Constantinius of York

Son of Ætherell, non magical

d. 992

## Appearances

Here is a list of all chapters Constantinius appears in. Chapters where he is physically present and interacting in the scene are in **bold**, while chapters where he is only mentioned by either the narration or other characters are in plain text.

### Part I

*“You said it caused their death, if I remember correctly,” Severus replies.*

*“It wasn’t a single student. Two girls. Two best friends.” Nizar feels his nails bite in his palms and uncurls his hands. At least he hadn’t left his nails pointed, or he would be bleeding right now. “I began teaching in this school when I was seventeen. I earned my title because I’m the one who found him. He’d bashed one over the head and told the other to behave and they wouldn’t be harmed. She was ten years old and terrified. She believed him. He’d killed her and moved on to his second victim before I got there. There was not much left of him afterwards.”*

*“I see.”*

*“Fortunately, no, you didn’t see the aftermath of that, and neither did she. I’m still older than you by seven years, or by nine hundred eighty-five years, whichever you prefer, so I’d like it to be a few more days before the shine wears off and reveals the tarnish beneath, thank you,” Nizar responds. “When Ætherell of York came to Hogwarts to claim justice for his son’s death, I delivered his son’s remains to him personally in a chamber pot, used a visual memory charm to reveal what his son had done, and asked if he was still brave enough to demand justice.*

*“Ætherell was wise enough to say no. He was not wise enough to say yes when I said that he owed the girl justice for what his offspring had done.” Nizar lets out a brief, humorless laugh. “So much for that bloodline. Not that there were any of them left at that point aside from those two. They’d gotten into some very bad habits. The Black family everyone is in such terror of is fairly tame in comparison.”*

*“A non-magical son with a wizarding parent?” Severus asks.*

*“It was more accepted back then that not everyone was magical, and you weren’t going to be ejected from a family for being one sort while everyone else was the other. So, yes—technically, I defeated my first Dark magician at age seventeen. Salazar was so annoyed; I beat out his previous accomplishment by an entire year. I told him that at least I wasn’t banned from the entire Kingdom of León but for a single week per year for killing off an evil magical prince. Salazar was enough of a prick to point out that I’d just offed a magical duke, and York would not be welcoming me back anytime soon.”*

### Part III

*“You don’t like him,” Salazar says after they go into the Receiving Hall so Harry can check on Hedwig. (...)*

*“Who, Constantinius?” Harry strokes Hedwig’s head, eliciting a happy trill from her before she goes right back to sleep. “No, I don’t. He reminds me of someone I didn’t like very much, a magician named Gilderoy Lockhart.”*

*“What was this Gilderoy like?” Salazar asks.*

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### Part VI

*Minerva listens with her heart in her throat as Salazar describes to them why he learned never to discount his brother’s instincts, no matter the reason. One of those two non-magical men from a magical lineage, Nizar had never trusted. That man waited until all of the magicians were out of the castle dealing with another matter and absconded with two of the students, young girls. Nizar had already been named the school’s protector by Myrddin, and while the castle was supposed to tell them all if something was wrong, that is the day they learned that his senses were more fine-tuned—and still it was not enough. The first child was dead, and the second grievously injured, before that man was stopped. No one is foolish enough to ask how Nizar stepped him, not given the expression on his face.*

*If Orellana’s death broke the dear man’s heart, then that non-magical servant’s act shattered Salazar’s trust in those who’d been with them for years already.*

*“And that’s why non-magical types were banned from the castle,” Mister Zabini says. “That’s when Muggles stopped being able to see Hogwarts.”*

*“Not only for that reason, Mister Zabini, though without such details, it does look very much like that,” Salazar replies quietly. “To our eyes, that man’s act served as a warning of things to come. Certain of our students already had to dwell in the castle throughout the year, as it was not safe to go home to their families. The church on the island was far more tolerant in those days, but worse was coming and we knew it.*