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The Serpentine Subterfuge

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**The Serpentine Subterfuge** is the second book in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Summary

Harry establishes a backup cover story in the Lower Alleys, in case the ruse is breached, and meets the Alleys' unofficial government, the Court of the Rogue. At school, she faces a series of mysterious petrifications of students, but is able to defeat the magical diary causing them, which started as a copy of Tom Riddle's sixteen-year-old self but has gone rogue.

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Harriett Potter
* Arcturus Black
* Severus Snape
* Draco Malfoy
* Pansy Parkinson

## Chapters

Word count was calculated using https://wordcounter.net/ and may differ from Fanfiction.net's native word counter. Except for author's notes (A/N), it includes content like the chapter introductions and endings and perspective changes.

Release date, where unclear, was determined using the date of the first review of the chapter. It may not be wholly accurate.
Malcolm Hurst

Hurst turned amused eyes on Krait, "I said if you told me who he was I wouldn't steal him from you. You didn't tell me, and besides, I'm not stealing. I'm bribing."

**Malcolm Hurst** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Profile

### Skills

* Schmoozing
* corralling potioneers

He was the highest grossing researcher in experimental potions for St Mungo's.

### Possessions

* Truth-telling desk (in the Potions Guild office)

## History

### Adult life

He meets Eleni at St Mungo's while she works the children's ward, and he provides new, better potions. He gets his Mastery a year after Leo's birth. With the Guild stipends and the money left by his parents, he helps Eleni founds the Maywell Clinic. He writes the introduction to the most recent edition of Moste Potente Potions.

### 1992-1993 School Year

He makes Aldermaster of the Potions Guild some time before Harry meets Leo.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 1 (*mentioned*)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
2. ↑ The Malignant Masquerade: Chapter 1
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 1
Black family

The **Noble and Most Ancient House of Black** is a pureblood family in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. Its heir is Archie Black. Being a Metamorphmagi runs in the family, and both Archie and Nymphadora Tonks have the ability.

## Family Tree

*Note:* The following family tree may not display correctly on mobile devices.
For full sources, please refer here.

## References

1. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 21
2. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 10
Everlasting Ice Spell

The **Everlasting Ice Spell** was invented by a potioneer. The effect of the spell is to create ice which is impervious to heat. The movement is tapping your wand against the container, and the incantation is *Glacia Aeternalis*.

The spell is generally considered a Fifth Year Charm. The incorrect incantation, *Glacies Aeternus,* uses the same movement and produces ice, but this ice is not impervious to heat.
Mrs. Botting

## Appearances

**Botting** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. She lives on the Number 5 of Dogwood Lane.

## Profile

### Appearance

She is a thin woman with soft brown hair.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

She meets Harry during the summer, and is the one who's helping the owner of the Number 8 of Dogwood Lane, Mrs. Whitlock after her nasty fall a month before.

## Relationships

### Mrs. Whitlock

She helps her after her fall that prevents her to live alone by letting her stay in her house.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
Character Appearances by Chapter

This page lists characters by each chapter they appear in. Mentioned characters and characters that only appear in passing are not included. For character mentions, the character's "Appearance" section on their individual page may be more relevant.

The lists on this page are in order of their first appearance in the chapter.

It is more of a reference page and doesn't need to be edited directly, besides to purge the page and to add new chapters. Use it how you wish.
Claw

— Eleni Hurst, The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3

**Claw** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. He wants the title of The Rogue without going through the traditional means. He is an outsider who doesn't understand the Court.

## Profile

### Personality

Meaner than a wild boar and trickier than a barrel of hinkypunks. He doesn't follow the Code of The Rogue, doesn't give what he should pay to the Rogue, and doesn't look out for the alley folk. He sold out men to the Ministry. According to Eleni Hurst, he is stupid, a bad thief, a coward, and a misoginist.

## History

### 1991-1992 School Year

He shows up in the Lower Alleys in September or October. He enters the Court of The Rogue, but it's clear from the start that he doesn't have an interest in bettering it. He slowly gets people into his circle, everyone thinking that he is building a base of support for challenging Leo.

### 1992-1993 School Year

He tampers with a love potion recipe given by Solom and gives it to Krait. Tasked by Krait, Harry attempts to brew it, but it blows up her cauldron. He also attacks Aled and Marek. His plans to take out Leo and steal his crown likely fall into some of Leo's ears, so he is met by Leo's men at the Dancing Dragon and his side lose the fight, but not without burning the inn. He is drawn out of the Lower Alleys.

