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Dueling Club

### Purpose

originally was for Draco to spend more time with Rigel, but more people kept joining. It was also a way to practice duelling outside of Remus Lupin's class and then to help pass Professor John Dawlish's class

### Location

year 3: Hogwart's lawn, year 4: room of requirement

## Members

### Founding Member

Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter (with Pansy Parkinson

### Current Leader

Draco Malfoy and Pansy Parkinson and Ron Weasley

### Inner circle

Aldon Rosier,Edmund Rookwood,Pansy Parkinson,Rigel Black

### Other members

* Neville Longbottom
* Seamus Finnigan
* Padma Patil
* Parvati Patil
* Cho Chang
* Susan Bones
* Hannah Abbott
* Cedric Diggory
* Fred Weasley
* George Weasley
* Ginny Weasley
* Blaise Zabini
* Theodore Nott
* Millicent Bulstrode
* Ernie Macmillan
* Cormac McLaggen
* Zacharias Smith

## Appearances

**Dueling Club** is a club at Hogwarts. It began in third year, led by Draco to teach Pansy and Harry the dueling course.

"Everyone starts somewhere," Rigel said evenly, "And Ron is in Dueling with you, right? So he can help Neville with the steps. They'll be at our pace in no time."
Draco shot Rigel an annoyed look—surely he was not suggesting they start including Weasley and Longbottom in their morning practices. That was their time.
"We could make it a weekly thing," Pansy jumped in, sending Draco a reassuring glance. At least one of his friends could be counted upon to read his mind, then. "If it goes well, that is."
Rookwood stepped forward from where he and Rosier had been keeping a respectful distance. "In that case, why don't we join now as well? From what I've witnessed, you three do seem to know what you're doing."

## History

* During the train ride to school for Rigel's 3rd year, Rigel and Draco dare each other that if Flint returns to school, then Draco has to run with him for two weeks straight. Later that semester, Draco teaches some of the exercises that Professor Lupin went over in their duelling class. The dueling club becomes formal when Draco and Pansy demand atonement for Rigel scaring them when he chases after Moony (when he was transformed). Ron, Neville, Aldon, and Edmund all join

## Locations

* Front Lawn of hogwarts
* Room of Requirement (year 4)
Mrs. Whitlock

## Appearances

**Whitlock** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. She is the owner of the Number 8 on Dogwood Lane that Harry rents.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

Because of a nasty fall the month before that she healed at Maywell, she rents her old apartment, the Number 8 on Dogwood Lane to Harry for 11 galleons a week (but the whole year being paid upfront in cash).

## Relationships

### Mrs. Botting

She lives in her house after her fall prevents her to live alone.

## Appearances

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

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
Lucian Bole

**Lucian Bole** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. He is a beater on the Slytherin Quidditch team.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

He makes it back on the Slytherin Quidditch team as beater. He attempts to knock Draco out with a bludger at the end of the tryouts, but Rigel manages to save the day.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
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## Summary

Rigel's POV:

A drunk Aldon Rosier accompanied (babysat) by Rookwood enters the balcony Rigel is in. Rookwood casts a mild sleeping charm, *Somnium*, on Aldon after he kisses him. Rigel agrees to watch over Aldon as a favour in return for Rookwood dancing with Pansy. Rigel hear noises but this time it's Bellatrix Lestrange and her husband, Rodolphus Lestrange arguing about something and soon the arguments turns into them having sex. Just then Aldon wakes up and silences the balcony to block out their sounds. Rigel and Aldon have a talk about hating parents when older, Rigel being extraordinary and the like.

After realizing the dances have stopped, Rigel follows Aldon towards his friends, Rookwood, Selwyn, Pucey and Bole. A guy with a beautifully angular face, jet black hair, icy blue eyes and a haughty expression joins their group. Aldon introduces him as Caelum Lestrange, a sixth year at Durmstrang. Caelum, being the son of Bellatrix Lestrange who hates Sirius, insults Rigel and her family. Furious, Rigel asks her magic to "get him away from me" and her magic responds by pushing Lestrange back from where he was leaning close to her to a good five feet backwards.

Rigel excuses herself and goes to find Draco where she meets his parents, the Lestranges and others. They find Pansy and Blaise. Pansy pretends to be upset about Rigel ditching her and after Rigel makes up cheesy flattering comments, she relents. Sirius calls Rigel to leave and Aldon requests a few minutes of her time. He apologizes for Lestrange's behavious and tells her to be careful.

On the train back to the school after the winter holidays, Rigel develops a headache. She feels usually tired and decides to rest her eyes.

