Valerius Sheldrake
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Valerius Langston Sheldrake | |
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Biographical Information | |
Born | 1 September 1984, 33 |
City of Birth | Brighton |
Current City | London |
Blood status | Half-blood |
Also known as | Val |
Physical Information | |
Gender | Male |
Height | 6'0 |
Education | |
School | Hogwarts |
House | Ravenclaw |
Class of | 2003 |
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Character Information | |
Playby | Charlie Vickers |
Nuri |
Val Sheldrake is a bartender with expensive taste and shallow pockets.
He is brighter than he lets on, often playing the flirty and chatty role of a rakish barman. Whatever it takes to get a good tip or some company for the night, after closing hours.
His sociable ways are far more subdued - bordering on grouchy - when there isn't a customer to serve. He wants to be able to afford a better lifestyle, and has resorted to dealing Muse under the counter for those in the know.
Val often claims to be working on a novel, having always aspired to be a writer.
History
The only child of a single mother, Valerius was orphaned shortly before he graduated from Hogwarts. His grief altered him - once a bright and ambitious young wizard, Val became someone who seemed to take life day-to-day without much thought for the long run of things.
He worked as a waiter for a few years, whilst struggling to get some of his prose published. A couple of short stories here and there didn't pay the bills, though.
Bartending paid better than bussing tables and this was what Val eventually settled on - working at bars around Brighton and then London, where he settled on The Black Boar.