House Wilkes

**House Wilkes** is an Ancient and Noble House of the Wizengamot that is currently led by Harry Black.

## History

### Coming to England

The House that formed the foundations for House Wilkes originally came to British Isles, along with sixteen other families, prior to the fall of the Roman Empire. The foundational Houses then spent the next few centuries warring with each other, interbreeding with each other, or both, until they settled their differences and formed the Wizards Council. The Wizards Council then ruled Magical Britain from the 7th century until the Normandy Invasion in 1066.

### First Wizarding War

During the First Wizarding War, then-Lord Erasmus Wilkes became a Death Eater under the service of Lord Voldemort as the Death Eater's chief weapon-smith. Utilising his proficient skills as an artificer, Erasmus cursed a large number of seemingly normal items, including toys which lead to his Death Eater code-name of "Mr. Toymaker", then released them into the Muggle world.

However, a young Arthur Weasley was able to track several cases of unusual Muggle deaths back to Erasmus' handiwork. This led to the Ministry raiding the Wilkes Manor in an attempt to capture Erasmus. Unfortunately, the raid led to the destruction of Wilkes Manor and the death of Erasmus.

The raid left his wife, Lady Linnea Wilkes, alive but captured. When she was captured though, she was two months pregnant with a daughter, Amaryllis "Amy" Wilkes. Amy was born into a Ministry holding cell, named then passed to Lord Gregory Goyle Sr. and his wife, who were Amy's (reluctant) godparents. Originally, Amy's godparents were supposed to be Lord Lucius Malfoy and Lady Narcissa Malfoy. However, due to the fact that both Lord and Lady Wilkes were prominent Death Eaters, House Malfoy gave responsibility of Amaryllis to their Vassals, House Goyle. House Goyle was not happy with the arrangement but relented, raising Amaryllis but refusing to give her additional attention.

Linnea Wilkes later died in Azkaban a week before Amy's first birthday, leaving Amy as the last known Wilkes alive. Due to Amy's status as a girl though, she was unable to claim Lordship or gain access to the Wilkes Inheritance since House Wilkes is a strictly patriarchal House.

### House Wilkes Rises Again

After the death of Erasmus Wilkes, his daughter wasn't the only remaining witch or wizard with Wilkes heritage. Lily Potter and, by extension, her sons, Harry and Jim Potter were also descended from the Wilkes family line through Hyacinth Carmichael (née Wilkes), a female squib born in the nineteenth century who was abandoned by then-Lord Atticus Wilkes on her eleventh birthday. Like Amy, Lily was unable to access the Wilkes Inheritance but had no desire to, having wished to distance herself from her heritage.

However, in the summer of 1992, Harry did learn of this heritage when he took a genealogy test at Gringotts. Although Harry was confused and concerned about the results, his lawyers assured him that they had plenty of time to weaponize the information against Harry's family, House Potter, who Harry despised.

A few years later on the 29th March, 1994, during an emergency meeting of the Wizengamot, Harry formally ejected himself from House Potter, as part of an Unbreakable Vow with his father, James Potter. After this, Harry was now able to claim the Wilkes Lordship without obstacle. As part of this action, he activated the dormant Wilkes Wizengamot seat, cancelled the Nott-Wilkes marriage contract and arranged for Amaryllis to live with him at Longbottom Manor.

### Nott-Wilkes Marriage Plot

At some point after taking custody of Amy, Lord Gregory Goyle Sr. realised that she was the key to the Wilkes Inheritence, and the riches inside. Although Amy was unable to claim Lordship since House Wilkes was strictly patrilineal, any male offspring she had could access it. As such, Lord Goyle wrote a marriage contract between Amy and his heir, Gregory "Greg" Goyle Jr. and planned to remove the pair from Hogwarts following Greg getting his OWLs. Once he forced Greg to impregnate Amy, he would declare himself Regent of House Wilkes and have access to the Inheritance. With Greg old enough to enact the contract but young enough to be ineligible to be Regent, Lord Goyle was confident his plan would work and House Goyle would finally be able to break away from House Malfoy.

Unfortunately, Greg wasn't very academically inclined, barely passing his first year at Hogwarts. As such, Lord Goyle developed a backup plan should Greg show he wouldn't pass his OWLs. He would dissolve the contract between Greg and Amy, instead writing a contract between Amy and Tiberius Nott, the Lord of House Nott, as House Nott would likely pay a bride price large enough to satisfy Lord Goyle's desire.

Unfortunately, Lord Goyle's plans were leaked. Having overheard his father's plot, Greg, wanting to keep Amy safe, told Marcus Flint about the plan during his second year at Hogwarts. Marcus had Greg explain the plot to Harry Potter, as Harry would likely be able to help. After hearing the issue, Harry agreed to help Amy on Greg's behalf if Greg promised to not reveal any of Harry's secrets and Greg kept his grades up, a deal Greg accepted.

