Neville Le Houerou

Neville is a character present in Thirlcrest Academy. He is a Prefect, and the most senior member of the programme.
==Appearance==
Neville stands at approximately six feet tall, being taller than a few of his fellow Prefects. While his weight is unknown, he has a slight muscular build. Sporting a neat combover with a bleak dark brown hair colour, his appearance is overall quite neat and refined. Neville's most noteworthy feature is an eyepatch covering his left eye, though the specific circumstances around it are unknown, with him simply referring to it as 'diseased'.
==Characteristics==
Born out of years of brutal, hard work, Neville is known to look down upon most people outside of his small circle of Prefects. Being extremely intelligent, Neville is able to stay one step ahead of the rest of the students to ensure that the academy is kept in line. He is also capable of quickly figuring out how to handle situations, with his solutions varying from a simple punishment or beatdown, to an elaborate plan that even his peers struggle to follow. Furthermore, Neville (at least nowadays) leaves little room for mess-ups from his subordinates, being known to beat his own Hall Monitors.
Neville, however, has many flaws in his personality. His anti-social personality and strong desire to enforce law and order on campus causes him to be outcasted by other students in the school, and he struggles to form meaningful relationships with people outside of the Prefects (he is also typically seen patrolling campus alone). This means that other social outcasts find him a little easier to work with. However, he is rarely trifled with, with people preferring to follow his orders and let him enforce school rules out of fear of making a powerful enemy.
==Character Background==
Much of Neville's background is unknown, but it is far from a normal upbringing. Born into extreme poverty, Neville is amongst some of the poorest students on campus, if not the poorest. His reasons for being sent to Thirlcrest are largely unknown, but through connections his mother made through a job she held, a charity based around giving impoverished children across America agreed to fund Neville's fees for private schooling.
When arriving at Thirlcrest, Neville was a reject and social outcast, unable to fit in with his peers. His grades were horrible, and he was too skinny and frail to hold his own in a fight. He immediately realised the errors he had made in the past, and immediately worked to better himself. He would lock himself in his dorm outside of classes, studying non-stop, behaving in class and constantly seeking out tutoring from teachers and other students. Neville's grades began to skyrocket, and he began to help teachers outside of class with extra work. Due to his extremely high grades, Neville was offered a spot in the Astronomy Club near the end of his freshman year, but, after joining, he was quickly put off by the Astronomy Club's obsession with LARPing and role-playing. Neville was one of the many Astronomy Club members who left the club after an incident involving some jocks and 'The Archon'.
Upon starting his sophomore year, Neville was deemed eligible to be made a Hall Monitor after a long interview process. From here, he continued to lock himself in his dorm for long periods of time, working out so he could hold his own physically. The gruelling, vigorous and violent life of a Hall Monitor aided Neville in getting stronger, and he began to outperform his peers in the programme. When he finally reached his senior year, Neville was appointed Head Boy by Headmaster Clarkson. Despite his position, Neville has expressed little to no interest in ruling the school, contrary to other clique leaders, and does not get involved in the petty rivalries and 'wars' of the lesser cliques on campus. Regardless, he remains the undisputed most powerful student on campus, dead set on enforcing school rules.
Neville was removed from his position following an incident. The removal resulted in heavy backlash from the Faculty Board and Student Body, with a popular petition being set up to get him reinstated. A third-party investigation set up by Superintendent Derek D. Deejay found that the situation had been handled poorly. Neville was reinstated back into the programme, but had chosen to give up his Head Boy position for good, having a bad taste left in his mouth and a loss of faith in the school and education system. Neville acts as an advisor to the new Head Boy, and his legacy causes him to remain extremely respected and feared within the programme and outside it, but is given the full run of campus by the Head Boy and is able to act on his own.
==Relationships==
===Luke Powers===
Luke and Neville are extremely close friends, and have been for a while. Neville trusts Luke with information that nobody else will ever know, and is able to express his true thoughts. Luke and Neville have always had each other's backs, and will continue to do so until the very end.
===Mike Sangong-Jeong-Tongbang'wu===
Mike used to torment and bully Neville when they were freshmen, due to Mike's position on the football team. Mike joined the Prefects when Neville was a Senior Hall Monitor, and things were tense between them. However, they would eventually put aside their past and form a very close friendship, putting a lot of trust into one another.
===Elena Liu===
Elena and Neville come from very different backgrounds, with Elena growing up in luxury while Neville lived in relative poverty. However, they formed a close friendship that lasts to this day, with Neville and Elena having a similar way of thinking and agreeing on a lot of things. Whether she's an academic sparring partner for a debate or simply hanging out, Neville always values her company.
=== Seymour Edwards ===
The relationship between Neville and Seymour is a rollercoaster. Once a trusted peer, Seymour would go on to attempt to betray Neville in an attempt at a power-grab. Upon Neville's removal, Seymour was targeted by Prefects, Hall Monitors and students alike, losing a lot of the trust he had worked to earn. When Neville was reinstated, things were originally tense between the two, but Seymour eventually apologised and offered to help Neville in any way possible. Seymour has yet to re-earn Neville's trust, but is no longer blatantly disliked by him, with Neville being given full freedom to operate on his own.
=== Mason Tasker ===
Mason was a trusted Captain under Neville's leadership. Neville aided Luke in putting forward a recommendation for Mason's promotion to prefect. While the two haven't interacted much since his promotion, the two get along very well.
=== Leon Milewicz ===
The relationship between Leon and Neville is slightly more simple than the other Prefects. The two are friends, and have each other's backs whenever possible. Neville has helped Leon out on multiple occasions, and knows full well that Leon would do the same for him.
=== Lucius Victors ===
Lucius is Neville's most trusted subordinate, being trusted with things that he wouldn't trust any other Captain with. Though Neville has put in a good word to Faculty on multiple occasions, Lucius' transition to Prefect has been slow. However, he can rest easy knowing that he is one of the few people with a blue striped vest able to call Neville a friend.
=== Modesta Lashaki ===
Neville and Modesta became friends when she was dating another Prefect, Chase Scott. However, things soured between them when she began to cause issues with the other Prefects. Eventually, Modesta had told Neville that she had never considered him a friend. Feeling extremely betrayed, Neville began to develop a hatred for her. As Neville predicted, she became so problematic it created issues within the Prefects, and fearing infighting, Neville and Luke successfully conspired to get her expelled. Neville does not intend on ever seeing her again.
=== 'The Archon' ===
Neville was close friends with the Archon back when he went by his real name, Oliver. The two were both in the Astronomy Club, and their friendship prevailed despite the constant bullying and harassment the duo endured. After an incident, Neville was one of the many members to leave the Astronomy Club, with him and Oliver growing distant as the two progressed through high school. Their friendship rekindled slightly during Havoc Hive, before Oliver was expelled from the school. Neville not only blames the school and its bullies for Oliver's descent, but also himself.
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