The Irish Devil

Played by Jonathan Kroppmann (link)
DESCRIPTION: Bran is slightly on the tall side but doesn't stand out that much. What does make him stand out are his tattoos and punk choice of clothes. He has many clothes and almost never wears the same outfit twice. Sometimes he combines other items to create something new. He really prides himself in his style. He has a lean build and didn't start gaining his muscles until he put effort in training them. But he does now as he wants people to have something to look at when he is giving a show. Often he strips his shirt off halfway and throws it in the crow. His hair is naturally blonde like his mother's but he hates it and has dyed it in various colors from natural looking to bright colors. Currently he has light brown hair with red highlights.



POSITIVE TRAITS: Good feeling of rhythm, Talented singer and guitar player, Calm & relaxed, Dedicated to his dreams, Easy to go around with, Humor, Good with flirting, Sass, Sexy.
NEGATIVE TRAITS: Little bit arrogant, Can get aggressive when he is interrupted from his music, Forgets things now and then, Shitty opening sentences (although this is mostly humor and not meant seriously), Doesn’t want to take responsibility, smokes and drinks too often, Doesn't mind breaking a few hearts.
LIKES: rock music. tattoos, piercings, flirting and everything that comes with that, pizza, parties.
DISLIKES: His mother, his stepfather, Death Eaters, stuck up people, vampires, dress codes, school, death of people he knows (he can't handle it at all)
HOBBIES: His number one interest and passion is music. He can play several instruments and sing. Now and then he also writes and composes songs. Everything Rock, Punk and Metal(including the many sub genres) is where his heart finds heaven. The harder and louder the better. Bran also has a big collection of guitars, most of them were inherited from his dad who also inspired him to become a musician. Bran is very protective about his guitars and doesn't like it when people touches them without permission. He also loves hosting large crazy parties. But he also enjoys relaxed times like hanging on the couch with beer and a terrible movie on the tv. Bran keeps an old Polaroid camera around(also from his dad). Which he uses to snap selfies with famous artists and fans he meets. For a young man who had a lot of negativity in his life he thinks it's important to remember the good. So these happy memories will keep him from falling into depression. Not really a hobby but more of a habit, Bran smokes and he enjoys a cigarette on occasion. This he started since his sixteenth and it never left, he'd gotten into trouble because of this plenty of times. Despite not being able to quit he knows what he is doing is bad and will say so to others. His excuse however is that he doesn't expect to grow older than 40 anyways.  

GENERAL PERSONALITY: 
Bran is your typical 'bad boy with a golden heart'. He has always been a good kid who just happened to have bad luck and made a lot of wrong choices. Bran doesn't really grow attachment to someone. His father was the only person he has ever felt a real connection with. Sure he had some friends and flings over the years but they all came and went. Nobody really cared so Bran stopped trying to care too. This doesn't mean he is anti social. The exact opposite really. He loves to have people around him and goofs and flirts about. It's something he shut off because he kept hurting when he lost someone. Humans are vulnerable, they grow old and die. He messes around with boys and girls even with the risks that come with it. Often he gets pretty romantic and gives people false hopes. Bran always quits when he notices he starts feeling something. In the life of a rockstar a partner is not something he can have. The fans needed to believe they had a chance. Besides he is rather wary of the trustworthiness of others. Since his childhood he never got the right example. His mother cheated on his father and had even caught her doing so. Father was in the hospital for a check up when suddenly 'a friend from work' visited and he needed to go play outside. Living in a bad neighborhood he was already aware of what was going on at a young age. He had plenty of friends around the door, all were an equally bad example.

He rarely gets angry, when someone is frustrated with him he'll act cold and aloof most of the time. 'If you don't like me why bother talking to me?' The only thing that really pisses him of is when he's disturbed from his music. His dream is to become a rock legend and have a sold out concert in the largest dome where everyone is shouting along. Besides that he has no real ambitious. Bran doesn't think he is cut for a successful long and happy life. He really can't picture himself leading a perfectly fine family life. It's something he never had and is sure he would ruin the happiness of another. Still his heart silently longs for it.





