Post by Aurelius Goldmann on Feb 9, 2015 14:04:39 GMT
Name: Aurelius Goldmann
Age: 46
Blood Status: Halfblood
Wand: 11" Ebony with Pheonix Feather core
Patronus: Niffler
House/School: Hogwarts, Hufflepuff
Ministry Position: Head of the Home Affairs Department
Appearance: Always smiling and with his hair tidy, Aurelius is a pale slim man with green eyes and a smug air all around him;
Reputation: Being both a Halfblood and a bastard from a poor family, Aaron had to fight all through his youth to achieve first wealth and then respect as a Member of the Ministry. Although he makes money through some shady dealings, he is known as a kind and completely trustworthy man, the one you go to when you're in need of favors.
Family Reputation(s): The Goldmann name is a new one, after enriching himself Aurelius only thought was to mask his humble origins as a simple "Jones". There are only four members of the Goldmann clan: Aurelius, his wife Amelia, his firstborn Regulus and his daughter Octavia. They are quite respected due to the money and prestige heaped by Aaron through his life, but there are still those who scorn him and his name because of his blood and humble beginnings.
History:
Excerpts from Memories of the Fox by Aurelius Goldmann
“I was born in a small house in a dark dirty alley in St Giles. My dear mother, may God bless her immortal soul, had… a rather unsavory profession, and thus I was born out of wedlock. But she was a good woman, scraping every coin she managed to get her hands on to feed me and my older sister. Life wasn't easy back then, but we were happy, at least as happy as we could be. My mother and sister died when the GreatI Plague hit London, and I, a child of five, was left to my own devices to survive on the streets. I was once ashamed of it, ashamed of being poor, of being dirty and hungry, it was only many decades later that I realized that shouldn't have been the case. These days, much older and rather wiser, I'd say, I do not hide my past.” - Act I , Aaron Jones, Chapter I, In the Dark Alleys of St. Giles,
“Magic came to me all of a sudden. My mother being a muggle, I had never experienced anything from the Wizarding world. I can still remember clearly the day that I accidentally did my first trick. I was seven, or so, and I hadn't eaten the whole day. An old lady was selling apples in the Townsquare, I saw an opportunity to grab her coin pouch and I took it. I thought no one had seen it, but after a couple moments a was faced with two guardsmen shaking down every street kid in the square trying to find that lady’s pouch. I tried running, but they had seen me, and the next thing I remember was lying face first on the dirty street, praying that the didn't find the pouch that was clearly tied to my waist. I was quite surprised when I heard one telling the other that I was clean. I reached for my waist and there was nothing there. I couldn't believe it. How?! The pouch had just been there, I had felt it's heaviness just some moments before.
I tried that again a couple times before managing that feat again, but soon it came to me naturally. Making small objects disappear out of thin air, it became my main gig. I'd have my street friends pay me some pennies in exchange for doing my “special tricks”, as I advertised them. I had no idea that while flaunting my special gift around, I was drawing some unwanted kind of attention.” Act I, Chapter II, A Trickster Urchin
“[...] Kids can be mean, very mean. They called me demon, they beat me senseless and left me for dead in a gutter more times than I can count. If it wasn't for the few friends I had managed to find, I would likely have been dead by the age of ten. But I could handle the other kids, most times, they hurt me but they always got some in exchange. I was raised in the streets, I knew how to fend for myself. It only started getting really bad when the adults started noticing me.
A bunch of drunks decided to follow me to the alley I used to call home, they kept threatening me with a knife, telling me to do my special trick for them. First, they told me to make the pennies I had stashed away disappear, I was scared so I did it. Then they started ordering me to make bigger and bigger things disappear, I was getting exhausted and couldn't do it anymore. They got angry and decided that cutting my fingers would help me. If Sir Winston had not appeared, I’m sure I would have died that night.
A silhouette appeared on the entrance of the alley, a fat man in fine clothes holding onto a cane. There were a couple bright flashes, some shouting from the drinks and then I passed out, only to wake up in a soft white bed with white sheets. Before me, sat a man with an enormous mustache and a grandfatherly face, his eyes seemed full of wonder and warmth. He introduced himself as Winston of Norwich, a Wizard. I laughed because I thought he was being silly… He wasn't.” Act I, Chapter III, A Kind Stranger in the Night
“Sir Winston was a good man, he took me under his wing. I thought he was just a kind stranger until later in life I learned that he was, in fact, my lost father. The poor man thought all through his life that I would hate him if he told me, I don't judge his decision, he did what he thought was right and he was the wisest man I've known.
