Modesty

"My momma, your momma, gonna catch a witch,
My momma, your momma, flying on a switch,
My momma, your momma, witches never cry,
My momma, your momma, witches gonna dice!

Witch number ane, drown in a river!
Witch number two, got a noose to requite her!
Witch number three, gonna picket her burn,
Witch number four, flogging take a plow.

"

— Modesty singing anti-witchcraft rhymes^[src]

Modesty Barebone ^[3] (b. 1918)^[i] was an American daughter who lived during the 20th century. She was the adopted daughter of Mary Lou Barebone. Mary Lou was the leader of the New Salem Philanthropic Society, a No-Maj anti-witchcraft group.

Modesty was the youngest of three adopted siblings. Her older siblings were Acceptance Barebone and Chastity Barebone. She lived with them and her adoptive mother in the Us in 1926 at the Second Salem Church in Throughway Street Manhattan.

At the nighttime of 7 December, 1926 at eight years former, Modesty watched equally her mother was attacked and killed by the violent Obscurus of Credence Barebone which was triggered when Mary Lou attempted to beat Credence with a belt, as she believed that the toy magic wand under Modesty'due south bed belonged to him. Terrified of the blow, Modesty ran away and was going to hide in a run-downwards tenement the Bronx where she once lived with her nine siblings before being adopted.

When Gellert Grindelwald in the form of Percival Graves plant her and believed that she was the Obscurial, the real Obscurial revealed his Obscurus, and Grindelwald of a sudden realised that Modesty was not the real Obscurial. The Obscurus from Acceptance burst forth and flew away and Grindelwald followed him, leaving Modesty all lone at the Bronx. It'southward unknown if she's withal at that place, or what happened with her thereafter.

Contents

• 1 Biography
  • 1.1 Early on life
  • ane.two December 1926
  • 1.3 Hiding in quondam childhood habitation
• 2 Personality and traits
• 3 Personal possessions
• 4 Relationships
  • 4.i Biological mother and father and nine siblings
  • iv.2 Mary Lou Barebone
  • 4.3 Credence Barebone
  • iv.4 Chastity Barebone
• 5 Etymology
• 6 Behind the scenes
• 7 Appearances
• 8 Notes and references

Biography

Early life

"Ma adopted Modesty out of here. From a family of twelve. She still misses her brothers and sisters. She yet talks nearly them."

— Credence regarding Modesty's early life^[src]

Modesty was born around 1918 in the Us of America.^[1] She lived in a tenement in the Bronx with her mother, father, and ix siblings.^[4] However, she was adopted past No-Maj, anti-witchcraft activist Mary Lou Barebone. It is possible that her parents put her upwardly for adoption because they had more children than they could care for.^[4] She securely missed her brothers and sisters and would frequently talk virtually them to her older adopted brother Credence.^[4]

Modesty rebelliously throwing away the 2nd Salemers leaflets

Under Mary Lou's rules, Modesty spent much of her time singing anti-witchcraft rhymes while playing hopscotch. A precocious child, Modesty learned to hibernate ill-behaved behaviour from her strict mother. This behaviour steamed from the fact that she was very enlightened of the calumniating handling that her older brother received. Out of sight of her female parent and her similarly zealous older adopted sister, Guiltlessness, she rebelliously threw away the Second Salem leaflets.^[5] This was something Chasity warned against minutes prior when handing the leaflets out to the children within the church.

At some point before Dec 1926, Porpentina Goldstein, an Auror from the Magical Congress of the The states of America, took to observing the activities of the 2nd Salmers. During i meeting, Mary Lou used a chugalug to hit Credence. The witch Porpentina cursed Mary Lou in the presence of her followers to save Acceptance from the beating. The open apply of magic in forepart of a group of Muggles required all-encompassing Oblivation. Just like her adoptive family and the members of Mary Lou'south organization, Modesty'southward memories were removed by Aurors and she couldn't remember anything almost the incident.

December 1926

Credence Barebone: "Where'd you become this?"

Modesty: "Give it dorsum, Acceptance. It'south just a toy!"

— Credence confronts Modesty with her toy wand^[src]

Modesty with her adoptive female parent Mary Lou Barebone at the Steen National Bank

On 6 Dec, 1926, on the steps of the Steen National Banking company, Mary Lou Barebone holds a rally to support their organisation the New Salem Philanthropic Gild, while Modesty and her siblings Acceptance and Chastity handing out lealfets to the people in the public. They handed these leaflets out equally a way to earn food. Their Adoptive mother warns the people in the public who was listening to her voice communication that at that place are bizarre things happening through out New York, that "something stalks our city" and "wreaking devastation." She claims to the people in the public that this was the work of witchcraft and asked them to join their organisation to fight against wizardkind.

