Leonidas Tonks

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Professor of Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (2000s - Present)
* Professor of Spiritism at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (c. 1991 - 1998)
* Student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (1984 - 1991 )

### Loyalty

* Tonks family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
* Gryffindor Quidditch team
* Order of the Phoenix
* Albus Dumbledore
* Lupin family

## Appearance

### Faceclaim

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**Professor Leonidas Edward "Leo" Tonks** (b. 11 May, 1973) was a British Half-blood wizard. He was the only son of Ted and Andromeda Tonks, and the twin brother of Tonks, whom he called Nymphis. Leo attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1984 to 1991 and was sorted into Gryffindor house. He was in the same year as Gryffindor Charles Weasley and his sibling, Tonks, who was sorted into Hufflepuff.

After Leo was done with his studies, he became the professor in Spiritism at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Leo was the professor in Spiritism for many years until he had an abrupt leave from Hogwarts in 1998. This was due to the death of his twin and Leo decided to live in the Netherlands for a couple years before coming back to Hogwarts in the early 2000s to start teaching again. Spiritism still seemed to leave him miserable due to his sibling's death, so Minerva McGonagall decided to give him the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts professor instead.

## Biography

### Early life (1973-1984)

Leonidas Tonks was born on the 11th May, 1973 to Edward Tonks]], a Muggle-born wizard, and Andromeda Tonks, a Pure-blood witch and former member of the noble House of Black, although she was burned off the family tree after marrying a muggle-born, which was considered a betrayal to the family. Leo also had a twin that he called Nymphis whom he was considerably close with.

### Hogwarts years (1984-1991)

Leo began his first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1984, and was sorted into Gryffindor house at the Sorting ceremony. His sibling was sorted into Hufflepuff, and the two were in the same year as Gryffindor Charlie Weasley.

Some time during his Hogwarts years, Leo became one of the chasers of the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and became good friends with his fellow Gryffindor and Quidditch player, Charles Weasley Charlie Weasley. He apparently even developed a slight crush on him, since he realised that he was attracted to men after "*watching Charlie Weasley shirtless after Quidditch practise.*"

### Career as a Professor

#### Professor in Spiritism (c. 1991 - 1998)

Leo became the professor of Spiritism sometime after he graduated, it's believed that he was the Professor during Harry Potter's years at the school. He was apparently a very good teacher at the school, although he was quite troublesome for his fellow colleagues. Leo seemed to really enjoy annoying Professor McGonagall, who was still the head of house of Gryffindor, and teacher in Transfiguration even after he had graduated.

After the Second Wizarding War in 1998, Leo left his position as professor due to the loss of his twin in the war. He went to live in the Netherlands for a couple years, although it's not confirmed for how long he was there. It was long enough for him to learn to speak the language.

#### Professor in Spiritism (c. 2000s - present)

After Leo came back from his break in the Netherlands, McGonagall gave him the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher since he seemed to still be miserable after the death of his sibling.

## Physical Appearance

Although he was the twin of Nymphis Tonks, the two looked nothing alike, which was apparently something the two had to hear often.

Leo was desrcibed as being a "*youthful-looking man despite his age*", although he was only 44 years old during Los Cincos first year. He had dark eyes and long, dark brown hair that almost looked black when untidy. He was apparently well built even in his 40s after have been a Quidditch player in his youth. Leo was also described as looking intimidating as he walked around the halls.

He usually dressed in black robes when teaching his Defense Against the Dark Arts with an all black suit underneath. He wore a watch on his left wrist, which was a gift given to him by Neville Longbottom.

## Personality and Traits

Despite his intimidating appearance, Leo was actually a very laid-back person and teacher. He was prone to joking around during his classes and be very chill. He also did not like people calling him Mr Tonks since it apparantly "*sounds like hitting a goose with a metal pipe.*"

Leo was very dear of his students, and if anyone was mean to them about something they were unable to control, he would always tell them off about it. When one of them were sad about something, Leo would always take time of his day to comfort them - sometimes even cancelling classes in case one of his students needed him for a longer time.

He had the tendency to wink a lot, especially towards his co-worker Neville Longbottom, who was the teacher in Herbology and Head of Gryffindor house. Being flirty with staff members and calling them by their first names was something very normal for Leo. He apparently got scolded by the matron, Madam Pomfrey, in his youth for calling her **Poppy**, but continued during his teachings, since this time she couldn't say anything about it.

Leo also had the tendency to get easily distracted, and would sometimes stop in the middle of a sentence if he saw some kind of bird fly outside. He couldn't read analogue clocks, despite having a watch on his wrist. He would also get detentions even as a teacher because of his behaviour towards people that were being transphobic.

Leo was a big advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, one of the reasons being that he himself were a flaming homosexual, and because his twin sibling was non-binary and used they/them pronouns. This made him get quite angry whenever someone misgendered a trans kid at Hogwarts, since he knew how much it affected his sibling when someone called them by "*she/her.*"

One of Leo's most used sentences was "*that's illegal*", as he said it to things that weren't actually illegal, just minor inconveniences.

## Possesions:

* **Wand**:
* **Watch**: Despite not being able to read time, Leo owned a watch that was given to him by Neville Longbottom.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Teddy Lupin

After the death of Leo's twin, and also Teddy Lupin's parents, Leo officially became the guardian of the little rascal.

### Hogwarts staff

#### Minerva McGonagall

Although McGonagall still only saw Leo as a troublesome kid, despite being an adult, she was apparently very dear of him. After the death of Leo's twin sibling, McGonagall was the one that came up with the idea of Leo taking a break. When Leo came back from the Netherlands, McGonagall was also the one who gave him the position as Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, since the position he had in Spiritism seemed to make him miserable.

Like all other colleagues of Leo's, he called McGonagall by her first name. Although instead of calling her Minerva, he gave her the nickname "Minnie."

#### Neville Longbottom

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In 2008, Neville Longbottom began working at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as the new Herbology teacher and even became the Head of Gryffindor house. Leo and Neville firstly only saw each other as acquaintances and colleagues, but that changed in 2018. During a Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson taught by Leo, Neville burst in and wanted to grab something. Leo sent a wink his way after leaving, which made a few of his students begin whispering about them. This started Neville and Leo's little love story, that began with some 11-year-olds shipping the living shit outta them.