History Characters / Dangerverse

[[spoiler: Revelations late in ''Surpassing Danger'' suggest that the Founder's spouses come from the land (and surrounding environs) of [[Literature/ChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]. Further details are provided in the AU fic "The Lion, the Snake, and the Safe-Room".]]

Depending on how you look at it, this group--the core group of the Dangerverse--is either an outgrowth of the Marauders (which is also the singular of Pack) or the next inevitable step (it's been theorized that had James and Lily survived, the outcome might have been similar). After Remus and Danger meet, fall in love, rescue Harry from the Dursleys, and Sirius from Azkaban, and move in with Sirius's girlfriend Aletha, the two small family units end up melding into one, the final result being [[HasTwoMommies four parents jointly raising four children]] -- said children including the most famous children in wizarding Britain.\\\

* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Mommies and Two Daddies]]

* TheChick: A bit more than Ginny, actually. She tends to keep everyone within the Pride balanced, if only by making an absurd pronouncement at an awkward/emotionally charged moment and diffusing everything in laughter.

* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard: apparently suffers this when she tries to use the poison on Lucius Malfoy after he kills Draco, but it is all an act, as she finds out Draco replaced his biological father and faked his death.]]

* [[spoiler: SnakeTalk: Gains access to this power upon becoming an Heir of Slytherin.]]

* TheChick: Minus most of the "ineffectual" parts.

* MalignedMixed Marriage: His parents' marriage is seen as this, as it makes him a half-blood. His marriage to Muggle-born Danger is seen as this. Not to mention, he is also a werewolf.

* MalignedMixed Marriage: His mother's portrait, his cousin Bellatrix, and many of the pure-bloods he grew up with think that his marriage to Muggle-born Aletha is this.

Though Meghan has no canon counterpart, one could think of her as every little sister in the world, turned UpToEleven. She has skin slightly lighter than her mother's, about the color of brown sugar, but otherwise resembles Aletha strongly, though Meghan wears her hair in braids. Unranked within the Pride but has her own ways of getting people to do what she wants. (Anne has been informed by fans who have become friends that her own younger sister is obviously the model for Meghan. This was not intentional but probably was inevitable.)

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: His Animagus form is a Demiguise, aka the invisible monkey.

* MixedAncestry: Her mother was (white) English, her father African-American.

* SecretLegacy: Draco's ancestor Lucius Malfoy was a Squib who killed his cousin wizard William Beauvoi and re-named himself Lucius Malfoy. William Beauvoi was a descendant of Lord Owain Beauvoi and his wife, Lady Avice of Thornbury. Owain's brother Daffy'd married Amanda Slytherin, daughter of Salazar's good son Alex. Draco took back the name.

Though she began as something of a MarySue, her powers have some fairly sharp limits, and she has both a temper and a lingering self-esteem problem. Physically, she strongly resembles an older Hermione, with similar bushy brown hair and brown eyes (although DV!Hermione's eyes are hazel). When her bond with Remus is in effect, [[EyeColorChange her eyes also have some traces of his blue]]. This not being present is generally considered a bad thing. She is the shortest of the Pack-parents, with both Harry and Draco overtaking her in height by their fifth year.\\\

* SecretLegacy: Aletha is a direct descendant of Rowena Ravenclaw through her African-American father.

* PlayingWithFire: The primary Gryffindor bloodline gift [[spoiler: which he gains through his blood bond with Remus.]]

!!The Rest of the Pride]]

* BadDreams: Has to cope with these after his stint in Azkaban.

Remus was named by the Founders of Hogwarts as an honorary Heir of Gryffindor, and given control over fire. Fitting, considering his Animagus form is a lion.

* KingOfBeasts: Despite being an Alpha werewolf, his Animagus form is a lion. [[spoiler:Fittingly, he was named heir of Gryffindor]].

Physically, he resembles his canon counterpart, with dark hair and GrayEyes, and is the tallest of the Pack-adults; he keeps himself in excellent shape both for vanity's sake and due to his rejoining the Auror Office around Harry's third year. He pretends to overreact when he finds gray hairs so that Aletha and Danger will have a reason to tease him which is unrelated to any of his actual personality flaws.\\\

* GrayEyes: Which he passed down the line.

* GrayEyes: Inherited from her father. She has been referred to, [[LampshadeHanging several times]], as [[InvertedTrope "reverse Harry"]], that is, she has her mother's face and her father's eyes. Then again, this seems common, both in the DV and in HP canon.