Modesty with her adoptive family at Shaw Tower

Langdon Shaw, a believer in magic, brought Modesty and her family to his father Henry Shaw Senior's office. Mary Lou was interested in garnishing the support and influence of his paper company and his elder son's re-election platform to further her goals of suppressing magic and stamping it out. Simply Henry Shaw, believing it to exist nonsense, refused and asked them to leave. While parting, Credence dropped a leaflet which the older son of Henry Shaw Senior, Henry Shaw Junior, the senator, handed the leaflet back to Credence, making fun of him and unashamedly calling him a freak. Modesty protectively took her brother's mitt and left the office with her family unit.

Credence Barebone finds Modesty'due south toy wand under her bed

On 7 Dec, 1926, Credence went into Modesty'south room and found a toy wand under her bed. Modesty arrived, because she had registered a small clunk from upstairs. Modesty was terrified when she saw the wand that Credence was holding in his hands. When Credence asked her about the wand, Modesty protested that it was just a toy. Merely equally they argued, Mary Lou entered the room and was appalled to meet what Credence was holding. Mary Lou was able to deduce that the object in Credence's hand was a wand and therefore related to witchcraft. She did not hesitate in asking Credence to remove his chugalug for a beating, as she believed that the wand belonged to him.

Modesty telling her adoptive mother Mary Lou that the toy wand belongs to her

Equally they stood on the upstairs landing, Credence removed his belt then his adoptive mother could punish him again. Mary Lou turned back towards Credence and snapped the wand in half. As Mary Lou offended Credence's biological mother, Modesty forced her way betwixt and confessed, proverb the wand was hers. Suddenly, the belt was whipped out of Mary Lou's easily past supernatural means and cruel like a dead ophidian in a far corner. Every bit she looked at her mitt, it was bleeding and full of cuts, the same injuries that Credence had.

Equally Mary Lou slowly moved to retrieve the belt, it moved abroad across the floor before she could bear upon information technology. When she turned to face the children, Credence lost command and his Obscurus burst free. The force threw Mary Lou backwards, striking a wooden beam, and flinging her over the balcony where she smashed down onto the floor of the main church with tell-tale scars covering her face. The Obscurus largely destroyed the church in the firsthand events thereafter, also killing Chastity in the process.

Hiding in onetime babyhood dwelling

Modesty hiding in a corner in her old childhood home

Terrified of the incident, Modesty ran away to her onetime childhood home to hide. With the help of Credence, Gellert Grindelwald in disguise as Percival Graves plant her, believing her to be the Obscurial he was later on. Grindelwald plant Modesty hiding in a corner, shaking, terrified, and confused, whimpering at the audio of Acceptance'southward name. As Grindelwald extended his manus and said to Modesty that she must come out, the crack began spreading similar a spider web.

Dust began to fall as the walls shook uncontrollably and the room began to disintegrate around them. Each wall complanate in front of Grindelwald, until the last wall collapsed and he faced Acceptance who revealed his obscurus considering of the betrayal of Grindelwald. Against Grindewald for his expose, Credence quickly lost control of his power and became a fully corporeal Obscurus flying away with Graves following, leaving the frightened Modesty all solitary once more.

Personality and traits

"A dour room. A single bed, an oil lamp, a sampler on the wall: AN ALPHABET OF SIN. Modesty's dolls lined upwards on a shelf. One with a little noose effectually its neck, another tied to a stake."

— Modesty in her room^[src]

Modesty was described equally a "haunted" daughter with "inner strength and stillness." She as well possessed an ability to encounter into people'south psyches and sympathise them.^[vi]

A bit precocious, Modesty knew what she should and should not practice co-ordinate to her strict mother, Mary Lou. Yet, Modesty sometimes felt compelled to go against her female parent'south wishes. Such rule-breaking entailed acts such as leaving the church to throw the Second Salemers leaflets into the winds when her older sister Chastity said to not dump the leaflets. Modesty successfully managed to hibernate her disobedience from her strict mother, aware of what happened to her blood brother Credence.

Modesty often choose to play her favourite game of hopscotch while singing anti-witchcraft rhymes, ane of several forms of anti-magical media she was surrounded with daily.

Modesty was well-mannered in public. Even when someone insulted a member of her family unit, she merely glared silently.

Emotionally, Modesty was much closer to her brother Credence, who listened to her and talked with her about subjects such equally her siblings, whom she sorely missed.

Her toy wand

Personal possessions

• Toy wand: Modesty owned a toy wand, which was made of an unknown wand forest and was carved with the initials "TSM". It is unknown where Modesty obtained this toy wand from, and she played with her wand in secret, hiding it nether her bed to prevent anyone else finding it. It was snapped in one-half by Mary Lou Barebone on 7 Dec 1927.

Relationships

Biological mother and father and nine siblings

Before Modesty was adopted by Mary Lou Barebone. She lived with her female parent and begetter and her ix siblings in a tenement of the Bronx. Merely later, her parents gave her upwards for adoption. It is possible that her parents put her upwards for adoption because they had more children than they could treat. It seems that Modesty had a practiced relationship with her siblings, if she missed them very much when she was adopted by Mary Lou. It is unknown whether Modesty had a good relationship with her parents, if she did not miss or did not talk nearly them, which is perhaps that she did not remember them anymore.