## Trivia

He may be Lee Jordan, as they are both supposed to be Ralon of Malven, alias Claw, in The Song of the Lioness.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## Notes

1. ↑ In The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2, it is said that Claw appeared "not ten month ago", the scene being some time after The Garden Party on the 15th of July.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
PP2

## Summary

Rigel is separated from Neville as they arrive at Hogsmeade. Once inside the Great Hall, Rigel meets Pansy Parkinson, who makes a comment about Rigel gaping at the enchanted ceiling like a commoner. The Sorting Hat starts to sing when Rigel is about to introduce herself. Professor McGonagall calls the students to try the hat. When Rigel puts the hat on, it knows that she is Harry Potter, but he will not snitch on her, as he is a hat. Rigel goes to Slytherin, as she wanted. Draco Malfoy, Pansy Parkinson, along with others, go to Slytherin as well, and Rigel starts discussing with Pansy. Sirius' reputation precedes her, so she plays the womanizer. Dumbledore makes his speech and the Feast starts. When Pansy is surprised that she only eats garden salad, Rigel informs her that she is a pescatarian. Her diet would allow to explain in the future why she is smaller than other boys, and that's the reason she decided to continue it at Hogwarts.

After the Feast, two prefects lead the first years to the Slytherin Common Room, to which the password is Ouroboros. The prefect with long black hair tells them that something happened and their Head of House won't be able to make the start-of-term meeting this night, so it is moved to the next morning. She then explains that the door leading to the hallway of their dorm can only be opened by those in the corresponding year. Tiredly, Rigel goes to her dorm, which she shares with Draco and Theodore Nott. She goes straight to her bed and falls asleep immediately.

## Characters (by order of appearance)

* Rigel Black
* Neville Longbottom
* Rubeus Hagrid
* Minerva McGonagall
* Pansy Parkinson
* The Sorting Hat
* Ron Weasley (as "the redhead")
* Hannah Abbott
* Daphne Greengrass
* Millicent Bulstrode
* Draco Malfoy
* Albus Dumbledore
* Alesana Selwyn (not by name)
* A prefect (possibly the male counterpart of Alice)

## Settings

### Hogwarts

* Great Hall
* Slytherin Common Room
* Dorm

## Differences

There following major differences were found between the version posted on fanfiction.net and the version posted on archiveofourown.org (found using text-compare):

* All instances of **Sorted** were changed to **sorted**
* Hannah Abbott's name was fixed from **Abbot** to **Abbott**
* Minor grammar adjustments
Wolfsbane

**Wolfsbane**, aka Aconite, is an ingredient used in potion, particularly the Wolfsbane Potion.

## Uses

* The flowers, crushed, in the Wolfsbane Potion
* Usually the stalks, shredded, in various poisons.
* Just the Pollinated stamens in Ardor Increasing Potions

## Where to find it

It grows most prolifically in werewolf territory and must be harvested with silver at the full moon.

## Precautions

It is poisonous to ingest and difficult to add to Potions without causing them to explode, as it is highly reactive to most other ingredients.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 8
Walkthroughs

A Walkthrough of all Tabou Stories.

* Billionaire's Darling Choices

* Our Little Secret Choices
* Tied Up by CEO Choices
* Cheaters Choices
* Prince’s Maid Choices
* Read my Lips Choices
* Naughty Neighbors Choices
* Hollywood Affair Choices
* Bad Wife Choices
* Play with Me Choices
* Forbidden Fruit Choices

* Christmas Lover Choices
* Duke of Sin Choices
* Guilty Pleasure Choices
Raoul Goldentower

"As I am Lord Potter's champion, you'd be dueling me, I'm afraid," Lily said with a grin.
"Damned clever of him, making the task insurmountable," Raoul mused.

**Raoul Goldentower** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Profile

### Appearance

* Tall enough to stand head and shoulders over a crowd

### Personality

* Whistles for his son Gilmyn and considers a leash charm
* Blunt and honest

### Skills

* duelling
* egging on his husband Gary

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Futile Facade: Chapter 13
Buri

**Buri** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## History

### 1994-1995 School Year

During the second task of the New Triwizard Tournament, Buri took her Godson to watch the task.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 10 (*mentioned*)

## References

1. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 13
2. ↑ Violet Q&A Session 1 — 1:17:51
3. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 10
Lee Jordan

**Lee Jordan** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

### Personality

* Jealous of Marauder's success. His father's joke line is much less successful. Takes out his frustration on Rigel

### Skills

* Breeding insects and arachnids, developing poisons and neurotoxins.

## History

### Childhood

Doubtful he had a happy childhood. Likely his family fell on hard times. There is an open investigation to determine if he or his father tried to call their great uncle (Tiberus Odgen).

## Trivia

He may be Claw, as they are both supposed to be Ralon of Malven, alias Claw, in The Song of the Lioness.
Alma errante

**Alma errante** es un conjunto de Operación Caída de ballena con 10 piezas de ropa. Los estilos del conjunto son Formal y Suave. El conjunto se obtiene por medio de Jerry con suerte y en la tienda de Lovecraft.

La recompensa por el conjunto completo es de 100 de diamantes.

