Brage Ødegaard

Full Name: Brage Johan Ødegaard
Gender: Male
Birthday: 16.12.1997
Age: 35
Blood: Pureblood
Birth Place: Fjærland, Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Current Residence: He has a home in Fjærland still, but he lives on Svalbard.


Family: Brage's mother, Vibeke Holm, was born in a pureblooded family and grew up with the exact same belief as them; that muggleborns and muggles were below her. However, she never developed a necessity for purging the world of them. She just figured herself more sanitary and necessary than them. She did have a couple of muggle friends growing up, something her parents (Brage's grandparents) didnt object to. They didn't see the danger in conversation and learning the smallest things from those beneath their daughter. She attended Durmstrang and was one of the finest students, only beaten by one man.

Brage's father, Tord Ødegaard, was also born in a pureblooded family with stricter rules. Not so much in the muggle department, they didn't much associate with or about muggles. But manners and grandeur were two words very often used to describe the Ødegaards. They are highly respected in society, because they show respect to society, and always makes a pleasant and nice impression on people. But Tord and his siblings did not have a good impression of their parents, as they were incessant on making them ever more strung up and amiable, making them exactly the opposite. However, they became brilliant at faking nice to people. And when Tord started at Durmstrang, choosing the book over the sword, he only found a few people he could relax around. He did really well in school, the best of his year. Much to the grief of a woman.

Tord and Vibeke met the first year of Durmstrang, being in the same year, but opposite house. Despite Vibeke being in Folkvang, her wits were more than stunning, and she and Tord constantly fought for first place. Which caused quite a bit of rivalry between them. From the first year and until their fourth year, there was such a competitive tension between them that people stayed far away from them whenever they were in hearing distance of one another. However, from the fifth year and out, their competitiveness turned into a much friendly, almost flirtatious one. And in their sixth year, Vibeke managed to get Tord to lay off his amiability and niceties towards everyone, even her, and tell her what was really going on.

They started a friendship that would last a lifetime, and as the years passed by, their loyalty towards one another was undisputed and solid to the point of diamonds. When they left school, they started working at the Ministry, both of them, and would eat lunch every day, until the day when Vibeke was told that they were leaving the country, wanting her to come with them. Frightened that he would lose her, Tord mustered up his courage, and asked her to stay, if not as a friend, then as his girlfriend. Their love is not an infatuation driven by passion or falling in love with each other, it is much stronger, and they have more fun together than most would.

They had three children, Gard (38), Brage (34) and Johan (deceased at age 21).

History: Brage was born to a family of three, his parents and older brother, Gard. His family were strict, but not neigh on as strict as his paternal grandparents. He did learn to behave properly in the presence of others, but in a much more humble and kind way. He also learned from his mother that muggles were to be treated the same, even though they weren't the same. At the age of six, Johan, his kid brother was born, and Brage took on a very protective role, while Gard at 10 was busy being the cool one who didn't hang out with his family, and also getting ready to receive his Durmstrang invitation. Gard had shown signs of magic at the age of 5, and Brage had not, which was reason enough for worry in his family. It annoyed him, but instead of displaying his annoyance, he spent loads of time with his baby brother and reading big, dusty books.

When Gard started his second year at Durmstrang, in Folkvang, Brage was eight, and young Johan was 2, Brage was getting more and more anxious about the fact that he had yet to display magical abilities. His parents were also worried, and gave him cross looks, as if it was all his fault. So he decided he'd need something more active to do than reading books and taking care of Johan. Living in such a small place as Fjærland, the few other families of pureblooded descent made it impossible for them to not know about it. People were wondering if maybe Brage was a squib, and the other families started keeping their own sons and daughters around his age away from him, as if he was a disease.

