Cornelia Hale
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| Cornelia Hale | |
 Cornelia transforming into her Guardian outfit |
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| Publisher | Disney |
| First appearance | W.I.T.C.H. #1 (April, 2001) |
| Created by | Elisabetta Gnone |
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| Alter ego | Cornelia Hale |
| Place of origin | Earth |
| Team affiliations | W.I.T.C.H. |
| Notable aliases | "Corny", a name Irma uses to annoy her. |
| Abilities | Controls the power over earth. She is able to move the earth at will and alter plants by manipulating their growth pattern. (Geokinesis and Chlorokinesis) Also possesses telekinetic powers, able to move objects from afar, and has a minor glamouring power. Also has the power of space-time-manipulation. |
Cornelia Hale is a fictional character in comic book W.I.T.C.H. and the television series of the same name. She is one of the five teenage girls who are chosen to be the new Guardians of Kandrakar. Their mission is to protect Kandrakar the centre of the universe and the other planets from evil.
Cornelia is 14 years old, and is the second-oldest of the current group of Guardians of Kandrakar, each with a different elemental power. She attends Sheffield Institute with the other four Guardians. She is a competitive ice-skater and has won numerous medals for her skills displayed in the sport. She has a cat named Napoleon, and a younger sister named Lillian who is somewhat of a pain in the neck. She has long blond hair and blue eyes. Cornelia's father is named Harold Hale and runs a very successful bank. Her mother is named Elizabeth Landon, and is very strict. Her favorite school subject is History, and she was born on May 10, making her a Taurus.
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[edit] Personality
The eldest daughter of a high-class family, Cornelia is somewhat a materialistic person, who cares a lot about her looks and fashion. In the comic/books Cornelia is annoyed that Will is the leader and not her as she is better at leading than following. Cornelia is also overconfident and thinks she can do just about anything by herself. Still, she is deep down a considerate person who can be very romantic. She is not always the most positive person, but manages to get through obstacles with an attitude. She is also very firm and stubborn, and the least likely of the Guardians to accept or believe something, as was shown the very time that she became a Guardian.
In the comic, Cornelia is calm and normally friendly. In the television series she's more of a spoiled child. She can be quite vain and sarcastic, caring more about fashion, beauty, "coolness", and her looks much more than her comic book self does, so much to the point that she sometimes even insults them because of their fashion and appearance. She still has a good heart, showing this kinder streak several times, like during Hay Lin's brief breakdown towards the end of the second season.
[edit] Relationships
Before being friends with and a part of W.I.T.C.H. Cornelia was best friends with Elyon Brown first and friends with also Hay Lin and Irma. When Will and Taranee came to town, she was open to them being part of the group, but through trials of the Guardians and friendship, she proved that she had become best friends with Will and the others, without alienating Elyon, even though she sometimes was left out. Cornelia isn't flirty, as her romantic feelings are firmly set on Caleb even though at the beginning of season 2 they fight a lot.
In the cartoon, Cornelia's sister Lillian is the Heart of Earth, and has powers like Elyon's, but doesn't know it. To keep her safe until she can use her powers properly, Cornelia tricks her into handing her powers to their cat Napoleon, Matt Olsen and Will's dormouse Mr. Huggles. It is also revealed that it is because of this relationship that she was chosen as the Guardian of Earth, so she could guide her sister to use her powers wisely. Since these events, Cornelia has secretly pledged to be there for her little sister ensuring nothing ever divides them again.
[edit] Powers
Earth Guardians are Geo kinetic and Chlorokinetic. They can manipulate the Earth, and control the growth of plants. Before falling under Nerissa's spell, Kadma taught Cornelia a skill called "Green Speaking", where an Earth Guardian can communicate with vegetation. Cornelia has the ability of Telekinesis, allowing her to move objects with the power of her mind. Cornelia has also shown the ability to change to Guardian size but without the clothes change, growth of wings, or increased power. Cornelia has the power to control the Earth. Her theme color is green and her symbol is a green circled dot.
[edit] Elemental Abilities
Cornelia Hale is the Guardian of Earth. In the TV show, at first she thought her powers were lame and not real because she could only grow plants, but she quickly discovered her powers were much more important than that, and learned how to create earthquakes, and control stone, wood and ground. In the comic book, Cornelia thinks her abilities are much more impressive than the other Guardians and shows them off.
Cornelia can also get visions from the earth and from plants and talk to them. She can also create and teleport things that come directly from earth, like flowers and vegetation.
[edit] Advanced Elemental Abilities
In the comic book, Cornelia discovered at home that she was telekinetic, and could move objects with her mind. She has a minor control over the sense of hearing, by making others emit the sounds of animals when calling them the animals' name, like she did with Lillian to express her annoyance with her, calling her "a little toad" and making Lillian croak. Cornelia occasionally waves her hair, and a flurry of yellow leaves result from it. She also has the ability to heal wounds using the "warmth of the earth" as seen when she heals Taranee's inflamed wrist. In the TV series, she received her telekinesis power in the second season and used it to move a trash can under Sandpit. If she combines her powers with Elyon, she can create openings in the Veil erected by Kandrakar, also a tremendous earthquake in both Earth and Meridian.
[edit] Differences in the Comic book and the TV series
While Cornelia is "boycrazy" in the TV series, in the comic however she seems to show a dislike for boys, even before Caleb came into her life she ignored other boys flirting or kindness (such as not going to Peter's party when she was invited) however she became very "soft" when Caleb and she started a relationship. When he dumped Cornelia she became more narrow minded towards boys, and also being very negative about love. But in subsequent comics her relationship with Peter has began to grow. Unlike the comic book version, Cornelia in the TV series seems to be very positive about many things and often points out other people's bad taste in fashion and also makes jokes and sarcastic remarks. In the comic book, Cornelia can also be sarcastic at times but often over dramatic and angry having arguments with Irma and Will many times and complaining about everything, while she still has these mood swings she has matured through out the comic book series.
[edit] Love Life
Cornelia and Caleb first liked each other in the first series but didn't have the guts to say anything at all until the last episode 'The last battle' where Cornelia and Caleb kiss, but in the beginning of the second series when meridian is free Caleb decided to stay in meridian and Caleb and cornelia brake up and Cornelia dates Peter (Taranee's brother)and when Caleb finds out he becomes jealous and attempts to win her back which he succeeds in later in the series. After that they stay together till the end of the series and seem to be perfect for each other!!
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