CORNFOOT, stephen alexander

[corny]

Alias: Robin
Other Characters: Eric Strobe

STEPHEN --alexander --CORNFOOT



||seventeen||hufflepuff||straight||
||brown/green||chestnut||160||6'2"||
||herbology||transfiguration||math||muggle studies||muggle oldies music||
||bats||drab colors||closed minded people||

Let me tell you, a little something about myself[/color]

Personality:

[/u]Even though Stephen was brought up in a strong pureblood family, he's far from being purist. In fact, he practically loves muggles, and his first romance was with a muggle girl who lived down the road from him in muggy old Scotland. He's very open-minded, and refuses to be told what to think. He started rejecting his Mum's 'Magic is Might' propaganda soon after he joined Hogwarts, once he realized how silly it all is. As a result he started to speak of his family less and less. He'd be mortified if everyone knew that his Mother was a Death Eater, and so Stephen can be somewhat reserved at times, particularly when asked about his family and home-life. Not even his closest friends at Hogwarts know the truth about his mother's life before she died. (See history.)

Because he did not quite reach his Mother's expectations of him, Stephen can be a little self-doubting sometimes, even though he doesn't like to let it show. He's far from being arrogant, but he doesn't like to show his weaknesses either. Stephen's a hard worker, and even though he likes muggles, he also loves magic, so he puts lots of effort into his studies. He is quiet, but not shy; he might not make the effort to talk to new people much, but he is confident, well-mannered and has a decent sense of humor. The one thing that Stephen prides himself on the most is his abilities in Herbology. He adores plants, and working with herbs and various recipes.

Stephen is fun to be around, despite his quiet nature. His biggest problems stem from his troubles with attention deficit disorder, and an obsessive compulsive disorder to count things and place them in some sort of order. He has a bad habit of lining things up, sorting them, and placing them back in an order more suitable to his sensibilities. This has him often making long lists of things from herbs, to his own drawers of socks. Sadly, these lists and ordered lines are sometimes unfinished because he can not pay attention to them long enough to actually complete the task. He is easily distracted, and tends to work on his concentration problems through various focus habits he has created for himself. This has made Stephen very eccentric in his behaviors.

One of Stephen's great loves, having lived and associated with muggles most his life, is a strong enjoyment of muggle music. He is very fond of older music from the early seventies, and eighties. He smuggles in a record player in the bottom of his school trunk, and can often be found in the common room, or dorms, listening to wonderful old titles by Billy Joel, Elton John, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys among others. He has been found dancing to this music when he thought no one was looking. He never seemed to mind, even if it is a point of amusement for most of his fellow students. Rock 'n Roll music seems to fit his eccentric ways, and that might never change. He is as quick with a smile as he is with a lyrical comment. No one seems to mind, too much.

Basic Description:[/u] Stephen Cornwall is the perfect example of a plain young man. His body is normal, as is his looks and attitudes. He has a very soft and charming smile. His eyes are a dark chestnut brown, with light flakes of green floating in them. He holds one hundred-forty pounds well on his six foot frame. He is not overly muscular, but is not at all out of shape. His hands are often scratched, or cut from his plant work. He has several scars on his hands from various cuts and accidents. Stephen's hair is dark and usually long. He keeps it very clean, but does not seem to worry about what style he wears. He has a pale complexion that is light and almost olive colored that reflects his Greek and Scottish heritage.

Stephen is always a good dresser. He keeps his robes, and clothes clean. He is almost anal about how he looks, and is usually proper when he dresses. His favorite accessory is his grandfather's black and yellow striped Hufflepuff tie. He usually wears it with his robes while attending classes. During his free time he will wear various muggle clothes of various colors, but mostly sticks to colors representing his beloved Hufflepuff House. He loved bright colors, so it is not unknown to see him in a flashy shirt, or outfit when his mood sees fit.

History:[/u]Stephen Cornfoot was born in the middle of a harsh Winter, two days after Christmas in a small village in Scotland. His parents were overjoyed to welcome the third child into their odd family. The Cornfoot clan was lead by the outcast former Slytherin Maribelle Arnold, who was once associated with various dark wizards while in attendance in Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where her own father was the Professor of Herbology. A deep rift was created within the family due to Mari's attitude toward her muggle loving father. Upon graduation, Maribelle escaped with her young husband Michael Cornfoot, to the grassy crags of Scotland. There she held various correspondences with other wizards of like mind while bending her poor husband to her own desires. Mari was a cruel person who eventually turned her attentions to the deeper dark arts, and became a Death Eater shortly after Stephen's birth. Disaster struck the family when Stephen was just two years of age. During a power struggle with another dark wizard, the Cornfoot family was murdered. Only Stephen survived the slaughter, and this only due to his father hiding the sleeping toddler under the floor of their sitting room. His grandfather found the crying youngster when he arrived to examine the family's home. This was the first meeting between Stephen and the man to become his mentor, teacher, and adopted father.

The move to London did not have much effect on Stephen due to his young age; however, when he got older the city amazed him. His grandfather had been in House Hufflepuff and enjoyed the lives and habits of muggles. He indulged Stephen in stories, lessons, and field trips to show him all the wonderful things the muggles have done, and could do. It was like living inside a living zoo for the young mind of the orphan. He was constantly exposed to something new, and there was always a lesson involved in their outings. Everything was not all roses though, when he turned five Darius noticed odd things about his grandson. Stephen was in the habit of counting his crayons, and sorting them by color. He had to have all his clothes arranged by color, and use in his closet. What surprised him the most was how the boys attention was often shifted from subject to subject at a rapid rate. Stephen, who had learned to read at an early age, would often read four or five books at once. He could read a paragraph then get distracted by something else and return to the book hours later to repeat the process.

This lead his grandfather to take him into the city to St. Mungo's for some evaluation. Stephen was soon under observation and finally a muggle born healer diagnosed him with something the muggles called Attention Deficit Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. These odd muggle illnesses were controlled with muggle drugs that left Darius scratching his head. He did not want to place his grandson on muggle drugs, so he started to develop some herbal remedies of his own. Soon, as Stephen reached his tenth year, Stephen could almost control some of his issues. He had grown into an eccentric child, often enjoying things for short periods of time before having to move on to the next interesting thing. He would read a lot, learned very easy, and enjoyed all things dealing with muggles. He took to gardening, and enjoyed plants above all other things. His grandfather, a former Professor, took it upon himself to teach Stephen and prepared him for the eventuality of a letter from Hogwart's School. The letter arrived, and Stephen found himself a Hufflepuff, and learning in the magical castle.

Years passed, and Stephen entered his final year of school. Sadly, it did not begin well. The week before he entered his seventh year, he found out that his mentor was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. Being so entrenched in the lives of muggles, Darius would not hear of going to St. Mugno's for treatment. The onset of the illness started to have a strong impact on Stephen's attitude. He was depressed, and fought with his grandfather to seek a cure. A distant cousin of Darius, Master Thomas Arnold came to live with the family and help with Darius while Stephen returned to school. In a trail of tears, Stephen returned to finish his education with a heavy heart. In light of all the recent events in the wizarding world, Stephen's attentions have been hard to contain. His thoughts are always falling on what he could do to protect the muggles, help the weak, and fight for the rights of those who can not defend themselves. These thoughts clash with his own goals to graduation, attend university, and return to Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to carry on his grandfather's legacy and become a Professor of Herbology, if he did not force himself to return and take care of the only man he ever loved. He held a strong hope he would find a cure on his own, and save his grandfather's life.



PS. My accepted character points go to: HUFFLEPUFF[/blockquote][/blockquote]
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