-- CHARACTER --
Name: Samson Edgecombe Faceclaim: Dominic Cooper Age: 31 Blood Status: Halfblood Affiliation: Order Former School & House: Hogwarts, Hufflepuff Occupation: Maintenance worker for the Magical Maintenance Department
-- BIOGRAPHY --
Samson was born in the mid-summer time, to parents who loved him but unfortunately, did not truly know how to be parents. He was a difficult child. He fussed whenever he was left alone for too long and he hated being put down, always needing to be held in his mother or father’s arms. The two of them went through five different nannies before they found one who could put up with his seemingly constant sulky attitude; whenever he complained, she had called him a ‘sweet summer child’ which had confused him enough to make him forget his whining for a moment. She was also the person whom, in the end, gave him the most attention and taught him the most about growing up. When he had been ten, close to stepping into Hogwarts and his mother had fallen pregnant, she had shook her head in a disbelief that Samson wouldn’t understand for many years.
When Samson arrived at Hogwarts, there was no hint of the once fussy, sulking little boy who cried for attention and stamped his feet whenever he was frustrated. He had made friends easily and had been sorted into Hufflepuff almost as soon as the sorting hat had touched the top of his head. He had never excelled in his classes, but he had passed them all with relatively good grades, enough to progress him through Owls to Newts and give him a good pick over what career path he wanted to take. Magical Maintenance might have been seen as a step down by some of his professors, who were disappointed he had not pushed himself into more political roles, but his head of house had remarked that it suited him well.
While at Hogwarts, he had met Martha. She had been loud, pushy and for many years, a constant thorn in his side. However, as they had gotten older, their attraction had become mutual and they had begun to date, much to the consternation of many of his friends. When they left Hogwarts, they quickly settled into a place together and life was good for a time; he worked at the Ministry and she worked for Gringotts, and within a year of graduation they were married and planning a family. Shortly after however, things had begun to fall apart; slowly at first. The changes had been subtle. He hadn’t noticed what was happening until he was in the thick of it. Like a frog placed in a pot of water that was slowly rising in temperature, he hadn’t noticed that he was boiling to death until it had almost been too late.
The divorce was messy. Crawling back to his parents for help had been humiliating. He had begged them not to tell his sister what had happened, and they had agreed, though neither parent had seemed happy to do so. His mother had been heartbroken and his father stoic, unable to talk to his son in the way that they used too. Samson relies on a small group of friends and after two years and papers finally signed, he is finally starting to feel like his old self again.
-- TRAITS --
Negative - Distracted - Defensive Positive + Humble + Honest
Samson Edgecombe is taken by Mel.