► Reilly, Joel

JOEL ROY REILLY
played by: Josh

the player
your online name: Josh
do you have any other characters? Blake Harper, Wes Bailey, PJ Bates
what are your contacts? PM

the basics
full name: Joel Roy Reilly
nicknames: Joe
date of birth and age: March 17, 1983 (28)
job: Wandmaker
former house: Sagesse

the appearance

face claim: Zachary Levi
other notable features: Nope)

the personality
personality:

Charismatic & Extravagant
Joel is a people-pleaser. He is very concerned with the goings-on of the people around him, and he goes out of his way to meet his neighbors and those people he sees on a regular basis. He finds them extremely fascinating and loves to listen to their stories. But he also loves to tell his own stories as well. He’s prone to exaggeration when he tells these stories, but it is all for the sake of entertainment. He likes making people laugh and feel good about themselves.

He also loves throwing costume parties for every holiday--even Thanksgiving if he can find a good Pilgrim costume. Halloween is his favorite holiday, and each year, he and his sister host a gigantic party and rent out some big venue in New Orleans in which to host it. And everyone is invited! He goes all-out with the decorations and the spooks, because he wants everyone to have the time of their lives.

Hardworking & Disciplined
Joel has had to work for everything he has. He was not able to benefit from family money, so he had to learn from an early age to be self-reliant and go after the things he wants with a good work ethic and determination. He usually keeps a strict schedule for his work day to maximize productivity. And when it comes to being a shopowner and boss, he can be a little strict with his policies. He likes things a certain way, and he wants everyone to keep it that way. When he has a plan for something, and that plan falls though, he is prone to having a little anxiety attack. He doesn’t think well on his feet, so he likes to be prepared for things like meetings, appointments, and inspections.

Geeky & Eccentric
But he can’t always be that person who makes lists and schedules his life down to the minute. He is a self-proclaimed geek who is in love with the game Kingdom, which is, for all intents and purposes, the magical version of Dungeons & Dragons. He likes dressing up as his character and roleplaying his actions with the few other members of the community who also share his love for the game. He gets lost in the fantasy land of fighting trolls and dragons and evil enchantresses.

He is also prone to talking to himself, which is something he does quite often without realizing it. He generally narrates his own life in his head, as if he were a character in Kingdom or some hero in a fantasy novel, which is something his younger sister, Jane, always seems to pick on him about. He's really excitable, and is also extremely clumsy. He also really loves candy and has a draw filled with lollipops that he says are for the first years getting their wands (but really, he just wants to be able to eat candy on the job).

family & history
family members:Jane Reilly - Sister
any other family member of importance:Nope
place of birth:Houston, Texas
social class:Middle

history:
Joel’s family did not grow up wealthy. They did not have nice things, and they didn’t always get to do many of the things they wanted to do because money was always so tight. But instead of causing a rift between his parents and himself, Joel only grew closer to his family. So they rolled pennies instead of dice, at least they got to play games together. And it didn’t matter that the electricity went out, candlelight was really fun to eat under anyway. Family was the most important thing in his life. He loved each member of his family dearly and would have gladly died for them if he had to.

He first showed signs of magic one summer morning when he was running around the yard and fell into a thorny bush after trying to catch a mostly-deflated soccer ball his sister, Jane, was throwing to him. When he fell into the bush, getting tangled in all the biars and thorns, he shouted out in pain. And then something amazing happened. The bush shrunk away from him. The thorns removed themselves from his skin and pulled away. He was able to get up and out of the thorny bush without hurting himself further! It would still be a few years before he got his acceptance letter to Sei, but his family was ecstatic to learn that their long line of Druid magic still ran within his blood.

He wasn’t very good at many of the subjects his friends seemed to like. He found Transfiguraiton absolutely impossible, and he never could get the hang of what Divination was all about anyway. He was decent when it came to Care of Magical Creatures, but he was far from the best. He really liked the idea of Charms, but he just couldn’t get the wand movements down. When he was younger, he thought that he was never going to find something he was good at. He thought that he was probably going to be a failure.

But he found out that he had a knack for Druidism. He had this control over nature that just came to him so easily. He could see a wilting flower and, with a few kind words, get it to straighten itself up again. He couldn’t really explain it to his friends, none of whom were descended from Druids like he and his sister were. It just became second nature to him—talking to plants. He excelled in Herbology, of course. Each flower had its own signature in his mind. They had personalities, and he knew intuitively how to act with them. For example, mandrakes were like scared children. They just needed someone who cared to be with them. But Devil’s Snare needed a firm hand to get it to grow. He had to be commanding and unyielding.

After graduating Sei with decent marks, he decided that he should try his hand at wandmaking. After all, he would get to work with nature, which was something he knew he had to work with. And he knew that there was going to be good money in it. Every frist year needed a wand, of course. So he was going to have the financial stability that his family never had when he was a child. Now, Joel is running his own wand shop in the magical district of New Orleans.

WANDMAKER
We are both really excited to have a wandmaker on the site! I love the fact that you have created a more extroverted Sagesse former member. It helps to make him stand out more. His personality just seems perfect for the role of a wandmaker, a people-pleaser to help with the nervous first years while as a business man he needs that strict routine. I also have to say I loved the bit about keeping candy in a drawer for the first years (and to eat candy on the job). I love quirks like that! The way you went in to describe Druidism was very fascinating. I like that every plant has a specific personality to him. I’m eager to see where he goes as the site plot continues and how the current attacks may affect not only his business but how he interacts with those who have chosen a side in the war!

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