Physically, he resembles his canon version, with gray-streaked sandy brown hair and blue eyes, though he shows fewer signs of premature aging than canon!Remus due to a less stressful, or at least happier, home life. His eyes usually show [[EyeColorChange some signs of Danger's brown]], thanks to their mental bond; lack of this little quirk is a [[OhCrap very bad sign]]. He is only slightly shorter than Sirius, but slender, though still strong.\\\

* AcheyScars: As per canon, the one on his forehead.

* TheChosenOne: As in canon, not his favorite thing to be, or be called.
* DisappearedDad: Well, we all know what happened to James. Thanks a lot, Voldemort.

* GreenEyes: So much so that his nickname from Danger is "Greeneyes". Hearing it makes Remus sit up, take notice and investigate.

* MissingMom: Got on the wrong end of Voldemort's wand, of course.

* TeamChef: Somewhat oddly, though one would think canon!Harry should also qualify... didn't ''anything'' he did for those first eleven years stick? (To be fair, the difference is that DV!Harry ''enjoys'' cooking, while for canon!Harry it was a daily chore--Clemens' line about the difference between work and play comes to mind.)

* ActionGirl
* BrainyBrunette

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Of the Founders' spouses, nothing is yet known, except that Godric Gryffindor was the stepfather of a little boy named Emrys, who studied magic under his good friend Salazar Slytherin. After the Battle of Hogwarts, Emrys decided to become the Founders' "friendly enemy"; he plotted a time-jump back to his stepparents' births and guided their lives to ensure they would meet and found Hogwarts. When Gryffindor met his mother, Emrys accidentally saw his younger self, and the interactions between the magic of his two selves threw his adult self back in time again, much farther than he had intended to go. Realizing he could never return to his own time, he instead began to guide the lives of those living in that time as he had his own family. Thus was born the legend of the sorcerer known as Merlin...

Godric's wife, mother of Maura and Paul. Referred to as "Lady Hestia" by Anne.

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Depending on how you look at it, this group--the core group of the Dangerverse--is either an outgrowth of the Marauders (which is also the singular of Pack) or the next inevitable step (it's been theorized that had James and Lily survived, the outcome might have been similar). After Remus and Danger meet, fall in love, rescue Harry from the Dursleys, and Sirius from Azkaban, and move in with Sirius's girlfriend Aletha, the two small family units end up melding into one, the final result being [[HasTwoMommies four parents jointly raising four children]]--said children including the most famous children in wizarding Britain.

Over the course of the series, they have endured and suffered more than most people do, but they have only become closer as a result. They spend more time together than they do with anyone else, and whenever there is a problem, they always try to solve it together.

[[folder:Pack-Adults]]

!!Remus John Lupin

Alpha male of the Pack, this iteration of Remus is far less of a wimp than his canon version--mostly because he has self-confidence and people around him who are unwilling to let him sink into depression and despair. Though he is planning suicide at the beginning of the story, his life takes a turn for the better when he almost literally runs into Harry Potter in a park in Little Whinging, during which he meets Gertrude "Danger" Granger, Harry's babysitter. After a MindlinkMates moment which catapults them into a FourthDateMarriage, they rescue Harry from the Dursleys, break Sirius out of Azkaban, and go into hiding.

Interestingly, he goes from being TheSmartGuy of the Marauders (or at least the one with common sense) to being TheHero of the Pack, because not only is James Potter unavailable, Sirius is too emotionally damaged from Azkaban to take any greater role. By the time things stabilize, Sirius is perfectly happy in his place as beta, and Remus, much to his bemusement, continues as alpha.

Physically, he resembles his canon version, with gray-streaked sandy brown hair and blue eyes, though he shows fewer signs of premature aging than canon!Remus due to a less stressful, or at least happier, home life. His eyes usually show [[EyeColorChange some signs of Danger's brown]], thanks to their mental bond; lack of this little quirk is a [[OhCrap very bad sign]]. He is only slightly shorter than Sirius, but slender, though still strong.

He is particularly close with Hermione and Draco.

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: he was killed by Voldemort, but he was able to keep his soul safe within Danger's body and then return to his own.]]
* BadassBookworm
* [[BrainyBrunette Brainy Brunet]]

* [[spoiler:HiddenBackupPrince: he turns out to be the real Heir of Gryffindor.]]

* KingOfBeasts

* NoRespectGuy: Among the Marauders. The Pack is somewhat different.

