Age: 34
Year: n/a
House: Head of House Ursus
Class: Teaches Defense Against the Dark Arts and the elective class of Mind over Magic (a class on how to detect Legilimency, how to tell when you've been Obliviated, how to resist the Imperius Curse, and other Magicks dealing with the mind)
Wand: Ebony, Unicorn Hair, 11.7 inches, Unyielding
Patronus: Great Dane
Pet: A Crumple-Horned Snorkack (allegedly; no one has ever actually seen the pet...)
Personality
Clovis is a friendly enough person, if a bit...ditzy and rather strange; he is kind and polite to his fellow teachers and students, and overall acts like a nice and inviting person. Sometimes, however, he displays odd behavior, such as insisting that he does, in fact, have a pet Crumple-Horned Snorkack, or his occasional claims of being Benjamin Franklin reincarnated. And there was the one time where he spent a week wearing nothing but a fig leaf, even when he taught his classes...
But, underneath all that bizarre and outright outlandish behavior, Clovis has a keen and intelligent mind. He is one of the brightest Wizards of his generation. Rumor has it that he is largely responsible for getting his sister, Gretchen Haleshire, elected as the newest American Secretary of Magic, as well as being behind the downfall of Secretary Gretchen's major political opponent, former Secretary Aldous Chesterfield. Overall, it is clear that Clovis is not a man to be trifled with.
Some say he is mad; others say his madness is a clever ploy to hide his real ingenuity and power. And others say that he is an utterly insane madman pretending to be a genius pretending to be crazy.
Whatever Clovis is, it is clear that he is a man of many eccentricities, but at the same time, he has an observant and powerful mind at his control.
History
Clovis was born as the youngest child of Albert and Margaret Haleshire, the current Heads of House Haleshire, a powerful Pureblood family in the United States with roots tracing all the way back to the late 1800s, when the Haleshires first immigrated to America from Ireland. Clovis lived a good and fruitful childhood, getting along with his three sisters surprisingly well, no matter how much they attempted to antagonize him. When he turned eleven, Clovis decided to attend Orenda Academy, alongside elder siblings. All three of his sisters had been Sorted into Aquila House, but to the surprise of many of those who knew him, Clovis himself was Sorted into Ursus House
Clovis did well during his seven years at Orenda, and graduated with full honors. From there, Clovis took a job at the Department of Magic, serving eight years there as an Obliviator. When Clovis turned twenty-seven, he decided to try a change of pace, and resigned from his post at the Department. He went back to Orenda, and offered to full in the then vacant slot of DADA teacher. The Headmaster of Orenda accepted, of course, and thus Clovis has been teaching at Orenda since then, even making and teaching his own elective class for 5th year students and up.
Going to Orenda to teach has been seen as an odd career movie for Clovis, especially since he had been doing quite well in the Department. But Clovis himself quite likes his new job, seeing it as a definite step up as a Department Obliviator. He's always liked Orenda Academy, and is more than happy to help teach the new generations of Wizards and Witches.
Likes
[*] Teaching class at Orenda
[*] Good students who do their best to learn
[*] Those who believe in the existence of 'mythical' creatures, such as the Crumple-Horned Snorkack
[*] Reading a good book
[*] Having a good game of chess
Dislikes
[*] Bullies
[*] Those who do not take their schooling seriously
[*] Political opponents of his sister
[*] Those who claim Crumple-Horned Snorkacks aren't real
[*] Wearing pants on the third Thursday of every odd-numbered month
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