Sat, 02 Oct 2010 13:22:39 GMT

CHARACTER INFORMATION
Full Name: Conor Patrick MacEachthighearna
Nickname(s): Con, Connie (You probably don't want to call him that,) Patty, Paddy (Only by his brothers. You don't want to call him that, either,) Mac, Each, Thigh, Thigh Earner, Thigh Earna',
Hometown: New York City, New York
Age and birthday: 17, April 19th
House and Year: Beauregard, 11th grade.
Electives & Schedule:
1- 7:45-8:30 - Transfiguration
2- 8:35-9:20 - Advanced Transfiguration I
3- 9:25-10:10 - Charms/Wandwork
4- 10:15-11:00 - Latin
5- 11:05-11:50 - LUNCH
6- 11:55-12:40 - Music
7- 12:45-1:30 - Defense Against the Dark Arts
8- 1:35-2:20 - History of Magic
9- 2:25-3:10 - Free Period
Wand: 12" Springy Holly with a Raven feather core
Boggart: A tombstone with his mother's name.
Patronus: Welsh Sheepdog. When he was a kid, a neighbour ~~neglected~~ owned one. The dog became his best friend, and loyal companion. The two were a little bit of a neighbourhood nuisance. It only lasted for a few months, ending abruptly with the dog's death. Conor was crushed, but to this day dogs hold a soft spot in his heart.
Animagus Form: The same as his patronus.
Religious Affiliation: Raised Episcopalian. Only attends on holidays.
Extracurricular activities: Muggle sports.

Family/Relationships
Parents: Pádraig MacEachthighearna and Caitlín O'Maolmhuaidh
Siblings: Two older brothers (Nolan and Diarmid), two younger brothers (Carson and Ciarán) and a baby sister (Caitríona).
Extended Family: Only a bajillion cousins.
Familiar: None
Sexuality: Straight
Significant Others: None, though Conor has had a girlfriend or two in the past. Girls are... confusing, but he tries his best to disassociate thoughts of romance and not step on any toes or be too presumptuous. This doesn't stop him from developing pretty strong crushes. Which he does only all the time.

Appearance
PB: Aaron Johnson (http://winchesterway.insanejournal.com/60436.html)
Detailed Description: Conor is pretty average. 5'10, light skinned with shaggy brown hair that tends to flip if he doesn't comb it before it dries. He is a bit baby-faced with blue-green eyes, but his physical frame is more muscular than anyone had ever really expected him to get. It shouldn't be surprising considering how active he is (the boy can do backflips at the drop of a hat, and often will), but only a year or two before he was a shrimpy little kid.

Style-wise, Conor is a punk stereotype. Band shirts, long shorts (even in the winter), motorcycle jackets or studded vests are a must, complete with patches from his favorite bands--slathered with a little straight-edge propaganda. He has no piercings, but he does have a nautical star tattoo with a shamrock in the middle on his back, on the left shoulder. (A gift from an older friend back home, done in his home studio.) There are some white scars visible on his knuckles, elbows, and knees-- mostly from terrible falls if anything else. He wears them like badges of pride.

Personality
Likes: Punk, Hardcore, Straight Edge/Straight Edge Lifestyle, Dogs, Parkour, Rise Against, Skateboarding, Martial Arts, Mosh Pits, Vegan Food, Bacon, Making up new spells, Anti-Flag, Oreos, His brothers, Surfing, SLC Punk, Rise Against, Banlieue 13, Pranks, Brody Dalle, Dane Cook, Jackass, Union Square, H2O (the band), Warzone(also a band), bone-headed stunts, testing crazy theories
Dislikes: Pop music, unfriendly fights, people with attitudes, bean sprouts, class lectures, Ed Hardy, when girls wear lipstick

Quirks:
&-Conor is straight edge.
&- He is Vegan but survives mostly off of vegan-friendly junk food.
&- Easily excitable and tends to run with ideas before really thinking the consequences through.
&-During his first couple of years at CCI, Conor intensely rebelled against the vegan lifestyle that he was raised in, and ate meat and cheese as often as possible. This went even as far as taking photos of himself enjoying fried chicken and sending them to his mother in an email.
&-One of Conor's favourite hobbies is Parkour/Free running. Though he's not so fantastic at it, and tends to fall a lot. He is always searching for ways to achieve "the perfect run", even experimenting with magic to create or summon new things to jump off of or land on or cushion his fall. Sometimes with mixed results.
&-As a direct result of this, Conor likes to practice all the time. He'll balance on precarious ledges- from park benches to playground monkey bars, run and jump off of walls, and do back flips just because if he is bored enough.
&-He is a terrible dancer, though he is pretty fantastic at skanking and an admirable mosher.
&-Conor has received detention at least twice from attempting to scale the Upper Academy.
&-Sometimes he isn't aware of his own strength, and will hug a little too hard, shake a hand a little too firmly, and knock people over by accident.

