Marius Butcher

Pollux Black (older brother) †

Cassiopeia Black (older sister) †

Dorea Potter (younger sister) †

Irma Black (née Crabbe) (sister-in-law)

Charlus Potter (brother-in-law) †

Donovan Meliflua (brother-in-law)

Walburga Black (niece) †

Alphard Black (nephew) †

Cygnus Black III (nephew) †

Leland Potter (nephew)

Araminta Meliflu Black (niece)

Sirius Black II (paternal uncle) †

Phineas Black (paternal uncle) †

Arcturus Black II (paternal uncle) †

Belvina Burke (paternal aunt) †

Hesper Black (paternal aunt by marriage)

Lysandra Black (paternal aunt by marriage)

Herbert Burke (paternal uncle by marriage)

Arcturus Black III (paternal first cousin) †

Lycoris Black (paternal first cousin) †

Regulus Black I (paternal first cousin) †

Caractacus Burke II (paternal first cousin)

Boudica Burke (paternal first cousin)

Tasciovanus Burke (paternal first cousin)

Phineas Nigellus Black (paternal grandfather) †

Ursula Black (née Flint) (paternal grandmother)

Eglantine Nott (née Bulstrode) (maternal aunt)

Adrian Bulstrode (maternal uncle)

Atalanta Gibbon (née Bulstrode) (maternal aunt)

Cantankerus Nott (maternal uncle-by-marriage)

Camellia Bulstrode (née Burke) (maternal aunt-by-marriage)

Didimus Gibbon (maternal uncle-by-marriage)

Beckett Nott (maternal first cousin)

Diamond Nott (maternal first cousin)

Bowen Nott (maternal first cousin)

Thaddeus Caius Bulstrode (maternal first cousin)

Severian Bulstrode (maternal grandfather)

Laverne Bulstrode (maternal grandmother)

Gibbon family (maternal cousins)

**Marius Butcher** (formerly **Black**) (born February 15, 1918) was the third child of Cygnus Black II and Violetta Bulstrode, and the middle brother of Pollux Black, Cassiopeia Black, and Dorea Black. Marius was disowned and removed from the Black family tree tapestry for being born a Squib, a wizard-born person with no magical abilities. The Blacks were likely ashamed of his status, as Squibs are considered second-class citizens in the wizarding world and disregarded. He was left poor and uneducated and often introduced himself as “Marius Butcher”. Marius eventually married Augustina Bones and they had children named Edgar, Daniel, and Amelia Bones. They took their mother’s name because Marius was disowned by the House of Black for his blood status. He was a Borough Market Butcher while his wife took the job at the Ministry of Magic. He became the grandfather of Susan Bones and her brother Seth Bones. During the first Wizarding War, Marius and his wife Augustina were killed by Lord Voldemort in 1981.

## Biography

Born the third child out of the four Cygnus Black and Violetta Black nee Bulstrode created together Marius Black had certain instant obligations and expectations on him almost since conception. While his older brother Pollux had most of the weight being Cygnus' heir, Marius was still supposed to amount to a pinnacle of wizardry. There was only one problem, he couldn't do magic. For years and years he felt as if every (and there are numerous!) eye of the Black Family was on him since he was an infant. Expectedly waiting for him to show his first sign of any tiny display of magic. There were a few times where there were false starts and cut short celebrations when it was discovered it wasn't Marius that did the deed but one of his siblings, Pollux, Cassiopeia or even little Dorea.

After the age of nine it became hard for the Blacks to play it off. But they did their best, Dorea even began to do little shows of magic and gave credit for them to her big brother Marius. This charade came crashing down around them when the Letter to Hogwarts didn't come. His father became so furious that Marius threw a lamp between them and his bedroom caught on fire. He grabbed what he could and crawled out the bedroom window and ran. As far as the wizarding world is concerned, Marius Black nearly died in that fire.

The truth of the matter is that he hooked up with a gang of juvenile delinquents and ran wild for several years. They begged, robbed, did anything to try to stay out of the Orphanages. Unfortunately when Marius displayed an uncharacteristic hero moment in order to save a younger boy named Jack from getting cornered he got himself cornered. Off to Wools Orphanage he went. He might have been cursed a Squib, but he had luck enough that he was only at the Orphanage for a month before a butcher came looking for an apprentice. The butcher took him under wing and taught him everything Marius needs to know to be one of the most well known artisanal butchers the famous Borough Market has to offer.

In late 1941, Marius met and married a woman named Augustina Bones. In 1961, Augustina gave birth to their eldest child Edgar Bones. The reason was because the doctors found that Marius was disowned from the Black family and kicked out of 12 Grimmauld Place for being a Squib. In 1963, Augustina gave birth to Daniel Bones. In 1965, Augustina gave birth to Amelia Bones.

During the First Wizarding War, Marius’s son Edgar became member of the original Order of the Phoenix. The Order was an organisation led and founded by Albus Dumbledore. The organisations aim was to oppose the Dark Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Edgar also married a woman and had more than one childwith her. Edgar was also described as being a great wizard by Alastor Moody. Rubeus Hagridalso told Harry Potter that the Bones family was considered among the greatest wizards of the time.

Edgar, Marius’s daughter-in-law, and grandchildren were murdered by Death Eaters sometime in the later half of 1981. Marius and his wife were also murdered by Voldemort.