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@ 2007-09-04 22:42:00

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NAME: Narcissa Araminta Black
ALSO KNOWN AS: Narcissa, Cissa, Cissy (Bellatrix only). ‘Narci’ will get you almost instantaneous social death and even injury.
DATE OF BIRTH: November 20, 1955
BLOODLINE: Pureblood. The Noble and Most Ancient House of Black.
HOUSE: Slytherin
AFFILIATION: Neutral in practice, though wholly a DE sympathizer in belief due to family and friends involved in that cause
MARITAL STATUS: Dating
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: A loved one (Bella, Rabastan) 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: Nemesis, gray and white longhaired cat who is often with her and Morgana, one of the family greyhounds she does tolerate

HEIGHT: 1.67 m [5'6"]
WEIGHT: 49.8 kg [110 lbs]
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: Everything about Narcissa involves masks and contrasting sides. Outwardly (publically), Narcissa is an Ice Queen, but underneath she is a hellcat, something those closest to her have come to learn all too well. 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 that she often keeps in check.

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 has little patience for those she dislikes and carries the Black derision for Muggles and "Mudbloods" and those who befriend them, for the most part. Never let it be said that Narcissa does not make exceptions wherever and whenever she wants. 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 definitely 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 weaknesses for those younger than her who might seem like he/she needs 'fixing' but has qualities that catch her attention, such as intelligence or magical talent, even if she/he is not an “acceptable” association. It is a weakness because if her heart gets involved, she can sometimes forget who she is and what she believes, which would be a great risk to her because she is a Black.
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 close to him as she was Regulus. [[And I'm willing to add in Evan here if a player would chose that type of storyline]].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 has enjoyed her times at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As a student there, she does very well academically and her true passion is Charms, though she also excels at Transfiguration. She prefers wand work, so these subjects are well-suited to her. She was made prefect in her fifth year and is 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. 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 disownment 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 her sister, 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... at least on the surface.

As she is quite used to getting what she wants with the proper act and effort, she has yet to announce any chosen interest for a future marriage match, despite her mother's pushing at even the age of eighteen. For now, she feels quite free to pursue her own interests without such concerns. To her, few would be good enough to be her boyfriend and future husband and fit her family's preferences for which pureblood houses are allied with their own. Though most do not know it, one of the things she is holding out for is love, however foolish a thing might be to most and unexpected it might seem to those who do not know Narcissa at all. As she is a Black, she refuses to settle and marrying just for a good family match is something she absolutely sees as settling.

Just before being pulled, Narcissa had just returned to Hogwarts in January of 1974 and was on a prefect patrol with Rabastan, the two discussing a topic they had avoided after a fight over the holiday. The topic? Just before Christmas he had informed her that he had taken the Mark following his eighteenth birthday after Narcissa had previously protested and questioned his upcoming decision. While discussing it in an upper corridor of the castle, heatedly after starting quite calmly, they were pulled.

While at times a very rocky (such as learning of her marriage to Lucius Malfoy in at least one reality) experience, Narcissa mastered her place in the past as she had always done, doing her best to be the person every family member and friend needed her to be, but at times succumbing to her emotions in ways that displeased her. Still, the past afforded her an escape from the idea of a marriage she had no wish to be in and the hurt of someday losing her best friend to imprisonment, and for that she began to embrace it rather than desperately wish herself home.

When she was pulled the second time from the year 1000 in one universe to the year 1001 in another universe, this time the group far smaller, Narcissa realized that while her location in time was still not her own, her destiny could be. To that end, she has begun to think of her future not in terms of what time she will be for the rest of her life, but how she will live her life and who she will spend it with.

REASON FOR BEING PULLED: Narcissa has never believed she was meant to live an ordinary life and while she has always aimed for and excelled at being the perfect example of a pureblooded female of an ancient line, she wants more than to just settle for whatever might seem to be right to others. She knows her parents see in her the perfect wife for some suitable pureblooded male of similar beliefs, to keep his house and host his parties while looking lovely, but she is a secret romantic at heart and she wants more from a relationship and from life. Simply put, she is certain there has to be more out there somewhere and she is searching to find it. She does not see what her mother sees in the choices of suitors for her, so the idea of matching herself with anyone who will not meet all her needs and treat her as an equal rather than a possession is something she looks upon with extreme disfavour. While she has been groomed to be the perfect socialite to the public eye, she wants something more than to just be a trophy in private. She wants to see more of the world, to continue to expand upon her years of studying people to better craft her outward personas, to see if there really is more out there than what is being laid out before her, or if she is simply looking at what she sees all wrong.

