Theodore Nott

## Theodore Antonius Nott

**Theodore Nott** (born 16 May, 1980) was a Pure-blood English wizard, and also happened to be the only son of an elderly wizard called Tiberius Nott. Theodore started at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1991, and was sorted into Slytherin House. He was a member of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Nott, a wizarding family full of Death Eaters and supporters of pure-blood supremacy.

His family has been around for hundreds of years. His mother, Violetta Nott (née Parkinson), died when he was eight years old, and after that he was raised by his father. Between 1987 and 1994, his father was married to the mother of his step-brother, Blaise Zabini, and the two despised each other, and were entirely thankful when their parents got an annulment. Theodore is also the half first cousin of his housemate Pansy Parkinson through their grandfather, Paschal Parkinson.

## Biography

#### Early life

Theodore Nott was born on 16 May, 1980, in Hang East, in Yorkshire, during the height of the First Wizarding War. His father was Tiberius Nott, an elderly wizard, and his mother was Violetta Nott (née Parkinson), who was most likely his father's third wife due to the age difference between them. After the unexpected death of his mother in 1987, when he was seven, Theodore was raised primarily by his father, also a Death Eater, in North Yorkshire. The Nott family lands had been known to exist in North Yorkshire since at least 1450, entirely hidden away from non-wizarding people known as Muggles. Theodore was presumably raised on his family's estate, a magnificent mansion in North Yorkshire which lasted through many conflicts and had been passed down for many centuries.

In 1988, one year after his mother's death, and when Theodore was around eight years old, his father, Tiberius Nott, married a fourth time to a widow, Mrs. Zabini, who had a son called Blaise Zabini (whose father, Mr. Zabini, had recently died following the very mysterious deaths of three more additional previous spouses). Theodore disliked his step-brother from the very start, and the pair often treated each other with contempt. Blaise disliked that Theodore had a father who was involved with him, and that Theodore was taller than him.

#### Hogwarts years

Theodore received his Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1991, directly alongside his step-brother, Blaise Zabini. Before attending, he ventured to Diagon Alley with his father and from Ollivander's Wand Shop, had purchased a wand made of black walnut and dragon heartstring. Theodore and his step-brother boarded the Hogwarts Express at King's Cross Station in London on 1 September, 1991, and he was sorted into Slytherin House that night, his step-brother following after him. Some of his other housemates in his year were Draco Malfoy, Gregory Goyle, and Vincent Crabbe. Theodore's first cousin, Pansy Parkinson, was also in his year and house at Hogwarts.

Theodore had difficulties with his step-brother, Blaise, during their time at school. By the time he was a second-year, Theodore suspected, and immensely disliked that Blaise's mother would likely be attempting to steal his inheritance from him soon (as she had with the others), as it was wizarding law that the inheritance pass to a spouse of the deceased before it passed to the son of the deceased. Thankfully for Theodore, though, his father, Tiberius Nott, was quick to get an annulment with his step-mother, Mrs. Zabini, in September 1994, after the Quidditch World Cup. After his third year at school with his step-brother, and their parents' union dissolved, Theodore no longer had to live in the same house as Blaise, though he still unfortunately had to see his old step-brother around at school.

###### Fifth year (1995-1996)

During a Care of Magical Creatures lesson in his fifth year, Theodore was one of only three students present who could see Thestrals. This suggests that he may have witnessed his mother's death firsthand. He found the creatures rather distasteful and unpleasant as he watched one eating.

Hermione Granger pointed out Theodore's name to Harry Potter for the first time in 1996. She did this when Theodore was gathered in the school library with fellow Slytherins: Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle. All three boys had fathers who had recently been outed by Harry as Death Eaters in an article published in *The Quibbler*. Theodore was the only member of the group whose reaction to seeing Harry was not specifically noted as being either negative or threatening, as it was not noticeable at all.

At the end of the year, Theodore's father was captured in the Department of Mysteries as one of the Death Eaters who participated in the raid on the Department and exposed as an escaped Death Eater. With his father incarcerated and his mother dead, it is unspecified who cared for Theodore Nott during the school holidays.

##### Sixth year (1996-1997)

"*I wouldn't bank on an invitation. He asked me about Nott's father when I first arrived. They used to be old friends, apparently, but when he heard he'd been caught at the Ministry he didn't look happy, and Nott didn't get an invitation, did he?*"
— Discussion of Slug Club invites
While on the Hogwarts Express in 1996, Horace Slughorn waylaid Theodore's former step-brother, Blaise Zabini, and inquired after Theodore's father. Blaise replied that Mr Nott was a Death Eater imprisoned in Azkaban for breaking into the Department of Mysteries the previous June. Slughorn, not wanting any association with Death Eaters, was not pleased and thus invited Blaise, not Theodore, to join the Slug Club. Theodore was subsequently furious with Blaise for overstepping and sharing with a new professor.

Theodore was one of four Slytherin students who progressed to the N.E.W.T.-level in Potions.

##### Seventh year (1997-1998)

Theodore attended his seventh year at Hogwarts. Due to being a pure-blood Slytherin, as well as the son of a Death Eater, he was likely treated better than most. Shortly before the Battle of Hogwarts, students were being evacuated from the school including the Slytherins. It is unknown if he was one of the few students to join Lord Voldemort, or if he simply joined those who evacuated.

## Physical description

Theodore was "weedy" and "stringy", indicating that he was tall, thin, and perhaps weakly built. He was also considered to be "rabbity" in appearance by some.

## Personality and traits

Theodore was a solitary boy who never felt compelled to join "gangs", such as the one headed by Draco Malfoy from his first to his fourth year at school. He was seen as a loner who preferred to do things by himself.

## Magical abilities and skills

* **Potions**: Theodore was evidently skilled at potion-making, as he was only one of twelve students able to advance to N.E.W.T.-level Potions in 1996. He either achieved an 'Exceeds Expectations' or an 'Outstanding' on his O.W.L. exam, showing his proficiency in the subject.

## Etymology

Theodore is an English name that comes from the Greek name *Theodοros*, which is derived from the words *theos*, meaning "God", and *dōron*, meaning "gift". Thus, it is often considered to mean "gift of God". It was the name of many early Christian saints. The Welsh version of the name, *Tewdwr*, was anglicised to Tudor, the name of a royal dynasty of England that ended with Elizabeth I.

In Norse mythology, Nótt is the personification of night. Also, Josiah C. Nott was a nineteenth century American physician who advocated and popularised polygenist theories about the inherent superiority of Caucasians.