ Responsible Gambling ▲ Brainstorming ▲ Working ▲ Cornwall ▲ The Sea ▲ Sitting on a beach ▲ Haggling ▲ Sweet foods ▲
Disikes:
Alcohol ▼ Automobiles ▼ Time Travel ▼ Idealism ▼ Glory Seekers ▼ The Dark Arts ▼ Irresponsible magic ▲ Pure-blood elitism ▲ Goblins ▲ War-hawks (politics) ▲ Rashness ▲ Phony compassion/pity ▲
Secrets:
On his first few weeks out of hospital, Max turned to drinking and did so heavily and without reservations. Prior to taking his job in the Ministry Max realized that he could no longer simply enjoy a single drink; that he was an alcoholic and could only be cured by turning away from the habit completely. Consequently, Max never drinks anything alcoholic and tends to look down on those who do.
Family:
Deceased. Distant relations among several French families and the Greengrass family in England.
Wand Type:
Hazel wood, 12 inches with a dragon heartstring core; reasonably supple flexibility.
Patronus:
Does not know how to cast one
Boggart:
An uncontrollable fire storm
Occupation or What they did Before Recruitment:
Unemployed
Pets:
A recently purchased snowy owl called Swiftsure
Magical Strengths:
Flying
Charms
Arithmancy
Ancient Runes
Magical Theory
Offensive Hexes & Jinxes
Magical Weaknesses:
Herbology
Divination
Transfiguration
Care of magical creatures
Advanced Defensive Magic
Hazel wood, 12 inches with a dragon heartstring core; reasonably supple flexibility.
Patronus:
Does not know how to cast one
Boggart:
An uncontrollable fire storm
Occupation or What they did Before Recruitment:
Unemployed
Pets:
A recently purchased snowy owl called Swiftsure
Magical Strengths:
Flying
Charms
Arithmancy
Ancient Runes
Magical Theory
Offensive Hexes & Jinxes
Magical Weaknesses:
Herbology
Divination
Transfiguration
Care of magical creatures
Advanced Defensive Magic
Face Claim: Ed Wasser
Portrayed by: Tomorrowsherald
Dialogue Color:
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