Calvin is a nearly internationally renowned transfigurist and botanist, having combined both of his professions into one. He was the very first to create a transfiguration chimera of two plants that were wholly unrelated that not only survived, but is still alive in its original place to this very day. Due to the great success, he gained lots of fame and attention.

When he was at the young age of 22, he had a horrible accident with transfiguration that lead to him turning himself (extremely painfully) into an anthropormorphized cat, of the Abyssinian breed. Horribly ashamed of himself and facing critism from peers for such a grave mistake, he disappeared to live in the far northern mountains for roughly eight years, to continue his studies in peace and try to figure out what he could do to reverse his condition. With great horror and sorrow he discovered that attempting to change himself back would risk a horrible and painful death, but keeps this a secret. Some small rumors speculate that the accident was, in fact, sabotage due to the very strange and specific circumstances.

Mental Health Ever since his accident, Calvin has quite silently struggled with self-esteem and self-image, and often beats himself up for it. The memories of the trauma of the transformation stay with him too, and all too often he has dreams remembering the pain in vivid detail.

Effects of The Accident The transformation Calvin went through did in fact have strange affects on him. While a cat, some things that are deadly to cats (chocolate, onions, garlic, etc) are not at all deadly to him. He does now have issues digesting milk -- although that is easily worked around by consuming lactose-free or goat-milk products instead of cow's milk. He also quite annoyingly finds himself purring whenever he's very comfortable.

Wardrobe Calvin had always unironically been a great fan of classic wizard garb; a flashy robe, some nice pants, and a very cute hat. He did, of course, keep some very nice formal attire for working as a professor, and still wears it (albiet all his clothes have alterations to account for a longer torso and a tail). When he's alone, though, he tends to wear as little as possible, as he finds he's very prone to overheating. When he works with his plants, usually in a greenhouse, he keeps only a thin sleeveless top on and very short pants on, if not going shirtless. He sleeps in the "nude".