Joshua Twiggs

Joshua Twiggs
Gender: Male
Height: Average

Blood status: Pureblood
Raised in: Wizarding
Home: Ottery St Catchpole -- The Burrow

Boggart: His mother crying, overwhelmed by her workload that he failed to help enough with.

Patronus: Unknown
Coming from a big family with strong personalities and not always the best means, Joshua has naturally developed to be open-minded. He has an inability to judge a book by its covers, knowing that outside appearances and circumstances say nothing about the quality of a person.

Like most of his siblings, he has been raised with a fondness of the sport Quidditch and he is an avid fan of the Appleby Arrows. He greatly enjoys playing the sport himself as well, sometimes playing rougher than he ought to with his siblings.

He always makes sure to apologise after, as he is kind at heart. He just tends to get caught up in his excitement, a trait that also explains his habit of talking over people at times -- often for the sake of making a joke.

He is somewhat easy-going, and definitely fun-loving. He's always up for a good prank or messing with people for his own entertainment -- though not driven by malice, but rather by the opportunity to bond with both the intended target of light-hearted fun or his partner in crime... whoever that may be at the time.

Joshua is by no means disloyal, but he is flexible. He has developed the ability to find common ground with almost anyone, although he does not tolerate bullies and is not afraid to speak out against perceived injustice.

He is close to his family but who he's closest to changes a lot, strongly depending on his mood -- yet he is always ready to lend a hand to anyone who asks, ready to overlook disagreements for the sake of solving a problem together. He may play fast-and-lose with rules, testing boundaries, but is very respectful, when the situation calls for it.

He is also highly empathetic and makes an effort to help people. That especially shows in the guilt he feels towards how his mother takes care of them all, and he makes sure that his chores at least are always done and on time -- often offering to cover the chores of a sibling or finding another way to help out.

One of those other ways has helped him find his passion for crafting. He is rather good at working with his hands, and he loves working with wood. He is often asking for permission to use the family shed, building extensions to the chicken coop or patching up pieces of broken furniture if he can.

He is rather resourceful, seeing that his family doesn't have the means to buy fancy new materials, he manages with recycling.
The Twiggs family are purebloods who live in the countryside. The importance of family has always been made clear and, even though Joshua is the fourth child out of six, being born in a second set of identical twins, he has never felt unwanted.

Growing up, there was always more than enough to do and more than enough siblings to play and tease and squabble with. He always loved the outdoors more than playing inside, and he has a fondness of exploring and climbing and investigating trails in nature.

There was always plenty of love to go around as well, even if money was tight and the workload to maintain the house and garden and animals a lot.

Being a young, energetic boy, he would often lose track of time, being out by his favourite spot at the river-sized creek or crawling through the underground. Sure, he had a healthy respect for his mother's anger towards unfinished chores but as he matured, he began to understand just how much she did for them.

He also remembers an instance or perhaps a dream, of seeing his mother cry over a mountain of housework late at night. Although he has no idea whether it was real or a dream, as the next thing he thinks he remembers is waking up in his bed -- it still sits deep inside his bones; a guilt he cannot quite shake.

Ever since that day, he makes sure to finish all his chores before he goes out to enjoy his free time. Even more so, he checks to see if any other chores are at risk of being left undone.

In his attempts to help out more, he started to take an interest in fixing things around the house and yard, which has lead to discovering a talent for crafting and hand-work. Although he also loves to experiment with giving his creations a magical twist since starting Hogwarts -- be it only a pretty sparkle.

That his family isn't as well off as others, was always kind of known to him, but he did not really internalise that fact until he started to socialise with other kids. He tries not to feel insecure about it, but sometimes he just can't help but get a little envious of others.

Joshua had been collecting various things from a young age: Cool looking sticks, randomly discarded Muggle items and whatever else struck his fancy. He has acquired a rather impressive collection of rocks and pebbles over the years. And about two years ago, has started to polish and form them -- turning them into bracelets or necklaces.

For now he gives them away for free, his practice pieces, but he figures that if he gets good enough, he might make some extra cash with that to help out.