Chapter 1 – Flint

Artimus Flint was a brutal Wizard, scared and disfigured from decades of warfare. He was a fifth generation wizard. This meant his son would be able to claim pureblood status. The problem with this was he had already gone thru five wives (his brutality extended into all aspects of his life, not just on the battlefield) and still had no living children to show for it.

To solve this problem he went to an aspiring Dark Lord of the time. It was his hope that this Dark Lord would have enough power and knowledge to provide him with a wife that was both acceptable and able to withstand his brutal nature. He demanded that the Dark Lord help him.

Dark Lords as a breed really don't take well to demands. They generally feel it is their right to do the demanding. Though angry over the demand and the hint he might not be powerful enough to do it (Dark Lords have such delicate egos) he went about granting the man's wish. There was a slight problem here as well, because he really wasn't powerful enough to do the rituals needed. So, he cheated.

He needed a magical being that: A) he could easily get a hold of and subdue. B) was close enough to human physiology to help things along. And C) was tough enough to withstand life with this brutal wizard. Given the brutality of this wizard he chose a Troll. Many rituals, transfigurations, and glamour charms later he had what Flint had asked for.

Several months later Flint married a beautiful if somewhat stupid woman. A year later their first child was born. Let's just say that the Dark Lords lack of power became glaringly obvious. He had been unable to change the Troll genetically. This meant the child looked like what he was, half Troll. Two days later the Wizarding world was minus one want a be Dark Lord.

This was a major blow to the family's pureblood status. They would essentially have to start over if they wanted it. Artimus Flint was ambitious enough that he did. Fearful of being able to keep a fully human wife Flint chose to keep this one. She at least looked good and had already proven she could provide him with living children, whatever they may look like. They went on to have 4 more children.



The family's status took another step back when it came time to marry off his children. Flint was able to find a pureblood wife for his oldest son by hiring someone to brew a love potion for him. This worked for his second child as well. Prospective spouses for his younger children were a bit harder as some became suspicious. Judicious use of the Imperious curse was then applied. For the remaining children he just made sure they were 4th or 5th generation magical.

It became a bit harder to find spouses for his grandchildren. Rumors had spread about how he had gotten his children married off and Pureblood families were especially careful in their dealings with him. Flint was caught using the Imperious curse to help marry off one of his great grandchildren and sent to Azkaban.

It would take another 100 years for the Flints lay claim to Pureblood status.