Leonard Switchwalk

### Eye Color/Eye Colour

* Heterochromia Iridum (Left eye Blue as the Ocean, right eye, emerald-"poison" green)

## Family Tree

### Family Information

* Bartholomew Switchwalk (Paternal Grandfather)
* Haytham Switchwalk (Father)
* Primula Switchwalk (neé Attrebus) (Mother)
* Nathan Switchwalk (Paternal Uncle) †
* Dominic Switchwalk (Paternal Cousin) †
* Caius Switchwalk (Brother) †
* Bentley Switchwalk (Nephew, adopted)
* Henriette MacSlaigh (Wife)
* Shay Switchwalk (Son)
* Daughter

## Affiliation

### Loyalties

* Hogwarts
* Slytherin
* Order of the Phoenix (By Proxy)
* Dumbledore´s Army (Initially not recognized by some because of his Slytherin status, but post-Battle of Department of Mysteries was recognized and fully accepted)
* Slughorn Family
* Switchwalk Family

### Role/Allegience

* Hero

**Leonard Switchwalk** (Born either in Late Spring-Early Summer of 1981) was a Hogwarts Student sorted into Slytherin. He came from the Switchwalk family, which was a family related to the Slughorn family, and, according to local legend, is a family said to descened from a bloodline that was said to be related to that of Merlin´s bloodline.It is believed because their blood relation with Slughorn family,some members marrying Hufflepuff sorted individuals, and their status of well respected Alchemists, is the reason for the Switchwalk family being an example of a primarily Slytherin sorted family being Affable, non-malicous and not wanting to be associated with Morally Corrupt individuals such as Dark Wizards and wanting their Hogwarts House (perhaps even Salazar, mentor of Merlin himself) to be vindicated from its association with the dark side & extreme magic supremacist views. Another potential reason for the Switchwalk family not wanting to associate themselves with Dark Wizards lies within the recent history of their family when tragedy struck them, where Nathan & his son Dominic Switchwalk was murdered by Death Eaters (possibly Rabastan Lestrange & Dolohov) for refusing to at the very least to give up useful alchemist secrets, which caused a forever disavowment of anything related to the Death Eaters within the family.Leonard became good friends with Ulf-Harald John of Ravenclaw House & Arnold Jacksson of Hufflepuff House.

## Biography & History

### Early Life and Birth

Leonard was born somewhere in late spring or early summer Year 1981. His father Haytham was still expressing grief over the death of his nephew Dominic and brother Nathan, while Leonard´s older brother Caius (Caius was in the same age as Charlie Weasley), longed and was determined of becoming an auror in order to 1 day avenge his family members and set everything right for the reputation of their & Slughorn´s family´s House that had been tarnished by the likes of the Death Eaters. When Leonard was around 5, his older brother Caius before 1 week before 4th year offered his old childhood toy, a big Wampus Plushie with enchanted qualities such as having mesmerising eyes that glow in the dark and purr like a big cat during night time, to Leonard.

Leonard always looked up to his family members, especially his grandpa, his father Haytham and his brother Caius and always dreamed of becoming an Alchemist like his father, grandpa and forefathers. Leonard also was determined to set things right, vindicating House Slytherin, undo the sins of the Dark Wizards and Death Eaters that once were in that house and to purify its defiled reputation.

### School Life

#### Year 1

Leonard Switchwalk attended Hogwarts in Year 1992. He was a hatstall, as the sorting hat did consider to sort him into Hufflepuff due to his affable nature, but he ended up in Slytherin due to his family lineage being primarily Slytherin, having the traits of being ambitous, tactical, strategic, Intelligent and the fact that he wanted to help Slytherin House to look good again and his desire to vindicate his house from its past of Dark Wizards and Magic Supremacies and horrible role models. He got in good terms with non-Slytherin students such as Ulf-Harald John and Arnold Jacksson and became close friends with them. At some point, he did initially consider to try to befriend Draco Malfoy, as he thought that the Malfoys really have changed their ways (like Lucius really being under the Imperius Curse) however, to his dismay, Leonard got to know about the incident between Draco & Hermione plus also got to know other missdeeds by Draco´s hands which made Switchwalk disappointed and started to slowly distance himself from Draco. Draco in turn expressed disapproval for Switchwalk due to Leonard´s willingness to negotiate with the house of Ginny Weasley, Colin Creevey and Harry Potter himself, neglecting the fact such negotiations is something both houses would gain equally, wether it be in terms of points or optics (as in public relations).

