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alastor moody vs. evan rosier

When Tom Riddle received word of Auror Isaiah Moody's involvement in solving the Riddle Massacre, he sent Abraxas Malfoy, and a newer Death Eater, Evangeline Rosier, to hinder the investigation. Unable to locate Isaiah, Abraxas and Evangeline instead attacked Isaiah's heavily pregnant wife, Hester, who, if she hadn't been an Auror herself, would've never survived.

Alastor Moody was prematurely born at St. Mungo's following the savage assault, and all of Isaiah's efforts were turned on exacting vengeance on those responsible. Malfoy went into hiding, but Isaiah, ruthless, managed to hunt down Rosier. She died under questioning, setting in motion a vicious cycle of vengeance between the Moodys and Rosiers.

Gaspard, enraged by the death of his beloved sister, slew Isaiah, earning himself the Dementor's Kiss, and leaving his wife and son, Evan (named for Evangeline), to suffer his prolonged consequence.

It had almost been expected of them, Alastor and Evan, to loathe each other. Written in their blood, in the spilled blood of those that came before them. It came as no surprise that blood would spill once more by their hands. An eye for an eye, was that not the credo?

It ended as the war did, not with a bang, but a whimper. An eye for an eye.

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[decennia]

the knights of walpurgis vs. dumbledore's first resistance in and the snakes start to sing

tom hughes as tom riddle | jude law as albus dumbledore

anya chalotra as dagrim patil | dev patel as rathin patil

finn cole as cantankerous nott iv | freida pinto as miraya patil (née varma)

cody fern as abraxas malfoy | tom hardy as isaiah moody

regé-jean page as ulysses mulciber | millie bobby brown as minerva mcgonagall

abbey lee kershaw as carmilla avery | margaret qualley as corinne scamander

jamie chung as serafine lestrange | charlie rowe as declan diggory

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THE HOUSE OF ROSIER

katie mcgrath & dame judi dench as druella black (née rosier) †

margot robbie as evangeline rosier †

antony starr & pierce brosnan as gaspard rosier

jessica de gouw & liv tyler as ekaterina rosier (née karkaroff)

cillian murphy as evan rosier †

samara weaving as socorro rosier (née sallow) †

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THE MCGONAGALLS

millie bobby brown & emily blunt & dame maggie smith as minerva mcgonagall

dan stevens as malcolm mcgonagall †

tom hiddleston as robert mcgonagall jnr. †

jamie chung as serafine mcgonagall (née lestrange) †

alex landi as frances mcgonagall

adeline rudolph as apolline mcgonagall †

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i give u free reign to infodump ab all of the knights and the og army bc i am vv intrigued agjgssgsh

THERE IS SO MUCH HERE OMFG MORAL OF THIS STORY NEVER ASK ME TO INFO DUMP BECAUSE I WILL TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF IT—

I've separated it into sections:

The Knights of Walpurgis, and the motivations for their assigned sins.

Dumbledore's First Resistance, and the motivations for their assigned virtues.

The dynamics between the opposing contenders.

Given the sheer volume of information, I've included a cut. Please enjoy this manip that I am still very proud of.

THE KNIGHTS OF WALPURGIS (later known as Death Eaters) Tom Riddle (Pride)

Pride and arrogance were very large contributing factors to Tom Riddle's downfall in the end, and honestly, the whole idea for the gifset came from Florence + The Machines' Seven Devils playing while casually thinking of Dagrim and Tom, and then about how perfectly Tom would fit as Lucifer.

Dagrim Patil (Avarice)

When questioned about what she wants, and what Riddle promised her in exchange for her unwavering loyalty, her response is, quite simply: everything. Dagrim grew up starved not for affection, but recognition. And what she was denied in childhood, she would take in adulthood by force. Her philosophy is that if something is worth wanting, it is worth taking.

Cantankerous Nott IV (Lust)

We know so little about Theodore Nott's father from the source material, other than he was elderly, and he raised Theo himself. And that he was a Death Eater, of course. His name is an ode to his ancestor, the Cantankerous Nott who created the Sacred Twenty-Eight pureblood directory. I assigned him "lust" purely for the events leading to the conception of his son (sis, it gets messy).

Abraxas Malfoy (Envy)

Abraxas Malfoy envied Tom Riddle to the point of a half attempted mutiny. He was quickly put in his place, his co-conspirators made examples of, and spared only for his close friendship with Dagrim, who pleaded for his life. Riddle, who trusted Dagrim to a fault for all she'd done to earn it, conceded. Abraxas would later prove himself to Riddle again, regaining his seat among Riddle's favoured generals. He was the one who taught Lucius to never disobey the Dark Lord, and he was not a kind teacher.

