Bellatrix (Black) Lestrange: Headmistress

[Headmistress Bella Lestrange]

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Full Name: Bellatrix (Black) Lestrange

Nickname/s: Bella, Headmistress

Age: Born in: 1951 Time set accordingly

Blood: Toujours pur

GenderFemale

Loyalty:Death Eaters

Wand: Walnut and dragon heartstring, 12 & 3/4 inches, unyeilding

Marital Status Married/ Widowed.

Spouse: Rodolphus Lestrange

Children:None

Personality:

“Bella” was the oldest daughter of Druella Rosier and Cygnus Black of the “Noble and Most Ancient House of Black.” Her sisters are Narcissa (Black) Malfoy and Andromeda (Black) Tonks. A particularly enthusiastic member of Voldemort’s inner circle of Death Eaters, Bella relishes causing pain, especially when her victims are powerless; her specialty is the Unforgivable Cruciatus Curse.
She is also capable of tremendous loyalty. During Voldemort’s first reign of terror, Bella and Lucius Malfoy were so high in Voldemort’s trust that they were each entrusted with one of his Horcruxes. Bella was given the Hufflepuff cup which she secured in the Lestrange family vault deep in Gringotts.
Having successfully avoided capture and imprisonment in the immediate aftermath of Voldemort's fall, she (together with three other Death Eaters) attempted to find and restore Voldemort, torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom into madness for information. For this she was given a life sentence in Azkaban prison (GF27, GF33), where she was held until her escape more than 14 years later. After her escape, Bella took part in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, where she managed to defeat her cousin Sirius, sending him falling through the ancient veiled archway in the Death Chamber (OP35).
Bellatrix's snarling conversations with fellow Death Eater Severus Snape in the beginning of Book 6 (HBP2) set up the story's central question: Whose man is Snape? In the end, she goaded him into taking an Unbreakable Vow with Narcissa to protect Draco and kill Albus Dumbledore if Draco failed.
After Dumbledore’s death, Snape was ascendant in Voldemort’s trust, and the Malfoys and Bella were singled out for humiliation; Bella was taunted and told to “prune” the Muggle-born and half-blood members of her family tree. So when Greyback and the snatchers captured Harry, Ron and Hermione with the Sword of Gryffindor, she panicked. The sword should have been in her vault at Gringotts, so she assumed it had been breached and delayed telling Voldemort that Harry had been captured. She couldn’t bear falling further from favor because the cup might have been stolen from its hiding place along with the sword. Unfortunately for Bella, she dithered too long. Dobby appeared and helped Harry, Ron and Hermione (and others) escape the mansion, knowing exactly where to find one of the last Horcruxes. To Harry’s deep sorrow, Bella killed Dobby with an accurately-thrown knife. Bella survived Voldemort’s fury and later fought in the Battle of Hogwarts where she was killed by Molly Weasley.
Bella had the aristocratic Black good looks: tall with black hair and (in her case) heavily-lidded eyes and air of arrogance; although as with Sirius, Azkaban left its mark (GF30, OP25).
"Bellatrix" L. ‘female warrior;’ also the name of a brilliant star in the constellation Orion that is sometimes called "the Amazon star."




History:
Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black) was the first female Death Eater introduced in the books, and remained the only woman identified as such until Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Bellatrix is described as having been very attractive in her youth, but her patrician good looks were hollowed during her years in Azkaban, and she is left a remnant of her former beauty. As a result, Bellatrix is often portrayed as looking slightly mad, and more than once it is implied that she is paranoid, mentally unstable and fanatically devoted to Voldemort. However, she is a witch of prodigious ability, as demonstrated by all her victories in duels against other characters, and also as noted by Harry in the final book, and seems to actually be far more intelligent than many of her fellow Death Eaters.