The life that Sir Winston gave me was unlike anything I had ever seen before. In fact, I think it was much easier for me to get used to the Magic than the Wealth part, to me the second had been much more alien than the first. Warm baths, non-rotten food, comfy pillows… That might as well have been magic for me at that time.” Act II, Aaron of Norwich, Chapter IV, Mr. Walrus’ Magic Mansion
“Sir Winston had been a teacher in Hogwarts in his youth, Herbology. Something you would never expect coming from a bureaucrat in such a fine attire as those he used to own. He used to call it “A wild phase of academical delusion derived from an impulse after tasting the mysterious hashish from the East”, after those brief years he decided to settle and become a bureaucrat, just like the long line of ancestors that preceded him, dating from the time of Merlin. Still, those years allowed him to make some friends in the school that helped me get in. In all honesty, later those connections were great to get me out of the messes I got into. And, boy, how I got myself into trouble.
Compared to the life I had lived in my youth, Hogwarts was a walk in the park. I'm a proud Hufflepuffian, just like most of my ancestor had been. But as I said, at that time, I had no idea that Winston was my actual father and I feared that if I did terrible at Hogwarts, he would abandon me on the streets again. So I worked hard to get high grades and prove that I could be just as good as any of those posh Blacks or Malfoys. But I won't lie to you, I wasn’t a saint. Considering that I feared I could be left to my own devices at any time, I decided to start making my own savings. You see, being raised in the streets taught me a set of things that can be very useful for a bunch of firestarters and horny couples found very useful. Love Potions, Ten-Second Pimple Vanishers, Firecrackers and practical jokes, Hashish… Whatever you needed, I could get you. For a fair price, of course.” Act II, Chapter V, Welcome to Hogwarts
“Why did I choose the Fox? Well, it took me some time to perfect the spell, so I had enough time to think that through. What I needed most at that time was to walk around the castle without being noticed. A rat, one would think would have been a great choice for that's but look at me. Do I look like a man who would shift into a rat?! By that time I was done being a dirty thing crawling in alleys. I thought that the Fox was a good metaphor. First, Foxes are very sneaky. Second, they are cunning. Third, there is some finesse to them. And finally, they eat the rats.” Act II, Chapter VI, Of Foxes and Rats
"Unfortunately, soon after I graduated Hogwarts my dear Sir Winston came to pass, having, for lack of a proper child, named me the sole heir of his family’s fortune. I refused to touch any of it, I was too proud and too self-confident to do so. I kept it all stashed away in Gringotts while I used my own money to start a small Enterprise in Diagonal Alley. I was great at what I was doing, and whatever money I got I invested it. Let’s say being a good student in Divination and Arithmancy has its own perks. By the age of 25, I already had made enough money from my investments that I could retire right there. That was when I decided to change my name: Aurelius Goldmann. It sounded quite fitting for a man with magical fingers. But of course, I wasn't yet done with it. It was only then that I decided to use Winston's fortune to buy my way into the Wizarding World’s richest men.” Act III, Aurelius Goldmann, Chapter VII, the Rising Star
“Fifteen years ago, I decided to join politics. Public service was what I decided to call retirement, and since I was personally invited by the Wizard Council to be Head of the Department of Home Affairs, I guess I just couldn't say no. Compared to all I had been through already, sitting around on a desk and signing papers was the most relaxing thing I could find. Of course, there is occasionally some stress, but could I have asked for a better life than this? Of course not.
Have I been accused of being corrupt, a fraud, of dealing with the illicit and rigging quidditch championship s? Yes, I have. Have those claims been judged true by a court? No, they have not. Still, I have to say, that I would have blamed no man that sat on my chair and did that. Life in politics is not for the faint-hearted, it's a dog eat dog world in the Ministry and sometimes you have to be a Fox to survive in here.” Act III, Chapter VIII, Making Sausages and Politics
Skills:
Magic
Transfiguration: 7
Charms: 6
Curses: 3
Jinxes / Hexes: 2
Counter-Spells.: 5
Healing Magic: 1
Divination: 7
Legilimency: 3
Occlumency: 5
Magical Knowledge
Potions: 4
Herbology: 3
Magical Animals: 3
Arithmancy : 7
Ancient Scripts: 6
Magical History: 3
Muggle Awareness: 5
Social Skills
Expert : Bribery
Apprentice: Charm
Apprentice: Intimidation
Novice: Deceit
Novice: Persuasion
Special Ability: Animagus (Fox) REGISTERED
Relations:
Family:
Winston of Norwich (Deceased): Tutor and Friend.
