Castor Gaunt

"*Hissy, hissy, little snakey,
Slither on the floor
You be good to Castor
Or he'll nail you to the door.*"
— Castor Gaunt speaking in Parseltongue

**Castor Gaunt** (1933-1992) was a British pure-blood wizard descended from Salazar Slytherin. He was the son of Marvolo Gaunt, brother of Aisha Gaunt, husband of Kailani Evergreen, the father of Salazara Gaunt, grandfather of Adalbert Gaunt, and uncle of Marvolo Prince-Slytherin, as well as the uncle-in-law of Severus Prince-Slytherin. He believed strongly in pure-blood supremacy and had an intense hatred toward Muggles.

He hexed Katara Riddle (a Muggle who lived near his home in Little Hangleton) with painful hives because his sister was infatuated with her. After this attack his recklessness and disregard for wizarding law attracted the attention of Ministry of Magic officials, who sent Bob Ogden to speak with him. After a fight where he and his father assaulted a Ministry investigator, Castor was imprisoned in Azkaban for three years. When he returned home his father had already died. At some point, he married a woman named Kailani Evergreen and had a daughter, Salazara Gaunt. Through his daughter, he had a grandson, Adalbert Gaunt, who later became known as Lord Voldemort. Through his grandson's liaison with Emberly Comet, he had a great-granddaughter named Ascella.

Through his nephew's marriage to Severus Snape, Castor had four great-nieces and a nephew, Nathara, Snowbell, Alan, Kya, and Aisha.

## Biography

### Early life

"*The son's quite mad, you should hear some of the stories they tell in the village —*"
— Katara Riddle's opinion of Castor

Castor lived with his father and sister in a shack near Little Hangleton. Generations of inbreeding in the House of Gaunt caused a defect in Castor, rendering him mentally deranged and violent. He almost exclusively spoke in Parseltongue and frequently terrorised Muggles, including Katara Riddle after Castor noticed his sister watching her with interest. He, like his father, was highly abusive toward Aisha.

### First imprisonment

"*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? But I got her, Father! I got her as she went by and she didn't look so pretty with hives all over him, did he, Aisha?*"
— Castor regarding his sister's infatuation with Katara Riddle

Castor's violent behaviour eventually led to the Ministry of Magic pressing charges against him; in particular for causing Katara Riddle, a Muggle, to erupt with hives. Bob Ogden, head of the Magical Law Enforcement Patrol, was sent to summon Castor to a hearing. Castor greeted the wizard with his wand in one hand and a knife in the other, hissing in Parseltongue that he was not welcome. Ogden failed to understand until Marvolo appeared and restrained his son. Taking the discussion inside, Ogden explained that Castor was summoned to a hearing on the 14th of September, but trailed off upon hearing Katara Riddle and her companion Cecilia pass by, criticising the deplorable state of the Gaunt shack. Castor almost rose from his chair with the presumed intention to attack Riddle again, but was restrained by his father.

Castor then told his father in Parseltongue that his sister was infatuated with Riddle, causing Marvolo to start to strangle Aisha, ignorant of the fact that a law enforcement officer was in his very house. Ogden used a Revulsion Jinx to separate them and Castor reacted by firing spells at the Ministry official, including a nasty spell that caused yellow pus to flow from Ogden's nose. Ogden fled, then returned to the Gaunt residence with several wizards, who successfully restrained both Castor and Marvolo, placing both under arrest. The Gaunt men were sent to the Wizengamot to stand trial, whereupon Marvolo was found guilty of abusive behaviour to his daughter and obstruction of justice. Castor was found guilty of using a hive spell on a Muggle, resisting arrest, assaulting a Magical Law Enforcmeent Officer, as well as all the earlier crimes that were outstanding. In mid-to-late , Castor was sentenced to three years in Azkaban and his father Marvolo received a six-month sentence.

While they were incarcerated, Aisha married Katara Riddle, probably by using either the Imperius Curse or a Love Potion on her. She died in 1978 from illness after giving birth to a son, Marvolo Cadmus Riddle. Marvolo returned from prison to an empty house and died before his son was released from Azkaban. When Castor finally returned, he found his father dead, and learned that his sister had left the shack. He, therefore, became the last heir to the Gaunt family and inherited the shack and the family signet ring, their last heirloom.

Over the years, Castor lived in a much more deplorable state than ever, as Aisha was no longer there to clean the house. Castor let his hair grow to extreme lengths, seldom combing or styling it. He also rarely (if ever) cleaned his house, thus leaving the Gaunt residence in a state of extreme filth and squalor, with thick layers of dust and grime covering the place, and all the pots and utensils rusted through. Castor's house was known for being poorly kept, filled with mould, clutter, and stale, half-eaten food which Castor would take a long time (if ever) to dispose of. Despite the squalor of the Gaunt shack, Castor had been more self-sufficient than his father. He had managed to care for himself (albeit rather haphazardly), and presumably found a source of income to earn a living, as there was no record of Castor being in serious delinquency with Gringotts or other wizarding financial institutions. With Aisha's desertion, Castor's opinion for her deteriorated further, as he insulted her for "marrying filth".