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Narcissa Black Malfoy (pure_cissa) wrote,
@ 2006-12-27 21:29:00

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NAME: Narcissa Araminta Black Malfoy
ALSO KNOWN AS: Narcissa, Mother, Cissa, Cissy (only Bellatrix), Cissa Mine (only Rabastan)
DATE OF BIRTH: November 20, 1955
BLOODLINE: She is a Black and a Malfoy - Pureblood
FORMER HOUSE: Slytherin
AFFILIATION: Neutral/DE Sympathetic
MARITAL STATUS: Involved (formerly widowed)
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: Rabastan Lestrange
SEXUAL PREFERENCE: Heterosexual

NARCISSA: meaning "daffodil," it is also the feminine form of the name Narcissus of Greek mythology and means "self-love"
ARAMINTA: meaning "lofty"

WAND: 12", Black Palm, Veela Hair
BLACK PALM - widely regarded as one of the most powerful wands available. The Palm, known for its incredible durability and healing properties, is especially well suited for use in dream magic.
PATRONUS: Black panther
BOGGART: Draco dead
STRENGTHS: Charms, most wand-work magic, Herbology, knowledge of the Dark Arts, wordless (non-verbal) magic.
WEAKNESSES: History of Magic and Divination, the first due to only preferring to learn certain parts of history and the second because she finds no magical talent is required for it, only a waste of imagination.
CREATURES: Liriope, a female grey Tawny owl and Echo, a cat

HEIGHT: 1.67 m [5'6"]
WEIGHT: Around 54.4 kg [120 lbs] normally, but has been around 49.8 kg [110 lbs] for the last year
DISTINGUISHING MARKS: What distinguishes Narcissa is that she has no scars or willing marks.
APPEARANCE: Narcissa is slender with nicely developed curves, a well-toned build and a consistently regal bearing, as if a natural-born member of royalty. She is an arresting presence with the renown aristocratic Black features, which are greatly softened in her case. She has small, but long-fingered, finely boned hands and pale skin that usually has a pale rose pink tint to it – except in illness or crisis, when such shade is absent and pale skin becomes translucent. She has long, pale blonde hair (golden-hued) and blue eyes which vary from a pale ice to the deepest of blues depending on her mood. Even given the obvious connotation of her name, she only has a slight tendency to be vain, in that she takes pride in her appearance. Clothing and accessories are the finest of everything, always.
HABITS: She plays with her hair and/or holds her bottom lip under her teeth (but NEVER gnaws) when highly worried/distraught.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: Icy, snobbish, conceited, disdainful
PERSONALITY: Outwardly (publically), Narcissa is an Ice Queen, but underneath she is a hellcat. Predisposed to vibrant emotions, she loves as deeply as she hates and her icy disdain can be just as killing as the hottest of her rages. She is sharp-tongued and quick witted, though lady-like manners hold this in reserve – most of the time. She has a fine sense of humor for the most part (usually when not under great stress), and a grand sense of mischief (more predominant in her younger days).

She is less quick to show her temper in public in order to maintain her disdainfully haughty guise (but this does not mean never for there are things that will aggravate her enough to do so), but privately is an entirely different story. She possesses highly passionate feelings on many subjects and about many individuals. She plays the role of hostess to perfection at all of her own gatherings and is a charming, intelligent guest at the gatherings of others. She has little patience for those she dislikes and carries the Black derision for Muggles and "Mudbloods" and those who befriend them. She is fiercely family-oriented and any person she regards as family or friend will be defended by her at all costs.

She has a natural affinity for cats and a feline manner – will hiss if enraged, has a tendency to "purr" when content, is publicly disdainful over lavish attention (but secretly adores it, welcomes it in private and really, expects it all the time) and many other cat-like mannerisms
STRENGTHS: She is definitely loyal, but to people, not a cause. Those who are family and those she considers 'family' she is loyal to without question. For a cause, she would appear loyal if it suited her goals or protected those she cared about. She is definitely a strong person; even though she has her weak moments, her forte is being strong for others when they are weak, to be a counter to those around her when necessary. Her acting ability is a great strength, because with it she can learn more than someone would imagine when she is dismissed as less than she is and therefore safe to speak around.
WEAKNESSES: She is a jealous (even possessive in ways) person when it comes to both relationships and interactions, because she does not like to share. She has a hot temper that she cannot always conceal despite her best efforts and she is extremely stubborn. She also has been known to have a weakness for someone younger than her who might seem like he/or she needs 'fixing' but has qualities that catch her attention, such as intelligence or magical talent.
IQ: Highly intelligent
EXTROVERT/INTROVERT: Reserved extrovert -- she is coolly polite to most, pleasant to those of whom she approves and she is quite loving to a few
PHOBIAS/FEARS: The injury or death of a loved one.
MENTAL HEALTH: Everything about her is in excellent form, though recent years have impressed further her ability to worry.