Mary Lou Barebone

Modesty feared her adoptive mother Mary Lou Barebone, as she was very trigger-happy and calumniating towards her and her adopted brother and sis. Mary Lou driveling her, probably in a different way as Credence and probably also much less. Modesty follows the rules of her adoptive mother as expected of her, such as singing anti-witchcraft rhymes almost killing witches. Notwithstanding, Modesty secretly breaks the rules behind her adoptive mother's back. Such as throwing the 2d Salemers leaflets into the air, as Chastity said to not dump the leaflets, and having a toy magic wand under her bed. This was certainly a risky display of rebellion and revenge towards their unforgiving mother-effigy.

Credence Barebone

Modesty had a close relationship with her adopted brother Credence Barebone, every bit she was the just one who was kind towards him and gave him affection at that time. Modesty talks with Credence about subjects such as her siblings, who she really misses. This shows that Modesty trusted Credence. Modesty witnessed Credence'south beatings and comforted him afterwards. When Henry Shaw Junior insulted Credence, Modesty protectively took her brother's paw to comfort him as no 1 was looking. When the Obscurus of Credence attacked their female parent after she had tried to punish Credence, Modesty became fearful of him.

Chastity Barebone

The relationship betwixt Chastity Barebone and Modesty is non exactly clear. They attended their mother's anti-witchcraft rallies and meetings together and passed out leaflets, so information technology possible that the two adopted sisters had a cordial relationship with each other.

Etymology

Modesty is derived from the Center French modestie (which ways freedom from exaggeration, cocky-control) or the Latin modestia (which means moderation, sense of honour, definiteness of comport), from moderastus (which means moderate, keeping due measure out, sober, gentle, temperate) or from modus (which means mensurate, manner, take appropiate measures). In short, Modesty ways "quality of having a moderate opinion of oneself", which was first coined in the 1550s.^[7]

Backside the scenes

Modesty Barebone as a LEGO character in LEGO Dimensions

Modesty Barebone is portrayed past Faith Woods-Blagrove in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.^[8]

• It is unknown what became of Modesty after Credence turned into his Obscurus form and began wreaking havoc through the city of New York, given that both her adoptive mother and adopted sister had just been killed.
• Information technology was confirmed past David Yates and David Heyman that Modesty would not announced in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald.^[9] It is unknown if she will appear in any more hereafter franchise releases.
• The anti-witchcraft rhyme Modesty repeatedly sings were all references of non-magical people's stereotypes of and against witches, as well as the Salem witch-trials that were designed to "persecute" them with.
  • "Flying on a switch" is a reference to broomstick flying ("switch" was a type of thin stick of wood), a stereotype from the Middle Ages.
  • "Witches never cry" is a reference to the stereotype of witches almost e'er cackling.
  • "Drown in a river" is a reference to the myth that witches never cantankerous bodies of water. It may also be a reference to one of the tests used during the Trials to make up one's mind who was a witch and who wasn't: a person would exist bound in rope and tossed into a body of water. If they sank, they were non a witch. If they floated, they were a witch, as witches were believed to have spurned baptism, and water would be repelled (alternatively, some say that h2o was so pure an element that it would repel the guilty).
  • "Gotta noose to requite her", "Gonna watch her burn down", & "Flogging have a plow" were all references to punishments meted out against suspected witches (i.eastward. the Medieval Inquisition and their respective autos-da-fé, and the Salem Witch Trials).
• It is unknown if Modesty was her birth proper name.
• Modesty's claret condition is also unknown, although she about likely appears to have been No-Maj, given how she has then far not shown to possess magical abilities, unlike Credence, and appeared to have some fearfulness and dislike of magic in full general.

Appearances

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay (Starting time appearance)
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (flick)
• The Case of Beasts: Explore the Motion picture Wizardry of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• LEGO Dimensions

Notes and references

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.two} Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene vii - She was described as being eight years-quondam in December 1926.
2. ↑ Modesty'south claret status is unknown. Just she seemed to be a No-Maj. Modesty grew up in an environs where witchcraft was hated. Modesty was mistreated past her adoptive mother and, like Credence, implying she may have been a witch. Despite this, Modesty was never shown to possess whatever magical abilities of any kind, and appeared to somewhat share her adoptive mother's hatred of witchcraft, and was not constitute to be an Obscurial, and then therefore she was most likely a No-Maj.
3. ↑ "Full Character Descriptions" from FantasticBeastsMovies.com
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Original Screenplay, Scene 96
5. ↑ "Full Character Clarification" from FantasticBeastsMovies.com
6. ↑ "Casting call for 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them' " from Warner Brothers UK
7. ↑ Etymology - Modesty
8. ↑ "Fantastic Beasts actress chosen from open auditions" from CBBC
9. ↑ The Leaky Cauldron - Davids Yates and Heyman Spill Fantastic Beasts Secrets

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