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Heathcliff Horseman // 35 // Alumni // Wampus  // Half Blood

Hit Man

Isaiah Mustafa

Heathcliff wasn’t always such a ruthless man. When he attended Ilvermorny he was quite kind, plenty of people took notice of his talents in charms and transfiguration and he eventually graduated with an aurors specialization. He never became an auror, instead, he slowly started to discover the allure of dark magic and became quite good at it. He became sceptical of the intentions of MACUSA and frustrated by their failures to control the no-majs so he became a hit man, taking jobs that suited his sensibilities. They say he’s the very best, calling him the headless horseman since he obscures his identity by making himself appear to be headless.

When he kills his targets he does it unseen by anyone, with one exception. He’s threatening an Adamsville school teacher to keep his mouth shut, knowing that killing him would be less than ideal with the picture on his phone and with the townsfolk all knowing where he went that night. It would be too easy to trace the crime back to him. In addition to this, he’s been trying to get in with all the new dark wizards and witches coming to town.

Positive Traits:

Patient, Strong, Passionate

Negative Traits:

Secretive, Stubborn, Cold

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Ichabod Crane // 27 // Alumni // NoMaj

Elementary School Teacher  

FC: Darren Criss

Ichabod was born and raised in Adamsville. Despite trying to be logical, he turned out quite superstitious. For many residents in Adamsville it is hard not to consider that maybe all the stories are true and that there are horrible things lurking in the woods. Being cowardly and nervous, he got out of town as quickly as he could, attending university in England before he inevitably had to return home and get a job as an elementary school teacher. Most of his coworkers went to school with him and many mock him for returning to town after making such a show when he left.

At a faculty Halloween party, his coworkers decided to really play into that superstition of his. They got him drunk and called him a coward, daring him to go out to the covered bridge out in the woods, on the old overgrown road. They told him to snap a picture of the headless horseman that rides there. Finally frustrated enough to do something, he left in a huff to get a picture of the inexistent creature. He told himself again and again that nothing would be out there, only to discover a shadowy man on the bridge, standing over what appeared to be a dead body. Terrified he took a picture on his phone and ran. When he returned to the party he told everyone all he saw were trees. They laughed and nothing changed between them.

Ever since that night. Ichabod’s been getting threatening messages, emails, letters all telling him he better keep his mouth shut about what he saw. He wants to, very badly but when a missing person report came out days later he found himself torn. The good, brave part of him knows that coming forward is the right thing to do but the fearful, superstitious part of him wonders if what he saw in the woods was supernatural.

Positive Traits:

Charismatic, Informed, Organized

Negative Traits:

Greedy, Cowardly, Clumsy

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