Jae-Hyeong Ryu

Name "내이름, 내마음, 누가 알어?" Jae-Hyeong "Jay" Ryu (柳宰亨; 류재형)

Gender 「俺は誰だと思ってる？」 Male

Age/Year "아직도 애기...아닌까?" 17

Nationality 「どこに住んでいても俺は宇宙人だ。」 South Korean (ethnically half-Japanese)

Blood Status "피를 흘리는 사람은 다 똑같애." Half-blood

Appearance 「自分の目に信じるな。嘘をつけられるのは口だけではない。」 Jay has the typical aesthetic of a borderline-pretty Korean boy: dark hair, dark eyes, somewhat round features. His skin isn't particularly pale, he has a well-defined jaw and pretty full lips. He isn't very tall, either, but he holds himself with a certain kind of confidence and has a fairly strong physique. His face tends to look rounder and softer when he smiles, but otherwise the look in his eyes tends to be on the sad side. FC: Yeo Jin Goo

House "특별히 법을 좋아하지 않지만, 재미있는 곳도있어." Berytus

Specialist Subject 「俺の体は俺の聖域だ。」 Martial Arts

Wand "내가 제일 좋아하는 것이다." Hawthorn Wood, Chollima Feather Core, 30cm (~11½ inches), surprisingly springy. Hawthorn Wood - The wandmaker Gregorovitch wrote that hawthorn "makes a strange, contradictory wand, as full of paradoxes as the tree that gave it birth, whose leaves and blossoms heal, and yet whose cut branches smell of death." While he and Garrick Ollivander disagreed on many fronts, they concurred about hawthorn wands, which are complex and intriguing in their natures, just like the owners who best suit them. Hawthorn wands may be particularly suited to healing magic, but they are also adept at curses, and it has been generally observed that the hawthorn wand seems most at home with a conflicted nature, or with a witch or wizard passing through a period of turmoil. Hawthorn is not easy to master, however, and one should only ever consider placing a hawthorn wand in the hands of a witch or wizard of proven talent, or the consequences might be dangerous. Hawthorn wands have a notable peculiarity: their spells can, when badly handled, backfire. Chollima Feather Core - The Chollima is a winged horse of the East Asian variety. Although similar to the Pegasus, in muggle culture, Chollima are thought to be too swift and elegant to ever be ridden. This is an understandable assumption as the "mythical" beasts are notoriously difficult to catch and train, recorded to have the speed and endurance to travel ~300 miles in one day (the average horse travels 20 miles a day, 100 if they are trained for endurance). A slightly uncommon core even among Asian wizards, the Chollima feather is believed to choose wizards of hidden talent, resourcefulness, and quick thinking. Bold, wild creatures as they are, though, Chollima feather wands are also known to be difficult to control, particularly if the wizard has not "proved themselves" in some way beforehand. Like hippogriff feather cores, they require a certain amount of respect and will to work properly, and are more versatile than brutally strong.

Patronus 「飛べるだけで鳥は自由だって？その考えは甘い甘い、甘すぎる。」 Falcon

Overview "내가 하고 싶은 것을 없어. 自由が知らず人間は夢なんかあるわけないだろう。」 Jay hates his life and everyone in it, but that's kind of a side note. Most people would say Jay is "hardcore" and he himself would never deny the fact that he is quite focused on his studies for the most part. Although superficially quite friendly with everyone, not at all quiet or socially awkward, there are few people he would claim to like, and even fewer he would voluntarily spend time with. He is clinically incapable of "taking it easy" or relaxing and is a naturally restless personality who is only ever really calm when completely alone or doing some sort of physical activity. Beyond that, however, he is a generally observant person and quick-thinking, more at home under pressure than in any other situation.

Although he does like physical activity, Jay can't really decide if he likes violence or conflict. He's been surrounded by it for a large portion of his life, and does not really expect being able to escape a life of conflict. He is bitter about this state of affairs, but his life at Domchelys has also taught him that he finds equally little enjoyment in a life of peace. As a wizard, Jay prizes sophistication in his spell-casting. Mastering each spell he learns is much more important to him than learning a large number of them as quickly as possible. He did not go to Mahoutokoro, but rather was "home-schooled" until he reached the age to be eligible to apply for Domchelys. He takes pleasure in very few personal hobbies, though making up grandiose lies and espousing them as absolute truth for a few minutes happens to be one.

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"The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.” - A Farewell to Arms