Chapter 628 The ancient and declining Lestrange family
The Lestrange is an ancient pure-blood wizarding family. It originated in France, and the twenty-eight pure-blooded saints are just its British branch.
However, this family is now a thing of the past. In the entire Lestrange family, the only male heirs who can still breathe are two Rodolphus and his brother Rabastan-counting Bellatrix, the Black family
Of the people, there are only three Lestranges.
The reasons for the decline of the Lestrange family are shared by the Habsburg dynasty in the non-magical world. As extreme pure-blood supremacists, members of the Lestrange family would do anything to ensure the purity of their blood.
Like the Gaunt family, they practice consanguineous marriage.
Anyone with a little bit of biological knowledge knows how harmful incest marriage can bring. Even if extraordinary creatures like wizards have the so-called "the purer the blood, the more powerful" setting, the more powerful the species, the harder it is to be born.
What about the setting of future generations? So the number of members of the Lestrange family gradually became thinner.
The Lestrange family has three bloodlines: the Radolphs bloodline whose ancestor is Radolphus Lestrange - this branch is rooted in the United Kingdom. It has completely fallen to Voldemort, and the last heirs have all become foodies.
Dead Apostle.
The second is the main bloodline in France: the Cobos bloodline. This branch is the only one among the three bloodlines of the Lestrange family that does not marry with incest. Each generation of the Cobos bloodline has a person named Cobos.
·The heir of Lestrange. It is worth noting that the word "Corvos" means raven in Latin, which may have some connection with Ravenclaw, known as the "Raven's Claw". This branch of
The last descendant was named Leta Lestrange, and she had a younger brother named Corvos Lestrange. This Corvos V died in a shipwreck when he was only one year old - this is another
What a tragedy.
Leta Lestrange attended Hogwarts, and she had a classmate named Newt Scamander. During her time at Hogwarts, she was often the target of bullying. Bullies
The girl who bullied her was a Gryffindor girl. Gryffindor students bullied Slytherin students... It can be seen that Gryffindor House is not all positive characters.
But she met Newt. Because they both had a strong interest in magical animals, she established a friendship with Newt Scamander during school, a pure friendship. Newt was even willing to accept the punishment for her and was expelled.
Hogwarts.
Leta was eventually buried in the flames released by Grindelwald at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, and the Covos bloodline was cut off.
The third bloodline is the Cyril bloodline, which is a branch of the Cobos bloodline, and its descendant is Nogia Lestrange. Considering the origin of incest marriage, she may have something to hide.
In short, by Rodolphus's generation, the huge Lestrange family was on the verge of decline, and both the Cobos and Cyril bloodlines were cut off.
"It's a rare thing to live in!" Tom only has this comment about Rabastan, which is controlled by the Ministry of Magic. He is the only heir to the Lestrange family.
As long as you take him with you, it will be enough to pry open the Lestrange family treasure trove of Lord Gring. Not to mention the Hufflepuff Gold Cup that was made into a Horcrux, the accumulation of the Lestrange family for several centuries alone is enough.
It makes Tom excited.
Without any hesitation, Tom decided to take the Lestrange family's treasure as his own.
Dumbledore, who had patiently listened to Phineas' "popular science", didn't think too deeply. He was planning how to launch the attack. After Phineas finished speaking, he also had a general idea in his mind.
"Tom, I have a very important thing to ask you," he stared into Tom's eyes and spoke sincerely: "I want you to raid Malfoy Manor with members of the Order of the Phoenix."
When Dumbledore said that he had something very important to ask him to do, Tom's heart almost stopped beating.
This is Dumbledore's request! How could it be a simple thing? Dumbledore solemnly asked him to do something. He couldn't let himself buy a box of high-end chocolates, could he?
Knowing that it was a trivial matter like a raid on Malfoy Manor, Tom did not relax his vigilance. Again, this was Dumbledore's request. He knew that he would definitely participate in the attack on Malfoy Manor, but he still invited him to go, which shows that he
Something must happen.
Sure enough, Dumbledore's next words made Tom want to jump up and grab his beard.
"I can't go with you for this operation." Dumbledore said in a very serious tone.
"Why?" Tom lowered his eyes, feeling a little uneasy: Voldemort was in Malfoy Manor. If Dumbledore didn't go, then who would hold Voldemort back? Tom himself?
"I need to stay here, lest Riddle abandons his servants and goes straight to Hogwarts - by then, Hogwarts may face a catastrophe." Dumbledore sighed, he was because of Hogwarts.
Watts became famous and was bound by Hogwarts.
Because he was worried that Hogwarts would be captured by Voldemort in his absence, Dumbledore seemed to be bound and could not leave Hogwarts easily. He was obviously a living person, but he was the same as the Earthbinder.
Dumbledore's worries were not groundless. Voldemort had just destroyed Azkaban with a shot back, and Dumbledore really couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't repeat the same trick at Hogwarts.
Tom also felt that Dumbledore was right, but it was difficult for him to accept this fact emotionally.
Can he compete with Voldemort now? He doesn't know. Even Voldemort, who was injured by Dumbledore, is still an extremely terrifying Dark Lord and must not be underestimated.
Dumbledore looked into Tom's eyes and said seriously: "I won't let you die. I have a plan in mind."
After Dumbledore revealed his plan to Tom, even Tom, who was really going to take risks, felt that Dumbledore's strategy was feasible.
However, he did not agree immediately, but put forward a small condition.
"I need a transfer order. Rabastan will be of great use to me." Tom stated his conditions without hesitation.
Dumbledore took a deep look at Tom. He understood what Tom was thinking.
"The Lestrange family is not extinct, and I highly doubt that just one prisoner can enter the Gringotts vault."
Tom smiled slightly, the Lestrange family would be extinct. As a wizard who joined the Death Eaters for the second time, Tom would not show mercy to them. As for the goblins of Gringotts, Tom felt that they had better be more sensible and catch him.
Just go down the given steps, but don't be too willful.
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→Monthly pass←
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Note: The complete genealogy of the Lestrange family can be found, and interested parties can calculate their inbreeding coefficient.