Adonis Rosier

##### Positives

> Adonis is a rather outgoing individual who knows how to work a crowd, or a person. He is easy-going and charismatic, making friends wherever he goes and making others feel very comfortable. He is very good at reading people. Despite his beliefs in blood purity, he is a very friendly person and will not outwardly show his beliefs. He acts a bit like the life of the party, though he is maturing a bit from that. Adonis is *very* protective of people he cares about and has been known to get into a fight with someone more than once. He is a very loyal person to have on your side. Adonis is humorous and likes to joke around. He just really likes to have a lot of fun. Despite his status as a pureblood, Adonis does spend a lot of time reading news and keeping up-to-date on what is going on around him. He takes his success seriously.
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##### Negatives

> Arrogant has been used more than once to describe Adonis, though he fails to see this as a bad thing. He loves himself more than anyone else and again, fails to see what's wrong in this. He is very spoiled and it shows - he's used to getting whatever he wants, whenever he wants, because that is how his life has been growing up. Adonis has a hard time forgiving - in that he just doesn't. He tries to be, but it's something he really struggles with. Adonis has a lot of fun pushing people's buttons once he finds out what gets under their skin - if they have an entertaining reaction to it (see Nessa Connors).
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#### History

##### Family History

###### Rosier Family

> Born as the last son to the first born son, Alexander was not expected to inherit the Wizengamot seat, though he was trained for it regardless. His sole purpose, he knew, was to exist to continue the family line on the off chance that his brothers failed. He never expected that his brothers would actually fail, though a part of him couldn’t deny the excitement that he felt at the prospect of taking on the power that came with his name.
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> He was firmly raised in the belief of blood purity, and idolized the many stories he heard about his Aunt Vinda during her term serving with Grindelweld. Magic, he believed, would cease to exist the longer it was tainted with the blood of mudbloods. Alexander spent most of his time being raised by nannies and the like, only seeing his father when his father was to punish him for one of his failures or another. Perfection was a bar that was set high, and he was meant to achieve it if he were to be a part of this family.
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> When Mayne, his second brother, passed away when Alexander was ten, the treatment from his father completely changed. Instead of being regarded only when he had done something wrong, he was suddenly the prized child. Neither of his brothers had any heirs and therefore, he knew it was up to him. The prospect of the power he was to gain pushed him forward as he knew that he was the one that was cherished now. Alexander took all of his various trainings seriously, wanting to continue to receive that praise and recognition from his parents, knowing that he had the power now as the oldest son.
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> He was sorted into Slytherin when he was at Hogwarts, and though quidditch greatly interested him, there was no point in wasting his time with it as he knew that there were great things waiting for him once he graduated. He found himself being a bit of a bully to the other students that weren’t pureblooded like himself, but it was only necessary as they didn’t belong at this school like he had. Halfbloods were a little more tolerable than mudbloods, but that wasn’t saying much to him.
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> When he graduated school, he trained to not let his father down, pushing himself to his limits of power. He was skilled in wandwork and dueling, and found great relief in practicing on animals in his endeavors to be the best. A time or two, he practiced against muggles, but he made sure to not be caught as times were changing.
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> His family had been involved where Grindelweld was concerned, though by the time he was really of age and actually useful, Grindelweld had fallen. Still, his family took it seriously that he needed to be at the top of his guard and ready for war, because war was not finished when it came to taking back what was rightfully theirs.
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> Alexander had married a pureblooded witch, and with her, they had three sons. Evan had perished in the first wizarding war, and Felix went and married a mudblood. He was disowned from the family, leaving the last of the heir to their last son, Jovan. Learning that his last son was to be the one to carry on the family name, he set out to make sure he was the most prepared.
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> Jovan did not have it easy when it came to his father as there were always certain expectations that the family needed to uphold, and certain values and standards that must be made with highest importance. Jovan took great care in learning what he needed to, while feeling like he was the only one who was actually mourning the death of his brothers. He even considered Evan dead to him, because that was the way that it must be. He hadn’t known until he was older, and Evan had married, that he was to be the only one in his father’s direct descendants, to carry on his name, so he knew that he needed to make him proud.
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> He followed in his father’s trainings, even so much as dealing with injury after injury as his father wouldn’t go easy on him when it came to dueling. Soon enough, he bested his own father, though it came at a great price as he had nearly killed him. It was then that his father knew that he was ready, and showed him, for the first time, just how proud of him he was. Still, it was the power that he grew to love the most, even with the loss of his brothers, because without the loss, he would have never gained this same power that his father sought out. They were blessed, in a way, taking a position that hadn't rightfully been theirs at the start.
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> Jovan was arranged to marry Marciana Avery before he had ever met her, though he found little surprise in this. She was a beautiful pureblooded witch, and that was as far as he cared about as that was the way he was taught he needed to be.
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###### The Avery Family