Ulysses Mulciber (Gluttony)

Indulgence and excess, spoiled rotten and filthy rich. The Mulcibers were the richest of the Sacred at one point in their lives, rivalled only by the Malfoys. Ulysses never knew the meaning of "enough," and was a glutton not only in all manners of vice, but also for cruelty, dealing it out carelessly with little to no regard for the repercussions he was well protected from by his noble standing and wealth. He was one of Riddle's greatest allies and sponsors, and instrumental in his rise to power.

Carmilla Avery (Wrath)

Carmilla was in the year above Riddle, and was quick to anger and slow to calm. Her temper was legendary, and even her younger brothers – also admitted into the Death Eater ranks – feared her. She had an untempered fury, a rage at the world for no reason at all. She developed an unhealthy codependency with Abraxas Malfoy, who served to have a soothing presence over her. People seldom survive crossing her, as her reputation dictates.

Serafine Lestrange (Sloth)

Serafine is not lazy (as the sin "sloth" would suggest), she just lacks the motivations to pursue the goals that are expected of her. A particularly bright witch, and a wealthy one too, she never applied herself at school for she didn't see the need. Instead, she fell into a fascination of the Dark Arts, where she met Riddle, perusing the Restricted Section. She is rather discontented with life, disillusioned from already such a young age. She initially joins Riddle's gang for the excitement of it all.

DUMBLEDORE'S FIRST RESISTANCE (later known as the Order of the Phoenix in its official conception in 1970)

Albus Dumbledore (Patience)

Name a man more patient than Dumbledore, I'll wait. Better yet, he'll wait, because he's patient as hell. So patient, in fact, he waited until after Harry's supposed death to come to him as a hallucination and tell him about how he was a Horcrux.

Rathin Patil (Temperance)

Temperance is abstinence, and I wanted to explore the kind of toll having his sister so far gone into the dark would have on any man, let alone one who really cared for her and wanted to do right by her. Rathin is not a perfect man, he is still fallible, and unfortunately, he develops a dependent comfort in inebriation when Dagrim disappears with Riddle. He pulls himself back together, especially when he becomes Isaiah Moody's partner at the Ministry, and he begins to pursue Miraya.

Miraya Varma (Diligence)

Methodical and persistent, Miraya Varma earned herself a position at the Ministry immediately out of Hogwarts where she would later go on to form her own task force within the Ministry specifically designed for the interrogation and recommended sentencing of dark wizards and witches. She has been known to put her duty first, up until the birth of her son, Divyansh Patil, father to Padma and Parvati.

Isaiah Moody (Humility)

For a very long time, people seldom knew the Moody name, and that was the way Isaiah liked it. He believed that his line of work would endanger his loved ones (in spite of his wife being in the same profession) and so he never took credit for the numerous arrests he made. It was Isaiah who suspected something was strange about Morfin Gaunt's arrest while investigating the Riddle Massacre, and consulted Dumbledore about it. Once his identity was discovered and he was viewed as a threat by Riddle, an attack was made on his heavily pregnant wife, jeopardizing her and his unborn boy's (Alastor) life.

Minerva McGonagall (Chastity)

Mini Minnie is seventeen, my dudes. But not only that, Minerva grew up with a religious father (he was canonically a reverend), who probably taught her his values. Also given the fact that Minerva was the first of the younger generation to participate and involve herself in the war (she sought out Dumbledore and enlisted herself into his Resistance, fearing her family would be made into another statistic if she didn't at least do something to intervene), she really didn't have much time to think about something as arbitrary as the concept of virginity. Also, it's the 1950s.

Corinne Scamander (Kindness)

Corrine is honestly the greatest. She has all of the tenacity of Tina, and the best qualities of Newt. It was Dumbledore's previous bond with Newt that encouraged him to recruit her, and she willingly accepted, because of course she would. She'd always been the soft spoken girl with a tender touch and a love for life, and she was often the advocate for hope in the resistance. She was adept in a few healing charms she'd learned from her father, and was something of a specialist in magical beings, proving herself to be highly valuable while Riddle was expanding his ranks with all manner of dark creatures.

