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1. What is your full name? Do you have a nickname?
My name is Scarlet Riddle Lestrange and no, I have no use nor need for nicknames.

2. How old are you? When is your birthday?
I am 26 years old and was born Janurary 7th, 1984.

3. Where were you born? Where do you live now? Are you patriotic?
I was born in London, England. I currently live at my father’s estate in Cambridge but do own my own flat in Diagon Alley.

4. Who are/were your parents?
My father is Rolophus Lestrange and my mother is Bellatrix Lestrange. They have always had a fairly open relationship with one another since their’s was an arranged marriage. Both are quite stubborn and are malicious towards those they consider their enemies. Both are from well to do pure blooded wizarding families and hold the beliefs that muggles are the inferior race. They are both Death Eaters and the Dark Lord’s loyal followers and have spent time in Azkaban.

5. Do you have any siblings? What are/were they like?
Not that I currently know of, but then I have had random people pop up every now and then claiming they are.

6. What is your occupation?
I am a Unspeakable in the Department of Mysteries at the Ministry of Magic. I’m pretty low on the totem pole in the department, but I do have two people who report to me.

7. How tall are you? How much do you weigh?
I am 5’7 and weight, well I find that a bit impertinent of a question to ask a lady…but 135 lbs.

8. What color is your hair? What color are your eyes?
My hair color is a Raven black and my eyes are Grey or Hazel depending on how you look at them.

9. What is your race?
Human…witch…odd question.

10. To which social class do you belong?
Upperclass

11. Do you consider yourself to be attractive? Do others?
Yes I would consider myself an attractive person when compared to today’s standards of beautiful and I have had people tell me so occasionally.

12. What is your style of dress?
Couture or high fashion when on my free time, business skirt suits and heels for work.

13. Do you have any scars? Tattoos? Birthmarks? Other unique physical features?
I have two scars, one much more recent than the other. One of the scars is high up on my left thigh and the other is still healing on my upper right arm…a bit of a chunk of flesh was taken out in that one. Does the dark mark count as a tattoo? I think it does.

14. Do you have any allergies, diseases, or other physical weaknesses?
Allergic to dogs and that might include werewolves… and I may be slight ocd.

15. Are you right- or left-handed?
Right handed

16. What does your voice sound like?
Kind of an odd question…I guess its in the medium range for a woman’s voice generally smooth unless I get angry and then it raises an octave.

17. What kind of vocabulary do you use?
Proper? British?

18. List three quirks or other defining characteristics.
I’m stubborn often with a high temper, calculating almost always, a secret flirt which gets me into trouble personality wise. I almost always wear my hair up since it drives me crazy when it falls into my face and am unfortunately quite pale due to working inside for most of the year.

19. How often do you bathe? Do you wear perfumes?
I bathe twice daily as any person should and I generally only wear one perfume with the scent of lavender.

20. What kind of facial expression do you commonly wear (dour glare, wry smile, etc)?
I generally where a sarcastic smirk, a mischievous grin, a calculating calm expression.

21. Do you use body language? How?
Yes, generally my body language betrays my mood when my facial expressions don’t.

22. Do you have a commonly used saying?
Not that I can think of immediately

CHILDHOOD

23. What is your earliest memory?
Flying on a broomstick, how can anyone not remember their first time flying?

24. How much schooling have you had? Did you enjoy it?
The same amount of schooling that any proper witch or wizard has had. And yes I enjoyed school quite thoroughly.

25. Where did you learn most of your knowledge and skill?
From school, specifically Hogwarts. That and some through personal experience or trial and error.

26. How would you describe your childhood in general?
Lonely, or in a brighter shade, independent. Mother and father were either away on business through most of it or in Azkaban.

27. As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
An explorer. I wanted to travel to world to see different wizarding communities and creatures.

28. When and with whom was your first kiss?
Some Slytherin boy in my third year of Hogwarts. What was his name…Alexander something or other. Overall, nothing memorable.

29. Are you a virgin? If not, when and with whom did you lose your virginity?
No and again a very personal question that I hope certain members in my family will never see. :blushes: I lost it at the end of my 6th year at Hogwarts with my current boyfriend at the time named Ian McAllister.

30. Do you have a notorious or celebrated ancestor? Does that affect you?
How about all of my Family? Mother, father, Grandfather, Uncle, Aunt and a bunch of cousins are all Death Eaters. :laughs at the question: How did that affect me? Well I hold the same ideals as my family and have joined the Dark Lord’s service myself. :hopes no one in the ministry EVER gets to see this:

INFLUENCES

31. What do you consider the most important event of your life so far?
Reconnecting with my father. He has finally added a stabilizing force that I have needed for a while.

32. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Getting a job as an Unspeakable in the Ministry. Not an easy feat and I was against plenty of applicants.

33. What is your greatest regret?.
Not getting to live with my family for years. A regret that is my fault though,…killing a close friend’s owl while in school as revenge for her stealing a boyfriend. Really a petty thing to do to a noble animal…I should have done something to her directly instead.

34. What is the most embarrassing or shameful thing ever to happen to you?
Getting lost the first few days of working at the ministry and having to have different people help me find my way around. Seriously, one finally drew me a mapof the entire ministry after having to rescue a third time.
35. Do you have any secrets? If so, what are they?
I like muggle espresso drinks….its my guilty pleasure. Also I am a Death Eater.

36. What is the most evil thing you have ever done?
I’ve killed two people. The one most recently was due to the threat of blackmail within the ministry. Didn’t come out completely unscathed either.

37. When was the time you were the most frightened?
I two duels I have fought and the aftermath that followed. Sure during the duel the adrenaline kicks in and for the past two my anger kind of numbed me from what was going on, but afterwards I always feel an intense fear of what occurred.

38. Have you ever traveled outside of your country? If so, to where?
Yes, to France to visit the Beaubatons wizarding school for one year. It was a foreign exchange program and I made a lot of good friends.

BELIEFS

39. What is your alignment?
With the Dark Lord.

40. Are you basically optimistic or pessimistic?
A little of both, it depends on the situation. Generally, I see pessimistic as realistic.

41. Do you believe in a god? If so, which one and why?
NA

42. Do you believe in an afterlife?
Yes, I think ghosts are kind of proof of that.

43. What is your greatest fear?
Being locked up and alone in Azkaban with the dementors.

44. What makes you angry? Sad? Happy? Why?
Angry=ignorant people and general stupidity. Sad= losing jobs, family, fights. Happy= espresso drinks, learning new spells and potions, buying new clothes, torturing muggles…

45. Do you think people are basically good or basically evil?
Probably evil. We are basic human beings who have needs and most people will go to any means necessary to get what they feel they need.
46. What are your views on politics?
A terribly fun and precarious game to play.

47. What are your views on gambling, lying, theft, and killing?
Gambling is amusing, especially when you rig the game. Theft is needed occasionally and those stolen from are just too careless in the care of their items. Killing is just and necessary sometimes, occasionally even amusing when with muggles.

48. How far will you go to defend your beliefs?
To death or jail, whichever comes first.

49. How much do you value money?
It’s a nice thing to have around, and I prefer to have plenty of it.

50. In your opinion, what is the most evil thing any human being could do?
Tough question, I’ll need to think about that one.

51. Do you believe in self-sacrifice for the greater good?
Not really, unless someone else is volunteering then I’m all for it.

52. Do you believe in the existence of soul mates and/or true love?
True love yes, soul mates I’m not sure about.

53. Are you superstitious?
No, just obsessive compulsive.

54. How much do you respect the beliefs and opinions of others?
If they’re the same as mine, then we should get along handsomely. If they differ, well then I feel it would be in their best interests to change in the very near future.

55. How honest are you about your thoughts and feelings?
With myself I’m pretty blunt, with other I generally put on a façade to hide them. The only one that generally gets away from me is anger due to my temper.

56. Do you have any biases or prejudices?
Prejudice towards muggles in thinking that we wizards are superior in every way.

DEALING WITH OTHERS

57. Who is the most important person in your life, and why?
First, myself. I am an independent woman who is used to taking care and worrying only about herself. Second my father Rodolpuhs. He is the parent who showed me the most compassion and care during my life.

58. Who is the person you respect the most? Despise the most? Why?
I respect my father Rolophus the most followed closely by the other members of my family and the Dark Lord. I despise pompous self righteous fools who feel for every living creature including muggles.

59. Do you have a significant other? Who? Why?
Not currently.

60. Do you have a lot of friends? Who is your best friend?
I do have a few people who I truly consider friends. While many more consider me a friend when actually they are just pawns in my eyes. My best friend in Adrienne Laurent.

61. How do you relate to members of the same race? Class? Sex?
I relate fine to members of my same race and class as long as they share my personal ideals and standards. I find most women annoying and overly dramatic and much prefer the company of men.

62. How do you relate to members of a different race? Class? Sex?
Not as well, although there are always exceptions. Like Fenrir, although I think I might be slightly allergic to him. Again I get along with men wonderfully and have been considered a flirt.

63. Have you ever been in love? If so, describe what happened.
Not in my opinion of what love is now. In school, I believed I was but it was a childish romance and I ended upon graduating.

64. What do you look for in a potential lover?
Witty and smart, passionate, tough, self made, mischievous, shares the same beliefs.

65. How close are you to your family?
Recently close, most of my life they were kind of inaccessible.

66. Do you want a marriage, family, and/or children?
Yes to all of the above but I’ll be alright if it doesn’t happen as well.

67. Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?
I generally argue and accidentally create a conflict though I do try and remain calm and collected.

68. Are you a listener or a talker?
Listener, you can learn more information that way.

69. How long does it usually take for you to trust others?
Years…

70. Do you hold grudges?
Yes

71. Do you tend to take on leadership roles in social situations?
Sometimes although I also sit back often and watch things unfold

72. Do you like interacting with large groups of people?
I don’t mind it.

73. How well do you express yourself?
Eloquently

74. How quickly do you judge others?
First Impression are extremely important with me.

75. Do you care what others think of you?
Only if having them like me will benefit me in some way in the future.

76. Do you have any enemies? How or why are they your enemy?
Yes due to my beliefs and the whole death eater part.

PERSONAL TASTE AND OPINIONS

77. What is your favorite pastime? Color? Food? Possession?
Flying, in which I will often travel by this means just for the love of it. I also do gymnastics as the muggles call it to stay fit and to help me get out of difficult situations sometimes. Favorite color is red. Favorite food is duck or goose. Favorite possessions are my wand, I’m kind of attached to it, my cat Lune, and my two ornate hair pins that were given to me by a friend who visited the orient. They’ve been used in self defense once as well.

78. What are your preferences in arts and/or entertainment?
I enjoy going to the local pub in Diagon Alley and listening to the bands they hire nightly. Also, occasionally going for a pumpkin latte (muggle espresso drink) while shopping.

79. Do you smoke, drink, go whoring, or use drugs? Why or why not?
I do no personally smoke and I do not mind when other people do. I do drink, although I generally try not to get inebriated so as to keep my wits about me. Go whoring…um no? I do not use any drugs. I like to keep my body clean and my mind mentally sharp.

80. How do you spend a typical Saturday night?
I generally go with my close friends to a local pub for dinner and drinks and then occasionally go out dancing. Or I will go with my uncle Rabastan or some of my peers to ‘play’ with muggles.

81. What is your most cherished fantasy?
Becoming the Ministress of Magic.

82. How long is your attention span?
Very long and attentive

83. Do you laugh a lot? What do you find funny?
I only laugh when I find something truly funny. I do not believe in pity laughs unless I’m trying to flatter or butterup someone who can help me reach my means to a goal. I find good wit funny.

84. Is there anything that shocks or offends you? If so, what?
Not really, I’ve kind of seen it all.

85. How do you deal with stress?
Either a long bath or a sport outing with my family into muggle London.

86. How much athletic ability do you have? Artistic?
I’m very flexible and agile do to gymnastics however not an incredibly fast runner. I’m not very artistic at all.

87. Do you like animals? Do you like children?
I like cats, owls, and most animals. Dogs, not so much. Children depends on their upbringing and behavior.

88. Are you spontaneous, or do you always need to have a plan?
I almost always have a plan before I enter into something but occasionally I will be spontaneous if it’s a more casual situation.

89. Do you have a pet? If so, what is his/her name? Species? Fur color? Etc…
I have a pet black cat named Lune. I know very cliché muggle witch animal.

SELF-IMAGE

90. What is your greatest strength as a person? Weakness?
I’m independent and smart. I know how to manipulate people to my benefit. My weakness is my occasional fear and temper issues.

91. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I wish I did not inherit my mother’s temper. That and my skin could use a bit more color.

92. Are you generally introverted or extroverted?
Both depending on the situation.

93. Do you like yourself?
Yes, I am quite happy with myself.

94. Do you have a daily routine? How do you feel if your day is interrupted?
Yes I have a daily routine, slight ocd, and sometimes get upset when it is interrupted without previous knowledge.

95. What goal do you most want to accomplish in the next six months? Your lifetime?
Receive a promotion within my department. Attain one of the highest positions in the ministry.

96. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? 10 years? 20 years?
5 years hopefully the head of my department living independently in a nice house. 10 years maybe married and again in a higher job position. 20 years children and heirs to my family?

97. If you could choose, how would you want to die?
Quickly and with dignity.

98. What is the one thing you would like to be remembered for after your death?
Grace and elegance?

99. What three words would you use to best describe your personality?
Sarcastic , calculating and passionate.

100. What three words would others probably use to describe you?
I don’t know, probably since I put on a façade sweet, flirty, and genuine.

101. Why are you risking your life to adventure?
Because I enjoy it.