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age: twenty two
date of birth: 26 june 1976
gender: male
sexuality: hetero
house: durmstrang, but would have been slytherin
occupation: flying professor at hogwarts
wand: 10.25 inches, hornbeam, dragon heartstring

patronus: peregrine falcon. he remembers dancing at the yule ball with hermione granger when he was a triwizard champion.
boggart: literally turns into a mirror copy of him. this is due to being imperiused during the final task of the triwizard tournament; viktor knows that he can be deadly, and he's afraid of losing control and the damage he can do.
special ability: none
playby: andre hamann

personality: viktor can often seem surly or withdrawn, especially when talking with people he doesn’t know. he doesn’t like letting people close to him, partially because, growing up in bulgaria, he was never sure who was a practitioner of the dark arts and who was not. he didn’t – and still doesn’t – want to get close to people who might be bad for him. the simple solution: don’t get close to anyone at all. sadly, that doesn’t always work for viktor, and when he does let someone in and get to know them, he tends to get attached extremely quickly. all of the walls come down, and viktor is no longer surly or withdrawn – he’s enthusiastic and charismatic, like someone might expect of a former professional sports player.

even though he can be rather moody, viktor is exceedingly polite to those in positions of power over him. he can be snide to them behind their backs, of course, but to their faces he is nothing less than the epitome of politeness. viktor also extends this courtesy to people who have earned his respect, normally through extreme physical or intellectual feats. it is normally the people that viktor first respects that then earn his trust and friendship.

another particular noticeable part of viktor’s personality is his tendency to anger quickly. if people do something to offend him or disparage the people that he cares for, viktor can be…scary. he doesn’t think before he acts when he’s angered, and often relies on other people to talk him out of making poor decisions. he’s an excellent duelist and is unafraid to use that skill when he feels it’s warranted. his anger issue is something that viktor’s trying to work on, especially now that he’s a professor, but it’s an uphill battle.

history: born in a small town in bulgaria, viktor krum did not think he would ever be anything special. his parents, both magical themselves, were of average talent and had average careers – his father working for the bulgarian ministry and his mother working as a magical seamstress. viktor knew from a young age that he would probably do something equally average – not that he thought any less of ministry workers or seamstresses, of course. after viktor rode a broom for the first time, though, all notions anyone had of viktor being average were gone. at the ripe young age of seven years old, viktor flew with the same skill and grace as players twice his age. his parents began saving for flying lessons for viktor, knowing that he could grow into something great.

and great he did become. while most children his age had no idea what they were going to do when they graduated, viktor knew that he wanted to be a professional seeker. it did affect his studies, of course, since he already had his future spread in front of him, but viktor still did well in all of his classes, especially excelling in dueling. he hated his dark arts class due to the pain his family had suffered at the hands of the dark wizard grindewald, but grudgingly did the wok. eventually viktor could wait no longer to play quidditch professionally, and no one wants to wait. talent like that ought not to be wasted. viktor joined the bulgarian national team when he was in his sixth year at school, and helped the team go to the world cup.

though the loss at the world cup was humiliating, viktor soon got another chance to prove that he was special. the triwizard tournament that occurred at hogwarts was viktor’s second chance at proving that he was great. even better, it proved that he was great beyond just his flying skills, since the goblet chose him for his worthiness and his ability to represent his school. viktor was proud of how he performed in the tournament despite the interference from forces larger than any of the champions could fathom. in one year, viktor failed on an international scale, found a girl he thought that he thought he could love forever, almost committed murder, saw the dead body of a boy he considered friend, and heard of the return of a dark lord. it was a lot to stomach, and viktor hated to admit that he returned to bulgaria because he was scared. he had a life there, but he was also afraid of what would happen to him if he stayed in britain.

the next years saw him once again playing quidditch, though his team was just barely edged out of the world cup two years in a row. viktor felt awful being so focused on quidditch and his playing when there where people - friends, in fact - who were fighting for their lives in britain. he worried for them all, especially hermione, but he didn't want to make their lives any harder by having to constantly update him on their lives or assure them that they were okay. even worse, he feared that he would send the letters, and get responses, but that the responses would one day stop.

one day after voldemort fell, in an off-season practice game, not even a match of significance, viktor fell off his broom. the way he felt injured his femur, and despite the best efforts of all of his healers, the bone never healed correctly. viktor’s professional quidditch career was over – he couldn’t fly as quickly with his inability to tuck his body as tightly against the broom. the way the bone healed has also condemned him to permanently limping. viktor is still adjusting to the huge change in his life’s course, but has found hope in his move to a new place and his acceptance of a new job. though viktor fears for a repeat of the awful year he had at hogwarts, he’s also hopeful that there will be some good change to come with the bad.

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alias: puck
age: eighteen
time zone: est
other characters: none yet