Dino Riegl

Dino Riegl

Roleplayed by Marbelle Shrake

Dino Birk Riegl is a German/Italian wizard from Weld County, Colorado.

## Quick Info

Dino was born in Keenesburg during the summer of 2017 to Cora De Rose and Birk Riegl. They lived on a farm, it was about 46 acres of family land that neither Cora or Birk wanted to remain cooped up on. Unfortunately, at the time, they couldn't afford to live anywhere else. Birk had been working as an apprentice while Cora had been doing the same in their respective fields. Multiple pregnancies, that of their eldest son and daughter set them back a couple of years. Dino was born in the midst of the chaos as both his parents were nearing the end of their apprenticeships when they found out he was on the way.

With the support of the family, having the kids safe and sound on the farm his father able to secure employment as a Metal Charmer, he worked harder than he may have needed to. The sacrifice of his time equaled to his family having a very comfortable life although it didn't stop them from complaining about not seeing him enough when he wasn't working. His mother also was able to place more focus on her training finally becoming a Wandmaker, she knew as a child she wanted to be a wandmaker, if not to follow in her father's footsteps. After all, her mother and father both worked with wood; her father as a broom-maker and her mother as a wandmaker.

The family moved off the farmland to their own property after Dino's younger sister and brother were born. Cora had to work from home, while Birk was supposed to do the same in order from them both to be working parents. Birk's home office went mostly unused. Cora on the other hand was in and out of hers. She was also able to somehow get her children's interest who followed her between rooms in their house like a little row of ducks. She only managed to grow tiresome of their awe when she was literally tripping over them. It was Dino who tripped her once, he was kneeling as she was moving past the little boy she didn't see. He discovered his magic when he was seven when he magically put a pillow between his mother and the floor.

His brother and sister had already gone away to school before he did, his sister had one story to tell and his brother had another. Instead of choosing to believe just one of them he mixed their stories together. He tried not to expect his own story to be anything like theirs was, but there were similarities. When he started at Ilvermorny he was sorted into Pukwudgie and he was thoroughly embarrassed. He'd heard from his brother that he had a choice from two different house, of course his sister did one better and she had her choice of three. Ashamed of his house never bothered to make a mention of it when he introduced himself. He finished his sixth and seventh year at Durmstrang.

He thought he was going to be a Healer after graduating from Durmstrang. He went to back home to Colorado and apprenticed with Healers.
He works with Owls, more of a Vet than a Doctor. He has all the basic knowledge, he applies to animals more often than Humans.
He met his fiancé Adelheid Borchardt while he was at work. He was meant to be training her as he had more experience on the job.
Work fraternization was grounds for termination at the clinic they worked in. He quit and saved her the job she dreamed of.
He has enjoyed a long engagement to his best friend. She has given him unexpected surprises throughout their courtship.
They have been a romantic couple for over a decade, they share three children together.
They are raising the triplets Vela, Luna and Lynx in a magical community called Lincliff City.

## Personality

Dino is shy, he doesn't always like to be around other people and worse yet he doesn't always like to engage in conversation. He's exceptionally choosy about when he speaks up and when he keeps quiet. He's not an active participant in the things going on around him. He's sort of like an observer in his very own life. He's happier to watch than to have to feel forced to play a part. He's always felt like he connects better with animals than he does with other human beings. There is a hierarchy in the animal kingdom and everyone knows their place, he longs for that level of understanding.

He has these moments where he drifts away mentally, he can be alone or with a group of people when it happens. He's practically lost in space and time listlessly gallivanting somewhere deep inside of his own mind. Sometimes he can let his best moments pass him right by because he was simply too distracted by trying to decipher whether or not it's his opportunity to speak up, or he was lost in the thought of trying to decide what it is he should be saying. He's distant not just from other people, from his own family as well. He made himself an outsider and he's stuck with that perception of himself.

## Family

Adelheid Borchardt is a Belgian Pure-Blood witch born in 2019.

Vela, Luna and Lynx Riegl b. 2042

### Riegl

Birk Riegl is a German-American Pure-Blood wizard born in 2001.

### De Rose

Cora De Rose is a German-Italian Pure-Blood witch born in 2000.

## Magical abilities

Defense Against the Dark Arts

Care of Magical Creatures

Transfiguration

Healing

## Trivia

* Dino means: "Little sword"
* Birk means: "Birch tree"