Zeke Ransom-Kruus
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BASICS

NAME: Ezekiel William Ransom-Kruus
AKA: Zeke
BORN: 25th July 2069
ORIGINATES: Woking, Surrey, England
RESIDES: Diagon Alley, London, England
NATIONALITY: British
MARITAL STATUS: Married (24th December 2090)
PRONOUNS: He/him

APPEARANCE

HAIR: Dark brown, short
EYES: Dark brown
HEIGHT: 5'9"
STYLE: Smart

MAGICAL

HERITAGE: Muggle-born
WAND: 12⅔" rather firm hawthorn with unicorn hair
BOGGART: Fiendfyre
AMORTENTIA: Pine trees, apple crumble, sawdust
PATRONUS: Polecat

FAMILY

AUNT: Evelyn Esther Ransom (b. 7th September 2034)
HUSBAND: Mathias Trenton Ransom-Kruus (né Kruus) (b. 28th August 2071)
DAUGHTER: Bailey Summer Ransom-Kruus (b. 18th August 2097)
DAUGHTER: Sage Winter Ransom-Kruus (b. 18th August 2097)

EDUCATION

SCHOOL: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
HOUSE: Slytherin
CLASS OF: 2087
OWLs:
___Ancient Runes (E)
___Arithmancy (A)
___Astronomy (A)
___Care of Magical Creatures (E)
___Charms (O)
___Defence Against the Dark Arts (E)
___Herbology (O)
___History of Magic (E)
___Transfiguration (O)
___Potions (E)
NEWTs:
___Ancient Runes (O)
___Care of Magical Creatures (O)
___Charms (E)
___Defence Against the Dark Arts (A)
___Herbology (O)
___Transfiguration (E)
___Potions (A)

PERSONAL

MB TYPE: INFJ
TEMPERAMENT: Phlegmatic-Sanguine
ALIGNMENT: Neutral Good
ENNEAGRAM: 2w3
LOVE LANGUAGE: Words of affirmation

ABOUT

Zeke was born into a family of muggles, the second oldest of five siblings, and was the only one of his siblings to display signs of magic and to be given a place at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. However, far from expressing amazement and pride at having a wizard in the family, Zeke's parents made it clear they did not approve of his magical ability, and Zeke made the difficult decision to leave the family home and cut ties in favour of studying magic. He lived instead with an aunt, who cared deeply for him as a mother would have.

At Hogwarts, Zeke easily made plenty of friends and did well in school, but although he had an intense love of learning and was in awe of Hogwarts, he disliked formal education. He pursued many of his topics of interest outside of the classroom, while being sure to keep his grades up. One of these interests was wandlore, and Zeke knew as early as his first year at Hogwarts that this was what he wanted to pursue when he left school.

Zeke's aunt had been a short-term foster carer since before he'd gone to live with her, and as she dealt with many sensitive cases, it was often necessary for Zeke to spend several weeks each summer holiday staying with different friends of his, which he did quite happily. He spent a lot of time with his friend Eden and his family, and was soon considered another member of the family there, warmly welcomed into the fold. For a short time he dated Eden's older sister, Willow, though the relationship was generally lukewarm and never became serious. Having grown so close to Eden's family, Zeke officially moved in with them after he graduated from Hogwarts, though he still regularly visited his aunt.

Although Zeke had secured a place on a Wandlore course at Wizarding University, and it was still his dream to be a wandmaker or a wandlore researcher, he lacked enthusiasm about higher education. Zeke started having serious doubts, and was lost on how to deal with them. He expressed this uncertainty to Camden Mitchell, Eden's father, who promptly advised him to chase his dream from a slightly different angle. Camden was a wealthy and well-known businessman, who had a number of connections across the global wizarding community, and so it was simple for him to set Zeke up in a paid apprenticeship with a specialist wandmaker. Zeke was endlessly grateful, gave up his place on the university course shortly before term started, and dove right into the practical side of wandmaking. In his spare time, he read and studied on his own, researching wandlore and as many secondary and tertiary subjects he could cram into his brain. He and his mentor produced wands for customers, researched, travelled around the world, and experimented with new combinations and cores.

During this time, Zeke moved out of the Mitchells' home and into a new place with his friend, Mathias Kruus, shortly after Mathias graduated from Hogwarts. Mathias was Eden's cousin, and he and Zeke had become good friends, having known each other since school. Zeke and Mathias had decided it would be fun for them to have their own place together. Neither expected to fall in love with the other, but that was exactly what happened. Within eighteen months, they were married. After a few years, they decided to adopt a child, and after a long wait, Zeke and Mathias adopted two year old twin girls, Bailey and Sage, in September 2099.

By 2102, Zeke had worked his way up through the wandmaking profession and was working as a partner to the woman who had previously been his mentor. As fulfilling as his work was, Zeke wanted a change, something that was a little closer to home, required less travelling, had a steadier income, and allowed him more time to work on the books he had been wanting to write for several years. Just when he was considering a slight career track correction and working towards being a professor of Wandlore, the opportunity to take over management of Ollivanders opened up. Zeke knew that, while it was just about possible for him to buy the business on his own, it was too much of a risk for him to take when he was helping support his family. But, once again, pseudo-father and part-time deus ex machina, Camden Mitchell, came swooping in to save the day. He joined with Zeke and they bought Ollivanders together in 2103, with Camden acting as a silent partner. Zeke and his family moved to the apartment above the wand shop, and began the newest chapter in their lives.