Harry Black

## Hadrian Remus Black (né Potter)

"***My enemy isn’t James. It isn’t even even Voldemort. My enemy is Fate itself! How the hell am I supposed to fight that?!"***

- *Harry Black to Hermione Granger upon learning how True Prophecies work.*

**Hadrian Remus "Harry" Black, Lord Wilkes**, previously known as **Harry Potter**, is an English half-blood wizard. He is the son of James Charlus Lord Potter and Lily Evans-Potter as well as the elder twin brother of Jim Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived. Formerly the Heir Presumptive of House Potter, he is currently the Heir Presumptive of House Black and the Lord of House Wilkes. He is also the current Prince of Slytherin and a founding member of the Azkabal.

## Biography

### Family Lineage

Harry is descended from the House of Potter through his father's line, and an the House of Wilkes through his mother's line. House Potter is one of the founding Ancient and Noble Houses of the Wizengamot, and is in possession of a copy of the Anathema Codex. Despite being excluded from the Sacred Twenty-Eight by Cantankerous Nott Senior House Potter was noted to have had incredibly pure blood before James Potter's marriage to Lily Evans. They are exceedingly wealthy and own several land holdings, the most significant of which is Potter Manor, the family's ancestral home. As of the early 1980s, the Potter family also runs a charity foundation, the Jim Potter Charitable Trust, that raises money for wizarding non-profits and donates toys and clothing to needy wizarding children. The Charitable Trust is chaired by the current Potter Seneschal, Peter Pettigrew.

Since the 1780s, the Potter family has been known for its prejudice against Slytherin House. This is largely a result of the Potter Prophecy, delivered by Seer Cassandra Trelawney to Lord Nathaniel Potter in 1780. The prophecy foretells the end of the world and the rise of a Dark God, and a "Last Potter" rising as the Prince of Slytherin.

### Early Life

Hadrian Remus Potter was born the first son of Lily and James Potter on July 31st, 1980. Shortly after his birth his parents were informed by Albus Dumbledore that Harry and his twin brother Jim had been targeted by the Dark Lord Voldemort, who believed they were destined to bring about his downfall.

He lived with his parents and his younger identical twin, Jim Potter, at a cottage in Godric's Hollow hidden behind a Fidelius until Halloween of 1981, when Peter Pettigrew betrayed the location of the Potter family to the Voldemort. Though Voldemort broke into the family's home with the intent to kill both Harry and Jim, the entire family survived. Lily and James were merely stunned by Voldemort as he feared there were wards in place that would alert Dumbledore to the use of a Killing Curse in the cottage, and he enjoyed the thought of leaving them alive with the knowledge that they had failed to protect their children. When he attempted to use a Killing Curse on the twins the curse somehow bounced back, destroying Voldemort's physical body and leaving him in a spirit-like state.

Albus Dumbledore's mistaken identification of Jim Potter as the Boy-Who-Lived, coupled with the Potters' belief that Harry would grow up to be a Squib, lead them to place Harry with Lily's sister Petunia and her husband Vernon Dursley. They were actively abusive towards Harry, forcing him to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs and perform a number of demeaning household chores. The Dursleys' actions are later revealed to be the result of a mysterious magical phenomenon that impacts Muggles' attitudes towards Harry.

### Book 1 - The Prince of Slytherin

Harry learns of his magical heritage and leaves for Hogwarts, where he is Sorted into Slytherin. Throughout his First Year, Harry has an extremely antagonistic relationship with James, Lily, and Jim Potter, as well as Draco Malfoy, but he develops friendships with Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Theo Nott, and Blaise Zabini. After he and Hermione rescue Neville from a troll in the boys' bathroom, he develops a strong relationship with Severus Snape, who provides him with introductory instruction in Occlumency.

Harry also develops friendly relations with most of the magical snakes contained within the Hogwarts paintings and other artwork, leading him to discover the Prince's Lair, the Hydra Throne, and the existence of the Prince of Slytherin position. Eventually, he is able to use the Lair and the Hydra Throne to end his power struggles with Draco, forcing his rival into an Unbreakable Vow not to harm Harry or his friends. Though Harry deduces that Quirinus Quirrell is possessed by Voldemort in early November, he conceals his knowledge of Quirrell and the Philosopher's Stone at Snape's request. At the end of the year, Harry, Theo and Blaise rescue the Gryffindor Four (Jim, Ron Weasley, Hermione, and Neville) from Quirrell and Voldemort. After leaving Hogwarts, Harry and his solicitors, Artemus Podmore and Hestia Jones, visit Gringotts and confirm that Harry has a second wizarding legacy through his mother, Lily.