CHILDHOOD HOME: Kent, England
HISTORY: Narcissa was born the last of three sisters of the Black family and was given everything as a Black. While Narcissa did receive the typical 'baby of the family' attention from her parents in addition to this, she learned how to manipulate this to her advantage. Rather than let the 'spoiled baby sister' be who she really was, as she aged she learned how to craft this image to suit her goals while developing into someone much different inside. At parties she presented herself as a perfectly turned out member of the Black family, entertaining and charming as a child and polite and social as a teen, but in her private times she chose the seclusion of the library, gardens, grounds and secret places within the manor where she could pursue the things that truly interested her.

While those who do not know Narcissa well would described her then and now as a cold creature, that too was (and continues to be) an act, for she grew up adoring both her sisters, even if the affection was not returned in the same degree. For the attention she did receive, there were times she was left very much to her own devices and so learned early what she truly liked to do with no one around to expect things of her or boss her around. She has always had a very loving nature towards those she cares about and absolutely doted on her cousin Regulus with a maternal-like instinct that might have surprised others. When she was younger, she interacted quite well with her cousin Sirius but was not nearly as fond of him as she was Regulus. As a child, her natural mischief was far less controlled, though she became quite good at getting the blame placed elsewhere after being the scapegoat more than once. After all, the baby of the family could get away with more, but it did not mean Narcissa liked getting the blame.

She is a Slytherin, through and through, and enjoyed her times at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As a student there, she did very well academically and her true passion was Charms. She was made prefect in her fifth year and was also quite popular with a wide circle of social connections and friends. It was there she chose the library, common room or her dorm with a select group of close friends to be someone of more substance with them than she was with the school at large, though only one truly knew the real her, a boy by the name of Rabastan Lestrange. She demonstrated a proper amount of house pride, often heard lecturing younger students on just what Slytherins did and did not do in public, urging actions that would give the house, and therefore her, the best possible image. It was yet another piece toward the crafting of the right 'personas' to suit the situation. Many faces, all meant to play to preconceived notions and manipulate situations as she saw fit.

The lessons of the Black family fell different on the youngest Black daughter than they may have on others, for she took from them a loyalty to family first (and not pure blood in general), which is why the rifts between family members still weigh heavily on her. To her, every burn on the family tree weakened the great house of Black, no matter the crimes of those cast off. This does not mean blood-held beliefs were cast aside, as Narcissa fully embraced the idea that the pureblooded were the elite of the wizarding world and none more than those who had the blood of Black in their veins. For her, those with Black blood would always be of utmost importance.

As expected, however, she allowed the rifts and disownments to occur with no outward objection in front of her parents, though she and Bellatrix argued heatedly over Andromeda's departure. With that argument, Narcissa learned not to speak to even family unless she trusted them implicitly with her feelings on the rifts or her feelings toward those gone. At this time, it served Narcissa best to cut out those family members, rather than voice her objections and risk being the next person burnt off the tapestry. Her life and what she had made of it thus far was something she was not willing to give up and so she once more did as expected.

After graduation in June of 1974, Narcissa considered moving out on her own as her sisters had before her but she chose to say, not out of a desire to stay close to her parents (although she always had been and forever would be Cynus' 'baby girl') but out of a well-concealed sentimental feeling about her home. There were places there she had claimed as her own as a child that not even her sisters knew of, secret places that earned Narcissa's attachment. What was shown, however, was disdainful surprise if asked about it, as why would she go elsewhere when she had an entire wing of a manor to herself with her sisters gone, servants at the ready and all things Black, including their library, at her disposal?

