Post by The Editor on Feb 17, 2010 14:24:04 GMT 1
The Daily Prophet’s Most Eligible Bachelor List
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Valentine’s day is a time for love, but for those of you facing the love-fest alone this year we bring you the Wizarding World’s most eligible bachelors.[/color]5. Darius Yaxley
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Age: 21
Occupation: Surveillance Officer
Blood Type: Pureblood
Achievements: Unknown
Very little detail can be confirmed about the mysterious Darius Yaxley’s past and at the time that this article went to press he was unavailable for comment. A little digging by our investigative reporters revealed that he achieved very highly at school before leaving the country to travel the world following the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his father. But now he’s back and, as the sole heir to a considerable fortune and good Pureblood name (Editor’s Note: The Daily Prophet does not endorse the value put in purely magical bloodlines.), he’s quite the catch.
4. Abraham Grey
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Age: 30
Occupation: Hogwarts Professor, Head of Hufflepuff House
Blood Type: Pureblood
Achievements: Best-Selling Author and runner up to the Witch Weekly’s Most Charming Smile Award
Rising from relative obscurity with the frankly surprising sales of his newest book Everyday Applications for Arithmancy, Abraham Grey is a newcomer to the Prophet’s Most Eligible Bachelor list. His family bloodlines can be traced back seven generations, most significantly to the Prince family and the war hero Severus Snape. Not only that, but his father runs a lucrative accountancy business and sources say Abraham Grey is tipped to inherit controlling interests in the business when his father dies.
Either way a more than generous trust fund has allowed Grey to indulge in his two primary interests; academia and good firewhiskey. He has made quite the name for himself in the field of Arithmancy, revolutionising the rather outdated techniques of the subject. Not only that, but he earned himself a place on the esteemed Hogwarts staff, well known to set the highest academic standards for students and professors alike. He even snagged himself the role of Hufflepuff Head of House, making him one of the youngest people to attain this position in the history of the school. This rather impressive résumé ensures that with Professor Grey you ladies will always be stimulated... on an intellectual level, of course.
3. James Potter
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Age: 19
Occupation: Obliviator in Training
Blood Type: Halfblood
Achievements: Related to Harry Potter
At the tender young age of nineteen some might say James Sirius Potter is too young to be considered for this list, but we here at the Prophet (who have always wholeheartedly supported Harry Potter’s actions) believe that family name is enough. What young woman wouldn’t want to marry into the noble Potter family? Given the opportunity wouldn’t you want your children to hear stories of the Great War from hero himself? Granted James Potter has not quite lived up to his father’s achievements at that age, but he's still young and the Prophet has heard that his celebrity status means he rarely has to pay for anything in magical shops.
2. Silas Rosier
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Age: 35
Occupation: Entrepreneur; Owner of Scores Casino
Blood type: Pureblood
Achievements: Self-made business- man, sole heir to the Rosier name and inheritance and winner of the Witch Weekly’s Most Charming Smile Award.
When Silas Rosier opened a Gentlemans Club nobody could have predicted it would fill a niche that the magical world sorely needed, making Silas a very rich man in the process. It didn’t take long to build into a powerful (and very profitable) franchise. Before you judge ladies, Scores is about as far from a sleazy back-alley, titty-bar as you can get, becoming well known for its professionalism, elegance and good taste. Certainly a reflection of the man himself, if his past win of the Most Charming Smile Award is anything to go by.
Whatever your personal opinion on Gentlemans Clubs, it turned out to be very clever business decision, with Scores earning more than enough money since its inception to finance a very high-profile switch-over from strip club to casino, with the other licensees to follow suit. For the man who seems to have the Midas touch, this will, no doubt, spell all the more wealth and success for the Entrepreneur.
But, this list isn’t just about wealth; although I think you ladies will agree it helps. Silas’s Pureblood status can be traced back several generations, including links to a rather exotic Bosnian Pureblood family on his mother’s side. At the time this article went to press rumours that Mr. Rosier was spending a lot of overtime with his personal accountant were unconfirmed.
1. Dimitri Beklea
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Age: 24
Occupation: International Quidditch Player
Blood type: Pureblood
Achievements: Quidditch Captain and three times winner of the Witch Weekly’s Most Charming Smile Award
Some say that Quidditch is the greatest sport in the world and we here at the Prophet say that when Dimitri Beklea plays we can definitely agree. Bursting onto the Quidditch scene by playing for the relatively unknown Westgate Winged Horses, Beklea shot to fame and quickly made a name for himself as the greatest seeker of his generation, his skills on a broom rivalling even those of famed Harry Potter and Viktor Krum. A combination of natural talent (the Prophet can confirm that he even played for his school team) and a level head quickly got him noticed on an international level, securing him a place on England’s own International Quidditch team and he’s worked hard to earn the honour of captaincy by proving his skills and leadership abilities time and time again.
The attention Beklea receives does not stop on the Quidditch Pitch. He has won the acclaimed Most Charming Smile Award on three occasions, a record only beaten by Harry Potter and the mostly forgotten 90s sensation Gilderoy Lockhart. In fact female interest in the Quidditch star has become so intense that the Prophet can reveal Beklea has been forced to retreat to the sleepy little village of Hogsmeade to get some much needed rest before the next major international Quidditch competition.
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