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Claudius Lestrange
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Unspeakable
34 year old pureblood
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❤   Widowed
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Full Name: Claudius Byron Lestrange

Nickname(s): Claude

Birthdate: August 16th, 1859

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Occupation: Unspeakable

Blood Status: pureblood

Residence: Wellingtonshire

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

Wand: 12 ¼” hazel, phoenix tail feather, rigid

Family:
Ellory Lestrange née Pendergast [1867 - 1893] m. 1890
Simonetta Alexandria Lestrange | [April 18th, 1891] daughter
Lucia Delphine Lestrange | [June 16th, 1893] daughter
Lucius Lestrange [1827] father
Alexandria Lestrange nèe Rosier [1839-1884] mother
Valeria Greengrass née Lestrange [1865] sister & family
Cassius Lestrange [1866] brother & family
Cornelia Pendergast née Lestrange [1870] sister & family
Seneca Lestrange [1873] sister

Belphoebe Lestrange née Trimble [1850] step-mother
Cicero Lestrange [1887] half-brother

The Lestranges are connected to the Pendergasts, Macnairs, Yaxleys, and several other (re; most) old pureblood families.
Appearance
Dark of features, Claude does not differ in looks from most of his family. He has deep blue-green eyes, one of few things he does not share with all of his family members. His hair is a deep, rich brown that has started to curl a little bit with age. With a fair complexion (from hiding inside all day), his dark features stand out even more. He has heavy eyebrows, a sturdy jaw and some very typical stubble to round out his relatively handsome facial features. Too bad his expressions rarely match. Hard to read as he keeps his emotions tightly wound, you will only be privilege to a rare genuine smile unless you see him with his girls.

Claude also has a fair amount of scars from his ministry job as an unspeakable. When not at work, he is dressed impeccably, but very plainly. He does not want to stand out in any way most of the time, so he wears nice dress shirts, suits and robes when necessary. Naturally right-handed, his job is easier if he is ambidextrous, at least for wand work.
History
August 16th, 1859
An Heir
Claudius is born the first son and child to Lucius and Alexandria Lestrange, woo and heir. Oh boy, the pressure. Siblings follow after decent gaps, but it’s all pretty irrelevant to Claude as he spends his time reading and tinkering, soaking up lessons from the governess eagerly before Hogwarts.
1860 -1870
Childhood
Claude lives a relatively normal childhood for someone of his status. There are lessons and athletics, siblings born at regular intervals, a doting mother and cold father. It’s very typical of his peers so he doesn’t question anything.
1870 - 1877
Hogwarts
To no one’s surprise really, Claude is sorted into Ravenclaw, which is at least not frowned upon in his family, but not a Slytherin. He doesn’t mind too much, he knew that would happen. His school years pass without any excitement whatsoever. He does well in everything, he does not want to or get the responsibility of being a prefect, so that’s a relief. He makes a few appropriate friends, has a fling with a classmate who is not family approved, but it goes nowhere, much to his chagrin. It is the first time he felt passionate about something other than academics.
1877 - 1890
Ministry Life
Claude knew what he wanted to do from third year on and made sure that he was well-prepared and ready for the life of an Unspeakable upon graduation. His academics backed him up and he went straight into the department with an internship followed up with a full position in the department. His mother passes in an unfortunate accident in 1884. Claude procures himself a modest home in Wellingtonshire to distance himself from the family thumb just a little bit. Siblings come and go at Hogwarts, sisters marry, his father remarries, and all the while Claude quietly keeps to his job and himself, continuing to work in the Department of Mysteries. He should have gone up from promotions, but declined, not wanting the responsibility, but knows he’ll have to make a move sometime to appease his father.

As his thirtieth birthday approached so did the idea of settling down, which was taken care of by his father, since Claude had zero interest, and he wound up engaged to his own cousin, Ellory Pendergast. It could be worse.
1890 - 1893
Marriage
His marriage to Ellory was anything but boring. A level of fondness develops between the two that produces two girls. Ellory, though not quite the socialite his father was expecting, enjoys hosting and being a mother and that is all Claude can really ask for in an arranged marriage.
Sept 1893
Just a couple of months after the birth of their second daughter, Ellory is killed in the incident with the dragons on the Thames. Claude’s world is spun off its access; he has two girls, one still an infant, one barely a toddler suddenly with no mother and he is thrust into mourning and mourn he does, silently and singularly, rarely letting anyone into the deep grief he is feeling. Thankfully his sisters (and Ellory’s) rally around the girls and they are never in want of attention.
Summer 1894
Out of full mourning now, Claude is getting hints he should start looking for another wife, but he’s settled into a routine that works. He knows it is selfish to hold out on giving the girls a mother figure, but he struggles to open up. The Season will be an adventure.
Personality
PRIVATE | DILIGENT | INTELLIGENT | SOFT SPOKEN
Claude is a hard read, even for those close to him. He keeps his emotions in check and his feature carefully arranged at all times. He is quiet and observant, loyal and steadfast; and lonely. He had grown to enjoy Ellory's bright company and outlandish ideas and now he feels like his life is lacking. His determination to be a better father than his own drives him to spend a lot of his free time with Ettie and Luci after work. His girls keep him going and are his everything these days. Intelligent and witty, Claude's work is good for him. It is methodical, secretive and challenging. He has always enjoyed an academic challenge and that has not changed as he's aged. Surprisingly, Claude enjoys athletics and often rides, using the outings to clear his head and be alone with his thoughts without feeling guilty. Moving forward he is uncertain and leery of the next chapter of his life, but he is trying to push himself out of his comfort zone; collecting data to see how it goes.
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