Hey Everybody!
Many people emailed me telling me that they felt they needed the brothers' profiles for cheat-sheets before they felt comfortable reading any further. It's true: the cast is quite large. So, I know this isn't "technically" a chapter, but I hope it's helpful to all those who requested it.
The last part of the Stats portion, where it says "element", those will be explained in the story and, if people still need a detailed description of those after the chapter has been posted, I'd be happy to explain it. I'm hoping the chapter will do the trick though.
Whilst I'm giving Rider & Riley's Stats here, I'm not going to list their actual bios for a few chapters yet. I will say this though: there's a reason that they don't "look" like identical twins, even though they are. However, they do look identical to one another. Because of this, they sometimes forget that the world views them differently.
Again, hope these help!
Sincerely,
Alwyn
P.S. – For those interested, I've done quite a bit of editing on Chapter 31 in order to get the dynamic right. It's so hard to put Rory in a position of trying to make Wyatt angry as all get out, yet still communicate that he's an extremely kind person. Oh well.. Interested in feedback for those who reread it.
Character Bios
Quick Lineup
Wyatt (force fields, conjuring, telekinesis)
Chris (advanced telekinesis)
Rory (power negation & enhancement, dream weaving. see profile)
Shane (energy fields, force fields, magnetism)
Steve (orbed materialization, area orbing)
Jared (weather manipulation. see profile)
Dylan (freezing & exploding (identical to Pipers)
Tristan (elemental conversion & elemental reconstruction, latent freezing ability)
Lee (telepathy, energy absorption-conversion-& redirection, power channeling)
Stats
1
WYATT (Wyatt Matthew Halliwell)
Actor: Wes Ramsey
Age: 27
Eyes: Hazel
Hair: Dark Blonde
Height: 6'2½"
Element: Air
2
CHRIS (Christopher Perry Halliwell)
Actor: Drew Fuller
Age: 25
Eyes: Green-Blue (change with his mood)
Hair: Dark Brown
Height: 6'1"
Element: Fire
3
RORY (Rory Peyton Halliwell)
Actor: Sean Faris
Age: 23
Eyes: Dark Brown
Hair: Dark Brown (curly)
Height: 6'0"
Element: Water (note: Rowan was Fire)
4
SHANE (Shannon Percival Halliwell)
Actor: Chris Evans
Age: 22
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dark Blonde (spiked), Has a short beard
Height: 6'½"
Element: Earth
5
STEVE (Steven Peregrin Halliwell)
Actor: Steve Howey
Age: 21
Eyes: Green
Hair: Coppery Brown
Height: 6'3½"
Element: Fire
6
JARED (Jared Phinias Halliwell)
Actor: Jared Padalecki
Age: 20
Eyes: Green
Hair: Sandy Brown
Height: 6'3"
Element: Air
7
DYLAN (Derelyn Perseus Halliwell)
Actor: Drake Bell
Age: 19
Eyes: Brown (dark)
Hair: Reddish Brown (medium)
Height: 5'10"
Element: Earth (primary), Fire (secondary)
8
TRISTAN (Tristan Phinley Halliwell)
Actor: Kevin Zegers
Age: 18
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Copper (long)
Height: 6'0"
Element: Earth
9
LEE (Michael Paisley Halliwell)
Actor: Michael Angarano
Age: 15
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Brown (medium)
Height: 5'11½"
Element: Water
Chris Son's
RIDER (Rider Pevensie Halliwell)
Actor: Scott Mechlowicz
Age: 18
Eyes: Green
Hair: Brown (dark)
Height: 6'2"
Element: Fire
RILEY (Riley Paravel Halliwell)
Actor: James Lafferty
Age: 18
Eyes: Blue
Hair: Dark Brown
Height: 6'2"
Element: Fire
Mini Biographies
RORY:
Whereas Magic History would remember Wyatt as the 'twice blessed child,' it would remember Rory as the 'twice cursed.' That's not to say that Rory is a tragic figure. Far from it. When people discover that Rory has chosen to take on a curse that gives him the fresh memories of a murderer who's recently killed a dearly loved one, they automatically assume that Rory is some sad, weepy, cranky soul who mopes around all day in self-pity and angst. This is about as far from Rory's nature as could be.