Parents: Grady O'Reilly(Muggle), Meara MacAuley remarried to become Maera Cooney
Siblings: Half-sisters from his mother's side Aileen Cooney & Cassidy Cooney
Partner: Everyone
Children: None that he is aware of
Other Family: Fuck Sheldon Cooney, he doesn't deserve a mention (but he is his stepdad)

Character History: 
Most people would get married before deciding to have children. Bran was the result of a one night stand between his mother and father. Both were still very young. His father had just turned 21 and his mother was only 19. The two had met in a bar and had hit it off without realizing what could happen. Once Maera noticed she was pregnant she was clueless of what to do. Eventually she decided to approach whom was most likely the father; Gardy O'Reilly.  Gardy was a local artist trying to break through. He didn't believe the woman at first but eventually she managed to convince him. Maera actually questioned herself why she even told him. He wasn't the man she wanted to introduce to her parents. He was a muggle and her family although not hating muggles they did look down upon them. Still having to give birth out of marriage seemed even less alluring. The two married. Gardy was easy to talk over he didn't really mind marrying a pretty girl and becoming a dad. However he'd never expected to be taken seriously by her. Actually this wasn't the case, Maera was just using him until she could find someone better. Her brother never liked Gardy and ignored his existence. 

Bran was born on a rainy day in April. Gardy was immediately in love with the whole idea of being a father. He set aside his dreams and disappointed his friends to become a house man while Maera worked. Bran would always remain an only child because as soon as Gardy and Maera were married the love seemed to be over. There were a lot of arguments even to the point that Maera was verbally abusing her husband. She tried to talk him down and have him believe he really was good for nothing. Little Bran grew up in all this. Often he fled outside so he didn't have to hear them fight. Sometimes he even heard furniture being smashed. The small family lived in a deprived area and Bran mostly played with elder children who had a bad influence on him. He was only eight when he already knew stuff children weren't supposed to know. 

He was also eight when his parents went split ways and continued to fight about when Bran was staying with who. Things didn’t get easier when his mother got a new boyfriend who she married when Bran was 9. The man wasn’t very kind to him, every time he did something wrong he said things like ‘he is just like his father’. The man put his mother against him and she too started snarling at him. He got the blame for everything. His mother and her boyfriend may live in a prettier house and better neighborhood but he was happier at his dad's place. His father would often just sit in the room and play guitar for him. Gardy had no job and his dreams were gone but he was still happy whenever Bran was home. 

The same year a little girl was born, Bran’s first half sister. By this time he was completely ignored and neglected by his mother and her now husband so he moved in with his father for ever. During these times he found comfort in music which he had found thanks to his father. The kids in town loved it when he brought his father's guitar. Bran jammed and they all rapped. School however was stupid, he always got into trouble and fought with other students. Instruments were expensive so he never  asked for one of his own. However his father gave his own for Bran's 10th birthday. For half a year he was happy. He didn't have much but he had enough. He was a happy muggle kid and had no desires for magic or whatsoever. Then his father started feeling unwell. The result of the doctor was even worse than expected. Cancer.

With no real solution in sight (they could always try but the chance of surviving was small), Bran head foremost decided to accept the Hogwarts invitation. He had double feelings about this. Magic was his mother's thing and he could never forgive her for what she'd done. But perhaps the cure laid within magic. Bran could always try. Things got a little strange when his father needed to go shopping with him for Hogwarts. Bran was both happy and embarrassed. At Hogwarts he was sorted into Hufflepuff and found a new home there. He was a social bee and made many friends and enemies. His first year went by quickly as it was full of joy and excitement. All against his expectations. He never enjoyed school before and held a dislike towards magic before coming to Hogwarts. However alike on the muggle school, he did get into fights with other students. They tried to pick on him because he was pretty much a muggle who thought he could study magic and benefit from it. Now that was pretty true but as a street kid he didn't let others mess with him. Being the one who threw the hardest punch he often got punished instead of the bullies. 

At times his father seemed to go pretty bad. This heavily affected Bran's school presentations. He skipped more and more classes and started to lose his excitement. He didn't care anymore he just wanted to return home just in case his father would pass the next day. His biggest nightmare was not seeing his father and know the man died alone while he was having fun with friends. The very thought made him feel terrible at himself so now he was missing complete weeks to the point where he was one inch from being expelled. Bran didn't see the need to explain himself. His old man however insisted his son would stay in school. Because may he come to die, Bran would still have a chance of a future. Perhaps not the future he wanted but it was at least something. Gardy regretted giving up everything but he never regretted being Bran's father. So he returned, he rooted for his house mate Cedric during the Triwizard Tournament and saw along with the whole school how the hero fell. Bran had trouble progressing it, mostly because it was very unexpected. The next year the people who seemingly had a trouble with the fact that he rather lived as a muggle than a wizard seemed to increase. His so called friends suddenly no longer had his back and Bran grew bitter by this betrayal. He really thought his friends would stick with him no matter what. 