In the summer of 1993, shortly after the Hogwarts year was finished, House Nott hosted House Goyle and House Crabbe for a small gathering. Whilst their children entertained themselves, Lord Goyle and Lord Nott worked out the details of their plan. House Nott would give House Goyle half-a-million galleons as a bride price, plus ten percent of the Wilkes Vault once Amy had sired a son. Houses Goyle and Crabbe would also become Vassal Houses to House Nott. However, whilst Houses Goyle and Crabbe were still Vassals to House Malfoy, House Malfoy would be able to veto the contract, thus they'd have to wait until the Wizengamot Dues were due and the Houses could be free of House Malfoy.

The day after this meeting, Theodore Nott was subjected to The Ultimate Sanction and was forced to flee Nott Manor. Due to the pilling issues, Harry Potter went to his father, Lord James Potter in hopes of receiving help with both the Nott-Wilkes Marriage and Theodore's banishment but James was unable to provide any support outside of informing Peter Pettigrew of the marriage plot. Pettigrew, now aware of the plot, made it a priority to kidnap Amy in order to gain access to the Wilkes Vault himself. Unlike Goyle or Nott, he planned to sacrifice Amy to create a potion that would have the Vault's wards recognise him as Lord Wilkes for 48 hours, during which he could sack the vault of its riches.

The three forces (Goyle & Nott, Harry, & Pettigrew) came to a head during the Werewolf attack on Hogsmeade. Lord Goyle had arranged for Amy to meet Tiberius Nott in the Three Broomsticks as part of the requirements for arranged marriages, but Harry was keeping an eye on Amy with the help of his Defence tutor, Mad-Eye Moody. Unbeknown to Lord Goyle, Lord Nott, and Harry, Pettigrew had arranged to have werewolves attack Hogsmeade and activate the Rune of Singular Hate. Once Pettigrew's attack started, Fenrir Greyback attempted to kidnap Amy from Lords Goyle and Nott. However, Harry had seen Fenrir head towards the group. Smashing the window, Harry had Amy jump out. Over the course of the attack, they successfully evaded the werewolves via the uses of a Firebolt, wandless magic and the Hogwarts Acromantula colony.

The plot is finally ended when in a Special Session of the Wizengamot made to determine the fate of the Azkaban Escapees, Harry reveals his matriarchal lineage relating him to House Wilkes. According to the Wilkes House Charter, since the previous Lord Wilkes was born with a male heir, Lordship is passed to the next wizard who can meet the Lordship requirements; an adult male with two magical parents, one of which who can claim blood descent from a prior Lord Wilkes. Although both Lord Goyle and Lord Nott tried arguing against Harry's ascension, both their arguments were refuted. Harry then informed the Wizengamot that he would review all Wilkes contracts made by Lord Goyle and either affirm or void them (thus voiding the marriage contract) and would be removing Amy from House Goyle's care (thus damaging relations between Houses Goyle and Nott).

## Family Residence

The main residence for the two only current members of House Wilkes is **Blackstone****,** formerly known as Potter Manor, the former home of House Potter which has been leased out to Harry black until 2012.

The traditional residence for House Wilkes was **Wilkes Manor**, however it was destroyed during a Ministry raid on it in 1980 in an attempt to capture Lord Erasmus Wilkes, a known Death Eater. However, it was known to several Death Eaters that the entire Wilkes Inheritance was kept in an impregnable vault kept somewhere below Wilkes Manor, where only the Lord Wilkes could access it.

## Canon Divergence

While Wilkes was a character mentioned once by Sirius Blackin *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, the nature, characteristics and history of the House of Wilkes is a product of the Sinister Man.

## References

Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 43 - The Birthday Party (Pt 2),

Erasmus Wilkes' history revealed.

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Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 48 - Ginny's Day (Pt 1),

Ginny thinks about Amy's history.

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Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 52 - Team-Building Exercises (Pt 2),

Greg Goyle explains the plot to Harry, to ensure Amy's safety.

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Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 132 - Lords of the Wizengamot,

Harry reveals his Wilkes heritage.

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Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 33 - The End of the Beginning (Pt 1),

Harry learns his heritage.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 83 - Prelude (Theodore Nott),

Theo eavesdrops on Tiberius and Gregory Goyle Sr. as they detail their plan.

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Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 83 - Prelude (Theodore Nott),

Harry goes to James to get help with the Nott-Wilkes Marriage and the Ultimate Sanction. He isn't successful.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 88 - Prelude (Harry),

Pettigrew explains his plan for the Wilkes Vault to Fenrir.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 102 - Dementors, Divination and a Day in Hogsmeade,

Goyle, Potter and Pettigrew move into their places.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 103 - Chaos in Hogsmeade (Pt 1),

Harry rescues Amy from Fenrir in the Three Broomsticks.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 105 - Chaos in Hogsmeade (Finale),

Harry rescues Amy from Fenrir via Acromantula.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 132 - Lords of the Wizengamot,

Harry becomes Lord Wilkes and removes all threats to Amy.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 145 - Little Hangleton,

Harry renames Potter Manor.

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