Ira Ainsley Banner

PB: Jake M. Johnson


Date of Birth: 28 april 2047

Age: 41 (as of Summer 2088/Term 42)

Years attended Hogwarts (or other school): 2058 - 2065

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Current Occupation: Wandmaker, Author, and Ollivander's owner somehow

Previous Occupation(s): Wandmaker, Wand Core Harvester, Lumberjack

Eye Color: Dark Brown

Hair: Dark Brown

Height/Weight etc: 5'10. Pretty much all around average and boring. Entirely.

Marital Status: Forever Alone

Friends: I SAID Forever ALONE!

Personality:
A bit of a grump. Jaded. Tends to expect his parade will be rained on. He's more at home on his own than he is in big groups, and he loves nature. He's quite the adventurer and enjoys getting out there in the world, which is why he was attracted to wandlore, and particularly in actually making his own wands. He's fairly hopeless with people though, and finds it easier to understand a person based on their wand match than by actually getting to know them. He's not comfortable with anyone whose wand he doesn't know. He's got a real knack for working with wand woods, and loves working with unstable and rare cores. Likes jazz music. Thinks you are boring. Has no time for hooligans. Never reads fiction books. Ever. Believes in 'street justice' but doesn't have any sort of ability to carry it out. Really good at coming up with comebacks well after they are needed. Has been known to shake his fist at those darn kids and complain about how things were different back in his day. Acts seventy. Always has. Even when he was four. Sometimes corrects other people's grammar in the middle of conversations. Tends to be easily manipulated by women. Develops infatuations easily. Isn't aware that he can be a bit of a creeper. Means well. Except when he doesn't.

History:
Ira Banner is the middle child in his family. He has an older brother, Helo, who is annoyingly perfect, and a younger sister Hollis, who is annoyingly cheerful. This leaves Ira who is neither of those things. He loves his family but Merlin, they're annoying. Problem is that they are people and Ira isn't a big fan of those at the best of times. Ira is a published author, who has several works on wandlore available. He has been working at Ollivanders since June 2079, and acquired it as his own in August 2085 after purchasing it from Bryce McLaughlin, the previous owner and the man who had originally hired him, after Bryce chose to sell up to see to his family.