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Bellatrix Lestrange Name: Bellatrix Black Lestrange Age: 36 Born: November 4th Zodiac Sign: Scorpio Hair: Black Eyes: Blue Likes: Cruciatus Curse, Wine Dislikes: Mudbloods, Muggles, Children Parents: Cassiopia and Sourcerus Black Resides: In a hidden house with her husband Background: Pure-blood witch born into the Black family, Twin sister of Narcissa Black Malfoy (fraternal), cousin of Sirius Black, Bellatrix subscribes enthusiastically to the Black family tradition of pureblood prejudice, unlike the real rebels in her generation (Sirius and Andromeda). Physically she has the aristocratic Black good looks, tall with black hair and (in her case) heavily-lidded eyes and air of arrogance, although as with Sirius, Azkaban has now left its mark. She met Rodolphus Lestrange as a fellow Slytherin at Hogwarts and later married him; both were to become Death Eaters. Bellatrix is a sadist with a fondness for the Cruciatus curse, and claims that the caster has to want to cause pain for it to work properly. She is also capable of tremendous loyalty. Having successfully avoided capture and imprisonment in the immediate aftermath of Voldemort's fall, she (together with three other Death Eaters) attempted to find and restore Voldemort, torturing the Longbottoms into madness for information. Bellatrix appears to have been the leader of this group, judging from her conduct at the subsequent trial, when she openly refused to recant her allegiance. She was given a life sentence in Azkaban, but escaped when the Dementors turned against the Ministry. Bellatrix fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. She attempted to torture Ginny Weasley, but was blocked by the other D.A. members present; she succeeded in applying the Cruciatus Curse to Neville Longbottom, but he was rescued. She duelled with and killed Sirius Black, and was one of the few Death Eaters present to escape Dumbledore, although that was more through Voldemort's efforts than her own.