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.