Geoffrey "Fiddlesticks" Cooper was born to be a drummer.
As a three year old, he banged wooden porridge spoons on his mother's hearth kettle until she felt she would go mad.
As a six year old, he tap-tap-tapped on the neighbor's fence until it fell over.
At age 13, his mother sent him to join the Corlander army as a drummer boy.
By age 16, he could make his drumroll so smooth he could fool the uninitiated into thinking there was a wasp about.
Now at age 22, Fiddlesticks is the best drummer in the 26th Foot and can keep a tempo during the fiercest fighting.