During her time at Hogwarts she met the one who would become her future husband, Lucius Malfoy. She and Lucius were eventually wed in June of 1977, not an arranged marriage as much as one of a few preferred choice connections, but not truly a love match as she would come to learn in later years. They welcomed into the world a son, Draco Malfoy, on June 5, 1980, which drew Narcissa's mostly unused maternal nature boldly to the forefront. Where before there was only opinions of the war and the Dark Lord based on her own life, now there was a son whom she loved above all others to protect and defend, a source of tension between Narcissa and Lucius as she was determined to see Lucius do what was best for their son, not what was best for himself or his Lord.

When the war ended she was allowed to regain much of the normalcy to her life and with that a cooling of war-inflamed arguments. For many years she was simple a wife and mother, the flawless Lady of Malfoy Manor, Wiltshire, in southwest England. She saw to its smooth operation with a commanding touch and was (and still is) a demanding taskmistress but not mean to her servants.

With the rise of the Dark Lord once more came the rebirth of old arguments and objections by Narcissa to all of it, based on how it would influence Draco's life. As hostilities increased, so too did her fears of what would become of her son if Lucius were to falter and bring down the Dark Lord's or the Ministry's wrath upon their family. When her fears were confirmed and Draco was pressed into service for the Dark Lord after Lucius' failure, she took it upon herself to spend that time rebuilding the Malfoy name in whatever way possible because that was something she could do. As the Unbreakable Vow in place only saw to Draco's safety, not his future, she was no longer content to sit by and rely on others to secure that for them. All Malfoy and Lestrange holdings were turned over to Narcissa before the final battle due to lack of evidence against her, a finding which held up after the war ended.

She now resides in Kent at Château de Saule Noir, a Black family property in her possession, having closed up Malfoy Manor upon Lucius' death in the final battle. Most of her time has been spent doing charity work as well as organizing and attending social functions, as she has made it a mission for herself to not let those things fade in the aftermath of the war's end. While the Malfoy name carries the taint of Lucius' dealings in the war, she will continue to make the name as good as she can, as it will be something to benefit both Draco and her. In January of 1999, she found Rabastan Lestrange, a fugitive Death Eater, in the kitchen of her manor and decided to harbour him, something which brought on the renewal of their former friendship.

Narcissa is the mastermind behind the prisoner rehabilitation centre and program she created as a joint effort with the Ministry, a project she will continue to be heavily involved in as Centre director. She has the secret hope that it will bring her son Draco back to her and free some of those close to her. She has recently been made the legal guardian of a young child named Allyssa Stanton, who is the biological daughter of Rabastan Lestrange, something he only learned about recently.

FAMILY:
Parents: Cygnus Black - father, pureblood, Slytherin alumni, Knight of Walpurgis/Death Eater until his death (d.1979); Druella Rosier Black - mother, pureblood, Slytherin alumni, deceased (d.XXXX).
Siblings: Bellatrix Black Lestrange - elder sister (b.1951), Slytherin alumni, Death Eater, fugitive; Andromeda Black Tonks - elder sister (b.1954), Slytherin alumni, disowned.
Children: Draco Malfoy - son (b.1980), Slytherin alumni, Death Eater, fugitive; Allyssa Stanton (Lestrange) - ward (b.1996 )
Spouse: Lucius Malfoy - husband (m.1977), Slytherin alumni, Death Eater until his death (d.1998)
Other: Rodolphus Lestrange - brother-in-law, Slytherin alumni, Death Eater, fugitive; Ares Lestrange - nephew, she does not know of his existence; Ted Tonks - brother-in-law, disowned & deceased; Nymphadora Tonks - niece, disowned; Sirius Black - Gryffindor alumni, cousin, disowned; Regulus Black - cousin, Slytherin alumni, Death Eater until his presumed death (1979).
FRIENDS: Rabastan Lestrange. Rabastan can be considered the last person to hold the title of real friend and she did not let anyone else that close again until they renewed their friendship in the beginning of 1999. Her “friends” can be named among her wide circle of social acquaintances.
ENEMIES: She is a Black and a Malfoy, both pureblooded lines with strong ideals, the complete list would be far too long. For most of those who would be listed, Narcissa does not consider them mortal enemies or barely enemies at all.
HOME: Château de Saule Noir, a very old manor home in Kent, has been her place of residence since the end of the war. Malfoy Manor, the manor home in Wiltshire, stands empty following the war, maintained by a small staff of house-elves.
FINANCES: With the combined total of Narcissa's Black inheritance and the Malfoy wealth, she is very well off with a variety of investments and properties. She also manges the Black and Lestrange holdings belonging to Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan.