Declan Diggory (Charity)

Sacrifice is in the Diggory blood, and Cedric's grandfather, Declan, was not the first to prove it. He also, unfortunately, wasn't the last, but he sure was one of the best. Selfless to a fault, Declan would willingly get hypothermia if it meant someone else would have warmth. Diggory's contributions to the war effort consisted of offering sanctuary and shelter to muggleborns who received death threats, and orchestrating the evacuations of targeted muggle residences. He was the leader of a small faction of the resistance, including, but not limited to: Fleamont Potter, Enoch Longbottom, Wilhelm Shacklebolt, and Ramona McKinnon.

DYNAMICS (just the contenders for now because this is hella long)

Albus Dumbledore vs. Tom Riddle

Adversaries, a fair deal of mistrust and guilt from Dumbledore's side (upon reflection, he'd been the one to introduce Tom to the wizarding world; even though he knows that if Riddle had been left unchecked, the risk of him becoming an Obscurus would've resulted in catastrophe all the same). Riddle sees Dumbledore as nothing more than a foolish old man, a pest, and an obstacle to overcome at first, but learns to begrudgingly respect Dumbledore's strength and mastery of magic (after all, Riddle only knew him as the Transfiguration teacher before, and thought the accounts of Dumbledore's victory over Grindelwald had been exaggerated to great effect). Riddle's hubris was believing he could defeat Dumbledore on his own, thinking himself already stronger than Grindelwald ever hoped to be.

Rathin Patil vs. Dagrim Patil

Rathin had always been very protective of Dagrim, and loved her dearly, although his acts of affection were often misinterpreted as pity and condescension. This only served to push them further apart. When Dagrim turned to the Dark Arts and found solace in Riddle, it revolted Rathin, as he was hugely against the corruption the Dark Arts has on the performing witch or wizard, and wouldn't wish it on his worst enemy. He still very much loves her, and it hurts him to fight her. Dagrim, on the other hand, finds catharsis in duelling her brother, believing it to be justice for the way her parents treated her and the little he did to dissuade them.

Miraya Varma vs. Cantankerous Nott

A mutual respect and an academic rivalry, Cantankerous and Miraya were not friends by any means, but not enemies, either. Cantankerous even went as far as to warn Miraya of an impending attack, allowing her to evacuate the building. But although he knows she's clever, he also knows that she's incredibly stubborn, and displayed little surprise to find her awaiting him in the now vacant building. They are equally matched, and their unique relationship spans several decades, even into Cantankerous' failed run at Minister for Magic, and Theodore and the Patil twins' time at Hogwarts. She was present at his trial following the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, and watched as he was sentenced to life in Azkaban for his crimes as a Death Eater.

Isaiah Moody vs. Abraxas Malfoy

Given his profession, Isaiah has a lot of enemies on the Sacred Twenty-Eight who are loyal to the Dark Lord. One such enemy is Abraxas Malfoy. When Tom gets word of Moody's involvement in solving the Riddle Massacre, he sends Malfoy and a newer Death Eater, Evangeline Rosier, to hinder the investigation. Abraxas and Evangeline were responsible for the attack on Isaiah's heavily pregnant wife, who, if she hadn't been an Auror herself, would've never survived. Alastor Moody was prematurely born at St. Mungo's following the attack, and all of Isaiah's efforts were turned on exacting vengeance on those responsible. Malfoy went into hiding, but Isaiah, ruthless, managed to hunt down Rosier. She died under questioning, setting in motion a vicious cycle of vengeance between the Moodys and Rosiers. Once Isaiah had been killed by Evangeline's brother (Evan [who was named after her] Rosier's father), Abraxas deemed it safe to rejoin society.

Minerva McGonagall vs. Ulysses Mulciber

On the list of things Ulysses loathes, he would put half-bloods above muggleborns (although he turns a blind eye to his Dark Lord's blood status when it conveniences him). Half-bloods only serve as a reminder of the lowest and weakest of his kind; the unworthy muggleborns, the lecherous blood traitors, the vermin muggles. Mulciber prides himself as something of a "purifier," and finds great enjoyment in pruning family trees that have been poisoned by muggle blood into purity once more. He takes a great interest in Minerva McGonagall, given that she is an incredibly powerful witch at such a young age, and he wonders how glorious she would've been had she been a pureblood (a twisted and untrue belief among the Sacred Twenty-Eight during that time). Minerva, the threat of Mulciber weighing heavily on her, places her family under Dumbledore's protection. She vows to stop Mulciber and his perverse idea of justice.

