Soft, pretty, happy. These three words suit Roan to a tee. He stands at a decent height of around 6'0" (180-182cm) and boasts favourable body proportions. His skin is fair and (through excessive skin care routines) remarkably unblemished; contrasted by his naturally dark brown hair and eyes of the same shade. He's been known to cycle through a variety of hair colours, ranging from natural (jet black, blond) to wildly unnatural (pink). As of right now, his hair is medium-length, giving him a reasonable amount of freedom when it comes to styles.

Roan's seemingly natural affinity or athleticism, coupled with the persistent nagging of his parents, have motivated him to the extent of maintaining an impressively brawny figure. It's not too obvious through his apparel as he is still on the slimmer side — not to mention that he's about as physically intimidating as a puppy — but no one can deny that his muscles are solid and well-defined, or that he doesn't put a hell of a lot of work into keeping them that way. There aren't too many surprised reactions when Roan explains that he's a beater for Hufflepuff's Quidditch team, for which his strength and stamina give him an edge.

It's easy to see that Roan cares very much for the image he conveys to others. His outfits (of which he seemingly has an endless amount) are always carefully picked out, stylish, and impossibly neat. He frequently adorns himself in accessories (rings, bracelets, necklaces, earrings) but nothing too flashy. Typically, he favours lighter pastel colours, occasionally mixing in some darker items, and very rarely wears anything bright or excessively attention-grabbing. The only time he's likely to appear dishevelled is when he's wearing his Quidditch kit.

Roan was initially a bit miffed to discover that his Animagus form was that of a sea otter, having hoped for something a little larger and more physically powerful. However, it's definitely grown on him in recent years, as the ego his father once nurtured is now practically non-existent. He seems to have developed a rather obsessive love of the creatures in general, which is most apparent in that a great deal of his school supplies are affectionately otter themed.

Otters • Disney classics • warm baths • dancing & singing in the dorms • flying • spending time with friends • practising with the Quidditch team • classes • getting good grades • being praised for his hard work • pastel colours • wearing layers • cold seasons • sweets

Failure • confronting his feelings • when his sexuality is called into question • his own lack of self-restraint • spiders • snakes • moths • falling below his parents' standards • feeling ignored • meat (he's a vegetarian) • hurting/killing bugs • fun sponges

Confidence • sincerity • trustworthiness • a love of Quidditch

Potions • Flying

Herbology

• Quidditch / Flying — a hobby that consumes a great deal of his focus at the moment, and something that he is deeply passionate about
• Singing — his most prevalent life passion, currently second only to Quidditch but will likely surpass it after graduation — (example of voice)
• Bilingual — English & Korean
• Stoicism — he's gotten pretty good at keeping his emotions from reaching the surface, and often uses this skill to avoid trouble or conflict

• Harmless — he's not much of a fighter, never has been, and is particularly lacking when it comes to offensive spells or duelling.
• Father — the persistent fear that his father is nearby and watching everything he does is one that affects every aspect of his daily life.
• Indecisive — he doesn't really know what he wants or how he wants to get there because so much of his life has been decided for him thus far
• Secretive — his truths and his feelings are well-hidden, but they eat away at him

Although it wasn't always the case, Roan is as much a Hufflepuff as anyone else within his house. He's gentle and fair-minded, giving into a goofier side when spending time with his friends, but also exceedingly hard-working. He put a great deal of effort into changing the reputation he'd garnered in his first year at Hogwarts but thankfully, after being surrounded and encouraged by an amazing group of people, he really turned things around for himself. Nowadays, Roan is a highly sociable and fun guy to be around, although perhaps not as wild and prone to mischief as his fellow Hufflepuffs. He has a tendency to act as the mood-maker within any group; always smiling, always laughing. Eternally optimistic, most people would say, or a daydreamer with his head in the clowds. Either way, Roan just wants to enjoy life for once, which is harder some days than others.