Secrets:
&-Sneaks bacon into his diet.

What’s in your characters pockets? bandaids, antibacterial ointment,

Strengths: jack-of-all-trades, optimistic, friendly, fiercely loyal and protective, loves trying new things, incredibly energetic, open
Weaknesses: not terribly great at anything, never satisfied, restless, has a tendency to get carried away, doesn't think much before he acts, tends to not stick with things, research, Potions, Wandwork, wears his heart on his sleeve, somewhat careless
Strongest subject in school: Transfiguration
Weakest subject in school: History of Magic
One thing he can't live without: ~~BACON~~ Free-running, probably.

Detailed personality: Conor is a warm, friendly kid who greets strangers and friends alike with equally intense enthusiasm. If anyone is excited to be there, excited to be alive, even-- it's Conor. He is a seemingly abundant well of energy, and always seems to be out doing something, constantly moving. Though he comes off as a little happy-go-lucky and has a tendency to value play over work, he isn't lazy. When he finds himself slacking in his studies, he will work furiously (for a short period of time) until he is satisfied with his grades. As soon as he is, he's back outdoors with his friends.

He heavily identifies with hard core straight edge, but he doesn't judge people who aren't involved in the scene or the culture, and chooses to remain open-minded. Life is too short to judge someone by their music. Friendship, brotherly love and unity are big motivating factors in his life. He's not afraid of confrontation, but ultimately he always seeks reconciliation, even with those who may not deserve his friendship. While Conor abstains from consumption of drugs and alcohol, and sex outside of relationships-- he isn't high and mighty with those that don't. Just openly disappointed.

His friends are second only in importance to that of his family, though to Conor-- friends are also family. He is intensely protective of those he is close to, and will go out of his way for someone he considers a true friend.

Personal History:
Conor is the third child (of six) of Pádraig MacEachthighearna and Caitlín O'Maolmhuaidh, 1st generation Irish immigrants from (formerly pure-blooded) prestigious wizarding families. (Caitlín's mother is muggle-born, and Pádraig's father was a half-blood) They are peaceful-vegan-hippy types with a great love of music and 'culture'--with cash to burn. Caitlín runs a natural foods grocery chain, and Pádraig is a writer with a series of vegan-friendly cookbooks.

Conor had a mostly happy childhood. Though you could say that their family was struggling financially, Conor only barely remembers anything other than sharing an small apartment with his parents and his three brothers. By the time Carson was born, things were better off, and they'd moved into a new apartment that suited the size of their family-- and this is where most of his childhood memories take place.

He spent most of his time running around the neighborhood with his brothers or the neighborhood kids. He was intensely active, even from a young age, and while some of the teachers at school suggested he may be hyperactive, his parents refused to have him medicated. They didn't want to drug their kid and that was that. So life continued on as normal, Conor was allowed to explore and be creative, as his parents liked to refer to it.

Before attending CCI, he would act out for attention. He was athletic, and outgoing--like his eldest brother, whom he would get compared to more often than he cared for, and he didn't quite have the knack for learning. In fact, he was painfully average, and his parents seemed to have nothing to complain about, or dote over. They loved him just the same, but he often felt that he disappeared into the background. It started small. Pretending to run away with Carson when they were really in the convenience store down the block, giving himself a new hair cut (Conor really regretted that one, as his parents refused to help him fix it, opting to let it grow out,) sledding down the stairs in an refrigerator box and breaking his arm. It briefly got a little bit worse as his magical ability began to manifest itself and continued on for a long while, even after he started attending CCI. Though New Orleans had helped mellow him out a little.

Eventually it became less about who was paying attention to him, and more about how much fun he was having doing it. In the break between Lower and Upper Academy, he met some kids Union Square while hanging out with some of his old friends from the neighborhood. The called themselves "Traceurs" or "Free Runners" and were practicing jumps and flips along the park benches up the stairs from where his friends would normally hang out. After only a few minutes of watching them, Conor introduced himself and insisted they teach him. Conor's old friends were not at all surprised, as that was what Conor did. He just had a certain way about him that made people warm up to him pretty quickly. This was made even more obvious as Conor fell on his ass with a complete lack of grace and laughed right along with everyone else.

Conor MacEachthighearna