#apollinariya lebedev

[konstantynowitz]

Renata Litvinova as Apollinariya Lebedev (née Voronov), wife of Boris Lebdev, a half-Veela wizard from a prominent aristocratic Russian family. She was the mother of Tatiana Volant (née Lebedev) and Evgeny Lebedev. Through her daughter, Apollinariya was the maternal grandmother of Apolline Delacour (née Volant), who was named after her.

[harbinger-0f-spring]

Stella Maxwell as Ksenia Yevgenyevna Carrow (née Voronov), was born as the daughter of Yevgeny Voronov in 1928. She was the niece of Apollinariya Lebedev (née Voronov), making her the maternal cousin of Evgeny Lebedev and Tatiana Volant (née Lebedev).

[theblackswan-and-thewhiterose]

Olezka Avreliyevna Voronova — She was a member of the Russian pure-blood aristocracy and had grown up privileged as the eldest daughter of Avreliy Voronov, a cousin of Apollinariya Voronova. Olezka’s mother was Roksana, a dear friend of Apollinariya and Tatiana Lebedeva’s godmother. The girls were very close, although Olezka had been four years her cousin’s senior and had proved herself to be more responsible and poised during their upbringing, often guiding Tatiana through the intricacies of high society. Like the rest of her family, Olezka carried Veela blood in her veins, which often caused her to receive attention of suitors at a very young age as she quite beautiful.

Although Apollinariya and Boris had moved their family to France, Avreliy had no interest of leaving Russia and remained in their homeland. Boris saw Avreliy’s reluctance to join them in France as a great betrayal to the family as one of the main reasons the Lebedevs were moving in the first place was to support Gellert Grindelwald’s movement in replacing muggle society. As a result, both families would become estranged from each other from mutual disdain, though Apollinariya and Roksana, would still be cordial to one another through letters.

Due to Tatiana’s departure, Olezka’s relationship with her cousin strained, but like their mothers, they’d sometimes write to one another. The two would unfortunately lose contact with one another by the time Tatiana had reached her fourth year at Beauxbatons Academy as Olezka would find herself engaged by the end of summer to a prominent nobleman, leaving little time for the letters that once connected her and Tatiana. Their correspondence dwindled to occasional notes, filled with polite pleasantries but lacking the warmth of their earlier exchanges. Olezka embraced her new responsibilities of becoming a wife, but she felt a growing sense of loss for the bond she had shared with her cousin.

Years later, Olezka would receive a letter from Tatiana’s husband, Gabriel Volant, announcing that his wife had passed away. This letter had been the first news of her cousin that Olezka received in a long time regarding how Tatiana had spent her life, who she had married, and whether or not she had children. It would be to the elder witch’s joy and grief that Tatiana had left behind a daughter with her mother’s face.

Gabriel Volant is an original character belonging to @lazyreinelle.

[harbinger-0f-spring]

Tatiana Volant (née Lebedev) was a pure-blood witch born into the Russian aristocracy as the daughter of Boris Lebdev and Apollinariya Voronov. Growing up, she was surrounded by pure-blood supremacists and was expected to uphold these purist beliefs by her parents, who instilled in her a deep sense of duty to their lineage. By the 1940s, Tatiana's father, Boris Lebedev, a supporter of Grindelwald, moved his family to France where they'd be closer to the revolt between the rising tides of dark magic and those who opposed it. Boris wanted to align himself with Grindelwald's vision of a world governed by pure-blood dominance, believing it would secure the family's power and influence.

When Tatiana was eleven, she was enrolled at Beauxbatons Academy for Magic, a year after her family moved to France. She was sorted into Ombrelune for her calculative thinking and cunning disposition, traits that highlighted her strategic mindset and ambition. While Tatiana may have appeared to be just a pretty face, beneath her elegant exterior lay a deeply intuitive and knowledgeable mind—qualities that were often deemed "dangerous" for women of her time to possess.

In 1952, Tatiana married Gabriel Volant, son of Pascaline Perrot and Floxel Volant. The two had a daughter together named Apolline, who would later become Madame Delacour, mother of Fleur Weasley (née Delacour) and Gabrielle Delacour.

The writing for this character was done by me and @theblackswan-and-thewhiterose. This original character was created by @konstantynowitz with the purpose of providing a name for Apolline’s mother in the Volant family tree. The original characters Gabriel, Pascaline, and Floxel Volant belong to @lazyreinelle.

[konstantynowitz]

Did Tatiana have any siblings? Does Apolline have cousins on her mother’s side?

Tatiana had at least one brother named Evgeny. And yes, there will be a few Lebedev (and Voronov) cousins but they don’t have names atm.