Maryse Lightwood

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## Biographical Information

### Loyalty

* Lightwood Family
* Lestrange Family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Slytherin
* Death Eaters (indirectly, formerly)

## Family Information

### Family Members

* Lestrange Family (Relatives)
* Rodolphus Lestrange (Older Brother)
* Bellatrix Lestrange † (Sister-In-Law)
* Rabastan Lestrange (Older Brother)
* Ethan Lightwood (Brother-In-Law)
* Robert Lightwood (Husband)
* George Weasley (Son-In-Law)
* Mattheo Riddle (Son-In-Law)
* Alec Lightwood (Son)
* Isabelle Lightwood (Daughter)
* Natalia Lightwood (Daughter)
* Grayson Lightwood (Grandson)
* Caroline Lightwood (Granddaughter)
* Arden Lightwood (Granddaughter)
* Fred Weasley II (Grandson)
* Carmen Weasley (Granddaughter)
* Hunter Weasley (Grandson)
* Hailee Weasley (Granddaughter)
* Parker Weasley (Granddaughter)
* Apollo Riddle (Grandson)
* Artemis Riddle (Granddaughter)
* Adella Weasley (Granddaughter)
* Ares Mikaelson-Malfoy (Great-Grandson)
* Athena Mikaelson-Malfoy (Great-Granddaughter)

## Appearance

### Played By

* Nicola Correia-Damude

**Maryse Lestrange Lightwood** is a French pure-blood witch, and younger sister to Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, wife of Robert Lightwood, mother to Alec, Isabelle, and Natalia Lightwood, and grandmother to Grayson, Caroline, and Arden Lightwood, Apollo and Artemis Riddle, and Fred II, Carmen, Hunter, Hailee, Parker, and Adella Weasley.

Although never officially a Death Eater herself, Maryse believed in the importance of blood purity and supported her husband in following Lord Voldemort during the First and Second Wizarding Wars. This changed, when her children got caught up in the dark side.

Maryse took necessary measures to protect her family, including lying to Voldemort an act which saved the Lightwood's from serving time in Azkaban following the Dark Lord's defeat. Maryse survived the final battle of the Second Wizarding War and later had grandchildren.

**Maryse** is a member of the **Lestrange Family** and by marriage a member of the **Lightwood Family**.

## Biography

### Early Life

Maryse Lightwood is the only daughter to unnamed parents, born in 1957 in the Lestrange Family. She has two older brother named Rodolphus and Rabastan. Maryse was taught the philosophy of blood purity from a young age.

Maryse was educated at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from c. 1968-1975. Sorted into Slytherin House, she met her future husband, Robert Lightwood, whilst at Hogwarts. It is possible that Maryse met Severus Snape and other future Death Eaters at Hogwarts, thanks in no small part to Robert, who has been friends with them ever since. She was aware of the wanderings of the Marauders.

### First Wizarding War

*Main Article: First Wizarding War*
Maryse married Robert Lightwood, who was just as wealthy and pure-blood inclined as the Lestrange Family. Her husband introduced Maryse to the lifestyle of the Death Eaters, though she never became a Death Eater herself. The couple had two children Alec and Isabelle and sometime around 1979 she had an affair with Derek Wayland resulting in a child, Natalia. Maryse lied and told Robert that she is pregnant with their third child.

Maryse's brothers Rodolphus and Rabastan and her sister-in-law Bellatrix were all sentenced to Azkaban after Voldemort's fall in 1981. Robert was able to avoid a similar fate by falsely claiming that he had been under the effects of the Imperius Curse, and the Lightwood's remained members of the social elite, enjoying close relationships with Ministry of Magic officials such as Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge and Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic Dolores Umbridge.

### Between the Wars

When the time came for Natalia to begin school in 1991, Robert Lightwood suggested for her as well as Alec and Isabelle to attend Durmstrang Institute, which only admitted pure-blood and half-blood students and taught the Dark Arts, which closely mirrored the Lestrange family beliefs. Maryse wanted her children close to them, as Durmstrang was located in northern Europe and Hogwarts was in Britain, where they lived.

Maryse attended the 1994 Quidditch World Cup in August 1994 with her husband, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, children, niece, and nephew.

### Second Wizarding War

*Main Article: Second Wizarding War*
In 1996, her brothers, sister-in-law, and Lucius escaped Azkaban. That same year, Robert participated in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in an attempt to acquire a prophecy for Lord Voldemort, who had returned to power the previous year. Though her sister-in-law Bellatrix managed to escape imprisonment, Maryse was distraught over Voldemort's subsequent treatment of her family.

#### Malfoy Home as Headquarters

By 1997, Malfoy Manor was being used as a headquarters for Voldemort. A meeting of Lord Voldemort's inner circle was held there, and the murder of Charity Burbage took place in the drawing room. The Lightwoods were extremely uncomfortable with the arrangements, despite their claims that nothing would please them more than to host the Dark Lord. Voldemort was still displeased with the Malfoys for Lucius's earlier failures.

#### Battle of Hogwarts

During the final phase of the Battle of Hogwarts, Voldemort killed Hope Mikaelson in the Forbidden Forest using the Killing Curse but did not know that she would return stronger than before. Voldemort demanded that someone check to see if Hope was, in fact, dead, a deed no one wanted to perform. Maryse and her good friend Emilia walks over and notices a faint purple glow surrounding Hope and knew her children was right if Hope were to die she'd come back stronger. Maryse never wanting to be in this life betrayed the Dark Lord and asserted that Hope was dead. She knew the only way her family would be reunited was as part of Voldemort's conquering army, thus proving she loved her family more than she supported Voldemort, who by that point, witnessing the horrors he had brought upon her and her family, most likely wished death.

When the battle recommenced, Maryse and Robert abandoned the Death Eaters and searched frantically for their children. The family was present for Bellatrix's death at the hands of their daughter, Natalia Lightwood and for Harry Potter and Hope Mikaelson's final defeat of Lord Voldemort, thus ending the Second Wizarding War.

### Later Life

However, as Maryse betrayed Voldemort and left him, the entire Malfoy and Lightwood family was granted a reprieve and avoided incarceration in Azkaban.

## Personality

Maryse is a passionate and proud witch, looking down upon others as she believed strongly in the importance of blood purity and valued her family's wealth. She was prejudiced towards Muggle-borns, other non-pure-bloods such as Fenrir Greyback, and so-called "blood traitors". Despite her beliefs and her family's close ties to Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters, Maryse never joined the organization herself, nor received the Dark Mark.

Maryse treated people coldly, even to her own family at times. Things changed when her youngest daughter got hurt badly by a Death Eater. After that her children showed her their views and how they want to change the magical world for the better. She cared deeply about her husband and children and displayed a fierce and protective temper on their behalf, as well as a ruthless determination to keep them safe. She went as far as to risk her life for her children's sake, by saying to Voldemort that Hope Mikaelson was dead knowing that she was their only hope at stopping Voldemort. Later in life she has since grown to care for the lives and rights of everyone regardless of their blood status.

## Physical Appearance

Maryse has dark brown eyes and long dark black hair. She strongly resembles her daughter, Isabelle a taller bonier version, while Alec and Natalia have inherited her kind eyes.