## Ropa

* **Cabello:** Rosas dispersas
* **Sombrero:** Dominio tecnológico
* **Vestido:** Alma errante
* **Medias:** Máscara de la libertad
* **Zapatos:** Brecha digital
* **Pendientes:** Eco de centauro
* **Collar:** Manto de enredadera
* **Guantes:** Puño chillón
* **Anillo:** Difusor de luz
* **Bolso:** Purga de datos
My Bad Billionaire

**My Bad Billionaire** is a steamy romance book.

## Summary

*An intriguing offer from your boss turns your world upside down...*

#### **Chapter 2: My Fake Husband**

*Elliot wants you to be his fake wife, and he's making you an offer you can't resist...*

#### **Chapter 3: My Seductive Man**

*When Elliot's wife turns up at the red carpet and starts making threats, you and Elliot have to take drastic measures...*

#### **Chapter 4: My Punishment**

*You did the one thing Elliot told you not to do - you peeked inside his bedroom. Will you get punished?*

#### **Chapter 5:** **My Sexy "Friend"**

*After finding a box of condoms in Elliot's drawer, you confront him about it. Could he be sleeping with someone else?*

#### **Chapter 6: My Amazing Honeymoon**

*You go to the Bahamas with Elliot. Will something (or someone) get in the way of your connection?*
Alastor Moody

## Appearances

Moody inflated his chest like an overgrown bird. "Everything. They're organized. They're connected. There's messaging."
"Some of that rational, goal-orientedness, you mean?" Raoul drawled.
"Laugh while you can," Moody groused. "I've got sources from all the bad places that say there's something worse come into the shadows of late. Targeting traditionally violent groups. Recruiting. Orchestrating. And you think it's a coincidence extreme bigotry is being aired for all the world to see? No. I don't think so."

**Alastor Moody** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Profile

### Appearance

* "as grizzled in person as he was in rumor, stalked into their midst with all the social grace of a hungry tiger. He wore robes that were not technically Auror garb, but mimicked it perfectly in cut and style."

### Personality

* skeptical
* belief that Dark Wizards are up to no good

### Skills

* skilled duellist
* trains recruits

## Relationships

### Name 1

Has multiple auror Trainees including Nymphadora Tonks
MM3

## Summary

Severus Snape learns that Rigel met with the Order of the Phoenix while he was away, and insists on being involved in any future meetings. Dumbledore, however, maintains that he must not attempt to learn Rigel's identity, which Severus is dissatisfied by.

Harry meets with Caelum Lestrange, who attempts to apologise for his involvement in Voldemort's resurrection - by giving her a Qilin that he rescued from the black market. Harry is perplexed, but tentatively accepts his explanation that he didn't know about the ritual to steal Rigel's magic, and just wanted the chance to impress his parents by inventing the resurrection potion. She contacts Dumbledore to arrange for help in finding a safe home for the Qilin, and he invites Rigel to bring it to the Triwizard crowning ceremony in Paris.

Harry and Leo attend the ceremony in disguise, until it is disrupted by explosions, and she uses the Invisibility Cloak to seize the Rod of Zuriel - satisfying her Unbreakable Vow in the process. She then uses the Cloak and her Animagus form to escape in the confusion, while several crowd members including the other Champions interfere with Riddle's attempts to catch her. However, Riddle's internal monologue indicates that he intends to track and capture Rigel via the Rod.

Arriving at a promised safehouse, Harry is perplexed to find it destroyed, and narrowly rescues a man from being killed by Scar. The man then informs her that "the stone" has been stolen.
Boil-cure Potion

The **Boil-cure Potion** is a relatively simple potion which is used to cure boils. It is considered a basic herbal remedy.

The potion is used as a beginner-level potion in Professor Severus Snape's first-year Potions class at Hogwarts. The recipe can be found in the first-year textbook.

## How to Brew

The cauldron must be heated before the first ingredients are added. These first wet ingredients form the base of the potion. The potion must then be stirred, first clockwise and then counterclockwise.

At some point, chopped dandelion roots must be added. Cutting the root too roughly can prevent the frog spores from dissolving properly when they are added. Knotgrass is also added as a thickening agent, and also causes the potion to turn dark green. The potion must be taken off the fire before adding the porcupine quills, or else it may explode.

## Trivia

* This potion, introduced in The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 7, was preceded by the remark that potions in the *Rigel Black Chronicles* would deviate from canon where necessary. The Boil-cure Potion does deviate from recipes introduced in *Harry Potter* canon in several ways, though the step about the porcupine quills - and the associated explosion hazard - was kept the same as the one in *Philosopher's Stone*.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 7
2. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 7 Author's Notes
Albus Dumbledore

**Albus Dumbledore** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

### Adult life

In 1986, Albus pranks Severus by painting his cauldrons pink and casting a selection illusion so Severus can only see them as pewter, making his NEWT students laugh, just because Severus missed the annual Head of House meeting.

### 1992-1993 School Year

He presides over the Head of House meeting on the third Friday of September, when Flint's cheating, and Rigel's abilities are discussed.