But at the morn of a sunny day in may, Brage went outside and a few of his previous friends saw him. They instantly started bullying him, but it didn't bother him. He never cared much for other people's opinion. However, when one of the muggle boys he'd spoken to sometimes walked over, and the other boys started bullying him, Brage got so mad that the whole group of kids were blow backwards. The kids ran off and Brage ran back home, forgetting about the muggle who'd seen it, anxious to tell his parents what had just happened. The rumour quickly spread around town as well, and people knew by the next day. Some came over to apologize on the way their children behaved, and the Ødegaard family -as humble and contrite as ever- pardoned them happily. According to them, the act had been the reason for Brage managing to get his magical powers out in the open. The muggle child's mind was of course cleared of the memory.

When Brage started Durmstrang, his brother was four years old, and their years being as good as glued at the hip made it really hard for Brage to leave Johan behind. Especially as Johan didn't really understand why. As Brage stepped into the vacated room on his own, only a professor with him, he looked at the two objects. He loved books, and he knew he could learn a lot from them, and that he would always enjoy books. But his magic had been displayed when someone else but he was being bullied. In the end, Brage was much more attracted to the sword than the book, and he decided that the sword would fit him well. It was his father's old house as well, and he knew Tord would be proud of him for being in the same house as him. So Brage had walked over to the sword and picked it up. Through all his seven years at Durmstrang, he never regretted that decision.

His grades at school wasn't a problem at all, and neither was his behaviour. The professors loved him, and not only due to his name or the fact that he was pureblooded, but his manners were incorruptible. He was never once put in detention, and only had minor point deductions. There were very few times that he got into a fight with others, and the professors would often just send them up to the dueling area to get the steam out. Under supervision. Fights among themselves were rarely a reason for detention, but if you disregarded the professors, you were in big trouble. Brage only ever got in a fight if it had something to do with someone he respected or cared about.

When he started his sixth year, Johan started his first. Once again, Brage took on a protective role, but their relationship was more strained now, as Johan had -for at least three years- believed that his brother didn't like him much after all and didn't even come to visit. But they celebrated their first Christmas at Durmstrang at that time and their relationship slowly, but surely, grew strong again. Johan was also in Folkvang, which lead to even more time together. Also, he enjoyed hanging out with Brage when the latter was studying in the school library, something Brage didn't mind at all; he loved having his baby brother around. Even during his seventh year when everything was piling up and stressing him to no end. NEWTs were not a fun thing to do. Not even for a book lover.

As Brage finished Durmstrang, Johan would often say that he hated how many years there were between them, as they only ever had that many years when they could hang out so many times. It was all right, though, because Brage would just remind him that when he was done at Durmstrang, there was nothing that could stop them from hanging out all the time. However, Brage decided to take a job in Krystallravinen, surprising his brother to tears. Which Brage had found absolutely hilarious. So, for the next three years, Brage worked at Crystal Chords. And then the profession of professor became appealing.

Brage applied for the job of Infiltration professor then, and got the job, his qualifications far exceeding the necessary ones. He had thoroughly enjoyed that class at school and figured it was one of those he would be really good at. So he became his brother's professor for two years, which was not at all a problem for Johan. Gard also took up on that torch and decided to become a professor as well. The three brothers had a lot of fun together, and Brage and Gard bonded really well over talking about the weird-ass students that attended the institute.

When Johan graduated Durmstrang, Brage continued working as a professor and kept scaling upwards. He got the position as Head of Folkvang his fourth year. He continued to teach Infiltration and decided to take up Dueling as well. So starting a second subject, he had a lot of work to do. But Johan, who had taken up a position in the control of magical creatures division, had time to visit him plenty, and Brage would visit him whenever he could. And then tragedy struck. As Brage turned 27, Johan, at 21, ever the adventurer, got stung by a manticore in his attempt to negotiate with it. The death of his baby brother destroyed Brage and Gard and him were taken out on leave for a while. Brage decided to add the a middle name to his own, 'Johan'. He would never forget his baby brother, and he might as well be blunt about it. He wanted a part of his brother to be with him wherever he went, and now it would; in every signature he ever signed. Gard decided to not return to Durmstrang, but Brage knew that the institute was the most important place for his relationship with Johan, and he couldn't let it go. So after a year, he returned to Durmstrang, but he decided to let the Dueling-subject go. He couldn't take up that role as well as Infiltration professr and re-instated Head of Folkvang. Two more years passed, and his work-ethics never dwindled. He was the greatest teacher at the school at the time.

