Charlus Potter

**Charlus Potter** was the father of James Potter.

## Biography

### Family Lineage

Charlus was a member of the Ancient and Noble House Potter, which moved to Britain before the fall of Rome. Though they are not a member of the Sacred 28, the Potter family has held an active Wizengamot seat since its founding. They are exceedingly wealthy and own several land holdings, the most significant of which is Potter Manor, the family's ancestral home.

### Early Life

Charlus was born between September of 1913 and 1915 to Lord Fleamont Potter and his wife Euphemia. He began attending Hogwarts in either 1924 or 1925, where he was sorted into Gryffindor, like all Potters in the last century. Before he went to Hogwarts his parents informed him of a spell placed on the Potter bloodline long ago that would cause every Potter to be drawn to the woman Fate decreed to be the ideal marriage prospect, and fall hopelessly in love with her. Charlus was enraged when he realised he had fallen in love with his yearmate Dorea Black, a Slytherin. Dorea and Charlus were constantly at each other's throats throughout their school days, which Dorea assumed to be the traditional Slytherin-Gryffindor rivalry blown out of proportion. Years after graduating, when they were in their late twenties, Charlus and Dorea met again while working at St. Mungo's, and Charlus finally broke down and admitted the truth to her, and they married in the mid-1930's.

In 1959, after three miscarriages, Dorea was considering divorcing Charlus so he could take a younger wife and father and heir, as he had no siblings or cousins. Before she could bring it up however, she became pregnant one final time, giving birth to a son named James Charlus Potter in March of the next year. Aware and afraid of Cassandra Trelawney's Prophecy, Dorea decided to play as little a role in James's upbringing as possible to prevent him from being sorted into Slytherin, leaving him to be spoiled by Charlus.

In 1975 James's classmate and Dorea's grandnephew Sirius Black visited Potter Manor over the holidays without his parents' permission, and when he ran away from home the next summer after being placed under the Cruciatus Curse by his mother Walburga he was given sanctuary by the Potters.

### First Wizarding War

In 1979 James married Lily Evans, and they moved into their own house in Godric's Hollow. Charlus and Dorea were murdered by Death Eaters later that same year.

### Legacy

Charlus's sudden and early death left his son James woefully unprepared for the Potter Lordship, as he was unaware of both Cassandra Trelawney's Prophecy and the contents and purpose of the Anathema Codex.

## Personality & Traits

Arcturus Black considered Charlus to be a fool.

## Canon Divergence

In Canon Charlus Potter is only seen on the Black Family Tapestry as the husband of Dorea Black, and James's parents are Fleamont and Euphemia.

## References

Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 133 - Potters and Blacks,

Dorea, who was in Charlus's year, mentions being 46 when James was born, which was on 27 March 1960.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 42 - The Birthday Party (Pt 1),

"...the first Slytherin Potter in over 200 years or more. Indeed, apparently the first Potter to go to any House other than Gryffindor in that time.".
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 133 - Potters and Blacks,

Dorea Black reveals that her and Charlus Potter's arguments were caused by Charlus knowing about the Potter Curse.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 133 - Potters and Blacks,

Dorea Black explains her marriage to Lily Evans.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 113 - The Blackest Day (Pt 2),

Sirius remembers Christmas of 1975.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 79 - Meet Regulus Black,

Arcturus summons Orion, Walburga, and Regulus to Chevenoir.
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 41 - Countdown to a Birthday,

James and Peter explain how the Potter Heir's Ring went missing.
Book 1 - HP&PoS - Ch. 34 - The End of the Beginning (Pt 2),

"My parents died that year too, Lily.".
Book 2 - HP&TSE - Ch. 79 - Meet Regulus Black,

"Charlus Potter is a fool who raised his only son as a wastrel.".