[UNKNOWN] BONES
Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff, 1940's
Defining Characteristics: Female student petrified by the Basilisk during Tom Riddle's schooldays.
Appears In: Gryffindor on the Cusp of Slytherin

[UNKNOWN] CAMERON
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: Taught Defence Against the Dark Arts during the Marauders' fourth year. Madeleine Yaxley finds him creepy.
Mentioned In: The Education of Madeleine Yaxley

LOUISA CHAMBERS
Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw, class of 1980.
Defining Characteristics: Maggie Lewis's best friend, with blonde, curly hair.
Appears In: M.A.R.Y.S.U.E. Must Die!, The Plot Bunny

CASSANDRA CLARKE
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: A plump, friendly, motherly-looking Detective for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, working as liaison to the Aurors Office. She is the one the Ministry brings in when they need someone to talk to people who are in shock.
Appears In: There is a War, Moony's Tale

PYGMALION COBBLE
Hogwarts House: Unknown, mid-19th century
Defining Characteristics: A wizard with the power to bring temporary life to inanimate objects (Inanimatmagus). As a student, he engaged in scandalous behaviour with a number of statues around the castle.
Mentioned In: One Hell of a Woman

ARIADNE DIGGLE
Hogwarts House: Unknown, class of 1976
Defining Characteristics: One of the most desirable and popular girls at Hogwarts. Fourteen-year-old Sirius asked her out once, and she laughed and pronounced him "cute".
Appears In: Padfoot's Tale

SIR ANSON DUBH
Hogwarts House: None (Muggle)
Defining Characteristics: A SCAdian summoned by the Room of Requirement to instruct members of Dumbledore's Army in the use of the sword. Of middling height with ash-brown hair and blue eyes.
Appears In: The Power of Two

MARVOLA ARWEN RAEVYN YVETTE SALAZARA UMEKIKO ELFYNCHYLD
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor, class of 1978 (briefly)
Defining Characteristics: A typical MarySue, with long, black hair with purple and silver streaks, and eyes that change colour according to her mood. Tall and slender with large boobs and "curves in all the right places". Gothic makeup, revealing black clothing, and a pierced navel. She is Voldemort's daughter, as well as being part (Tolkienian) Elf and part Veela. Fluent in chatspeak, and has an American accent. She has the required tragic history, and her Veela lifemate is Remus, whom she can immediately identify as a werewolf. She can perform wandless magic and her Animagus form is a pink unicorn. Currently being held by the Department for the Termination of Useless Characters.
Appears In: M.A.R.Y.S.U.E. Must Die!

HARLOW "HARRY" EVANS
Hogwarts House: None (Muggle)
Defining Characteristics: Lily's father. A tall, blond man with green eyes. He was very excited and supportive when he learned his younger daughter was a witch. Fascinated with the magical world in the way Arthur Weasley is with the Muggle world. Killed in a car accident, Spring 1978. Harry Potter is named for him.
Appears In: That Awful Boy
Mentioned In: There is a War

ROSE EVANS
Hogwarts House: None (Muggle)
Defining Characteristics: Lily's mother. A pretty woman with short red hair, pale blue eyes, and her daughter's face. Killed in a car accident, Spring 1978.
Appears In: That Awful Boy
Mentioned In: There is a War

MAUD GAUNT
Hogwarts House: Unknown, probably Slytherin, c. 1895
Defining Characteristics: Wife (and possibly cousin or sister) of Marvolo Gaunt, mother of Merope and Morpheus Gaunt, grandmother of Tom Riddle and Marvolina McLaggen.
Mentioned In: Gryffindor on the Cusp of Slytherin

MATTHIAS OF GHENT
Hogwarts House: None (foreign)
Defining Characteristics: Sixteenth century Dutch immigrant ancestor of Tom Riddle and Marvolina McLaggen, and founder of the house of Gaunt.
Mentioned In: Gryffindor on the Cusp of Slytherin

SAM "BOGGART" HUMPHRIES
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: Looks like Humphrey Bogart. Wears light brown robes with the collar turned up, and a brown fedora worn tilted forward. Special Agent at the Ministry's Department for the Termination of Useless Characters. Smokes Muggle cigarettes. Is called "Boggart" because he can scare anyone.
Appears In: M.A.R.Y.S.U.E. Must Die!

