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The Riddle Household
Tom Riddle Sr
The main narrator of the work, a young aristocratic scion still struggling to adjust to the trauma of his unwilling relationship with Merope Gaunt.
- The Fashionista: He's always keep ahead of the latest fashions and one of the first things he does in the Wizarding World is obtain a set of high-end robes.
- Fake Wizardry: Although he's actually a muggle, he and his family begin a project of pretending to be halfblood wizards. As he is in charge of the wizarding projects, he is the one who spends the most time among wizards and has to pretend to be one.
- Papa Wolf: He certainly doesn't start off this way, being distressed by his son's eyes but he eventually evolves into one.
- Refuge in Audacity: If his son would be prejudiced against as a halfblood wizard, then Tom will simply have to pretend to be a wizard so that he can pave the way for his son.
- Unreliable Narrator: Can at times be one especially when it comes to him thinking he's got one over on Hermione. Not to say that he's always wrong necessarily but he's not always as right as he thinks he is.
Hermione Granger
A mysterious witch who shows up on the Riddle's doorstep with the newborn Tom Marvolo Riddle.
- Action Survivor: Whatever happened exactly in her timeline, it clearly led to her being the only one of her friends and family to survive and she has the instincts needed to survive. This actually becomes a bit of a problem as she has to adapt from the war-torn times of her future to the more peaceful times she is now in.
- Conveniently an Orphan: Obviously in the original timeline she is not this as her parents were brutually murdered by Voldemort, but the Riddles pass her off as the orphan of a friend of the Riddle's explaining why she now lives in the Riddle household.
Squire Thomas Riddle
The boisterous father of Tom Riddle who initially disbelieved his tales of magic.
- Big Eater: In comparison to his svelte son and wife, he is this.
Mary Riddle
The sweet and loving mother of Tom Riddle who belies a cunning all of her own.
Mark Grey
Actually Marius Black, he is saved by his original timeline fate by the Riddles and Hermione and proceeds to take on the new name of Mark Grey, living as a muggle.
- Conveniently an Orphan: Not really, of course, since both his parents are alive. But he pretends to be one from Australia to explain why he's suddenly being raised by the Riddles.
- Fakingthe Dead: As a squib, Mark would have been killed by his biological family, the Blacks in the original timeline. Tom provides him with a feather portkey allowing him to escape this fate but thanks to some help from Hermione, he is able to fake his death meaning his family won't come after him.
- Muggle Bornof Mages: As a squib, he is this.
Others
Ignis Mckinnon
A Dark Creature exterminator and a werewolf who becomes a major character and family friend of the Riddles.
- Noble Bigot: While not on the level of a modern-day Death Eater, he is definitely prejudiced against muggles and initially muggleborns. He does seem to get over his dislike of Muggleborns with time though especially being exposed to Hermione. Despite his continued prejudice against muggles, however, he is nevertheless affable and means is clearly passionate about helping people and other werewolves.
