Post by Lucas Wright on Aug 9, 2020 0:57:36 GMT
Full Name: Dr. Benjamin Linus Gates
Age: 54
Blood: Squib
Job: Head of MSPA
Wand: N/A
Physical description: Standing at 5' 8", Ben is not as imposing as some of his colleagues, and is often underestimated, something he has learned to use to his advantage. He is a fit man, although he is not as active as he used to be now that he is older, and has aged pretty well over the years. He has trouble reading things up close, for which he uses glasses. His hair is a grayish brown and his eyes are sky blue.
Personality: What he loses in physical ability, Ben makes up in intelligence, wit and the ability to put his mind to a task and never back down. Ben has a huge "the end justifies the means" complex. He'll do whatever it takes to reach his goal, no matter what.
Likes: Ben has a love of science, mostly because it provides results and cold hard facts, two other things which he loves. He feels the need to help other Squibs in their quest to be regarded as equals to wizards, and has shown an aptitude for playing the clarinet, something he does in his spare time.
Dislikes: Pure-blooded egoistical pompous ingrates who think everyone else is lower than them. He also hates anything or anyone who gets in the way of his work.
Family/History: Born to a family of pure bloods, Benjamin was an outcast. When his parents discovered that he was a Squib, instead of raising him like their other children, they sent him to a Muggle orphanage as not to shame their family name. Ever since, Benjamin has housed a great anger for people like his family. In the orphanage was a school, which is where Benjamin felt most at home then he had anywhere else. He discovered his passion for science there, and always had his face in a book. This is what probably led him to graduate early from the school and move on to college at the age of 16.
There he gained his medical degree and several related medical doctorates, convinced that he could find a cure for Squibs everywhere. He soon became a physician at a local hospital, but was kicked out when they realized that he had been conducting illegal experiments on the corpses of a few individuals which he knew to be Squibs. His license was almost revoked, and he could not find work anywhere.
Then one day, a man by the name of Mikhail gave him a chance to fulfill his dreams. It seemed a man by the name of Daniel Marsden wished to give Squibs the gift of magic, and that Benjamin had become something of an interest to him. Despite what he knew of Marsden and his follower's actions in the wizarding world, "the end justifies the means" philosophy had always governed over Benjamin and he accepted Mikhail's proposal. Soon Benjamin became the founding member of the MSPA; an organization that would help his goal of Squibs no longer persecuted for the inability to use magic would come true, no matter what was sacrificed to obtain that goal.
Age: 54
Blood: Squib
Job: Head of MSPA
Wand: N/A
Physical description: Standing at 5' 8", Ben is not as imposing as some of his colleagues, and is often underestimated, something he has learned to use to his advantage. He is a fit man, although he is not as active as he used to be now that he is older, and has aged pretty well over the years. He has trouble reading things up close, for which he uses glasses. His hair is a grayish brown and his eyes are sky blue.
Personality: What he loses in physical ability, Ben makes up in intelligence, wit and the ability to put his mind to a task and never back down. Ben has a huge "the end justifies the means" complex. He'll do whatever it takes to reach his goal, no matter what.
Likes: Ben has a love of science, mostly because it provides results and cold hard facts, two other things which he loves. He feels the need to help other Squibs in their quest to be regarded as equals to wizards, and has shown an aptitude for playing the clarinet, something he does in his spare time.
Dislikes: Pure-blooded egoistical pompous ingrates who think everyone else is lower than them. He also hates anything or anyone who gets in the way of his work.
Family/History: Born to a family of pure bloods, Benjamin was an outcast. When his parents discovered that he was a Squib, instead of raising him like their other children, they sent him to a Muggle orphanage as not to shame their family name. Ever since, Benjamin has housed a great anger for people like his family. In the orphanage was a school, which is where Benjamin felt most at home then he had anywhere else. He discovered his passion for science there, and always had his face in a book. This is what probably led him to graduate early from the school and move on to college at the age of 16.
There he gained his medical degree and several related medical doctorates, convinced that he could find a cure for Squibs everywhere. He soon became a physician at a local hospital, but was kicked out when they realized that he had been conducting illegal experiments on the corpses of a few individuals which he knew to be Squibs. His license was almost revoked, and he could not find work anywhere.
Then one day, a man by the name of Mikhail gave him a chance to fulfill his dreams. It seemed a man by the name of Daniel Marsden wished to give Squibs the gift of magic, and that Benjamin had become something of an interest to him. Despite what he knew of Marsden and his follower's actions in the wizarding world, "the end justifies the means" philosophy had always governed over Benjamin and he accepted Mikhail's proposal. Soon Benjamin became the founding member of the MSPA; an organization that would help his goal of Squibs no longer persecuted for the inability to use magic would come true, no matter what was sacrificed to obtain that goal.