In-Character
Full Name: Sébastien Laurent DelacourNicknames: Bash, Bastien [BAHst-yen]
Birthdate: 18 August 1867
Current Age: 27 Years
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cursebreaker & Alchemist
Reputation: 8 or 9 | though he comes from a perfectly respectable family, he's still French and people like to gossip that he killed his late wife, despite the fact that his late wife died from a confirmed magical disease.
Residence: A rented townhouse in Magical London
Hogwarts House: N/A
School: Beauxbatons
Wand: Aspen, 13 ⅓ in, whippy, thestral bone shard
Blood Status: Pureblood
Social Class: Upper Class
Family:
Loïc Alphonse Delacour | Father | b. 1825
Inès Victoire Delacour née Maxime | Mother | b. 1837
Matthieu Philippe Delacour | Brother | 1865
Victoire Inès Delacour | Sister | 1879
Élodie Gisele Delacour née —— | Wife | b. 1870; d. 1890
Maurice Maxime | Uncle | b. 1822
Delphine Maxime née Wixeldorf | Aunt | b. 1837
Timoleon Maxime | Cousin | b. 1860
Georges Maxime | Uncle | b. 1843
Inès Victoire Delacour née Maxime | Mother | b. 1837
Matthieu Philippe Delacour | Brother | 1865
Victoire Inès Delacour | Sister | 1879
Élodie Gisele Delacour née —— | Wife | b. 1870; d. 1890
Maurice Maxime | Uncle | b. 1822
Delphine Maxime née Wixeldorf | Aunt | b. 1837
Timoleon Maxime | Cousin | b. 1860
Georges Maxime | Uncle | b. 1843
Appearance:
General | Bash sports a lithe figure of five feet and ten and a half inches - a full inch taller than his cousin Timoleon which he always feels not-so-secretly smug about. He has blonde hair that often changes shades depending on the weather which he keeps in a longer style and kept (somewhat) neat with the help of some pomade. Having inherited a bit of a baby face from the Maxime side of the family, Bash keeps a thick, full beard that's well trimmed but leans more towards a darker auburn/red than his blonder locks. His wand arm is his right, however he is comfortable using his left for certain dexterous tasks.
Fashion | Born into the upper echelons of French society, Sébastien prides himself on wearing the latest fashions however that's where his care for his style seems to cease. Given the nature of his job, he often looks a bit disheveled as if he's just managed to extract himself from a tousle after having landed a few punches before it got really violent.
Accessories | He wears a ring with the Delacour family crest on his right pointer finger and likes to wear other various jewels and metals on his other fingers at various times depending on his mood.
Scars | Bash has scars on his back from a punishment dealt by his father for causing a particularly dangerous accident at school that sent three students to the hospital wing. Due to an accident during his curse breaking years, he carries some extremely nasty scars resembling Lichtenberg figures along his torso that spider along his back to his shoulder and down both his arms. An additional attempt to remove them by a third party caused the marks to considerably darken.
Scent | As an alchemist, he likes to experiment with different scents to gauge their effect on people, but more often than not he tends to smell like oak moss & tobacco. Additionally, the nature of his alchemical work can also tend to leave him smelling faintly of something akin to burnt parchment or gunpowder.
Face Claim | Jack Lowden
Fashion | Born into the upper echelons of French society, Sébastien prides himself on wearing the latest fashions however that's where his care for his style seems to cease. Given the nature of his job, he often looks a bit disheveled as if he's just managed to extract himself from a tousle after having landed a few punches before it got really violent.
Accessories | He wears a ring with the Delacour family crest on his right pointer finger and likes to wear other various jewels and metals on his other fingers at various times depending on his mood.
Scars | Bash has scars on his back from a punishment dealt by his father for causing a particularly dangerous accident at school that sent three students to the hospital wing. Due to an accident during his curse breaking years, he carries some extremely nasty scars resembling Lichtenberg figures along his torso that spider along his back to his shoulder and down both his arms. An additional attempt to remove them by a third party caused the marks to considerably darken.
Scent | As an alchemist, he likes to experiment with different scents to gauge their effect on people, but more often than not he tends to smell like oak moss & tobacco. Additionally, the nature of his alchemical work can also tend to leave him smelling faintly of something akin to burnt parchment or gunpowder.
