PERSONALITY

History

Born the oldest child of lothair Cygnus montague and his wife Melania Lycoris Montague (Nee Lestrange), he comes from two of the most wealthiest families, The lestrange side of his pedigree are counted among the sacred twenty-eight. James was born in paris, France in the family home Montague Chateau, where the montagues had lived for generations. he was brought up with values of pureblood supremacy, he was also taught to tolerate presence of muggleborns and Muggles, he was also taught to never show where his true loyalties lay. James grew up in the lap of luxury, with a lifestyle close to that of royalty with house-elf servants as well as human servants, great wealth and lots of contacts and connections with other important families.  The montague's were rumored to practise dark magic and the family members were accused of many things which were never proven due to their wealth and influence in the wizarding world. Half of the path was already set for James, he was the sole heir to his father but his father decided to let his son chose his own career path.

James was the firstborn son and child and his parent's doted on him. James's first sibling, a sister was only born when james was already nine years old, but that didn't stop james from receiving his parents attention, and james on his part loved his sister and was and is very protective of her. james was taught many things before he would attend hogwarts, he was taught not only to read or write, he was given basic knowledge in all the subjects he would learn in school, james did not have a governess unlike what was expected, his own parents took interest in james and his siblings education that they decided it would be best for someone from the family to teach them, so James was taught by his father or  uncle and sometimes his mother or aunt.. James's family moved to scotland when he was a month short of being 10 years old.

The year after moving to scotland, james began attending hogwarts, he was sorted into ravenclaw, he was the first from his family to attend hogwarts instead of beauxbatons. James did have traits from other houses but he was best suited to ravenclaw. James's first year at hogwarts was eventful, he made friends, As his ability of casting spells was developed, so did his ability  to do so non-verbally.  He was good at charms, potions, defensive spells and transfiguration and he also loved herbology. His second year was uneventful, in his third year his father was accused of murdering an important foeign delegate and an important member of the ministry, but nothing could be proven and his father did not go to azkaban, James also auditioned for a position on the ravenclaw quidditch team as keeper and was accepted, he became captain of the quidditch team in his fifth year.

james was able to join the ministry of magic based on his good marks and his father lothair's influence, as an auror. There was a controversy where he along with his family were accused of being death-eaters, but that couldn't be proved. James was good at his job, he was dedicated and competant, and was able to move forward in rank with his influence and hard-work. james knew he would not become head of the department, james remained an auror for 5 years before his promotions started. James began working for the department of law enforcement as a bounty hunter of sorts, answering directly to the head of the department.