Benjamin Travers *Transfiguration Professor*

[Professor Ben Travers]

OH ME, OH MY IT'S:
BENJAMIN MICHAEL TRAVERS

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ALLIANCE - GOOD, FORTY-FIVE, GRYFFINDOR

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"DO NOT MEDDLE IN THE AFFAIRS OF DRAGONS, FOR YOU ARE CRUNCHY AND GOOD WITH KETCHUP."

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HELLO THERE, VERY NICE TO MEET YOU! COULD YOU TELL ME YOUR
NAME AND IT'S MEANING, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE? THEN I WOULDN'T AT ALL MIND KNOWING YOUR BLOOD STATUS, BIRTHDAY AND AGE. CHEERS!
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"Well, you get right to the point. I like that. My name is Benjamin Michael Travers. It's meaning? Well, I've been told that Benjamin means Son of the South and Michael means who is like God, but I don't pay much attention to that. I'm a Half-blood on my mother's side and I'm forty-five years old. I guess my birthday is in October, but I don't remember. I just keep count of my years."


DUDE, THATS INTERESTING - WHAT HOUSE WERE YOU IN? OR WHAT HOUSE ARE YOU IN? AND MY OH MY YOUR WAND - WHAT IS IT MADE OUT OF?
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"When I was at Hogwarts, I was in Gryffindor House. I was quite well liked, if I remember correctly. I was a prefect and later Head Boy with a great future ahead of me. I am currently looking to return to Hogwarts as a Professor in Transfiguration, though if they still have the Dueling Club, I may take the reins of that, as well. I have a thing or three I could teach these kids.

Oh, and my wand is made out of Rowan with a Hippogriff feather in its core. It's 13 inches long, I believe. This particular wand was one I had made after my previous one was shattered. I found the strongest Hippogriff I could and plucked a feather. That's how I got this scar down my left arm. I also found the oldest and toughest Rowan tree I could find for the wood. Together, with the best Wandmaker in the country, I have here a wonderful friend who's never failed me."


AWESOME, WELL ANYWAYS...SO LET'S SAY YOUR STANDING IN FRONT OF AN DEMENTOR WHAT PATRONUS DO YOU PERFORM?
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"My Patronus is a large White Tiger. Usually, it repels them with a loud roar."


THAT IS ENTERTAINING, HAVE YOU LEARNED HOW TO PERFORM AN ANIMAGUS?
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"I am a registered Animagus and I can turn into a white tiger, the same as my Patronus."


OKAY, RIGHT - THERE'S A WAR GOING ON WHO ARE YOU SIDING WITH ?[DARK FORCE PLOT- SEE MAIN PLOT THREAD FOR DETAILS]
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"I'm siding with the good guys, of course. I'm a light Wizard and I was an Auror for over ten years. I don't think there's any choice here, really."


RIIIIGHT SO UHM WHATS YOUR SEXUALITY AND ARE YOU SINGLE OR TAKEN? WHATS COOKING IN THE LOVE NEST?
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"You really do hold nothing back. There's been no one for me since my wife was killed. And I'm fine with that."


ALRIGHT SO NOW WE'RE CLOSE AND EVERYTHING IS OUT IN THE OPEN I'M GOING TO HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR PERSONALITY. WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME YOUR FEARS, LOVES, HATES ETC.

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"Well, I guess I'll start with the good qualities. I'm a very confident person and usually feel that if there's something I want to do, I'll do it, regardless of any problems that might occur. I keep a cool head in all situations, even those that would threaten my life or someone else's. I'm a protector of any who are under my care. I do what I can to keep everyone safe. I am loyal to a fault and am a good friend to those I would call friends. I try to stay easy-going and calm, even though times may not call for it. Let it never be said that I am not paying attention. I listen to everything and everyone around me at all times. I know more about what's going on than most others because they do not listen like I do.

