Gillichu Chandler

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Current revision as of 20:36, 26 October 2007

Gillichu Myrddin Chandler
Frog spawn, wot, wot?
Played By Craig Warnock LJ account candleschildren Hometown Talyllychau, Wales Current Year Third Year Hogwarts House Ravenclaw Favorite Subjects Care of Magical Creatures Worst Subjects Charms, Potions theropicus

A pureblood, second year Ravenclaw, Gillichu (pronounced "Gill-ih-koo") Myrddin Chandler is not your younger brother, despite what you may be led to believe. He's a brat of the first degree, hates (most) girls, likes (most) all animals, and may or may not have a boggart in a box under his bed at home. He doesn't get along with people in general, but this isn't as bad as it could be, as Gillichu has an affinity for animals, canines in particular, and because of this he'll do exceptionally well in Care of Magical Creatures when he can finally take the class officially (at the moment, he has permission to sit in on some of the classes, and will upon occasion show up the upper years with his vast knowledge on all creature-related things). For now, he scrapes by at average, a little below average in most of his classes, with the exception of Herbology, which he finds interesting, and Transfiguration, which he enjoys because he can use it to play pranks.

Short for his age (4' 11"), he'll sprout like a weed around the time he hits 15. Gillichu has a slightly-tanned complexion which is a little at odds with his long, shaggy, straw-gold hair, but compliments his hazel eyes. Despite being short, he's gangly and thin, has yet to master all his limbs, and is unusually clumsy as a result.

Strengths, Weaknesses, and Fears

Gillichu is a cynical and somewhat socially-inept bratty little boy. Having (in his opinion) not received enough love from the parental front when younger, he will go to desperate lengths to gain the attentions of others. At the same time, he is mistrustful of most people (indeed, it's really more the human race as a whole) and will often put on the pretence that he doesn't care what other people think. He's quick to anger, vicious in his retaliations, and most always slow to forgive.

Most of his strengths are associated with animals and beasts – Gillichu has a close understanding of animals, garnered from both years of experience and reading, as well as an innate talent with them. Because of this, he usually feels more secure and at home when with animals than with people, even if the animal is a particularly dangerous one. Other strengths include transfiguration that has to do with alterations to physical appearances (a skill honed from much practice and interest in teasing and tormenting his enemies – i.e., most of the female population of Hogwarts), and herbology (he likes to dig in the dirt). Additionally, Gillichu speaks fluent Welsh in addition to English. Because of his long-time association with Victoria Bloom and her son, he knows a decent amount of Japanese as well, though he is far from fluent in it. Personality-wise, Gillichu acts well under pressure or when confronted with another person's problem – he behaves logically where other people might panic, and does so without thinking.

Gillichu is clumsy, has a short temper, and a short attention span. He's quick to develop a grudge and slow to forgive someone when he feels he's been slighted. His sense of right and wrong are skewed in such a way that he has very few regrets over any trouble he causes. Magic-wise he's very poor at Potions, which he finds dull and uninteresting unless explosions are involved, and Charms, because his sister enjoys them a great deal and this automatically renders them Evil and Not Worth His Time.

Due to a bad experience when he was younger, Gillichu's deathly afraid of thunder and lightening, and will often hide under his bed and skip classes when there's a thunderstorm outside.

Family, Etc.

The youngest member of the rather large and influential Chandler family, Gillichu is the only son of Owen and Rhianwen Chandler (his parents are third cousins once removed). He has an older twin sister, Nimuë Chandler, who is also a second year Ravenclaw. The Chandlers are an old and very distinct wizarding family – Gillichu's parents like to say that his sister is named after the family founder, none other than the Nimuë herself. The family is respected and well enough known that few witches or wizards think to protest this claim.

According to Gillichu, he's had a somewhat troubled childhood. He feels he has never measured up to his parents' expectations, in part because of his behaviour, in part because of the fact that he displayed very little magical talent when he was younger. His parents, unable to quite understand his somewhat-confusing thought process, have given him a lot of free reign, which he in turn takes to be neglect. Because of this he feels the need to act out in order to draw the attention of other people. Also, he's been mostly raised by his "Aunt Vicky" (no relation to him), the mother of his best friend, Amaury Oniyama, since the age of five. Because Victoria Bloom lives as a Muggle, Gillichu's had a decent amount of exposure to both magical and Muggle culture, though he doesn't really feel at home in either one. While Victoria acts as a pseudo-mother for Gillichu and Amaury a pseudo-brother, Gillichu depends on his mother's younger brother, Geoffrey Chandler, to act as a stand-in father. This doesn't always prove to be the best of moves, since Geoffrey is not the most responsible of people, and he also has a tendency to travel everywhere.

