Name: Neil Michael Sterling.
Nickname/Aliases: Not Neil.
Birthday - Age: December 25, 2051 | Twenty-two years old.
Place of Birth: Newport, Wales.
Heritage: Half and half.
Wand: Augurey tail feather, cypress, eleven inches long. Flexible.
Patronus: Platypus
Occupation: Magical Maintenance employee
Marital Status: Single but unavailable.

School: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardy (2063 - 2070)
Strongest subjects: Potions, Herbology, and Arithmancy
Weakest subjects: Care of Magical Creatures, and Astronomy
NEWTs:
Arithmancy - O
Charms - O
Defense Against the Dark Arts - E
Herbology - O
Potions - O
Transfiguration - A

Neil's parents taught him from very young age that the way you look influences the way people perceive you. As a result, Sterling wants the general public to think of him as a put-together, immaculate person. This is not often the case as laziness and work can sometimes get in the way, but he tries; his wavy mop of light brown hair is often tousled, but well-kept and Neil makes a point to cut it once it reaches past his ears, and hangs two inches above his shoulders. His clothes are often tailored to fit his lanky body, as he believes baggy clothes show unnecessary rebelliousness and his dress robes are simple and of neutral, earthy colors.

Sterling has a thin, and elongated fair face; it once was the home of a constellation of freckles that disappeared long ago during his teenage years. Handsome, his eyes are cat-like and powder blue, framed by fair and thick but not long lashes. Neil's eyebrows aren't their own little jungle, but they are thick enough to suit his face, and the habit he has of relying on them to express his moods. Looming around five feet, ten tall, Sterling isn't tall by any standards but he has the habit of slouching, making himself appear shorter than he actually is.

Personality: Sterling is a very simple person with equally simple demands. He appreciates rules and cleanness, as he follows the former and exercises the latter, just like he enjoys monotony and rejects surprises. Anything that alters his daily agenda is frowned upon, regardless on what shape, color or size it comes. He is every bit of a stickler for the rules and disapproves of those who aren't as well.

A pessimistic by nature, Neil expects the worse from people and is constantly wary of strangers. As it is, he makes a point to be polite if not amiable to those surrounding him. Sterling is reserved, but brutally honest if the occasion demands him to be. If he likes you, he's likely to let you know by engaging you or letting you engage him in all sorts of conversations; if he doesn't he'll let you know as well either in the form of ignoring you or kindly asking you to stop loitering around his person for he finds your presence alone incredibly irksome.

Likes: Books, sleeping, theater, music, cologne, brown eyes, spring, snow, peanut butter, pecan pie, wizard chess, gobstones and arguing with people about Quidditch.
Dislikes: Cars, vanilla, red lipstick on women, walking around barefoot, scars, crooked teeth, autumn (is it cold? is warm? is it in between? pick a side already, weather), playing canasta, pen and pencils, video games, muggle comic books, chocolate, butter beer, penguins and chicken.
Allergies: Sea food and doxies.
Pets: A kneazle called Jonah.
Extras: Neil speaks Spanish, the language of his county, Wales, and is able to understand some German as long as the person is kind enough to speak slowly.

History - Family: Son of Neil Sterling senior and Eloise Bellamy-Sterling, a pair of healers, Neil is the youngest of the couple's three children and the only male of the two. His childhood was reasonably normal, and from the age of five up til he was ten, Neil had a tutor visit him at home five days a week to instruct him and his sisters in the areas of literature, mathematics, history, languages and science.

Not unlike his childhood, Neil's years at Hogwarts were as normal as they are for any other boy in the wizarding world; his time was spent with his friends, studying, yelling during matches, lounging around the common room with a book and snogging the occasional girl or two on the secluded corners of the library. His grades weren't particularly remarkable up until his fifth year, when he decided that he'd follow his parents' path and become a healer himself. Potions, and Herbology had always come easily for Neil, but he had to step it up in order to acquire the necessary O's and E's on Transfiguration. In the end, the hard work paid off, though it didn't matter much for after two years of being part of the healing program, Sterling dropped out.

After that Sterling spent a year working at a wizarding bookstore in Kent, until his father recommended (i.e: demanded) him to take his life "seriously" and join the Ministry of Magic. Which, naturally, he did.

Family:
-Neil Enoch Sterling [Healer, 49 years old]
-Imogen Anne Bellamy-Sterling [Healer, 47]
-Anthea Louise Sterling [Witch Weekly writer, 23]
-Eloise Jean Sterling [Wedding planner, 25]