Montgomery Lincoln Flint
The Basics
character name: Montgomery Lincoln Flint
age and birthday: January 15, 2005, making Montgomery 17 and presumably one of the oldest in his year.
bloodline: halfblood. His father was a pureblood wizard, while his mother’s father was a muggle.
home residence: Plasnewydd, Cardiff, Wales, in the unfortunately named townhouse “Brythoniaid.”
house and year: Ravenclaw, seventh year.
current classes: Ancient Runes, Potions, Charms, and Transfiguration
sexuality: : Hetrosexual
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appearance: In general, Montgomery took after his mother in appearance. This was fortunate for him, as Marcus would never be called a handsome man. The features that were a little too masculine on Laura are just fine for Montgomery, who is a cutie, if not exactly the heartthrob of Hogwarts. He’s not very tall; in fact, Montgomery is very nearly short, and is only five foot eight. He’s been about that since fifth year; back then, this made him one of the tallest boys in the year, but unfortunately, he stopped growing just as everyone else got properly started. He doesn’t let his stature get him down, though, and goes so far as to develop a strategy for his keeping that allows him to be an effective goalkeeper without needing the reach that other players might have.
Like his Grandpa Maddern, Montgomery has light brunette hair, light enough that it wouldn’t be a stretch to call it dirty blond. Lucy inherited the Groves hair as well, although Freddy took after Marcus in that way; in general, people are more likely to recognize Montgomery as being related to Lucy than to Freddy.
When he’s not in school robes, Montgomery favors muggle clothes, especially jeans. He’s nearly outgrown any desire to make his family happy, and gets a small amount of joy out of the look on Grandmother Winnifred’s face when he visits in jeans and a tee-shirt. He’s much too large for her to shove him into a pair of dress robes anymore.
Personality:
Montgomery isn’t the kid who spends all his free time hiding out in the library, studying for hours and hours for his grades. That’s not to say he’s not intelligent, of course, but he’s less in Ravenclaw because he’s a genius, and more because he actually loves to learn. He enjoys nearly all his classes-- excepting, of course, History of Magic, but honestly, who actually can pay attention to Binns for a whole class? He’s mostly given up on that class entirely. Montgomery’s favorite subject, though, is probably Ancient Runes; the class combines his love of languages and of history. It doesn’t hurt that it comes fairly easily to him, either.
The eldest of three, Montgomery definitely has a ‘big brother’ stereotype going on. He loves his siblings, but he also believes firmly that it’s his job to provide a little tough love. Admittedly, Lucy gets the brunt of this, since Montgomery hates how spoiled she is. ‘Life hurts. Get a helmet,’ is a phrase he repeats in Lucy’s direction repeatedly, especially after he thwaps her across the head. He’s not nearly as harsh on Freddy, who he privately thinks got enough of the rough side of life already. In fact, he’s very nearly sweet to Freddy, who he rather adores. When it comes to the rest of his family, though, Montgomery isn’t a fan of the majority of them. Ansovald in particular gets a rise out of Montgomery; the man enjoyed teasing Montgomery rather cruelly when he was small, and now that Montgomery is larger, he holds a grudge for the tears Ansovold extracted. With the exception of Daniel, who hardly counts in Montgomery’s opinion, and, of course, Freddy, he’s pretty much given up on any sort of positive relationship with his family. Knowing that people regard the Groves-Flint family as a somewhat stupid unit located somewhere around the middle to bottom rungs of society tends to fill Montgomery with a rather righteous anger, and a strong desire to prove them all wrong-- family and society both.
This whole righteous anger thing Montgomery has going on towards his family doesn’t stop with his blood ties. The root could be any number of things, but whatever the reason, Montgomery is quick to anger, especially when he perceives something to be wrong. A tendency to be somewhat violent when he’s angry has gotten him into trouble before, too, including one notable incident when he chucked a bust at another students’ head in second year and landed himself in two months-worth of detention with Professor Hookum. Fortunately, Montgomery is equally quick to calm himself down, and doesn’t hold a grudge. When he was small, particularly around five, he threw regular temper tantrums any time his anger was roused. Now, of course, he has far better control than that, although he still has a bit of a reputation as a hothead.
As long as you stay on his good side, though, Montgomery can be a good friend. He’s loyal and always willing to listen to people’s issues, no matter now petty, and a lot of the underclassmen come to him with homework questions. He never hesitates to pause and explain things to someone elegantly. Unless, of course, that someone happens to be a girl, in which case, he’s just as willing, although considerably more graceless. As much as he likes girls, he has a far greater tendency to be awkward and somewhat bumbling than he does otherwise. This is especially true, unfortunately, around the redoubtable Gwenog Jones, upon whom Montgomery nurses a not-at-all secret crush, and has since he first read about her Quidditch prowess at the tender age of six. Speaking of, Quidditch is Montgomery’s passion. In his mind, it’s a nearly perfect sport, which his father has been teaching him how to play since he was old enough to straddle a broomstick. While Marcus would have loved Montgomery to be a second-generation Beater, he is a Keeper instead, and quite a fine one if he does say so himself.
