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Cornelia Hale is a fictional character in the W.I.T.C.H. comics and TV series. Cornelia is one of the five teenage girls who are chosen to be the new Guardians of Kandrakar. Their mission is to protect Kandrakar, the center of the universe, and the other planets from evil. Cornelia is the Guardian of Earth which is represented by a a green circular sign. In the television series, she is voiced by Christel Khalil.

Appearance

Cornelia is very tall and elegant teenage girl with a very slender build. Cornelia is the oldest member of W.I.T.C.H., at about 14 years old. Being born on May 10, this makes her a Taurus. Cornelia's most notable feature is her long, thick golden-blonde hair. Cornelia's eyes are ice blue and narrower and smaller than the rest of the girls' eyes. In terms of fashion sense, she usually dresses in stylish, fashionable clothing.

Guardian outfit

Cornelia's Guardian uniform is probably the most graceful and elegant of the uniforms, as it consists of a teal, off shoulder, midriff top with long sleeves that form a triangle-like shape across the back of her hand, a dramatically long, purple skirt that has a slit at the left side, turquoise and green-striped tights, and knee-high, high-heeled, purple boots.

In the show, her Guardian outfit is slightly different than her comic book counterpart, having a wide V neckline with a V cut (instead of the straight cut) at the end of her midriff top, and her skirt is lighter more pink based. In N is for Narcissist, her outfit temporarily changes due to being the Quinto-Guardian. The outfit has an off the shoulder top that is much lower cut from the comics, and a shorter skirt.

In the New Power Arc, her outfit doesn't change much. Cornelia's top is now a high turtleneck and sleeves covering her arms, hands and fingers. In addition, her elemental emblem is displayed on her chest. Like the rest of the guardians, her wings also got bigger, became usable and can expand.

Personality

Comics

In the comics, Cornelia is calm and normally friendly taking a leadership role in the group after Will.^{[citation needed]} Early in the comics she has conflict with Will over her choices as leader regarding Elyon, who Cornelia believed to still be good, something that caused short term friction with the other members of W.I.T.C.H.^{[citation needed]} Following Phobos' defeat she has a considerable better relationship with Will, the two being supportive and on the same page with one another.^{[citation needed]}

Cornelia comes off rather cold in the comic with boys, ignoring most and having a low opinion of them in general.^{[citation needed]} Cornelia is a romantic at heart, however, believing love to be stronger than magic, and she's willing to do anything for the one she loves.^{[citation needed]} Cornelia's coldness and rational personality can extend to her friends as well, which annoys Irma in particular and often causes conflict. Furthemore she is smart and can be somewhat of a “know-it-all”, but on the flip side can also be somewhat gossipy and sassy.

Cornelia is somewhat a materialistic person, who cares a lot about her looks and fashion.^{[citation needed]} Cornelia is also overconfident and thinks she can do just about anything by herself.^{[citation needed]} Still, she is deep down a considerate person who can be very romantic and selfless.^{[citation needed]} Not always the most positive person, but she manages to get through obstacles with an attitude. Cornelia is very firm and stubborn, and the least likely of the Guardians to accept or believe something, as was shown the very time that she learned that she became a Guardian.^{[citation needed]} During Phobos' reign, she was the only one to still have faith and belief in Elyon, even endangering her life to try and talk to her about the danger she was in, despite Elyon not believing her, she eventually helped Cornelia and the other Guardians imprison Phobos.^{[citation needed]}

TV series

In the TV series, she's more childish, bratty, spoiled, and is more prone to insulting Will and harshly cutting her down out of jealousy and irritation from the leadership job and the fact that she is new to Heatherfield.^[2] Cornelia 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 the others because of their fashion and/or appearance.^[3]Cornelia 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 where she was the one who told Hay Lin that Yan Lin hadn't truly betrayed her, but was only fighting her because of Nerissa's brainwashing.^[4]

Powers and abilities

Cornelia, as the Guardian of Earth, can control plants and their growth and structure^{[citation needed]} and manipulate the earth and all related materials such as paper,^{[citation needed]} wood,^{[citation needed]} silt,^{[citation needed]} minerals,^{[citation needed]} crystal,^{[citation needed]} gems,^{[citation needed]} sand,^{[citation needed]} mud,^[5] some foods like sugar and wheat,^{[citation needed]} silicon,^{[citation needed]} and molten rock.^{[citation needed]} At first, Cornelia expressed great disdain and even fear towards her powers.^{[citation needed]} However, after gaining more experience in battle, she learned to appreciate them.^{[citation needed]} . When she first tapped into the power of Earth, she also had the power to grant her own wishes like cleaning her room.

