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Daxton Xavier Prince


BASICS
Name: Daxton Xavier Prince
Birth Name: Daniel Wode
Date of Birth: Friday 13th December 2075
Place of Birth: London, UK
Currently Lives: Undisclosed
Personality Type: INTJ
Laterality: Left-handed
House: Ravenclaw
Year: Fourth (expelled)
APPEARANCE
Hair: Dark brown
Eyes: Blue
Height: 5’11”
Build: Tall, thin
Distinguishing Features: Various scars, tattoos, obviously previously broken nose
MAGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Blood Status/Parentage: Half and half (unknown)
Wand: 13 ¼”, unicorn hair, pine. Supple.
Boggart: Undisclosed
Amortentia: Undisclosed
Patronus: Cannot produce
FAMILY
Mother: Marley Prince
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Biological Mother: Yasmin Wode (d. 10th March 2076)
Biological Father: Jake Upstead (unknown)
SCHOOL
Class of: 2094
Strongest Subjects:
_____Astronomy
_____Ancient Runes
_____Defence Against the Dark Arts
_____History of Magic
Weakest Subject:
_____Flying

Prior to Hogwarts, Daxton attended a total of three muggle primary schools, the last of which was a local school in Cornwall which had a specialist unit for children with social and behavioural issues. Though he likes learning and knowing things purely for the sake of it, he has never been a fan of being stuck in a classroom or of school in general, finding most of it easy and incredibly boring and allowing for very little creative learning. He prefers learning things in his own time and his own way, leading him to ignore the curriculum (and get below-average marks despite a genius-level IQ) and read up on subjects as and when it suits him.

Even before Hogwarts, Daxton had a vast array of knowledge beyond the muggle curriculum for his age group, particularly in subjects such as muggle history, literature, mythology, and science. He started teaching himself French and German (and Quenya, a result of his obsession with the Tolkien books) at age nine, and can understand and write these languages near-perfectly. In lieu of speaking, he has also been learning French (LSF) and German (DGS) Sign Language; however, with limited resources, this has proved to be a challenge. Additionally, Daxton has been teaching himself guitar since age eleven, and piano since age twelve. He has been interested in art for as long as he has been able to hold a pen, and is proficient at drawing and reproducing images in fine detail. Despite a high level of skill and intelligence in various areas, Daxton is severely lacking in social skills and etiquette, has very little knowledge or understanding of right and wrong, and his empathy level is non-existent. He tries to be careful and selective about displaying both his skills and his shortcomings, preferring his that as many facets of his personality as possible remain a mystery to those around him.

According to Daxton, there is no such thing as a 'weakest subject' for him. He grasps the theoretical side of all his classes with ease and considers his weakest subjects to be labeled so either because of his having fallen behind with practical magic in recent years, due to being non-verbal or because of a simple lack of interest.

Currently, there are only a handful of subjects that Daxton considers to be worth his time, for various reasons. His interest in actual lessons is almost non-existent, due to his dislike of groups of people and noise, and his tendency to get bored very quickly. Therefore, most of Daxton's studying is done on his own, through library books and textbooks stolen from older students, and he regularly skips classes and avoids homework, seeing little point in either.

He has a particularly strong interest in Defence Against the Dark Arts - due, in part, to his naturally high levels of suspicion and distrust - and despite being refused assistance in the past, is taking measures to learn both Occlumency and Legilimency, and has a growing interest in the Dark Arts. He is also in the process of inventing several new spells that would work to his advantage and make the world easier for him to navigate, or to use against others.

As Daxton is mostly non-verbal, he spent his first three years at Hogwarts casting no practical magic at all, though he would practice non-verbal magic on his own, ignoring instruction from his professors to make an attempt at speaking the incantations and start with casting the spells verbally. Because of his commitment to the pursuit of non-verbal magic, he succeeded in casting his first official non-verbal spell (the Levitation Charm) during the first few months of his fourth year, when he was fourteen years old. Prior to this, he had had limited success, only managing to send small 'zapping' shocks with his wand.

Despite managing non-verbal magic as early as his fourth year, Daxton does not consider this to be very much progress at all, and he is of the belief that Hogwarts (and the magical government in general) has, in fact, intentionally 'blunted' his magical ability. Through his fourth year, he has been focusing on attempting to non-verbally cast all of the spells his classmates have already mastered, intending to secretly catch up and surpass the other students. As such, and partly due to his powerful magical ability - evident since childhood - his arsenal of spells has already grown exponentially.

