a street wise hercules

vox politik: castor withers.

2008-01-14T19:18:49Z

Name: Castor Ajax Withers.
Age/Birthdate: 15 / June 9th, 1981 (Gemini).
House/Year: Slytherin / 11th.
Social Status: Once upon a time, the Withers name actually stood for something. Note, this once upon a time was an extremely long time ago. The Withers name started down it’s slippery slope of meaning nothing when Lord Stoddard invented and attempted to popularize a game that was a little too similar to cricket. There were very little differences and it didn’t get too much attention. Ever since then, the Withers have had failure after failure and now the Withers name really doesn’t get you a pot to piss in and a window to throw it out of. Castor’s parents seem to be the exception to the rule, off studying the tropical rainforest in South America. But they don’t make nearly enough money or get enough recognition to restore the family to its former glory.

Sexuality: Heterosexual.

Appearance: They say you can’t judge a book by its cover, but that isn’t the case of Castor Withers. Maybe it’s the fact that he always looks like he’s skipped a shower or three or maybe it’s because it looks like he got dressed in the dark. Either way, you can pretty learn everything about Castor just by taking a glance at him. Castor will never be on any girls top ten list, but he somehow manages to attract girls. It’s a very puzzling mystery. He stands at 5’11 ¾”, which he often rounds up to 6’ even. He has a very awkward looking face—his cheeks are a little chubby, his nose is a little long, and he has a dimpled chin. They don’t add up to anything particularly attractive. His mud brown hair is kept at a medium length and almost always looks as if it’s never been touched by a comb. However, he likes to boast that his wide blue eyes are his redeeming quality. He can entrance the birds with them, so on and so forth. In all honesty, he’d be a perfect Puck from A Midsummer’s Night Dream. If he was into nancy shite like Shakespeare, that is! As for Castor’s fashion, uh. Well. It’s a very questionable style. Actually, it’s more obnoxious than anything else. Bright, loud, clashing colors complete with hideous vests, hats, sweaters, you name it. Castor’s closet is like the combined vomit of a thrift store and your great-aunt’s dresser. It’s really all about the attention with Castor. People pay more attention to his lime green vest with the dayglow orange shorts than someone wearing Burberry scarf.
Played-By: Joseph Dempsie.

Personality:

Defining Characteristics:

Likes: smoking, taking risks, astronomy, maths, telescopes, obnoxiously loud music, mismatched clothing, giving Cletus a coronary, disorganization, Greek mythology, his pet snake (Cletus II), collecting bugs, his sister namehere, London, rugby, receiving sexual favours, rhyming slang, astrology, curry, bad pick up lines.
Dislikes: swimming (because he can’t), drinking, airplanes, St. Helens, Cletus Greengrass, his parents’ apparent disinterest in him, his cousin namehere, having his grammar corrected, expensive namebrands, most foreign cultures, picking up after himself, people who mock his accent.

History:
- parents met at university, although they both attended hogwarts (attended at different times/were in different houses)
- parents do animal research in south america/are like never home
- send whoever is taking care of him tuition money for him and his older sister
- lived with his great aunt namehere in whitechapel london until he was 12/has a cockney accent
- great aunt didn't give a shit what they did them, let them do whatever he want, spent his time on the crime infested streets
- knows how do swindle people out of their money/pick pockets
- great aunt took him to a planetarium and was hooked ever since
- great aunt died and had to live with his 2nd cousin in st. helens.
- hated st. helens was far too clean and posh for his likings.
- 2nd cousin tries hard to keep him in line and make him look respectable
- made of ultimate fail
- attended hogwarts four years after his sister
- immediately clashed with cletus greengrass
- excelled in astronomy and maths, did okay in two other subjects, but really could care less about other classes
- wants to be an astronomer/discover a planet/star
- parents have a decent trust fund set up for him, but he can't touch it until he's 18

future vp: eddie carmichael.

2008-01-09T06:10:20Z

Edmund 'Eddie' Carmichael
Age: Twenty-eight.
Location: Wandsworth, London.
Occupation: He is the chairman and CEO of Carmichael, Inc, a company that is similar to the Kirkland Signature company of Costco. They make a variety of products (shoes, pizza, salt, you name it) and ship them to a chain store (like Wal-Mart). The exact store has yet to be determined, but Carmichael Inc. is definitely owned by larger company (the Wal-mart to their Sam's Club) that Eddie plans to eventually take over. But right now, he's content with Carmichael, Inc. Also, he still manages Matty's career. Actually, he has assistants who do a lot of researching and work and then report back to him. But yes, Eddie is the Godfather to Matt's Johnny Fontane. He also donates a lot of money to charity, but that's nothing new.

University & Afterwards: Eddie attended LSE (London School of Economics) and double majored in Economics and Management. While this was going on, his mother remarried Clifford Dodson, owner of a Target/Wal-mart like company. After much pressuring from his new wife, Clifford allowed his stepson to intern at a branch company, Dodson Co. Dodson Co was the main company's store brand. Once Eddie graduated, he was working at the company full time, owner of one of his dad's car lots, and managing Matthew Bates' career. Over the years he has risen in rank and got a lot of attention from the corporate big wigs. Thanks to Clifford (who is still really shocked over Eddie's success) and his talent, he is now chairman and CEO of Dodson Co which just recently changed it's name to Carmichael Inc. He sold the car dealership much to his father's dismay, bought a shitload of stocks and bonds (mostly from the main company and Carmichael Inc). I do not know a lot about business, so if something is horribly wrong, I'll change it eventually. But that is basically what went down. He also managed to continue dating long time love interest Samantha Capper. So basically, everything is going his way! But not really.