Draco's POV:

(incomplete)

## Characters (in order of appearance)

* Rigel Black
* Aldon Rosier
* Edmund Rookwood
* Bellatrix Lestrange
* Rodolphus Lestrange
* Alesana Selwyn
* Adrian Pucey
* Lucian Bole
* Caelum Lestrange
* Draco Malfoy
* Narcissa Malfoy
* Lucius Malfoy
* Pansy Parkinson
* Blaise Zabini
* Rose Parkinson
* Lady Zabini

## Potions mentioned

* Strengthening Solution
* Invigoration Draught

## POVs

* Rigel's POV
* Draco's POV
Ulrich Albright

### Titles

Aldermaster of the Alchemist Guild Alchemy Guild, Premier Executive of Illuminux

## Appearances

### First mention

**Ulrich Albright** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. He is Aldermaster of the Alchemist Guild and affiliated with "the light". He has no tolerance for "dark magic" and believes that Alchemy should solely be a light art.

## Profile

### Appearance

Stocky and short with ash brown hair and a curly beard.

### Personality

* stubborn and fairly abrasive when it comes to the "dark arts"
* cynical

## References

1. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 12
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Futile Facade: Chapter 13
Magical Law Enforcement

### Purpose

To protect and serve the ministry, to maintain order, to protect against the Dark Arts

## Members

### Current Leader

* James Potter (Currently)
* Armand McCrery (Previously, until Winter 1992-3)

### Inner circle

* Auror John Dawlish (Lieutenant)
* Alastor Moody Auror Moody (head of training)

### Other members

* Nymphadora Tonks
* Weber (trainee, fetches James coffee)
* Shacklebolt
* George Filmont (detective, long hair)
* Rudvick (in charge of information from outside the ministry)
* Billowag
* Abberly
* Greenhole
* Tunstin

**Magical Law Enforcement**

## Academic structure

There are several years of training before becoming a fully fledged auror.

## References

1. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 8
2. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 15
The Rogue

## Appearances

**The Rogue** is an organisation that rules over the Lower Alleys.

## The King

To be King, one has to challenge the current King in open combat (free duelling). The hopeful can be of any age, blood, race, or sex. He is bound by the Code, and must keep track and look after his people, make sure they are protected, and that basic goods taxed by the Ministry are still available to the poorest of his folk, whatever the means necessary.

The king has the most extensive network of informants and spies in the country, including Aurors.

## The Queen

The Queen is appointed by the King. They must be someone who has been in the Court a long time.

## The Court of the Rogue

The Court always sides with the King, so long as the King upholds the Rogue's Code. They have their own justice, and they can turn away one of their own with a solid reason.

## The Code of the Rogue

Also called the thief's Code. The Code is what hold all of the Alley folk together.

It states that no one can be King without beating the previous King in open, single, combat. None of the members of the Court can betray another to the Ministry's Law. If one has a problem with another, they must take it to the Court, it's against the Code to go after their family to harm them indirectly. Every resident in the Lower Alleys pays a tithe which go to education, utilities (such as the floo system), and healthcare.[*citation needed*]

The Code is so important that if someone steals the crown instead of winning it, no thief would answer to the new king.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2
2. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
3. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
Jason

**Jason** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. His father cooks at the Dancing Dragon. He lives in the Lower Alleys.

## Profile

### Skills

He is known in the alleys for his woodcarvings.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

Jason works at Eeylops Owl Emporium, swiping feathers, while Leo and Harry have ice-cream.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2
Tahiil Diric Zahi

## Appearances

"It doesn't help that Somalis don't keep traditional records with family surnames," Millicent complained. "Just knowing that Tahiil's father's name was Diric and his grandfather's Zahi isn't enough to really pinpoint his origin. As far as abilities, though, he will have been trained by his village elders if any were magical. Otherwise, he'll be self-taught. It's strange that he'd even have heard about the tournament, not being affiliated with any major magical school and without apparent political connections to pass the word. We'll keep an eye on him as well, just in case."

**Tahiil Diric Zahii**, a muggleborn from East Africa, met a man in Mogadishu when he was collecting supplies for his shaman. This man was Barty Crouch Jr, who "offered to make his dreams come true"

Tahiil could not attend Uagadou as he did not have the money to. He is Somali

In his village, he was taught to cast "without a focus", and is comfortable with wandless magic. He has no wand, crystals, or other focus.

## Profile

### Appearance

Tahiil is introduced as a "dark-skinned boy with colorfully patterned robes who was making his way steadily down the buffet table toward them."

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

* Somewhat naiive, cheery, confident but humble

## History

### Second task

* Tahiil took the same route as Feiyan and Harry, but fell off the course at the sleep spores.

## Background

Wizards from where he is from seem to be called sorcerers.

Tahiil mentions

* Dream Messengers

## Relationships

* Seems to get along well with Millicent Bulstrode

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 7
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 8
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 9

## References

1. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 3
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Futile Facade: Chapter 9
3. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 8
Margo

## Appearances

**Margo** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. She sells flowers in the Alleys and reports information to Leo. She grows her flowers in one of the sidealleys on the way to the Dancing Phoenix, in a courtyard with the cobblestones pulled up located down a narrow passageway covered by a faded red cloth.