[UNKNOWN] JACOBSEN
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: Magical Law Enforcement employee at the Ministry of Magic, who has a sofa in his office.
Mentioned In: Moony's Tale

[UNKNOWN] JOHNSON
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: A friendly, sympathetic, middle-aged Ministry wizard, who may be either an Obliviator, or work in Magical Law Enforcement. He is the first to speak to Remus after Sirius is taken away by MLE for "murdering" Peter. May or may not be Angelina Johnson's grandfather.
Appears In: Moony's Tale

MAGPIE "MAGGIE" LEWIS
Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw, class of 1980
Defining Characteristics: Auburn hair, hazel eyes, short and rather pretty. Had a large crush on Remus Lupin in her first through third years, until she caught him snogging Sirius Black behind the broom shed. Intelligent, with an enthusiastic interest in the brewing of love potions, and a passion for fanfiction about Muggles, which she once shared with Madeleine Yaxley. Often accompanied by unnamed, giggling friends. Her best friend is Louisa Chambers (see above). In her last school years, she became fascinated by Wizarding history, and went on to become an Archaeomage. Maggie likes older men. Her father works for the Legislative branch of the Ministry of Magic. Polyjuice with her hair in it tastes like sugared violets, according to Remus. Maggie is Scottish, and her Quidditch team is, of course, the Montrose Magpies. May have died in the aftermath of the first war.
Stars In: M.A.R.Y.S.U.E. Must Die!
Appears In: Padfoot's Tale, The Plot Bunny, Moony's Tale
Mentioned In: A Polyjuice Duet

FREYA LOVELACE
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: Witch author who specialises in steamy romance novels, including Electric Nights, and "The Sphinx's Riddle" series. Madeleine Yaxley and Maggie Lewis (see above) are both fans, and write Freya Lovelace fanfic. Maddy's mother considers her dangerous and subversive for casting Muggle characters in her leading roles.
Mentioned In: The Education of Madeleine Yaxley, M.A.R.Y.S.U.E. Must Die!

NATALIE LUPIN
Hogwarts House: None (Squib)
Defining Characteristics: Remus's three-years-younger sister. The two were very close until Remus "came out" at the age of 16, causing a rift in the family. Married a Muggle and has a son, John Remus (see below).
Appears In: The Power of Two
Mentioned In: Padfoot's Tale

LOLLIA LUPIN-BLACK
Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw, class of 2000
Defining Characteristics: Adopted daughter of Remus Lupin and Sirius Black, she has curly, blonde hair and brown eyes. Her birth parents were killed at the end of the first war. She loves her daddies and appears to have a large crush on Harry, which she is (at the age of eleven) somewhat forward about. Lollia is seen only in the Mirror of Erised by Remus, along with two younger Potter children (see below).
Appears In: Moony's Tale

EURYDICE MacEOGHAN
Hogwarts House: Slytherin, class of 1927
Defining Characteristics: A young ghost dressed in Muggle clothing of the 1920's. In life, she was a gifted Seer and descendant of Salazar Slytherin. Left Hogwarts before her seventh year, due to pregnancy. Unwed mother of Tom Marvolo Riddle. Died in childbirth, age 17. Buried beneath a large yew tree in the Little Hangleton graveyard. "Eurydice" comes from the Greek myth of a tree nymph who died tragically on her wedding day. "MacEoghan" mean "from the yew tree". Eurydice was written before HBP came out and established certain facts about Voldemort's parentage, but she remains part of my post-OotP AU.
Appears In: The Power of Two, Backstage