In the TV series, Cornelia happens to be the Guardian whose power dwarfs the others. ^[6]

During Season Two, the Guardians met Kadma, the former Guardian of Earth, when on an adventure in the dimension of Zamballa. Kadma had taught Cornelia the ability of green-speaking, the ability to communicate and sense the location of vegetation.^[7] Cornelia also has learned to manipulate certain types of metal that have a composition with a substantial amount of Earth in it.^[8]

When the Guardians received a power boost from when the Oracle and the Council of Kandrakar deactivated the Veil, causing the power used to sustain and create the Veil to flow back into the Aurameres, enhancing the Guardians' powers. Cornelia gains the power of telekinesis, the power to levitate and manipulate objects with the power of her mind.^[9] With her telekinetic powers, Cornelia can not only hurl rocks at her opponents, but she can also mentally throw objects such as flatware, trashcans, books, people and brooms. She can levitate herself also to gain limited flight powers, can defend herself with a telekinetic barrier, and fire pulses of sheer telekinetic power.^[10]

In addition she also gains a minor glamouring shape-shifting power to transform into her mature-looking and sounding Guardian form, but without her uniform, wings, and powers.^[11] She also has the ability to heal wounds using the warmth of the earth.^{[citation needed]}

When she becomes one with the earth dragon, she becomes a tree-like being. Even though she maintains her blonde hair, it becomes extra long and she uses it to wrap up Cedric like vines.^[12]

Earth powers

Cornelia Hale/Power development (TV series)

• Geokinesis: Cornelia's primary power is the ability to control and manipulate any geologic material, such as plants, minerals, and stone as well as earth products as sugar.^[13] She has shown that she is able to set off earthquakes, tear holes in the ground, carve slabs of stone and rock from geologic sources like mountains, crags and walls, shift the terrain around her, slice through stone with her mere fingertips, and control seismic energy. Cornelia has also been seen expelling green energy from her palms many times in the comics and only once in the TV series. Cornelia also has the power to manipulate all forms metal.
  • Dimensional Travel: Travel underground.
  • Earthquake Generation: Cornelia can set off earthquakes.
  • Geokinetic Separation: Cornelia can carve craters into the ground and cause it to become weaker (as well as stronger and harder) and create trenches.
  • Earth Manipulation: Form avalanches and mudslides.
  • Geological Laceration: Slice through rock, stone and steel with her bare hands.
  • Geomancy: See vivid visions or scene through earth.
  • Levitation: Levitate by use of stones or Telekinesis.
  • Sesmic Sense: Sense vibrations of the earth.
  • Ground Sink: Drag or sink people under the ground
• Chlorokinesis: the ability to control plants, trees, grass and manipulate their growth and structure. This allows Cornelia to use the many forms of plant life as her own personal weapons. She can summon vines from deep within the ground and use them to entangle enemies, cause flowers and other plants to bloom instantaneously, manipulate tree branches to use them as whip-like weapons, control spores and pollen, and bring plants back to life.
  • Chlrokinetic Telepathy/Green Speaking: The ability of Green-Speaking and Communicating the location of vegetation.
• Trichokinesis: The ability to manipulate the growth of one's hair and use it at a prehensile weapon.
• Conceptual Materialization: Use geologic material as armor.
• Energy Blasts: Cornelia can shoot bolts of green energy from her hands.
• Geological/Chlorogical Material Teleportation: Teleport forms of earth-related materials.
• Healing: Heal wounds using the warmth of the earth.
• Reality Warping: Limited to Wishes to herself.
• Telekinesis: The ability to manipulate and control objects with the mind without physically touching them, especially over long distances.

Cornelia's power as her status as an Earth Guardian:

• Flight (TV series and Arc 7 onwards)
• Teleportation
• Glamouring
• Invisibility (Comics only)

Relationships

Friends

Before being friends with and part of W.I.T.C.H., Cornelia was best friends with Elyon Brown and also friends with Hay Lin and Irma. When Will and Taranee moved to Heatherfield, 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.^[14]

Family

Cornelia is the eldest daughter of a high-class family. The Hale family includes her father Harold Hale, who works at a bank,^{[citation needed]} her mother Elizabeth Landon Hale, who is very strict,^{[citation needed]} as well as a younger sister Lilian Hale who is somewhat of a pain in the neck. Cornelia also has a cat named Napoleon.