## Profile

### Personality

Regulus describes here 'as stubborn as her flowers'

### Skills

* Lying
* Weather manipulation (an old pureblood gift, thought to have died out)

## History

### Childhood

She sells flowers in the alleys, and is good at pinpointing Harry. She fakes an accent for the tourists

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 2
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 3
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 5
 * The Malignant Masquerade: Chapter 1
* The Malignant Masquerade: Chapter 2

## References

1. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 3
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Malignant Masquerade: Chapter 2
The Ambiguous Artifice

Original Work — Artist: Blop OoOo — Creator: Elfangor

**The Ambiguous Artifice** is the third book in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## Summary

Peter Pettigrew comes to teach at Hogwarts, having stolen the Dominion Jewel, which is twisting him into a greedy conqueror while empowering him to control creatures' minds. He kidnaps Harry and attempts to steal her magic, but she fights him off, causing the Jewel to devour him for his failure and take up residence inside Harry's mind (against her will).

## Characters

### Main Characters

* Harriett Potter
* Arcturus Black
* Severus Snape
* Draco Malfoy
* Lionel Hurst
* Pansy Parkinson
* Remus Lupin
* Peter Pettigrew

## 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.
Mr. Mulpepper

## Mulpepper

**Mr. Mulpepper** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## History

### Adult life

Mr. Mulpepper sold a ruby for a dragon egg that turned out to be a dud. He then sold it to a man from the continent and used the money to establish Mulpepper Apothecary.

### 1992-1993 School Year

While Leo and Harry eat ice-cream, he tells her about Mr. Mulpepper's story, making laugh Harry.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2
Slytherin

**Slytherin** is a house in Hogwarts.

## Characters

### Adults

* Lucius Malfoy
* Severus Snape

### 6 years above Harry

* Alesana Selwyn (was Head Girl during Harry's second year)

### 5 years above Harry

* Marcus Flint (is 6 years older, but had to repeat his 5th year)

### Harry's year

* Harry Potter (as Rigel Black)
* Draco Malfoy
* Pansy Parkinson
* Blaise Zabini
* Theodore Nott
* Daphne Greengrass (formerly)
Jack

## Appearances

The boy glared defiantly up at them, "So what if I did? Maybe I found it."

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

### 1992-1993 School Year

He steals Harry's money bag, and is chased by her in the Lower Alleys. He almost collides with a cart full of cauldrons pulled by Adam Quincy, but is saved by Harry's wandless magic. After being frozen in mid-air, he gives her money back begrudgingly, then runs away.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 1 (*mentioned*)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Futile Facade: Chapter 1
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## Summary

The prank war reaches fever pitch, although the Weasleys are taking Rigel's side rather than Gryffindor's. Harry uses it as a cover to downplay her injury and avoid having Sirius come to check on her, but Archie is concerned about her.

The Weasley Twins then ambush her and inform her that they think they know who is responsible for the attacks on her, since their own fireworks were used on Halloween. However, before they can tell her who, they are interrupted by Filch's cat, Mrs Norris, and split up. On the way back, Rigel is attacked and bound by Lee Jordan.

Lee angrily accuses her family of stealing his family's joke business away with their more popular line of products, when the Potters and Blacks have far less need of the money. He then reveals a magical insect, and explains that it will permanently cripple her hands and tamper with her memory of the experience, so that she'll never be able to go into the prank business. At the thought of losing her ability to brew, Rigel panics, screaming for help and then giving in to her emotions and unleashing her magic on him, which hurls him into a wall and knocks him out.

Several Slytherins then arrive in response to her scream, and Blaise Zabini is able to explain more about Lee's background, with his father having lost business to the Marauders and turned to darker inventions - which were even less palatable to Zonko's. Professor Snape questions them about the incident, and takes points from Rigel for not escalating the matter to a teacher sooner, but awards more points to the students who came to rescue her, while Lee is taken away for medical treatment and a more thorough investigation; he is later withdrawn from Hogwarts to avoid being expelled.

In the lead up to the Christmas holidays, Archie steals several batches of Polyjuice Potion from an upper class, after they're marked but before they're disposed of, and sends half of them to Harry to facilitate their switch back. Hermione helps him, but is very curious about why he wants the potion; despite caring for her, he doesn't tell.
Dancing Phoenix

## Appearances

  — The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2

**Dancing Phoenix** is an inn of the Lower Alleys. Before it burned out, it was called the Dancing Dragon. It is a staple to the community. Its sign is a dragon rampant.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

Leo brings Harry there to show her his "world" after she opened up to him at Fortescue's. It burns down during a fight opposing the Rogue and Claw's faction.

## Locations

It is located at the curved dead-end of Kyprioth Court, in the Lower Alleys, and is one story higher than the other buildings, shadowed by the overhanging roofs of the alleys even in the mid-afternoon. It has a front stoop, and if you knock thrice on the door, it opens itself. The first floor is littered with big wooden tables. A narrow wooden staircase leads upstairs. Behind the bar a big door leads to the kitchens. The Rogue's Court sits at the table closest to the fireplace.

