rabastan lestrange

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BASICS NAME: Rabastan Lestrange NICKNAME: Rab BIRTHDAY: February 8, 1960 BLOOD STATUS: Pureblood HOGWARTS HOUSE/YEARS: Slytherin '78 MARITAL STATUS: Single SEXUALITY: Kinsey 2. He has more interest in women, but he isn't opposed to men. TIME IN AZKABAN: 1981-1996 LOCATION: Unknown OCCUPATION: Death Eater HEIGHT: 6'2" HAIR/EYES: Dark Brown / Blue MARKINGS: Dark Mark. Various scars collected from time in Azkaban and both wars, mostly on the arms, chest, and back. Some were self-inflicted. FAMILY: Roldophus Lestrange (brother) Bellatrix Lestrange (sister-in-law) PERSONALITY PRE-AZKABAN (> 21): ✓ charming & confident it borders onto arrogance and cockiness at times ✓ ambitious & idealistic he's in over his head with his family beliefs and promise of glory ✓ intelligent, talented, & witty he has always been very studious and tends to excel in whatever he does ✓ strong loyalty to family & friends his entire life revolves around trying to make his family proud of him ✓ adventurous, fun-loving, & playful he's constantly bored, so he loves to learn and try new things ✓ good sense of humor, observant, & sociable he's super chatty, so, even if he doesn't like you, he'll talk to you ✗ flippant & lackadaisical he never seems to be very serious and he's probably a little too dismissive ✗ deceptive, fearful, & manipulative he plays his cards close to his chest and he doesn't like people getting too close ✗ inferiority complex & follower syndrome he never feels like he's good enough and he only lives to follow after his family's will POST-AZKABAN (36+): ✗ angry & troubled he is prone to violent bouts and his sanity is not entirely all there ✗ flippant & lackadaisical he's even less serious and more dismissive than before, especially about himself ✗ cautious, deceptive, & manipulative he is careful about not letting anyone get too close and pretends he's perfectly fine when he's not ✗ depressive, paranoid, & self-loathing he suffers from ptsd and night terrors, he openly criticizes himself, and he's borderline suicidal ✗ guilt-ridden, lost, & no real sense of self he doesn't know who he is anymore and he's pretty much the equivalent of an empty, broken shell ✓ charming & confident he keeps up this front with everyone around him ✓ intelligent, talented, & witty he is still very educated and it's conveyed by the way he expresses himself ✓ strong loyalty to family & friends this will never be changed even if he doesn't live for his family anymore ✓ good sense of humor, observant, & sociable unfortunately, he'll never stop being chatty even if it often takes on a self-deprecating note HISTORY THEN: ▪ born on february 8, 1960. he was the younger son. ▪ lestrange family were radical pureblood supremacists. he naturally adopted their beliefs, even though he never felt as strongly as they did. he just followed along because it was expected of him. ▪ roldophus was the pride and joy of the family. everyone loved him. rabastan looked up to him. he aspired to be like his older brother and he wanted nothing more than make his family proud of him, yet he always seemed to find himself falling short (or at least he always felt like he did). ▪ attended hogwarts from 1971-1978. slytherin. excelled in his courses. he was expected to do great things with his life. unfortunately, he only wanted to do what his family desired of him, so he followed roldophus and joined the death eaters. from there, he started to grow more ambitious and his loyalty to the family extended to the dark lord. his mind was filled with the promise of glory and he was in over his head. although he was never as malicious or violent as the other death eaters, he still did his part to the best of his ability because he didn't want to fail (and he certainly didn't want to die). did he like what he had to do? no. did he do it anyway? yes. they were at war, after all. ▪ in 1981, 21 year old rab was put on trial with roldophus, bellatrix, and barty for being a death eater and participating in the torture of alice and frank longbottom. he was sentenced for life in azkaban. ▪ from 1981 to 1996, rab was imprisoned in azkaban. he attempted and failed to kill himself multiple times because he couldn't handle the depressive atmosphere, yet he managed to hold onto his sanity. ▪ in 1996, rab escaped from azkaban. he joined roldophus, bellatrix, and the other death eaters in the second wizarding war because he didn't know what else to do. NOW: ▪ defected & pardoned - au where rab tries to normal life after the second wizarding war. timeline is adjustable. can go younger or older, but he would have done time in azkaban either way. since he didn't want to return to azkaban, he ended up helping the order, so, once the war was over, he got pardoned. unfortunately, society is not as forgiving as the government. ▪ voldemort wins - au where the dark lord wins and no one can have nice things. can be set during first or second wizarding war. preference for second war. death eaters and pureblooded families reign. muggleborns, order members, and order sympathizers become enslaved. voldemort is now the ministry of magic. his death eaters have all taken authoritative positions. rab is now the head of the auror department, in charge of tracking and bringing in escaped order members. ▪ most wanted - au where rab lives the fugitive life. can be set during first or second wizarding war. instead of getting sentenced to or sent back to azkaban, rab manages to evade capture and now he's trying to figure out what to do with his life. FACTS ▪ smokes ▪ loves pastries ▪ can cook & bake ▪ older brother complex ▪ preference for blondes ▪ jokingly calls himself a sheep a lot (post-azkaban)