#alice lestrange

To my discerning and ever-curious readers of The Daily Prophet,

An intriguing query indeed - who are the top 5 most eligible bachelors and bachelorettes prancing about our beloved wizarding world at present? A hearty task but fear not, my dears, I have risen to the occasion.

1. Benjamin “Benjy” Fenwick: Now, if you prefer a dash of bravery with a sprinkle of intellect, Benjy is your man. As a Curse Breaker for the Ministry of Magic, his job alone screams adventure! He's been known to whip up a mean curry, too. We've all heard tales of the elusive Fenwick family recipes, haven't we? Just remember, to conquer this brave heart, you'll need to be quick with your wit and even quicker with your spellwork!

2. Caitriona Burke: Our list would be dreadfully incomplete without a dollop of scandal, wouldn't it? The widow Burke has turned many a head after her departure from the Yaxley household. Despite her period of mourning, rumour has it that the doors of her new townhouse are not as closely guarded as her family's honor would suggest. But tread lightly; her family is as ancient as their values are, er, traditional.

3. Gilderoy Lockhart: Ah, the man of the hour, our very own rising star! With his recent book launch, Gilderoy is indeed an appealing catch. A word of caution though, he's as elusive as the nargles! With his good looks and abundant charm, it's no wonder he is on this list. Just remember, dear readers, you may have to fight off a hoard of fangirling Hogwarts students to win his heart.

4. Alice Lestrange: Now, here is a woman who defines breaking the mould. Lestrange by birth, but certainly not by association. As an estranged member of the infamous Lestrange family, Alice holds a certain allure. Her work as an Auror adds a touch of danger to her appeal, but let's not forget that rebellious streak. Interested suitors, be ready for a challenge!

5. Regulus Black: With his aristocratic charm and studious nature, he's captured the attention of many. Head of the Black family and a researcher of the Dark Arts - scandalously riveting, is it not? The right partner could perhaps thaw his icy exterior. But beware, you might have to go through his grumpy house-elf first!

In the end, my dears, remember this is all in good fun. I'm but a humble scribe, detailing the magical drama as it unfurls. The heart wants what the heart wants, as they say. For now, keep your wands at the ready and your eyes on the prize. As always, I’ll be here, quill in hand, to record every tantalising detail.

Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award winner, Rita Skeeter.

Honestly I really don’t like Alice as a Prewett. It doesn’t make sense to me. I mean we know that Molly is really big on family, basically adopting Harry after five minutes conversation, so if Neville was a nephew or something like that don’t you think she’d have been part of his childhood? Even just a small part? Don’t you think the Weasley children would consider him family, even distant family, if he was a direct Prewett descendant? Making Alice a Prewett makes me uncomfortable, because if you project that lineage out to what we get in the books later it just doesn’t work. imo: bad idea, one of the worst.

Between Fortescue and Selwyn, I prefer Selwyn. We don’t get to really meet any Selwyns in the books – just one Death Eater who shows up briefly – but we have a nice little encounter with Florean Fortescue, and he seems like a friendly sort of guy. Someone who would likely have made at least a token effort to be involved in the childhood of a basically-orphaned little kid whom everyone thought was a Squib, if he had been part of Neville’s family. And while there is nothing in the books that says he and Neville weren’t family or friendly, the fact that Florean hangs out with Harry for a summer and doesn’t mention anything about Neville – a boy who is in not just the same year as Harry, but the same house – well, it just reads as off. Or that is it would read as off, if Neville was a relative of Florean, because that seems like the kind of thing that would have come up in conversation even if he and Neville weren’t personally close. But when Harry is summarizing his weeks in Diagon Alley, he doesn’t say “Florean Fortescue, Neville’s uncle who ran the ice cream parlor…” or anything like that, which leaves anyone trying to make that canon connection the responsibility of answering the question, why not? Why would Florean not introduce himself via Neville when he met Harry? Why would Harry not reference Florean’s connection to his housemate? I’m not saying you can’t make it work, that it’s impossible to come up with a way to make Alice a Fortescue without making later events in the books go wonky – but you definitely need to make that effort to craft that backstory.

