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name Heathcote "Heath" Barbary
age/dob eighteen/19 april 1974
house/years Hufflepuff (1985-1992)
bloodline halfblood
affiliation during the wars non-applicable
occupation musician with the Weird Sisters
sexuality homosexual
marital status single
family tree Richard Barbary (father, muggleborn) and Penelope Barbary (mother, née Williams, muggleborn), Alyssa Barbary (older sister).

history
Heathcote was born. He grew up. It was all a frightfully dull affair, minus the one time he tried to fly his toy broom off the second floor balcony. At any rate, there isn't much to speak about, in terms of exciting or unusual things.

Heath was always the performer of the family. As younger children are prone to being, he adored having all eyes on him, and often sought out that famed attention. He gathered his parents up (along with his older sister, when she was home) for twice weekly recitals of what he was learning in his music classes. When they weren't available, he'd line up his toys and play for them. It was a phase that he never grew out of.

It was tricky to handle Hogwarts -- keeping up with six classes and six instruments was anything but easy. Heath made it through year after year though, eventually making friends with a few musically-inclined boys at the school, until he graduated in 1992. He joined the members of the Weird Sisters shortly after that. They'd known each other through school, or through mutual friends, but Heath's parents made it very clear: If you leave school to join a band, well, you aren't too old to get a scalded bottom. Heath stayed in school.

Now, he's been playing with the Weird Sisters for almost a year. It was a little awkward at first, but he settled in with the members he didn't already know easily enough. Still, he's closer to certain band members than others -- understandably so.

occupational history a clerk at a music store in the summer, but nothing else
goals to simply try his hardest in life and never give up

appearance
Heath is what some people would call... odd. Naturally, he has pale skin and strawberry blonde hair -- a testament to his Irish predecessors. However, between fifth and sixth year, he got bored. He remains pale and fair-skinned, but his hair has since then turned into a shock of red tones. Occasionally, his hair will be bleach blond or black, sometimes bright orange. It all depends on his mood. He's of average height, standing around 5'11", but is very skinny. His band mates nag him to gain weight all the time, but it doesn't seem to be happening anytime soon. He has one tattoo: a unicorn on his chest, which was gotten after much ogling and poking at Gideon's assorted tattoos. The other boy 'suggested' that Heath stop touching his tattoos and get his own. Heath took the advice.

special abilities Heath can pretty much play (or bullshit his way through) any instrument set in front of him. He's a jack of all trades, musically.

personality
Free-spirited. Honestly, that is the word best used to describe Heathcote. He's long since stopped caring what people think of him. As he was taught by his parents, he is what he is. If people don't like that, then they don't have to be around him. Still, he does have his insecurities, as everyone does. The difference is that he tries not to dwell on them. He dresses in what he knows to be ridiculous clothing, he wears makeup more than occasionally, he walks around the grocer's with his guitar strapped to his back -- he simply does not care.

He has an abundance of energy. He can go for hours on what might seem tedious to some, if only because he works hard to make it fun for himself. If the Weird Sisters have a long studio session recording? He'll bring cupcakes and party hats, and force his band mates to wear them while recording. It's a lot harder to be tired and exhausted from work when you're wearing a party hat, he'd like to point out.

It's small things like that which make him so endearing to others. He's open, happy, has a madcap sense of humor, but retains a quirky independence that attracts people to him. Unfortunately, it is the same attributes that make him easily exploitable by the less desirable sort. Usually, it is up to his friends to keep him from getting in over his head, but if they aren't around, he is capable of defending himself. Somewhat. He's okay with running away and hiding under a bed, Gideon-style, if the situation calls for it.

Like everyone, however, Heathcote does have his bad habits. He can be moody and tempestuous. Fights with his friends are not common, but they would be if Heathcote wasn't well practiced at biting back his words. He's the egocentric sort, as well, but what rock star isn't? There's also the small problem of him frequently showing up at his friend's flat to stay for a few days because his rent is overdue (or he's been evicted completely). If there was a competition to see who was the worst at saving money, Heathcote would win, hands down.

strengths musical jack of all trades, loyal friend, transfigurations, charms, forgives people easily
weaknesses moody, flighty, men, potions, herbology, opportunities to go dancing/clubbing
likes music, bright/neon colors, dancing, being ridiculous, spontaneous spur-of-the-moment ideas and actions, walking around london at four o'clock in the morning, sunrises
dislikes the country, having to 'think things through', deadlines, when the older band members call him irresponsible, getting kicked out of his flat, when his favorite vintage stores close
motivations to have fun with or without his friends (preferably with because he loves them to bits, but you didn't hear that from me!)
fears losing the band or a band member (having to be 'normal', losing a friendship, loss of money, loss of fame, losing his carefully weaved support system, having to be responsible)

Schools:

None listed

Friends:

	81:	ajderrick, analretentive, artsandcracks, astronomically, awesomeernie, bean_maker, beauxbutterfly, beingsirius, belle_victoire, benjycfenwick, boat_mods, boygetsnobreak, brier_rose, cedrellablack, chaser_davies, cirrostratus, coastingalong, cunning_beauty, donnish, dorea_pur, dreambeliever, dwgreengrass, eccentricity, egotripping, ejmontgomery, emmavance, englishtoffee, folie, gaunt, georgiesmythe, getagrippa, glas_eryr, gmcrumb, graceful_sun, guitarprince, hallucinogenius, helenaravenclaw, herbology_prof, hestiaplants, landlockedblues, likeabluebird, lilylilylily, lovelybones_, lupinus, magicalmolly, minervagotnerve, mini_yaxley, misterorsino, ms_lavender, my_nee, myrtlemoans, never_say_die, notsosubtle, nottafailure, nursing_natalie, ofthefae, owentheactor, peps, poisonmirage, raba, rgbradley, rootlesstree, rosew, scorpion_rising, serpens_beatus, silly_nargles, simply, slypanprincess, slytherin_draco, snapeonaplane, solongfarewell, the_merlin, theonlyjames, torturedalice, torturedfrank, triwiz_cedric, truthinlore, voldie, wayning, weird_cellist, yayfred
	2:	boat_ooc, the_love_boat

Mutual Friends:

77: ajderrick, analretentive, artsandcracks, astronomically, awesomeernie, beauxbutterfly, beingsirius, belle_victoire, benjycfenwick, boat_mods, boygetsnobreak, brier_rose, cedrellablack, chaser_davies, cirrostratus, coastingalong, cunning_beauty, donnish, dorea_pur, dreambeliever, dwgreengrass, eccentricity, egotripping, ejmontgomery, emmavance, englishtoffee, gaunt, georgiesmythe, getagrippa, glas_eryr, gmcrumb, graceful_sun, guitarprince, hallucinogenius, helenaravenclaw, herbology_prof, hestiaplants, landlockedblues, likeabluebird, lilylilylily, lovelybones_, lupinus, magicalmolly, minervagotnerve, misterorsino, ms_lavender, my_nee, myrtlemoans, never_say_die, notsosubtle, nottafailure, nursing_natalie, ofthefae, owentheactor, peps, raba, rgbradley, rootlesstree, rosew, scorpion_rising, serpens_beatus, silly_nargles, simply, slypanprincess, slytherin_draco, snapeonaplane, solongfarewell, the_merlin, theonlyjames, torturedalice, torturedfrank, triwiz_cedric, truthinlore, voldie, wayning, weird_cellist, yayfred

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