Lilian Hale

In the TV series, Cornelia's sister, Lilian, 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 tricked her into handing her powers to their cat Napoleon, Matt Olsen, and the dormouse Mr. Huggles as the Regents of Earth. Luba speculated 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.^[15] Prior to this event, Lilian always troubled Cornelia.

Romantic

Caleb

Comics

Cornelia does not flirt with boys,^{[citation needed]} as her romantic feelings are firmly set on her literal dream boy, Caleb. Both dreamt of each other until they met in Meridian.^[16] Believing their dreams were prophetic, the two began to date.^{[citation needed]}

During the last battle between Phobos and Caleb, Phobos turned Caleb into a flower.^[17] Heartbroken, Cornelia took the flower to her own world^[18] and became severely depressed and sad.^[19] Due to catastrophic events, Cornelia was infused with enough power to restore Caleb's humanoid form.^[20] But in order for Caleb to prove himself loyal and pure to the Oracle, he had to complete a few missions, thus separating Cornelia and him again.^[21]

Before the last battle against Nerissa, Cornelia was shown to have doubts about staying with Caleb due to them being from two different worlds and showed him her human form to see if he was serious about her. They both argued before the battle, and Caleb stated that he didn't think that he could be anyone else besides a soldier, and Cornelia felt that he was making an excuse and only staying with her because he felt that she was a "damsel in distress". They still embraced before they entered the battle with Nerissa and promised to hold off on this discussion until after Nerissa was dealt with.^[22]

After Nerissa's defeat, Cornelia and Caleb discussed their future, and Caleb admitted to Cornelia, that after seeing her human form he didn't know if their romantic relationship could work, as he didn't really know her beyond her Guardian duties and chose to break off their relationship. Caleb decided to return to Meridian, escorted by all the other members of W.I.T.C.H. who were not at all happy with his choice to leave Cornelia.^[23] It took Cornelia many months to get over Caleb.^{[citation needed]} Still missing him, she began to have a negative view on love.^{[citation needed]} Even when Peter Cook started asking her on dates she often rejected or backed out at the last minute.^{[citation needed]}

In the Special Issue, Cornelia and Caleb: A Love Not Meant To Be: the Oracle visited their dreams and in order to help them recover from the break-up. He showed two possible outcomes of what could have happened if they stayed together. Both of them do not have a happy ending.

• If Caleb stayed on Earth with Cornelia, he would have been eventually declared a convict and the police, including Irma Lair's dad, would have tried to capture him. Naturally, Cornelia wouldn't like that at all and all five Guardians would have helped defend Caleb from the police. Sometime during the confusion, Irma would have gotten shot, fallen down unconscious, and transformed back into her human self among the police and her dad, who, of course, recognized his daughter. Caleb fled. Their secret blown, W.I.T.C.H. wondered what would happen to them.
• If Cornelia stayed in Meridian with Caleb and Elyon, she would have made an Astral Drop to permanently take her place. Even so, she would eventually feel incredibly homesick and miss her other friends so much that Elyon would have had to make a powerful potion to erase Cornelia's memories of her life on Earth... When the other W.I.T.C.H. girls came to visit her, they would have tried desperately to make her remember them and their strong friendship. After quite a bit of this, Cornelia would not have taken it anymore and would have admitted that she never drank the potion, not wanting to forget all the good memories of her Earth life. Sadly, Cornelia would have left Caleb, Elyon, and the world of Meridian to reunite with her family, Will, Irma, Taranee, and Hay Lin. Many readers complained that she could have 'visited Elyon in the holidays' to be with Caleb and moved to Meridian to be with him when she was older.