And then the Highmistress decided to resign, and Brage was offered the job. Without hesitation, he accepted, more than eager to do even more for the placed that hosted the best memories he had with his brother.


Appearance: Brage stand on 6'2 inches and is of a slender build. His incessant training (whenever he does have the time) gives him a lean and well toned body. His hair ranges from nice and in place to fluffy and out of place. Sometimes he shaves off his beard and sometimes he doesn't. He is mostly seen wearing the standard comfy and warm Durmstrang robes, but can also be found wearing more formal clothes, depending on what he will be doing that day. He does not mind wearing suits, but can also be wearing the slackiest pants you can imagine. Not in public though. Never in public. He has an image to maintain. His eyes are a solid green, some find them beautiful and kind, others find them cold and venomous. Depends on his mood. When he smiles, his face either lights up in a very nice and kind and true manner, or it doesn't quite reach his eyes. Depends on the person he's smiling at.

Personality:
B stands for: Brave
Brage chose the sword, not for the strength of it, but for the will to defend those he loves. He is a very brave person and also very selfless, as it will take a lot to insult him in a manner that would hurt him. His perception of himself is quite clear and he knows he is a very brave person. He would lay his life down to save most anyone, whether he'd know them or not. But he also values his own worth, and knows that people rely heavily on him.

R stands for: Respect
Brage demands respect from people, not in an outright way, and not in an intentional way, but respect is given to him by those who owns half a brain or more. Becoming Highmaster at such a young age is an accomplishment in itself, and to manage it well and to the parents' and professors' liking is beyond expected. In addition, respect is very often given from him to another person as well. A person would have to do something unseemly stupid for him to lose all respect of them. He gives people a second chance. Singular form. He might be respective and kind, but he is very strict and if people fail him twice, there won't be a third chance.

A stands for: Amiable
Like his paternal grandparents and father, he is a very amiable man and does not mind the social festivities. Durmstrang has noticed this, due to the many celebrations of the Norse Gods, like how thursday is Thor's day and Friday is Freya's day, and these days have a standard exquisite dinner. He loves his students and does not have any problem showing this. He can easily strike up a conversation with a third year about how the tactics of the Karasjok Kites.

G stands for: Giving
Despite being pretty much swamped in work with both his high position and as a professor, Brage always takes time to talk to his family and people who wants to talk to him. He gives a lot of his time, and nearly never gets any rest. This, though a very kind quality, is not to his extent a good one. Due to always meaning to give people the best they can have, he neglects himself, and often finishes the day by being so exhausted that sleep doesn't even cut it for him. He knows this is something he needs to work on, but it is also only noticeable when he does retire for the night, as he feels happy when others are. But it is a superficial happiness that he needs to learn to distinct from real happiness.

E stands for: Efficient
Brage is a stiff character who loves order. Being so amiable and giving must making him efficient enough to have time for it, as he is also being respected. He has a very strict set of rules when it comes to his own life, as in what he shares with others, and how much time he can afford to spend on them. He wants to spend more time with his family, even if it does bring back painful memories, but he doesn't have much time on his hands, and to even have time on his hands, he needs to make sure that he has a schedule that no one would dare mess with, even himself. And due to this, he is very efficient.

As for what Brage likes to do in his spare time, he enjoyes solitude to a certain extent, but he also does love to have his family visit him. He enjoys a good game of Quidditch and does pay attention to his favorite team, even though they are fairly far behind. He also trains a lot in his spare time, though takes the precautions of being far away from Durmstrang in the process. Bumping into students on a jog can result to weird questions. Brage's boggart is Johan suffering, coming back as an Inferi-like being. His patronus is an eagle, the house animal of Folkvang.


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