Chapter 003: The Fall of the Black Family

The Black family is one of the oldest families in the wizarding world, and its influence is almost second only to the Malfoy family, and in the early days of Voldemort's rise, it was once surpassed, but it was also because of Voldemort that the Black family ended up in today's tragic situation.

Narcissa's grandfather's generation had seven direct descendants, and only two of them were men who were not removed from the family and had descendants, Sirius's grandfather Arcturus and Narcissa's grandfather Borlocks.

Arcturus had two offspring, Lyuklisa and Sirius's father Orion, and Borlocks had three offspring, Sirius's mother Volburga and her two younger brothers, Alphad and Cygnath.

The eldest of the five was Lyukrixia, but she didn't do much, and she married Ignatius Prewit not long after graduation, and she should have had a smooth life, but because of the involvement of her mother's family and her husband's relatives, she had to live a terrified life.

In second place was Walburga, the lady who married her cousin was a brilliant Slytherin, with a very unique vision, and she also had a very good relationship with the two powerful people of the hunting society at the time.

Because Walburga was two years younger than Lucius's father, Abraxus, and a year older than Voldemort, and the three of them were all heads of grade and had served as prefects, it was only natural that the three parties would unite and eventually become a huge force that dominated the wizarding world.

Under the influence of his cousin, his youngest wife, four-year-old Orion, also became a part of this alliance, although his talent was not as good as the other three, but the husband and wife pair became the most important part of this alliance, which is the fundamental reason why the Black family will become the most influential family in the wizarding world.

Alphard, who ranked fourth, had not yet graduated from Walburga and Voldemort when he entered school, but he was not affected by them at all, but traveled around and was keen on adventure and treasure hunting, and refused to marry dozens of times urged by his family, and when he died unexpectedly and left his inheritance to his runaway nephew Sirius, he was naturally removed from the family tree by Walburga, and if it wasn't for the accident that swallowed his body by the way, I am afraid that he would not be at peace after his death.

The youngest Signus is also an anomaly, he got a senior sister pregnant like his father at a young age, and then gave birth to three daughters in a row at a rate of two years, and as soon as he graduated, he was ready to learn from his brother and run away with his wife, but was caught by Walburga in time, so he had to stay to help his sister and cousin.

Signus's eldest daughter, Narcissa's eldest sister Bellatrix was the eldest child of their generation, and this strong woman always regarded her aunt as her role model, but unfortunately she learned Walburga's ruthlessness, but not Walburga's shrewdness, and finally even turned herself into a fanatical follower of Voldemort.

It is rumored that Narcissa's first abortion was done by Bellatrix on Voldemort's orders, just because Narcissa was pregnant with a girl at the time; And the day after Voldemort's disappearance, in order to find out the whereabouts of her master, she and her husband Rodolphus Lestrange and her husband's younger brother Rabastan Lestrange tortured Neville's parents, Frank and Alice Longbottom, to the point of driving them crazy. It can be seen that this woman is ruthless.

In second place was Narcissa's second sister, Andomeda, a very well-behaved girl, and the only rebellious thing she ever did was to marry a Muggle-born wizard despite her family's objections, and was naturally removed from the family tree by Walburga.

Sirius is the fourth child of this generation, and was designated as the heir to the family by Walburga at birth, so he is very rigorously trained, but excessive harshness is very easy to provoke the child's rebellion, so Sirius becomes a super rebellious person, who takes pleasure in making his parents angry when he is a child, and takes pleasure in opposing the family when he grows up, and finally becomes an enemy of the family.

However, it is rumored that Sirius was able to get his cousin's inheritance in the first place because Walburga secretly arranged it, because Voldemort had begun to show signs of tyranny at that time, so Walburga was ready to leave a way back for the Black family, so he secretly supported his son to run away from home, and even became an enemy of the family, but Sirius was eventually arrested for betraying the Order of the Phoenix.

Regulus is the second son of Volburga, and he is also the youngest child of this generation, so the family is not strict with him, as long as he is not as disobedient as Sirius, so Regulus was like an older brother's follower when he was a child, which made everyone very dismissive of him.

But when Lucius suddenly joined the Death Eaters, Walburga suddenly began to train Regulus, and her precautions finally came true, Sirius joined the Order of the Phoenix so that her husband Orion was forced to die by Voldemort, fortunately, the newly adult Regulus lived up to her expectations and took over the responsibility of the family, but she didn't expect Regulus to disappear not long after graduating, and it was rumored that he betrayed Voldemort, so he was executed by Voldemort.