## Trivia

It is the equivalent of the Dancing Dove in *The Song of the Lioness*. The dragon rampant sign is a direct allusion to "Lioness Rampant", the fourth book of *The Song of the Lioness*, and Alanna's shield.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 2
2. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
Calendar block

The calendar block is a block which function simultaneously as an alternative to a clock and an enchantment table. The calendar block has the appearance of an Aztec stone calendar on all sides. When right clicked, it will open up a gui, showing the time, weather, moon cycle and dimension, as well as slots giving the user access to the day sign function.

## Day signs

day signs are a functionality giving users a random enchantment every day. The day signs are a combination of a range of 20 different symbols and a range of 13 numbers. The symbols each offer a specific enchantment and the numbers are either lucky or unlucky. Lucky numbers will give higher enchantment numbers while unlucky numbers will give lower enchantment numbers or even curses.

To use the day sign enchantment, the user must place a cobblestone block in the insert slot of the calendar block, which will give the user a day sign item with the specific enchantments.

## Cultural background

The Aztecs relied on an a set of two calendars, *xiuhpōhualli* and *tōnalpōhualli*. *Xiuhpōhualli* was civil calendar of 365 days, divided in 18 months of twenty days. This ended the year with 5 extra void days which were considered unlucky. This calendar relied on the rotation of the sun, and as such was considered an agricultural calendar. It was also used to set dates for taxes and tribute collection, and as such, the Mexica people would impose it on conquered people so they could meet deadlines for tributes. *Tōnalpōhualli* on the other hand was a religious calendar. It had 260 days, divided in 20 months of 13 days, which meant that both calendars would align every 52 years. No one is sure what this calendar was based on, as it didn't seem to align with any astronomical body. This calendar was used for religious ceremonies. The 20 months were called signs, and combined with the 13 numbers gave a unique combination of sign and number which had a religious connotation, like a sort of horoscope. These day signs determined the fate of those born under them, and also determined what that day should be better off spent, giving blessings and good luck for certain tasks, and bad luck for others.

These two calendars were not unique to the Aztecs, they seemed to originate from an ancient mesoamerican civilization which predates the Aztecs and the Maya. They were widely used throughout meso-america, but of course, each people had different names and connotations for each months, but the overall concept and functionality stayed the same. The Maya called the civil calendar *Haabʼ*, and the religious *tzolkʼin*.

As for the Maya, they had a third calendar unique to them, infamous for its association with the 2012 scare. This was called the long count calendar, and measured days on a grand cosmic scale spanning thousands of years. In fact, the long count calendar measured what the Maya perceived as this world's life. The long count calendar started at the point in time which the Maya believed to be the creation of the world, and ended at the point considered as the end of the world.
Fred Weasley

## Appearances

**Fred Weasley** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. His twin brother is George, and they have a talent for pranks and practical jokes.

## Profile

### Skills

* Pranks
* Tuning his magical core to his twin

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

When Ginny faints, he and his brothers try to wake her up with music. Fred uses a recorder (flute).

## Family Tree

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

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
Aldon Rosier

## Appearances

  — Aldon, in The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4

**Aldon Rosier** is a character of the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. He is an older student in Slytherin, and is introduced to Rigel Black by Pansy Parkinson. He becomes a member of the Dueling Club in his sixth year.

He does not exist in canon, as his father was a Death Eater who was killed resisting arrest.

## Profile

### Appearance

Harry describes Aldon as "thin and delicately built", with "honey-coloured" eyes and hair "so dark it was almost blue".

### Personality

He is curious and likes to tease and nag his friends.

### Skills

Aldon is interested in Experimental Theory.

## History

### 1991-1992 School Year

Aldon does not initially trust Rigel, and sends her a note demanding she meet him and Edmund at the greenhouses if she wants to preserve her secrets. The two of them test Rigel, sending her to collect two sprigs of canterberry, and follow her into the forest to ensure she is safe. Aldon later gives her an early warning about the marriage law.

### 1992-1993 School Year

With the support of Edmund, they force Rigel to reveal to them, Pansy, and Draco that she speaks parseltongue.

### 1994-1995 School Year

Aldon and Edmund gift Rigel a cloak to wear for the Triwizard Tournament.

## Relationships

### Rigel Black & Harry Potter

They are friendly throughout Rigel's years at Hogwarts.

Aldon separately meets Harry Potter at a gala, and they get along well. Aldon later expresses interest in courting Harry.

### Edmund Rookwood

He seems romantically interested in Edmund, who he tries to kiss multiple times when drunk.

### Pansy Parkinson

He is one of her oldest friends, along with Edmund.

## Family

Aldon's father is Evan Rosier, though his mother is not named. Aldon indicates to Rigel that his relationship with them is strained, after he became disillusioned with their faults.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 12
2. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 8
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
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## Summary

Rigel takes the Hogwarts Express to come home. During the ride, she says goodbye to Fred and George Weasley, who want her to come to the Burrow, but they give up when she says she will spend the whole break studying with Percy. When they depart, Greengrass dispraise her, so her friends ask for her to leave the compartment. Rigel and her friends then talk about marriage and Draco, under the pretense of joking, offer the Malfoy protection to Pansy.