Honestly having Alice be directly related to anyone we meet in the books who interacts with Harry in any sort of extended and friendly fashion doesn’t really work for me, because it feels awkward for them to never mention something about “oh you got to school with my nephew, Neville, he talks about you all the time!” or so on, you know? And again, it’s not impossible to do it and do it well, but it is something you have to tackle because when you’re writing a prequel (which is what Marauders Era stuff is if you think about it): you have to be very conscious of the canon that is going to come later and how what you’re writing now that’s new works alongside what was written previously about what is going to happen next. I think we’re all familiar with badly done prequel stories that don’t quite mesh with their later-slash-earlier installments, so I expect you get what I mean when I say that that kind of attention to detail matters!

(Also tbh most of the time when I see Alice linked to a family like that, one of the “nice ones” we meet, her background tends to read as pretty “Mary Sue-ish” anyway. You know what I mean: the sort of OC-insert character who ~conveniently~ has really close family ties to other characters we know and she’s suuuuuper important in their lives and oh-so-special and…basically it just makes you think of bad fanfics, right? The kind you write when you’re twelve and want to burn later? Maybe that’s just me idk, but any time I see the name “Alice Fortescue” I cringe because I think I know what’s coming, and sadly I’m usually right.)

Anyway, basically the thing that I think is important to keep in mind when crafting a backstory for Alice is what we learn about Neville’s upbringing: he was raised by his paternal grandmother. He had a family of busybody relatives who sent him lots of advice on what classes to take and who all thought he was a Squib when he was little and did awful things to try and get his magic to show itself (the doing of which seemed very casual, almost like he was an afterthought, as evinced by him being dropped out the window once when someone wanted desert). No one thought he was important or talented. His grandmother takes him to visit his parents in St. Mungo’s on holidays. She acts very familiar to her daughter-in-law (although admittedly she’s spent about fourteen years visiting her in the closed ward by then, so there’s no telling what their relationship was like back when Alice had her full faculties) and worn-out by it all, although still fiercely proud of her son’s talents (and later her grandson’s, at least once he finally “lives up to” what she wanted from him after the fighting against Voldemort starts).

From here on out this is admittedly all extrapolation, but going off of what we know: it has always seemed to me as though there are a lot of Longbottoms of Augusta’s generation or around that age but not a lot of younger ones, and Alice’s family doesn’t seem to be involved in things with Neville much at all. We know she’s a pure-blood, because Neville is, so it’s not a situation like with Lily – but we also know that the family line means a lot to most pure-blood families. So from that we can draw the assumption that for whatever reason, Alice’s son doesn’t matter much to her side of the family, even though one would think he ought to. Is that because she comes from a huge family, so the Squib-ish son of the girl who went mad and got locked up in St. Mungo’s isn’t someone they need to spend much thought on? Is that because she comes from a family that has almost died-out and there just aren’t many of them left to care about him? Is it because they don’t consider him part of “their” family as much as they do “a Longbottom” because the maternal line doesn’t matter to them as much? Is it because Alice herself had a falling-out with her family so they severed ties before Neville was born?Is it because her family and the Longbottoms just don’t get along (either for reasons that existed at the time Alice and Frank got married, which she did despite her family’s wishes, or for reasons that cropped-up later – perhaps over the side that Alice and Frank chose in the war, or perhaps they blame him for what happened to her, etc etc?) so they don’t want to have anything to do with the Longbottoms...who might not welcome them anyway even if they did?

The last option makes me like the Selwyn idea because we know the Selwyns are pure-bloods at least in part (from the fact that Umbridge claims their lineage when sporting Slytherin’s locket) and we know that at least one of them was a Death Eater. Now that doesn’t necessarily mean the whole family was a bunch of blood-supremacists of course, but it does give us more potential to play with than we get from the Fortescues or the Ollivanders (or the Prewetts), I believe. Giving Alice a family that is: a) majority pro-voldemort or b) mixed between pro-voldemort/pro-dumbledore or even c) majority pro-dumbledore but with a few outcast death eaters provides a much more interesting and idea-fertile background, I think, for both her and her son.