Now for the... well, I wouldn't call them bad, just difficult. Many, including the students, may see me as crude and callous, as I normally just stay blunt and to the point. I'm not one to let down my barriers anymore, so I can even seem somewhat cold, but just because I don't show my feelings, that doesn't mean I don't have them. I have a very soft and kind interior, but that doesn't see much light anymore. Yes, my friends see me as kind, but nowhere nears as much as my wife did. I can be absent-minded outside of the classroom and can often be seen walking into walls and correcting myself without making any indication that I hit the wall. This is mostly because I pay attention to my ears more than my eyes and I also get lost in thought, causing me to stop watching where I'm going. I can be a very stubborn old man at times, especially with the students. I'm of the mindset that it's my way or no way, so there's not much they can do about that.

...Another thing I'm guilty of is showing very little restraint when I'm training or teaching somebody dueling practices. I tend to go a bit overboard and sometimes a bit of the wall or floor needs to be replaced. When you fight for your life for over ten years, you tend to not hold back. Plus, living with dragons showed me that to show restraint was to show submission and you could possibly die from doing so. I'm trying to learn how to go easy on someone, but God help you if you're in the Dueling Circle with me."


WOW, YOU ARE INTERESTING MAN. NOW TALK ABOUT A TOPIC THAT IS CLOSE TO YOU IN SOME DETAIL.
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"I don't really know what to say here. I guess people just need to be true to themselves and not worry what other people think about them. The sooner you quit pretending to be something you're not, the better you'll feel. If other people can't accept that, then you don't need them in your life, anyway."


SO, WHAT ABOUT FAMILY? WHERE DO YOU COME FROM? WHAT IS YOUR HISTORY AND DO YOU HAVE BROTHERS, SISTERS, AUNTS AND UNCLES?
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"I was born in Cardiff, Wales to a Witch and a Muggle. They were good parents and always helped me through school. We spent most of my childhood in Wales, but after my acceptance to Hogwarts, my parents decided we should move closer to the school, especially considering that we lived in a purely Muggle neighborhood and it was hard enough explaining away the random bits of magic I showed growing up. We settled in London with the help of some family friends. I was an only child and my parents' families were all scattered throughout the world, so it was always just the three of us.

My mother worked for the Ministry in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office. With her help, and my top marks in school, I was able to get into the Auror training program. After becoming an Auror, I quickly rose through their ranks and was seen as one of the top Aurors currently in the department. I created new ways for others to defend themselves as well as new spells to use against my enemies. Many of the Aurors were worried about how many curses I knew, but I always said that the way to counter a curse is to have full knowledge of that curse's effects. I knew more curses and countercurses than anybody in the Aurors.

It was during this time that I met my wife, Valencia. I was on assignment in Rome searching for a merchant who was selling cursed items to Muggles. While chasing him down, a rogue jinx caught me off guard and I fell to the ground. I looked up to see Valencia standing above me with her wand pointed at my face. She was apparently after the merchant as well, but I didn't know that until after a fierce, and rather provocative, duel.

She was a beautiful woman. Olive skin, long black hair, and oddly, baby blue eyes that popped out at you. She was tall and slender, with a perfect figure and carried herself with grace, even in battle. Sure, I may be biased, but to me, she was the perfect woman. She had one flaw, though. She was missing her right ring finger. She always said it was an accident, but she gave me three different versions of how she lost it, so I never really found out for sure... but I digress.

Anyway, it turned out that she was working for an undercover organization in Rome to keep the city safe without exposing magic. The two of us worked together to apprehend the merchant and bring him to justice. During that time, we became really close, considering our beginnings. The passion was always intense between us... Anyway, I stole her away from Rome and we were married six months after living together in London. I was twenty-five when we were married. Seems so long ago, now.

She joined the Aurors with me, which wasn't too difficult for her, considering her previous occupation. Together, we did our best to keep the peace and stop as many Dark Wizards as we could. It was wonderful to work at a job you loved with someone you loved even more. A few years passed that way before we started thinking about having children. We succeeded in having a son and then, a few years later, a daughter.