Bellatrix was born to Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier in 1951, and has two younger sisters, Andromeda and Narcissa. She is also a first cousin to Sirius and Regulus Black, and an aunt to Draco Malfoy and Nymphadora Tonks. Bellatrix married Rodolphus Lestrange after leaving Hogwarts "because it was expected of her" to marry a pure-blood. However, Rowling stated in an interview that Bellatrix truly loved Voldemort. Indeed, she seems very indifferent about her husband, and never actually refers to him in any of the books. It is suggested in the novels that, as a student, Bellatrix associated with a group of Slytherins--including Rodolphus, Snape, and Avery--who nearly all became Death Eaters. It is assumed Bellatrix was at least initially drawn to Voldemort because they both believe in an ideology that favors pure-blood wizards and witches over other members of the community. Bellatrix, her husband and her brother-in-law were active Death Eaters in Voldemort's rise to power, and evaded capture and suspicion until after the Dark Lord's downfall at the beginning of the series.

RP Sample (min of 3 paragraphs):


Bellatrix rolled over in her sleep. She had been thinking about the Riddle boy again. Merlin knows he has to be a pure-blood, thus marriageable. He’s a Slytherin also. That’s got to be good. Unlike that Ted guy? Why the hell does everybody like him? He’s a wimpy Hufflepuff for Merlin’s sake! She brushed her hair out of her face as she hit the bed with her fist. Riddle didn’t even see her is she walked down the hallway. The only time he saw her was if it was a Jr. Death Eater meeting. But then… The look that he gave her… That look. Made everything worth while. She had no clue what time it was nor where everybody else was.


*Not Bella*

Meda sat up in her bed,intently reading a book, one would think that with what she knew and how much she read she would be a Ravenclaw but no she was a Slytherin like the rest of her family...she didn't mind it but being in a different house might have done her some good...though would have had to worked harder to please her parents. She couldn't sleep, she knew that she was in for a very long sleepless night but she could fight out, she wasn't tired anyhow. Reaching under her pillow she searched for the journal she usually kept under there and was surprised it was still there and exactly how she left it. She opened it to a clean page before looking for a quill and starting to write.

Slowly Bellatrix got out of bed. She rubbed the side of her face and laughed. It took her a minute to realize that she had fallen out on to the floor! She crackled when she laughed. Really it suited her but at this age she hated it.

The sisters could hear a bang.

She wondered why the house was so quiet. Usually with three girls at least two of them are fighting…. I wonder who that would be. *Tick, tock, tick, tock* But that’s enough of that. Bella had more things on her mind. Like Tom Riddle. He would see her for the talent she truly was.

*Not Bella*

Meda slowly got from under the covers to check on the other two, wondering why they weren't pestering her yet when it seemed to be their most favorite thing to do during their most boring of times or their normal times to go along with it. She went to check on Cissa to make sure she was alright first. She quietly opened the door to her room and saw that she was still asleep, smiling she went over and sat on the edge of the bed before shaking her gently "Cissa, time to get up." She said softly and saw her sister stirring. She got up and left the fifth years room once more but not closing the door letting Cissa know that they were up and about...her next stop would be Bella.


She silently went to her older sisters room and peeked her head in Bellatrix's room and saw her just sitting there. Sure they were constantly going at it with each other but still they were family and could talk every now and then, putting their completely obvious differences aside for a couple of minutes just to act like sisters again. She took a seat next to her sister "Bella, can we talk?" She asked "But you have to promise no fighting,you won't get mad at me, and Mum and Dad can't know about this." She said and looked at her older sister seriously. She had a lot she needed to get off of her chest and wanted someone older to talk to about it, that was what big sisters were for right? She wanted to tell her about Ted, not about Nymphadora or the fact that they would get married in the future even if they hadn't really started talking about it yet. They had been together for quite some time but had to keep it secret so that her family wouldn't find out.



"Bella, can we talk?"

“Talking means nothing,” Bellatrix said simply. And everyone knew it was true. Unless someone was entirely devoted to someone, words meant nothing. They were empty. Actions on the other hand… She moved her hair out of her face. She had always been naturally pale; after all she was British. “Actions are louder.”

"But you have to promise no fighting, you won't get mad at me, and Mum and Dad can't know about this."


“I’m your older sister. Who can promise that?” Bella said with a sigh. Teddy! Teddy! Here we go. She’s going to come out of the closet! She fixed her deep brown eyes on Media. “I’m not trustworthy. You should know that. I’m going to do things that I regret.”

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