FAVOURITES:
Activities: Reading, gardening, journaling
Colour: Green, black, most jewel tones (will wear almost any shade)
Drink: Tea, water
Flower: Orchids
Food: Honeydukes fudge, berries (any kind)
Smell: The air in the time before a large thunderstorm, ancient tomes
LEAST FAVOURITES:
Activities: Playing nice with sycophants (it is an art form for her, she just does not like to do it)
Colour: Orange (in clothes, etc. – she does like oranges in nature such as autumn leaves and sunsets)
Drink: Pumpkin juice (has never liked it, except as a very small child)
Flower: Daffodils (she does not exactly dislike daffodils, she just tires of when she only receives those because of her name)
Food: Lamb
Smell: Burnt things

SIGN: Slytherin Scorpio
Scorpio is the eighth house of the Zodiac and governs the genitalia. Positive traits include magnetic charisma, ambition, drive, a penetrating mind, curiosity, intensity of focus, emotional depth, consistency, persistence, willpower, and the potential for inner transformation and regeneration; negative traits include selfishness, obsessiveness, vindictiveness, hypersensitivity, ruthlessness, cynicism, an inability to understand the word "moderation," and jealousy. It is said that Scorpios embody both the best and the worst of all that are born under the stars, and that there are three kinds of Scorpios: wicked scorpions, cunning serpents, and saintly eagles. What each Scorpio becomes is entirely up to that Scorpio.

What is said of Slytherins born under all other signs is doubly true of Slytherins born under Scorpio. (Or was it that what is said of Scorpios is doubly true of Scorpios sorted into Slytherin?) There is no middle ground here - these wizards can embody all that is the very best in the world... or all that is the very worst. They are heroes, or they are villains. They are attracted to the dark, twisted, and forbidden mysteries of the world from the day they are born, and only they can determine whether they will study the dark arts in order to oppose them, or to embrace them. However, as Scorpio is a sign of transformation and regeneration, it is not impossible for even the most evil of dark wizards to turn to the path of good... Scorpio Slytherins have uncanny wisdom, insight into human psychology, and high "emotional IQ's." They are incredibly ambitious, often exist in a state of total ego, and if misused or hurt, can nurse the wound and seethe for decades. Still, although they are often tempted to do horrible things in the name of glory or discovery, they nevertheless are often the kindest, most compassionate, and most forgiving people of all, for they have seen their own inner darkness, faced it, and do not run from it when they encounter it in others.

SUN/MOON: Scorpio Sun - Cancer Moon
The combination of your Sun sign and your Moon sign produces feelings that are deep and emotionally supercharged. The combination blends the emotional aggressiveness or intensity of feeling and determination of Scorpio, with the emotional sensitivity, tenacity of feeling and possessiveness of Cancer. You are proud and aloof, tending to rely on yourself more than you rely on others, but it is hard for you to say no and stick with no when you are approached with an emotional appeal. Not necessarily an outgoing personality, you don't go out of your way for others, expecting friends to come to you instead. By nature you are somewhat demanding, even harsh, but with an intuitive understanding of the world and of people. You can be reached by those emotional appeals far more easily than by logic or good sense. You are a magnetic individual, with a tremendous amount of self-confidence. Your emotions are very powerful, your intuitions keen, and you have a great respect for your hunches. You are suspicious, shrewd, defensive, and in affairs of heart, very sensitive and jealous. The danger of this combination is that you are too receptive, too impressionable, or too easily influenced through your feeling and sensations. There is never anything wishy-washy about your attitudes and opinions and you cling tenaciously to your ideals, loves, hates, and dreams. You are strongly opinionated and capable of defending your position by argument, although logic may not be one of your weapons in this war. Your arguments twist and turn, frustrating an opponent who would attack your position with pure reason.

CHARACTER PB: Rebecca De Mornay
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Narcissa Black Malfoy, she belongs to JRK and the Potterverse. This portrayal of her was created by me so please, hands off. I do not own Rebecca De Mornay, she owns herself. Slytherin astrology courtesy of Harry Potter Astrology, and Sun/Moon Astrology courtesy of Astrology Sun and Moon Combinations, both of which I also do not own.
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