James Forrester

James Forrester
Biographical Information
Born	15 August 1985, 33
City of Birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Blood status	Pure-blood
Physical Information
Gender	male
Height	5'9"
Hair Colour	Black
Eye Colour	Brown
Education
School	Durmstrang Institute
Class of	2003
Classes Included
Occupation
Title: Reserve Chaser/Seeker Team: Falmouth Falcons British and Irish Quidditch League
Character Information
Playby	Matt Ryan
Biography
John

James is an easily frustrated quidditch player, and his frustrations are a reflection of his life. He has been second born, second son, second string, and constantly coming in second has become frustrating to him. He is working to overcome it, but it is a long and arduous process, and he has more slip ups than he cares to admit.

History

James was born as the “spare” of the family. His older brother will eventually inherit a Wizengamot seat, a major fortune, and be the head of the household. James has only received enough funds to make sure he didn’t have to work while at school. Still, he and his brother do get along even if James envy does show periodically. James just resents his parents for so blatantly favoring his brother. While he now understands the “heir & a spare” concept, he has never liked it due to his upbringing. The only silver lining in being born second was that he did not have an arranged marriage. His older brother, William, got stuck with a real !@$#%. This has cemented James into thinking that bachelorhood, and an occasional one night stand is the best way to go about relationships.

As a young child, James was well taken care of, even though his parents spent much more time grooming their heir. When his older brother had free time with him though, they would terrorize the house elves and play quidditch. After being sorted into Ravenclaw, his brother seemed more interested in books, but they would still play games from time to time.

As for schooling, James entered Durmstang in 1996. This was because at the time, his parents believed Rita Skeeter’s articles and thought Dumbledore was a lunatic claiming that Lord Voldemort had returned. This is something else that he blames his parents for, since William was a Ravenclaw at Hogwarts. He had wanted to go to Hogwarts, but his parents were firm on the matter. Still, James chose Durmstang over Beauxbatons.

His parents had to pull a few bribes, but they got him on the quidditch team as a first year. It wasn’t too much of a stretch, since he was flying before he could walk and had talent…but he wasn’t Victor Krum by any means. This action had two effects. The first being that James’s time at Durmstang focused around flight and quidditch, and academics only got in the way. The second was that he was compared to Krum constantly, and was almost always found lacking. Even when he did catch the snitch, someone would say, “Krum could have caught that faster”.

Academically, he did get Acceptables in the core competencies (Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Potions, Charms, Herbology, History), but he failed his two electives (Care of Magical Creatures, Arithmancy). He did manage to eke out an exceeds expectations on his potion NEWT though. He got an acceptable NEWT in Dark Arts and Transfiguration. He did not sit for any other exams.

After graduating from Durmstang in 2003, he entered the draft for quidditch. He was chosen in the third round, and got traded around a couple of times before finally signing with Tutshill on the second squad. During this time, he moved to a place near the mouth of the River Dee so he could get to and from the training facilities quickly which are located in Sedbury. After a year practicing, he was selected to move up to the reserve seeker position in 2004. He did not play during regulation until 2005, and has been consistently subbed in ever since.