Amelie Goldmann, nee Gladstone: Wife.
-Blood: Pureblood
-Wand: 12" Ash with Dragon bone core
-House: Ravenclaw
Regulus Goldmann: Son and assistant.
-Blood: Halfblood
-Wand: 10" Sandalwood with Unicorn hair core.
-House: Hufflepuff
Octavia Goldmann: Daughter.
-Blood: Halfblood
-Wand: 9" Ebony with Phoenix Feather core, sibling to her father's
-House: Slytherin ?
Employees:
Nils Jansen:Danish, Chief of Aurelius' Personal Security Body (20 men).
Aidan Mulligan: Irish, Coachman, a Squib.
Hans: Family House Elf from Germany, Head of Aurelius' Team of House Elves.
Famous Enterprises*:
Rhode Island Company - Maritime transport, around 20 cargo ships.
Goldmann & Co. - Magical banking, affiliates all across Britain and the 13 Colonies.
GoldFeathers - Hippogriff, Winged Horse and Owls breeding and commerce.
Gold Coast Company - A mercantile company acting on the West Coast of Africa. Holdings include several small colonies in British Africa. They do not deal in slaves.
Royal Dragon Breeding Grounds - Dragon breeding farm in Cornwall. Technically owned by the Ministry, Aurelius is majority investor.
+ Several other you wouldn't even imagine.
*Which aren't necessarily registered under his actual name.
Charity Foundations
St. Giles Home for the Impoverished - Orphanage for poor muggle children in London.
St. Giles Magical Home for the Impoverished -Orphanage for poor wizard children in London, offer basic lessons in Magic.
Goldmann Fund - Charity fund that finances young wizard's educational life. Includes financing for school material and tuition.
Hogwarts Alumni Association Fund - Makes large private donations to Hogwarts.
G & J Broomsticks - Second-hand broomsticks for poor wizards.
Judicial Prosecutions that have been proved to be"completely false"
- Corruption
- Embezzlement
- Quidditch Championship Rigging
- Illegal transport of Substances and Exotic Beasts
- Extortion
- Money laundering
Age: 46
Blood Status: Halfblood
Wand: 11" Ebony with Pheonix Feather core
Patronus: Niffler
House/School: Hogwarts, Hufflepuff
Ministry Position: Head of the Home Affairs Department
Appearance: Always smiling and with his hair tidy, Aurelius is a pale slim man with green eyes and a smug air all around him;
Reputation: Being both a Halfblood and a bastard from a poor family, Aaron had to fight all through his youth to achieve first wealth and then respect as a Member of the Ministry. Although he makes money through some shady dealings, he is known as a kind and completely trustworthy man, the one you go to when you're in need of favors.
Family Reputation(s): The Goldmann name is a new one, after enriching himself Aurelius only thought was to mask his humble origins as a simple "Jones". There are only four members of the Goldmann clan: Aurelius, his wife Amelia, his firstborn Regulus and his daughter Octavia. They are quite respected due to the money and prestige heaped by Aaron through his life, but there are still those who scorn him and his name because of his blood and humble beginnings.
History:
Excerpts from Memories of the Fox by Aurelius Goldmann
“I was born in a small house in a dark dirty alley in St Giles. My dear mother, may God bless her immortal soul, had… a rather unsavory profession, and thus I was born out of wedlock. But she was a good woman, scraping every coin she managed to get her hands on to feed me and my older sister. Life wasn't easy back then, but we were happy, at least as happy as we could be. My mother and sister died when the GreatI Plague hit London, and I, a child of five, was left to my own devices to survive on the streets. I was once ashamed of it, ashamed of being poor, of being dirty and hungry, it was only many decades later that I realized that shouldn't have been the case. These days, much older and rather wiser, I'd say, I do not hide my past.” - Act I , Aaron Jones, Chapter I, In the Dark Alleys of St. Giles,
“Magic came to me all of a sudden. My mother being a muggle, I had never experienced anything from the Wizarding world. I can still remember clearly the day that I accidentally did my first trick. I was seven, or so, and I hadn't eaten the whole day. An old lady was selling apples in the Townsquare, I saw an opportunity to grab her coin pouch and I took it. I thought no one had seen it, but after a couple moments a was faced with two guardsmen shaking down every street kid in the square trying to find that lady’s pouch. I tried running, but they had seen me, and the next thing I remember was lying face first on the dirty street, praying that the didn't find the pouch that was clearly tied to my waist. I was quite surprised when I heard one telling the other that I was clean. I reached for my waist and there was nothing there. I couldn't believe it. How?! The pouch had just been there, I had felt it's heaviness just some moments before.
