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Dathan Grimstein Burke
CANON OR ORIGINAL: Original
AGE: Fifty-Six
FACE CLAIM: Tim Roth
YEAR: Adult
HOUSE: N/A for non-Hogwarts student
OCCUPATION: Owner of Borgin and Burkes
BLOOD TYPE: Pureblood
WAND TYPE: Twelve inch, Aspen Wood, Troll Whisker Core
PETS: A black and grey wolf named Eligos (the name of a Great Duke in Hell in Christian Demonology)
ABILITIES: Dathan possesses both Animal Affinity and Animal Communication. This is, however, limited to canines, particularly wild dogs such as his pet Eligos. The Animal Affinity was inherited from his mother, Nyna Burke. The Animal Communication was inherited from his father, Billius Burke, who specialized in training attack dogs for questionable reasons (and clients).
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LIKES:
Money, Study of the Dark Arts, Antiquities and Artifacts with a Mysterious and Sorted History, Black Attire, Various Nuts, particularly salted almonds
DISLIKES:
Children, Most Adults, Loud Noises/Music, Sunlight (not a vampire, just used to staying in dark places.)
BIGGEST FEAR: Burke's biggest fear is becoming impoverished. This is not because he might go hungry or be forced to live in dismal conditions, but because he would disgrace the family name and lower himself to the level of the common people he despises.
PERSONALITY:
- Dathan is cold-hearted. He hates most people, especially children. He rarely leaves Knockturn Alley to see the more cheerful atmosphere of Diagon Alley because he cannot stomach the smiles on people's faces and the loud chatter. This is mostly due to his early life being a sheltered one.
- Dathan is very greedy. Though he rarely spends great sums of money, he loves the idea of having great deals of it. As much as he loves some of the dark items in his shop, he is readily willing to part with them for a large price. He is also not above selling a trusted friend or associate out for money.
- Dathan has a twisted sense of humor. The things that others find depressing or eerie, Dathan can find amusing. One could find him laughing at a Daily Prophet article on a wizard or witch's death. On the other hand, he finds those things that amuse most people to be unfunny and often irritating.
- Dathan is cool and collective. Outside of the fear of becoming impoverished, Dathan worries about little and at least acts cool in the face of trouble or bad news. Even when he finds himself on the short end of a bargain or confrontation, he rarely reacts angrily or viciously. In fact, he shows little emotion at all. However, at times he lets his wolf Eligos do that for him.
- Dathan is a bit OCD. He's this in the sense that he is very particular about things such as what he eats, drinks, and wears. He also has a particular place for everything in his shop, and will let a customer know that if they don't wish to buy it to put it exactly where it was. He is also a very tidy person. If there is any kind of mess in his shop, be it a broken object or the blood of a victim of Eligos, be assured it will promptly be cleaned up.
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MOTHER: Nyna Ecktal Burke
FATHER: Billius Barnaby Burke
SIBLINGS: None
HISTORY:
Dathan Grimstein Burke was born into a wealthy, pureblood family. His great uncle was Caractacus Burke, co-founder of the famous, but fearsome shop Borgin and Burkes in Knockturn Alley. Dathan's father and mother, Billius and Nyna Burke, gained their wealth via inheritance because of their connection to Caractacus. Billius spent his days using his ability to communicate with canines to breed and train wild dogs such as wolves as attack animals for questionable customers. It was later discovered that many of his clients were followers of Voldemort.
The first ten years of Dathan's life were sheltered. He stayed inside and read most of the time, was home-schooled, and his only "friends" were the wolves his father gave to him. This placed in him a general disdain of being around people, which remained in him when he attended Hogwarts, which he of course began doing in his eleventh year, and in adulthood. It also led him to hate being out in sunlight. He would wear sunglasses when out in the daylight in adulthood.
At Hogwarts, Dathan was sorted into Slytherin, but while he shared the traits of many Slytherins, he made friends with few of them, and refused the silly notion of seeing his House as his "family." He kept to himself most of the time, enjoying the study of magical antiquities and artifacts, particularly those that were cursed. While the school library only provided so much information on these, Dathan found ways of obtaining books from the restricted section. He decided that his goal someday would be to acquire such objects to keep as his own. Also, with his inherited animal affinity and animal communication, he also ventured out into the forest a lot. It was there he found the abandoned wolf pup which would be his loyal companion Eligos. His rescue and raising of the animal would probably go down as his only true act of kindness.
After graduating from Hogwarts, Dathan's interest in dark objects led him to get a job at Borgin and Burkes. That interest, his vast knowledge of said objects, and skills at salesmanship (despite his disdain for people, he obtained a silver tongue when dealing with customers) eventually made him owner of the famous shop. He still enjoyed forest walks when he was able to make them, and it was on one of them in his later years that he found the abandoned wolf pup which would be his loyal companion Eligos. His rescue and raising of the animal would probably go down as his only true act of kindness. With his loyal wolf Eligos by his side, he relishes the authority and financial gain that goes with the position, along with the exposure to dark objects of course. However, in recent years it is rumored that he has had some rather strange meetings in the back rooms of his shop with some rather strange people regarding some rather dark plans.
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