family:
Flint/Groves Family Tree
Immediate Family
Mother: Laura Flint, née Groves
Laura was born a ravishing beauty to a fairly wealthy family whose fortune had been made through her muggle father’s stock market savvy, and the frequent money laundering. Unfortunately, by the time she was five, nearly all of Laura’s ravishingness had faded away, leaving her as a mildly pretty, fairly chubby child. By the time she was at Hogwarts, Laura was fairly overweight, and most people missed any remaining pretty due to the extra thirty kilos and her petty, spoiled nature. Laura fit right in to her Sorted house of Slytherin, though, and thanks to the tough love of her housemates, outgrew some of the weight and a good amount of the spoilt nature. By the time she met Marcus Flint at a society dinner, Laura was merely chubby, mildly pretty, due for a fairly large inheritance, and only a little petty; that was enough for Marcus. Montgomery loves his mother, but finds her a little foolish and hates the way she gossips viciously about anyone and everyone.
Father: Marcus Jones Flint
Marcus was never a handsome man, and his way to account for his ugly exterior was to become mean. He had a reputation for being a bully and stupid at Hogwarts, and after he finally graduated, put these dubious talents to use working as a bodyguard for a wealthy wizarding family, a job that doesn’t require a whole load of intelligence. He loves all his children in his own way, although he sometimes expresses it a little strangely, and is often distant. Surprisingly, Montgomery likes his father more than his mother, if he’s completely honest; he finds the awkwardness with which Marcus treats his children somewhat endearing, and while Montgomery complains about the occasional thwaps across the head, he nearly always deserves it.
Sister: Fredricka Coraline Flint
Freddy is Montgomery’s favorite family member, but also unfortunately the family secret. Freddy is the only non-magical person ever to be born to a Flint, a fact which Marcus has always blamed on Laura’s father, but which is probably due more to the inbreeding rampant on the Flint side of the family. Were we to be completely honest, it’s actually probably thanks to Grandpa Maddern that Lucy and Montgomery have the magic they do, since he brought new blood into the family, muggle or not. Montgomery jokes that the lack of magical ability is only fair, because of everything else Freddy has; she’s smart, pretty, and funny. Montgomery adores her. Freddy attends the International School of Luxembourg in (you guessed it) Luxembourg under the false name of Fredricka Lourges so as to avoid shaming the family, and is currently sixteen.
Sister: Lucy Madonna Flint
Lucy is Montgomery’s youngest sister, a ten-year old diva who got all of her mother’s attention. Nothing is good enough for the youngest Flint. Montgomery tries his best to avoid giving her anything she wants, and while he loves her somewhere very deep down, often dislikes her on a more superficial level. Lucy returns the emotions in kind, and does anything she can to make Montgomery’s life difficult.
Grandparents
Paternal Grandmother: Winnifred Flint, née Lincoln
the uncontested matriarch of the Flint family, and one of Montgomery’s namesakes. Winnifred is a strong-willed witch who at one point worked for the Swiss Ministry as a Transfigurations Engineer; it was in Switzerland that she met her husband, George, who was in Berne on sabbatical. Everything either of them did was her idea from the day they met to the day he died. Fifteen years ago, Winnifred retired and now expects regular visits from her children and grandchildren. Even Daniel is cowed by the formidable woman, and undergoes the physical hardships of Transatlantic Apparition regularly for visits.
Paternal Grandfather: George Declean Flint (Deceased)
George was a weak-willed man who was entirely dominated by his wife until the day he died. He and his wife were second cousins who had met briefly before Berne, where he was on sabbatical a month early due to a nervous breakdown, and never fully recovered. Before his death five years ago, the primary entertainment to be had on visits to the familial home for Lucy, Montgomery, and Freddy was devising ways to scare the beejezzus out of the poor man.
Maternal Grandmother: Coraline Groves, née Montgomery
The kind of grandmother that usually only exists in stories. She’s kind and cheerful, and very nearly spherical. She has some odd sleep disorder, and tends to fall asleep for short bursts of time, often while being talked to. She is also the other of Montgomery’s namesakes. She dotes upon her husband Maddern, who is a whooping twenty-five years younger than she is.
Maternal Grandfather: Maddern Fred Groves
A grumpy, crotchety old man who would like nothing more than to be left alone already. This could be attributed to being married to a psychotic older woman, but it might just be the way he is. He was conned into marrying Coraline, and the singular reason for their continued marriage is a clause in the pre-nup that gives her all his possessions, down to the shirt off his back, should they be divorced. Maddern is also a muggle, mildly afraid of magic, and made nearly all his money through a combination of corporate crime and stock market savvy.
Other Relatives
Maternal Uncle: Daniel Harding Groves
The black sheep of the Groves family, Dani is Laura’s older brother. He is also flamboyantly gay, completely estranged from his parents and sister, and living in America, where he writes novels and maintains an editorial section in one of Saint Paul’s newspapers. Montgomery thinks he’s fantastic, and receives care packages regularly from Daniel.