While it's true that Rory does need time to himself more than his brothers and he needs quite a bit more sleep, he's one of the sweetest, most optimistic people alive. He's certainly not bubbly or bouncing off the walls. He's almost always in emotional turmoil, but because he was, by nature, such an optimistic person, he has retained what optimism he could. In many ways, he's the beating heart of the group. Whereas Lee retains an innocence that youth helps to inspire, Rory's is an innocence born of staring hell straight in the eye and living to tell the tale. Gosh, he's hard to explain... Let's see...
Have you ever been in line somewhere... Let's say you're at the carnival, and you see this person in front of you. For reasons you couldn't explain, this person awakens that part in all of us that feels a strong desire to protect another person. Okay... Let's say that this person asks for purple cotton candy. The concessions attendant says that the couple walking away just took the last one. You notice that the person's face takes on a tender disappointment with just a tinge of fragility. All of a sudden, because of the protectiveness you feel for this perfect stranger, you want to go over and attack the couple who took the last purple cotton candy and give it back to this person in front of you? Well, if you've ever met someone who inspired such feelings within you, you very well may have met Rory Peyton Halliwell. The irony here is that, though Rory does bring out the protective nature in others, he needs less protection than most. Perhaps Chris is the only one who has fully realized this.
Rory's nature is a duality. Though he's usually tender and gentle, he can also be strong, powerful, and (on occasion) ferocious. It is often assumed that Rory is somewhat fragile and unable to take care of himself. His brothers would most likely fall on the floor laughing to hear someone suggest this. That doesn't stop them from treating him as though he were.
Magically speaking, Rory is an interesting case because, upon the death of Rowan (his identical twin, and the more powerful of the two), he inherited all of his powers and the power that the two shared in common (telekinesis) was nearly doubled in strength. However, several of Rowan's powers, namely telepathy, vocal-and-visual hypnosis, spirit-reading and 'dreamweaving', are done unintentionally. Rory can actively summon these powers, but with much difficulty and great strain. When done unintentionally, there are no negative side effects.
Rory's own power is the negation or enhancement of another magical being's powers. Whatever he does to another beings powers, happens to his own as well.
The only known limitation to his telekinesis is the degree to which his body can cope with the strain of manifesting such force.
It is believed that Rowan and Rory were born with so many various and unusual powers as a means of protecting or, if need be, stopping Wyatt should he either be attacked or seduced into evil. This is the only believed explanation for Rory's inheriting Rowan's powers upon his death.
Rory and Rowan were telepathically linked to each other for all of Rowan's life and to their mother whilst they were in the womb. Supposedly the large emptiness left in Rory's psyche upon the death of his brother is what permits him to carry the curse without being turned (though it is far from an easy task).
SHANE:
Shane is the closest thing this family has to the traditional "badass". He's the "tough guy" who's not fooling anyone and, in his heart of hearts, he knows it. Though slightly rough around the edges, he's actually quite the teddy bear (This is especially evident in his relationship with Lee). He is good humored, friendly, and ferociously protective of those he loves, especially Rory.
His manner of relating to others generally involves teasing them in an older brotherly fashion, regardless of whether they are actually older than he or not. He loves mischief but only the sort that never (truly) harms anyone else.
Since he is often in his leather jacket and leather boots, people are surprised to learn that he is deceptively intellectual. He's a Harvard graduate with a degree in Psychology.
In order to understand the complexities of Shane's personality, it is important to know that Shane suffers from dysthymia, a chronic, 'low-grade' form of depression. This illness is the primary cause of Shane's quick temperedness and somewhat frequent displays of aggression. However, such outbursts are generally mild (never physically harmful to another person) and tend to leave as quickly as they came.
Shane's illness is the direct result of his witnessing an 11-year-old Wyatt kill Rowan, Rory's identical twin brother, when Shane was only six. Being so much smaller than Wyatt at the time, Shane was unable to fight him off, and tends to compensate for his guilt by being overprotective of Rory (something Rory has learned to tolerate).
To the eye, it appears as though Shane's powers are heightened physical strength and invulnerability. However, his actual gift is the ability to create energy fields of an impenetrable nature, with Excalibur being the only (known) exception (note: only the tip of the sword can pierce the shield). In battle, Shane aligns his body with a thin, invisible force field that he manipulates to achieve the same results one would with heightened strength and invulnerability. This power also gives him the ability to 'walk on air'. Shane can also control magnetism and some forms of electrical energy.
