GOULDING, Lyle

NICKNAMES/ALIAS:  N/A

AGE: 31

ALLEGIANCE: Neutral

HOGWARTS HOUSE: N/A. Beauxbatons Graduate

WAND: Vine Wood, Dragon Heartstring, 9 3/5, Swishy

PLAY BY: Christian Borle


GENERAL APPEARANCE: He has dark brown hair, matching eyes, and a bit of a funny nose. It's a little rounded at the end, but it works, he thinks, as much as it can. He has parentheses around his mouth when he smiles, though one could argue that he sort of has dimples too if he's smiling quite widely. His eyes are the most expressive part of him, as he rarely uses his hands or the rest of his body to accompany his words.


TRAITS:
+ Aspiring
+ Ebullient
+ Forgiving (usually)

- Ambitious
- Blunt
- Boisterous

LIKES & DISLIKES:
+ Long walks
+ Autumn
+ Sleeping late on Saturdays

- Uninterrupted Silence
- Jetty (Jane's cat)
- Leaving arguments overnight

GOAL:  Earn his doctorate. Find his person. Normal stuff like that.


FATHER:
Simon Goulding
Wizard
Muggle Studies professor (or, well, the equivalent of it) at Beauxbatons

MOTHER:
Felicia Goulding
Muggle
Television Icon

SIBLING/S:
Jane Goulding, 23
Béatrice (Bea) Goulding, 28

OTHER:
Kasey Miller and her two children, Brandon and Cole, aged 7 and 5.

SPECIES/BLOODTYPE: Human

SOCIAL STATUS: Middle Class


EARLY YEARS:
Lyle is the eldest of three children, and definitely has always stuck to his father's side. Simon taught at Beauxbatons, which Lyle was quite taken with the atmosphere of it all. His mother was often away to film for her television program, meaning that he trailed along to his father's lessons and although he didn't pay much attention at first, he became the watchful eye over Béatrice once she was old enough to come with him. He loved seeing people get excited to ask questions, and his father was incredibly good at engaging his students in the lectures. Béatrice hated going, though, because Lyle knew information from sitting through the same lecture every term, and he prided himself on knowing all of the answers the students didn't. The students would start off seeming amused, but eventually it would irk them. In the end, though, it made them work harder and do better, so a few of them probably remember him fondly.

BEAUXBATONS YEARS:Lyle didn't fully fit in at school, but he didn't care very much about that. His siblings followed him to school after a time, and in his sixth year he took his OWLs, only to be given fairly disappointing results. They weren't bad enough to prevent him from continuing on in his studies, but it did give him the kick he needed and helped him decide on the path he wanted to take after graduation.

ADULTHOOD:
Lyle started with a degree in English Literature, and took up writing for the Daily Prophet while working on getting his masters in the same subject. He took the classes part-time and took much longer than he wanted to to complete it. He did grow tired of writing for the prophet after a little over six years, and had been considering leaving. About six months ago, he applied for a teaching position at Eastbourne college and was accepted. He's incredibly busy because he's working on earning his doctorate, which he intends to focus on entirely during the summer months.


ALSO KNOWN AS: Addie

RP EXPERIENCE: Um.

HOW YOU FOUND US: Not sure

MAIN CHARACTER: Keiran Hayes

Hi Addie.

I'm gonna have to get you to take out the stuff that's not from the original template. You can make him a profile in the Character Development forum if you like, but we're trying to cut down on extraneous info in the applications.

Thanks

Edited.

Looks good! Accepted and sorted into Grads. <3