I tried that again a couple times before managing that feat again, but soon it came to me naturally. Making small objects disappear out of thin air, it became my main gig. I'd have my street friends pay me some pennies in exchange for doing my “special tricks”, as I advertised them. I had no idea that while flaunting my special gift around, I was drawing some unwanted kind of attention.” Act I, Chapter II, A Trickster Urchin
“[...] Kids can be mean, very mean. They called me demon, they beat me senseless and left me for dead in a gutter more times than I can count. If it wasn't for the few friends I had managed to find, I would likely have been dead by the age of ten. But I could handle the other kids, most times, they hurt me but they always got some in exchange. I was raised in the streets, I knew how to fend for myself. It only started getting really bad when the adults started noticing me.
A bunch of drunks decided to follow me to the alley I used to call home, they kept threatening me with a knife, telling me to do my special trick for them. First, they told me to make the pennies I had stashed away disappear, I was scared so I did it. Then they started ordering me to make bigger and bigger things disappear, I was getting exhausted and couldn't do it anymore. They got angry and decided that cutting my fingers would help me. If Sir Winston had not appeared, I’m sure I would have died that night.
A silhouette appeared on the entrance of the alley, a fat man in fine clothes holding onto a cane. There were a couple bright flashes, some shouting from the drinks and then I passed out, only to wake up in a soft white bed with white sheets. Before me, sat a man with an enormous mustache and a grandfatherly face, his eyes seemed full of wonder and warmth. He introduced himself as Winston of Norwich, a Wizard. I laughed because I thought he was being silly… He wasn't.” Act I, Chapter III, A Kind Stranger in the Night
“Sir Winston was a good man, he took me under his wing. I thought he was just a kind stranger until later in life I learned that he was, in fact, my lost father. The poor man thought all through his life that I would hate him if he told me, I don't judge his decision, he did what he thought was right and he was the wisest man I've known.
The life that Sir Winston gave me was unlike anything I had ever seen before. In fact, I think it was much easier for me to get used to the Magic than the Wealth part, to me the second had been much more alien than the first. Warm baths, non-rotten food, comfy pillows… That might as well have been magic for me at that time.” Act II, Aaron of Norwich, Chapter IV, Mr. Walrus’ Magic Mansion
“Sir Winston had been a teacher in Hogwarts in his youth, Herbology. Something you would never expect coming from a bureaucrat in such a fine attire as those he used to own. He used to call it “A wild phase of academical delusion derived from an impulse after tasting the mysterious hashish from the East”, after those brief years he decided to settle and become a bureaucrat, just like the long line of ancestors that preceded him, dating from the time of Merlin. Still, those years allowed him to make some friends in the school that helped me get in. In all honesty, later those connections were great to get me out of the messes I got into. And, boy, how I got myself into trouble.
Compared to the life I had lived in my youth, Hogwarts was a walk in the park. I'm a proud Hufflepuffian, just like most of my ancestor had been. But as I said, at that time, I had no idea that Winston was my actual father and I feared that if I did terrible at Hogwarts, he would abandon me on the streets again. So I worked hard to get high grades and prove that I could be just as good as any of those posh Blacks or Malfoys. But I won't lie to you, I wasn’t a saint. Considering that I feared I could be left to my own devices at any time, I decided to start making my own savings. You see, being raised in the streets taught me a set of things that can be very useful for a bunch of firestarters and horny couples found very useful. Love Potions, Ten-Second Pimple Vanishers, Firecrackers and practical jokes, Hashish… Whatever you needed, I could get you. For a fair price, of course.” Act II, Chapter V, Welcome to Hogwarts
“Why did I choose the Fox? Well, it took me some time to perfect the spell, so I had enough time to think that through. What I needed most at that time was to walk around the castle without being noticed. A rat, one would think would have been a great choice for that's but look at me. Do I look like a man who would shift into a rat?! By that time I was done being a dirty thing crawling in alleys. I thought that the Fox was a good metaphor. First, Foxes are very sneaky. Second, they are cunning. Third, there is some finesse to them. And finally, they eat the rats.” Act II, Chapter VI, Of Foxes and Rats
"Unfortunately, soon after I graduated Hogwarts my dear Sir Winston came to pass, having, for lack of a proper child, named me the sole heir of his family’s fortune. I refused to touch any of it, I was too proud and too self-confident to do so. I kept it all stashed away in Gringotts while I used my own money to start a small Enterprise in Diagonal Alley. I was great at what I was doing, and whatever money I got I invested it. Let’s say being a good student in Divination and Arithmancy has its own perks. By the age of 25, I already had made enough money from my investments that I could retire right there. That was when I decided to change my name: Aurelius Goldmann. It sounded quite fitting for a man with magical fingers. But of course, I wasn't yet done with it. It was only then that I decided to use Winston's fortune to buy my way into the Wizarding World’s richest men.” Act III, Aurelius Goldmann, Chapter VII, the Rising Star
“Fifteen years ago, I decided to join politics. Public service was what I decided to call retirement, and since I was personally invited by the Wizard Council to be Head of the Department of Home Affairs, I guess I just couldn't say no. Compared to all I had been through already, sitting around on a desk and signing papers was the most relaxing thing I could find. Of course, there is occasionally some stress, but could I have asked for a better life than this? Of course not.
