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one of the more wealthy pureblood families, the malfoys are notable for being more classist than they are racist. they tolerate muggles, but only those in high society, and make a distinction between poor muggles and rich muggles. they tolerate half-blood marriage, but only to prevent inbreeding. their speciality is in finance: they are independently wealthy and known to use their money to finance election campaigns, bribe officials, and keep from being caught for any illegal actions they commit. they are chinese.
name: seneca malfoy
year of birth: 1960
role: patriarch
face: donnie yen
known for being strict and severe; powerful with many contacts in the wizarding world
name: lavinia malfoy
year of birth: 1962
role: matriarch
face: ming-na wen
considered charming and likable, though she is very different with her children
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the burkes are well known for their dealings with dark magic. a major shop in knockturn alley, borgin and burke's, is owned by the burke family, although they are no longer full-time working there. outside of their collection and sale of dark artefacts, they are known for being pureblood supremacists, although not an extremely wealthy or highly-ranked family. they are white, but originate from ireland.
name: callahan burke
year of birth: 1958
role: patriarch
face: kenneth branagh
a hard-worker, though money-obsessed and somewhat of a miser
name: sinead burke
year of birth: 1959
role: matriarch
face: julianne moore
despite only marrying into the family, she has more power within the household and over their children
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while not technically blood supremacists as they will easily befriend and associate with muggle-borns and half-bloods, the macmillans are very proud of their several generations worth of pure blood and have not yet intermarried into muggle-born families. they are white, but originate from scotland.
name: alistair macmillan
year of birth: 1960
role: patriarch
face: iain glen
a steadfast and somewhat strict man with contacts in the ministry of magic
name: isobel macmillan
year of birth: 1958
role: matriarch
face: michelle pfeiffer
a sensationalist reporter for witch weekly who maintains a strict order with her children
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once a blood purist families with strong views towards muggles, the greengrass family changed their views once their ancestor was cursed. this curse passed on through the blood of the family, particularly among the daughters, and led to early deaths. they have tried many things to remove the curse, including marriage with muggles, but nothing yet has succeeded. they are white.
name: horatio greengrass
year of birth: 1962
role: patriarch
face: keanu reeves
kind-hearted although traditional, adopted his sister's kids after her death
name: portia greengrass
year of birth: 1965
role: matriarch
face: julia roberts
a magical socialite; has issues with her husband and favouritizes her own birth children over her adoptive
name: celia greengrass
year of birth: 1962
year of death: 2000
face: rachael leigh cook
the twin sister of horatio; died aged 38 due to the greengrass curse
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another more recent family which rose in the ranks due to their involvement in the ministry and in various advocacy groups. their surname, yaxley, originated from an attempt to integrate from their original surname, yasui. in 1938, a member of the yasui family almost became minister for magic, but questions about muggle liasions prevented him. they are japanese.
name: caius yaxley
year of birth: 1964
role: patriarch
face: hiroshi abe
the advisor to the minister for magic, long-since rumored to have ambitions for minister himself
name: constance yaxley
year of birth: 1966
role: matriarch
face: honami suzuki
a member of the wizengamot, she is known in the magical world for her harsh approach to justice
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a family with contacts in everything from the ministry to hogwarts to st. mungo's, the rowle family are shrouded in secrecy and do not associate with many other families. they are thus rumored to partake in dark magic and death eater acts. their surname, rowle, is derived from their original korean surname, roh. they are korean.
name: joshua rowle
year of birth: 1966
role: patriarch
face: daniel dae kim
a severe and neglectful man rumored to have participated in death eater activities in his youth
name: mina rowle
year of birth: 1960
role: matriarch
face: lim yejin
six years older than her husband, she is equally severe and dislikes her children.
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the shacklebolts built their way up from a small, lesser-known pureblood family to one of the most successful due to their involvement in politics. they have been in high positions in the ministry for many generations, although for other things they tend to keep to themselves. they are black.
name: nelwyn shacklebolt
year of birth: 1955
role: patriarch
face: denzel washington
although traditional, he is known for his progressive views towards muggles and non-wizard magical beings.
name: melinda shacklebolt
year of birth: 1958
role: matriarch
face: angela bassett
after her children left for hogwarts, she devoted her time to her job at the ministry and is now the minister for magic
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a family highly involved in politics, the crouch family almost all enter various departments of the ministry of magic as they come of age. however, they have been stopped by various scandals and rumours about their methods of parenting being strict or strong are no help to their reputation. they are white.
name: orion crouch
year of birth: 1960
role: patriarch
face: mark rylance
a notable workaholic especially after the death of his wife who narrowly missed the minister position at the last election
name: agrippa crouch
year of birth: 1963
year of death: 2005
face: sutton foster
a stay-at-home mother who passed away after catching dragon pox
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one of the oldest families in britain, the black family have never been ashamed of their association with the dark arts and their strong anti-muggle sentiment. they often name their children the names of constellations. after the death of the patriarch, cygnus black, the remaining black children have been struggling to gain control of the family and while the temporary patriarch is oldest son there is a great deal of contention. they are white.
name: cygnus black
year of birth: 1960
year of death: 2017
face: hugh grant
an unpopular figure in the wizarding world who became highly secluded after a short spell in azkaban
name: lyra black
year of birth: 1962
year of death: 2011
face: sandra bullock
to the dislike of her in-laws, she got control over the black family while her husband was in azkaban
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widely considered "blood traitors" by the magical community for their association with and friendship with muggles, the weasleys are known for their red hair and their financial troubles. however, they are considered one of the most muggle-friendly families and especially the most muggle-friendly among the sacred twenty-eight. they are white.
name: alfred weasley
year of birth: 1966
role: patriarch
face: tony curran
friendly and popular among his peers at the ministry, despite his low rank
name: dorothy weasley
year of birth: 1966
role: matriarch
face: cate blanchett
a stay-at-home mother notable for her devotion to her kids and her caring nature
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a family originating from france that only recently settled in britain. the current descendants all have a veela grandmother, and thus are well-known for being very beautiful and attractive. they have traditionally been blood supremacists, but recently have tried to fix their family's image after they switched from educating their children at beauxbatons to hogwarts. they are white.
name: theon rosier
year of birth: 1967
role: patriarch
face: richard armitage
a very closed off man who retired from the ministry after catching the plague from knockturn alley rats
