Katara Riddle

## Katara Снег Riddle

**Katara Снег Riddle** (1933-1980) was an English muggle woman who lived in the village of Little Hangleton located in Yorkshire. She was the daughter of wealthy Muggles Thomas and Evelyn Riddle, who raised her to be snobbish and rude, when in reality, she was calm, understanding, and compassionate. She was the daughter-in-law of Marvolo Gaunt, sister-in-law of Castor Gaunt, and the wife of Aisha Riddle. Katara was the father of Marvolo Prince-Slytherin, father-in-law of Severus Prince-Slytherin, grandfather of Nathara and Snowbell Prince-Slytherin, and great-grandfather of Kiara Prince-Slytherin.

Katara was magically coerced into marrying Aisha Gaunt, either by means of a Love Potion or the Imperius Curse. Aisha stopped giving her the potion after sometime because she thought that she will start loving her naturally, at least for their unborn baby. Thankfully, this desire came true and the couple reestablished their relationship.

## Biography

### Early life

"*She likes looking at that Muggle. Always in the garden when she passes, peering through the hedge at her, isn't she? And last night — hanging out of the window waiting for her to ride home, wasn't she?... I got her as she went by and she didn't look so pretty with hives all over her, did she, Aisha?*"
— Aisha's obsessive infatuation with Katara Riddle

Born to Thomas and Evelyn Riddle in 1933, Katara lived in a luxurious manor house not far from a run-down cottage that was home to the Gaunts, a wizarding family descended from Salazar Slytherin and Cadmus Peverell, outside the Muggle village of Little Hangleton. Aisha Gaunt, who led a miserable life of poverty and abuse at the hands of her father and brother, became infatuated with Katara, watching her ride by on her horse, sometimes in the company of a woman named Aurelia. Katara, on the other hand, looked on with pity on her brother for his mental instability and her father for his reputation of being arrogant and violently antisocial towards the Little Hangleton people. However, Katara herself was rather compassionate and understanding despite her upbringing, and with the exception of Katara, the Riddle family was most disliked by the townspeople.

When her brother Castor noticed her interest, he hexed Katara with hives. The Ministry of Magic discovered this, among other incidents, and also arrested Castor and Marvolo Gaunt for attacking Ministry officials. Both wizards were sentenced to Azkaban. While they were gone, Aisha and Katara got married.

### Marriage

It was speculated by Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter that Aisha used the Imperius Curse on Katara, but they decided that it was more likely she used a Love Potion to attract him. A Love Potion would have been much more romantic in her eyes than the Imperius Curse. In any case, the two married, despite public disapproval over "*the squire's daughter running off with the tramp's daughter*." At some point in their relationship, Aisha became pregnant with a boy.
It was believed that Aisha eventually stopped whatever enchantment she had used on Katara in the hopes that he had truly fallen in love with her since, or would at least remain with her for the sake of their unborn child. She was correct on both accounts, and after having a thorough discussion about the situation, the two women slowly but genuinely fell in love with each other. Eventually, Aisha gave birth to a son in their home, whom she named Marvolo Cadmus Riddle.
### Death

Katara died in 1980, not long after the birth of her first granddaughter, Nathara, two years after Aisha passed away. Her son, Marvolo, was very sad to learn of her death, but eventually moved on.