!!Gertrude Kelly "Danger" Granger-Lupin
Alpha female of the Pack and wife to Remus; without her, the Pack literally could not exist as it does now. She was in many ways the catalyst that brought everything together, and is definitely one of the reasons it continues to work.

Her [[PropheciesRhymeAllTheTime prophetic]] [[DreamWeaver dreams]] after her parents' murder (which also [[PromotionToParent forced her into the role of parent to her sister Hermione]]) led her to find and babysit Harry, saving him from his relatives' abuse for at least a few hours a day. She was also the means by which Remus learned the truth about Sirius and Wormtail, and her ability to "tame" his werewolf mind during full moons allows him to avoid some of the debilitating effects of his transformations and consider himself safe to be around children, leading to the Pack lifestyle.

Though she began as something of a MarySue, her powers have some fairly sharp limits, and she has both a temper and a lingering self-esteem problem. Physically, she strongly resembles an older Hermione, with similar bushy brown hair and brown eyes (although DV!Hermione's eyes are hazel). When her bond with Remus is in effect, [[EyeColorChange her eyes also have some traces of his blue]]. This not being present is generally considered a bad thing. She is the shortest of the Pack-parents, with both Harry and Draco overtaking her in height by their fifth year.

* BrainyBrunette

* MamaBear

!!Sirius Valentine Black
Beta male of the Pack, Sirius is happier and less damaged than his canon counterpart (the fact that he was in Azkaban for a few months rather than more than a decade and was able to get some kind of psychological help from those around him helped a great deal). A merry prankster and romance-novel writer under the pen name of Valentina Jett (long story), he is also a loving father-figure and arguably the "cool" parent.

Physically, he resembles his canon counterpart, with dark hair and GrayEyes, and is the tallest of the Pack-adults; he keeps himself in excellent shape both for vanity's sake and due to his rejoining the Auror Office around Harry's third year. He pretends to overreact when he finds gray hairs so that Aletha and Danger will have a reason to tease him which is unrelated to any of his actual personality flaws.

* JerkAss / JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In his youth, he was [[TheBully even more cruel than James was to students]]. As an adult, he mellows out some what, becoming a loving [[ParentalSubstitute father-surrogate]] to Harry, but he's still incredibly antagonistic towards Snape and Kreacher (to be fair, though, Snape invites it, and Kreacher...).

* WhiteSheep: A good version of a BlackSheep, excusing the pun: He was the one of the only members of his family who was not a staunch blood supremacist, and he was a Gryffindor rather than a Slytherin to boot.

!!Aletha Carina Freeman-Black
Beta female of the Pack and wife to Sirius Black, as well as a childhood friend of Danger (and the person who tagged her with said nickname), she is also part of the glue that holds the group together. Formerly (and again, from the older cubs' third to fourth year) a student Healer, she eventually devoted much of her attention to her music. She was a large part of Sirius's recovery from the aftermath of his stay in Azkaban, and has also served as a mother-figure for the cubs, as well as being Meghan's biological mother.

Physically, she has skin about the color of milk chocolate, dark hair which she wears fairly short but unstraightened (often described as resembling a helmet or aura around her head), and brown eyes; she stands about the same height as Remus, only slightly shorter than Sirius, with a strong build to match. She was a year behind the Marauders and Lily at Hogwarts, and was Sirius's Beating partner on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, which was how they first met. It is stated in the story that she was the first female Beater Hogwarts had seen in ten years.

[[WordOfGod Anne]] on the subject of Aletha: "I was sitting at my computer, thinking about the woman who would be right for Sirius Black. She'd have to be beautiful, to get his attention. But she'd also have to be smart and strong, to keep it. She'd have to be able to beat him at his own games, to earn his respect, and she needed a sense of humor to put up with him. Finally I found the name 'Aletha' on a list of names that meant 'truth', and Aletha the character stepped out of my mental mist and said, 'What took you so long?'"

* TokenMinority: Not intentional on the author's part, but still has this effect.

[[folder:Cubs of the Pack]]

!!Harry James Potter

* LiteralAssKicking: In wolf form, Harry actually [[ButtBiter bites Lucius Malfoy]]. Apparently [[EvilSmellsBad Evil Tastes Awful]].

* PapaWolf: More like Brother Wolf. But he takes his alpha duties seriously (most of the time).

!!Hermione Jane Granger-Lupin

* EmbarrassingNickName: "Neenie". Also used as her form name, which is the only time she will allow it outside of Den [[ItsOkayIfItsYou except from Ron and Draco]].