To that end I’m thinking that if you really want to tie Alice in with a family that has members we know well – maybe one that provides you with relatives who will also be played in your game without adding a bunch of OCs – you can always go with the Lestranges. That’s an idea that occurred to me recently that I really, really like. Make her a cousin or second-cousin or so forth to Rodolphus and Rabastan. Not a sister; if she was that closely related to them the dialogue we get between Bellatrix and Neville later gets awkward because there’s no way she wouldn’t introduce herself as his “auntie” to drive the spikes in deeper, not if they had that kind of connection – but some sort of relation, anyway. Then you get to add another layer of intensity to a bunch of canon things without having to actually twist canon at all:

Why did Voldemort pick the Potters and their half-blood son to go after first, before the pure-blood boy? Maybe it wasn’t just because he and Harry shared the same blood-status; maybe it was because the pure-blood was related to his most loyal servant so he figured he’d start with the stranger (either because he thought Harry would be easier to deal with, or because he trusted Bella and her boys to be quick to deal with the Longbottoms if they got troublesome in the meantime).

Why did the Lestranges go after the Longbottoms when they wanted information about Voldemort’s whereabouts? Maybe it wasn’t just because they were Aurors who knew Ministry secrets and were part of the Order; maybe it was because they were family. We know that Bellatrix is enthusiastic about the prospect of pruning traitors out of her family tree after all, an idea that she would probably extend to her relatives-by-marriage even if the Lestrange brothers didn’t share that fatal familial enthusiasm for themselves…although they probably do.

Why did the Lestranges torture the Longbottoms so much that they lost their minds permanently, when surely that meant going far beyond the point of their actually being able to get any answers from them? Maybe it wasn’t just because they got carried away and liked the fun of it so they kept going even when it wasn’t useful any more; maybe it was exacerbated by the fact that Alice and Frank were family and they needed to be punished for choosing the wrong side. Maybe it was personal.

If Alice was a Lestrange before her marriage, then tension between the Longbottoms and the Lestranges gets ratcheted-up about a thousand points in all areas, both regarding the things that happen in the books and their relationships before. It puts her in a position similar to Sirius and Andromeda, where the battle lines are drawn between the branches on her own family tree and she has to decide how far she is willing to go for what she believes in, even when she knows the person looking back at her out of that silver mask.

The First Wizarding War divided people against their own family and friends and too often we get mired in extreme black-and-white ideas of good and evil sides, forgetting that there are a lot more shades of gray (just ask Sirius). Since we know so little about Alice, she’s a perfect opportunity to explore that nuance and making her related to a few Death Eaters (of any family) is a great way to play around with that. Honestly I have like a hundred different ideas of things that could be done with such an Alice so if you want to build one and you’re drawing a blank please hit me up I will gladly gush to you!

Darling Anonymous,

If you've found this bewitching parchment on your desk, then you're on the privileged guest list of Rita Skeeter's tea-time tale, coated with lashings of intrigue and a dollop of sinfully delightful scandal. Hold on to your pointed hats, dear readers of the Daily Prophet, as I, your ever-dedicated scribe, prepare to reveal the underbelly of our magical world's most tantalising tidbits.

Now, let's talk about our 'lovable' hermit, the one and only Emmeline Vance. The Curse Breaker of consequence has been causing ripples in the enchanted pool of society with her peculiar habits and conspicuously absent romantic endeavours.

As we all know, Severus Snape is not a man prone to social engagements. Yet, it seems that our reserved potioneer can't seem to keep his steely gaze off our enchanting Vance. An anonymous source reports hearing whispered conversations in the dim corridors of The White Wyern. There may not be any love potions at play, but this pair's simmering undercurrents are raising eyebrows, and, dare I say, temperatures.

But my oh my, isn't the plot thickening? Just the other day, a flustered gnome (who wishes to remain anonymous for fear of reprisal) claims to have spotted Emmeline sharing a cozy Butterbeer with the wizarding world's most eligible bachelor, Gilderoy Lockhart. Now, this dashing cad's charm is almost as renowned as his sparkly teeth, but could he be the one to thaw our icy maiden's heart?

We then approach the morose figure of Peter Pettigrew. Yes, our own pub-crawling Death Eater turned bartender. This pairing would be as startling as a Crumple-Horned Snorkack at a dinner party. Yet, several eyewitnesses (and their pet owls) swear to have seen Emmeline sharing earnest glances with him. Such a dark, tortured love story would undoubtedly be a guilty pleasure to watch unfold!

