Born of a muggle mother, and a wizard father, Matthew Wood didn't seriously adopt his magical side until rather late in his childhood. His mother, Jennifer, had rather denounced the magical blood in her husband and her son's veins. More out fear and misunderstanding than any kind of malicious prejudice. Never the less when Matthew started showing clear signs of his wizarding prowess, his father never once stunted his magical growth, even if that risked the wrath of his wife. Matthew had always found muggle school rather tedious, despite the fact that he perpetually topped his class. He has always been an intelligent and curious child. Picking things up quickly and processing them faster than a lot of his fellow students. He also always felt that his school never truly challenged him, a notion that his mother and father shared. Whilst the general stereotype is that intelligence and high grades never really goes hand in hand with sports. Matthew challenges this. He's fit, athletic, tall and enjoys most of the muggle sports. He also has brown, slightly messy hair that sweeps over his forehead and matches his hazel eyes. He is natural muscular and has a healthy body that couples his boyish but slightly chiselled features. He is very compassionate, kind but can sometimes be slightly inconsiderate. Never in an unkind way but he often just struggles to understand people's feelings and differences to him, often when it comes to political or social opinions and/or situations. He also struggles to open up and talk about his emotions, finding himself somewhat bottling everything up and occasional letting it all out in a burst of anger or sadness. Despite his mother's gentle protests, when the Hogwarts acceptance letter came through his father introduced him to the vast magical world. They went to Diagon alley and got all the books and equipment necessary for his first year. His favourite items being his very own Brown Tawny owl, Ralph, who had already been sent off to stay in the Hogwarts owlery. And his 14 ½ inch Black Walnut and Phoenix Feather wand.