However, shortly after returning to school from the winter holidays in his fourth year, a series of events led Daxton to be pulled temporarily from school, for his own safety and the safety of others. He was then called to a meeting with Hirsch, his Head of House, and Sahnoun, the Headmaster, during which he was expelled from school, having already been on his final warning.
PERSONALITY
Daxton is incredibly solitary and usually prefers his own company. Thoroughly lacking in social skills and knowledge of social subtleties, he is terrible with manners, pleasantries, and other niceties. As such, he can be incredibly blunt, to-the-point, and overly honest with those he can communicate with, which often means that most social interactions he is involved in will likely have a negative outcome. Though for the most part his rudeness and mean attitude is unintentional, on occasion Daxton will go out of his way to be unpleasant to prevent anyone from liking or being nice to him. Because of this, he is not particularly likeable or approachable, and many prefer to give him a wide berth. This does not bother Daxton in the slightest. He also hates affection.

Daxton is considered by many to be 'strange' or a 'weird kid'. He does not speak, except around a very select few people and depending on a specific set of circumstances, and has a number of peculiar habits, such as roaming Hogwarts whilst wearing neither shoes nor socks - even in the winter months - and his curious fixation with other people's hair. Daxton is at his most comfortable when he is allowed to indulge in these habits, though they mainly serve to reinforce his reputation of being strange. Additionally, Daxton is on edge at all times. He lives in a state of constant anxiety, always on the lookout any perceived threat, making him incredibly suspicious, bordering on paranoid. This makes social interaction all the more difficult, and makes it hard for Daxton to trust people, or act in a way that might make people like or trust him. For the most part, he totally avoids any situations which overload or overwhelm him.

Daxton has a penchant for getting into troublesome situations, due in part to his lack of knowledge of social norms and boundaries, lack of filter, and occasionally his temper. Though he is apathetic about most things, he has a constant underlying anger and an explosive temper, particularly when he is overwhelmed or feels threatened in some way; the triggers for his temper are very few but very effective. This can result in his lashing out in one way or another, often making him violent or confrontational, and means that he does not hold back when retaliating during an altercation - he simply does not know when to stop. Occasionally he will seek out conflict with someone, provoking them into a fight, purely because he wants to, and will not feel satisfied or calm until he has succeeded in doing so. Daxton sees little issue with doing whatever he wants; he finds most rules pointless and treats them more as guidelines, has a complete lack of conscience, views people according to their usefulness, and uses them accordingly, but he is adamant that he does not need help from anyone. He is incredibly independent, remarkably resourceful, and prefers to operate alone in most - if not all - things. Daxton has a very Ravenclaw-ish tendency to take advantage of loopholes in the rules; if he does not want to follow the rules at all, he will weigh up pros and cons before any and every course of action, and usually attempt to find a way around the matter - that is, if he does not choose to defy the rules entirely.

A benefit of being silent and mostly left alone is that Daxton has a lot of time to think. He watches and notices everything, and is incredibly calculating. If someone or something takes his interest, Daxton will devote a lot of thought and attention to the subject in question. He is always thinking, always considering certain lines of thought, always brainstorming ideas, but never lets anyone in on exactly what goes on inside his head. He is incredibly curious and determined to learn more every day, though usually not related the topics he is 'supposed' to be focusing on at school. Daxton also appears deceptively emotionless; despite often feeling certain emotions very strongly, he has an almost totally flat affect - which is only partly intentional - and he will often be seen wearing a totally impassive, unreadable expression.

On rare occasion, Daxton has been known to form strong, but strange and atypical attachments to particular people (which he is likely to adamantly deny if confronted about). These mostly manifest - due to his otherwise general aloofness and closed-off personality - in his 'claiming' those people. He refuses to share, and therefore becomes incredibly jealous and angry whenever 'his' people (he does not use the word 'friend') are more focused on others. Additionally, though Daxton does not care about being noticed by most people, he has been known to display negative attention-seeking behaviour around a select few authority figures. In day-to-day life, he becomes uncomfortable, upset, or angry - though completely outwardly despondent - if any attention he receives is of a positive nature.
HISTORY
Daxton was born to a single mother, Yasmin Wode, the result of a brief relationship with a young man named Jake Upstead (a wizard, though Yasmin was not aware of this). At the time of his birth, Daxton was given the name Daniel Wode. His mother died suddenly only three months later, and with the identity of his father unknown to anyone and Yasmin’s family unable to take in a baby, Daxton was taken into foster care. After a rough start in life, including placement after disastrous placement with various foster families, Daxton was placed with Marley Prince shortly after he turned seven. He claimed to remember nothing of his life before his initial placement with Marley, and to this day remains steadfastly resolute on the matter. She soon adopted him, at which pointed his name was legally changed to Daxton Xavier Prince.