Roan struggles to understand his own emotions at the best of times and tends to push everything he doesn't want to deal with to the back of his mind, for the sake of maintaining his own sanity. He was never given much room to experience life and emotions of his own accord since everything was always decided for him. While he's certainly grown as a person since arriving at the school, he's still very much a product of the environment in which he was raised, and the fears instilled in him by his parents often push him towards certain self-destructive behaviours. Above all else, he's an aggressive over-achiever, and the competitive attitude he held as a first-year remains intact — it's just focused less on academic pursuits and more so on Quidditch. He's sensitive to failure and can experience emotional lows when he feels like he doesn't quite have a grasp on his social life, but there are very few people he feels he can talk to about this, so he bottles everything up.

Wizard • Animagus

Alder • Unicorn Hair • 11 ½ " • Reasonably Supple

Kelpie

Duchess, a long-haired white cat with heterochromia (amber & blue).

A swarm of moths.

Roan was raised in your typical upper middle-class environment. His father was a pure-blooded Wizard who had failed to make much of a name for himself within the magical community, but eventually came to own a series of factories in a nearby industrial estate, and a muggle mother who remained a stay-at-home parent until Roan came of age to attend Hogwarts. Reflecting back on the first eleven years of his life, he would rather reasonably assert that his parents believed they could turn him into the 'perfect son' and that almost every second of his time spent conscious was dedicated to achieving that title. The conditions he lived under for those eleven years were difficult at the best of times and outright exhausting at the worst, and it certainly took its toll. He felt as if he was being pushed in too many directions, with expectations for him to be academically the best of the best, a skilled athlete, and creatively inclined. He had so many extra-curricular activities and clubs, even as a child, that he was barely getting 5-6 hours of sleep per night for how much work and practice he had to keep up with.

His father certainly felt some relief when his magic first developed, but Roan wasn't quite sure how to feel. Suddenly, the 'muggle' studies he'd devoted so much of his time to didn't seem to matter, and were quickly replaced with an overwhelming flurry of information about Wizardry, Hogwarts, and all the wonderful classes he would be able to take there. The most prevalent of his father's topics was Ravenclaw, as apparently Roan was descended from a long line of them, and no doubt he would be placed there also. He'd been taught that Ravenclaw were the academics; the smartest in the school and the most likely to achieve great things in later life. Roan didn't know any better, and had no reason to believe that his father would be lying or embellishing the truth of it.

When Roan first arrived at Hogwarts, he did so with a bit of a superiority complex. An ego that his father had created and carefully nurtured over the years, before throwing him into a world that had no place for it. He considered himself more than worthy to compete amongst the intellectuals of the school, but more than anything he just wanted his parents to be proud of him, so it was quite a shock when the Sorting Hat called out Hufflepuff; the house he'd been led to believe was little more than a glorified 'unsorted' section, full of useless cowards and morons. In Roan's mind, he was destined to sit at the top of the pecking order, but had somehow been placed at the bottom.

He had protested with all the energy he possessed, to whoever would listen to him. He wasn't supposed to be there, he couldn't possibly be anything other than a Ravenclaw, it was in his blood. That's what he'd thought. It angered him that no one seemed to be taking him seriously, and that anger only swelled when his father refused to speak to him. He was bitter for a long time and didn't exactly have the best reputation in the school, especially among his fellow Hufflepuffs. However, as per his life-long habits, he spent almost all of his free his time absorbed in his studies. He was still determined to give any Ravenclaw a run for their money, and hopefully regain his father's faith, but he was in a low place emotionally and remained completely friendless for much of his first year. That was until a certain group of people latched onto Roan and, with annoying levels of persistence, kick-started the boy's redemption.

It was a slow process, to be sure, but he came to appreciate that Hufflepuff was more than what he'd always been told. For the first time in his life, he was surrounded by people who were fun and driven. Nowadays, there's nowhere he'd rather be, and he's determined to enjoy every moment of his final year.