...It was then that everything changed. I was on assignment and separated from my family, which was unavoidable, the Aurors said. They needed me specifically for that job... anyway, while I was gone, three Dark Wizards attacked my family. My wife was able to take down one of them, but the other two killed her and my son, who was only six years old, and kidnapped my infant daughter. I felt the protections I had left on my house break when they attacked and quickly prepared for a fight and Apparated, but I was too late. They had left the other Wizard behind, who was hit with my wife's powerful spells. They probably thought he was dead and left him as such, but he wasn't. I woke him up, and in my rage, I tried to get information out of him. I only got the name of one of the other two Wizards before... I killed him.

I reported the attack to the Aurors without telling them what I had done and within a couple days, we buried my wife and son. My parents tried to console me, but I couldn't think of anything else but finding my daughter and killing the other two responsible. The Aurors, of course, didn't want me doing anything as rash as that, trying to chain me to a desk all day, so I quit. They warned me that if I did so and I was caught killing those Wizards, even though they were still on my side, they would persecute me to the fullest extent of the law. I simply told them that they could try.

After a year or so, I found the Wizard that belonged to the name I had. He had no clue where the other Wizard ended up afterward with my daughter. I know this for truth, as I continued to use the Unforgivible Cruciatus Curse to get the answers out of him. I was in a dark place then... I left him for dead and continued my fruitless search. I should have killed him, as he came back for revenge, catching me off guard and knocking me out. I woke up in a Dragon's den among young hatchlings and their mother. I suppose I was to be dinner, but I guess I wasn't worthy of it, as the mother decided to let me live among them. Since I had no wand or any other means to contact anyone, I figured it would be best to stay here a while, especially since I had no one else to go home to.

Living among dragons really helped me to come to terms with everything that had happened and helped me to move on. I still, to this day, miss my love. That will never go away, but I can function a lot more rationally today than back then because of the Dragons. They even taught me how to rely on my internal magic without a conduit, like a wand. It was difficult, and even today I can barely use it except under extreme circumstances, but it was enough to return to civilization. I was able to get a new wand and new clothes... but of course, I returned to my friends. I lived with the dragons until an owl dropped a letter at my feet. It was from the Headmistress at Hogwarts, asking me to return to teach Transfiguration.

When I first met with the Headmistress, I asked if I could teach Defense Against the Dark Arts, since, being an Auror, that's what I did. Well, the position was filled, but she said that Transfiguration was my best subject, which it was, and she figured that for now, it would be the best place for me. I agreed and joined the ranks of the Professors.

So now, I'm getting back to my roots. And during this time, I realized that it's been about ten or eleven years since the worst night of my life. My daughter may be at Hogwarts or may be coming soon. I have no idea what she'd even look like now, but I know she's alive. I can feel it. There may be a chance that I can still find a piece of the life that was taken from me."


I THINK THATS EVERYTHING, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO SAY BEFORE I GO?
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"I guess, just watch out for me when you see me, and if my daughter is out there, I'm still looking for you."

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THE ROLEPLAYING SAMPLE !

The castle was as beautiful as he remembered the first time Ben Travers saw Hogwarts. However, he was currently lost in thought and wandering the halls, not watching where he was going. As such, he ran into a wall, then another, and another, but never made any indication. Younger students stared and laughed as he did so, but the older students just shook their heads and went about their business.

All the while, the supposedly absent-minded Professor was listening in to every conversation. So far, he had gathered that three relationships were breaking up while two others were forming, a couple Slytherins were going to prank their next Charms class -which he would be informing the Charms Professor of next chance he got-, and apparently, one of the third years stole an animal from the Care of Magical Creatures class. This was the student that Ben was tracking down, even though he kept running into walls. It's not his fault, though. Honestly, who puts a wall in the middle of someone's path?

On the grounds, he found the student looking in his backpack and messing with the creature inside. Ben walked up behind him and asked "And what have we here?" He looked over the frightened student's shoulder and saw a Puffskein sitting on top of books, nibbling on a piece of parchment. Ben chuckled and said, "That Puffskein will eat everything if you're not careful. Come on, let's take it back to the Professor before I decide to give you a detention. You're lucky I'm feeling nice today. This is a serious offense."

"Y-yes, sir," the student said reluctantly, and the two of them walked toward the class that was in session.

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ALL ABOUT: JP !

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