Professor Matthias Trace Phoenix

== Academic and Professional Career ==
Although Professor Phoenix is an excellent duelist what he really excels at is ‘rogue dueling’- the no rules style  of fighting that actually happens on the battlefield. War isn’t pretty, and fighting for your life and the lives of your comrades can be an ugly business, but it’s in this business that Professor Phoenix excels. Rogue dueling  involves physical, mental, and magical conflict. Professor Phoenix has mastered them all. 
Professor Phoenix knows that to be successful in a prolonged battle one must have multiple methods of attack, and Phoenix has more methods than any other professor at Hogwarts. He carries an enchanted cane which can be used as both a physical and magical weapon if needed. When preparing for a potentially deadly situation he keeps a rapier by his side which also doubles as a wand in a pinch. Even disarmed entirely he is still a force to be reckoned with as he is exceptionally proficient with wandless magic. No other professor can bring so much variety to a conflict.
Phoenix deeply believes in Hogwarts as a community that can help people heal. He does not like house stereotypes. 
== Personal Life ==
Although Professor Phoenix does well with hydromancy he is a particularly powerful pyromancer.
Having an amazing amount of both physical and mental endurance he can continue to fight long after other wizards would have ceased.
Professor Phoenix believes all are born with evil inside and that life is a struggle for good to overcome the shadow in our soul.