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| - John William Comstock II (b. 24 June, 1978), also known by his alias Willem van der Berg, was a pure-blood Canadian wizard of the famed Comstock wizarding family; second-youngest child of William Hale Comstock and his second wife; Elizabeth, who passed away in 1991. He was the middle child of the family; younger brother of Zachary Hale Comstock and elder brother of George Cornelius Comstock, as well as the younger half-brother of Connor William Comstock. He attended Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1989 to 1996, where he was Sorted into Thunderbird and excelled at Defence and Charms.
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| - John William Comstock II (b. 24 June, 1978), also known by his alias Willem van der Berg, was a pure-blood Canadian wizard of the famed Comstock wizarding family; second-youngest child of William Hale Comstock and his second wife; Elizabeth, who passed away in 1991. He was the middle child of the family; younger brother of Zachary Hale Comstock and elder brother of George Cornelius Comstock, as well as the younger half-brother of Connor William Comstock. He attended Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1989 to 1996, where he was Sorted into Thunderbird and excelled at Defence and Charms. Throughout his years at Ilvermorny, John was best friends with Sophie Haas and Danny Glandon, both fellow Thunderbird schoolmates. Eventually, both he and Danny developed feelings for Sophie, who began dating Danny in their sixth year. Although angry and heartbroken that Danny admitted his feelings beforehand, John kept his own feelings under wraps as to not push away his two best friends. Although at odds with his older brother for much of his time at school, John was close with his half-brother Connor, and through him he got to know the Renard family, a French-Canadian wizarding family; Connor was engaged to a witch from the family, the youngest daughter of the family's patriarch. Shortly after their graduation from Ilvermorny, John and Sophie began an affair after her and Danny's separation, though Sophie opted to repair her relationship with Danny after a few weeks; the couple announced their engagement in early 1997. Unwilling to bear witness to his love marrying another man, John left once the pair broke the news of their engagement; John disappeared from Canada and assumed a new identity, one of a Dutch wizard by the name of Willem van der Berg. He began attending the European Magical University in the summer of 1997 and graduated in the year 2001 with a Wizard's Degree in advanced charms. In 2003, the wizarding world was shocked to learn of a Portkey vanishing from Canada, the first case of such an occurrence in a century and a half. Of the twenty-three people who disappeared when the Portkey vanished, John knew ten of them; including his father, half-brother, brother and former best friends Danny and Sophie. John traveled to France where their destination was and reconnected with the surviving members of his and his friends' families. John moved back to Canada, helping his family and friends cope with the loss, especially Claire Renard and Nora Glandon, the former being a family friend who lost her whole family in the disappearance and the latter being the daughter of Danny and Sophie. John offered Claire a place to stay as she did not want to return to her family home alone, as well as taking in Nora and being a surrogate parent to her in the wake of the loss of both her parents and godfather. Just before Claire returned to Whitestar Academy to finish her education, her and John began a relationship. John and Claire legally adopted Nora in Christmas of 2003, who asked to take John's surname, with the two marrying not long after Claire's graduation. In addition to Nora, John and Claire had two children of their own; George William Comstock, in memory of John's deceased brother and father, and Monique Thérèse Comstock, in memory of Claire's deceased sister and mother. Although initially wanting to be an Auror, he settled on working with the Ministry in the Charms department after Claire pleaded with him not to pursue such a dangerous career.
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