Roger Burke
| Roger Cristoval Burke | |
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | 22 October 1881 |
| Died | |
| Family | The Burke Family |
| Bloodtype | Pureblood |
| Social Class | Upper |
| Hogwarts House | |
| Graduation Year | |
| Occupation | Chairman of Burke International and Investor |
| Residence | Long Island, New York, America |
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| Patronus | |
| Parents | Tomaz Burke, Beatriz Burke |
| Siblings | Isabel (Burke) Thorne |
| Significant Other | Francine Burke |
| Children | Lucy Burke, Roger Burke Jr, Ruth Elliot |
| Friends | |
| Status | Alive |
Overview[edit | edit source]
Roger is a sharp man with little patience for fluff. From birth, he was raised to make money quickly and not suffer fools lightly. On the outside, he presents himself with composure, priding himself on his breeding and decorum.
He is not a loud man, thinking volume follows men who otherwise have no way of maintaining order. He is a precise man who likes to have things go his way and has never taken being challenged well. Roger has a sharp eye for business, and his tactics can at times seem cutthroat, but it comes from an understanding of business--when to invest, when to let go, what might be dead in the water, and what is worth pursuing.
He is not a cruel man, but has no issue with cruelty as utility. Everything must serve a purpose, and every move he makes is borne from a desire for an expected end.
Roger is not one to be swayed by emotions, only principle and good reason. He expects his family and those under him to fall in line and doesn't tolerate deviations from his carefully curated reality.
History[edit | edit source]
Roger was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. The firstborn of two children, he was raised among the aristocrats of Long Island, his family rubbing elbows with families of like origin and deep roots.
From a young age, he was raised to know the heritage of his family and the importance of maintaining it. His whims, while indulged, were never put ahead of what was needed for the betterment of the family. He was socialised early, attended many functions with his father, and learned his place very quickly. Rather than being sent off to Ilvermorny, his parents chose to have him and his younger sister, Isabel, homeschooled at their estate.
He was betrothed to his wife, Francine, at the age of 18 and married her at the age of 23. The couple lost their first child, a stillbirth, within the first year of their marriage. The couple took the loss on the chin, not seeming to flinch. A year later, they welcomed their first child, a daughter they named Lucy.
On one of his many business trips to England, he met a flighty young woman with a smile that looked like sunshine and a mother who never liked him. Roger had no real interest in her outside of the good time she could provide, but he filled her with lies of love and stability. He took her to nice places, enjoyed her company, then cut her loose the moment she turned up pregnant. He broke off all contact with her and made it clear she wasn’t to contact him either.
Life went on for him after that, and years later, the couple welcomed their son, Roger Jr.
His family stepped down from the head of the business when he turned 38, handing over the reins and the estate before he and his mother returned to continue a quieter life in their Florida estate. His father maintains a place on the board, and the pair run their many businesses together, but the final decisions now rest at Roger’s feet.
One such decision was the security of his legacy. In a stroke of misfortune so profound as to be nearly impossible, both Roger’s legitimate children turned out to be squibs. While this did not tarnish their status as purebloods, it did make it impossible for them to inherit because of the deep magic that governs the estate and many of their business contracts. It forced him to go on a search for the child of the woman he’d spurned, Ruth Elliot. He set private investigators to the task and is preparing to make her his legitimate heir.
