xxxxxxx𝓔𝓵𝓲𝓪𝓼 𝒮𝒶𝓂𝓊𝑒𝓁 𝓑𝓪𝓻𝓭𝓼𝓭𝓪𝓵𝓮xxxxxxx

xxxℬ𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓬 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓼xxx

xxxFᴜʟʟ Nᴀᴍᴇ: Elias Samuel Bardsdale
xxxNɪᴄᴋɴᴀᴍᴇs: Eli
xxxAɢᴇ: 42
xxxBɪʀᴛʜᴅᴀʏ: 10 December 2012
xxxBʟᴏᴏᴅ Sᴛᴀᴛᴜs: Muggle
xxxGᴇɴᴅᴇʀ Iᴅᴇɴᴛɪᴛʏ: Male (he/him)
xxxOʀɪᴇɴᴛᴀᴛɪᴏɴ: Heterosexual
xxxZᴏᴅɪᴀᴄ: Saggitarius
xxxBirth Stone: Turquoise/Blue Topaz
xxxFᴀᴄᴇᴄʟᴀɪᴍ: Rainn Wilson


xxx𝓢𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓸𝓵 & 𝓒𝓪𝓻𝒆𝒆𝓻xxx

xxxSᴄʜᴏᴏʟ: London Metropolitan University
xxxMᴀᴊᴏʀ: Business > Watchmaking (minor)
xxxYᴇᴀʀ/Class Of: 2035
xxxCᴜʀʀᴇɴᴛ Eᴍᴘʟᴏʏᴍᴇɴᴛ: Owner/Business Manager of Bardsdale Fine Jewelry & Gemsetting
xxxDʀᴇᴀᴍ Jᴏʙ: Exactly this



xxx𝓟𝒆𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵𝓲𝓽𝔂xxx

xxxxx⇾Sᴏᴄɪᴀʙʟᴇ:
Friendly, charismatic, and witty, Elias is a social creature at heart. He picks up on social cues quickly, both as a matter of nature and professional training. He enjoys social gatherings and any place he can meet and talk with new people.

xxxxx⇾Mᴇᴛʜᴏᴅɪᴄᴀʟ:
Elias likes knowing how things are done. Even if he isn’t very good at hands-on things, he likes to know (even in theory) how things get made. He watched shows like How It’s Made, Men at Arms, Forged in Fire, [etc] obsessively, even if he’s long given up on him actually forging things.

xxxxx⇾Cʜᴀʀɪsᴍᴀᴛɪᴄ:
While Elias may be terrible at walking, he is a very smooth talker. He uses his charisma most to help cajole people into buying from his family shop, which he learned to do when he was still pretty little. He's naturally personable, so it makes it pretty easy to charm those around him.

xxxxx⇾Lᴏɢɪᴄᴀʟ:
As much as Elias wished he was a creative soul, his brain erred more toward cold logic. He fell in love with math, science, and even history, but his brain fizzled out during the creative subjects. He used this skill to his advantage, earning a business degree and learning the more precise watchmaking ability.

xxxxx⇾Lᴏᴠɪɴɢ:
Despite his outward demeanor, Elias is really a big softie who just wants to love and care for those around him. It especially shines through with his family, since they are the most important thing in the world to him.

xxxxx⇾Cʟᴜᴍsʏ:
Two left feet, all thumbs, butterfingers– Elias has been called all of these in his youth. He has always been a little klutzy and awkward in his body, but learned to temper this for his benefit– he’s careful enough around the gems and jewelry, and in other contexts he’s the first to turn a slip up into a kind joke that turns a crisis into a great laugh.



xxx𝐿𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓈xxx
xxxxx⇾Family Board Game Night
xxxxx⇾Math - Especially Math he can Spreadsheet
xxxxx⇾Dessert. There is always room for dessert.
xxxxx⇾Watching crafting videos
xxxxx⇾Foreign Foods

xxx𝒟𝒾𝓈𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒𝓈xxx
xxxxx⇾Family being away from home
xxxxx⇾Used cars.... specifically, his used car.
xxxxx⇾Hot, humid days
xxxxx⇾Skates. Why make walking harder?
xxxxx⇾Alcohol and drinking games– he used to. But then lost his best friends to alcohol poisoning and swore off alcohol ever since.