[UNKNOWN] MALFOY
Hogwarts House: None (Squib, died as an infant)
Defining Characteristics: First son of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy. Killed by Lucius when he discovered the baby was a Squib.
Appears In: Son and Heir
Mentioned In: The Night Before, The Power of Two

BANJI MASHAKA
Hogwarts House: None (Muggle)
Defining Characteristics: A good-looking Caribbean man in his early 30's. Bartender on Cat Island, Summer 1994. Employer of Remus Lupin, whom he has the hots for, and calls "Johnny".
Appears In: The Tropical Adventures of Moony and Padfoot

[UNKNOWN] MAXWELL
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: Grandfatherly English wizard who ran a magical apothecary shop, disguised as a Muggle herbalist, near York in the 1970's. Killed along with James Potter's father by Death Eaters on Halloween 1979. Lily Evans was fond of him, and bought all her Potions supplies from him.
Mentioned In: There is a War

JOVIS McLAGGEN
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor, early 20th century
Defining Characteristics: Father of Marvolina McLaggen/Minerva McGonagall. A pure-blood who contracted an arranged marriage to Merope Gaunt for about a year before she ran off with Tom Riddle Sr (yes, I know this is impossible).
Appears In: Gryffindor on the Cusp of Slytherin

[UNKNOWN] MIDGEN
Hogwarts House: Hufflepuff, late 19th or early 20th century
Defining Characteristics: Elderly professor who is head of Hufflepuff house in the early 1980's.
Appears In: One Hell of a Woman

ARTEMIS MURDOCH
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: Grouchy, impersonal ministry clerk in charge of interviewing witnesses to Sirius's "crimes". Is a bit callous and rough with poor Remus. Percy would love him.
Appears In: Moony's Tale

[UNKNOWN] MURRAY
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: A tough, young, short-haired witch with an unusual scar on her neck. Guardswitch at Azkaban after the second war. She is under the thrall of part-vampire prisoner Lorcan d'Eath. Named, of course, for Mina Murray.
Appears In: Thrall

ALYS PEVERELL
Hogwarts House: Unknown, possibly Slytherin, late 10th century
Defining Characteristics: Founders-era ancestress of Tom Riddle and Marvolina McLaggen, who bore a son to Salazar Slytherin.
Mentioned In: Gryffindor on the Cusp of Slytherin

ELEANOR POTTER
Hogwarts House: Unknown, probably Gryffindor, c. 1930's
Defining Characteristics: James's mother. Described by all as a "sweet lady". Killed by Death Eaters in her home, 31 October 1979. Named for my sister.
Mentioned In: There is a War

ELEANOR ROSE POTTER
Hogwarts House: Unknown, class of 2000
Defining Characteristics: Black hair and green eyes, like her older brother, and freckles. Second child of James and Lily Potter. Eleanor is seen only in the Mirror of Erised by Remus, but she would have been the baby Lily was pregnant with right before she died.
Appears In: Moony's Tale
Mentioned In: Secret Keepers

FURDENA POTTER
Hogwarts House: Unknown, possibly Gryffindor, late 19th century
Defining Characteristics: James's paternal grandmother. Mentioned only so James and Lily could discard her name as a potential name for their unborn child.
Mentioned In: There is a War

JOSEPH POTTER
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor, c. 1920's
Defining Characteristics: James's father. An Auror killed in the line of duty during a Death Eater bust at an apothecary shop, 31 October 1979. Named for my brother-in-law.
Appears In: There is a War

SIRIUS REMUS POTTER
Hogwarts House: Unknown, class of 2004
Defining Characteristics: Red hair like his mother, and hazel eyes like his father. Third child of James and Lily Potter. Remus is seen only in the Mirror of Erised by Remus Lupin.
Appears In: Moony's Tale