At Hogwarts, Gillichu's closer relatives include Reginald Chandler, Nimue Covey, Lily Llewellyn, and Viviane Chandler. Reginald is Gillichu's first cousin once removed (on his mother's side, at least) and the current Hogwarts' Divination professor. Gillichu doesn't get along with the man, and goes out of his way to behave in a disrespectful manner, refusing to address him as "Professor Chandler" and instead using his mother's nickname for her cousin, "Reggie." Nimue is unique in that she is one of the few relatives that Gillichu actually likes. A fellow second year though sorted Hufflepuff, Nimue gets along with both of the Chandler twins, who call her Rabbit in order to avoid confusion between Nimuë and Nimue. In contrast to Nimue, Gillichu gets along with neither Lily (a somewhat-distant relative of the same degree as Nimue) nor Viviane (the daughter of his first cousin Adyna, and first cousin of of Stephen Howell). He especially dislikes Viviane, whom he believes exists solely to make his life miserable.

Friends and Enemies

Amaury Oniyama is Gillichu's closest friend and the two are practically brothers, they are so close. Gillichu met Amaury when he was six when Amaury was visiting his mother, Victoria Bloom, one summer. Amaury is the voice of Gillichu's conscience, and perhaps the main reason Gillichu has survived to age 12. Conversely, Gillichu ensures that Amaury does not remain completely wrapped up in himself.

At the moment Gillichu has few friends among the Ravenclaw boys in his year, having upset them with some accidental dung bombs (among other things). Until things quiet down with them, he mainly hangs out with his friends from Hufflepuff, Kadmus Ajax and Krishnakant Mathur (Kittu). Kad generally acts as the somewhat "responsible" member of the three, while Kittu and Gillichu generally are up to No Good when they get together. Gillichu and Kad enjoy fluffy animals together, while Gillichu and Kittu enjoy lighting things on fire together.

When it comes to the girls in his year, Gillichu doesn't get along with most of them (with the possible exception of Nimue/Rabbit). In his first year, he declared war upon the Daedals, and the animosity felt between the girls and Gillichu and his cronies continues to this day (when Kittu isn't busy hitting on them and Kad isn't busy hiding in dustbins, that is). Gillichu also claims to have a vendetta against Hannah Salix, whom he claims to be Evil, but seems to not mind all that much when it comes down to it.

Along with Amaury and Hannah, Gillichu joined forces with Dee George, Lisette Jasinski, Derek Bly, Amorisa Amherst, Ethan Tibble, and Pimento Pepper to form the Fellowship of the Letter back in October. This Fellowship formed in order to venture out on a Quest to find a letter Gillichu'd written to his uncle Geoffrey and which had, somehow or another, ended up becoming cursed. The Quest proved to be unsuccessful in the end, and the Cursed Letter continues to haunt the castle it the surrounding environs.

Gillichu's dramatic rescue of Pimento from the lake during the course of the Quest has caused the two to become on-again-off-again friends, and no one is quite sure whether they actually even like each other. When not arguing with Pimento, Gillichu will often join forces with her and the rest of the Anti-Snogging Society against the hormones that run rampant throughout the school. At the moment Gillichu's already shaky friendship with Pimento is somewhat stressed by the fact that he has has somehow managed to insert himself into the disagreement between Pimento and Sadhana Joshi, and he has (rather stupidly) declared war on the seventh year.

Aside from Sadhana, Gillichu is also at war with Timothy Ashford, Jr., for the reasons that Tim is a) Evil, b) fond of Charms, c) not fond of Care of Magical Creatures, d) a great spokesman for Love, and e) the boyfriend of Gabriella Richards (who has helped Gillichu with Potions in the past and he may in fact be crushing on, along with Danielle Littleton). Gillichu's dislike for the Evil Ashford reached a peak on October 15th, 2005, when Gillichu came across Tim on a staircase while in a particularly bad mood, resulting in Tim falling off the staircase and breaking his leg after being pushed by Gillichu, and Gillichu serving at least two weeks of gruelling detention. Upon learning that Tim survived the fall, Gillichu remained rather disappointed.

In the Future

Sometime after leaving school Gillichu will attempt and succeed at the Animagus transformation, being able to turn into a golden retriever. Like many other members of his family, Gillichu speaks fluent Welsh in addition to English. Because of his long-time association with Victoria Bloom and her son, he knows a decent amount of Japanese as well, though he is far from fluent in it.

Unofficial speculation pairs Gillichu up with Pimento Pepper, though whether their current on-again-off-again friendship/enmity will ever turn into romance sometime in the far future is still unknown.

Other Stats

Birthdate: April 14, 1993

Wand: 12" dogwood with crup hair – something Geoffrey picked up on his travels and brought back, not really the strongest of wands, but very reliable if a little finicky

Blood: pureblood

Birthplace: Talyllychau, Sir Gaerfyrddin, Wales

Status or Class: lower upper class (incredibly old family)

Race/Culture/Religion: Caucasian/Welsh/agnostic

Pet Name/Species: (official) Philomena/cat (unofficial, at school: Bird/crow who lives in the forest, Edmund/duck frog who seems to live in his hair; at home: Alfred/part border collie, part crup, Lucinda/jarvey, thing-in-the-box-under-his-bed, + various others)

	Mandy theropicus
Gillichu Chandler | Nimuë Chandler | Ruth Ann Hunter | Ramsey A. Tibble, Jr. | Lethe Noire | Geoffrey Chandler