Griffin Jones

## History

**Griffin Jones** is a Half-Blood wizard. He was the youngest in a family of Hatstalls. His mother, Hatstall - Ravenclaw. The same for his father. His grandfather, Hatstall - Gryffindor. The same for his grandmother. His mother Leandra more so than his father Dillon desperately wanted Griffin to be what they were not.
Leandra always felt like the disappointment to her Gryffindor family, to her mother and father, for being sorted into Ravenclaw. She forced all of her insecurities onto her son. She constantly pushed him to be more daring, bold, and courageous. Griffin is an only child, therefore all of his mother's attention, good or bad has always been placed squarely on him. Nevertheless he has always felt distant from both his mother and his father. It is not a lack of affection on either side, his parents love him and he loves them. They just clash. While Griffin is not indecisive per se his willingness to go along with someone else's ideas, and his tendency to let someone take something from him has always aggravated his mother. His father understood, both Leandra's frustration, and Griffin's supposed "character flaws", they were after all inherited from father to son. Still, knowing that Dillon never intervened, he never defended the right his son has to be whomever he chooses to be.
Griffin does not feel like he does not have a place in the wizarding world despite sometimes feeling like his magic controls him rather than him controlling it. He would stand beside any one of his Hogwarts brothers and sisters because that is exactly what they are to him, his family. He feels a connection to everyone. No matter who or what they are to him, or where they come from. Griffin could find a friend in just about anyone, as long as they were willing to see the friend he could be to them.
The Gryffindor/Ravenclaw trend in the Jones family was broken finally with Griffin. He was sorted into Hufflepuff. It should have been obvious to anyone who ever paid him any attention.
Griffin is excellent with Herbology, and Potions, anything poisonous seems to thrive around him. Plants more specifically almost feed off of his love and attention. He has what some people call a "green thumb", for Griffin it should be green hands. He can make anything grow anywhere. His first sign of magic shown itself while he was trying to help a tree break through concrete.

## Family Info

 **Grandfather** | Alun Hughes
 **Grandmother** | Cheryl Evans

### Jones

Leandra and Dillon Jones

Leandra is Griffin's mother she was in Ravenclaw along with Griffin's father. It was Leandra's idea to name her son Griffin. Why? She wanted him to be in Gryffindor. She was thoroughly convinced that by naming him such he would aspire to be what she and his father were not. She was right, just . . . not about her son being in Gryffindor.
Jones

### Personality

Griffin's personality does not exactly match the type of person he appears to be.

He has a secret fear of being rejected and he tries to mask it by being very independent, but he is not at all interested in being a leader or controlling others. He will occasionally give into bad habits because he likes the the rush of adrenaline, and he enjoys being present in the moment. He is non-confrontational, and seeks to avoid doing things that will generate conflict. He has an aesthetic appreciation for beauty which reflects itself in his love of nature which can often make him seem "soft", or weak. He feels the most at home in nature, and finds comfort stalking creatures human or animal, sitting silently perched within the branches of a tree, hurdling over streams and rocks or running until he can't run anymore.

### Abilities

Herbology
Griffin is excellent with Herbology, he loves plants and always makes himself fully aware of the plant he is dealing with it before he does so. He is very nurturing and gently with plantain, he has a deep connection to, and profound love of the Earth. He inherited his love of Herbology, and to some extent Wandlore from his father.

Potions
Griffin is also exceedingly skilled in Potions, anything poisonous seems to thrive around him. Plants more specifically almost feed off of his love, and attention. He has what some people call a "green thumb", for Griffin it should be green hands. He can make anything grow anywhere.

## Whereabouts

Admiring the Whomping Willow

Trying to meet the creatures at the Gamekeeper's Hut

Looking at but NOT touching the plants in the Greenhouses and Gardens