âIn a way fighting was just like using magic. You said the words, and they altered the universe. By merely speaking you could create damage and pain, cause tears to fall, drive people away, make yourself feel better, make your life worse.â
Biography  /   Timeline   /  InspoÂ
BASICS
FULL NAME: Seamus Rafferty Egan Finnigan (Seamus - an Irish variation of âJamesâ meaning âSupplanterâ. Rafferty - âfloodtide, abundance, prosperityâ. Egan - âlittle fireâ. Finnigan - âfairâ.)Â
NICKNAME: His mother called him Bunny as a kid due to his two front teeth being the first to pop through. Unfortunately, it stuck. Nobody on earth could get away with that nickname outside of his family.
BIRTHDAY: January 23rd, 1980.
GENDER (PRONOUNS): He/Him.
SPOKEN LANGUAGES: Debatably English.
ACCENT: A mish-mash, largely neutral Galway accent, similar to this, modified by years spent at Hogwarts, with influences of his fatherâs Belfast accent and his motherâs Kerry accent strewn in.
BIRTHPLACE: The Claddagh, Galway
ASTROLOGICAL SIGN(S): Aquarius (sun), Aries (moon), Scorpio (rising). PRIMAL: Dolphin
BLOOD STATUS: Halfblood. (Mixed household, his father is a muggle, his mother is a witch from a pureblood family.)
FORMER HOGWARTS HOUSE: Gryffindor
HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION: OWLs. Seamus did not return to Hogwarts in order to complete his NEWTs after his disrupted seventh year and itâs highly unlikely he would ever consider it.Â
OCCUPATION: The latest of Seamusâs otherwise short-lived Ministry positions is as a Junior Investigator for The Spirit Division (Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures).
HOME ADDRESS: Converted one bedroom flat over a gym in Shoreditch, London.
PET(S): His mother is forever adopting ex-race-dog greyhounds, Seamusâs favourite of which is Betty.Â
FACECLAIM AND/OR DESCRIPTION: Rudy Pankow. Seamusâs entire vibe tends to be scruffy and rough and tumble â the best approximation of an older version of him would probably be Oliver Stark.Â
VISUAL REPRESENTATION:Â Just this.
PLOTS
The first rule of Fight Club is donât talk about Fight Club. Or narc on Fight Club. Or show up to Fight Club with your auror buddies. Or shut down Fight Club.
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Got Ghoul problems? Spirits shorting out your wiring? Persistent chills? An overly-chatty Edwardian Ghost Roommate who wonât stop dropping hints about the mysterious and grim circumstances of his murder? Sounds like you might need to talk to the Spirit Division.
Strange adventures in the night that could definitely get them arrested?
Furthering the chaos agenda.
If you want to be sucker-punched with unexpected emotional feelings, talk to your local representative today.
RELATIONSHIPS
SEXUAL ORIENTATION: Homosexual.Â
ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP(S): An utter disaster, thanks for asking.
PARENTS: Caragh Finnigan nee Burke (a very disgraced daughter of the Burke family and great-niece of Caratacus Burke), Declan Finnigan (TBA)
SIBLINGS: None.
MAGIC
PATRONUS: Fox.Â
BOGGART: What Seamus is most scared of these days is solitude â being left alone with his own thoughts isnât something he quite knows how to deal with. He isnât sure what shape his boggart would take, if he had to come face to face with one now (a part of him canât bear to think too hard on it â himself, alone in the dark. The Carrows twisted faces. The eyes of his friends and family, lifeless and unblinking.) Perhaps a Banshee wasnât so far off the mark after all.
WAND TYPE: Sycamore, Dragon Heart String, Slightly Bendy. 10 1/2âł.
FLYING ABILITY: Seamus used to be a confident flyer before the Battle of Hogwarts, but damages to his inner ear have left him struggling with balance as soon as he takes off. Now, regardless of his state of sobriety, it looks like heâs had more than a few too many when he attempts to fly.
APPARITION SKILL: Pin-point accurate even while blind-drunk, after much trial and error, enough to thoroughly get his own back against his cousin Fergus.
MAGICAL STRENGTHS: Pyrotechnics, intentional or not. (Not the most marketable skillset, admittedly.)
MAGICAL WEAKNESSES: Brewing (largely because of the aforementioned âgiftâ for pyrotechnics), crystal-gazing, spells or rituals that required prolonged or intense focus.
BEST HOGWARTS CLASS: Charms.
WORST HOGWARTS CLASS: History of Magic (in his opinion), Potions (in everyone elses).