At King's Cross, Rigel meets with the Parkinsons and the Malfoys. Rigel asks officially to pursue her friendship with Pansy, and her parents accept. Then, they talk about the events of the semester, in which Rigel was involved. We learn that Lee Jordan was transferred to Beauxbatons. The first time Diana Black becomes ill (Archie and Harry were six) is then mentioned when they talk about Quidditch.

Rigel goes to a public bathroom to take the Polyjuice Potion to transform into Archie before meeting with Sirius. She says something hurting to him without thinking and tries to mend their relationship. They come back to the Black house, and Rigel discovers that it has been completely redecorated in a Slytherin theme. With live snakes in the enclosed courtyard. Rigel is able to understand the snakes for the first time. Rigel and her uncle then put twelve pranks into the house before James comes.

With Archie back, they switch back. Harry is being lectured by Archie for what happened with Lee. They meet with their family, but they don't do well pretending to be themselves. They still can't relax from the Ruse. It's at that moment that they decide to become "one" person, studying everything the other study, this way, they can't be discovered if asked to do something that they ought to know.

When Archie and Harry understand that she can speak to snakes, they search the Black Library for information, and that's how they learn that Harry is a Parselmouth.

Thanks to a spell learned through Hermione, they get the Christmas presents to be owled to the "right" person. Archie and Harry exchange their gifts, so they can take them to school. Archie gives Harry a book named *Occlumency: Fortresses of the Mind* so she can control her emotions. Then, Archie worries about her being on the short end of their deal, but Harry reassure him, saying that she won't forget who is the enemy.

## Characters (by order of appearance)

* Rigel Black & Harriett Potter
* Pansy Parkinson
* Draco Malfoy
* Fred Weasley
* George Weasley
* Daphne Greengrass
* Blaise Zabini
* Theodore Nott
* Cassius Parkinson
* Rose Parkinson
* Lucius Malfoy
* Narcissa Malfoy
* Sirius Black
* Arcturus Black
* Lily Potter
* James Potter

## Settings

* King's Cross
* The Black family house
* The Potter family house

## Potions

* Polyjuice Potion
* Paternity Potion
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## Summary

Rigel meets the Weasley Twins while travelling through a secret passage, and they are impressed by her, as well as her family; the Marauders are their heroes. Rigel explains that Pettigrew is no longer a Marauder, having gone to the SOW (Save Our World) movement, headed by Tom Riddle and called by its opponents the Cow Party - the one that pushed Hogwarts to close its door to muggleborns and half-bloods. She arranges for them to introduce her to Percy (so that he can help her with Flint's homework). Alone in the Owlery, she sends a letter to Mrs. Malfoy to accept her invitation and discreetly informs Archie that Flint has found them out and cut a deal, using the owl she selects as a code.

Rigel then goes to breakfast. She receives two letters from Sirius and Flint, the first one encouraging her and expressing support for her Sorting, including having redecorated the house in Slytherin colours. Remus also has some words for Archie at the end.

Rigel's first Potions practical is easy for her, though challenging for her classmates, even though it's only a Boil-cure Potion. She finds the potion boring, having wanted to tackle some difficult potions, but seeing her classmates struggle with basic things, even though they are purebloods who likely did potions before, makes her understand why this is their first potion. She remembers that her contacts are gas-permeable, and she needs to find a solution so it doesn't create a problem when brewing potions. Nearing the end of the lesson, Snape gives an essay for Monday. Rigel immediately writes it, impressing Draco. At the end of the class, she approaches Professor Snape to ask for additional homework; he is dubious, but agrees to consider it if her existing essay proves to be adequate. He tells her to come to his office after dinner so that he may give her another essay or the first one to rework.

Not having done her Herbology essay, she goes to see Hagrid to ask for a sample of soil from his garden. Due to her continuing difficulty with spellcasting, she uses The Look to get Adrian Pucey's help with separating soil for her assignment in exchange for her help in Potions. Draco and Pansy chide her for the manipulation, while Adrian isn't sure what to think. Draco forces Adrian to accept Rigel's help with Potions.

## Characters (by order of appearance)

* Rigel Black
* Fred Weasley
* George Weasley
* Draco Malfoy
* Pansy Parkinson
* Ruffles
* Sirius Black (letter)
* Remus Lupin (letter)
* Severus Snape
* Rubeus Hagrid
* Fang
* Adrian Pucey

## Settings

### Hogwarts

* Shortcut behind the fourth floor's tapestry
* Owlery
* Great Hall
* Potions classroom
* Hagrid's Hut and garden

## Potions

* Boil-cure Potion
* Polyjuice
* Amortentia
* Wolfsbane

 See also

* SOW Party
Gilderoy Lockhart

## Appearances

Pansy pretended to think, "He was probably flipping through his copy of Witch Weekly and thought, well, there's a handsome fellow. With a smile like that he's sure to inspire the students! Let's give him a call."

