Christopher Chamberlain Sr.

**Christopher Charles Chamberlain Sr.** is a main character of the Chamberlain Trilogy Series. Christopher is a powerful witch and the father of triplets: Christopher Chamberlain Jr., Thomas Chamberlain and Maverick Chamberlain and the father of Elizabeth Chamberlain.

**Christopher** is a member of the **Chamberlain Family.**

## History

Christopher Chamberlain Sr. was born in Norway to unknown parents. He belonged to a powerful bloodline whose first-born children are well-known to possess even greater magical strength, and because of this Christopher was taught the craft at a very young age.

## Personality

It had been suggested by Christopher himself and later confirmed in flashbacks that he was much kinder and caring in his youth.

Based on Elizabeth's words, he seems to share some traits of personality with his son Maverick, and Christopher himself even claimed that he and Maverick shared the same plight after they were both abused and oppressed in their youth by those who sought to control them. He had also shown similarities with another one of his sons, Thomas, as they both believe that true power comes from family; however, they each have very different perspectives on how that power should be used.

## Physcial Appearance

Christopher is tall with white hair and dark blue-gray eyes. His closet contains mostly black and dark blue collared shirts, and he does show a fondness of black clothing as a majority of his clothes are in this color.

## Powers and Abilities

Christopher is arguably the most powerful witch featured in series. However, while the full extent of Christopher's power remains unknown, Chris explained to his brother that he herself (who is an extremely powerful witch) was still fearful of his father, as he understood that Christopher's power was strong enough to defeat him the moment they reunite. This confirms that Christopher was much more powerful than Chris. Thomas also claimed that Chris pales in comparison to his father, in part due to Christopher's ability to sense magic in others, especially in witches of their bloodline.
Christopher is very talented in the Dark Arts.
Because of the spells he cast on himself and Elizabeth , he is capable of incredible acts of power. He once wiped out an entire village of werewolfs with the wave of his hand. Christopher was able to hold that much power even when his body was not yet indestructible.
Christopher also demonstrated skill at teleporting instantly in a matter of seconds.
Casting spells appeared to be of very little trouble for Christopher.
Another impressive feat was Christopher's ability to use healing spells. Even among witches, the ability to use magic to heal wounds is likely to be difficult and magically exhausting as Thomas claims it had taken him years to learn, even for a skilled witch as for himself. This eventually culminated in the Life Force Linking spell.
His only intellectual equal is Maverick who was barely able to outsmart Christopher.
Christopher seems to been gifted in understanding complex spell work. Upon studying his mother's grimoires, his knowledge of magic seems to have greatly increased.

## Weaknesses

Christopher is susceptible to the forces of witchcraft. Like all creatures, Christopher can be undone by powerful magic, however, according to Chris, it would require power equivalent to Christopher (or greater) to defeat him.

## Relationships

### Elizabeth Chamberlain

"*You know at some point I wasn't the man you know today. I was selfish, a spoiled brat and ignorant, but from the day I saw you I only wanted one thing. To be worthy of being your father. I'm afraid Elizabeth. I'm afraid that without you I'll return to the darkness.*"
—**Christopher** to Elizabeth

   Elizabeth is Christopher's only daughter. He looked happy when Chris told him that the baby would be a girl, then he began to fight for her protection against his enemies. Christopher was reunited with Elizabeth when her safety was compromised. Elizabeth is now living at home with her father. The supernatural community is now aware of her existence.

They were reunited after five years and, despite some initial nervousness on both sides, they shared a lovely day together, it showing just how alike they are. Christopher shared stories from his long life, Elizabeth showed him her magic when she healed a butterfly and they painted together. She knows how strong he is and, because of that, she believes he can keep bad things away.

Once he promised that nothing was going to harm her, Elizabeth hugged him. Despite their time apart Elizabeth calls Christopher 'Dad', showing that their bond is still strong.

### Charlie Marshall

"*In my heart love, You don't feel as my adoptive daughter. For some reason I just don't understand what it is, but for some reason I don't see you like I see my children. It's something I don't even understand, and you know I understand everything* "
—**Christopher** to Charlie

Charlotte is Christopher's future daughter, and promises to protect her. Chris is Charlie's adoptive father in-law. He cares for her very dearly. Christopher tells Charlie, in his heart he feels that Charlie is more like his biologic child. They both love each other and work beside other to protect Elizabeth.

## Name

* The name Christopher is a Greek name. In Greek the meaning of the name Christopger is:From the Greek word meaning 'carrier of Christ', Famous bearer: St Christopher, patron Saint of travellers, is believed to have carried the Christ-child across a river.
* The last name Chamberlain is of Old French origin, and is an occupational name for a chamberlain, that is an official in charge of the private chambers of his master; the term was later a title of high rank. The derivation of this name is from the Old French and Anglo-Norman French "c(h)ambrelain, cambrelane, cambrelen(c)", chamberlain. The Italian cognate "camerlengo" was given to a manager of a pontifical court.

## Trivia

* Christopher has a dream in which he sees his daughter in a coffin.
* Christopher's daughter Elizabeth is the person he loves the most in the world.
* Christopher can be seen wearing a cross.
* Christopher has killed his father.
	+ Christopher has killed his biological father, a witch, because he knew Elizabeth was alive and Christopher could not risk his mother finding out from him that his daughter is alive.
* According to Christophher, every enemy of his has become desiccated, turned to dust or became dinner.

## Tropes

* Monster Sob Story - Due to an illegitimate birth, his father is unjustly more volatile towards him. See Abusive Parents . See also Cry for the Devil .
* Magnificent Bastard - Averted due to Villainous Breakdown
* SelfMadeOrphan - Christopher has killed his father and mother.
* Papa Wolf Overprotective Dad- Christopher is very protective of his daughter and has no limits when it comes to Elizabeth's safety and well being. He even killed his own father in order to protect his daughter after he found out about Elizabeth still being alive. Christopher trusts nobody apart from himself when it comes to Hope and his love for her has no bounds.