xxx𝐻𝑜𝒷𝒷𝒾𝑒𝓈xxx
xxxxx⇾Organizing Parties
xxxxx⇾Board Games
xxxxx⇾Cooking New Foods

xxx𝒮𝓉𝓇𝑒𝓃𝑔𝓉𝒽𝓈xxx
xxxxx⇾Charismatic– A great salesman and even better listener.
xxxxx⇾Mathematical Precision

xxx𝒲𝑒𝒶𝓀𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈xxx
xxxxx⇾Chocolate. There is always room for dessert.
xxxxx⇾Clumsiness

xxx𝒟𝑒𝓈𝒾𝓇𝑒𝓈xxx
xxxxx⇾Travel the world with Family
xxxxx⇾Watch his two boys grow into men

xxx𝐹𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈xxx
xxxxx⇾Losing his family to a long drawn out, painful sickness or to suicide. Never again.
xxxxx⇾Leeches. They're just... gross.



xxxℬ𝓲𝓸𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓹𝓱𝔂xxx

xxx𝒞𝒽𝒾𝓁𝒹𝒽𝑜𝑜𝒹xxx
Elias Samuel Bardsdale is the only living son of jewelers Andrew and Doris, who ran their own shop in London. They were a small, family business, and from simple filing to carrying boxes or greeting customers, Elias was trained to help out from childhood. While his parents tried again and again to get him into designing and gemsetting, Elias could never really get into it. He was clumsy and awkward, and the only times he liked his designs were when he copied one of his parents’. He kept trying though, because he admired the beauty and craftsmanship.

While Elias never really got into designing and crafting, his deep appreciation of the art and method helped him as a salesman. He was quick with numbers and by 10 was allowed to run the cash register and handle money.

On his 15th birthday, he made his first sale– almost by accident. His parents were in the back room when a couple came in to browse. They weren’t quite sure what they wanted– maybe matching cords-- but listening to their banter and to the unspoken hints one of the men were giving– Elias thought of a pair of rings his mum had been working on and was excited to show them. He described the qualities and method of making so well that they were enchanted. The price was a little out of their budget, but with some careful math and friendly charm, Elias mentioned “well, today is my birthday, and I know my parents don’t have a present in mind yet, so let’s call it my birthday special and I’ll say this as my present too wink ”. They were sold. One of them proposed on the spot. Three months later, Elias was hand-delivered a wedding save-the-date.

The entire experience was a life-changing memory for Elias, who from then on took on even more opportunities to work the front. He paid special attention to listening to people and making them laugh or feel comfortable. It also made him more comfortable in his own skin, and by the time he graduated sixth form, he was unrecognizable from the awkward, clumsy little kid that was picked on.


xxx𝒮𝒸𝒽𝑜𝑜𝓁 𝒴𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓈xxx
Elias went to London for post-secondary. Although he initially tried to do Jewelry Design, he struggled with it immensely; instead he excelled in his communication classes, and ended up switching majors to Business. It was also in college that he met Genevive Kervin. Initially, he and Genny had an unpleasant relationship– she thought he was stuck up and he thought she had her head in the clouds and they only interacted because Elias’s best friend Reuben was besotted with Genny’s roommate Samara.

So it happened that Genny was there when Andrew and Doris surprised Elias with a visit. His parents loved all his friends, but particularly clicked with Genny. They adored her designs, and talked shop until all hours talking that night– by the time they left, Doris insisted Genny visit to see her workshop, and Andrew even invited Genny to intern at their shop, which sparked jealousy in Elias.

They found themselves hanging out more often, and their usual uncomfortable disagreements took on a more playful bickering tone. Their relationship didn’t change though, until their third year. Elias did a four month study abroad in New Delhi, following his desire to travel and meet new people. He took a late flight back and ended up in Ireland instead of London over the Spring/Easter holiday. Genny, back home on break, drove out to pick him up and let him stay with her for the week. They managed a cordial conversation on the ride there, but more surprisingly, Elias clicked immediately with Thomas and Lola Kervin. He went on hikes with them around the park they worked, shared stories about his study abroad adventure, and had a great week. They loved him and invited him back, much to Genny’s chagrin.