Shortly thereafter, Marley and Daxton moved from London to Cornwall, to be closer to Marley’s parents and away from expensive city life. For various reasons and as a result of sheer bad luck, the family soon fell on hard times financially, just barely making ends meet, which has been the case ever since. During this time, Daxton, who went completely non-verbal at the age of four, began occasionally speaking in Marley’s presence, once he started to feel comfortable with her. From then on, the two lived in a small bungalow in Cornwall, England, without the involvement of any outside help.

Throughout his life, Daxton has shown what are unmistakeable signs of magic, particularly when angry or upset or otherwise distressed (such as during nightmares or meltdowns). Such displays (including, but not limited to, smashing nearby windows, small explosions, doors and windows slamming, things flying across the room) were often put down as 'one of those funny things' by inevitably ignorant muggle teachers, though sometimes Daxton got in trouble. While his mother was quite aware that something was definitely going on, she was reluctant to mention anything to anyone, and his abilities ended up being another 'Daxton thing'. At the age of ten, Daxton started to form a small degree of control over this magic while still not knowing the reason behind it, though this control was mostly limited to making things move and fly around the room, and helping him to steal things that took his fancy. Displays of accidental magic were still an occasional (and large-scale) occurrence.

On his eleventh birthday, Daxton and his mother received a visit from Hogwarts professor, Airey Flamsteed, who informed them both that Daxton was, in fact, a wizard. Though initially distrustful and unsure of this strange man in his red and gold suit, it didn't take much to for Daxton (or his mother) to believe he was magic. Daxton's mother accepted a Hogwarts hardship fund, and in the months leading up to his first term at Hogwarts, they visited Diagon Alley to buy the required school supplies, meeting several other wizarding children in the process.

Since starting at Hogwarts, Daxton has found himself in trouble with the muggle police multiple times, and in still more trouble at school, and has run away from home multiple times. When his mother started to become ill during Daxton's third year, Daxton began spiralling, getting into more troublesome situations than ever. In the summer after his third year, Daxton's mother - who had already been struggling to support herself and her ageing mother, and Daxton when he was home - fell ill and was taken into hospital. There she stayed, where doctors attempted to treat a mystery chronic illness, while Daxton absconded once again, living on the streets very briefly before being taken in and given a place to stay by Charlotte Kettleburn's family. Meanwhile, Daxton's grandmother (with whom Daxton shares a mutual dislike) moved in to help Daxton's mother when she came out of hospital, at which point Daxton refused to ever come home, and to stay on the streets. Daxton was offered an ultimatum by his mother; to come home or to agree to stay with the Kettleburns, or she would call social services to ensure that he was safe. Daxton bitterly agreed to stay with the Kettleburns, though has resented his mother for her ultimatum ever since, and still frequently absconds.

It has become clear to Daxton's mother, a muggle, that she is completely unable to control her clearly troubled son, and as such has urgently sought help from the only wizarding family she knows in that regard. Daxton, meanwhile, has managed to find a great deal more trouble on his own.

During his fourth year, Daxton became less able to cope, growing increasingly unstable as time went on, and acting more and more volatile. In January 2091, after a series of unnerving and progressively worsening wrongdoings, it became clear he needed to be removed from school, for his own health and safety, and the safety of others. Daxton instead stayed with Keiran Toussaint, Charlotte Kettleburn's uncle, kept safely out of the way and under control, all the while seeing healers and private tutors. During this time he was summoned to the school see Professor Hirsch, his Head of House, who in turn brought him to Headmaster Sahnoun. In this meeting, after being questioned about his actions and having shown no remorse for them, Daxton was permanently expelled from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, aged 15.
EXTRAS
  • Mostly non-verbal - fluent in BSL
  • Does NOT like physical contact (especially without permission) - will react impulsively if anyone tries to (or succeeds in) making physical contact
  • Hyperlexic as a child - began reading of his own accord shortly after he turned three years old
  • Autistic
  • Very sensitive to heat, noise, touch, bright colours and lights, certain textures, certain tastes, certain smells, etc
  • Rarely seen wearing shoes or socks
  • Incredible memory - near-perfect recall, though this has started to fail him
  • Tendency to seal, bordering kleptomania
  • Hayfever, allergic to cats/dogs/anything with fur/dust/grass/basically all of outside
  • Will not make eye contact (unless otherwise stated)
  • Hates crowds, will avoid
  • Second Generation character
  • Hatstall - Ravenclaw/Slytherin
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