Nathalie Desjardins

[Nathalie Desjardins]

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Character Name:Nathalie Chantelle Desjardins

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Nicknames: Nathalie, Nat, Professor Desjardins

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OOC Name: Tamzin
Experience&Status: Hogwarts Marauders etc
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Timezone: Eastern (GMT -5)

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Physical appearance: Nathalie is average height. She is quite athletic, partly owing to her Auror training. She has long dark hair and deep blue eyes.

are you who you say you are;
Personality:
Nathalie is intensely self-reliant. When she makes up her mind to do something, she invariably succeeds. Although Voldemort is long-dead, Nathalie believes that the wizarding community should never let down its guard. If one Dark Lord could arise, there is no reason that the same thing won’t happen again. With this in mind, she has taken up the post of Defense Against The Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts. She intends to make sure the the current generation of students are thoroughly prepared, should they ever need to fight a Death Eater resurgence.

Nathalie is not married, but has a relationship with Zach Fischer, a fellow Ravenclaw who was a year ahead of her at school. After both Nathalie and Zach testified against Death Eaters during the Second Wizard War, they started going out, and despite the fact that their work as Aurors often means they are apart, they have been a couple ever since.

Likes:
owls
studying
teaching
being outdoors
simple surroundings

Dislikes:
Pureblood Mania
snobbery
bullying

never judge a book by it's cover;
Nathalie is desperate to have a child. She and Zach have been trying for about a year, and the continued failure is starting to put a strain on their relationship.

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Father's Name: Gervais Armand
Mother's Name: Marielle Rosalind nee Sheldon
Siblings:
(4 younger sisters)
Anneliese Selene
Sylvie Marielle
Laurelle Amelie
Sara Isabelle

History:
As is often the case, the Desjardins are related in some way to most of the pureblood families. They believe in arranged marriages, preferring to wait until each girl came of age before starting serious negotiations. In this way, they hoped to avoid the complication of betrothing a child to a family that later becomes socially unacceptable!

Nathalie has been disowned by her ancient, pureblood family. As the oldest child, with no brothers, she was her father’s heir, and it was accepted that Nathalie would marry someone rich and powerful from a pureblood family, and her son, if she had one, would then become the heir. However, when Gervais decided to marry Nathalie to one of his own cronies, a man 30 years older than her, Nathalie refused. She had been growing increasingly rebellious during her last few years at school, and this was the final straw. Gervais gave her an ultimatum: marry him, or leave the family and never return. Nathalie chose to leave, and she was subsequently disowned. Her sister Anneliese became the heir, married the man Nathalie was supposed to marry, and has produced a string of children, including several boys. Anneliese is every inch the dutiful pureblood wife.

Marielle is an unpleasant woman – cold, sarcastic and manipulative, and never affectionate to her children. She did not want to marry Gervais but was given no choice, and as a result became very bitter. She enjoyed thwarting her daughters whenever possible, and imposing unreasonable restrictions upon them.

Gervais is distant and never made a secret of the fact that he would rather have had sons. Gervais is impatient in manner, hates to be kept waiting, and is easily iritated. Physically, he is tall, with the same sapphire blue eyes as Nathalie. He has aquiline features, and wears a neatly trimmed mustache and goatee. He rarely discusses his business affairs with his family, and may be involved in some shady deals. It is almost certain that he was – and probably still is – a Death Eater.

The only member of her family that Nathalie still has any contact with is her youngest sister, Sara, who was also disowned, for a similar reason.

Nathalie's School Career
Nathalie was regarded by her family as the “studious” one – she preferred studying to more social activities. Her family was displeased when she was sorted into Ravenclaw - her parents and sisters (with the exception of Sara, also a Ravenclaw), and most of her extended family have been Slytherins. She didn't have a lot of friends when she first started Hogwarts - her mother did not allow the girls to mix much with others; as a result, her sisters provided all her companionship, and she was extremely close to them. Nathalie excelled in all school subjects, easily attaining the qualifications that she needed to become an Auror.

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Age: 31
Birthday: December 21
Job Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor (ex-Auror)
Former House Ravenclaw
Heritage Pureblood (disowned)
Wand Oak, Phoenix Feather 9 ¾”
Patronus Wolf
Boggart A cloaked and masked Death Eater

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