TV series

In the first season of the TV series, Cornelia and Caleb showed their romantic feelings towards each other but they never seemed to notice. ^[24] The first time she saw him she had a crush on him. ^[25]Cornelia discovered his crush on her in the episode Return of the Tracker and Caleb finally learns of Cornelia's romantic feelings for him. For Caleb when Cornelia's astral drop searched through her notes, Caleb grabbed one and reads it: "Caleb: really cute boy you like, but he doesn't know so don't say anything."^[26] The couple shared their first proper kiss in the Season 1 finale.^[27]

In the beginning of season 2, Cornelia broke up with Caleb. Caleb tried to get her back and, despite her romantic feelings she rejected him. Cornelia was really angry with him due to his prioritisation of Elyon over her.^[28] Cornelia was on a date with Peter at the ice-skating rink just when Elyon has given Caleb enough confidence to win her back! Cornelia changed her height and Irma changed the color of her clothing, so, she could be with Peter and Caleb without the other noticing. Caleb agreed to meet Cornelia outside right before returning his ice-skates A.K.A. "shoes of death" when he saw Cornelia change her look and kiss Peter. After begging, Caleb forgave her and they become a happy couple again.^[29] After this they kiss some more times throughout the season.^[30]

Peter Cook

Cornelia has always been interested in Taranee's brother, Peter Cook.^{[citation needed]} Though Peter has always liked Cornelia too, he does sometimes find her selfish and spoiled,^{[citation needed]} but after a long time, the two finally came together in a close romantic relationship that's still going on deep and strong.^{[citation needed]}

Hobbies

Cornelia loves ice skating ^[16], Lilian told Caleb that Cornelia has won many medals, "But only 9 of her 10 medals are gold.", showing she is very good at ice skating)^[29] and hanging with her friends.^{[citation needed]} Cornelia hates the fact that her parents spend more time with Lilian than with her.^{[citation needed]}

Differences between the comics and the TV series

While Cornelia is somewhat "boycrazy" in the TV series,^{[citation needed]} the comic however, shows 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);^{[citation needed]} however she became very "soft" when she and Caleb started a relationship.^{[citation needed]} This was because she knew there was someone special for her because of her dreams about Caleb.

She and Caleb broke up a few episodes in the second season when Caleb chose Meridian over Cornelia. Cornelia was disappointed and hurt by Caleb's choice. Back on Earth, she had a few dates with Peter, after she had the new power to become taller. When her date was interrupted by Caleb and the girls who were at the ice rink with Lilian, she used her new power combined with Irma's new power of changing the colors of clothing so she could change her outfit to pink when she was with the other boy. When Caleb found out that she had a double-date with Peter he was disappointed. Cornelia realized that she loves Caleb more than Peter and breaks up with Peter to start over with Caleb.^[29]

Quotes

“	Cornelia, serious, grounded, and as tall and slim as a graceful tree, had powers over the earth	”
—Book 12: The Return of a Queen

Trivia

• She is in the same class as Will.
• Her favorite school subject is history.
• Her favorite color is green (although in the TV series in episode 17 The Mogriffs, Elyon said that gold is also her favorite color).
• Her hobby is ice skating.
• Cornelia and Kadma both have the same emotional weakness, both of them suffer from pride.
• In both the comics and the TV series, Cornelia is afraid of water. In the comics she is also afraid of enclosed spaces.^[31][32]
• She likes succeeding in a competition, a good grade on a test, and a perfect ensemble.
• The 2007 Annual describes Cornelia as being quiet but when she has something to say she hits the nail on the head.^[32]
• Cornelia hates affairs of the heart, jealous ice skating students, and getting hurt before a competition.
• She absolutely hates when her little sister Lilian is in a spying mood, Irma's wooden leg jokes and stupid sentences that come out of her mouth.
• She likes music that has smart lyrics. Karmilla and Cobalt Blue are OK, but not her first choices. She also listens to classical music.
• Cornelia is a feminine given name. It is a feminine form of the name Cornelius.
• She is the oldest girl among her friends.
• In The Year Before, she mentions that she occasionally sleepwalks.^[33]
• In the Mini Special Flambé Hair, it's revealed she's allergic to dogs.

Gallery

Main article: Cornelia Hale/Gallery

Images of Cornelia Hale.

References

Guardians
W.I.T.C.H.			Will Vandom · Irma Lair · Taranee Cook · Cornelia Hale · Hay Lin · Orube
C.H.Y.K.N.			Cassidy · Halinor · Yan Lin · Kadma · Nerissa
Guardian elements			Quintessence · Water · Fire · Earth · Air
Items			Heart of Kandrakar · Aurameres
Background			Xin Jing · Four Dragons · Nymphs · Oracle · Kandrakar