Edward Zig Sweeney

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> *''It’s not enough to be against something. You have to be for something better.”*
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## *Introduction*

Edward Zig Sweeney is a wizard born the second of August 2003, in Hungary. His mother (Csilla Sarkoszi) is a Hungarian witch while his father (Daniel Sweeney) is a muggle from England, making Sweeney a half-blood. Zig has always known about the existence of magic, practising with his mother from a young age onwards. However, his father preferred Zig to attend normal schools, so in the first few years of Zig's education he attended a private high school in Hungary, and when the family moved a private international high school in the United Kingdom. Zig's parents both quickly realised this was not the most optimal choice, especially because it reduced Zig's learning abilities and therefore they made the choice to send him to the White Manor, tying in together with his emotional difficulties.

## *Personality*

Zig seems calm and collected at first, but underneath he is very **hotheaded**. His **confidence** shines through when you meet his eyes, but every word that is unconveniently timed will aggravate him, which shows quickly in his demeanour. His attitude towards learning is surprisingly good, as he takes his studies seriously. Zig is can be classified as **ambitous** and **cunning**, as he is ready to do what it takes to achieve his goals. Another prominent characteristic of Zig is his **loyalty** towards friends, but has some difficulties opening up to them.

Zig is likely to be an **introvert**, not per se because he doesn't enjoy social activities, but rather because he feels comfortable being alone and does not want to draw unnessecary attention to himself. Zig can be **awkward** at times, since he is slow at picking up clues but his confidence prevents him from getting embarassed. Other than that, Zig is classified as a **feeling** type of person, because he often lets his emotions get the better of him. This in combination with the **judging** type of personality still allows him to think before his actions, even if it is minimally. He mostly acts based on what he wants to do at the time and comes across **indifferent** when it comes to things outside of his studies.

## *Physical appearance*

Zig carries a nice head of brown hair, complementary to his green eyes. He is quite tall, reaching 184 centimeters in total, with average to fit posture. His dark eyebrows that lean over his green eyes give him a serious to angry exterior, although his smile will pierce through anyone's heart. Zig wears dark colours most of the time, changing between casual hoodies and jeans to more sophisticated fashion, namely trousers and neat shoes. He likes to wear a beanie whenever his hear is in the way.

## *Biography*

Since childhood Zig has had one particular characteristic that never left his side. When he was a young kid, instead of playing with toys, he had the tendency to throw them around or punch them. His parents were very loving, but they did not see any problems or pretended to not notice. They believed it would go away with age, but sadly this was not the case. Every year it seemed to have worsened, getting into fights often. Still, his parents were convinced this was natural for his age and never paid any special attention to this. When the Sweeney's moved abroad to England, Zig changed schools, but this was not for the better.

Since Zig had difficulties with the English language, he was very prone to bullying at school. The first months seemed calm, because Zig had promised to act accordingly, but this changed quickly. One of his classmates started to irritate him after school while some other kids were watching. Calling him names, provoking him, pushing him, making fun of his accent and everything possible. Zig was standing there, taking it all, while his anger build up inside of him until the point you could see his blood boil. Then he snapped. Pushing one of them to the ground, getting on top of him while his fist hit his face, immediately drawing blood. Another punch hit the boy's face, Zig could clearly hear the painful yelps of the boy when he hit him another time. But he could not stop, he kept hitting him while all of his anger came rushing out. Entirely consumed by this feeling, Zig's vision went blurry, barely seeing the red streaks of blood from his own fists. The shocked reactions and screaming were only a background noise to him. Finally, he felt the boy's body numbing under him, and the few kicks he felt were gone, indicating that he passed out. Arms that grabbed him from behind, dragging him away from the scene felt miles away until he saw people crowding around the passed out boy, exclaming worried words. Being so out of it however, Zig doesn't remember what happened exactly after.

The next day he woke up in his own bed, quickly heading downstairs in a slight panic. The rector of his school was sitting there, together with his parents. He could not help but hear that the boy he beat was in a coma because of him. Startled, but at the same time full of disgust he was standing there in the opening of the door. The following few weeks were hectic, as his parents were sending him away to the White Manor, where he would spend his days studying the arts of magic just like his mother did, and getting control over his anger.

After the incident, Zig would carry around an intense feeling of guilt and burden everywhere he went. Magic felt like an outlet for him, where he would draw out his worries and concentrate purely on studying. He was trying hard to control himself, to not get into fights and even keep the duelling to a minimum. His grades were showing off his hard work, and he even got on good terms with quite a few people, considering them friends. After a while, he learned to control himself better, even when he did get irritated. Sweeney kept in contact with his parents, writing them often and promising them he will be better.