Narcissa was the only one of the five children who inherited the shrewdness of Walburga, and she was also the only one who did not join the Death Eaters, nor the Order of the Phoenix, nor was expelled from the family, but she had to pay the price of watching the Black family decline day by day, and the family members suffered misfortunes one by one.

From the time his cousin Sirius ran away from home to join the Order of the Phoenix,

In 1979, his uncle O'Ryan was forced to death by Voldemort because of his son;

In 1980, his cousin Regulus disappeared, and it was rumored that he was executed by Voldemort for betraying Voldemort, and his aunt Walburga fell ill as a result;

On November 1, 1981, the eldest sister Bellatrix was arrested on the spot while torturing his cousin Frank Longbottom and his wife with the Diamond Curse, his cousin Sirius blew up and killed his friend Peter Pettigrew, and his aunt Walburga went mad because both sons were traitors;

In 1985, Walburga returned to heaven, and before his death, he still remembered his two sons;

Since then until the beginning of this year, the Black family has had a funeral almost every year: cousin Arcturus and his wife Melania, grandfather Porlock and his wife Irma, aunt Casiopeia, mother Druela Rozier Black,

In the end, even her cousin Liucrexia and her father Signus couldn't stand it.

Therefore, this funeral is not so much a tribute to the two old men who have just died, but a tribute to the fall of the entire Black family, although the pillars of the Black family have fallen since Walburga went crazy ten years ago, but the surname Black is not considered a real fall until today, unless the arrested Sirius suddenly clarifies the crime.

But it was almost impossible for this to happen, so all the wizards who received the news put down their work and came to the funeral, Dumbledore led the entire Hogwarts staff, and the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, brought the entire staff of the Ministry of Magic, but the most notable were the in-laws of the Black family.

For example, several of Catherine's classmates:

Marcus Flint, who traces his relationship directly to Narcissa's great-great-grandfather and Ursula Flint Black, wife of Phoenix Nigelles Black, who served as Headmaster of Hogwarts;

Vincent Crabbe, whose aunt was none other than Narcissa's grandmother, Irma Crabbe Black;

Ernie McMillan, whose cousin was Sirius's grandmother, Melania McMillan Black;

Neville Longbottom, his grandmother Caridora Black Longbottom, the only older generation of Blake in existence, is the cousin of Actulus, the cousin of Brooks, and her sister is none other than Caris Black Crouch, the mother of Mr. Barty Crouch, Director of International Cooperation at the Ministry of Magic, and Mr. Barty Crouch, Jr., the son of Mr. Barty Crouch, was one of the four murderers who tortured Mr. and Mrs. Frank Longbottom. However, he died shortly after his capture because he could not stand the torture of the Dementors guarding Azkaban.

Others include the Gamps, Bulstrodes, Bocks, Yaxleys, Roziers, and Weasleys.

Seriously, Catherine was really surprised to see Lady Molly Weasley come to worship with the somewhat balding Mr. Arthur Weasley, because Slytherin's attitude this year made Catherine think that the Weasleys had almost no connection with the powerful in the wizarding world.

But now she knows that Mr. Arthur Weasley's grandmother, Sedrell Black Weasley, is the sister of Mrs. Longbottom's old lady and the sister of Mr. Barty Crouch's mother, and Mrs. Molly Weasley's family name before marriage is Puwit, but because she is married to Arthur Weasley, her two brothers Gidion and Fabian are also members of the Order of the Phoenix, so the family is almost all removed from the Puwitt family, and even more unfortunately, her two brothers were besieged by the Death Eaters not long after being removed from the family, although they fought bravely, But in the end, they were killed at the same time.

The arrival of the Weasleys caused an awkward atmosphere in the room, but it was by no means as terrifying as the arrival of the Tonks. Lady Tonks threw herself on Cygnus's coffin and wept bitterly as soon as she arrived, while Narcissa stood up and turned her back to her at the first sight of her.

At first, Catherine was strange, but after hearing Mrs. Tonks's cry, she realized that she was Narcissa's second sister Andomeda, which made Catherine look carefully at the Tonks father and daughter.

Ted Tonks is a man with blond hair and a bit of a belly, but it can be seen that he must have been a very handsome young man in the past to seduce Andomeda to rebel against the whole family for him.

Their daughter, Nymphadora Tonks, was a dark-haired girl, and the childishness on her face indicated that she had just left school not long ago, and heard that she was being trained by the Aurors, which made Catherine a little suspicious of the Aurors' suzhì, until the funeral began, when Catherine accidentally noticed that her hair had turned gray-brown, that she realized that the girl was a very rare disguised Magus.