**Gilderoy Lockhart** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## History

### 1992-1993 School Year

He becomes the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher for the year. He apprehends Rigel under her Library disguise when she puts a puppet in the girl's bathroom for a prank. Snape steps in when he seems to try to steer her in the bathroom.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
 * The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4

## References

1. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
2. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 5
Eric Albright

**Eric Albright** is a pureblood who attended Hogwarts three years ahead of Rigel Black, in Gryffindor House. He dislikes Dark wizards and studies alchemy.

## Profile

### Appearance

Eric is described only as "rather petite" and "short".

His father, Ulrich Albright, is short, stocky, with thick ash blond hair and beard.

### Personality

When encountering Rigel, Eric shows deep-seated rabid bigotry - toward dark-aligned magic. His family have all been light-aligned for generations, and he holds firmly to the belief that light and dark magic are necessarily associated with good and evil. He also demonstrates a belief that alignment must always run in families, dismissing the idea that Rigel's magic - descended from the Black family - might not be dark-aligned. As a result, he is quite hostile to her.

## Trivia

* In The Ambiguous Artifice, Eric is said to be a Gryffindor, but in The Futile Facade, he is presented as a Ravenclaw. In the December 4th, 2021 Q&A session with Violet, she decided that it would be Gryffindor because Dumbledore can't make a mistake.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 12
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Futile Facade: Chapter 13
3. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 8
4. ↑ Violet Q&A Session 1 — 33:49
Maywell Clinic

### Purpose

To provide health services and medical services to the residents in the Lower Alleys.

### Associated Organizations

receives funding from St Mungo's and The Rogue

## Members

### Other members

JaniceMerriam

Carol

## Appearances

**Maywell Clinic** is a medical clinic that serves the Lower Alleys, founded by Eleni and Malcolm Hurst. It is a charity outpost of St. Mungo's, which funds 60% of its expenses. The Court of the Rogue funds 30% and the Hurst family funds the remaining 10%.

## Location

It is situated in the Lower Alleys. To get there, from Kyprioth Court, you have to take a side-street, then turn right and down that street to Pendragon Alley. From there, to the left and on the right-hand side of the street, the clinic can be found.

## Employees

* Eleni Hurst, a healer the the clinic's founder
* Janice, a healer
* Carol, a healer
* Merriam, an employee at the clinic

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
2. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 10
3. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 3
Marcus Flint

## Appearances

  — Chapter goes here

**Marcus Flint** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. He is the captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team.

## Profile

### Appearance

A tall boy, Flint has deep-set features and is heavily muscled. Harry describes him as "much larger and meaner looking than any kid she'd ever met". He has bronze-flecked dark green eyes.

### Personality

He is bright and intelligent but doesn't care for academics. He doesn't like to waste his time.

### Skills

* Quidditch
* Spellwork

## History

### Childhood

Flint's mother, Merriam, is a squib, but they pass it off as chronic illness to the public. Flint's father went to school with the Parkinsons, and is very prejudiced.

### 1991-1992 School Year

He is forced to repeat his fifth year and denied his OWLs due to not handing in any homework at all that year.

Flint bumps into Rigel on the train and sends her crashing to the ground. When she talks back, he moves to kick her; Percy sees Flint pull out his wand and takes house points from him. He warns Rigel that Flint keeps a grudge.

He later confronts Rigel on not being Archie Black, and extracts a promise to have Rigel do all of his homework and assignments so that he can graduate, as he doesn't want to spend the time working on things he already knows.

The teachers discuss his work and Minerva notes that while in the past his tests and quizzes had a sarcastic tone "as if he were bored and annoyed by the very idea that he be asked to prove what he knows", the essays handed in now (which Rigel is writing) have a factual and even interested tone. As a consequence of not having to do his own homework, Flint schedules Quidditch practice every other evening, a pace which others have difficulty keeping up with.

Flint accepts extra-credit assignments just for kicks. At Rigel's request, Flint stops requesting extra-credit assignments while her friends are following her around.

Flint lets Rigel know that Snape is suspicious of their arrangement and warns her to be careful.

### 1992-1993 School Year

Rigel does his assignment this year too. During the start of term meeting, Minerva brings up that she thinks Percy is the one helping Marcus. He creates the hellish try-outs for the Slytherin Quidditch team.

## Family Tree

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

## Appearances

**Appearances**
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 6
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 12 (*mentioned*)
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 13 (*mentioned*)
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 14 (*mentioned*)
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 15 (*mentioned*)
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 16 (*mentioned*)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 6
2. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 1
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
4. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 13
5. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 14
6. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 15
7. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 17
Count Aurel

## Appearances

**Count Aurel** is the leader of the Strigoi Shrouds, whose 'nest' is at the Lamia Lodge.

## Profile

### Appearance

Like all vampires, he has a "too-graceful" stride. His "rasping voice" sounds like "the sweep of cobwebs being cleared by a broom after far too long". He looks 35 or younger, but is actually over a thousand years old.