## *Years at manor*

Deep in the night you could hear two people conversing outside. Some serious voices, as well as worried exclaims and laughter that was muffled but still hearable if you listened closely. Confessing his troubles was not easily done.. especially since he still kept secrets from Juliette. Since the accident had happened, Zig had difficulties concentrating together with his continious insomnia. He bought some medical pills from his dealer with his usual. Why he decided to intake both at the same while laying in bed, was a question himself could not even answer. Zig isn't easily worried, but lately with the drama going on he has been fearful of a relapse. The whole commotion was frustrating him, scared of a fight. He kept being reminded about that particular day in his past, working him up more  than usual. It worsened when Lorenzo asked a favor from him. Previously, he kept his cool, but as of now he didn't see how he longer could. He had some deepened thoughts, causing an ultimatum whereas he did not know what to decide.

A week later, weariness could still be detected from Zig's eyes. Even though he had been hanging out with some friends, keeping social and checking up on Juliette often, he still had some underlying worries, nobody really knew about. The question is not if, but when he is going to explode. He knows it will happen, sooner or later. Even though Zig hadn't been smoking as much anymore and trying to get into good habit, his insomnia stayed prominent in his daily sleeping schedule. The ultimatum still lingered in the back of his mind, but he started to realise how much he cared at the same time. Trying to forget about some bothering thoughts by working out, he tried to ignore it tonight and enjoy the event that was about to happen.

A while later, Zig had been spending some time with Heather. She told him she had difficulties with her current boyfriend and since they were friends, Zig tried to comfort her. By then, he hadn't realised his feelings for Juliette yet, so him and Heather got close quite fast. He admitted to flirting with Heather after their conversation got a bit more airy, but to his surprise, she flirted back. Meeting again a few days later, where Zig checked up on her state before she had broken up with her boyfriend, the situation got steamy and the two kissed. Shortly after, he brought it up with Juliette because he was feeling confused. He never felt like Juliette reciprocated his firting attempts, but he still wanted to clear up the situation for them. It frustrated him because she didn't seem to care. Juliette confused him, because to him she had indirectly said she liked him, but still didn't want to come between Heather and Zig. Right at this moment he had realised that he indeed had feelings for Juliette. The same night he came up to her dorm to ask her once again, to directly admit to him, this time. After Zig asked her if she liked him, he kissed her. Days after, he wanted to clear up the situation with the two girls, where he told Heather what had happened, that their friendship was more valuable than anything and that he couldn't deny what he felt for Juliette anymore.

When Zig and his friends got kidnapped in the night of the cruel events, something had changed. Being put behind bars, not being able to see his friends and whether they were safe or not, aggreted Zig. When the woman, suspiciously looking like Torvi Goncharov and a weird looking creature were walking around so nonchalantly, Zig punched the bars, unintentionally creating commotion around him. "Crucio!" was heard through the halls. He was laying there, after falling down. The pain was so intense, white hot knives could be felt all over his body. He had never felt such pain before. Even though it only lasted for a moment, the world surrounding him was blank. Zig exerted some pain filled groans, not having the power to scream. "Stop!" beamed through the hall, resulting in the curse to be broken. The young man's body laid there in his cell, blank expression and body jittery.

The incident proved more dangerous than anyone could've imagined, for it was building up for a perculiar situation; a surge of anger no one would expect. Zig's demeanor had changed. His eyes were blank, emotions could no longer be read. But the one time you could, it would be filled with anger or irritation. The frown on his face was deeper, the shadow that translates onto his face was darker than ever. Zig's irritability increased, for even the slightest sound or ill-chosen word would set him off. His irritability led to more fighting, outbursts and snarky comments stemming from irritation and uncontrolled anger. He grew even more protective of his friends, especially Juliette.

### Trivia

* The name Edward stands for 'wealthy guardian' while Sweeney means 'pleasant'

### According to the databooks

* Zig wears a silver ring around his finger, that he twists around whenever he is in deep thought.
* He smokes sometimes, especially when he feels like he needs extra help to get the edge off.
* Zig doesn't like to be called by his first name 'Edward'.
* He can play a little bit of guitar.
* In his free time, Zig works out quite a bit.
* He swears often in Hungarian.
* Zig can cook quite well.

### Quotes

* (To Juliette) ''I'm not particularly a good person, but at least I try to be.''
* (To Marcus) ''I am NOT addicted.''
* (To Heather, in a time of complications) ''You know I value you as my friend, more than you will ever know.''
* (To Olivia, on her birthday) ''I didn't know what to get you, but I hope you will enjoy the food I made you.''