Corinne Scamander vs. Carmilla Avery

It didn't take much to enrage Carmilla Avery, and Corinne had been caught in the tempest Carmilla's fury since the day they'd met. Carmilla, who took great pleasure in picking on people she deemed lesser, made a target out of Corinne, perceiving her kindness for weakness. During their time at Hogwarts, Corinne had gained the attention of Avery for being a blood traitor and a muggle sympathizer, which only strengthened Carmilla's vindication. Corinne, who had been friends with Rubeus Hagrid prior to his expulsion, and who had almost fallen prey to the basilisk when she had heard Myrtle Warren's cries from the bathroom, never lowered herself to Carmilla's level nor did she rise to any of the challenges. This hurt Avery's ego, as she thought this was Corinne's way of claiming herself better than her. It wasn't until after Hogwarts that Carmilla's growing resentment came to a head, and, without the protection the school offered Corinne, Carmilla was looking to finally put an end to the blood traitor line of Scamander.

Declan Diggory vs. Serafine Lestrange

Declan and Serafine were childhood friends who drifted apart during their time at Hogwarts, particularly when she fell in with Riddle's crowd. She is viewed by Dumbledore as having the power to sway the entire outcome of the war, for if Serafine could be persuaded into leaving Riddle, her cousins (one of whom is the father of Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange) would surely comply, and the families who held the Lestranges in high regard would be inclined to follow. This makes Declan and Serafine key pieces in Dumbledore's game of strategy. However, Serafine was disowned long before she defected from the Death Eaters, leaving the Lestranges firmly in Riddle's grasp. Although Serafine claimed to feel nothing for Diggory, she still refused to deal any real harm to him when they duel, in spite of having ample opportunity to do so; something which Riddle picked up on. She was later forced to torture Declan in front of him to prove her loyalty to the Dark Lord, something which Declan permitted her to do, knowing she had very little choice in the matter. He was left for dead, but Serafine would later secretly return with Corinne to get him medical attention. She gives her son, Francis, "Declan" as a middle name.

[decennia]

dagrim patil + tom riddle

"Where'd I go?"

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T H E M A L E F I C A

dagrim patil & tom riddle (and the snakes start to sing)

socorro sallow & regulus black (lacrimosa)

althea abbott & theodore nott (a funeral march in eight)

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DUMBLEDORE'S RESISTANCE.

CORINNE SCAMANDER.

love interest(s): Declan Diggory.

house: Gryffindor.

face claim: Margaret Qualley.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

DECLAN DIGGORY.

love interest(s): Corinne Scamander.

house: Hufflepuff.

face claim: Charlie Rowe.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

HESTER TRELAWNEY MOODY.

love interest(s): Isaiah Moody.

house: Ravenclaw.

face claim: Vera Farmiga, Helen Mirren.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

ISAIAH MOODY.

love interest(s): Hester Trelawney.

house: Ravenclaw.

face claim: Tom Hardy.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

MIRAYA VARMA.

love interest(s): Rathin Patil.

house: Ravenclaw.

face claim: Freida Pinto, Dimple Kapadia.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

RATHIN PATIL.

love interest(s): Miraya Varma.

house: Gryffindor.

face claim: Dev Patel.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

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THE FAMILY DIGGORY

charlie rowe & michael douglas as declan diggory †

margaret qualley & susan sarandon as corinne diggory (née scamander)

max irons & nikolaj coster-waldau as amos diggory

holland roden & julianne moore as cassandra diggory (née selwyn)

robert pattinson as cedric diggory †

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KNIGHTS OF WALPURGIS.

CANTANKEROUS NOTT IV.

love interest(s): Bedelia Delacour.

house: Slytherin.

face claim: Finn Cole, Ben Daniels.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

CARMILLA AVERY.

love interest(s): Abraxas Malfoy.

house: Slytherin.

face claim: Abbey Lee Kershaw.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

DAGRIM PATIL.

love interest(s): Tom Riddle.

house: Slytherin.

face claim: Anya Chalotra.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

EKATERINA KARKAROFF.

love interest(s): Gaspard Rosier.

house: n/a, Durmstrang.

face claim: Jessica De Gouw, Liv Tyler.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

EVANGELINE ROSIER.

love interest(s): Gaspard Rosier (speculated, untrue), Ulysses Mulciber.

house: Slytherin.

face claim: Margot Robbie.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

GASPARD ROSIER.

love interest(s): Evangeline Rosier (speculated, untrue), Ekaterina Karkaroff.

house: Slytherin.

face claim: Antony Starr, Pierce Brosnan.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

SERAFINE LESTRANGE.

love interest(s): Robert McGonagall Jnr.

house: Slytherin.

face claim: Jamie Chung.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

ULYSSES MULCIBER.

love interest(s): Evangeline Rosier.

house: Slytherin.

face claim: Regé-Jean Page.

fic: And The Snakes Start To Sing.

