Iwan Sholokhov

* Iwan Sholokhov
* Lewis Canford

**Iwan Sholokhov** is a Bulgarian dark wizard and loyalist to a mysterious group known as The Order. Being schooled at Durmstrang Institute, Iwan is a highly skilled practitioner of martial magic. On top of this, being born a Metamorphmagus, he has had various special training sessions to use this ability to change his physical appearance entirely.

When he left school, Iwan started to work as a bounty hunter, using his magical ability to shapeshift to gain a rather unfair advantage over his targets. In a later stage of his live, Iwan joined The Order and started hunting and spying for them, slowly but surely earning a higher position in foundation. To the present day, he still spends his time to contribute his share to The Order.

## Physical Appearance

Iwan is a Bulgarian Pure-blood wizard, who is built in exactly the way you would think. With a big thanks to his school years at Durmstrang Institute, his body is built very sturdy, and he will strike you as very confident. On top of that, he is tall, has olive green eyes and has long, ash brown hair and a beard to top it all off.

When you see him, he will usually be dressed in a formal manner. When dressed like this, he will come across as sly, obscure and in general just as an important man. In other situations however, he likes to be dressed in a more native Scandinavian way, in a big, furry coat and with handcrafted accessories. When dressed up in this more sinister way, people often feel terrified or insecure.

## Characteristics

Iwan is - for the most part - a calm man, and tends to see things through before he makes the decision to act. Besides this, he is a very commited and loyal man. If he wants something, he will get it, and he will not waste precious time while doing so. Due to his work activities he has grown to be very patient. He will however, not let something slip if he gets the perfect oppertunity to get something done. He is always looking for a balance between thinking things through and making quick descisions. Iwan might be a smart man, but the commitment to his cause tends to sometimes get him into situations he could have otherwise easily avoided.

He was raised to always put himself in the first place and not let others get in the way of his goals. This causes him to be very steadfast in almost every situation. Sometimes, one could even call it stubborn. To others he can be strict, especially if it helps him achieve what he wants.

Besides all this, Iwan likes to be alone most of the time. He is convinced that working in a team will only slow him down, and that he'd be better doing things on his own. Others getting in his way can cause Iwan to be annoyed or even angry.

## Life at Durmstrang Institute

The first few two years at Durmstrang Institute seemed very normal. Iwan learned to cast basic magic and started to learn some basic combative spells. In his third year year however, he was introduced to a new type of magic. A darker form of magic with a more sinister use. From the first moment of exposure to dark magic, Iwan was intrigued. He wanted to know more about this type of magic, and he began doing research. He wanted to learn everything there was to learn about it. He even began practising some of the spells he read about on the training grounds.

Besides digging deeper into dark magic, Iwan also had to put in his hours to practise his shapeshifting capabilities. Fortunately for him, there was a professor at Durmstrang Institute who was also born a Metamorphmagus. Iwan trained shapeshifting with this professor three times a week, which would reveal many new uses for this magical ability.

Iwan excelled in his class for dark magic, knowing everything Durmstrang Institute had to offer about dark magic by the time his fifth year had only been going for about four months. He wanted to dig even deeper into the art of dark magic, eventually getting himself onto a twisted path, way past the point of return. When the Headmaster of Durmstrang Institute found out what Iwan had been up to, he decided that Iwan formed a threat towards the other students students if he stayed. Iwan was expelled from Durmstrang Institute that same day.

## Career

When he had just left school, Iwan began to work as a bounty hunter. One of the big benefits of being born a Metamorphmagus was that he was able to shapeshift into other people, making approaching his targets a breeze. This, but also his passion and talent for the use of martial magic made him very good at what he did. In these years, Iwan made a really good name for himself, growing to be one of the most well-known bounty hunters in Eastern Europe.

### Uniting with The Order

Having heard the rumours that had later also spread towards the more Western countries of Europe, The Order requested Iwan to come work as a bounty hunter and spy for them. Now united with this mysterious and ancient society, Iwan continued to practise at what he excelled in, slowly making his way up the ranks within this group.

For years Iwan had been a very succesful man in the eyes of a lot of people. To the Ministry of Magic however, Iwan was a cold blooded murderer who they have desperately tried to get behind bars for years. Unfortunately for them, no matter how hard they tried, Iwan always managed to escape their desperate arrests like a ghost.

### Present

At this time, Iwan has infiltrated Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry disguised as a Slytherin student. He has been sent by The Order for the attempt to gather information about a group of students plotting to take down The Order once and for all and try to sabotage them in their heroic deeds.