Obviously, very, VERY different from his canon counterpart. The looks, and a certain enjoyment of taking center stage, are just about all that survives. Currently unranked within the Pride, mostly because he cannot resist needling Ron.

* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Lucius Malfoy managed to modify his memories so that he believes he was mistreated by the Pack and that he is Lucius' dutiful son, but he eventually managed to break through the charms.]]

* [[spoiler:DreamWeaver: An ability he gains after being blood-bonded with Hermione.]]
* [[spoiler:FightingFromTheInside: While BrainwashedAndCrazy, a part of Draco survived it and went as Fox, helping Draco to break through Lucius Charm.]]
* [[spoiler:HappilyMarried: to Luna, and in a ceremony officiated by the Beauvoi family's revenants, right as Draco[=/=]Reynard breaks the curse on them.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Non-lethal example; he allows Lucius to capture him to let Harry and Ginny escape. Unfortunately, this provides Lucius the opportunity to brainwash him.]]
** [[spoiler: He later drags Lucius into an enclosed room, hoping to be able to kill or render him unable to use his magic, but he dies in the attempt.]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted, because he killed Lucius and then replaced him, using an Aging Potion to make himself look older.]]
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Draco dies trying to kill Lucius or turn him into a Squib.]]

* [[spoiler:MindRape: See BrainwashedAndCrazy above.]]

* [[spoiler:SoulFragment: His soul split apart when he was four due to the shock of his mother dying and suddenly being adopted into a new and loving family. Fox is that piece.]]

!!Meghan Lily Black

* {{Bambification}}: Both played straight and subverted. Meghan can bat her eyelashes and look cute like nobody's business, but get her angry at your own risk. See next entry.
* TheBigGirl: Interestingly enough, as she's the youngest and smallest of the lot. But you really should not underestimate Meghan Lily Black.

* HealingShiv: Infuses her dagger with phoenix tears.
** ReviveKillsZombie: This comes in handy against Nagini's Inferius.

[[folder:The Rest of the Pride]]
!!Ronald Bilius Weasley

* BerserkButton: Threatening Hermione.

* [[spoiler:DisabilitySuperpower: After losing his sight, he gets by through the use of magic that allows him to see infrared radiation.]]

* [[spoiler:EyeScream: He lost his sight in an attempt to save his brother Percy from a Death Eater attack.]]
* [[spoiler:HandicappedBadass: Is no less capable now than he ever was before.]]

!!Ginevra Molly Weasley

* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter: Conceives a daughter with Harry just before the Final Battle. Said daughter turns out to be the thing that makes the difference between Harry living and dying.]]

* [[spoiler:HappilyMarried: To Harry as of the latest chapters of ''Surpassing Danger''.]]

!!Luna Lovegood[[spoiler: /Beauvoi.]]
Far better focused within the real world than in canon, though still apt to go on momentary journeys into her own little world (she likes it there). Unranked within the Pride, though this does not stop her from giving orders to the other Warriors when she feels it necessary. Generally, these are the result of something she can See and no one else can, so she's likely to be obeyed.

* BewareTheNiceOnes / ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Her plan to get revenge on Lucius for [[spoiler:brainwashing Draco]]? [[spoiler:Stabbing him with a poison that will strip away his magic and force him to obey the Pack, if it doesn't outright (and painfully) kill him first]]. [[KickTheSonOfABitch Not that he doesn't have it coming]], but ''whoa''.

!!Neville Longbottom

!!Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore - Phoenix

!!Rubeus Hagrid - Dragon
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: dies in Harry's fifth year, during Christmas, when the Death Eaters kidnap the Pride girls. Becomes the first casualty of the War.]]

!!Minerva [=McGonagall=] - Cat

!![[spoiler: Severus Snape - Raven]]

The Founders are: Godric Gryffindor, Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw and Salazar Slytherin. Godric and Salazar used to be best friends. This is not true anymore, as they had a huge fight and Slytherin left the school. (Everyone who's read the books should know that.) However, what fans of the books but not of DV may not know is that Slytherin took his elder son with him...and that's just the beginning.

[[folder:Gryffindor]]

!!Godric Gryffindor

!!Hestia Gryffindor

!!Maura Gryffindor

!!Joshua
Maura's husband, a wizard who crafted magical toys.
!!Paul Gryffindor
Gryffindor's son is a bit of a daredevil and, according to his sister, "still not entirely housetrained, even after all these years". Sirius and Remus claim he is very like they remember James Potter in his heyday. His line, perhaps not surprisingly, has died out. He trained under his father, and his honorary Heir is Ron.

