GENERAL
Name:
Essien
Bridger
Age
/ Birthday:
26
Blood-Type:
Unknown
Pets:
None
Quidditch:
No.
Wand:
12
1/6" Abjuba, Leviathan scale core
Anything
Else?
Ess
has a very thick, sometimes indistinguishable Nigerian accent. It is
often difficult to understand him, and then he also uses big words.
Most students don't understand at all.
APPEARANCE
General: Ess is a very tall built man. At first glance one would almost be afraid of him. He's a 6'7 black man afterall, and dosn't normally have a look of happiness on his face. It's usually of dissapointment and anger. Ess prefers to wear his school robes at all times. You will probably never see him wearing anything else unless you catch him in his jimmies.
PERSONALITY
Strengths:
Ess is
very calm. In any situation he does not get anxious, or excited, or
angry as other people do. He simply looks at the problem, and finds a
soloution. Essien
spends his time studying. Whether it is the world around him,
Arithmancy, foreign cultures, or just people in general, he is always
learning. An education si somethign he was not privilaged with as a
birth right, so is taking advantage of the oppertunities he has now
to enlighten himself. Despite his heavy accent, Essien rarely
repeats himself. If the person truely cared, they would have listened
the first time. The only tie he will ever repeat what he has said, is
in a life or death situation, or something of the like. If nothing
important is on the line he will stick to his silence. It
takes a lot to get Ess excited. He dosn't care much of the lives of
other people. Personal lives, that is. When someone is yelling at
him, he is the same as if they were talking calmly. If someone came
in and destroyed his classroom, oh well. You'll have to fix it. No
use complaining. Even though Essien has a non-caring attitude,
he does not put up with sillyness in the classroom. He has no
problems telling the kid to shut up, and whacking him upside the
head. Though, the ministry and OWen don't really approve of
that... In consideration of his past, if Essien were to see
someone dying, he would give anythign he could to help them. If there
was a homeless person on the side of the street, he would give them
money. If a little old lady was being robbed by someone, he would
race after them, and beat them to a pulp to get the purse
back. Again, due to his past, Ess is afraid of commitment. The
onyl people he's ever trusted have betrayed him. When his sisters
left him all alone, he was devestated. Even now, he has rarely even
spoken to the people around him, except for whats nessecary to get a
cup of coffee, or the paper. So it can be well assumed he hasn't
dated in a while. Which is half true. He hasn't dated ever. And he
dosn't plan on it.
Weaknesses:
Because
of Essien's past, he will help anyone in need. He would do whatever
it takes to give them a better life. Even just by a little. This
comes in handy to an enemy in any situation, really.
Traits:
Not
much is said about Essien by the common person. He is quiet and
observant. While that is true, Ess is also very social when he wants
to be, though he usually dosn't. Due to the things in his past, Ess
has found things are much easier when he just keeps his mouth shut,
and lets the fools keep talking. He lives by the motto
"The wise listen, fools talk."
HISTORY
Place
of Birth:
Nigeria From then on he was alone. His sister
abondoned him to flee to America. They were unsuccessful, as he
predicted they would be. They were shot and killed by government
forces. As much as Ess begged them not to try, they did not
listen. The only way to stay alive in these times, was to work
as much as possible, from the rich landowners, and stay hidden
otherwise. School was barely safe at all. Most schools were guarded
by military officials, to observe the learning envirnoment, mnaking
sure the kids weren't learning too much. Even the food wasn't safe.
Most of it was covered in rat droppings, and mould. The rats
themselves wouldn't touch it. In his younger days, Essien walk
18 miles to school and back each day. He absorbed himself in his
learning, determined to acchieve a better live. He was not willing to
raise children in the same home he was raised in. Eventually, Essien
managed to get out of the corrupt contry into the United Kingdom,
under the false pretenses of a college education. He did go to
college, but Essien did nto plan on ever returning. It was too
painful.
Nationality:
Nigerian
Languages:
English,
Yoruba, Ibo, Hausa
Siblings:
None,
deceased.
History:
From
the time of birth, Essien's life was very hard. He was born into a
poor family, with a single mother, supporting six children, Essien
being the youngest. After sturggling for 8 years, his two older
brother were taken away, forced to join the national army. then, he
lived with his three sister, them pretending to be men to get better
work. After a few years, their mother became ill. It was discovered
that she was dying from an AIDS related problem. At the age of 16,
Essien's mother did die.