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Congratulations Nat!

Your application for Regulus Black has been accepted. There’s a lot of catching up for Regulus to do, but at least he won’t be alone in that. I can’t wait to see how he evolves in this new reality of his life, and to see more of his growing and changing world views as they continue to be shaped.

Please look to the checklist for the next steps and reach out if you have any questions!

OUT OF CHARACTER:

NAME & PRONOUNS: Nat, She/Her/Hers

TIMEZONE: EST

ACTIVITY LEVEL: I’m working full time during the pandemic and use writing as an outlet so I will be striving to make time to pop in 1-2 times during the workweek and at least once over the weekend.

ANYTHING ELSE: No triggers.

CHARACTER DETAILS:

NAME: Regulus Arcturus Black

BIRTHDATE: June 14, 1961

DEATHDATE: Unknown date, 1979. Regulus went missing and never reappeared. Having been in close contact with a few people left him presumed dead. He was too focused on his mission to pay attention to time and dates.

GENDER, PRONOUNS, and SEXUALITY: Male, he/him, closeted gay (assuming the prejudiced part of him ever comes around to accepting that, he’ll eventually let it be known)

BLOOD STATUS: Pureblood

HOUSE ALUMNI: Slytherin

OCCUPATION: Dazed, confused, and questioning why everyone keeps harping him with questions. On a more serious note, unemployed and likely trying to get the hang of the modern world. He died during the late 70’s and is not in tune with future advancements. (Also just going if he’s not complying/giving answers his occupation could be him being watched by the ministry and deliberately trying to bore whoever is in charge of watching him)

FACECLAIM: Devon Bostick, Logan Lerman or Landon Liboiron — may not regularly use gifs but for the sake of giving Reg a face, any of those three will work.

CHARACTER BACKGROUND:

POSTBELLUM

The last thing he remembered was a cold hand dragging him beneath the water and seeing black. He never once expected to come up, accepting his fate since it was the price paid for outsmarting the most dangerous wizard known to man.

Things faded to black. As soon as he thought his life was over, it was as though someone had pulled his head from beneath the water and left him shuddering on a cold floor. He couldn’t be sure if he succeeded and there was no way of knowing since he was given mere seconds to get a sense of where he landed before being bombarded with questions.

Confusion was the main thing he was able to focus on, unaware of where he was. The only thing he was certain of was being able to give his name. Everything else was a guarded secret since he was supposed to die without his plan ever being known.

“Things went black,” He spat out after several minutes spent being stared down for not answering the question about how he died. “That’s all I remember.” It certainly didn’t explain why he appeared naked on the death chamber’s floor, gasping for breath like his life depended on it, but he wasn’t going to go into that. Not when he didn’t know who he was dealing with. The worst part of it all was knowing his self-sacrifice had gone drastically wrong. He wasn’t supposed to be alive after willingly accepting death in exchange of destroying one of Lord Voldemort’s horcruxes.

PERSONALITY

Regulus had always been mummy and daddy’s good little soldier. The backlash over Sirius leaving the family made him go from spare to heir. His own desires were put on the back burner so he could make a good impression on the pureblood society and erase the stain his brother left. It should have been easy since compliance was part of his nature, but he quickly realized he was in over his head.  Bravery and intelligence were some of his key traits. The two were ones that made the sorting hat nearly suggest placing him in Gryffindor like his brother. The suggestion never got out in full since the then eleven year old was stuck on Slytherin and making his parents proud. He was always eager to please since Sirius seemed to get the most attention back home.  With Sirius as the rebel child, Regulus took on the role of compliant second born. He listened to his parents’ lectures and took on the role of the pompous pureblood that was too good for everyone else. He wore the “better-than-you” confidence as a mask, keeping his own anxieties and uncertainties beneath the surface.

Positive traits: Obedient, clever, courageous

Negative traits: Stubborn, anxious, solemn

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FAMILY

Growing up as the youngest of the Black family left Regulus treated as the baby for the majority of his time before Hogwarts. He was eager to please his brother and cousins and desperately wanted to be treated as an equal instead of an afterthought. His parents saw he was more capable of learning their ideals than Sirius and used that to their advantage. They molded him into the perfect pureblood, slowly adding more expectations to him while Sirius seemed to be disinterested in the family’s beliefs. He learned dark arts from a young age and properly carried the family’s prejudices, quick to turn his nose up at muggleborns, but never quite understanding why they were lesser. He knew not to question his parents or his upbringing after watching his parents explode at Sirius when he left. Suffering in silence and being the perfect heir was better than risking losing everything.

Not so brief overview:

Regulus grew up feeling as though he was a shadow. With an older brother and three older cousins, it was hard to earn the praise and attention of his parents and aunt and uncle. He was described as whiny, needy, and far too annoying to deal with at a young age. The youngest Black idolized his brother, often following him throughout the house and mimicking his behavior. Sirius’ first signs of a rebellious behavior were the thing to cause a separation between the two. Their parents dropped subtle hints about Sirius being a disappointment, suggesting that Regulus focused more on himself than trying to follow in Sirius’ footsteps.

The brothers grew to be as different as night and day, Regulus in Slytherin and his brother in Gryffindor. Closing off from Sirius was the only thing he could think to do, displaying contempt instead of behaving the way a brother should. He ignored his brother’s claims, pushing away statements about their parents as lies and dirty attempts at trying to make him more like the Gryffindors. Arguments between Sirius and their parents left Regulus shaking in his room, too stubborn to cross either of his relatives. The worst thing was the day Sirius left him behind. He was suddenly given the attention he so desperately yearned for while growing up and no longer wanted anything to do with it.

HISTORY

Being eager to please left Regulus taking the dark mark at age sixteen. The other purebloods had done it and Bellatrix made it seem like the right thing to do if he wanted to stay in his parents’ good graces. He worked as an insider at Hogwarts and occasionally relayed information to the Dark Lord, climbing the ranks since he was able to give pertinent information. He was a few months out of Hogwarts when he decided to go against the Dark Lord. His silent way of questioning pureblood ideologies had been crushed, set aside to play the role his parents wanted him to partake in.

There was something truly unsettling about his master’s wish to live forever. Acknowledging that was the first step in his deflection from the cause. He did some research and set out on the goal of destroying one of his master’s horcruxes. The family’s house elf was his only confidant, with Regulus having sworn him to secrecy. He planned to die doing the right thing and he couldn’t risk anyone from the Black family (Sirius included) being punished for his choices.

OOC EXPLORATION:

WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO?  

So I’m not usually one for claiming young characters, but there is something truly tempting about taking on returned Regulus. I imagine a lot of confusion around him since he isn’t answering questions and likely isn’t coming to terms with returning. He assumes he’s dead and will be spending some time questioning how he’s alive since his last memories involved drowning and inferi (maybe even him panicking about not having properly destroyed the horcrux and that being why he survived).   I’m just picturing this slightly arrogant but anxious teenager falling into the 2000’s with no knowledge about any modern things and likely being thrown off when his cousins/brother come into play. Add in no dark mark and it’ll be him just blankly staring at his forearms every now and then.

As for the roleplay, the plot is fascinating! I’m loving the idea of people returning and chaos ensuing.

Regulus wise, he passed on at eighteen years old so I could see him getting sentimental at meeting “future” Narcissa and Andromeda. (Loosely using future since it’s technically present day but nah, definitely future since he would’ve been a few years younger than the two at his time of death, not several decades)

#prioriacceptance #regulus black

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