Mercutio de Medici @Mercuteio Follows you The highest honour as a journalist would be to be assassinated by the ministry 👅
Full NameMercutio Francis Apollo de Medici Birthday11th of March Age18 y/o Zodiac SignAries Sex / GenderMale / Male SpeciesWizard NationalityDual (English and Italian) EthnicityCaucasian Sexual OrientationHeteroflexible Romantic OrientationHeteromantic Relationship StatusSingle AccentMix between English and Italian BirthplaceLondon, UK Living SituationLincliff City Languages SpokenItalian / French / English
Blood StatusPureblood Wand WoodEbony wood Wand CoreUnicorn hair core, Wand Length14 ½" and supple flexibility PatronusRottweiler BoggartHis mum as animated roadkill Exotic?No
Mercutio De Medici is a person who doubts his own character to be true. And he's the one who controls it. Often coming across as confident and fun, Mercutio often descends into the belief that it's all a facade, all a persona. To cover what he's not sure exactly. Mercutio is constantly trying to fit in with everyone around him and the way they interact with him deeply affects him. Mercutio constantly makes stupid jokes and stupid comments to make people laugh and try to fit in. He wants to be liked, can you really blame him? He has little social skills. You know the type, the type to repeat a joke thinking no one heard them but they did-it just wasn’t funny. Mercutio is doing his best to mould his identity to match the people around him. Mercutio constantly wants to join in on things, even if he doesn't know anything about the topic. He'll pull something out of his head to try and throw himself in there. But then he feels like he did it all wrong so he pulls out of it cause he feels everyone hates him. So he ends up not joining anything for longer than a week or so. Commitment is not his strong suit. The only person he's consistently talked to is his twin brother.
Mercutio dreams one day of becoming a journalist. He wants to become someone who exposes the truth and stands up against the organisation. He's seen how the press has been used by organisations to twist the truth and manipulate the people around them and he wants to ensure that journalism is nothing but integral and honest. The truth must be displayed without any bias. Mercutio doesn't exactly have self preservation instincts inside of him and struggles to think before he says something. Mercutio often acts before he thinks but he can be rather forgiving, not liking to hold onto emotions.
Catherine De Medici was the true ruler of France, despite which of her sons was on the throne at any given time. Mercutio's and Romeo's branch descended from her daughter Margaret. Margaret, like her brother Francis, became one of Catherine's most rebellious children. A lover of men, Margaret took many lovers throughout her life, before and after marriage, much to the chagrin of her mother. Margaret had to be beaten in order for her to agree to marry Henry of Navarre, but that did not stop her relations to men outside of her marriage. One of her lovers ended up being a wizard. A lower courtier in the French court, he and Margaret slowly and surely fell in love. The courtier had been exiled from the maical side of the world so he made his home in the muggle world. This affair eventually resulted in a child. However, Catherine eventually found out about her affair and the secret love child. This was one of the reasons why Margaret was locked away in the castle for eighteen years. For her flings and her meddling in politics. In the castle, Margaret gave birth to her only child, a son, named Francis. To protect him, he was smuggled into Italy in order to keep him away from the dangers that plagued the Medici family. Francis was raised away from his heritage, brought up by a poor family, only knowing who his mother was by name. He was content, though, with the small life that he had with is adopted family and had no interest in returning to the royal life. Eventually, Francis entered the magical world and immersed himself into it, despite having muggle blood inside of him-he made do with what he had.
It was through Francis's children that this branch of the family found wealth. It wasn't anything impressive-they simply won a lottery and was given a fortune without any work needed. However, the rumour plagued them as the family began to claim their heritage that their wealth came from the Medici fortune (if that was even a thing). It was Margaret's great grand son that claimed the Medici surname officially, changing his name legally. The Medici family continued to stay in Italy, growing their own wealth and fame over the generations. It was through Joseph de Medici that they found themselves in the United Kingdom. He elected to go to Hogwarts, having been won over by a gardener who had attended Hogwarts in his own youth. It was here that he met Lady Mary Boleyn. This branch of the Boleyn family had been plagued by the game of Russian Roulette with blood malediction. This branch of the Boleyn family had come into contact with a particular branch of the Black family. Now, one doesn't really remember why it happened-perhaps an argument on whether the sacred 28 families should also hold titles such as Lord and Lady. Or maybe this particular Black was feeling rather vindictive. But it ended up with this Boleyn branch being cursed with blood malediction. Fortunately, it never popped up until Mary, sparing her sister Hera. Whilst she had a normal childhood, it was when she entered Hogwarts did she feel her body turn against her. She was on her way to become a terrifying beast. It was here that she met Joseph. The relationship was never meant to last-everyone suspected they wouldn't last graduation. But on the eve of exams, Mary came to find out she was pregnant. Despite Joseph wanting to terminate the pregnancy, Mary insisted on having the baby. Or, when she gave birth, babies. Joseph didn't do anything to help her with the children and disappeared a few months after they were born.