Face Claim | Jack Lowden
History:
| 1867 | Sébastien Laurent Delacour is born the second son to Loïc and Inès Delacour. The family dote on him as much as they would a second son, but eventually Sébastien is left to his own devices, even by the nannies which they soon come to regret seeing as he has a knack for getting himself into trouble. |
| 1875 | At just 8 years old while throwing a tantrum, Bash performs his first act of magic by turning his father's most expensive bottle of wine into water. It earns him a spanking, going to bed with no dinner for one night and no dessert for a week. |
| 1878-1885 Beauxbatons | School finds Bash hitting his stride; he loves the work and enjoys learning about both the magical and muggle worlds, the latter of which scandalizes his family. However given he is the second son, they are only temporarily transfixed by this for so long before — hark! A baby sister is born, and all attention promptly moves off of Bash. For that, he is grateful for his new baby sister who he finds out is named Victoire Inès, an inversion of his mother's name which he doesn't entirely understand since his eldest brother is not named after his father. When he points this out, he is immediately ignored. The girl remains named Victoire. Around this time they receive word that their cousin, Haskell Maxime has died from unexpected and unknown causes which means his cousin Timoleon, who Bash has always thought of as a bit of a prissy-but-amusing bully, is now set to inherit. When attending the funeral, Bash observes Leo as being absolutely unaffected by his brother's death in any negative way and again, finds this amusing. He wanders over to talk to Leo to give his condolences and not for absolutely any other reason, but is immediately brushed off by his older cousin. Bash again finds this rather amusing and leaves to go find his own older brother who seems rather unsettled by Haskell's death. This observation, Bash tucks away for later use. He continues to succeed in school, indeed in most if not all of his studies, as is expected of him. He might not be the heir to his family but he is certainly expected to uphold the family reputation (a fact that is constantly shoved in his face and which therefore is constantly at the back of his mind). When he finds a particular interest in alchemy, Bash begins to experiment at school. First with small, almost inconsequential things, seeing what combination of ingredients might work well together; and then with something larger that erm - accidentally obliterates the entire Beauxbatons potions room. Three students are sent to the hospital wing for a week while Bash emerges unscathed and rather proud of himself. That is, until he is recalled home during a long weekend and is made to pay then, and still carries the scars on his back from the punishment. Bash graduates Beauxbatons with high marks and eventually sees himself hired on as an amateur curse breaker for a large wizarding bank in Paris - much to his family's displeasure. It’s around this time that he starts to study to become an animagus. |
| 1888 | On the three year anniversary of his employment for the bank, Bash is on a particularly tricky mission with a rather reckless superior. in England While he is extremely cautious, a bout of overconfidence with an ancient and cursed object on his superior's behalf lands Bash in St. Mungo's with third degree burns on his torso and down his arms. It is the exact excuse that his family need to draw him away from this dangerous life and see him betrothed to a Miss Élodie _____. At least Bash hadn't ever fathered a bastard |
| 1889 | Sébastien and Élodie are married in a grand ceremony back at the family estate just outside of Paris, and then set off for their honeymoon. While it's not the most grand of adventures Bash has ever been on, he finds both it and his new wife rather enjoyable. They settle into a nice rhythm for their first year, having been given a nice house in Magical Paris complete with staff and even a house elf - something that Bash didn't expect, but is pleasantly surprised by. He still works as a contract curse breaker for multiple banks in multiple countries, something his family is still dismayed by. |
| 1890 | On a visit to his in-laws in Marseilles, Élodie contracts a magical illness and is immediately quarantined from Bash. After a month of illness, wherein Bash has to return to Paris for work, Élodie dies and Bash is widowed. On the bright side, he finds comfort in his brother-in-law, and forms a friendship with him. Though he genuinely mourns his wife's loss, Bash recovers rather quickly from her death and purchases a flat in Magical London with some of her dowry. He also happens to begin an affair with his brother-in-law which lasts approximately four months. |
| 1893 | Word reaches him of his cousin Leo Maxime running for British Minister for Magic. Bash is thoroughly amused by this, and makes sure he's present on the day the election is announced — and of course, is even more tickled when Leo loses. He sends him a card expressing his condolences. |
| Present Day | Having settled into a routine of being contracted as a curse breaker for multiple countries, Bash is perfectly content with his lifestyle nowadays. He makes extra money on the side attending parties and providing/ creating the substances that are often imbibed, which gives him time to relax and unwind and - more importantly - indulge. |
If you ask him, Bash rather enjoys being a second son. None of the responsibility of having to produce heirs, he enjoys his job, the dangers of it, and particularly the fact that given his contracts, he can often create his own schedule and mostly answers to himself and himself alone. He does not like to share responsibility, nor does he like to work with other people. On the rare occasions when he does, he makes it known he only looks out for himself and trusts very few people in his life.
He's not to be relied upon when it comes to choosing sides either - Bash will chose the side that most-benefits him and makes no promises to stay. His work requires him to move constantly which he likes, and he spends very little time on sentimentality. That being said, he adores parties, especially given the fact that a lot of his extra cash comes from providing drugs and substances to the attendees. And as long as you're on his good side, he's generally content to either chat idly with you or pretend you absolutely don't exist. It usually depends on his mood.
He's not to be relied upon when it comes to choosing sides either - Bash will chose the side that most-benefits him and makes no promises to stay. His work requires him to move constantly which he likes, and he spends very little time on sentimentality. That being said, he adores parties, especially given the fact that a lot of his extra cash comes from providing drugs and substances to the attendees. And as long as you're on his good side, he's generally content to either chat idly with you or pretend you absolutely don't exist. It usually depends on his mood.
Out-of-Character
Name: Lady