##### Search for Ginny

When Ginny was taken, Leonard teamed up with Ulf and Arnold to rescue Ginny Weasley from the Basilisk. The Metal-Brass Trio saw Lockhart, Harry & Ron in the Bathroom and realized that they found the way to the Chamber of Secrets and decided to join them. However, Harry, Ron & Lockhart already went down the slide down to the Chambers so the Metal-Brass Trio decided to come after Harry & Ron to message them that they are teaming up with them. Sadly, they were seperated with everyone including themselves in the Slide. And thus, Leonard was on his own, trying to first find his closest friends and then Lockhart, Harry & Ron. On his way he met Tom Riddle, or rather in his form of a "Memory". Tom Riddle tried to manipulate and lie to Leonard to betray his friends and become his apprentice, but Switchwalk started to see through Tom Riddle´s lies and intentions and cursed him for trying to make him appease the very things that had defiled House Slytherin (plus appeasing the Death Eaters, whom were responsible for 2 of his relatives Death). Tom Riddle then tried to convince him that "It would make Salazar Slytherin proud" but Leonard confronted Tom Riddle, stating that "He would have been disgusted that his House have been dragged in the mud by the legacy of Dark Wizards. Salazar Slytherin would have been ashamed of you, the difference between you and him is that Salazar was a man who was misguided with the conflict between Muggles and Wizards and merely went too far in treating the actions of the extremist witch-hunter muggles as an act of war but if he had known there would have been a future where the relationships became better, he would have adapted to it for that is the virtue of Ambition and Cunningness! You on the other hand wants only the worst of our House´s image because of your lust of power and domination and refuses to adapt for the future! ". Leonard then tried to cast Flipendo at Tom Riddle but it passed through him (As Riddle was just in the form of a Memory) and it was then Riddle realized it was no use trying to convince Leonard, and then Tom Riddle went right through Switchwalk causing Switchwalk to get a vision of Voldemort opening the Chamber of Secrets, Killing Myrtle, Killing Harry´s parents and finally manipulating & bewitching Ginny before Switchwalk passed out, and his mind temporarily transported into the Riddle Diary into a somesort of artifical pocket realm. Inside the "Artifical Pocket Realm" that was formed by the combination of Voldemort´s memories and imagination plus Ginny´s fears, remorse and insecurities. At first he saw a dying Salazar Slytherin who looked bony and depraved who suddenly got puppet like strings attached to his legs, arms and hands and suddenly transformed into a giant "Cobra". A big shade controlling the "puppet" looked like Tom Riddle. Leon tried everything he could to defeat the "Cobra" until he realized the only way for him to do so was to "cut the strings" off "Salazar Cobra" and then to somehow get rid off Riddle´s great shadow. Through great effort and willpower, Leonard manages to destroy the strings by managing to get the "Cobra" fangs and then using his willpower (after all this was a dream like simulation through the Diary" transformed the fang into a staff which blasted light into the chest of the great Shadow. Leonard´s mind was returned and he awoke and later on found his friends. Later the Metal-Brass Trio found out that Harry & Ginny alongside Ron & Lockhart were alive from a far away distance that they decided to hide just to let them have their moment. Later Fawkes did return to pick the Metal-Brass Trio and bring them to safety

Leonard was one of the few Slytherin students applauding the end of the attacks and return of Hagrid.

### Year 2

At the Hogwarts express, when the Dementor entered the said train, Leonard and Ulf initially made sure that the door was locked. It was then they realized that Arnold was still in the bathroom cleaning himself from the juice that was accidentally spilled on him. So Leonard & Ulf went to save Arnold from potentially encountering the Dementor through the ventilation system of the train and got Arnold back into their train cabin safely. Not much else is known about Leonard did during his second year.

### Year 3

Leonard attended his third year in 1994.He welcomed the new students like Pritchard into his House with open arms and even acted like a mentor or rather, an angel on the shoulder for the Younger Slytherin students, trying to coach them to be good examples of the House and try to avoid the likes Draco' s standards and influence .He was confused over few specific things regarding entering the tournament, not necessarily the age limit but rather the Goblet of Fire, and the deadly challenges. He wondered on why using the Goblet of Fire when one could create a new one which would allow dropping out or why not making the Tournaments less deadlier so that it would not be too much of a deal should a too young wizard would by mistake or fool-hardyness end up in the tournament.Leonard also pointed out how the Age Line Enchantment would mean nothing if an actual adult who had a personal vendetta against one of the students walked over the line .Switchwalk was concerned when Harry was chosen by the Goblet of Fire, upset even as his calculations of the flaws of the Goblet had been confirmed and he suspected Igor Karkaroff being behind this due to the dubious background Durmstrang. and its Dark Arts lessons. What he was most upset and disgusted over was how people over all Houses did not consider the danger someone could be in because of a situation like this one. Leonard defended his non-Slytherin friend & classmate Ulf when Pansy Parkinson started to retaliate against Ulf all over opposing the "Potter Stinks Buttons" and what not. This led Pansy Parkinson however to take out her problems with Ulf right on Leonard Switchwalk, using both magical and physical force at him, calling him a "renegade" or "traitor" against their House and what not. Pansy' s antics were put to a stop, however, when even Snape denounced her actions against a fellow Slytherin. During the Yule Ball, Leonard went with a girl around his age from Beauxbatons.

#### Death of Cedric

The death of Cedric shocked and took Leonard much like everyone else. Leonard was a little more than scared & confused by the sight of a crying Harry & Amos. Leonard noted two of his best friends being even more affected than him (due to them both having closer relation with ) and tried his utmost to comfort them. He managed to comfort Arnold the fastes, though with Ulf it took a little more time due to Ulf falling into a melancholy state of being untalkative. Switchwalk was beyond disgusted with the fact that essentially Barty Croutch JR was behind all of everything that happened, but most of all he was horrified, angry & frustrated with the fact that Voldemort, the one who have essentially defiled Slytherin House and the legacy of Slytherin the most have returned, especially considering the fact that the Cousin & Uncle of Leonard was murdered by Voldemort´s forces.