> Marciana Avery was the last born child to Emmerech and Theresa Avery. They hadn’t intended on getting pregnant again, especially as they barely liked each other, but one drunken night in celebration of Lord Voldemort’s starting reign ended with another baby on the way. Theresa wouldn’t complain too much, because she actually loved babies, so having another one kept her busy. She treated Marciana as the belle of the ball, dotting on her and cherishing every bit of her as she raised her in her own image. Marciana was the perfect child, well-behaved, dutiful, and beautiful beyond all things.
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> She was bored with Hogwarts because she was rather intelligent for her age so it always felt like she was more advance than what was being taught. It had been rather difficult for her to actually have friends, though, since most girls were jealous of the attention that she had received from almost everyone. Instead, she spent most of her time chatting with professors and being somewhat relieved that the war was over for the time being. She was much too young to be any help, so most of it was just rather scary as she was constantly worried for her parents and siblings and what would come of them.
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> Marciana was very much a rule-follower, except for her one blip that no one would know about. In her seventh year, she started a secret romance with another girl in her school, though they both knew that nothing could come of it. It had been her best friend - her only friend - and there was something that felt so good about doing something so forbidden for her. The romance continued even after graduation as she knew that deep down, a part of her loved her.
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###### Parents' History

> Jovan and Marciana married, only having really met each other a handful of times prior to being married. They hadn’t really liked each other, though they both knew what was expected of them,. He courted her to start, after they married, and they still didn’t really like each other at all. Jovan discovered her secret relationship with another woman, and though she had expected him to ban her from seeing the other woman again, he instead told her to not get caught or he would make sure she would regret it. Despite the threat, she was relieved that he wasn’t going to say anything.
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> It wasn’t until after the birth of her first son that she and her (now former) best friend broke things off. Marciana wanted to focus on raising her child in the way that he must go, and being the perfect mother, instead of just acting like the perfect mother. She was thankful that her best friend had also been married to another and thus, the secret remained between the three of them while Marciana moved on to raising Adonis and being the perfect wife to Jovan.
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> It wasn’t until after the birth of Salvatore, that Marciana started to feel that love for her husband growing into something beyond duty. Watching him father their children and guide them in the way for them to be raised, and working together at it, she started to realize that she really did start to love Jovan. The very first time that she had told Jovan she loved him, and actually meant it in the way that a wife ought to love their husband, was just before the birth of their daughter, Donata.
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> The relationship between Jovan and Marciana grew as they raised their children together, learning to bring out the best in each other beyond just taking part in their duty of continuing their pureblooded lines. Jovan didn’t even realize he had a romantic side until they started having children, and he spent a great deal of his free time, when he wasn’t scolding their children to being better, romancing his wife.
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##### Early Years

> First born son, Adonis already had his life planned out for him from the start. His list of expectations were long, as he was pushed to his limits of uttermost perfection. His relationship with his mother was always closer than that with his father, as she was far more nurturing. He was the favorite son to his parents simply because he was the oldest, and later, because they felt he had the most promise.
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> Adonis was stuck in dance classes, etiquette classes, studying the history of magic at every chance, and honing his knowledge of magic before he was able to receive his letter of acceptance to Hogwarts. Playtime was limited, which had always been the hardest part for a young boy. It was why, during his many private lessons, he found himself acting out in one way or another, disturbing the lessons and getting his misbehavior reported to his parents. If it was his mother that heard of it, he often went unpunished. If it was his father that heard of it, he would be without supper for the night and doing the work of the houseelves. Regardless of this, Adonis did what he had wanted when he was younger, struggling with the expectations of authority and not wanting them to think that they had the ability to tell him what to do.
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> It had taken him years before he actually learned to respect his heritage and the expectations set upon him, which wouldn’t happen until later in his life.
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##### School Years