While he finishes his Halloween feast speech, he is stopped by an explosion that collapsed the third floor of the corridor in the East side. After calming the students, he goes there accompanied by the heads of house to check on the damages, and they find a petrified Neville Longbottom.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
2. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 6
MM1

## Summary

After weeks of being grounded, Harry is able to go with Remus to the Serpent's Storeroom, to make her potion deliveries. Remus encourages her to open up more and return to normalcy rather than hiding away, and is impressed by the work she's been doing, especially selling Wolfsbane at cost.

She also receives two letters, from the Strigou Shrouds vampire coven, politely accepting any help she can give Gavril, and Professor Snape, berating her but willing to continue Harry's apprenticeship.

Aldon Rosier goes looking for Harry, hoping she knows what has happened to Rigel, and wins enough sympathy from Aldermaster Hurst to find her at the Serpent's Storeroom. She gives him the cover story, reassuring him but insisting that he won't see Rigel again, and he renews his offer to marry her for practical reasons, to protect her from more scrutiny, but she turns him down.

Leo then meets them and takes Harry to the Dancing Phoenix, to let her see everyone and start getting back in shape. Harry offers to let him ask more questions about the ruse, but he reassures her that he can wait until she's more ready, and she appreciates the break.

Caelum Lestrange's thesis article about Shaped Imbuing appears in Potions Quarterly, citing Harry's work and praising the avenues she has opened up. Harry is furious, as she knows that he must have been brewing Voldemort's resurrection potion around the same time he was writing it, which makes her believe he's insincere, but James encourages her to be patient, recognising that leaving a dark family background can be difficult (as it was for Sirius).

Harry visits the Strigoi Shrouds, giving them a potion to help heal Gavril's mind, and learns that they are going to war against the Carpathians for their collusion with Voldemort and enslavement of a vampire. Leo asks Harry to quietly alert her father to the risk of a fire resulting from the conflict.

Riddle hears news of the fight via Regulus, but is uninterested in non-human struggles. Jacob Owens, who enjoys his hospitality, wants to continue with the planned post-tournament world tour, but Riddle dismisses the notion as a farce without the winner. It does, however, give him the idea of attempting to lure Rigel back by declaring the crowning ceremony to be an obligation of the champion, thus attempting to trigger the Vow to make Rigel attend.

Rigel's school friends, including Draco and Aldon, gather at Edmund Rookwood's wedding to Alesana Selwyn, and exchange notes about their findings, including Aldon's encounter with Harry. A wedding gift also arrives from Rigel, with a self-deprecating note.
Miscetis Essentiae

***Miscetis Essentiae*** (or blending spell) is a spell used by Harry Potter to blend her and Archie's hairs, so it becomes only one hair with one magical signature. It was a spell used in the medieval period to see what a couple's child would look like.

Harry finds the spell in a book on blending. The spell essentially blends two people’s physical characteristics. It requires the same input that the Polyjuice Potion does, but instead of adding one hair, you add two. Technically, one can add whatever part of a person, like fingernails or blood, which also carries magical signatures in them. After scanning the magical signatures via hair, the spell requires an input command to determine the sex of the "child." Then the spell takes both hairs and transforms them into one. It blends the hairs together, and the idea is that the parents can then use the blended hair in a Polyjuice Potion and transform some random kid into their theoretical kid so they can get a good look at him or her. The book suggests using a muggle child and obliviating him afterwards.

## Casting and effects

The hairs must be placed in a runic circle and a chain of wand movement must be used while standing on it. At the end of it, one must wave their wand in the rune of "man" or "woman" to indicate a preference either way, and then intone "*Miscetis Essentiae*". It is very draining on the magical core, magic being drawn directly from the inner core. The runes are lit up by the potency of the magic and start to change, shift, and transform as it fills the circle. They blur and the medium used to trace the runic circle vanishes with the spell in a burst of light. In place of the two hairs now is only one hair.

### Risks

If the magic finds a weakness in the circle or in the caster, it could break free and be devastating at this level.

## Known uses

* In August 1992, at least four times, by Harry Potter (She wills very strongly her magic on the desired outcome.) One for the first time, the second, to check the female version, and the other two before their return to school.

## Etymology

*Miscetis* means blending in Latin, and *Essentiae*, essences (of a person). So "blending of essences".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
Lucius Malfoy

## Appearances

  — Lucius welcoming Rigel back to England  (The Futile Facade: Epilogue

**Lucius Malfoy** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

### Personality

Cares deeply for Draco. Often Lord Riddle's confident, and quietly questions Riddle. For the most part, he trusts Riddle.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

He gets into a row with Arthur Weasley, and take the opportunity to give Riddle's diary to Ginny.

