Max Kiefer

Max Kiefer

Snowboarder | Annoyed at the World
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OOC First Name
Samantha
Blood Status
Half Blood
Relationship Status
Too Young to Care
Wand
Straight 15" Rigid Hornbeam Wand with Dragon Heartstring Core
Age
11
Max Kiefer

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Basic Information
Full Name: Max William Kiefer
Meaning:
First Name: Max gets his name from his father, Maxwell, but it was simplified to Max to make it different and less 'old-school'.
Middle Name: William is his fathers middle name, and his grandfather's first name. It was passed down through the generations of males in the Kiefer family, whether it be a first or middle name.
Surname: Kiefer is his surname, and means pine tree in German, which suits their family because they love the snow and pine trees are often found in those sorts of areas.
Nickname: None

Gender: Male
Sexual Orientation: Straight
Relationship Status: Single
Birthdate: March 23 2042
Age: 11
Occupation: Student (at Hogwarts NZ)

Hometown: Queenstown, New Zealand
Languages Spoken: English
Zodiac Sign: Aries (Fire Sign)
Zodiac Explanation: Aries loves to be number one, so it’s no surprise that they are the first sign of the zodiac. Bold and ambitious, Aries dive headfirst into even the most challenging situations. Uncomplicated and direct in their approach, they often get frustrated by exhaustive details and unnecessary nuances. These fire signs think after they act, which often results in lessons learned the hard way. They also adhere to an “every person for themselves” philosophy, and while this self-determination can be inspiring, Aries need to watch out for selfish tendencies.


Magical Information
Blood Status: Half-blood
Hogwarts House: Slytherin
Year Level: First Year

Wand: Straight 15 Inch Rigid Hornbeam Wand with Dragon Heartstring Core
Wand Description:
Wood: Hornbeam wands are often found with wizards and witches having what can be best described as an obsession - a single all-consuming focus in life. Adapting to its owner quickly, it will not work well for other people and will sometimes not perform spells which are counter to its owner's character.
Core: This wand core is popular with the dark wizards, but useful for all as wands of this nature seem to learn spells with more ease than other wands do. A wand with dragon heartstring will contain a great deal of power, so it is advised that the wand caster know how to handle such power.
Style: Straight and smooth: what else is there to say?
Length: A little on the longer side of things, wands of this length are slightly more uncommon and not easily forgotten by others.
Flexibility: Rigid is a difficult wand to control and sometimes broken under little force, but powerful in a fight.

Amortentia: The smell of the crisp snowy air in the mountains as well as hot chocolate with freshly baked scones.
Mirror of Erised: Seeing himself with hundreds of trophies, medals and awards, all from being the best at snowboarding and winning various competitions.
Boggart: Getting so physically hurt/paralysed that he can never snowboard again.

Patronus: Crow
Patronus Memory: Winning his first ever snowboarding competition.
Patronus Explanation: The crow is a very well-known bird that some believe is an omen of dark magic. The crow is very resourceful, ambitious, and cunning. Once they set a goal, they always seem to get what they’re after. Crows are also fearless, so regardless of what sort of creature they find in the way of their goal, they will do anything they can to overpower it. They are also very smart and have been observed using tools to achieve their means.

Dementor: Unknown
Animagus: Unkown


Appearance
Hair: Max has dark brown hair that often sticks up in weird angles after wearing a snowboarding helmet all day (because safety first!) but otherwise it's usually fairly neatly combed upwards.
Eyes: His eyes are an icy blue that resemble the snowy mountains he loves to snowboard on.
Height: 147cm (4'8")
Skin Tone: Slightly pale because he spends so much time in the mountains where he wears full gear, so he hardly ever tans. If anything he gets a tan line on his nose and face from his snowboarding goggles.
Style: He's most comfortable in anything that is simple and practical, most often just a hoodie and pants of some sort, although if needed he doesn't mind wearing a fancy suit, since he's gotten used to it for all the different events he's had to attend for his snowboarding 'career' so far.
Other Distinguishing Features: A few freckles on his nose and a small scar on his neck from when he crashed into trees while snowboarding when he was little.
Play-by: Corey Fogelmanis


