#charis black

This is the finished product of my Black family tree!! Most of it is canon, with a few reworkings, speculation, or just completely made-up fanon.

Most of the dates are made up, with few exceptions, as well as the names of the kids from marriages of Black daughters. Also there's crossover with @katakosmos & their Rosier family tree with the fanon marriage of Elladora and Felix !!

Armelle Orsola Black was the firstborn daughter of Phineas Nigellus Black and Ursula Flint. She had been the elder twin sister of Arcturus Black (II), therefore making her the paternal aunt of his four children: Callidora, Cedrella, Charis, and Callistus. Out of all the Black siblings, Armelle was her father's favorite child, having acted as his closest confidant from her early teens to late adulthood.

callidora lysandra black, now longbottom aesthetic [the unwanted daughter]

the noble and most ancient house of black

Lysandra Black (née Yaxley) (b. 10 October 1887 — d. 15 January 1950) was the daughter of Carodista Vlinder and Lysimachus Yaxley. She came from a family deeply associated with the British Ministry of Magic, many of her relatives having served as Aurors or high-ranking Ministry officials. Lysandra had two younger siblings: Lysistratus (b. 1890) and Lymantria (b. 1893).

Yaxley attended Hogwarts between the years of 1898 and 1904, as a member of Ravenclaw House. In her early adulthood, she pursued a career within the Legislative and Judicial branch of wizarding Britain as a Juror on the Wizengamot Council. During this time, Lysandra advocated for the strict blood purity laws, believing that the integrity of the wizarding community depended on its traditional values.

In her late twenties, Lysandra married Arcturus Black (II), a diplomatic and shrewd member of the prestigious Black family. Yaxley’s husband held a position as a lawyer within the Ministry and would often come to the defense of pure-bloods embroiled in legal disputes regarding their persecution against muggles.

Together, the couple had three daughters: Callidora, Cedrella, and Charis. In spite of their bountiful number of three beautiful children, Lysandra and Arcturus would be met with devastation in 1942 when their middle daughter, Cedrella, ran away with blood-traitor, Septimus Weasley. After this tragic misfortune, Mistress Black was keen to erase all traces of Cedrella from the family, even going as far as to suggest that her estranged daughter had died, if only to lessen the aching betrayal she felt in her heart.

In 1950, Lysandra died at age sixty-three as a widow, her mind broken from her constant use of memory charms to extract painful memories of Cedrella. Over the years, the repeated use of these charms took a toll on the elderly witch’s mental state, leading to disorientation and confusion in her old age.

@zhenya-writes helped me write this.

Lysistratus and Lysimachus Yaxley are original characters of @knights-0f-walpurgis. This creator continues to develop their ocs and graciously allowed me to utilize them for my AU.

Side note: Lysistratus used to be a cousin of Lysandra Yaxley, although we’ve changed it so that they are siblings instead.

Gabriella Wilde as Charikleia Crouch

Charikleia Lysandrina Crouch (b. 10 February 1962) was the daughter of Caspar Crouch Junior and Boudicca Moody. Through Caspar, she is a direct descendant of House Black, as her grandmother was Lady Charis Crouch (née Black). Chariklea's maternal uncle is Alastor Moody, a renowned Auror within the British Ministry of Magic.

Dress designs and ideas for Callidora, Cedrella, and Charis. I headcanon that Cedrella’s designs are inspired by photo numbers two, four, five, and six.