## Family Tree

*Note:* The following family tree may not display correctly on mobile devices.
For full sources, please refer here.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 3 (*mentioned*)
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 6 (*mentioned*)
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 11 (*mentioned*)
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 14
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 16
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 20
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 21
 * The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 1
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4 (*mentioned*)
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 6 (*mentioned*)
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 7
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 8
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 9
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 10
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 11 (*mentioned*)
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 12 (*mentioned*)
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 13 (*mentioned*)
 * The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 2 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 3
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 4
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 5
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 6 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 7 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 8 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 9
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 10 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 11
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 12 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 15
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 4
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 5
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 7
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 8
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 9
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 11 (*mentioned*)
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 12
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 13
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 14 (*mentioned*)
 * The Malignant Masquerade: Chapter 1 (*mentioned*)

## References

1. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 11
2. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 8
3. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
Ron Weasley

## Appearances

"Ron Weasley," he scrutinized her hand carefully, which made Pansy huff angrily.
"It's fine, Pansy," Rigel said soothingly, "If my brothers were the Weasley twins I'd be in the habit of looking for pranks everywhere too. On my honor, it's just a hand," she said to Weasley.
He had the decency to flush embarrassedly at being called out for his rudeness, but seized on the excuse as he shook her hand briefly, "Can't be too careful with those two."
  — The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 5

**Ron Weasley** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Profile

### Personality

* distrustful of Rigel, because she is a Slytherin.
* takes him a while to warm up to Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson
* Ron and Pansy get into fairly intense fights during the Dueling Club

## History

### 1991-1992 School Year

Ron hits Rigel with a Jelly brain jinx (its intended target is Draco Malfoy)

### 1992-1993 School Year

When Ginny faints, he and his brothers try to wake her up with music. Ron uses maracas.

## Family Tree

*Note:* The following family tree may not display correctly on mobile devices.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
PP14

## Summary

Professor Snape takes Rigel to Diagon Alley to purchase a new wand. Ollivander recognises her, but chooses not to reveal that she's actually Harriett Potter (without giving away his reasons), and after testing her blood for guidance, he sells her a holly wand with a core of phoenix feather, to which her magic responds strongly.

With a properly matched wand, Harry finds success in her spellcasting classes, but her magic remains temperamental, sometimes overpowering or distorting a spell (such as exploding a training dummy instead of stunning it). She also finds that her magic tends to do things that she likes but doesn't consciously intend or instruct, such as healing a stubbed toe, and even goes so far as to cast spells perfectly in the classroom before she speaks the incantation - which is partially useful, but also prompts her professors to give her additional homework so she can catch up on her earlier poor marks.

The Halloween feast is then disturbed by an eruption of fireworks, and afterward, Hannah Abbott narrowly saves Rigel from a poisoned drink, though it splashes and burns Rigel's arm. Hannah says that she overheard a boy talking about having tampered with the drink during the distraction, and rushed to intervene; Professor Snape is suspicious, but awards her House points for her action, and Rigel is able to return to the common room (escorted by Draco and Pansy) after treatment. Draco recognises the tampering as a tablet, originally sold at Zonko's as a joke item to invisibly transfigure a drink to wood, but later adapted by unscrupulous purchasers to produce more noxious substances.

Rigel attends the first Quidditch match of the season with Pansy, and is introduced to the Malfoys, who have a favourable impression of her and are surprised by how warmly Professor Snape speaks of her talent. Professor Quirrell approaches Mr Malfoy, wanting to talk about a piece of impending legislation, but is brushed off due to the inconsiderate timing.
Serpent's Storeroom

**Serpent's Storeroom** is a Potion shop situated in Knockturn Alley

## History

Harry Potter starts working there as a brewer during the summer after her first year at Hogwarts.

## Locations

  — Mr. Tate, The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 1

When one comes in the shop, the counter is to the left, raised on a platform. To the right, there are three aisles. The closest to the door hold cheap ingredients, the ones from the middle, rare and expensive ingredients, and the one in the back hold completed potions in decorative bottles.

## Potions sold

* Agnes' Ageless Agent
* Befuddlement Draught
* Blood-Replenishing Potion
* Calming Draught
* Deflating Draught
* Dreamless Sleep Potion
* Forgetfulness Potion
* Gasnik's Gastric Solution
* Hair-Growth Potion
* Invigoration Draught
* Mind-Sharpening Potion
* Numbing Potion
* Pepper-up Potion
* Shrinking Solution
* Telbert's Tincture
* Westfield's Wart Remover

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 1
Regulus Black

## Appearances

**Regulus Black** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Profile

### Appearance

He greatly resembles his brother Sirius Black, though he is "more delicate", slightly paler, and has darker eyes.

## History

### Childhood

Though she had already had one child, his mother Walburga Black wanted another. Through mysterious circumstances, which is implied to have been a way to avoid the effects of the Fade, his mother caused him to be infertile.

## Family Tree

*Note:* The following family tree may not display correctly on mobile devices.
For full sources, please refer here.