> Adonis received his letter and went off to Hogwarts in excited anticipation of all of the things that he could get away with. Without the watchful eyes of his parents, he made quick work of doing what it is that he wanted to do. It was really easy for him to make friends, especially with the other people in his house. He seemed to portray himself as the life of the party, developing close friendships and relationships with some, while fighting and punching others if they insulted or said something against one of his friends. He never fully got in the trouble that he deserved if his mother was the one that was aware of it.
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> He joined quidditch early on, loving the popularity that came with it, though he would have to say that his passion had been his Care of Magical Creatures class. Despite his somewhat rebellious stage, he knew that in the end, his career and path was already chosen for him, and that any work, despite his love for the class, could amount to nothing permanent. Adonis, though he kept to his reputation of the careless, fun, flirt, he knew that he was to be betrothed, and that he could only work in a very certain position.
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> The summer before his last year at Hogwarts, his father had been murdered in a duel by the family member of someone he voted to send to Azkaban. Despite the issues that Adonis had with his father growing up, he had never wanted him to die. It had been more of a change than he had been expecting, but Adonis knew that he needed to wake up and realize that he was now the head of the house with his father gone. He knew what was expected of him, especially when he graduated and took his rightful position with the Wizengamot. Responsibility had been something he fought off for so long, and in the blink of an eye, it was thrusted onto him.
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> Returning to Hogwarts for his final year was a bit bittersweet. On one hand, he wanted to remain that youthful, carefree, and flirtatious Adonis that every knew, but a part of him knew that he needed to get his focus in the right place. He maintained appearances for the sake of his reputation, though he seemed to sneak away more than usual to prepare himself for what was to come for him. He had even stepped down from being a beater in his final year, switching to a Chaser position on a bet, simply to keep up with appearances, though a part of him could hardly care less. Quidditch wasn't going to be a part of his life after graduation and he knew it. His focus, in part, switched to leading the Duelling club, more affected by the death of his father than he cared to admit.
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##### Post-School Years

> He had been betrothed to another pureblooded witch, and six months after graduation, they had married. He wouldn’t say he disliked her, but commitment had never really been his strong suit since he really liked to flirt and get around a bit more. It was his duty, and love had no part in it. He had his position lined up in the Wizengamot, and surprisingly to most, he actually did take it seriously. Adonis spent a little extra time studying more and more about magical history and the like so that he wasn’t completely useless when it came to voting on decisions.
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> Less than a year after his marriage to another pureblooded witch, she died in a splinching accident after a particularly harsh argument between the pair. He carried a little bit of guilt after the accident, and it remains something that he is struggling with, but time passed on and he found himself betrothed to another, because despite tragedy, family line must live on through him, and heirs must be born.
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> Adonis continued his work at the Wizengamot and tried to ignore the fact that he was betrothed to someone so young, someone so...utterly uninteresting to him. It was something he had been prepared for, though there was a small part of him that hoped that she was different than how she was coming across. She was the epitome of perfection when it came to what he was expected to enjoy, but he was different than people knew. Still, he would find a way to make it work, and was just glad that his hands were completely out of the wedding preparations. Working at the Wizengamot, though it was his rite as the head of the Rosier family, was something he did find himself actually enjoying, as he learns more and more about the way politics work around him. Young as he was, he knows he wants more in life, and though he's years away from the future, the idea of being Minister Rosier has a nice ring to it for him.
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### Connections

#### **Family**

###### Dulcia Rosier

> One of his younger sisters, who he tends to be very close with, despite her obvious misinformation about their father being a good man when he was anything but. He finds her kind of naive, but he will take her naivety over her having to have dealt with their father growing up.
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###### Ursula Burke

> Give it a few years, and he will know for certain that he married the wrong sister.
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#### **Friends**

###### Jean-Luc Rose

> His best mate, and one he will frequently be seen at parties with or partaking in one crazy bet after another, Adonis trusts the man deeply, despite the fact that he isn't a pureblood. It's a bit refreshing, really.
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#### **Romance**

###### Euphemia Burke

> His wife - Adonis is not quite sure what to think of her. He hasn't had much to go off of, but she is his wife now, so truthfully, he knows it doesn't really matter what he thinks in the end since having a family together is their end goal. He thinks she's weird and way too obedient and secretly, he really hopes he can break her out of that, one way or another.
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#### **Other**

###### Nessa Connors

> Not quite enemies in his eyes, he has known her for years and really rather enjoys getting under her skin. However, he also secretly likes to see her push herself to succeed because as annoying and woe-is-me as he views her, he thinks she is one of the most capable people out there. Not quite frenemies, but a potential common, loosely stated, 'acquaintance', against bigger threats.
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###### Gawain Yaxley

> It is impossible to have a list of connections and not mention Gawain. They graduated together, and as such, were roommates together for 7 years. On top of that, it is likely that he has known Gawain for his entire life and they can be vastly different at times. Impressions still to come.
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