Have I been accused of being corrupt, a fraud, of dealing with the illicit and rigging quidditch championship s? Yes, I have. Have those claims been judged true by a court? No, they have not. Still, I have to say, that I would have blamed no man that sat on my chair and did that. Life in politics is not for the faint-hearted, it's a dog eat dog world in the Ministry and sometimes you have to be a Fox to survive in here.” Act III, Chapter VIII, Making Sausages and Politics
Skills:
Magic
Transfiguration: 7
Charms: 6
Curses: 3
Jinxes / Hexes: 2
Counter-Spells.: 5
Healing Magic: 1
Divination: 7
Legilimency: 3
Occlumency: 5
Magical Knowledge
Potions: 4
Herbology: 3
Magical Animals: 3
Arithmancy : 7
Ancient Scripts: 6
Magical History: 3
Muggle Awareness: 5
Social Skills
Expert : Bribery
Apprentice: Charm
Apprentice: Intimidation
Novice: Deceit
Novice: Persuasion
Special Ability: Animagus (Fox) REGISTERED
Relations:
Family:
Winston of Norwich (Deceased): Tutor and Friend.
Amelie Goldmann, nee Gladstone: Wife.
-Blood: Pureblood
-Wand: 12" Ash with Dragon bone core
-House: Ravenclaw
Regulus Goldmann: Son and assistant.
-Blood: Halfblood
-Wand: 10" Sandalwood with Unicorn hair core.
-House: Hufflepuff
Octavia Goldmann: Daughter.
-Blood: Halfblood
-Wand: 9" Ebony with Phoenix Feather core, sibling to her father's
-House: Slytherin ?
Employees:
Nils Jansen:Danish, Chief of Aurelius' Personal Security Body (20 men).
Aidan Mulligan: Irish, Coachman, a Squib.
Hans: Family House Elf from Germany, Head of Aurelius' Team of House Elves.
Famous Enterprises*:
Rhode Island Company - Maritime transport, around 20 cargo ships.
Goldmann & Co. - Magical banking, affiliates all across Britain and the 13 Colonies.
GoldFeathers - Hippogriff, Winged Horse and Owls breeding and commerce.
Gold Coast Company - A mercantile company acting on the West Coast of Africa. Holdings include several small colonies in British Africa. They do not deal in slaves.
Royal Dragon Breeding Grounds - Dragon breeding farm in Cornwall. Technically owned by the Ministry, Aurelius is majority investor.
+ Several other you wouldn't even imagine.
*Which aren't necessarily registered under his actual name.
Charity Foundations
St. Giles Home for the Impoverished - Orphanage for poor muggle children in London.
St. Giles Magical Home for the Impoverished -Orphanage for poor wizard children in London, offer basic lessons in Magic.
Goldmann Fund - Charity fund that finances young wizard's educational life. Includes financing for school material and tuition.
Hogwarts Alumni Association Fund - Makes large private donations to Hogwarts.
G & J Broomsticks - Second-hand broomsticks for poor wizards.
Judicial Prosecutions that have been proved to be"completely false"
- Corruption
- Embezzlement
- Quidditch Championship Rigging
- Illegal transport of Substances and Exotic Beasts
- Extortion
- Money laundering