Family: Oh, the Carmichaels. Ed Sr is still a ridiculous car salesman who is dating women half his age (and younger!). Eddie has realized that his dad isn't the nicest man in the world (he's actually quite greedy, imagine that), but he still thinks his dad is the greatest. As for his mother, she hasn't had much to do with him since he was 12. Buuut she's gotten remarried (despite all the talk of feminism and how much she didn't need a man) a year or two after he graduated from Hogwarts and Eddie is Really Not Fond of his new stepdad. His stepdad is actually the owner of the larger company that owns Carmichael, Inc. And Eddie kind of detests him. He appreciates the opportunity that he gave Eddie (it made his dream come true a lot faster, really) but uh. He hates the man. He is very :) to his face, but I think Stepdaddy is very condescending and did not expect Eddie to do so well and Eddie can't even handle that. So, yes. Stepdad, he thanks you for what you did, but please gtfo.

Offspring: No.

Relationships: Eddie's father told Samantha that Eddie had been infatuated with Samantha since he was 13. This was no exaggeration. After relentlessly pursuing her (with lots of embarrassment on both of their parts), things finally started turning in his favor during his final year at Hogwarts. They managed to keep going after Hogwarts and through university and once they graduated from their respective schools, moved in together in Worcester. The big problem that came along with that is tradition. Samantha was not pleased with the living arrangements when they were only dating and not-so-subtly hinted that she'd like to get married eventually. Eddie is not a fan of marriage (see parents for example), but gave in and eventually proposed. And ...they didn't get married. They continued to live together and everything was great. But Eddie kept putting off the marriage and making excuses about why it wasn't the right time. More recently, Samantha had an abortion due to her refusal to have a child out of wedlock. It was a very distressing time and after Eddie put off getting married again, she left him for an older gentleman. Since then, he's had a lot of thinking to do and is almost ready to get married. Almost. He attempted to have a fling with one of his interns and almost slept with her but uh. Guilt caused performance anxiety. Guess what the new office gossip is? :D

Anything Else: Eddie really hasn't changed a bit. He still rarely swears, is all about being PC, and loves business suits, scotch, and jazz music. He's stopped building model cars (he has a room with all of his cars on shelves!) and instead has a very impressive array of cars. It's the only thing he allows himself to splurge on. He likes to keep things upper middle class at the most. He has the money to have a large manor and just be extravagant in general, but doesn't. He only keeps one car (sometimes two!) at his house and keeps the rest in a garage not too far from him.

future vp: kevin entwhistle.

2008-01-09T03:39:23Z

Kevin Entwhistle
Age: Twenty-seven!
Location: Wilmington, Kent.
Occupation: He works at a branch office for Bizarre Creations (an Activision studio). His main thing is graphics programming, but he also works with game physics and gameplay. Used to work at the Liverpool office, but had a choice between the Manchester and London branch. He went with London (going home = a big do not want). Opted against living in London and takes the train to work. He also writes reviews for a Game Informer-like magazine.

University & Afterwards: Kevin attended University of Kent (which is why he returned to the area) and majored in Computer Science. He interned for a company that makes computer software for a year before moving to Liverpool to work for Bizarre Creations. He stayed in Liverpool until eight months ago, where he was relocated to the London office. He got a flat in Wilmington, got a dalmatian (named Sonic!), goes to work by train, and that's that.

Family: His parents are still alive and kicking! They're both in the same professions they were ten years before. Grace followed in Kevin's footsteps and got a scholarship to Hogwarts and was sorted into Gryffindor! He got into his only physical altercation with her 20 year old boyfriend because he was a douche. Kevin won! And Grace dumped that bitch. Ego improvements all around. But yes, his parents (ie his dad) still don't think he has a ~real~ job, but it makes money, so whatever.

Offspring: Nope! He can't even keep a girlfriend!

Relationships: Dated Alice Chambers until the summer after he graduated from Hogwarts. It was a pretty amicable break up and the two remained very friendly, although Kevin is pretty obvious about his Lack of Approval of all her future love interests. Dated a girl named Veronica in his first two years of uni, only to cheat on him with his room mate. He remained single for a year after that dated another girl named Charlotte for seven months until she left him for someone else. A string of random girls and a couple of years later he dated another girl named Haley. Thought she was ~the one~ and wasn't intending to move from Liverpool until she broke up with him. Has had some random flirtations at work since then, but otherwise nothing.

Anything Else: Well, he's no longer blowing up people's belongings to get back at them or making his neighbor's garden explode (although he did set his roommate's guitar on fire for revenge for sexing his girlfriend). He still enjoys pyrotechnics and geeks out about that kind of stuff at concerts and whatnot. He's still the same old slightly awkward, sort of nerdy, all around nice guy. He did manage to grow a whopping three inches.