### Book 2 - The Secret Enemy

Harry returns to the Dursleys' house just long enough to be caught in a lethal doxy ambush, in which Vernon Dursley throws him out of the house to be eaten alive. Snape determines through Legilimency that Harry's presence induces dislike, violence, and fear in Muggles, though he is unable to figure out the cause. After surviving an assassination attempt at his joint birthday with Jim, Harry returns to Hogwarts where he obtains the position of Chaser on the Slytherin Quidditch team. He spends the year grappling with several attempts on his life, the mysterious petrification of students as a result of the opening of the Chamber of Secrets, and an annoying prank war. In the meantime, Harry participates in several of his strange new DADA teacher Gilderoy Lockhart's advanced magical projects, and feuds with his brother, Jim, exposing him as a Parselmouth. Albus Dumbledore tells Harry the full contents of Sybill Trelawney's Prophecy.

Despite his knack for deduction, Harry does not realize until the end of the year that the prank war was actually a cover for the true danger of the Chamber of Secrets - the fragment of Tom Riddle's soul that controls the Basilisk. After all the staff members are petrified, leaving Hogwarts undefended, Harry, Jim, and Ginny Weasley battle the Basilisk and Tom Riddle's soul fragment to save a possessed Ron. After Harry destroys the Diary with the Sword of Gryffindor, he learns that it is a Horcrux created by Lord Voldemort, who hid his true identity under a Fidelius charm. Harry also learns that he is a natural Legilimens, and has unwittingly been manipulating the wizards around him since the start of his time at Hogwarts. Gilderoy Lockhart claims credit for the attack and confesses to murder before wiping his own mind with the Tabula Rasa Curse, before revealing to Harry the Lockhart he had as a teacher is actually the presumed-dead former Death Eater Regulus Black. Regulus seeks to stop the Dark Lord from using the Anathema Codex to rise again, but in order to do so, he will have to enlist Harry, Lucius Malfoy, Augusta Longbottom and Marcus Flint into his plot to break several Death Eaters out of Azkaban.

### Book 4 - The Resurrection Game

Ongoing.

 Physical Appearance

Harry bears a strong resemblance to his family, particularly his identical twin brother, Jim. He is described as having his father's unruly black hair, which he obsessively tames with hair potions. His eyes are the same green as those of his mother, Lily, when she is angry or upset, but he has his father's bad vision, leading him to constantly wear a pair of black-rimmed eyeglasses. He is often described as moving with remarkable grace and poise, even in surprising or unpleasant circumstances.

## Personality & Traits

Harry is characterized by his capability and ability to adapt to adverse conditions. As a result of his abusive childhood with the Dursley family, he is self-sufficient and not inclined to trust adults. However, he forms strong bonds with his close friends, particularly Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Blaise Zabini and Theo Nott.

Harry is cynical, often sarcastic, and fiercely intelligent. He is well-spoken with a biting wit, and often enjoys academic and physical competition with his peers. As a natural Legilimens, Harry is perceptive to the emotions of those around him, and possesses uniquely powerful deductive reasoning skills. As a Slytherin, Harry is highly motivated and ambitious, seeking to become the Prince of Slytherin starting in his first year.

## Magical Abilities & Skills

Harry is a strong wizard, capable of quick mastery of difficult spells, and is a good flyer. Like his brother, Jim, Harry is a Parselmouth, a fact he actively works to conceal from all but his closest friends.

Harry is also a natural Legilimens, allowing him to instinctively observe other people and intuitively alter his mannerisms to make a favorable impression and better manipulate the wizards around him. His abilities in Legilimency also manifest as a form of deductive genius, allowing him to make intuitive leaps of logic in a manner comparable to a young Sherlock Holmes. Harry is also able to become a capable Occlumens by his third year; however, this is as a result of training, and is not a natural affinity.

Finally, as of Year 3, Harry is also believed to be a latent Metamorph, though he has not yet significantly developed this skill.

## Behind the Scenes

The casting description for Harry is Daniel Radcliffe circa the *Harry Potter* film series, but with more fashionable glasses, better hair, and "killing curse" eyes.

## Canon Divergence

Prince of Slytherin Harry Potter differs from Canon-Harry in several respects.

His personal history prior to attending Hogwarts differs vastly from that of his canon counterpart. In POS, Harry's parents, James and Lily Potter, did not die during Voldemort's attack on Godric's Hollow. POS-Harry also has a twin brother, Jim Potter, who is universally believed to be the Boy Who Lived. Despite the continued existence of his family, POS-Harry still grows up at the Dursleys' house, and is still told they are dead. He only becomes aware of their existence shortly before arriving at Hogwarts, sparking his animosity towards them. POS-Harry's attitude towards his family differs significantly from Canon-Harry's love and respect for his parents' memory, and desire to learn more about them.

Unlike Canon-Harry, POS-Harry is aware of his status as a Parselmouth before arriving at Hogwarts, and actively conceals it from all but his closest allies. After starting at Hogwarts, POS-Harry is Sorted into Slytherin rather than Gryffindor. He deliberately chooses Slytherin, partly out of disdain for his birth family and partly to further explore his Parseltongue gift.

POS-Harry is noticeably more intelligent and well-spoken than Canon-Harry. While many of his peers are also of above-normal intelligence for their ages (whether due to the Learning Potions taken by Pureblood students or simply natural intellect, as is seen in Hermione Granger), Harry's heightened intelligence is a result of the the mysterious entity in his scar which he calls "Bob". Also, Natural Legilimency also allows Harry to have skills similar to a deductive genius.

