Alexander Williamson

## Biographical

### Personality

Alex is generally a fairly friendly and nice person. He generally does his best to try and help everyone, but, this is never at the expense of his own work. He's also a very loyal friend who always has his friends' back regardless of their actions, unless it's not something he can personally agree with. He's never the type to sugarcoat anything and is always ready to speak his mind, be it something positive or negative. He's always ready to let people know what he thinks of them and their actions. If he doesn't like something, they'll know for sure, regardless of the relationship he has with them. He also has a tendency to act first and think later. As a result, he doesn't really spend time to consider the possible consequences of his actions before doing something. This does sometimes result in his actions backfiring.

He is someone who is quite stubborn, yet adaptable. Alex deals with change around him very well, but, the same doesn't apply for changes within him. However one would be mistaken if they think his inability to change is intentional. He just tends to struggle with breaking his habits, despite the help he may get from the people around him. But, it's a different story when it comes to changes around him. Alex does his best to try and find the positives in the changes around him, such as when his family moved. He does his best to find these positives and focus on it to deal with these changes.

Alex also has a determination to succeed, and always gives it his best. He always wants to be the best, but this is never at the expense of anyone. He does his best to try and be better each time. This can be a struggle whenever it involves him trying to break his habits, such as trying to stop himself from procrastination as much as he does. He also can be quite immature, this is predominantly when it comes to his sense of humour. His behaviour can sometimes come off as childish, but this is predominantly with his family and close friends.

## History

### Early Years

Alex was born over a year after his older sister in Western Singapore. His parents often weren't home due to the fact that they were extremely busy with work. This led to him and his sister spending a lot of time being looked after by babysitters. He was a very curious child and from a young age and struggled to sit still, which often troubled his babysitters as they had to keep chasing after him to ensure he didn't hurt himself trying something. He was the type of child who would constantly be climbing things, and falling down would never deter him from trying to climb something else. He did his best to help his sister out as much as possible with the work she was doing to help their parents.

He developed a large fear of drowning when he was five. This was due to a family trip to East Coast Park. They were in one of the more remote sections of the beach. Alex being Alex opted to immediately run into the water despite not knowing how to swim. He went as far as he could when a larger than normal wave hit him, causing him to lose his balance and go underwater. His dad immediately saw what was happening and immediately ran into the water to grab him. From the very next day, Alex started learning the basics of swimming in the pool in their condominium. While he is a good swimmer, especially when it comes to basic free diving, he never does it. He still has a fear of drowning and avoids swimming as much as possible. Alex does his best to try and keep as far away from any potential source of water as much as possible.

When both he and his sister started displaying signs of magic, their father pushed for a move to Britain due to the fact that he felt it would be best for them to study there as it would get them the best education. When Alex was 8, all four of them moved to Liverpool. Alex had a much easier time adapting to the move compared to his older sister. However, one would be mistaken if they assumed that he didn't miss home. They spent a couple of years there before his sister started attending Hogwarts. Alex missed his sister plenty through the year, she was his closest friend and he was used to having her around, but that all changed.

### School Years

Alex enjoyed his time at Hogwarts from the very beginning. He found the castle extremely fascinating. He had never seen architecture like it before. He could also attend with his sister after the one year they had spent more or less apart only made things even better. From his first year he discovered that he enjoyed flying and was quite decent at it. His love for flying also got him to start developing an interest in Quidditch. He knew about the existence of the sport, through his two very talented cousins, along with their family, but he didn't have that much of an interest in it till then. He also found out that he enjoyed Defence Against the Dark Arts and that he was quite decent at the subject as well.

In his second year he decided to try out for the Quidditch team. He wasn't expecting too much but to his pleasant surprise he got in as a beater. He enjoyed a fairly decent season. But, he knew that this wasn't the end of it and he both wanted and needed to get better. However, the year was far from ideal for him. While practicing the refinements of the Fire-making spell, he managed to accidentally light himself on fire. Luckily for him, the incident left no consequences.

He continued to improve and get better at Quidditch in this third year as well. He enjoyed a better season than before, using the holidays to try and get some practice in with his two cousins who were both paying at the pro level. It proved to be a good experience for him as he found himself doing much better than the previous year. But in his fourth year, the previous Hufflepuff captain had finished their final year of school. To his surprise Alex found out he was named as the new captain. He personally hadn't felt like it was the right decision on the school's behalf. His year overall had gone fairly alright, they enjoyed a decent season with certain positives and promise. However, his year definitely wasn't incident free. He ended up causing an explosion in his dorm when practicing the exploding charm. Naturally the incident landed him in some trouble due to the noise disturbance and being surrounded by the remnants of his school items.

His fifth year went better than before. His Quidditch continued to go well. This time he managed to lead Hufflepuff team to the Quidditch cup, beating Gryffindor despite the team losing to them in their match. The finish proved to be close, but they were able to barely win. His sixth year for the most part went even better than the previous one. Once again he led Hufflepuff to the Quidditch cup, this time being far more dominant than they were the previous year. However, this was also the year where he got caught in the riots. Unfortunately it also resulted him nearly being killed from his injuries, which also meant he had to take a long time to recover.

## Connections

* Daniela Castillo - His best friend
* Doona McCannell - His former babysitter/second mum
* Ebony Mae Collins - Friend who he also sees a little bit like a little sister
* Rhiannon Yaxley - Friends with Benefits
* Greta Longbottom - Former partner/kinda friends? He isn't sure where they stand
* Dominique Weasley - Friends
* Rose Granger-Weasley - Friends