Tom Wingate

Basic Info:

Full Name: Thomas Gregorio Wingate
-- Nickname: Tom or Tommy
Birthday: 25th of August
Age: 28
Birthplace: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hometown: London, England
Heritage: Mixed blood
Relationship status: Divorced
Wand type: Willow, dragon heartstring, 13¼ inches

Appearance:

Hair: A clean mass of auburn with a short fringe
Eye colour: Bright green
Complexion: Tanned
Build: Ridiculously tall (2.02m) and toned, nothing too bulky, with large hands and feet
Markings: Has a long scar on his hip from an unfortunate incident with a plate and his psychotic monster of an ex-wife.

Family:

Mother: Angela Wingate (nee Diaz)
--Grandmother: Mariana Diaz (nee Esposito) (deceased)
--Grandfather: Eduardo Diaz (deceased)
Father: Christopher Wingate
--Grandmother: Sarah Wingate (nee Ford)
--Grandfather: Adam Wingate (deceased)
Children:
----Andrea "Andy" Jasmine Wingate
----Camilla "Cam" Isabel Wingate
----Ariel "Elle" Carmen Wingate
Ex-wife: Amelia Childs
Twin brother: James William Wingate

Background:

Tom came into the world in Buenos Aires, Argentina; half a minute after his brother James had been born. A pair of troublemakers from an early age, he and his brother spent most of their childhood playing stupid pranks and being crowned each and every year as the clowns of the neighbourhood. Less than two weeks after their 12th birthday, both were shipped off to "upside down" England to attend the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Since their father had been born and raised in England, he had insisted that they attend the school and even though it took the boys a long while to get used to the cold in January (odd thing, that) and the fact that others didn't understand their own special language of Spanglish, they quickly warmed up to the school and it's many English students, each holiday eagerly waiting their return. Both brothers had been sorted into the noble house of Slytherin (unlike their father, who had been a Gryffindor at his time) and as a result, there was nothing separating the two.

After Christmas break on their sixth year, Tom met Milly and very soon after the two became adjoined at the hip, a fact that annoyed James to no end. Tom knew full well – perhaps because James never failed to bring it up – that his brother disliked his girlfriend but he knew that he would marry the beautiful blonde one day and so he pushed all troubling thoughts aside.

After graduation, Tom and Milly decided to rent a place together in Buenos Aires and both attended the local magical university while his brother remained in England and very quickly the twins' relationship deteriorated to nothing more than a phone call once in a while and meeting at their parents' house for the holidays. At the age of twenty three Tom married Milly and less than two years later they had a triplet of girls on the way.

It was during the pregnancy that life took a really bad turn. Due to her mood swings and crazes, Milly was reckless and Tom found out that Amelia Childs had been cheating on him for almost five years with various different men. Heartbroken and outraged, he kept this knowledge to himself until Milly began having another affair – believing he was still oblivious to her adultery – after Andy, Cam and Elle were almost 20 months old. It was an ugly affair, with lots of lawyers and near fatal fights (one of which resulted in his scar), but during it he came to see that the woman he had thought Milly – Amelia – was, the mother of his three perfect little girls, was most definitely not the person whom he was divorcing.

After a year of courtrooms and broken plates, the judge granted him full custody of the girls on order that Amelia be allowed to visit them no more than once every three weeks if she so chooses. Exhausted and hell-bent on keeping Amelia away from his three angeles, Tom decided to apply for a job in the English ministry and move to London, where James lived and would be able to help with the kids until he settled in and found a better arrangement. One of the only good things that came out of the disastrous divorce was that he and his brother had grown close again, a fact which helped Tom sleep at night.

In no time at all, Tom had settled into a rather cozy apartment in London, just a short walk away from his brother’s place. The girls were faring better than he had dared hope for and with James and his friends’ help; Tom wasn’t too worried about them. Due to his rather impressive CV, he expected to hear back from the ministry soon and until then spent his time getting to know the city and just being with his girls.

Personality:

Like his brother James and a whole lot of other Wingate boys, Tom has a quick and wicked tongue with a sharp mind and an occasional disinterest for consequences. After the traumatic events of the last year, his compassion and big heart have been slightly diminished and so he's been left a shell of the kind, funny man he was before. Standing at two meters, Tom was never one to be looked over and he knows it. Before the Amelia Disaster, he's been an almost overly confident but lately he's just trying to stay out of people's way and try and fit in. With his height and lantern-like eyes, the job has been proven quite difficult.

Fiercely protective over anything that is dear to him, Tom wouldn't hesitate to avenge someone or do something nasty if he saw the use of it. He doesn't believe in rushing into things like an idiot, instead he enjoys the delicate thoughtful stage before something big because he believes that if he puts enough thought into his task, he'll succeed.

For the first time in ten years, Tom has realized that he is now very much single and plans to keep it this way for at least a year. The phrase, "I just got out of a messy relationship," has never been truer and so the 28 year old has decided to keep his head down, concentrate on his job and on finding someone perfect to take care of the triplets. Right now, they were priority one.

Extra:

Pets: Well, one of the things he had willingly let go of during the divorce was a fat, ugly, stupid Persian cat that his ex-wife had loved for some bizarre reason and since she'd also taken a large chunk of his savings, Tom has now decided to stay pet-less for a while. James and the triplets were enough to come home to.

Likes: Coffee, red meat, summer, strawberries, black tie events, having fun, hanging out with James, Christmas dinner, Harley Davidsons, rock music and the colour blue.

Dislikes: The cold, Amelia Childs ("dislike" is the civilized term), cats, working hard (don't tell his employers this though), divination, cows, candy on sticks, Indian and Mexican food, any and all pink beverages, flying carpets and people with incorrect grammar (*cough* James, you're 28 years old – it's time you learned English and Spanish properly).

Studies & Career

Text Cut: Exam Results

OWL results:

DADA – O
Charms – O
Transfiguration – E
Potions – E
Herbology – A
History of Magic – O
Astronomy – O
Ancient Runes – E
Arithmancy – A
Care of Magical Creatures – E

NEWT results:

DADA – E
Charms – O
Potions – E
Ancient Runes – O
Care of Magical Creatures – O

As a guy with many interests, Tom decided to undertake a dual degree in Advanced Charms and Ancient Runes after graduating Hogwarts with flying colours, but also took multiple courses whenever he came across something that interested him, resulting in his wide array of knowledge in many different subjects. He’d worked for a small yet successful company in Buenos Aires as a translator and got paid well for it as he was the most multi-lingual guy they found and was therefore invaluable.

Languages: Tom is equally fluent in English, Spanish and Portugese. As a side project for himself over the years, he has also become near perfect in Greek, Italian, French, German, Russian, Finnish, Afrikaans and Hebrew. He has also been studying Latin since it had been a mandatory course in university as a part of a special etymology class.

Text Cut: Timeline

TIMELINE:

17yrs – Post Christmas (aka 17.5)
23yrs – Marriage (23.25) (around November)
25yrs – Triplets born (around October)
26yrs – Divorce begins (around May)
27yrs – Divorce is settled (around May)
28yrs – Move to London is finalized, begin work (around September - October)


TRIPLETS: Born on October 12th: Andy is oldest, then Cam then Elle.