Lethe Noire

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Lethe Noire
Loveable, scatterbrained cream puff.
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Madame Lethe Noire is the current librarian at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry and has worked at the castle in that capacity for the past ten years. She attended Hogwarts as a Hufflepuff, however it is unlikely that very many of her yearmates remember her, considering the fact that she is quiet, shy, and reluctant to socialise. Born February 27, 1966, Lethe is very patient and has a kind disposition – she's a good listener, and tries hard to understand both sides of a situation before making a decision on it. Unfortunately, she's more than a little scatterbrained – she's always putting things down and forgetting where she left them, forgetting people's names, etc. She can be a bit flighty, which annoys those who are more serious in nature. Additionally, a childhood injury has led to her being unable to speak very loudly without magical aid. Another accident from when she was young has also left her completely colorblind – she now sees the world in shades of grey.

When it comes to magic, Lethe isn't very strong – she excels at finding/tracking charms as a result of long practice of both. However, aside from these, she barely scraped by in most of her classes while at Hogwarts – she has very little magical talent, and she was always forgetting important things when she had tests.

Family

Lethe is a half-blood witch, however she was raised as a Muggle, due to the fact that her father is a Muggle and her mother, though from an old, middle-class wizarding family, is a squib. In fact, her mother's family, though old and respectable, has fallen to mostly producing squibs in the last century or so, with only the occasional, scattered witch or wizard – as it is, Lethe herself is the first witch in her mother's family in three generations.

In addition to her parents (both still alive), Lethe has a much older brother, Orpheus, who she gets along with quite well.

Background

As a child, Lethe, never showed much of any sign of magical talent, though she was never seriously injured when young (well, up until a rather awful incident at age eight, which caused severe damage to her throat). Because of this incident, Lethe has difficulty speaking very loudly, and was practically mute for several years as a child. When she received her Hogwarts letter, her parents were overjoyed by Dumbledore's reassurance that Lethe would still be able to attend the school despite her affliction. As a student, Lethe fluctuated between average and slightly-below average in her classes, but she remained extremely dedicated and hardworking, a true Hufflepuff.

After Hogwarts, she attended Muggle university, and after working at different Muggle institutions for a few years upon graduating, she was hired as the Hogwarts librarian a little over ten years ago. With the recent loss of staff, this makes Lethe the longest-standing staff member at the school, Dumbledore aside. She's quite happy at Hogwarts, and feels that she has found her niche here among all the books.

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