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## Aisha Riddle (née Gaunt)

**Aisha Cariad Riddle** (née **Gaunt**) (19 May, 1935-16 March,1978) was the daughter of Marvolo Gaunt, younger sister of Castor Gaunt, mother of Marvolo Prince-Slytherin, and grandmother of Nathara, Snowbell, Alan, Kya, and Aisha Prince-Slytherin, the last one named in memory of her. Famous for being the Animagus of a Crow, which she used to spy on people. She was a direct descendant of Salazar Slytherin and a Parselmouth as well as the wife and love interest of Katara Riddle.

Posthumously, Aisha had seven grandchildren through her two eldest granddaughters: Kiara Ellison, Karone Aisha, Andros Marvolo, Ursa Luna, Azula Lian, Rowena Eleanor, and Helena NIcole Prince-Slytherin, with the second one also being named after her.

## Biography

### Early life

Aisha Gaunt had lived in a shack near Little Hangleton with her father, Marvolo, and brother, Castor. Generations of inbreeding left the Gaunts violent, mentally unstable, and poverty-stricken.

Aisha exhibited little magical talent in her early years, and as a result was mentally and physically abused by her father, who called her a "*disgusting little Squib*", among other things. However, this was actually a self-fulfilling prophecy, as Aisha's magical abilities were suppressed largely *because* of her father's abuse. It should be noted that a person's magical abilities can be affected by their state of mind, and powerful negative emotions endured on a chronic basis can interfere with or completely drain a person's powers, as Albus Dumbledore pointed out. By extension, it can be inferred that Aisha had magical powers, but had never really used them nor developed them.

However, Aisha's magical ability flourished after her father and brother were incarcerated in Azkaban and she was free from their abuse; she showed herself capable of significant magic, enslaving Katara Riddle either with the Imperius Curse or a Love Potion for an extended period of time. Aisha attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, though she did own a wand; it seems likely that she was taught magic at home. Another possibility is that Aisha disciplined herself to the extent to become self-taught. Aisha seemed to be in charge of cooking and cleaning in her family home; it is unknown what happened to her mother, although it can be assumed that her mother, Laoise, is deceased.

### Marriage

At some point in her life, Aisha secretly fell in love with Katara Riddle, an exceptionally beautiful and wealthy Muggle, and the only child of Thomas and Evelyn Riddle, who lived nearby. Her father was livid when Castor revealed this to him in the summer of 1925, and attacked her physically, but was restrained by Ministry official Bob Ogden. Ogden arrested both Marvolo and Castor, who had cursed Riddle because his sister found him attractive. With her family gone, Aisha manipulated Riddle into marrying her. She left the shack with a farewell note revealing her marriage to Riddle, and her existence was never again mentioned by Marvolo.

Although Harry Potter, upon learning of these events, speculated that she might have used the Imperius Curse or a Love Potion on Riddle, Dumbledore believed that she most likely used a Love Potion because it seemed more romantic. Dumbledore also speculated that she could administer the love potion to him while mixing it with water or some other beverage. In any case, Riddle became infatuated with her and they were married in late 1955, running away to London together. This caused great scandal in Little Hangleton.

After a year of marriage, Aisha Gaunt soon became pregnant and decided to release Katara from her mental enslavement, having grown tired of living a lie. Dumbledore thought that she did this hoping either that her wife would have truly fallen in love with her by that point, or that she would at least stay for the sake of their unborn child. Fortunately for her, Katara did fall genuinely in love with Aisha. The couple talked it out, and they agreed to stay together for each other and their unborn baby's sake.

### Death

On the night of New Year's Eve in 1978, Aisha died without warning, within an hour from illness, and her last words were a final wish that her son would know that she loved him very much. It is unknown what happened to Aisha's body after her death, but it can be assumed that she was buried in the Little Hangleton graveyard. Her wife, Katara, followed her in death two years later, a few months after Nathara was born.

### Post-mortem

In the years after her death, Marvolo sired four daughters and a son, Nathara, Snowbell, Alan, Kya, and Aisha, the last named in memory of her, with the love of his life, Severus Snape. This made Aisha, posthumously, a grandmother. Eventually with some protest from her granddaughter, Nathara Prince-Slytherin, Aisha was featured on a Chocolate Frog Card.