## References

1. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 9
Edgar Krait

## Appearances

**Edgar Krait** is a character of the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. He is the proprietor of the Serpent's Storeroom, an apothecary in the Lower Alleys, on Knockturn Alley. He contracts out potion brewing to Harry Potter, along with two other brewers.

## Profile

### Appearance

Harry describes Krait as tall (over 6 feet tall) and thin, with earthy green eyes, a scar along his jawline, and slicked-back blond hair.

### Personality

Caleb Tate describes Krait as a "sourpuss". Krait is brusque, but willing to give Harry the opportunity to prove herself as a brewer. He is prepared to take care of himself and his shop, however necessary.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

Edgar Krait starts employing Harry as his new potion brewer. He gives her a faulty love recipe that makes her cauldron explodes. It had been tampered by Claw who was trying to get rid of one of Leo's supporters.

He starts to sell Harry's Blood-Replenishing Potion to Horace Burke, and keeps Harry's identity a secret.

## Relationships

### Harry Potter

He finds her fast and reliable, and claims that she's the best brewer in the alleys.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 1
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
2. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 7
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 1
Blood-Replenishing Potion

**Blood-Replenishing Potion** is a Potion that acts like a blood transfusion.

## Trivia

Horace Burke sells it through his owl-order business. He uses Harry's variation by buying it to Krait.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 12
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 1
3. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 6
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
Rod of Zuriel

She stared at him. "Are you saying… you know the Rod of Zuriel?"
Dom rolled his eyes. "Not hardly. I've crossed paths with it once or twice, and I don't relish the memories."

**Rod of Zuriel** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Profile

### Personality

According to Dominion, the Rod of Zuriel has an inflated sense of importance an has a tendency to monologuing.

### Skills

* has passive ability to invade people's mind. The Rod is able to do so over great distance, although the skill is greatly weakened, and has an easier time with invading the minds of children than adults.
* able to infect people's mind when they are close.

### Possessions

* Currently in the posession of Lord Riddle or Tom Riddle
* the Rod is the prize for the winner of the Tri-wizard Tournament

## History

### 1991-1992 School Year

Was the main cause of the Sleeping Sickness.

### 1994-1995 School Year

Is the prize for the triwizard tournament.
Solom

## Appearances

**Solom** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. He is the innkeeper/bartender for the Dancing Phoenix.

## Profile

### Personality

* enjoys a good laugh
* able to put people at ease

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

Harry meets him at the Dancing Dragon, along with Aled, Marek, and Rispah. Leo asks him about the falty love potion recipe that made explose Harry's cauldron, that Solom gave to Krait though Claw.

## Relationships

### Leo Hurst

He is his king. Solom is his eyes and one of his closest confident.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2
2. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
Horace Burke

## Appearances

**Horace Burke** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. He runs a supply company in the Lower Alleys.

## Profile

### Appearance

Burke is big and somewhat beefy with a thin mustache and nearly bald head.

### Personality

Horace Burke is very busy and has little time for social engagements. He speaks like a savvy businessman: confident and gently cajoling, persuasive in an experienced kind of way.

### Skills

* Works as a middleman for acquiring high-quality ingredients and up-sells them to clients
* Runs an owl-order business with timeliness and quality guaranteed.

## History

### 1991-1992 School Year

He supplies Ginseng for the Snowhit and Aurora's Breath needed to keep students alive during the fade.

### 1992-1993 School Year

He begins using Harry's Blood-Replenishing Potion from Edgar Krait, who doesn't tell him who brews them. Burke was previously using the potion from Rotridge.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
 * The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 1 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 3 (*mentioned*)
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 1 (*mentioned*)
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 2 (*mentioned*)

## References

1. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 3
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
3. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 19
Bill Weasley

**Bill Weasley**, who also goes by the name **Will** in the Lower Alleys, is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Profile

### Appearance

Bill is tall and lean, with freckles, long red hair, and a silver fang earring. He often wears "Egyptian-style garb" and a scarf around his face in the Lower Alleys, which he claims is both because it's comfortable and because "the ladies love it."

## Family Tree

*Note:* The following family tree may not display correctly on mobile devices.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 1
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 2
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 4
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 6 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 8 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 9
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 10
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 1 (*mentioned*)
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 3 (*mentioned*)
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 4 (*mentioned*)
 * The Malignant Masquerade: Chapter 2

## References

1. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 4
2. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 1
3. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 2
4. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 4
Antiope

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## Appearances

**Antiope Ross**, born Aileen Ross, is a halfblood from Scotland who attends the Greek school Chalcioecus. Antiope is the name taken while she is at the school, for all those attending take on names of myth.

## Profile

### Appearance

Antiope is described as having bluntly-cut crimson hair and seafoam-colored eyes.

For the first task of the tournament, Antiope wore gauntlets like Rigel's, except hers "*jutted out beyond her elbows in sharp points"*. She also opted for boots over trainers like Rigel and unlike the other competitors.

