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Bastille Aurelius
Status:
Pure-blood
Nationality:
French
Residence:
London, England
Function:
Second year, Gryffindor
Wand:
29,2 cm cherry wood and phoenix feather


General
Bastille Wilhelm Aurelius is the eldest child of Cecily Marseille Aurelius (née Beaumont) and Raegal Blake Aurelius. He has one younger sister, Versailles Cordelia Aurelius, who will attend Hogwarts a year after him. The Baeumont family is an old French pureblood family with a distinct naming convention: all members have at least one name relating to a famous location, often significant to either their parents or grandparents. The Aurelius family is an English pureblood family, significantly smaller, and very close to extinction after the death of (at the time) sole heir and turncoat Death Eater Raegel. Bastille is the heir to both families, as the eldest.

Cecily raised her children on her own following the conclusion of the War, so Bastille grew up in the English country side. Their family does not practice blood purity beliefs, although the Beaumont family has a history of discrimination. In fact, Bast has a distant cousin his age at Hogwarts, whose mother was originally disowned by the family. He and his cousin met and established a vague friendship just before starting Hogwarts. The current generation of Beaumonts — limited to Cecily, her cousin, and their children — is exceptionally more open-minded and accepting.

His first use of magic was at the age of five years old, in a fit of temper. He accidentally caught his mother's Daily Prophet on fire, when it seemed like she was avoiding his insistent questions about his father.

Persona
Bastille can be considered a bit of a sullen kid, although he is incredibly well-mannered. He is not super social, being picky about those he likes and not so tolerable of those he doesn't like, but he does love those he chooses fiercely and with a great degree of protectiveness. He would do anything for his close friends and family. Overall he is very sarcastic and relies quite a bit on his dry wit and humor. Although he can be caring and very nice when he wants to be, he does have quite a bit of a temper and has been known to be fairly negative (he prefers to see himself as a realist, though he's truly more of a pessimist). He's dedicated to his studies, despite a healthy interest in Quidditch, and can often times be found avoiding people in the library.

Appearance
Bastille is already fairly tall for his age, and will continue to be taller than average. He has a thick mess of dark curls (dark brown now, likely to grow to be black by the end of his Hogwarts education) and a matching mess of dark freckles across the bridge of his nose and cheeks. His features are the slightest bit feminine, as he takes after his mother, and can be described as soft even as he gets older. However, his eyes tend to set him apart and make him seem harsher in demeanor: they are a very pale blue, and very cold.