Moving further into the realm of the fantastical, suppose we pictured our reclusive curse-breaker entwined in a romantic riddle with none other than the feisty Rolanda Hooch? Now that's a Quidditch match I'd pay Galleons to watch! Two formidable women, fierce as a Hungarian Horntail, tackling the winds of passion. What a twist!

Now, brace yourselves for the most scandalous piece of conjecture yet - a rumoured liaison between Vance and the notorious Alice Lestrange. Yes, you heard right, Lestrange. An insider from the Ministry reports spotting the duo deep in conversation on several occasions. Talk about an explosion in the cauldron!

In this whirlwind of speculation, dear readers, we can only clutch our cloaks and watch as the heart's game plays out. Whichever way the love potion flows, your eyes and ears in the shadows, Rita Skeeter, promises to deliver the juicy morsels first-hand!

Scandalously yours,

Rita Skeeter.

By: Rita Skeeter, Special Correspondent

June, 1982

There’s a buzz of bewilderment and concern echoing through the corridors of Hogwarts, the School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that we all hold dear to our hearts. It's not a missing student or a rogue troll this time, readers, but something far more mystifying.

A rare, ancient magical artifact was reported missing from the Hogwarts castle late last night, stirring shockwaves in the wizarding community. The artifact in question, known as the "Auryn of Ages," is believed to possess immense magical power, and its disappearance is raising many an eyebrow.

Believed to have been safeguarded in the castle for centuries, the Auryn is known to only a select few, and only those with the highest level of clearance. It's said to enhance the magical prowess of its wielder, giving them strength akin to some of the most potent witches and wizards of our age.

Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, in an official statement released this morning, confirmed the disturbing news and assured the community that the necessary steps were being taken to retrieve the stolen artifact.

"Rest assured, we are investigating the matter with the utmost urgency," said the Hogwarts headmaster, his eyes twinkling less than usual. "We urge everyone to remain calm and carry on with their regular activities. Hogwarts is, and will always be, a safe space for all."

However, one must wonder - who could breach the world-renowned security measures of Hogwarts, and for what purpose?

Our readers may remember that just last month, Bartemius Crouch Sr., the Minister of Magic, had emphasized the increased security measures at places housing powerful magical artifacts in the wake of a surge in dark magic activities. Despite that, a breach in Hogwarts raises serious questions about the effectiveness of these so-called ‘increased security measures’.

The Ministry of Magic, till now, has refused to comment on the situation, further shrouding the incident in mystery. Even more curious is the uncharacteristic silence of Auror Office, especially given that Alice Lestrange, a well-known Auror, was seen frequenting the castle in recent weeks. Could there be more to the story than what meets the eye?

While we wait for more information to surface, one thing is certain - the summer of 1982 is turning out to be anything but ordinary. In these uncertain times, I, Rita Skeeter, your trusted correspondent, will bring you all the information you need, straight from the heart of the wizarding world!

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ALESSANDRA “ALICE” LESTRANGE

28 who works as a AUROR. They are a PUREBLOOD who currently sides with the ORDER.  Their pronouns are SHE/HER and look like IVANA BAQUERO.

ABOUT THE CHARACTER

Personality

Negative Traits: headstrong, opinionated, single-minded, presumptuous Positive Traits: conscientious, generous, idealistic, curious

School

They went to HOGWARTS and belong in HUFFLEPUFF. Extracurriculars: Hufflepuff Beater Best Classes: Muggle Studies, Herbology, Potions Worst Class: History of Magic

Bio

Once she had produced an heir and a spare for her husband, as was her duty as a pureblood wife, all that Astraea Lestrange wanted was a daughter she could raise just like her mother raised her. Unfortunately, she only got half that wish. Alessandra Lestrange was a beautiful baby, there was no denying, and that fact filled her mother with hope. But as Alessandra grew older it quickly became obvious that she had no interest in being the perfect daughter her mother wanted her to be. For one thing, almost as soon as she could speak she insisted on being called Alice instead of the beautiful, lyrical Italian name her mother chose for her. Another thing that frustrated Mrs. Lestrange to no end was Alice’s habit of abandoning her lessons in etiquette and music to play out in the garden or, far worse, sneak off the Lestrange estate entirely to explore the nearby Muggle village.