### Personality

A bold and brave girl, Antiope is straightforward and often speaks her mind.

### Skills

Antope's school Chalcioecus emphasises Charms, Transfiguration, and Dueling, and these are areas where Antiope is well trained. However Arithmancy, Runes, or Alchemy are viewed as male arts and largely emphasized in the equivalent all-boys school in Laconia, so she has less knowledge. Understandably, Rigel's use of alchemy during the duel takes her by surprise.

### Possessions

* Sword as long as her arm, with etchings of runes for protection, strength and durability

## History

Antiope seems to have decided to compete in the New Triwizard Tournament in order to compete for herself, according to Rigel. Being familiar with Britain's blood politics, she recognized that "everybody" wanted the purebloods to win, but felt that her presence could change this.

### First task

* Antiope decided to fight the sphinx instead of answering the riddle. She scored 15/20 for task completion, 15/15 for valour, 5/10 for problem solving, and 1/5 for ethics, tying for 5th with 36/50 points.

## Relationships

### McGonagall

Antiope is related to Minerva McGonagall through the maternal line.

### Ginny Weasley

Antiope and Ginny went to the Yule Ball together. Ginny asked her by saying "that stunning redheads such as themselves could only logically deign to accompany one another", and Antiope agreed to accompany her. They both wore matching golden gowns to the ball and were seen sharing "a glass of something pink".

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 7
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 8
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 9
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 10
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 11 (*mentioned*)
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 12 (*mentioned*)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Futile Facade: Chapter 10
2. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 8
3. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 9
Janice

## Appearances

"Healer Hurst, come quickly," the woman said urgently, "There are at least a dozen young people in the waiting room, bleeding and shouting and carrying on. Your son is out there, too," Harry breathed a silent sigh of relief for Leo’s sake, "No doubt somehow responsible for whatever the blazes is going on in these alleys tonight."
  — The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3

**Janice** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

After the battle of the Dancing Dragon, she heals those who hit their head during the fight at Maywell Clinic.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
Frein

## Appearances

He gestured her toward the counter and ducked behind it to retrieve a device that looked like a long, crystal tube that was fused to a metal sphere on one end. Frein held it up and said, "Put your wand hand on the end of the cylinder, and channel you magic through it—do you know how to do that?"
Harry nodded hesitantly. She imagined it was just like imbuing, but… "What if I break it?"
Frein chuckled, "Not even dragonfire could crack this beauty. The tricky part is to keep channeling your magic through the tube for as long as you can. The sphere at the end of the tube will absorb the magic, measuring the speed and strength of the flow, as well as the endurance of your reserves. I must warn you—the process can be extremely draining, as you will not get the magic you spend back until it replenishes itself naturally. You'll probably feel woozy for a few hours, and weakened for up to a week."

**Frein** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.
Bannett

— Bannett  (The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 15

**Bannett** is a student at AIM in the Potions tract.

## Profile

### Appearance

He has messy brown hair and horn-rimmed glasses. He wears the green-coloured robes that shows that he is in one of the Mastery tracts, with a patch on the front that identifies him as part of the Potions Mastery tract.

### Personality

He speaks about potions as if it's a wild animal.

## History

### 1991-1992 School Year

He is brought by Pr. Marsh to Archie's Basic Healing class to have a scrap healed. While being healed, he explains to Archie the brewing process of the Polyjuice Potion in his Advanced Potions class. Archie, with the help of Hermione, steals the potions thereafter.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
John Dawlish

## Appearances

Those students at the front of the room who hadn't turned their heads to follow the man whipped around in their seats, startled.
"The first thing you will learn in this class is to always keep your eyes on the biggest threat in the room. That would be me, in case it wasn't clear." His icy blue eyes narrowed as they swept the classroom once more. He walked to the back of the classroom and turned to face them. None of the students looked away.

**John Dawlish** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Profile

### Appearance

* "Stony countenance"
* "Close-cropped hair and serious expression.

## History

### Adult life

Has been fighting the Dark Arts for longer than Rigel has been alive.

### 1991-1992 School Year

Special Response Force Three (and years previously)

### 1992-1993 School Year

Deputy Head of Security for the Minister of Magic

### 1993-1994 School Year

Deputy Head of Security for the Minister of Magic

### 1994-1995 School Year

Defense Professor. Gave Rigel "Auror's Field Guide" (likely James' copy)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Futile Facade: Chapter 6
2. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 11
Willoweed

## Appearances

**Pr. Willoweed** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. She's Arcturus Black's teacher at AIM and teaches Basic Healing.

## History

### 1991-1992 School Year

Teaches Basic Healing to First Years in the Healing Tract.