## Relationships

### Gavril

Gavril is Count Aurel's second in command. On his behalf, Count Aurel comes to the rogue to inquire about the Duelling tournament, and leaves disappointed as it is to be held during the day.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Futile Facade: Chapter 2
Gavril

"How much?" she asked, more than a little wary.
"We can discuss that later." Gavril smiled widely.

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

Voice sounds like spiders had spun cobwebs in his throat

### 1993-1994 School Year

Hosted Harry for a week when her polyjuice was brewing (when she had folded four weeks into 1).

### 1994-1995 School Year

Saw Harry again over the summer when she was inquiring about hemlock. Over the winter they were approached multiple times by Barty Crouch Jr and other minions of Voldiary. In the spring time, the Lamia Lodge was attacked and Gavril became ill with signs of mental deterioration, and then he left . Irina searched for him desperately and could not find him. During the final task, it was revealed that Gavril was being posessed by Voldiary, and his posessor left his body, leaving his mind in a fragile state. It is unclear if Gavril went into auror custody before being released to the Shrouds.

### 1995-1996 School Year

Over the Summer, Harry delivered Doggart's Dram to the Shrouds the day they launched an attack on the Carpathians. The alleys burned.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 12
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Futile Facade: Chapter 13
3. ↑ The Malignant Masquerade: Chapter 1
The Rigel Black Chronicles Wiki

**The Rigel Black Chronicles Wiki**

The RBC Wiki is dedicated to the Harry Potter fanfiction series *The Rigel Black Chronicles* by murkybluematter. It is a work in progress, so don't be afraid to edit!

The premise of the series is that Tom Riddle made some different choices fifty years ago, leading to a world where Harriet Potter has grown up surrounded by her family, but is legally barred from attending Hogwarts because she isn't a pureblood. She and her cousin don't intend to take that lying down, though...

**Books**

The Pureblood Pretense
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The Ambiguous Artifice
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The Malignant Masquerade

**Characters**

Harry Potter

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James Potter

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Sirius Black

Remus Lupin

Severus Snape

Draco Malfoy

Pansy Parkinson

Aldon Rosier

Marcus Flint

Fred Weasley

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Ginny Weasley

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Caelum Lestrange

Eric Albright

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Rubeus Hagrid

## Appearances

**Rubeus Hagrid** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

## History

### Childhood

He was expelled from Hogwarts following the first opening of the Chamber of Secrets, because everyone thought he was the one who did the petrifications.

### Adult life

Dumbledore takes him as the school's gamekeeper.

### 1991-1992 School Year

He brings Rigel and the other first year to the castle. He helps her with her Herbology's assignment.

### 1992-1993 School Year

He helps set up the surprise for Pansy's birthday, showing her unicorns. Having found out that there is a Basilisk in the school, Rigel asks Hagrid about the whereabouts of the Forbidden Forest's inhabitants. She learns about Hagrid's story with the Chamber of Secrets, and Moaning Myrtle's death. Rigel serves later a detention with Hagrid to move dead chickens, and that's how she learns that they were poisoned with her stolen belladonna. She makes some connections and finds that they are facing for sure a Basilisk.

### 1993-1994 School Year

He is there on Halloween when the creatures start to go crazy because of Pettigrew and tries to prevent the others from hurting the spiders.

### 1994-1995 School Year

His hut serves as rally point for the Blood Champions on the first task of the Triwizard Tournament.

## Relationships

### Rigel Black

He is friendly with her, but she keeps a polite attitude.

## Appearances

**Appearances**
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 7
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 13 (*mentioned*)
* The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 18 (*mentioned*)
 * The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 6 (*mentioned*)
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 9 (*mentioned*)
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 10
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 11 (*mentioned*)
* The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 12
 * The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 1 (*mentioned*)
* The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 6
 * The Futile Facade: Chapter 7 (*mentioned*)
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 8 (*mentioned*)
* The Futile Facade: Chapter 9 (*mentioned*)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 7
2. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 13
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 10
4. ↑ The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 2
5. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 3
6. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 12
7. ↑ The Ambiguous Artifice: Chapter 8
8. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 8
PP9

"You do have a talent for falling down stairs, Puppy," Fred examined the break, then shook his head grimly, "I’m afraid we’re going to have to amputate this."

## Summary

On Saturday, Rigel wakes with optimism despite her week, deciding to work on Flint's assignments. In the Library, she starts with the Charms essay, then the History one. Not finding the books she needs, she asks Madam Pince for help, who gives her the directions. Not wanting to miss Lunch, she goes to check out her books, but when she gives her assumed name, Pince loses her mind and chases her away from the Library, assuming that she is like Sirius, who once almost burned down the Divination section. Rigel leaves without watching where she's going and needs to check on the Map where she is (the fifth floor). She goes down the stairs when, halfway through, she is attacked by a Trip-Jinx. She falls and faints.