Personality
Good Traits: He's very passionate about things, so once he finds something that he enjoys or wants to do, he'll go at it 100% until he finishes it.
Bad Traits: His arrogance and lack of patience, because growing up he's always known he was amazing at snowboarding since it came naturally to him, so whenever something isn't working out for him straight away, he gets frustrated and angry at it. He also hates anything that he believes could come between him and snowboarding and tries to get rid of it in any way he can without giving it a chance *ahem Hogwarts*.
Strengths: Even though he lacks patience and gets frustrated when things don't go his way, he still keeps going, with the anger making him even more determined to achieve it. But although he might achieve his goal in the end, he's not always the nicest person to be around while he's working towards it.
Weaknesses: Since he's grown up his whole life being sure that he was the best at snowboarding and being treated like so, he doesn't take it too kindly when people decide to be better than him at something, and compete with him, so, like a true Slytherin, he goes to any lengths to be better than them, even if it means hurting them in the process.

Desires: To be the best snowboarder in the world, and become professional and make a career out of it.
Fears: That his snowboarding skills will worsen throughout his time at Hogwarts and when he goes back to it he'll be nowhere near as good as before, effectively losing out on his dream to become professional someday.
Pet Peeves: He can't stand it when people don't believe him when he says how good he is at snowboarding, or just disregard all the skill that goes into it and simply call it 'luck'.


Background
Max was born and grew up in the US, more specifically in Oregon, where his family decided to stay due to Mt Hood, where he and his family could snowboard and ski year round, unlike in other states. He had begun skiing when he was only a few months old and could barely stand, but has enjoyed it since that day. He also travelled a lot his whole life, usually going to various states for competitions, tournaments or just a change of scenery and tracks for snowboarding, but his family always returned to Oregon.

However, when he was 8, his parents decided to move to NZ to be closer to family who were going through tough times, but decided that the laid-back lifestyle was different but in a good way compared to the US, so they decided to stay. They chose to live in Queenstown because of the various skiing and snowboarding areas, and throughout the summer they enjoy the lake and the various toursit and local attractions in Queenstown and Wanaka.

When they initially moved to NZ, Max couldn't believe it and hated it, because the US had far better mountains than the one in NZ, so when he moved he thought his dream of being a professional snowboarder was over. Over the next 2 years, he trained harder than ever before and his snowboarding thankfully didn't get worse, but also it didn't get better, which frustrated him no end. However when he got his letter to go to Hogwarts he thought that that was definitely the end, that being able to snowboard only a few times a year during the holidays would mean his skill would decrease and he could never become a professional snowboarder.

Before leaving to Hogwarts he tried tons of different things to try and make sure he didn't have to go to Hogwarts, like hiding out in various places, slashing his parents' car tyres and faking heaps of sicknesses. Unfortunately none of it worked and he still arrived at Hogwarts, being placed into the Slytherin house. But from the moment he got sorted, and even when he first stepped onto the train he's been plotting ways he can escape and get expelled from Hogwarts so he can return to living the life he's loved for the past 11 years.


Family:
Immediate Family:
Father
- Maxwell William Kiefer - Pureblood
Mother - Sofia Adele Kiefer - Muggleborn
Younger Sister - Amelia Rose Kiefer - Halfblood
Younger Brother - Aspen Wren Kiefer - Halfblood

Other Family:
Mother's Side:
Grandma - Adele Dalton - Muggle
Grandpa - Jimmy Dalton - Muggle

Father's Side:
Grandma - Joanne Kiefer - Pureblood
Grandpa - William Kiefer- Pureblood


Favourite Things:
Class: Unknown yet
Spell: Unknown yet
Sport: Snowboarding
Colour: Icy blue
Pet: None
Animal: Arctic Wolf
Place: The mountains in the US
Food: Freshly baked scones
Drink: Hot Chocolate
Season: Winter
Music: Rock
Number: 1
Word: None
Quote: "Some people attach snowboards to their feet, but very few attach them to their souls."
 
