Babette Moreau

**Overview**Tropes

Lea Seydoux/Cara Delevingne

Fire/Air

**Babette Volant** (née Moreau) is a French pureblood witch, and maternal grandmother of Lyra Black and Alain Volant. She married Jean-Pierre Volant and together they had a daughter; Linette Volant.

## Physical Description

She is voluptuous with plush rosy cheeks, full pouty lips, and round blue eyes. She has the look of an innocent angel, but her eyes are a little sad and her face is usually solemn.

## Personality

She is very sensible and worldly. She demands respect and does not put up with bullshit, and can tell when someone is lying to her. She is very loyal and protective of her family. She is bold, when something makes sense to her, she does it, often scoffing at the masses who don't dare to do it, when it seems so obviously better. She is not one to follow the crowd or care what others think. She was pushed to be independent and stand on her own two feet since she was a child, and sometimes struggles to let go and act her young age.

## Relationships

* Aveline Rosier
* Jean-Pierre Volant
* Elise Beaufort
* Jacques Moreau
* Timothee Volant
* Linette Volant
* Lyra Black
* Alain Volant

They had a rivalry in their youth, but she grew to like him when he became a cunning businessman, rising to responsibility. He always could get a rise out of her which satisfied him immensely. They eventually became partners and equals, and she was heavily involved in his business and he trusted her judgement greatly. She is far less impulsive than him, and it took a long time for him to not feel so restrained by her, and for her to not feel ignored by him suddenly doing something that looks stupid, and conflict arose when it miraculously paid off and when it didn't.

She took care of her mother after she got sick, and was forced to be her caretaker take on the responsibility of parenting herself, only having a house-elf. She is therefore more open-minded and peaceful than most, but also intensely lonely and thus drawn to wild people who are full of life, like her future husband. She wants to be a better mother than she had, to be involved and not give her children burdens.

She resented him for not being the one to take care of her mother, and the two were never really close, as he was often gone, and his moods were generally strict or terse.

She is overly protective of her, pushing her to do what she thinks is best. She is overly involved and invested in her daughter's life, often too controlling and not letting her develop her own free will. She is overcompensating for her own childhood, and is so determined to protect her that she cannot see she is causing harm. She disapproves of her daughter following what her peers are doing, wanting her to be as smart as she is.

## Possessions

* **Wand**: Reed and Dragon Heartstring
	+ According to the Hogsmeade branch of Ollivanders, reed wands were best suited to those who were bold and were eloquent speakers, and proved to be very protective friends. Coupled with a core of dragon heartstring, the owner's loyalty would be greatly admired by their friends.
	+ Dragon heartstrings produced wands with the most magical power, and which were capable of the most flamboyant spells. Dragon wands tended to learn more quickly than other types. While they could change allegiance if won from their original master, they always bonded strongly with the current owner. The dragon wand tended to be easiest to turn to the Dark Arts, though it would not incline that way of its own accord. It was also the most prone of the three cores to accidents, being somewhat temperamental.