The Langfords were once considered one of the most beautiful families in the wizarding world — wealthy, glamorous, reckless in ways people found fascinating instead of alarming. Their mother, Edith Langford, built one of the most influential luxury fashion houses in magical society, transforming herself into an icon through extravagant galas, champagne-drenched interviews, and magazine covers that painted the family as untouchable. Their father, Vincent Langford, was powerful, brilliant, and catastrophically absent, a man more devoted to whiskey, affairs, and Ministry politics than he ever was to his children. To outsiders, the Langfords looked intoxicating: loud laughter at charity balls, dramatic romances splashed across headlines, scandals whispered about with envy rather than concern. Nobody realized the entire family had been quietly decaying for years — ever since the death of the fifth Langford child, the tragedy nobody speaks about directly anymore.