Thus, Mary was left to raise her own kids, knowing her time with them would be limited. Her own parents helped Mary as best they could with Romeo and Mercutio. They were given Joseph's surname, de Medici, and they had a relatively peaceful childhood, albeit with the looming shadow of their mother's transforming body. They had a joint magical incident at the age of eight. It was the first time they had gotten recognition from their father (who apparently had moved back to Italy) and they received one birthday card from him. Seeing as they lived in their grandparents house (having moved in when they passed away), it wasn't hard for Joseph Brent to find their address. Romeo, reading the letter, became so infuriated that he set it on fire before Mercutio could even read it for himself. Mary was in the kitchen cooking their birthday breakfast (pancakes and waffles and as much maple syrup as they want) so she couldn't be aware of what was happening. However, as the fire caught onto the curtains, it disappeared as soon as it came, Mercutio's own magical abilities kicking in. When Mary walked back in with their food, her favourite curtain was now black with a pile of ashes on the ground.
Lady Mary Boleyn completed her transformation when they were ten years old. With no other family to take them, Mary contacted Joseph to take them in. In truth, she'd been in contact with him for nearly a year, begging to try and make him reconsider his choice. When she woke up one morning, only a sliver of her humanity left, she knew it was time. With Joseph sitting in the back, Mary de Medici sat on her front porch with her two sons and watched her final sunrise. They had breakfast together and then they drove to a forest. Romeo and Mercutio watched Mary walk into the forest outside the car whilst Joseph sat inside waiting. And just like that, it was over. Mary was gone. Joseph had no intention of moving to the UK for two ten year olds, so he uprooted them both and took them to Italy, reasoning that maybe a new location would make it easier for the both of them. Instead, it put them in a situation where they were trying to learn both French and Italian as Beauxbaton's loomed closer and closer. For the next six years, they attended Beauxbatons, slowly getting use to the new world and languages, becoming moderately fluent in both French and Italian. Whilst Joseph had been a dead beat dad for so long, he began to try and do better when he began to get to know his children better. Whilst it wasn't an easy journey, Mercutio, at least, had moved on from his initial resentment that he had against his dad.
During their fifth year, Mercutio and Romeo decided to return to the UK. Why? Because they wanted a change in pace. They heard stories about Hogwarts from their mum and dad and wanted to give it a shot on their own. They enrolled after they did the equivalent of OWLs and returned summer before sixth year. During this summer, they drove to the spot where they left their mum all those years ago. They found her on the side of the road as roadkill. Unbeknown to them, she'd accidentally been hit by a certain member of the Black family. They did an impromptu funeral, burying her at the side of the road, before returning home. A few months later, they were at Hogwarts and sorted into x house where they have remained ever since.
Face ClaimNoah Centineo Eye ColourHazel Hair ColourDark brown Height6'0" Weight74 kg Voice TypeDeep Blood TypeO Positive Distinguishing Marks Body StyleAverage TattoosNone PiercingsNone ScentInk
FatherJoseph de Medici MotherLady Mary Boleyn Full SiblingsRomeo de Medici Half SiblingsNone Guardian(s)Joseph de Medici SpouseNone ChildrenNone Other RelativesLady Hera Boleyn
Significant Other(s)None Best FriendsTBA FriendsTBA NeutralN/A EnemiesMaybe the Disturbed Sister's, but he's not sure if they're enemies or not OtherN/A
Given [ Mercutio ]Mercury Middle [ Francis / Henry ]Frank / powerful ruler Surname [ de Medici ]medical doctor
NicknamesKyoo, Merc, Tio Favourite Colourpurple Favourite MoviePoaLoF Favourite SongMoonlight by Ariana Grande Favourite FoodGnocchi Favourite DrinkMocha LikesTBA DislikesTBA LovesTBA LoathesTBA First KissWhen he was 15 First CrushDoesn't remember First LoveNone First TimeN/A PetsN/A OccupationStudent Sports PlayedPing pong Instruments PlayedNone SmokerNo DrinkerNo AddictionsN/A GoalsGraduate and become a journalist AchievementsBeing able to stick with Romeo Biggest HopeThat he'll become a journalist Biggest RegretNot visiting his mum more Best MemoriesChristmas with Romeo, Mary and Hera Worst MemoriesMary's final day before she transformed Mental IllnessesN/A Criminal RecordN/A Medical RecordN/A
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