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First Year
2053 - 2054


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Sorting Post:

Max couldn't believe he was here. He'd tried so hard to do everything he possibly could to make sure he didn't have to come to Hogwarts but it had all seemingly failed. The slashed car tyres hadn't worked because he'd forgotten that apparating was a thing. The faking sickness hadn't worked either, because his mother had just given him some disgusting medicine that supposedly cured anything. Not even hiding in a closet that no one had used for years had worked, and to make matters worse, it had been covered in cobwebs and filled with spiders. He swore he could still feel them crawling on his neck too. But none of that had worked and he was here anyway, although he wished he could be anywhere else.

When the speeches began, Max rolled his eyes at the Headmistress's talk about how Hogwarts would be his home for the next seven years. He already had a home, and that was on the snowy mountains where he could snowboard to his heart's content. He couldn't believe he'd have to give that up and be forced to stay here, where he was sure he wouldn't even find a snowboard, let alone a mountain big enough to snowboard down on. He hated it already.

He listened halfheartedly as the remaining things were said, the only thing catching his attention being the Forbidden Forest, and students being punished for having anything to do with it. Punished enough to get expelled...? He thought about this all throughout the Sorting Hat's song, which was just some sappy and boring poem anyway, nothing of interest to Max. When the time finally came for people to come up to the Sorting Hat, Max didn't even bother clapping for each of them. They didn't know him so why should he clap for something that they achieved, especially if it was something so stupid as just getting sorted. They hadn't even done anything except for sit down on a stool. He stood with his hands in his pockets, wishing this stupid ceremony would just come to an end.

Thankfully with a last name beginning with K, it wasn't too long before his name was called, and he walked to the stool which looked like it hadn't been cleaned in a good few years, thinking The sooner I get this over with, the sooner I can start planning my expulsion from the school... With that thought in mind he sat on the stool and waited to see where the tattered old hat would place him.

"You didn't hear this from me...but I don't think professors would take kindly to attempting to snowboard down the stairs.....anyway.....Slytherin,"

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Roleplays:

Pre Hogwarts:
Just get it over with. - Charlotte Owens
The first order of business for preparing to go to Hogwarts means buying a new wand, as much as Max doesn't want to.

You Want the Same as I So Stop Pretending - Celia Vuong
The train ride to Hogwarts begins with an argument, although the two find they may not be so different after all.


Semester One:
No Place Like the Dungeons - Caleb Thorne, Rhys Garner, Parker Reed
Max meets his dormmates properly for the first time, only to find they are a bit different than he expected.

The First Escape Attempt - Crystal Holmgaard
Having decided that a few days at Hogwarts was enough, Max plans his first escape attempt, only to be discovered by a fellow first year.

Inescapable Impulse - Louis Alcott, Crystal Holmgaard, Charlie Jacobs, Zachariah Ezekiel King, Riley King
Max's is unwillingly joined by a few other first years during his first attempted escape in the Forbidden Forest.

We're Stuck Together - Crystal Holmgaard
Having signed up to the Blind Dates Yuleball Event, Max has to spend the evening with Crystal.


Escape on the History of Magic Trip - ID#103965
Not so different after all - Celia Vuong
One of Max's classmates comes up with a plan to help them escape Hogwarts, which Max has been planning to do ever since he arrived.

History of Magic Lesson 4 - Celia Vuong, HoM First Year Students
The day finally comes, and Max escapes while the History of Magic class is on a field trip to the Smithsonian, and sets off to freedom.

Running 'Till We Outta Time - Celia Vuong
Having successfully left the museum, Max finds himself with 4 hours to explore the city and then leave until someone realises they're missing.

Out of Time - Celia Vuong, Professor Katherine Alicastell
After being found and caught by Celia's mum, Max and Celia must now face their punishment for trying to escape.


Semester One:
Y38 Club Fair - Simon Thorne, Hogwarts Students
Somehow ending up at the Club Fair, Max decided to join the Brotherhood.

Y38 Brotherhood Welcome Meeting - Brotherhood Members, Eugene Nestor
After having signed up for this club at the Club Fair, Max reluctantly attends the first meeting.

Y38 Blind Yuleball Dates List - Brotherhood Members
Max finds out who he'll be stuck with after signing up for the Yuleball Blind Dates Event, and he's definitely not happy about it.

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Classes + Grades

Semester One


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Photos

Accio - Halloween Feast - Yule Ball
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