PREFECTURE: Despite Narcissa's ingrained prejudices, she has a very strong view of conduct and appropriateness that shapes her life and helps her easily enforce rules. She has a determined, extroverted nature that lends itself to making and even controlling social acquaintances, so she is something of a leader when she is in her element.

FAMILY:
Parents: Cygnus Black - father, pureblood, Slytherin alumni, Knight of Walpurgis/Death Eater; Druella Rosier Black - mother, pureblood, Slytherin alumni.
Siblings: Bellatrix Black Lestrange - elder sister (b.1951), Slytherin alumni, Death Eater
As one of her older sisters, Bellatrix was more a role model in Narcissa's younger years than anything else. When she began to realize her sister was not exactly someone she wished to emulate in the least, there was still sisterly adoration. After Andromeda left, she and Bellatrix were able to get much closer. As her sister still regards her as 'Cissy' (and therefore still the baby) she may not always take her seriously, but Narcissa tries not to let that bother her. She knows Bellatrix would show rare loyalty (protectiveness?) when it counts.
Andromeda Black Tonks - elder sister (b.1952), Slytherin alumni, disowned
As the other older sister, in Andromeda there was another role model, one in contrast to Bellatrix and, if Narcissa were completely honest with herself, the one she wished to emulate more, even after Andromeda's disownment. However, in Andromeda there was also a confidante and genuine friendship. She adored her sister growing up and despite having to publicly disassociate herself from her sister following Andromeda's “fall from grace”, Narcissa was broken-hearted at her sister's departure. She still misses her desperately, only she allows no one save those ultimately closest to her to learn of such a thing.
Other: Rodolphus Lestrange - brother-in-law, Slytherin alumni, Death Eater; Ted Tonks - brother-in-law, disowned Nymphadora Tonks - niece, disowned;
Sirius Black - cousin, Gryffindor
While Narcissa did not dislike Sirius when they were growing up, she developed strong feelings of annoyance, disappointment and the like where he was concerned once they were in school together and she saw the things he did. Part of her still feels there is something 'redeemable' about him – redeemable as defined by the Blacks, of course, not the traditional definition – but if he tests her patience or temper she is less likely to give credence to the feelings.
Regulus Black - cousin, Slytherin
Regulus is the favorite cousin, someone who Narcissa became attached to quite easily, the first to receive the scope of Narcissa's dormant maternal instinct. She would do anything for her “Reggie” and is highly protective of him.
FRIENDS: Her closest friends are Rabastan Lestrange, her sister Bellatrix (Bella to her), and [[NAMES TO BE ADDED]]. She has a wide circle of social acquaintances and was close to a few in her year and below, who would have held varying degrees of her confidence.
Rabastan is her closest friend, someone who knows more about her than most do. He gets her 'like family' loyalty and they are quite close, having known each other prior to school starting, spending time together and even becoming prefects for their house together. She is far more at ease with him that she is with female friends, as she trusts him implicitly. While attraction could have come easily between the two, Narcissa had carefully repressed any hint of such things within herself to maintain her friendship, until they were pulled to the past.
ENEMIES: She is a Black, a pureblooded line 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:
FINANCES: With the combined total of Narcissa's personal inheritance and the Black family wealth, she is almost obscenely well off.

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

[‡] The Last Unicorn -- Groove Coverage
[‡] Journey to the Past -- Aaliyah
[‡] Lucky -- Britney Spears
[‡] Bitch, Bitch, Bitch -- Jekyll & Hyde Soundtrack
[‡] Faith Of The Heart -- Russell Watson
[‡] Chasing Cars -- Snow Patrol
[‡] Colour of My Love -- Celine Dion
[‡] I Wanna Be With You -- Mandy Moore

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: Diane Kruger
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Narcissa Black, she belongs to JRK and the Potterverse. This portrayal of her was created by me so please, hands off. I do not own Diane Kruger, 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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