Paternal Uncle: Ansovald Earlham Flint
Marcus’ big brother, and essentially an uglier, stupider version of Marcus. He flunked out of Hogwarts during his fifth year before his OWLs, and works as a rather successful barista at the King’s Toe, a pub in wizarding Oxford. Ansovald is also a somewhat cruel man, and enjoyed taunting his nieces and nephews when they were smaller. Now, of course, Montgomery outweighs his uncle, and Ansovald has sullenly desisted in respect of Montgomery’s fist.
Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Uncle: Petroicarcht (Pete) Flint
Pete is the family ghost. At some point way back in the Flint family history, Pete decided dying wasn’t the route he wanted to go after his heart attack, and instead, he hung around the family for god-knows-how-many years. At one point, he was presumably a jolly fat man who regaled the family with his stories, but now, he mostly haunts the upper levels of Grandmother Winnifred’s home, telling tales to the uninterested family portraits.
History:
Laura Groves was raised a fairly privileged life, with a muggle father who provided the money and a witch of a mother who provided both the entertainment and the magic in Laura’s life. Because of her mother’s pureblood status, she had at least a small in for the wizarding Society life, and Coraline took advantage of this. Most of the purebloods looked down their noses at the Groves due to Maddern’s muggleness, but Coraline did have some relation to the Malfoys, and that meant something even after Voldemort’s defeat, an event that occurred in Laura’s fourth year. Marcus and Laura met at one of the many Society dinners Laura attended post-graduation, and they hit it off at once. They were engaged a mere four months later, although they waited a respectable amount of time before the wedding itself.
Montgomery was entirely an accident; the newlyweds had planned on waiting several years before having children, but an expired birth control potion, a little too much to drink at a dinner, and, well, there was Montgomery. He was a bit of a disappointment for Laura, who had wanted a girl, but Marcus was pleased to have a son to carry on the family name. A mere ten months later, another accident, this time on Marcus’ side, resulted in Freddy, and that was it for the Flints, or so they thought.
Laura and Marcus were happy with their two children, and thrilled when Montgomery transformed his broccoli at dinner one night into jelly beans in a fit of pique around the age of four. They waited eagerly for Freddy’s magic to show as well. And they waited. And then they waited some more. And then they became concerned. Laura began paying attention, and noticed that Freddy never used Montgomery’s toy broomstick; at first she assumed it was because Montgomery was too possessive, but after oblique inquiries, was dismayed to hear that Freddy “can’t never ever make it pop up!” Laura and Marcus rushed the six-year-old to specialists, who looked grave and counseled the couple to wait. Montgomery and Freddy didn’t understand the fuss, and the close siblings continued playing happily together, Montgomery occasionally turning Freddy’s food into candy. Laura got pregnant again, just in case.
Nothing changed between Montgomery and Freddy after it was determined that she had never and would never show any magic, until Freddy was sent off to a muggle kindergarden to begin her schooling in a non-wizarding world. Montgomery threw a temper tantrum, recovered, and attempted to play with his new baby sister, Lucy; the experiment was a failure, and Montgomery first learned what it was like to have to occupy himself all day, every day.
Montgomery was sent off to Hogwarts in due time, and it was here that his time away from Freddy really showed through, as he was Sorted into Ravenclaw. Montgomery was never unhappy in his new House, and quickly made friends with his yearmates, particularly [TBA] and [TBA]. In his second year, Montgomery immediately tried out for, and made, the House quidditch team as the reserve Keeper, and by Third Year, had accomplished his lifelong goal of playing for his house’s Quidditch team.
A significant childhood memory:
Although he was only three, one of Montgomery’s clearest childhood memories is of meeting Grandmother Winnifred properly for the first time. She had been living in Switzerland before that, and it was only after she retired and dragged her husband back to England that Montgomery began to have regular interactions with her.
Laura never really properly explained their destination that Thursday evening, or at least, not to Montgomery’s satisfaction; the boy hadn’t realized he had more than one grandma. After all, he only had one mother. Still, he didn’t complain too much as he was shoved into a formal, old-fashioned set of dress robes complete with frills up to there, his hair was wet and combed, feet were squeezed into shiny black shoes a size too small, and marched off the fireplace with a handful of Floo powder. Being such a small boy, Montgomery was unexperienced in the ways of Flooing, and put a knee into the soot in his caution to pronounce “Flinting-on-Whey!” correctly. The room into which he landed was gloomy and dusty, Winnifred’s insistence on cleanliness not yet having taken effect in the newly-occupied familial home, and quite terrifying to the small child. Winnifred herself was no better; she frowned disapprovingly at the sight of Montgomery’s blackened knees and the streak of soot on his cheek, and, with a sniff, pointed him into a high-backed, wooden chair. She then proceeded to ignore him completely as she interrogated Laura on the state of the family. This total disregard for him set Montgomery off-balance, and between this and Laura’s clear subservience to her Mother-in-law, convinced the boy that this was a Bad Woman. He never entirely recovered from that first impression.