Shane is lactose intolerant and, because of his depression, avoids any form of granulated sugar whenever possible.
STEVE:
Steve is the class clown. Upon first meeting him, most people assume that he is dimwitted and clueless. Nothing could be further from the truth. He was actually the valedictorian of his high school graduating class and his IQ is slightly above genius level. His whit is merely his way of dealing with the world. He has a brilliant understanding of human nature, he's just unable to self-edit.
Steve's sense of humor is particularly hard to categorize because he almost never 'breaks character'. It takes a while for a person to learn when he actually means what he's saying, and he can easily convince most people that he truly believes the silly and sometimes utterly ridiculous claims that he makes. Therefore it's hard to know whether or not he considers himself to be the joker he truly is, because he never admits to whether or not he was joking to begin with.
Among Steve's many talents is his ability to sense a person's weaknesses and creatively find ways of helping them get beyond their obstacles. Usually said person is oblivious to the fact that they've been helped because his tactics often involve saying or doing something that makes him the target of ridicule. He's entirely aware of this and doesn't mind one bit.
For the most part, Steve and Chris are polar opposites: Chris tends to fuss over details, whereas Steve is concerned with the big picture. Chris usually relies on what he thinks; Steve usually relies on what he feels. Chris needs to work to a specific schedule, with everything running like clockwork; Steve lets things unfold as they may, making adjustments as they need to be made.
Steve has the power of orbed materialization. That's basically a fancy means of saying that he can make any object imaginable, the only drawback being that said object will be blue, transparent, and sparkly (Steve once made everyone in his family a pair of rollerblades. Eventually they stopped using them outdoors because it was becoming too difficult to keep explaining to people why they glowed in broad daylight). An important aspect of Steve's power is that it negates any magical (and most whitelighter) abilities, thus rendering a demon to shimmer out of a shackle or a cage were he to make one.
Steve's second power is the ability to selectively orb any portion of his body, giving him the ability to "phase" through objects. This power was first discovered when he orbed from the Manor into Magic School, but his nose remained at the Manor. Due to the no-death-at-Magic-School phenomenon, this mishap wasn't fatal. You can imagine, however, the frantic look on his mother's face as she ran down the school hall to give her son's nose back to him. Steve has had a phobia of orbing his entire body ever since.
JARED:
Jared is the mild-mannered peacemaker of the family, subtly (and unintentionally) inspiring harmony and goodwill wherever he goes. His sunshine-bright smile and congenial nature make him nearly impossible to dislike. He has a love of all things chivalrous and harbors quite a romantic streak. He's quite respectful of the needs and feelings of others, perhaps due to his own sensitivity. He's an excellent judge of character and has a genuine love of people in general. Jared is an excellent communicator and has a deep fondness for physical affection.
Though modest and humble by nature, Jared is no wallflower and has no problem standing up for what he believes in, no matter who or what opposes him. He has little to no tolerance for petty disrespect and senseless cruelty, though his manner of dealing with these issues are subtler (and as a result, more effective) than that which most would employ. He has a great dislike of conflict (though he will confront if need be) and finds it difficult to function when all is not well within the family.
Jared has an eye for aesthetics and can often be found wearing rich, vibrant colors, particularly those associated with the season of Autumn, his favorite season by far.
Though he has only recently discovered his powers, Jared was never considered a weak link among the nine sons. Due to his lack of magical ability, he placed specific interest on cultivating and improving his hand-to-hand fighting skills. His Aunt Phoebe was particularly helpful in his training, especially since she could sympathize with the need to compensate for a lack of an active power. He and Rory are pretty much tied for first place in the realm of hand to hand combat, with Shane coming in closely behind.
Jared is only now discovering that he has the power of atmospheric manipulation (weather control) in most of its manifestations. Thus far he has demonstrated the ability to create and command high winds (with far better accuracy than he realizes) and the ability to summon lightning bolts in less than a second's time. Though it is known that Jared has the potential to create precipitation in the form of rain, he has yet to attempt it when conscious; he has only done this indoors while sleeping.
Unlike his brothers, Jared's immune system is somewhat weak. He's usually the first to attract a virus or bug. The reason for this is unknown.
DYLAN:
Dylan is an all or nothing kind of person. If his heart's not in it, it ain't happenin'. However, if it is something he feels passionately about, the results will be unparalleled in impressiveness. He feels a deep need to add a touch of creativity to absolutely everything he does, even something as simple as signing his signature. He considers any activity that doesn't involves the creation of, changing of, or adding onto something to be a complete waste of time.
