Melesina Shepley

## Melesina Moon (née Shepley)

**Melesina Moon** (née **Shepley**) (14 April, 1892 - 19 June, 1955) was an English pure-blood witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1903 to June of 1910. She was born in Puddletown, Dorset, England, and was the youngest daughter of Baldo Shepley and his wife Dulcibella Shepley (née Prince). She married Barnabas Moon in 1912 and had two children with him, Hazel and Mabel.

Melesina Moon passed away at the age of 63 in Puddletown, Dorset, England. She was predeceased by her two parents, Baldo and Dulcibella, as well as her husband, Barnabas Moon, as well as her daughter, Hazel. She was survived by Mabel Moon and her two sisters, Henrietta Blishwick (née Shepley), and Rowina Goshawk (née Shepley), and ten nieces.

## Biography

### Early life

Melesina Shepley was born on 14 April, 1892, in Puddletown, Dorset, England. She was the youngest child of Baldo Shepley and his wife Dulcibella Shepley (née Prince). She had two older sisters, Henrietta and Rowina. Puddletown, the area in which Melesina was born, is one of the many villages throughout Britain where witches and wizards settled in numbers after the International Statute of Secrecy to rely on each other for mutual support, living alongside a Muggle population, located on the river Piddle. It is home to the Puddlemere United Quidditch Team.

The Shepleys were quite a wealthy family in the mid-19th Century. Melesina's father, Baldo Shepley, was an incredibly influential elected member of the Wizenagmot. He fell on the more liberal side of the aisle, much like Henry Potter, his contemporary. Despite this, he was married to Dulcibella Prince, a member of a traditionalist pure-blood family. Later in his life, Dulcibella would influence his decisions, leading the Shepley family to take a more conservative stance.

It was believed that Shepley was so influential that he would someday become Minister for Magic, but it never came to pass. He was beaten by Archer Evermonde in the election of 1912.

#### Hogwarts years

Melesina Shepley received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1903. That same summer, she visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of chestnut and dragon heartstring from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1903, she boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin House that same night.

She left the school upon completing her seventh year in June of 1910.

#### Marriage

Melesina Shepley married Barnabas Moon, a member of the prominent Moon family, on 23 April, 1912, at the age of 20. The following year, she gave birth to their first child, a girl, on 18 June, 1913. The baby was named Mabel. Barnabas Moon had two brothers and a sister, and was also the first cousin once removed of future Minister for Magic, Leonard Spencer-Moon. Melesina's father-in-law, Sigmund Moon, was a particularly eccentric man. Also among her in-laws was Òceane Moon (née Malfoy), the wife of Barnabas's brother, Cornelius.

Melesina gave birth to her second child, Hazel Moon, on 18 July, 1914.

### Later life

Melesina's daughter, Mabel Moon, began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1924. Her younger daughter, Hazel, began attending the following year, in 1925. Both sisters were sorted into Slytherin.

Her younger daughter, Hazel, became a nurse at St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries following her graduation. Her older daughter, Mabel, married Nigel Bonham on 11 August, 1935.

#### Global Wizarding War

Melesina's niece, Rosanna Goshawk, was struck by stray spellfire in Southgate, Greater London, at the age of 27, on 18 February, 1943.

#### Death

Melesina Moon passed away at the age of 63 on 19 June, 1955, in Puddletown, Dorset, England. She was predeceased by her two parents, Baldo and Dulcibella, as well as her husband, Barnabas Moon, as well as her daughter, Hazel. She was survived by Mabel Moon and her two sisters, Henrietta Blishwick (née Shepley), and Rowina Goshawk (née Shepley), and ten nieces.

## Etymology

Perhaps a form of the name Millicent, derived from the Germanic name *Amalasuintha*, composed of the elements *amal* "work, labour" and *swinth* "strong".