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THE MOODY FAMILY

tom hardy as isaiah moody †

vera farmiga & dame helen mirren as hester moody (née trelawney)

charlie hunnam & brendan gleeson as alastor "mad-eye" moody †

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THE FAMILY NOTT

finn cole & ben daniels as cantankerous nott iv

léa seydoux as bedelia nott †

thomas doherty as theodore nott

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hi! could you please elaborate on dagrim being the meanest of your OCs? like mb you could tell how she treats her friends and other deatheaters and all that.

The thing I love about Dagrim and Socorro is that they both start and end in the same places, but who they are is so fundamentally different. And it all comes down to choice:

Dagrim chose to become who she was, while Socorro was never given much of a choice into becoming who she later did.

Dagrim (and Socorro) grew up in households that ignored their very existence in favour of their older brothers. Where this made Socorro quiet and withdrawn, it made Dagrim cold and biting as a Dementor's Kiss. And even in spite of Tiberius being terrible to Socorro, Rathin was always deliberately warm to his sister, in a bid to extend a bit of kindness that their parents so intentionally withheld, hoping it would strengthen her and make her strive for greatness.

It made Dagrim hungry, and it made Dagrim mean.

Her circle of friends were often dictated by what they could offer her (status, wealth, power), not by whose company she preferred. She finds her "friends" tolerable at best, annoyances on a regular day, and a useful corpse waiting to be buried at worst.

She loathed Rathin, all his smiling charm and natural charisma, effortlessly drawing attention to him like sunflowers turning their wilting bodies to peer at the sun. Over Dagrim, their eyes would almost glaze, pass over, or maybe stare a little too long with their eyes squint, trying to decipher her before losing interest. If Rathin Patil were the sun, then his sister was the mirage he left behind, a barely-there haze that was all too soon forgotten.

Dagrim only had one person she'd consider her closest friend, and that was Abraxas Malfoy, but even he was proven to be a liability. Having to save him from the wrath of Riddle for the failed assassination of Isaiah Moody, Dagrim always looked at Abraxas differently afterwards. In an argument, she lay into him with all her vicious bite and venom, reducing him to nothing but a word: pathetic. And she left him, not a shade of regret in her. Of course she'd be remorseless, she'd meant every word.

She was made to be Eileen Prince's mentor, and the only kind words she ever gave her was the sound advice of leaving Tobias Snape (which went unheeded, if Severus Snape was anything to show for it). When Dagrim passed at the Dark Lord's hand, Eileen made her escape. She never knew if Dagrim truly cared for her, or if she merely didn't care for the muggle boy because of the blood in his veins. Those who knew Dagrim, truly knew her, knew: Dagrim Patil cared about no one and nothing but power.

She was made to feel powerless and she refused to feel it again.

And by Tom Riddle's side, she got what she wanted. Made his Red Right Hand, Dagrim exerted her will over her subordinates; the main five, Riddle's core soldiers, his Knights of Walpurgis.

To Carmilla, in spite of being so alike in temperament, she was often found to be agitated. She always believed Carmilla was too careless in her casual cruelties. She was unstable where Dagrim was methodical, and this was a war that had to be fought in the shadows, had to fester and grow into its inevitability before consuming the wizarding world. And Carmilla Avery was a scarlet flag, dripping gore and menace.

Serafine was another vexation for Dagrim to endure. Having so much potential, but lacking in so much vehemence, Serafine had power given to her and yet refused to do much of anything with it. Dagrim always caught herself biting back the swift jealousy that would arise at Lestrange's birth-given influence, her easy ticket out of any and all obstacles that threatened her.

Which brings us to Ulysses: filthy rich, with a soul as rotten as Riddle's own. He, and his affluence, made him immune to Dagrim's sharp tongue. Their interactions were composed entirely of insults and barbs, a symphony of snark and snarl. All done with a little knowing smile, like they were in on some private joke no one else was. Any affront faced by Ulysses Mulciber slid off him like water on an oil slick. He would cower to no one but Tom Marvolo Riddle.