When she wakes, her left wrist is tangled in the strap of her bag, broken. Ron and Neville find her in this position. They understand that she fell and Ron wants to find a professor to take her to the Hospital Wing, but Rigel refuses, so Ron decides to take her to the Gryffindor common room to get Percy. Instead, it's Fred and George who put back her bones in place. She faints again during the process. The twins wanting to know how she fell, Rigel confesses that she was tripped from behind but doesn't know by whom.

Rigel goes back to the dungeons, vowing to not let anyone know of her injury. She does her Charms assignment with her friends. Draco then want to do his Potions essay, and he asks her for hers, but she doesn't have it, having already given it to Snape the day before, so she explains she got extra work that she asked for. Rigel then dictates her essay on Nimue's Breath, while Draco listens to her, raptured. Rigel then explains to him in which ways she is a raw beginner, adding that Snape is the best in Britain, to Draco's surprise. After that, Rigel looks at Draco's essay. She is then forcibly taken by Draco outside to train him for the Quidditch try-outs, first-years being authorized since some years to get in the teams because there are no more muggleborns for evening things out, because of the anti-muggle legislations by Riddle's Party. We learn that Beater is Rigel's favourite position to play. Feeling physically terrible, Rigel goes back inside with Draco for dinner, during which Draco talks enthusiastically about their workout, telling Nott that he'll try for Seeker. They go to bed and Rigel wonders how she will handle the Library situation and who wants her hurt.

## Characters (by order of appearance)

* Rigel Black
* Marcus Flint (letter)
* Madam Pince
* Ron Weasley
* Neville Longbottom
* Fred Weasley
* George Weasley
* Pansy Parkinson
* Draco Malfoy
* Theodore Nott

## Settings

### Hogwarts

* Library
* East-most fifth floor stairs
* Gryffindor common room
* Slytherin common room
* Quidditch Pitch
* Great Hall

## Potions

* Merlicide
* Inhibition-lowering Potions
* Wolfsbane
* Blood-Replacement Serum
Sirius' snakes

## Appearances

**Sirius' snakes** are 12 snakes in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*. They live in Grimmauld Place's courtyard.

## Profile

### Appearance

They are English grass snakes that have been magicked bright green by Sirius.

### Personality

They are lazy, like to sunbathe, and follow Sirius inside for snacks.

## History

### 1991-1992 School Year

Sirius gets them before Rigel-as-Archie comes home for the winter break. Harry learns she is a Parselmouth when she finds she's able to understand them.

### 1992-1993 School Year

They are not happy to be on Sirius' raft during his birthday pool party.

## Appearances

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

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Pureblood Pretense: Chapter 16
2. ↑ The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 1
Tracey Davis

**Tracey Davis** is a character in the *Rigel Black Chronicles*.

### 1992-1993 School Year

She and the other Slytherins from her year discuss the reasons for Lockhart's presence as professor, and then is scared that Rigel will report them to her father, who she thinks is an Auror, because they are Dark, but gets put back in her place by Blaise.

## Appearances

**Appearances**

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Serpentine Subterfuge: Chapter 4
Kasten

### Age

50 years undead, likely late 20s/early 30s when he was turned. (he had been doing essences for 10 years)

## Family

### Siblings

has siblings, some may still be alive. he has not kept in touch.

### Other Relatives

Count Aurel great-uncle (for quite a few generations), calls him Grandfather

### Pets

Kneazle and an elapid (snake), unclear what their fate will be after experiments

## Appearances

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

## Profile

### Appearance

voice like "leaves in the wind"  and "trickling water"

### Personality

* Socially awkward, Kasten would much rather spend the rest of eternity researching his essences than dealing with people.
* He has no time for introspection or self-reflection as he is always unravelling mysteries of the natural world.

### Possessions

* centrifuge
* cauldron

## History

### Childhood

One of many children. He was much quieter, more reserved than his siblings. He was turned as a young adult, and is content to spend the rest of his days distilling essences.

### 1994-1995 School Year

Met Harry after Kasten bought all of the hemlock which was mislabelled at MulPepper's Apothecary. Kasten has been working with essences. This decade he has been working on poisons.

## References

1. ↑ The Futile Facade: Chapter 5
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Futile Facade: Chapter 10
Department of Mysteries

### Purpose

to examine dangerous or unknown areas of maagic. There is great secrecy regarding the members and projects.

## Members

### Appearance

When Unspeakables are moving in public, they were robes with the hoods pulled up and disguise their faces with a kind of shadow magic.

### Times Mentioned

* Unspeakables were involved in year three with reviewing Harry Potter's shaped imbuing method. They authorize the Department of Magical Law Enforcement to use the potions by the following summer, although they are unable to recreate any of the effects.
* The Department of Mysteries is very interested in the Dominion Jewel and are interested in studying it.
* The Department of Mysteries also loaned a time turner for Harry Potter (known as Rigel Black) to use for attending nearly all of the elective courses.
* A member of the Department of Mysteries shows up during the investigation into Rigels Black's kidnapping, Peter Pettigrew's death, the whereabouts of the Dominion Jewel, and the misuse of the time-turner.