SEBASTIAN SEAGRAM
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: Taught Defence Against the Dark Arts during the Marauders' sixth year. Resigned amid of some sort of scandal after teaching for only a year.
Mentioned In: Moony's Tale, Padfoot's Tale

CARTIMANDUA VENUTI-YAXLEY
Hogwarts House: Unknown, probably Slytherin, class of 1957
Defining Characteristics: A very beautiful witch, with dark hair and blue eyes. Loving mother of Madeleine Yaxley (see below). Blood-conscious, affluent widow with many suitors.
Appears In: The Education of Madeleine Yaxley
Mentioned In: M.A.R.Y.S.U.E. Must Die!, The Night Before

MADELEINE "MADDY" YAXLEY
Born: 13 October 1959
Hogwarts House: Slytherin, class of 1978
Defining Characteristics: A very beautiful witch, with dark hair and poison-green eyes. Daughter of Cartimandua Venuti-Yaxley (see above). Sometime-girlfriend of Peter Pettigrew from their fourth year onwards. Uses sex to get what she wants. Has a secret passion for Muggle fanfiction, which she shared at one time with Maggie Lewis. She rarely smiles, and not usually at nice things. A Death Eater who avoided sentence in Azkaban by giving evidence against the Lestranges, whom she dislikes. Killed in the final battle.
Stars In: The Education of Madeleine Yaxley, M.A.R.Y.S.U.E. Must Die!
Appears In: Padfoot's Tale, There is a War, Secret Keepers, The Night Before, The Power of Two, Backstage
Mentioned In: A Polyjuice Duet, Scraps Section

CLAUDIA ZELLER
Hogwarts House: Unknown, early 20th century
Defining Characteristics: Hogwarts matron during Tom Riddle's schooldays.
Appears In: Gryffindor on the Cusp of Slytherin

AURELIA
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor, class of 2000
Defining Characteristics: First-year Gryffindor mentioned by Julius (see below) when the Fat Lady's portrait is slashed by Sirius on Halloween.
Mentioned In: Moony's Tale

IPHIGENIA
Hogwarts House: Unknown, possibly Gryffindor, late 19th century
Defining Characteristics: James's maternal grandmother. Mentioned only so James and Lily could discard her name as a potential name for their unborn child.
Mentioned In: There is a War

JOHN REMUS
Hogwarts House: Unknown, class of 2005
Defining Characteristics: Remus's nephew, son of his Squib sister, Natalie (see above), and her Muggle husband. He strongly resembles his uncle.
Appears In: The Power of Two
Mentioned In: Padfoot's Tale

JULIUS
Hogwarts House: Gryffindor, class of 2000
Defining Characteristics: He comes to fetch Dumbledore when the Fat Lady's portrait is slashed by Sirius on Halloween.
Appears In: Moony's Tale

RENATA
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: A tall, wiry middle-aged woman with flyaway gray hair. The kindly, no-nonsense St Mungo's midwife who assists at Harry's birth. Her name means "rebirth".
Appears In: There Is A War

SQUEAKER the HOUSE-ELF
Defining Characteristics: Servant of the Yaxley family.
Appears In: The Education of Madeleine Yaxley

THE CREEPY ONE
Hogwarts House: Unknown
Defining Characteristics: A pale, thin man with fair hair. Lover of Cartimandua Venuti-Yaxley (see above) during the summer of 1974, until he attempts to molest her teenage daughter, Madeleine.
Appears In: The Education of Madeleine Yaxley

THE DINNER PARTY THAT WOULDN'T DIE
Date: 26 October 1981
Description: The final gathering of the Marauders at the Potters' house before the Fidelius Charm is put in place, James and Lily die, Sirius goes to Azkaban, and Peter goes into hiding. This event has been told in various stories from James's, Lily's, Remus's, Sirius's, Peter's, and even baby Harry's point of view, and each character experiences it slightly differently.
Appears In: Secret Keepers, Moony's Tale, Padfoot's Tale

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