Dylan is gifted in every artistic realm imaginable. Though he is a gifted artist and painter, he is severely colorblind. Nowhere does this show up more than in his fashion sense. He has a closet full of attractive, brightly-colored velvet and corduroy blazers, but the tee-shirts he wears beneath them tend to clash wildly. This look is actually quite likable in a neo-seventies sort of way, but it isn't necessarily the look that Dylan's going for. He can be seen wearing almost nothing but jeans and boots from the waste down.
Dylan and Steve both use humor as their primary means of dealing with and relating to the world around them. However, whereas Steve's sense of humor is entirely pure of sardonic bite, Dylan's is decidedly sarcastic. The degree of sarcasm rises and falls along with his moods, which are actually fairly stable compared to the temperament of the typical artist.
Of the nine brothers, Dylan is the master of spell casting and would be more than capable of surviving in the world of magic with this gift alone. He is responsible for more of the spells in the Book of Shadows than any other one person in the family line. Though he is often teased as to the poetic and metaphor laden nature of his spells, he is without doubt the most powerful of all in this department. it seems that there is nothing he can't achieve with words alone.
Dylan is the creator of the Language of Shadows as well as the Funny Food Phrases and various other Magic Words and Phrases.
Dylan displays several mild symptoms of obsessive compulsive disorder.
TRISTAN:
Of all his brothers, Tristan is perhaps the most like his mother when she was his age, before she overcame her shyness. He is a worrier, and he tends to be a bit pessimistic, but he's always thinking with his heart. He is normally cautious, suspicious, and tends to be somewhat traditional. Shane did a fairly accurate job of describing Tristan when he referred to him as a fussy perfectionist. However, he forgot to mention the fact that his fussiness is primarily due to concern for others.
Tristan is indeed a worrier, but he's also extremely thoughtful. No matter who he's dealing with or what the situation is at hand, Tristan will attempt to see things from the other person's point of view... every single time. He's often a better predictor of the actions a person will take than the person is themselves.
Tristan does indeed have a sense of humor, though it's perhaps a bit subtler than the others. This is perhaps due to the fact that he has a tendency to put his foot in his mouth. He tends to think logically and scientifically and this can often reveal itself in (what he thinks to be) his humorous comments.
Due to the nature of Tristan's powers, they all fall under various fancy names. The gist is this: He can manipulate any means of physical matter and (usually) transform it into any of the major elements. Of his known powers, Tristan can manipulate fire, water, soil, wood, metal (stone), and certain forms of energy.
His power was discovered when, as a young child, he and Rory were searching for four-leaf clovers. Not the most patient person in the world, Tristan simply grew the fourth leaf himself.
It is believed that Tristan keeps his hair long because he is often accused of being straight laced and traditional. He himself couldn't disagree.
LEE:
Due to the three year gap between Lee's birth and Tristan's, Lee tends to be singled out as being distinctively younger than the others and is therefore treated somewhat delicately. This is, however, far from necessary. He is just as courageous as any of his brothers and is wise beyond his years. This is partly due to vast life experience and partly due to the fact that he and his brothers are, for many reasons, unusually close.
Though his nature is primarily innocent, Lee still has a mischievous streak. However, this trait typically only manifests itself in word rather than deed, though there are always exceptions. Though innocence is often thought of as a form of naiveté, in Lee's case this is simply not the case. He does look at the world in a way that is decidedly child-like, but neither he nor his outlook are child-ish. In fact, it's often this simplicity of thought that permits Lee to approach the world with such a rare form of maturity, not to mention his capacity for forgiveness and empathy. The child is still present though, particularly when he's eager or excited about something.
Lee is a gifted Telepath. He can read far more deeply into people's minds than the average telepath, perhaps due to his ability and willingness to cope with whatever troubling emotions accompany a difficult memory. He is also capable of mind control, though he seldom exercises this ability. He adheres with great discipline to the ethic that reading another person's mind without their consent is just as invasive as reading a person's diary.
Lee also has the ability to absorb any form of energy (including blunt force), transform it into any form of light he chooses, and redirect it. As far as it is know, Lee can store the energy in his body for long amounts of time as opposed to immediately redirecting toward his attacker. The length of time he can store this energy is as yet unknown.