Wedding of Katara Riddle and Aisha Gaunt

"*In any case, within a few months of the scene we have just witnessed, the village of Little Hangleton enjoyed a tremendous scandal. You can imagine the gossip it caused when the squire's daughter ran off with the tramp's daughter, Aisha.*"
— The tale of the unlikely marriage

The **wedding of Katara Riddle** **and** **Aisha Gaunt** was held in either the autumn or winter of 1959. The wedding likely took place in Little Hangleton, since both the bride and groom had lived in the village prior to the marriage. Their marriage lasted for 19 long and wonderful years before Aisha died from illness and her wife died two years later, not long after their granddaughter, Nathara Prince-Slytherin was born.

## History

### Prelude

Katara Riddle was a kind and caring Muggle sqiurearch who harbored secret romantic feelings for Aisha, while Aisha Gaunt was a witch who came from a poor, abusive household. Aisha developed an unhealthy attraction to Riddle, often watching her in secret. The marriage was instigated by Aisha's use of a powerful Love Potion to drug Riddle or her casting the Imperius Curse on her, forcing her to fall in "love" with her. The marriage was regarded as scandalous by the people of Little Hangleton, due to the bride and groom's extremely different backgrounds.

Aisha was a pure-blood witch, the last daughter of a very ancient pure-blood supremacist wizarding family known as the House of Gaunt, who were all denounced by the villagers as mentally unstable due to generations of inbreeding and impoverished since the their inheritable gold was squandered. The groom was a Muggle, the daughter of the wealthy Thomas Riddle and Evelyn Riddle, who were generally disliked among the villagers, also due to their attitude.

### Wedding

Only Aisha's father Marvolo Gaunt and brother Castor Gaunt were absent at the wedding, since they were both arrested by the Ministry of Magic months prior. Although the marriage raised plenty of eyebrows, there were some in Little Hangleton who thought that due to the unpopularity of both families that the bride and groom may have found commonality; in essence Aisha and Katara were two lonely young people who found soulmates in each other.

Marvolo's reaction was much more severe. After serving his six month sentence in Azkaban, he returned home, foolishly expecting to find his daughter with a hot meal prepared for him, but instead found his house abandoned with a clear inch of dust and a letter from Aisha explaining what happened. Upon learning that his daughter married a Muggle, the shock was so great that he never acknowledged her existence again and it may have contributed to his early death. Or perhaps, he was so dependent on others for so long, that he never learned how to feed himself and soon starved to death. In any case, his time in Azkaban had greatly weakened him and he never lived to see Castor return home. Upon his own release three years later, Castor labelled his sister a "little slut" who dishonoured the name Gaunt.

### Marriage

"*When the potions regime ceased, Katara and Aisha established a proper relationship and raised a happy family.*"
— Katara and Aisha properly fall in love

After the wedding, Aisha took Katara to London. A couple months later, Aisha became pregnant with a son. Hoping that Katara would have developed genuine love for her, or would at least stay to raise the child with her, Aisha revealed to her that she was a witch, and either stopped giving her love potions or casting the Imperius Curse on her. When Katara regained her free will, she stayed with the pregnant witch, and they returned to her ancestral manor.

### Aftermath

On 31 December, 1960, Aisha gave birth to a baby boy; who she named Marvolo Cadmus Riddle. Aisha, Katara, and Marvolo lived a happy life together in Little Hangleton. While the couple's son was at Hogwarts, he fell in love with fellow half-blood Severus Snape. When Marvolo was 18 years old, Aisha died from illness. Two years later, Katara died not long after Marvolo's daughter, Nathara was born.

## Attendees

**Bride:**Aisha Gaunt**Groom:**Katara Riddle