On the flight back to London, Elias and Genny had a huge fight, where they both expressed their jealousy that their parents adored the other and assumed they were dating. The fight was weird and complicated, but ended up in a heated confession of admiration and jealousy. By the time they landed, they’d agreed on a relationship.

Dating was easier than either of them thought. They found that their abilities and interests actually overlapped when they weren’t actively trying to find something to disagree with about the other.


xxx𝒜𝒹𝓊𝓁𝓉𝒽𝑜𝑜𝒹xxx
Shortly after graduation, they took a hot air balloon trip. Their relationship had started in the air after all, and it only made sense to progress it further high above ground. He proposed, and when they returned to the ground, they were engaged. Only a few short months later, the two were wed at a lovely flower garden of Genny's choosing. It was only a couple months later that they discovered they were pregnant, and a few months later they knew it would be a little boy. They moved into a bigger house, decorating a nursery room before their son, Lochi Elias came along.

About 4 years later, Elias and Reuben were at a party and they both ended up drinking a little too much. They both passed out. Elias woke up first, and upon realizing Reuben wasn’t breathing, rushed him to the hospital, but it was too late. He died of alcohol poisoning the next morning. Samara, who blamed herself because she and Reuben were arguing that night and she didn’t go, ended up committing suicide a few months later. From then on, Elias swore off alcohol.

Genny comforted him over the next few months, helping to keep his mind occupied on work and their small family. As he started to feel less guilty, they discovered they were expecting again. Lochi really didn't want a new sibling, but with lots of love, they comforted their son into acceptance. The moment they knew it was a boy, Elias knew he would be named after his lost friend. Only a couple months later, Samuel Reuben was born, though he was premature and very sick. He stayed by his wife's side the whole time, only taking breaks to hold either Samuel or Lochi when his parents brought him along.

As the boys grew up, Elias could only feel pride in them. They were certainly his boys. When Lochi was eleven, a strange woman came to claim he was magical. That... couldn't be right. Genny jumped straight to belief, but Elias was a bit hesitant until the day the woman showed the family to a magical alleyway in the heart of London. Alright... so magic was real. Only a couple months later, the family had to bid goodbye to their oldest son, promising to write letters all the time and be there on the holidays.

It didn't come by as much of a shock when a few years later on Sammie's eleventh, the woman returned with another letter in hand. Sure enough, Sammie was magic too. The family was sad to see both boys off, but Elias was incredibly proud of them. They returned home, a bit sad at the quiet in their home...


xxxℛ𝒆𝓵𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹𝓼xxx

xxxLᴏᴠᴇᴅ Oɴᴇ: Genevive "Genny" Bardsdale
xxxBᴇsᴛ Fʀɪᴇɴᴅ: Reuben Thomasson
xxxFʀɪᴇɴᴅs:
xxxEɴᴇᴍɪᴇs:
xxxFᴀᴍɪʟʏ:

xxxxx⇴Pᴀʀᴇɴᴛs: Andrew and Doris Bardsdale
xxxxx⇴Iɴ-Lᴀᴡs: Thomas and Lola Kervin
xxxxx⇴Cʜɪʟᴅʀᴇɴ: Lochi Elias and Samuel Reuben

xxxPᴇᴛ: None



xxx𝓞𝓽𝓱𝒆𝓻 𝓘𝓷𝒇𝓸𝓻𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷xxx

xxx𝐹𝒶𝓋𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓉𝑒𝓈xxx
xxxFᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ Fᴏᴏᴅ: Naanwich
xxxFᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ Cᴀɴᴅʏ: Chocolate. Anything Chocolate
xxxFᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ Cᴏʟᴏʀ: An earthy golden-brown-green
xxxFᴀᴠᴏʀɪᴛᴇ Aɴɪᴍᴀʟ: Squirrels

xxxAʟʟᴇʀɢɪᴇs: None
xxxIɴsᴛʀᴜᴍᴇɴᴛs Pʟᴀʏᴇᴅ: None
xxxLᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇs Sᴘᴏᴋᴇɴ: English, Hindi, Basic Gaelic
xxxAᴄᴄᴇɴᴛ: South English