OTHER ABILITIES: The gift of the gab, an allergy to sentimentality unless it concerns his mother or dogs, a knack for blowing things up (both physically and emotionally.)
PHYSICAL
HAIR COLOUR/STYLE: Sandy-blond, swoopy.
EYE COLOUR: Slate-Blue.
COMPLEXION: Pale, freckled, painfully Irish.
ETHNICITY: Caucasian.Â
HEIGHT: 6â˛0âłÂ
PHYSIQUE: Rangy, slim.
TATTOOS:Â A smattering of traditional-styled coloured tattoos, usually acquired without a great deal of thought beyond whether they looked cool or not. Most are from Muggle tattoo parlours, though there are a couple of magical tattoos creeping into the mix - theyâre far harder to explain to Muggles so he keeps them to less-visible areas.Â
PIERCINGS: None.
SCARS: Many assorted, most prominently a vibrant burn scar down the side of his right temple, half-hidden by his hair most of the time.Â
CLOTHING/STYLE: His life is an even split between the muggle and wizarding worlds, but his style tends to reflect the muggle world more often than the wizarding world. Patterns, colour-block and bright colours and jeans and converse. Work requires more formal attire, though he refuses point blank to wear stuffy robes out on the job, but heâs equally as likely to be wearing converse beneath his office wear if he thinks he can get away with it.
MANNERISMS: Fidgety. Can not sit normally in a chair if you paid him. Will tap pens or fingers or jiggle his feet if forced to sit still.Â
HABITS: Smoking, a social ice-breaker thatâs become a habit. Coffee over tea. Drinking, beer before spirits. Cannot abide silence, he always has to have some noise around him, whether its music or conversation.
COPING MECHANISMS:Â Seamus teeters on the brink between fight or flight under stress; just as likely to throw a punch or start an argument as to avoid everything and everyone around him. He drinks and fights and flirts as a symptom, really, of avoiding his own company.Â
PERSONALITY
POSITIVE TRAITS: Gregarious, Energetic, Adventurous, Passionate, Curious.
NEGATIVE TRAITS: Combative, Chaotic, Stubborn, Self-Destructive, Disorganised.
HOBBIES: Many, assorted, frequently picked up and forgotten about just as quickly. A few prevailing hobbies are boxing (picked up at the gym that occupies the floor beneath his flat), betting on the dogs with his dad at the track back home, underground âduellingâ tournaments, heâll play pick-up games of football on weekends if he wants out of the house, whenever he goes home his father has been attempting to teach him how to cook with varying results.
INTERESTS: Quidditch, Football, he used to be interested in Wizards Chess but thereâs far too much thinking and self-reflection involved in it for him to engage with it these days.
DRINK ORDER: Seamus is not a complex creature - a pint of whatever is on tap will generally keep him happy. Blishens Firewhiskey is his preference if he needs something stronger in the wizarding world, Jamesons if heâs in the muggle world.
GRADUATION SUPERLATIVE: Most Likely to be Framed for Murder.
CONFIDENCES: Prides himself on being able to talk to anyone, has never met a challenge he wonât at least attempt to tackle.
INSECURITIES: Never belonging entirely in one world or the other, caring about others more than they care about him.Â
MBTI TYPE: ENTP-T (The Debater.)
ENNEAGRAM: 4 - The Individualist.
MORAL ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Good.
TEMPERAMENT: Choleric.
DEADLY SIN: Envy.
THIS OR THAT
INTROVERT OR EXTROVERT
OPTIMIST OR PESSIMIST OR NIHILIST
LEADER OR FOLLOWER
CONFIDENT OR SELF-CONSCIOUS
CAUTIOUS OR CARELESS
PASSIONATE OR APATHETIC
BOOK SMARTS OR STREET SMARTS
COMPLIMENTS OR INSULTS
COLD HANDS OR WARM HEART
ASSOCIATIONS
COLOURS: Primary colours in bright distracting shades.Â
WORDS: Grand, Fuck, Fucker, Fuckery, Fuck off.
SCENT: Smoke, the ocean air.
TASTE: The rich burn of whiskey.
SOUND: A storm at sea.
MAGIC: Incendio.Â
WEATHER: Thunderstorm.
FEELINGS: Tightly-wound rage, just about to snap.
MEMORIES: Hushed war-councils in the backroom of the Hogs Head, the first giddy taste of firewhiskey among friends, late nights in the Gryffindor dorms laughing until it hurt.
TOUCH: Knuckles cracking.
HEADCANONS
Watch this space!Â
