But none tested Dagrim's patience more than Cantankerous Nott IV, who was more animal than man to Dagrim. Her deduction of him was that he was solely dictated by his base desires, and she would find herself vindicated on more than one occasion. Few words were exchanged between the pair, but those that were were pure savagery.

As for Riddle... here was a tenderness to her reserved for Tom, and Tom alone; but he preferred her mean, so mean she was. And only in her last moments did she extend that tenderness to Rathin Patil. It was her last act —

To allow herself to succumb to death rather than extinguish the sun.

Because all that pain and misery and suffering she caused and survived, it made her glacial. A reckoning. It made her powerful. But it never made her happy.

And so she, like Socorro Sallow, would end in the same place: a shallow Death Eater's grave with no one left to mourn them.

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introducing: dagrim patil in and the snakes start to sing

Tradition dictates that the male in any species is superior. That was what Dagrim Patil was taught, and that was what Dagrim Patil believed... for a time.

Her older brother, Rathin – firstborn, handsome, perpetually shrouded in praise and awe by the parents who had decidedly elected to neglect their daughter – never understood why Dagrim grew cold, distant, quiet. Never understood the unhappiness that shrouded her, causing her to draw into herself. Perhaps that was what drew her to the allure of Tom Riddle. The promises he made, the attention he simultaneously commanded and gave.

With him, she found a family. With him, she got everything. With him, she was unstoppable. And the world would learn that although the male in the species was hailed as superior, it was the female who was the more dangerous.

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THE PATIL FAMILY

“You never talk about her.”

“About who?”

“Your sister. Dagrim.”

“You will never speak that name again. Am I understood?”

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first of all, I absolutely adore all of your edits they look so freaking pretty I can’t believe it! Second, I was wondering if there was anything you could share about The Knights of Walpurgis vs Dumbledore’s First Resistance?? I’ve become a little obsessed after seeing your seven princes of hell / seven archangels edits

So, as we all know, the Knights of Walpurgis were the original Death Eater gang while Tom was at school from the year 1938 to 1945. Dumbledore's Resistance, having always had his suspicions about Riddle (which were confirmed by the murder of the Riddle family in Little Hangleton and Isaiah Moody's infallible instinct that Morfin Gaunt — although having committed his fair share of crimes — was not guilty of this particular one) was formed shortly after Riddle's graduation.

It consisted of Isaiah Moody (father to Alastor Moody), Rathin Patil (brother of known Death Eater, Dagrim Patil), and Miraya Varma (future Patil, grandmother of Padma and Parvati). The next to join was Corinne Scamander (daughter to Newt Scamander [still subject to change, but given Amos' future occupation in the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures I thought it was a good fit]), followed closely by Declan Diggory (future father of Amos Diggory). The last to join, in 1952, upon her graduation, was Minerva McGonagall. Others would join, too, but these six were considered Albus Dumbledore's most trusted inner circle.

Where Dumbledore placed a lot of emphasis on trust, Riddle prioritized strength. Riddle's Six were made up of his strongest generals, the most ruthless of all his soldiers: Dagrim Patil (known commonly among the ranks as his Red Right Hand), Cantankerous Nott IV (very well politically connected, yet still had a failed run for Minister for Magic; future father of Theodore Nott), Abraxas Malfoy, Ulysses Mulciber (uncle to Cassius Mulciber, who attacked Mary Macdonald during his time at Hogwarts; also related to the Zabinis through his mother), Carmilla Avery (future Carmilla Malfoy, mother of Lucius) and Serafine Lestrange (distant cousin of Rodolphus and Rabastan. She would defect to marry half-blood Robert McGonagall Jnr. and become mother of Apolline and Francis McGonagall).

Dagrim's story details the Riddle's rise to power, before her untimely death towards the end of 1952.

When I came up with the challengers, some were fairly obvious: Dagrim and Rathin, Dumbledore and Riddle, Miraya and Cantankerous. The others were based off of how fun of an interaction it would be, and what potential backstories I could weave out of the war tensions. One of my favourite new dynamics is Serafine and Declan, who grew up together but had a falling out. Declan is Dumbledore's best hope of talking Serafine down, who, if she wasn't so despondent and lacking in the vehemence to pursue her goals (sloth), would perhaps overtake Dagrim as Riddle's favoured enforcer.

Some of the characters are canon, and some characters were around long before I made the princes and archangels sets. And some were purely created for the set, and a lot of their personality is based on the sin I gave them.