Matty of Sussex

Fortunata’s best friend, pale-skinned, green-eyed, and blonde-haired Martina—Matty—of Sussex, who is Fortunata’s age (III.4)

## Appearances

Here is a list of all chapters Matty appears in. Chapters where she is physically present and interacting in the scene are in **bold**, while chapters where she is only mentioned by either the narration or other characters are in plain text.

### Part I

*“You said it caused their death, if I remember correctly,” Severus replies.*

*“It wasn’t a single student. Two girls. Two best friends.” Nizar feels his nails bite in his palms and uncurls his hands. At least he hadn’t left his nails pointed, or he would be bleeding right now. “I began teaching in this school when I was seventeen. I earned my title because I’m the one who found him. He’d bashed one over the head and told the other to behave and they wouldn’t be harmed. She was ten years old and terrified. She believed him. He’d killed her and moved on to his second victim before I got there. There was not much left of him afterwards.”*

*“I see.”*

*“Fortunately, no, you didn’t see the aftermath of that, and neither did she. I’m still older than you by seven years, or by nine hundred eighty-five years, whichever you prefer, so I’d like it to be a few more days before the shine wears off and reveals the tarnish beneath, thank you,” Nizar responds. “When Ætherell of York came to Hogwarts to claim justice for his son’s death, I delivered his son’s remains to him personally in a chamber pot, used a visual memory charm to reveal what his son had done, and asked if he was still brave enough to demand justice.*

*“Ætherell was wise enough to say no. He was not wise enough to say yes when I said that he owed the girl justice for what his offspring had done.” Nizar lets out a brief, humorless laugh. “So much for that bloodline. Not that there were any of them left at that point aside from those two. They’d gotten into some very bad habits. The Black family everyone is in such terror of is fairly tame in comparison.”*

### Part III

*(...)*

*“You’re also not yet a master of Mind Magic, so do be quiet and let me be the judge of that,” Salazar replies. “What of Fortunata and Matty?”*

*“Hello, Salazar! Hello, Eneko! I am so glad to be back here, my parents are vile, I hope the food is delicious!” she says in a rush and bolts off towards the student rooms in the tower, possibly to roll around the entirety of her sleeping chamber to mark it as hers.*
*(...)*
*“Perhaps we should,” Salazar agrees. “Fortunata, Matty has already returned. Please go remind her that she does not have to literally mark her territory to keep uninvited guests out of her own sleeping chamber.”*

### Part VI

*Minerva listens with her heart in her throat as Salazar describes to them why he learned never to discount his brother’s instincts, no matter the reason. One of those two non-magical men from a magical lineage, Nizar had never trusted. That man waited until all of the magicians were out of the castle dealing with another matter and absconded with two of the students, young girls. Nizar had already been named the school’s protector by Myrddin, and while the castle was supposed to tell them all if something was wrong, that is the day they learned that his senses were more fine-tuned—and still it was not enough. The first child was dead, and the second grievously injured, before that man was stopped. No one is foolish enough to ask how Nizar stepped him, not given the expression on his face.*

## Trivia

When Nizar attempts to divine which Founder all the younger students will apprentice to in Part III, Chapter 13, Matty is the only student he cannot predict a result for. This is implied to be because she died before she could start an apprenticeship.