Yes, it turned out that little Alice was nothing like her mild-mannered English mother, something Devonshire-born Astraea blamed on the Scottish highlands the Lestrange family claimed as their ancestral home. There was something wild in Alice that, try as she might, Astraea simply could not tame. Alice was happy enough with her dancing lessons, excelling at both ballet and ballroom styles, but when the time came to sit down and be still she found herself gazing longingly out the window at the rocky landscape. Worse still, Alice was never very good at being quiet, refusing to follow her mother’s edict that little girls should be seen and not heard; she was forever pestering Astraea and her brothers with questions and inserting herself into adults’ conversations.

By the time she turned eleven there was one thing everyone who knew Alice was sure of, she was a born Gryffindor. Her mother lamented it, her brothers teased her for it, and she looked forward to it, but the Sorting Hat had other ideas. It whispered in Alice’s head to remember that it knew best, and promptly declared her a Hufflepuff before she had any opportunity to argue. At first Alice was utterly baffled by her sorting, and her mother heartbroken. In Astraea’s eyes the only thing worse than being a Gryffindor was being a Hufflepuff, but she resolved to make the most of it, hoping that the house of patience and loyalty would help to curb her daughter’s defiant temper. And it did, but it also didn’t. Yes, being in Hufflepuff taught Alice the importance of kindness, something rarely valued in the Lestrange household, but it also unlocked her latent passion for fairness and justice.

As a child Alice had always questioned the rules her mother laid out for her. What makes Muggles different from us? Why are they bad? But if muggleborn wix have magic then what’s wrong with them? Astraea never gave her daughter satisfying answers to those questions, but her fellow Hufflepuffs did. The first time Alice asked a prefect if it was okay to have children of mixed heritage share a dorm, something she was sure her mother would never approve of, they quite cheerfully told her it was perfectly fine, and even went so far as to explain why. What Alice learned in her Hogwarts house made so much more sense to her than what her mother had always said, and the older Hufflepuffs gave much better answers to her many questions about the world than simply, “that’s just the way things are.”

So Alice was happy to settle into Hufflepuff and make friends with her classmates regardless of their last name or blood status and she especially loved when her muggleborn friends would patiently explain the workings of their world. She was positively giddy to sign up for Muggle Studies as one of her electives and many of her friends were relieved that she would finally have a professor to ask her questions of. At Hogwarts Alice discovered the thrill of flying, joining the Hufflepuff quidditch team her third year, and also that learning could be fun, if the topic was interesting enough. She excelled in hands-on classes like Herbology and Potions, but sometimes struggled in the more technical courses like Charms and Transfiguration. Defense Against the Dark Arts was fascinating, but History of Magic was deadly dull, and Alice couldn’t wait to get rid of it after her OWL.

Of course all was not sunshine and roses for Alice, even at Hogwarts. While she was generally well liked and quite popular, there were those at school that Alice simply couldn’t get along with. Some people looked down on her and her housemates as weak, while others mocked some of Alice’s closest friends. Her housemates had taught her the importance of turning the other cheek and giving the benefit of the doubt, that you can catch more flies with honey than vinegar and it’s easier to change someone’s mind if you haven’t insulted them, but nothing could completely quench the fire of Alice’s temper. She was willing to give second chances, but third ones were hard to earn. Alice found herself getting into fights and starting arguments that lost her house points and saw her sent to detention more times that she should strictly be proud of, but she was never ashamed to stand up for what was right, no matter the consequences.

For the first time in Alice's life, Roderick Lestrange took notice of what his daughter was doing. Of course he was askance, being sorted into Hufflepuff, openly fraternizing with mudbloods, and picking fights and getting detention was not the Lestrange way. Every summer when she came home from Hogwarts Alice would be punished for her behavior the year before, but negative attention is still attention so she just leaned into it. Long lectures from her father were opportunities to ask more questions, share what she’d learned, and practice arguments she could use on her classmates back at school. She knew if she could stump Roderick Lestrange, then teenagers parotting their parents’ opinions would have no chance. Astraea took a more punitive route, cutting Alice’s pocket money, selling the racing broom she’d saved up to buy, and even intercepting Alice’s correspondences. Instead of allowing herself to be cowed Alice took matters into her own hands, posting her letters from the nearby Muggle village and even making an email account at its internet cafe.

