Boruslav Lestrange

**Boruslav Lestrange** was a wizard belonging to the Lestrange Family, becoming Lord of the Noble House of Lestrange in his adulthood, he was comrade to Tom Riddle in his school years. He was a potions master at Durmstrang Institute, a pioneer in orichalcum manipulation, and a renowned alchemist. He was also a Death Eater, becoming part of the Inner Circle.

## Biography

### Family Lineage

Boruslav was part of the House of Lestrange, a family of French Pure-bloods. The Lestranges, like many other French Pure-bloods, supported the French monarchy. During or shortly after the French Revolution nearly all the Lestranges fled to Britain to avoid execution. Once there the Lestranges joined the Wizengamot as a Noble House.

### Early Life

Boruslav was born in 1926 or 1927, and attended Hogwarts at the same time as Tom Riddle. Boruslav and Augustus Rookwood were among the Pure-bloods who befriended Tom despite his blood status after Myrtle Warren's death.

After graduating from Hogwarts Boruslav married an unknown woman with whom he had two sons, Rodolphus and Rabastan, and became a potions teacher at Durmstrang. Boruslav was a year behind Walburga Black, who was baffled by his loyalty to Riddle.

At some point Boruslav arranged a betrothal between his eldest son Rodolphus and Andromeda Black, which was broken after Andromeda eloped with Ted Tonks. This led Rodolphus to instead marry Andromeda's sister Bellatrix.

### First Wizarding War

When Tom Riddle resurfaced as Lord Voldemort in the 1970's Boruslav joined his Inner Circle, on the condition that his sons also be inducted into the Inner Circle. Boruslav's sons studied Occlumency under Augustus Rookwood, but Boruslav did not allow him unfettered access to their minds like he had had with Bellatrix.

When Voldemort hid his Ring in the Gaunt shack, he tasked Boruslav with creating an orichalcum chest to contain it. The orichalcum used for this chest was so pure that Lucius Malfoy's identification spells, which only went up to 85% purity as 75% was the heighest ever achieved, were unable to measure the chest's purity. Boruslav also placed various spells and curses on the vicinity of the shack to deter thieves, and Harry Black and Lucius Malfoy theorised that he also enchanted the adders that surrounded the shack with venom so powerful a bezoar would be useless against it.

In April of 1980 Boruslav was killed in a duel with Alice Longbottom, who was 6 months pregnant at the time. Several months later, in early November, Boruslav's sons and his daughter-in-law Bellatrix were led into Longbottom Manor by Barty Crouch Junior, where they tortured Alice Longbottom and her husband Frank with the Cruciatus Curse, most likely in revenge for Boruslav's death. The Longbottoms were permanently placed into St. Mungo's after this, and Barty and the Lestranges were sentenced to life in Azkaban.

Through a technicality of either the Wizengamot of the Lestrange charter, the Lestrange seat would be held in proxy by Lucius Malfoy until Rodolphus and Rabastan died.

### Book 2 - The Secret Enemy

While discussing Sybill Trelawney's Prophecy with Harry Potter, Albus Dumbledore lists Boruslav's death as one of the possible "three defiances" of Alice and Frank Longbottom.

### Book 4 - The Resurrection Game

Harry Black, Regulus Black, Severus Snape, and Lucius Malfoy bypass Boruslav's defenses at the Gaunt shack, but they are unable to destroy or even open his orichalcum chest.

## Personality & Traits

From what little is known about Boruslav, it can be deduced that he was an extremely intelligent person, a fanatic of purity of blood, someone distrustful who always sought his benefit and that of his family.

He was a companion and ally of Tom Riddle during his school years, which may mean that he had great loyalty to him, yet he still asked for something in exchange for joining the Death Eaters.

## Magical Abilities & Skills

Boruslav was a potions teacher at Dursmtrang, so his mastery of this subject must have been very high.

Boruslav became renowned as a master alchemist, which he most likely learned after graduating from Hogwarts as it was not offered as a subject in the 1990's.

He could use his alchemy to modify living beings, creating Komodo dragons with a poison capable of overcoming the effect of a bezoar, which he used to guard his estate, and he likely did something similair with the adders that guarded the Gaunt shack. Boruslav was also able to achieve the feat of making an orichalcum chest with a purity greater than 85%, despite Nicholas Flamel once declaring it impossible to create orichalcum with a purity greater than 75%.

## Canon Divergence

Boruslav Lestrange is an original character of the Prince of Slytherin universe.

## References

Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 141 - Speaking of Harry Black.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 90 - Reactions & Overreactions (Pt 1),

Draco attributes five votes to the Lestranges, which are held by his father.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 143 - A Series of Tense Conversations (Pt 1),

"it included Boruslav Lestrange and Augustus Rookwood, both of whom were his schoolmates".
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 68 - A New Year Begins,

Dumbledore mentions Boruslav during his and Harry's discussion of the Prophecy.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 114 - The Blackest Day (Pt 3),

Harry reveals Voldemort's true identity to Walburga Black's portrait.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 114 - The Blackest Day (Pt 3),

Ted explains to his daughter how he ended up marrying her mother.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 105 - Chaos in Hogsmeade (Finale),

Snape reveals what he learned from Rabastan Lestrange.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 145 - Little Hangleton,

Lucius, Regulus, Snape, and Harry retrieve the Gaunt Lord's Ring.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 15 - Meet the Longbottoms (Pt 1),

Algernon Longbottom recalls how he came to be Regent of House Longbottom.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 90 - Reactions & Overreactions (Pt 1),

Artie tells Harry about the 1990 Election between Barty Crouch and Cornelius Fudge.