### 1994-1995 School Year

In addition to teaching Healing, Willoweed is responsible for mentoring and career counseling for AIM's upper levels

## Appearances

**Appearances**
Aled Flint

## Appearances

**Aled Flint** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. He is part of the court in the Lower Alleys.

## Profile

### Appearance

Young adult, and has a long goatee he twirls when he is bored. He is stocky.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

Harry meets him the Dancing Dragon, along with Solom, Marek, and Rispah. His house gets broken into and ransacked a week before the battle of the Dancing Dragon by Claw's faction, but he is at the Dragon, helping Solom out.

## Family Tree

*Note:* The following family tree may not display correctly on mobile devices.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
Bad Best Man

**Bad Best Man** is a love & passion book released on March 22, 2021.

## Summary

*You've just gotten engaged, but an old flame is plotting to stop the wedding bells.. and he just happens to be your fiancé's best man!*

## Chapters

#### **Chapter 1: Engagement**

*You've just gotten engaged, but an old flame is plotting to stop the wedding bells... and he just happens to be your fiancé's best man!*

#### **Chapter 2: Coffee**

*You're supposed to be having a relaxing day off, but Luca's about to mess up your plans...*

#### **Chapter 3: Bad Best Man**

*The handsome and rich Luca Reid shows up at your front door, but it would seem he has ulterior motives.*

#### **Chapter 4: Cheating**

*You found a suspicious text on your fiance's phone... What will he have to say for himself?*

#### **Chapter 5: A Midnight Visit**

*Luca appears to be at your door in the middle of the night... How will you react to what he has to say?*

#### **Chapter 6: Idea**

*Your mom comes to visit you, but so does Luca. How long until she-reads through your excuses and lies?*

#### **Chapter 7: A Little Issue**

*Your mom reads through your lies, you get in trouble at work... How will you get out of it?*

#### **Chapter 8: Clarification**

*You are faced with a stranger who seems to know more about you than she should... What could she possibly want?*

#### **Chapter 9: Love**

*Luca just confessed his feelings for you, but you're about to find out whether your fiancé really lied to you.*

#### **Chapter 10: A Favor**

*Leslie has asked you to talk to Luca about financing her new business... After your last encounter, will he listen to you?*

#### **Chapter 11: Revenge**

*Your boss has approached you with some potentially shocking information... How will you react?*

#### **Chapter 12: Dress Fitting**

*Louis is determined to make Luca admit to sabotaging your relationship.. Will you be able to avoid conflict?*

#### **Chapter 13: The Venue**

*Your boss showed up at your door... What does he want, and how will you handle the situation?*

#### **Chapter 14: Trish's Secret**

*Your boss wants to talk to you, and it's not good news... Will you finally get rid of him once and for all?*
PP8

## Summary

Rigel goes to the lake, where she's supposed to meet Fred and George. She doesn't find them but meets Lee Jordan. He is polite but hints that she shouldn't try to befriend the Twins. They are interrupted by the arrival of Fred and George, dragging Percy. Rigel introduces herself, thanking him for his help on the train and getting his agreement to help out with her studies.

During dinner, Draco bothers Rigel to know where she went, but Pansy shuts him up. After that, Rigel meets Professor Snape in his office, who tells her that her essay was suspiciously well written for the amount of time that she had, and invites her to prove herself by listing all the ingredients she knows of, their uses and safety implications. When she runs out of parchment before exhausting her memory, he admits that her knowledge of Potions is incredible, and she asks for more tutelage. During the conversation, Harry accidentally pushes her magic out and briefly enters Professor Snape's mind, while he enters hers. The experience is disconcerting and alarming for both of them, especially as it somehow ignored his Occlumency, but he didn't see anything about the Ruse, only about her genuine passion for brewing, and he agrees to help her develop her skills further rather than let them go to waste. He gives her her additional assignment for Monday. She thanks him and leaves, saying that he won't regret it.

## Characters (by order of appearance)

* Rigel Black
* Lee Jordan
* Percy Weasley
* Fred Weasley
* George Weasley
* Draco Malfoy
* Pansy Parkinson

## Settings

### Hogwarts

* Lake
* Great Hall
* Snape's office

## Potions

* Skele-grow
* Nutrient Potion
* Wolfsbane
* Ardor Increasing Potions
* Prank Potions
* Morning Sickness Remedies
* Divination for Dream Walking Potions
* Muscle Cramp Relief Potions
* Intestinal Regulation Potions
Patricia

## Appearances

**Patricia** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. She is Gale's friend.

## Profile

### Appearance

Wears Wonder Shine nail polish at Miss Betsy's Beauty Boutique that changes color when she flaps her hands. She settles on a pearly pink.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

Leo spies on her and her friend, Gale, when she complains about not knowing anything about the new tenant upstairs on Dogwood Lane.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
Jacob Owens

## Profile

Jacob Owens did not submit any family records when applying for the tournament. At Ilvermony, he had consistently good grades, impressive academic and athletic extracurriculars, and he had a reputation for being well-liked and rather boring.

## Family Tree

*Note:* The following family tree may not display correctly on mobile devices.
For full sources, please refer here.

## Appearances

**Appearances**