Winter Knox

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winter knoxseventh year caulerpa
give my regards to soul and romance

**Appearance**

 **Faceclaim** |  | reece king

**History**

winter's parents winston and yvonne were both from st. vincent & the grenadines, an island country in the caribbean. there isn't a school for magic there and the magic community itself was very small, made up of just a couple of families who would typically send their children to adeothorne. winston got his adeothorne letter at eleven and yvonne followed one year after. both were sorted into gryffindor, which was good for the two kids who definitely felt like fish out of water in this new environment. neither were particularly well off and both their educations were subsidized by the st. vincentian magical government. being surrounded by rich british kids was not very fun, but as they grew older they would become more accustomed to it and eventually they found their places in adeothorne. winston would eventually be chosen as prefect while yvonne ended up being president of spew in her final year.

the two started dating *after* adeothorne, even though everyone had already seen it coming from miles away. they were inseparable while at adeothorne and when they would return home for the summer together, both confessed their feelings to their respective sets of parents who would then gossip about it together and place bets on when one would finally make the move. around the time they were eighteen and nineteen, both were well-aware of the mutual nature of their feelings because so many people around them knew and it had gotten back to them. winston would get a job offer from the british ministry of magic at twenty, which led him to want to settle down their permanently. he confessed his feelings to yvonne and told her of his plans, and though she expressed that his feelings were reciprocated, she was quite adamant that she could not leave her family behind. the two separated.

the next five years would involve a lot of awkward reunions whenever winston would come home for the holidays or special occasions. eventually, he confessed *again* when he was twenty-five and she was twenty-four and it was clear that neither of their feelings had changed, still. this time, she reciprocated and the two of them dated long distance for a year (not that it was that terrible considering magical transportation) before she finally agreed to move to london so they could live together. after three years of dating, they were married in a small island ceremony and a year after that, winter was born. then, four years after winter was autumn.

 winter was a very well-behaved child mostly because his father did not really stand for him being rambunctious or disorderly. his father was typically busy with work at the ministry as head of the apparition test center, but he was still home enough for him to be the disciplinarian parent. both winter and autumn were closer to their mother, who was an acclaimed aurologist. the nature of her work meant she was very in touch with the emotions of others, especially her children, and thus she was always gentle with them. her abilities made parenting come naturally to her, so it was kind of a given who the favorite parent would be.

 winter had a knack for transfiguration even as a child. the vast majority of his first magical incidents involved transfiguring small insects into flower petals and leaves and vice versa. he received his adeothorne letter at age eleven like his parents before him, and was sorted into caulerpa immediately for his ambition. when winter was younger, he had big dreams to be the minister of magic actually! and if not minister of magic (because even eleven-year-old winter was sensible enough to know that was aiming a little too high), he hoped to become a high-ranking government official in st. vincent mostly because he was convinced by his father that being involved in politics is the only way to effect true change. even aside from that, winter was very determined to succeed even as a student. he was very aware even as a child that education was expensive and did not want the money of his parents to go to waste.

 he was so serious for an eleven-year-old that it was quite difficult making friends. winter was very much so an obnoxious pre-teen who was judgy of his friends' more "immature" interests and that sort of isolated him from everyone else. in most classes, he was the true neutral and no one really minded him but no one really hated him either. it is easy to forget sometimes that winter is even there mostly because he is so reserved that his presence does little to contribute to the energy of the room. he would eventually get adopted by an extroverted seatmate in his second year and he ended up forming a little group with her and her other good friend. winter would end up third wheeling imogen and sterling until graduation.

 in his third year, everyone had to deliver some sort of oral presentation for muggle studies while studying literature and winter very surprisingly did the best in his class. he sort of became known for being the student who was always stellar at the sort of thing, and it also humanized him a bit in the eyes of his classmates and thus it was easier for him to make friends. towards the end of his third year, an incoming seventh year's request for a adeothorne debate team for fourth years and above was granted and the imogen-winter-sterling trio agreed they would all try out the succeeding year.

 tragedy struck the knox family the summer before winter's fourth year, though. yvonne was assigned to a case involving a particularly dangerous aura and something went wrong in the investigation. an obscurus attacked the team that was sent and caused serious injuries to some as well as two casualities, including winter's mother. both children and winston understandably took the death hard, but winter knew he had to be "strong" for his younger sibling. he processed her death surprisingly well. it depressed him, of course, but it did make him more spiritual and he prays to her often.

 towards the middle of summer, winston realized that he would be busy with work and winter would be off to adeothorne in a month, leaving autumn by themselves. he made the decision, then, to relocate the family (well, mostly his children) back to st. vincent so that their grandparents could assist in raising them. autumn immediately took to living on the island and thought it was much more beautiful than dreary london. it took a bit longer for winter to adjust, but it was fine because he would be off to adeothorne again anyway. eventually, he would grow attached to st. vincent and his dreams shifted towards being able to help more underprivileged countries such as his own.

 winter's fourth year started with the trio's much-awaited debate team tryouts. all three got in, and there were only five fourth years in total who did. the other two would eventually quit because they couldn't handle the high energy of all the other members in the club. even winter himself is not very fond of arguing, and he was much better off adjudicating. he has won a number of awards for adjudicating and most of his awards for actual debating are often pair or team ones.

 his sibling would eventually get her own adeothorne letter and they were sorted into ravenclaw. the two of them would continue to go home to st. vincent for the summer and for breaks because their father was very busy in london, but winter in particular never really minded. he understood that his father had a responsibility to his job and that he was providing for the family. his sibling was a bit more angsty about their father being busy all the time, but winter is confident that they will grow up to understand his responsibilities as well. nonetheless, the two became very close to both sets of grandparents and fell in love with the island so the set-up worked out well.

 winter's skills in transfiguration only developed and under the supervision of the adeothorne transfiguration professor, who would eventually encourage him to try becoming an animagus. the training was rigorous, but at the very least winter had no problems keeping the leaf of a mandrake in his mouth for one month straight. his best friends were aware of his training (he had to explain why he had to miss compet season that year), but other than that no one else was aside from his family. after one month of reciting "amato animo animato animagus" everyday, winter would eventually drink the animagus potion during a lightning storm and gained the ability to transfigure into an owl at will. he registered as an animagus but has never found the need to use this particular skill for anything. sometimes he turns into an owl to fly or clear his head, but otherwise the endeavor was mostly just because he wanted to see if he can do it, and the ability is just a testament to his skill in transfiguration.

 now an incoming seventh year, sterling and imogen are now debate team captain and co-captain respectively and winter continues to be their third wheel. he has not yet quite figured out what he wants to do with his life after adeothorne, but is contemplating perhaps becoming a cursebreaker just because it seems to be cool and the type of job to bring him financial stability. he feels that his seventh year will be uneventful like the ones before, but sterling and imogen are very determined to win worlds this year, so who knows?

**Personality**

(+): perceptive, detail-oriented, good listener(–): misanthropic(ish), pessimistic, argumentative when prompted

winter knoxseventh year caulerpa
give my regards to soul and romance