Full Name : Jens Halverson

Age : 27

Blood - Pure

Job - Applying for Groundskeeper (is it open, it wasn't in the latest list...), but he's an Astronomer by trade

Wand - 13 inches, Norway Maple, Bowtruckle Fingernail

Physical description - Blond haired, blue eyed, ruddy cheeked Norweigian man. Tall, just over six feet, with a calm expression almost always on his face. Often has a somewhat far away, starry feeling in his eyes which his mother says came from spending so much time staring at the night sky. Wears work robes that always look like they could use a little bit of love or, in his wife's good opinion, getting rid of. His wife always makes sure his hair is neatly trimmed, but he will sometimes grow a beard just to annoy her.

Personality - Jens is a patient, hard-working, soft spoken man of few words. It is doubtful that he has ever been angry or held a grudge in his life. He hates confrontation and would rather let somebody shoot a curse at him than fight back. Only if absolute necessity called for it would he fight back, and usually then only for the defense of another innocent. Some might call him cowardly, but he's just a pacifist. He is not self-conscious at all about any of this but finds wisdom in silence and the spaces between. An introvert. A bit messy, though, to Elara's neatness.

Likes - his wife's cooking, flannel, knitting, drawing models -but by no means an "artist," asteroids, orbits, curling, herbology, physical work,

Dislikes - feeling trapped, being indoors for too long, violence, hot deserts, violence, contradictions

Family/History

Jens is from the northern end of Norway and has a generally Scandinavian background. He grew up in a family that loved the outdoors and taking advantage of the skiing opportunities offered as well as partaking in the Muggle sport of curling. He grew up with Aunt and Uncle and their 2 children. His mother died in childbirth and his father couldn't deal. He doesn't want to talk about it. He found his family life to be perfectly happy and "normal." He isn't really sure where his father is and he's OK with that. When he was younger, his father would pop in every now and then or send a card but as Jens grew older they just stopped connecting.

He attended a small wizarding school from the ages of 12 - 17 where he was a relatively serious student. Some thought him a bully or snob because he didn't talk very much and kept to himself, but after a few years the other students finally realized it was simply his way. A few students took to calling him "womanly" but he paid them no mind and because he never reacted they eventually gave up their campaign. He was drawn to Astronomy because he found the intricacy of the movements and the balance of it all very appealing and aesthically pleasing. He liked the forays out into the field to observe various phenomena as well as the write ups that came afterwards.

After graduation, he was offered a spot on a research team. He wouldn't be doing a lot of the hands-on research himself this time but even the chance at grunt-work excited him. He would be expected to write down data, compile it, fetch, tote, clean and do whatever else he was told, but it was a position to start with and at the age of 17, it was better than nothing.

On a later field expedition at the age of 19, he met his wife to be: Elara. She drove him absolutely mad because she was the same age he had been the first time around and had a higher position. And she was always cheerful, always kind and patient and polite and it drove him mad. His co-workers knew he was in love well before he himself did because these were qualities he usually liked in people. He bickered with her though he had never bickered with anyone ever before. Finally, they realized what it was, fell in love and got married and lived happily ever after.

Though he loved his family, Jens was perfectly willing to move back to England with Elara and live in her hometown. She had a much stronger connection with her family and portkeys and apparition make it possible for him to return home often enough. Plus, the two of them spend plenty of time in the field with their co-workers that he never feels lonely or homesick. Until now.

The first year Elara taught at Hogwarts left Jens heartsick. Seeing her only every other weekend or so was not enough for him. So through some discreet inquiries, he looked to see if there was not some post at Hogwarts he could take in order to be near her. Finding out that the post of Groundskeeper was open, he decided to apply. He enjoyed physical labor and was certainly strong enough and in good enough health for it, even if his experience wasn't the best. It would mean giving up the fieldwork he loves so much, but many things are worth being with the one he loves. But keep it quiet, Elara has no idea he's applying. (I intend to write that post... it should be fun....)

He and his wife do have rather differing views regarding Muggles, but because Jens assumes Elara feels the way he does so they've never discussed it. He does not view a lack of magic as a lack of anything. Merely a difference, but he group up in a place with more Muggles around than she did. One of his cousins married one.

Aunt: Mari Melby
Uncle: Jakob Melby
Cousins: Johanna Lindstrom and Beate Tran (both married and older)
Mother: Sofie Halverson
Father: Emil Halverson