Clarisse Lestrange

"Your mother was a wicked, unnatural woman!"

- Mary Lou Barebone

Clarisse Lestrange (née Tremblay) (died c. early 1900s) was a witch, the second wife of Corvus Lestrange, and the biological mother of Credence Barebone.

Biography
Clarisse Tremblay was the second wife of Corvus Lestrange. In the early 1900s, she gave birth to a son, named Corvus after his father. At some point thereafter, her son was separated from his family.

Her son was taken in by Mary Lou Barebone, an American No-Maj woman and anti-witchcraft activist, who renamed him "Credence Barebone." She raised him alongside two other adopted siblings in New York.

On 7 December 1926, Mary Lou referred to Credence's mother as a "wicked, unnatural woman," suggesting that she once knew her, and was aware she was a witch.

Etymology

 * The name Clarisse stems from the Latin word "clarus", meaning "bright or clear."
 * Tremblay is a topographical name that stems from the Old French word "tremblaie", meaning "aspen" or "a place planted with aspens."
 * As a wand wood, Aspen favours duelists as it is "particularly suited to martial magic." Owners of Aspen wands are generally strong-minded and determined, attracted by quests and new orders; "a wand for revolutionaries."

Behind the scenes

 * It is unknown if she had any other children besides Credence.

Notes and references
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