[[folder:Hufflepuff]]
The gifts of the Hufflepuff line are: primary, control over plant life; secondary, the ability to "whisper oneself invisible", though this requires a fairly constant power source, such as Hogwarts itself. The Pride has been far more dangerous since Neville discovered he could do this...

!!Helga Hufflepuff

!!Captain Ignatius
Dame Helga's husband, the captain of the ship that first brought students to Hogwarts before there was a Hogwarts Express.
!!Adam Hufflepuff
Hufflepuff's son is generally a steady presence, not too exciting but good to have on your side. He trained under his mother, and his honorary Heir is Neville, also his blood Heir.
!!Brittany
Adam Hufflepuff's wife, described by Anne as "capable"

[[folder:Ravenclaw]]
The gifts of the Ravenclaw line are: primary, wandless Healing; secondary, clairvoyant/present Seeing, though this was subordinated to the Healing gift at some point shortly after Rowena's own lifetime. A Ravenclaw Heir can Heal him- or herself once, but the power so used will set up a feedback loop and burn itself out, to the point where an Heir who has done this will not even pass the power down to his or her children.

The Ravenclaw blessing on the Pack-pendants is that those wearing the same chain may speak mind-to-mind, and the chains may be used to store and view memories like a Penseive.

!!Rowena Ravenclaw
Called "Weena" by anyone who has escaped Helga's wrath and wants a bigger challenge, Rowena has white hair thanks to overexertion with her Healing talent during life. Her honorary Heir is Aletha, also her blood Heir.
!!Master Sylvanus
Lady Rowena's husband, the first groundskeeper.
!!Margaret Ravenclaw
The red-haired daughter of Rowena was a Squib, but remained with her family most of her life in any case, as there was less secrecy around magic in their day. The things her family could do fascinated her, even though she could not do them herself, and her devotion was rewarded after her life by her inclusion in the group which "lives" at the Founders' Castle. It is her line which continues to the present day in the DV, and her honorary Heir is Meghan, also her blood Heir. In her "Fate" role, she is Atropos, who cuts the threads of life.
!!Brenna Ravenclaw
The dark-haired daughter of Rowena never married, as the man she had hoped to wed was killed at the first Battle of Hogwarts. She trained under her mother, and her honorary Heir is Hermione. In her "Fate" role, she is Clotho, who spins the threads.
!!Sophia Ravenclaw
The blonde daughter of Rowena seems not to have bequeathed her namesake wisdom to her descendants, as Alex has recently confirmed that one of them, Melinda Hastings, destroyed the diadem of Ravenclaw in 1205 in an attempt to create a new method of magical transportation (she would work out Portkeys the next year, 1206). Her line has since died out. She trained under her mother, and her honorary Heir is Luna. In her "Fate" role, she is Lachesis, who measures the threads.

[[folder:Slytherin]]

!!Salazar Slytherin
Even a nastier character than in canon: he has been confirmed as cursing his "unfaithful" son, Alexander, so that all Alex's children but one would die, and so forth in every successive generation. He was killed at the first Battle of Hogwarts, apparently in the course of attempting to loose Sangre the basilisk on the grounds, by one of Gryffindor's students who had lost family members to Slytherin's "purity" ideals. As he has broken the Founders' Oath, he should "never find rest, by day or by night, in life or in death".
!!Lady Therese

!!Matthias Slytherin

!!Alexander "Alex" Slytherin

!!Anne of Eyrton

!!Amanda Slytherin

!!Matt Slytherin

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Physically, he resembles his canon version, with gray-streaked sandy brown hair and blue eyes, though he shows fewer signs of premature aging than canon!Remus due to a less stressful, or at least happier, home life. His eyes usually show [[KaleidoscopeEyes some signs of Danger's brown]], thanks to their mental bond; lack of this little quirk is a [[OhCrap very bad sign]]. He is only slightly shorter than Sirius, but slender, though still strong.

Though she began as something of a MarySue, her powers have some fairly sharp limits, and she has both a temper and a lingering self-esteem problem. Physically, she strongly resembles an older Hermione, with similar bushy brown hair and brown eyes (although DV!Hermione's eyes are hazel). When her bond with Remus is in effect, [[KaleidoscopeEyes her eyes also have some traces of his blue]]. This not being present is generally considered a bad thing. She is the shortest of the Pack-parents, with both Harry and Draco overtaking her in height by their fifth year.