Professor Orpheus Ettleburg

## Basic Information

**Full name:**Orpheus Ettleburg

**Age**: 37

**S/O:** Bisexual

**House**: Gryffindor

**Class**: Magical Law - Criminal Law

**Place of Birth**:

**Patronus**: Goat

**Wand**:

**Bloodtype**: Pure-Blood

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## Appearance

Dark Brown eyes, Long black hair that is usually in a ponytail, clothes are almost always dishevelled and consist of black pants a vest and a white shirt.

## Academic and Professional Career

After graduating from Hogwarts with honours, Orpheus became an Auror for the Ministry of Magic. During his time with the Ministry, he was sent to the US to help with a particularly dangerous wizard as Aurors are often few in number. While in the US he requested a transfer to The Magical Congress so that he could stay in the US with his new bride.

He recently joined Hogwarts staff under the guise of a new Magical Law teacher to assist in investigations involving the staff after a large-scale attack on the school. The Magical Congress has reason to believe American citizens may have been involved in the attack and Orpheus has been ordered to help the Ministry apprehend any criminals.

## Personal Life

After his divorce, Orpheus has been all but married to his job. When he's not working, he is having a drink with his co-workers or working from home.

## History

Orpheus grew up in a fairly proud Pure-Blood family. His mother passed away when he was young from a disease, leaving him in the care of his father and Uncle. Like all British wizard children, he was admitted into Hogwarts at age 11. Like his mother and uncle, he was proudly sorted into Gryffindor. Throughout his schooling he carried high academic honours, his speciality being DADA (Defense Against The Dark Arts). That said, like most students in his house, he wasn't above getting into trouble and earned a bad reputation as a Womanizer (despite the fact he actually never went on many dates). Following the Second Wizarding War, his father was arrested for colluding with Death Eaters. His father's sentence, however, was only a short few years in Azkabahn as he was merely a supplier and didn't have a direct part in the war itself. A few years was more than enough to psychologically damage him beyond help though. Currently, Orpheus's father lives under his uncle's care.

After graduating from Hogwarts, Orpheus went on to become an Auror. While working for the Ministry he was sent overseas to aid the Magical Congress in apprehending a particularly violent dark wizard as Aurors were in short supply there. While on the case he snuck off with a few coworkers to attend a local Muggle party to blow off some steam. There he met Erin Rose and fell head over heels. As the case closed, he immediately made a permanent transfer to The Magical Congress and proposed to her.

Throughout their marriage, Orpheus kept his identity a secret from Erin by telling her he worked for Interpol and that his job was strictly confidential. A secret that was well kept until their daughter Bella started exhibiting the signs of accidental magic. When she received her Hogwarts letter, he was overjoyed, but knew it was time to come clean to his wife.

While hesitant, his wife eventually agreed to allow their daughter to receive schooling from his Alma Mater under the condition that Bella wrote home every single day. Admittedly, he was a tad disappointed when Bella was sorted into Hufflepuff, but proud that she was attending Hogwarts nonetheless. He was also beginning to find joy in finally being able to share his world with his wife, though he couldn't share too much as he knew it would only worry her. For four months, everything felt like it was going great. Then suddenly Bella's letters stopped coming...

Orpheus didn't think much of it as he remembered how busy he had been as a student and surely the school was a lot safer without a certain Boy Of Prophecy attending. Everything was fine, until one day, while preparing lunch, he heard Erin make a sound he had never heard her make before in the twelve years they had been together. That sound shook him to his core.

They had finally received a letter, but it wasn't from their daughter. It was from Hogwarts and the Ministry. Bella was dead.

While she never said it, Orpheus was sure Erin blamed him. He did all he could to try to lessen the strain the loss had on his wife. He travelled alone to collect the body and made sure Erin never saw it for herself. The Ministry had said it was an accident, that some of the students had provoked some of the lake life and Bella had been drowned by accident during the confrontation. These things happen, he should have started educating Bella on the Wizarding World sooner. He should have told Erin sooner. He should have sent Bella to Ilvermory instead of Hogwarts. He should've, he should've, he should've... Was all he could think through the whole process. The funeral was done quickly.

Orpheus thought things couldn't be worse, until Erin started insisting it had been a murder. He had seen the files himself, seen the body himself, it wasn't possible. He had hoped she would drop it, that it was just a small lapse in judgement from the grief. She didn't. After a few months, he couldn't bear it anymore. Why couldn't she leave it alone? Try to move on? Why couldn't she try to get better? Finally one day, Orpheus decided he couldn't listen to her anymore.

Orpheus went to Erin and attempted to obliviate her. He didn't want to, but he was at the end of his rope. He explained to her that he was going to help, that it was all going to go away, but Erin was mortified. She screamed, she cried out for help and begged him to leave her alone. She looked at him like a monster. Orpheus's heart couldn't take that, so he left. A few weeks later they divorced. Then Erin sold the house and disappeared. Orpheus got a small apartment near his job and buckled down to get his mind off of everything.

Over the next few years, he just kept his head down and worked. Whenever he wasn't on a case he felt restless and thoughts of Erin and Bella haunted him. Then one day, the Magical Congress received a request for undercover re-enforcement to help with the latest Hogwarts attack. Having been a former student, Orpheus was one of the Aurors selected to go.

## Relationships

* **Bella Rose - Ettleburg:**  Daughter
* **Erin Rose - Ettleburg Née Rose / Arenbella Thorne:** Ex-wife [1]