Characters
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Scabius Flint (Scabior)
- Gender:
- Male
- Orientation:
- Straight
Nearly always referred to as Scabior, Scabius is a bleak man with an even bleaker past. An Azkaban ex-con, he values his own freedom more than he values his life, and the caution he exercises in his work reflects this. Unscrupulus and cold, he is the head bounty-hunter, and his on-going power struggle with subordinate Hooper only serves to make him more protective of the position he holds. Although not unfriendly, like any typical criminal he shares few of his thoughts and even less of his emotions, making his feelings towards Valora even more excruciating. He also suffers from nightmares as a result of his time in Azkaban but has never spoken of them: Scabior is, in effect, the hero of the everyday criminal.
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Valora Verity
- Gender:
- Female
- Age:
- 17
- Orientation:
- Straight
In her final year at Hogwarts, Valora prefers to play pranks and stroll around the grounds instead of lessons, despite being a talented witch. She's petulant and a little childish, equipped with a sharp tongue and a quick wit; her character traits, juxtaposed against her physical maturity, create someone not quite a woman but no longer a girl. Once she is kidnapped, she attempts to lie in order to throw the Snatchers off the trail. But she is aware of the futility of even her best attempts, something which makes her emotional and irrational. She loves to hate head hunter Scabior, but whichever emotions she chooses to display towards him, they're usually passionate...
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Ishmael Boggart
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 18
- Orientation:
- Straight
Ishmael is caught alongside Valora, although their only connection is Hogwarts, as Ishmael is an ex-student. He is working in Borgin and Burkes on Knockturn Alley in an attempt to persude the pure-bloods that he is trustworthy; however, his muggle-born roots betray him and he is kidnapped. By nature, Ishmael is quiet, if not a little on the irritable side; his redeeming feature is that he provides Valora with a little comfort. But beneath his unremarkable exterior he is as ruthless and selfish as the Snatchers.
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Hooper
- Gender:
- Male
- Orientation:
- Straight
A long-standing acquiantance of Scabior, Hooper has never been fully trusted by him, which Hooper himself as always taken as an insult. Suspicious and feeling undervalued, Hooper wants only to make a living for himself and doesn't care who he has to push aside to get what he wants. A pure-blood, he has longstanding links with the Death Eaters who exploit his materialistic side for their own benefit, although, so tied up in his own ambition, he rarely notices this, and is not only hardened but dangerously imperceptive emotionally.
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Finch
- Gender:
- Male
- Age:
- 20
- Orientation:
- Straight
The youngest of Scabior's band of Snatchers, Finch is impressionable and relies on hardier, more experienced, wizards for guidance. A petty thief since a young age he sees Scabior as a kind of mentor but is neither a particularly remarkable wizard or criminal. Easily manipulated, he hides a secret which he would rather die for than have discovered...
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Ronan
- Gender:
- Male
- Orientation:
- Straight
The oldest of Sabior's friends, the two attended Hogwarts as boys, and have worked on and off with each-other ever since. Once an aspiring Auror, but never patient, selfless or skilled enough to suceed, Ronan turned his attentions to the Dark Arts following his first encounter with a Death Eater after the First Wizarding War. His only redeeming trait is that he is fiercely loyal, but even that doesn't always make up for how rude or bad-tempered he often is.
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Archer
- Gender:
- Male
- Orientation:
- Straight
The leader of a rival band of Snatchers, Archer first made himself enemies with Scabior when he ***ed one of his fellow Snatchers, something which led to the revenge killing of Archer's brother at the hands of Scabior and ultimately his imprisonment in Azkaban. Scabior, permanantly affected by his time in prison, and Archer, permanantly scarred by the loss of his brother, share a hatred which transcends all logic but which leads them to take whichever small victories they can over one another. Possessing the same predjudice against muggle-borns that Scabior and all his gang share, they compete to turn in as many mudbloods to the ministry as they can; more recently, Archer has taken a group of muggle-borns kidnapped by Scabior and his band and passed them off as his own, only deepening the rift between the two. Archer, if possible, is even more ruthless than his peers and is detested by everyday witches wizards as much as his enemies.
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Alecto Carrow
- Gender:
- Female
- Orientation:
- Straight
Teacher of Muggle Studies at Hogwarts, she is the sister of Amycus and a Death Eater. It is her who was attacked by Valora and her who declares her wanted, originally sending out Hooper to find her in order to bait Scabior with whom she has been intimate with several times in the past. Manipulative and cruel she is a typical dark wizard who, ultimately, works only for herself.