There were several years where mother and daughter were at an impasse. Each attempt Astraea made to shape her daughter into who she should be was met with failure and Alice resisted her mother’s influence at every turn. Eventually it became almost habit for Alice to do the opposite of what Astraea wanted, an instinct as much as a choice. Things reached a tipping point when Alice arrived home from her fourth year and Astraea announced her daughter’s engagement to the rest of the family. It was a last ditch effort at control on the mother’s part, and it completely blindsided Alice. Arguments between Astraea and Alice were not uncommon, but the one that resulted from the proposed engagement was of truly epic proportions. Things were said that couldn’t be taken back, and even Roderick took notice and put his foot down.

Looking back, Alice does not entirely remember all the details but before the evening was over she’d hastily packed her school trunk with her books, an assortment of clothes, and a handful of jewelry she hoped to be able to pawn for quick money. Typically, Alice liked to be prepared for things and have a plan for how to accomplish her goals, but that wasn’t what happened when she left home. She suddenly found herself alone with no backup plan and no place to spend the night. At her wits end, she showed up at a friend’s doorstep with nothing more than her trunk and a sob story. Luckily for Alice, both her friend and their parents were happy to take her in. They became her new family, giving her a place to stay when she wasn’t at Hogwarts and the kind of love and acceptance that she’d never found with her birth family.

When the time came for her graduation, Alice knew exactly what she was going to do. She’d gone into her fifth year career consultation knowing she wanted to do something where she could change the world, making it a better place. Her head of house had recommended the Wizengamot, and that became Alice’s goal. She liked the idea of writing laws that would shape the world for years to come. She started out small, just one of many all but anonymous clerks, but she was a Hufflepuff to her core; she wasn’t afraid to put in the hard work it would take to achieve her goals. Alice spent two years working for the Wizengamot after graduation, but as the war got worse and worse, she couldn’t shake the feeling that she wanted to do more. So she quit her job and signed up for the auror training program.

The career change was a shock to many people, both those who didn’t know Alice and those who did. Despite getting in trouble for fighting at school, she’d never been a terribly aggressive person, and she certainly didn’t look like an auror. Short and curvy with soft features and a baby face even at the age of twenty, Alice was not intimidating but her fellow trainees quickly learned to underestimate her at their own peril. She’d always been athletic, excelling at any physical activity from ballet to quidditch, and it showed in her dueling. Alice put as much effort into excelling at her auror training as she had working for the Wizengamot, putting in extra hours and usually one of the last to leave the office. By the time she completed her training Alice was one of the most promising new aurors.

Alice found being an auror far more fulfilling than working for the Wizengamot, but it still was not enough. Never a rule follower by nature, Alice chafed under the restrictions of working for the government. It was after a few years of being a full-fledged auror that she was invited to join the Order of the Phoenix. Finally, Alice began to feel like she was doing absolutely everything she could to make the world a better place. Once again she found herself having to earn her place as many of the other Order members were reluctant to trust a Lestrange, but once again she worked tirelessly to wear down all doubt. These days when she isn’t fighting the war officially as an auror she’s fighting it unofficially with her fellow Order members. It leaves her exhausted sometimes, but it’s more than worth it.

Wanted Connections

The Doubter: Alice is a Lestrange, and a Hufflepuff, and an auror. As a result, most people don’t know what to make of her and this character would be someone who doesn’t trust her because of any number of these things.

The Almost-Fiance: The catalyst for the argument that resulted in Alice leaving home; this character could be someone who is or is not aware of their role in Alice’s disownment.

The Life-Line: when Alice’s parents kicked her out, one of her friends from Hogwarts took her in. This character would be someone Alice was already close to, and now sees as a surrogate sibling.

The Mentor: someone in the auror department who’s taken Alice under their wing. This character would be someone who saw Alice’s potential when she first joined the program and helped her work to reach it.

Frank Longbottom: (can be edited depending on the Frank player’s preferences) since Alice moved to the auror department they’ve become close and Alice has come to consider Frank a good friend. She’s been keeping her more-than-platonic feelings to herself for fear of ruining that.

Snippets from canon and admins

Alice’s job in canon is an Auror, if you feel you wish to change her occupation please explain why in your app.

Alice’s surname is added by the admins and it can be changed to suit the player.