Despite Canon-Harry's lack of ability in the mind arts, POS-Harry is a natural Legilimens, and by Year 3, a capable Occlumens as well.

POS-Harry and his twin, Jim, both have scars. However, the meaning of POS-Harry's scar differs from that in canon. Like Canon-Harry, POS-Harry has a lightning bolt-shaped scar, though POS specifies it to be shaped like the rune Sowilo, which symbolizes power. The scar appears to have some power of it's own, as nearly everyone in the Wizarding World seems to accept the story that it was caused by falling masonry, and is nothing more than an oddly-shaped wound. An exception to this was Bathsheba Babbling, who attempted to investigate the scar, only to be met by some malevolent force and immediately obliviating herself of all knowledge of the encounter.

Furthermore, POS-Harry is cursed with a (currently) unexplained aura that triggers feelings of extreme dislike (and cruelty and violence if exposed for a long term) in Muggles. Wizards and witches are unaffected by this effect and also unable to perceive it, although Luna Lovegood perceives it indirectly with her Heliopathic powers and theorizes that the phenomenon has some degree of sentience and actively conceals itself from magicals.

Finally, although POS-Harry is not confirmed to be the true subject of Sybill Trelawney's Prophecy of the defeat of Lord Voldemort, he is known to be the subject of at least one other. As the first Potter child in generations to be Sorted into Slytherin, he is likely the subject of Cassandra Trelawney's Prophecy, which foretells the destruction of the world and the rise of a Potter as Prince of Slytherin, POS-Harry's ultimate goal.  More unofficially, he is the subject of several predictions by Seer Serena Zabini, who claims that fate swirls around him, and he has a future of destruction.

## References

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

"...née Wilkes!".
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 79 - Meet Regulus Black,

Arcturus mentions House Potter to be among the Houses that own a copy of the Codex.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 61 - Post-Game Developments,

Cassius gets into an argument with Bletchley about Harry Potter.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 41 - Countdown to a Birthday,

The workings of the Jim Potter Charitable Trust are detailed as part of a larger explanation of the cultural significance of Jim Potter's birthday party.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 34 - The End of the Beginning (Pt 2),

Reflecting on the dangers of Slytherin traits in the Potter family, James reviews the last lines of the prophecy.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 32 - The Death Eater Snape,

Snape reveals why he joined the Death Eaters.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 2 - Halloween 1981,

The aftermath of the Godric's Hollow attack is described in detail.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 30 - Final Exam (Pt 2),

Harry comes face to face with Voldemort for the first time, and stalls for time by questioning him.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 2 - Halloween 1981,

Harry is mistakenly identified as a Squib.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 37 - Mysteries and Revelations,

Vernon and Petunia are interrogated by Severus Snape, who theorizes they have been emotionally affected by proximity to Harry..
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 29 - Final Exam (Pt 1),

Harry's enchanted Wayfarer eyeglasses are described in detail.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 100 - The Persistence of Memory,

While meeting Harry Potter for the first time, Remus Lupin compares him to his identical twin, Jim..
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 11 - Halloween 1991 (Pt 1),

Harry is able to master the fifth-year Summoning Charm after watching it demonstrated once.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 51 - Team-Building Exercises (Pt 1),

At the beginning of his second year, Harry makes the position of Chaser on the Slytherin Quidditch team.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 3 - The Reunion,

Harry decides to conceal his ability to speak Parseltongue from the first time James mentions it as a Dark skill.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 81 - The Power of Friendship,

Severus Snape identifies Harry as a natural Legilimens early in his first year at Hogwarts, but does not tell him about his abilities until the end of his second year.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 20 - Student-Teacher Conference,

Severus Snape suggests that Harry study Occlumency midway through his first year, to better prepare him with focusing his Legilimency skills.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 92 - Reactions & Overreactions (Pt 3),

Regulus Black identifies Harry's potential as a Metamorph just before his third year, but implies Harry will not be able to develop his abilities until the next summer.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 2 - Halloween 1981,

The aftermath of the Godric's Hollow attack is described in detail.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 5 - Introductions on a Train,

After evaluating his family and their attitudes towards him, Harry is Sorted into Slytherin..
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 20 - Student-Teacher Conference,

Severus Snape suggests that Harry study Occlumency midway through his first year, to better prepare him with focusing his Legilimency skills.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 99 - Feasts, Electives & Student Organizations (Conclusion),

Bathsheba Babbling's second mind removes the connection between Harry's scar and the Sowilo rune from her first conscious mind.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 63 - Escalation of Hostilities,

While describing her sense impressions of Harry to Regulus Black's Gilderoy Lockhart, Luna says that something is "there but...it's not letting me see it".
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 34 - The End of the Beginning (Pt 2),

Reflecting on the dangers of Slytherin traits in the Potter family, James reviews the last lines of the prophecy.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 43 - The Birthday Party (Pt 2),

During their conversation at Jim Potter's birthday party, Serena Zabini reads Harry's Tarot cards.