But he kept smiling, he wouldn't give them the last laugh. He kept up with what he was doing, namely playing guitar and flirting with cute boys and girls. That was until one day at the end of his sixth year he flirted with a girl which would forever turn his world around. Now he did often flirt with girls so what was the problem? There was a boy who seemingly had interest in her too and this boy just had to be his worst enemy. Bran felt like he ended up in a b graded teen movie but this story had no happy ending. At the end of his sixth year the world crumbled, a dark wizard who called himself the dark lord returned. Once he gained more information Bran though it'd be wise if he didn't return to Hogwarts for his seventh year. And this boy who Bran had pissed off by dating the girl he liked showed his true colours. One day when he got home from his summer job (which he needed to take to afford his father's medication and pay his hospital bills. At least his dad's chemo seemed to work and his old man was improving. So it was all worth it.) the house was awfully quiet. That was when he heard a voice. 'So you think you're the cool kid? You think you can mess with me and get away with it?' Bran took a step further even if his heart had stopped beating. What in heaven's name... How did he? His eyes couldn't believe what he saw. On the floor laid the lifeless body of his beloved father and next to him stood the guy he hated with all his heart. 'I waited long enough. I wanted to see your face when you realize I took the person you care about the most. And what did I find? A worthless muggle who didn't even put up a fight.' The blood purist kicked Gardy's head and laughed. At this moment everything went black for Bran. He didn't realize what he was doing. His body moved completely on it's own. He hurled himself towards the young death eater an punshed him into face with brute force. When the guy dared to draw his wand, Bran snatched it out of his fingers and used the stick of wood as a weapon to stab the Death Eater in his guts. Once the wand was in, Bran let go. Not that he had time to do anything further because he hears people approaching. He didn't care if they were aurors or Death Eaters. Was there even a difference these days? He quickly apparated and was forced to leave his father's body and the still living Death Eater behind. 

He arrived in London and was completely lost.As a teen in London with no place to stay he easily got in contact with the wrong people. As insecure as he was at this point and really in need of allies, he let himself being pulled around by the peer pressure. Bran did have fun, going to parties, meeting new people, forming a band of other outcast kids even. started picking up small jobs around Diagon Alley, Knockturn Alley and even Muggle London to pay the rent. Not all jobs were legal but at this point Bran no longer cared for what the law said. He shared an apartment with his band members. They were getting pretty popular but as beginning artists a lot of investments still needed to be done. Instruments and equipment were expensive. But a lot of money disappeared in their life style as well. It was all worth it, Bran was able to forget about the actual problems in the world, about a war going on. Their music brought people light in dark times. The PumpKings(their icon was a pumpkin with a crown) were a punk wrock band and people from all around the magical world started to hear about them.

Life was good. He lived the life his father dreamed of and Bran couldn’t think of a greater way to honor him. He even wrote a song about him in tribute. The band was getting really popular and would soon start their first European tour. Everything seemed to be going great, their popularity increased. The day after a successful show in Brussels the four boys decided to celebrate in a nightclub. What was supposed to be a fun night turned into a disaster. Bran wasn't fully aware at the seriousness until it already was too late. He was far gone when it happened. A quarter of the crowd suddenly leashed themselves unto other party goers. Bran saw a stranger snap his band mate's neck. Another friend was being dragged back and bitten in more place than one by more than one of these? What were they? Bran felt a hand on his shoulder and another on his head. With brute force he was being pulled into a position. Without hesitating he pulled his wand and just in time he managed to blast the being away. He saw white fangs shimmer in reflection. Finally the alcohol allowed him to panic. With just a handful of other people he managed to escape. He still does not know how.

Now he is on his way back to London. The news had already gone ahead of him. Many questions are ahead of him and he didn't even have time to realize what happened.



Wand: 11", Willow, Unicorn hair, fairly bendy
Former House: Hufflepuff
Affiliation: Other (He absolutely loathes Death Eaters but he is too scared to fight.)
Amortentia: Freshly baked pizza, leather, bacon
Magical Abilities: The power of rock and roll




Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane
Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane