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Physical Description: Tall, black hair, brown eyes with a chiselled jaw and well-built body. He stands with the stature of someone who's been taught, repeatedly, how to stand straight and look important and dignified at all times. He takes pride in his appearance, though whilst on the run he rarely finds the time.
He moves deliberately, as if everything is carefully thought out before performed, but he's not slow. In fact his reflexes are frighteningly fast, just like his temper.

Personality: Mean, cruel and always feels that the ends justifies the means. Rodolphus was raised in a house and family devoted to upholding traditions of dignity, and so holds these things in the highest regard. Manners get you everywhere.

He likes to keep an air of dignity around himself at all times, but when provoked he's just as eager to get his hands dirty as anyone else. Over years of serving Voldemort, Rodolphus has found a certain affinity to blood. It's a guilty pleasure, messy and foul, but when given the chance, Rodolphus can happily slit the throat of his enemy to watch the ruby life drain onto his fingers.

Rodolphus doesn't care for others, has never found a woman he truly 'loves'. He has only one love, one desire, and that is for power. He will use, kill, deceive and bribe his way to the top. He would turn on his own brother if the situation arises without batting an eyelid. It's almost as if he were born without conscience.

Fears: Death, The Dark Lord, being powerless and weak
Mirror of Erised: Himself standing in power where Voldemort failed
Patronus: Fox
Animagus: Vampire Bat [Unregistered]

From the moment of his birth, Rodolphus was raised to be the perfect example of why pureblood wizards were superior. He had manners and decorum beaten into him until he danced to the rhythm without even realising. His parents never hid the fact that they practiced dark magic, and from the time Rodolphus was able to hold a wand he was tutored in the black arts.

During his school years, he befriended a number of like-minded individuals, Bellatrix Black, Lucius Malfoy, Evan Rosier, and Severus Snape. He and Lucius became good friends. They shared a similar belief about those born of muggles. He did well in his studies, not as well as his friend Lucius, but well enough to please his parents and avoid their rage. After school, Rodolphus married Bellatrix Black, though not for love, but because it was expected of him.

He and Bellatrix never shared love or anything like it. It was plain for all to see that Bellatrix desired no one but Tom Riddle and Rodolphus, despite himself, was enraged by this. That said, he had no hatred of the Dark Lord. No, he admired his passion, his desires and his power. Rodolphus looked upon Voldemort with hungry eyes. He wanted that power. He devoted himself to Voldemort, hoping to reap the rewards for his loyalty...

After Voldemort's death, he and Bellatrix refused to believe and instead, captured and tortured Alice and Frank Longbottom into insanity. He was captured shortly after and sentenced to life imprisonment. He escaped twice and participated in all of the important battles against the Order and Harry Potter and his friends.

After the end of the Battle of Hogwarts, upon witnessing his master's duel with Harry Potter, and his demise, Rodolphus was in no doubt that Voldemort was truly dead. He fled the Hogwarts grounds immediately, knowing now, with Voldemort gone, there was an open space at the top of the power pyramid. One Rodolphus intends to claim for himself, regardless of the cost.