bAuthor's Noteb
I forgot this on the last chapter but, naturally, I don't own any of Harry Potter or the characters in it. The characters of the new members of each family are mine, but most of the names are from old myths, so I don't own those. If I did own Harry Potter, I think my writing would be a lot better than this. Anyway, hope you like this chapter : )
In the Western forests there lay a large stone castle that sprawled from the coast into the dark shadows of the glens. Outside the wood was a large muggle settlement, but few ventured into the wood for it was inhabited by centaurs and a plenitude of magical creatures, and they feared to go there.
In this castle lived a man of an old magical family, named Nereus, son of Nereus, son of Nereus. His family had long-established connections with the merpeople of the seas and lakes, but for generations, his particular branch of the family had lived on land. Nereus took on the clan name Ravenclaw, after the local bird whose colour matched the bronze metal that the smiths of the local village specialised in. His castle was large, but not ornate, and this was through necessity, not through vanity. It was to this castle that young sons of the greatest wizard families came to debate and converse with Nereus' learned friends, and the wise centaurs living in the forest.
Nereus lived with his three sons, Feravar, Sirrus and Orpheon. They were the result of his first marriage, to Rhiannon, who had died many years ago. Each of these boys had their own skills, but all inherited their father's deep mind. However, Nereus had married again, and his second wife was none other than Napaeae, Merlin's younger daughter. She was a legendary witch, whose powers were equal to those of her husband. Some years after their wedding night, Napaeae gave birth to a baby girl, and the couple named her Rowena.
Rowena grew up surrounded by the murmurs of students and the smell of ink and parchment, and as she grew, her parents rejoiced for they saw she possessed both her father's deep mind and her mother's sharply questioning nature. She spent her days in the scholars' rooms, in which the young men would sit to be educated, and she excelled at charms and arithmancy. She loved to spend time at the edge of the sea, talking to the merpeople, but her favourite time of the day was in the evening, for as the Sun was setting, she would stroll in the forest, and talk to the centaurs.
As one of the most prominent wizarding families, the Ravenclaws naturally had strong alliances with other wizarding clans, who sent their eldest sons to the castle. Rowena matured into a beautiful young woman, with gleaming hair, a unique shade of brown, and her father's sparkling blue eyes. Her hand was sought after by many of the younger boys, but her parents rejected them all as they knew that if she entered into a traditional marriage, she would become practically worthless. Instead, Rowena was friends with many of the students, but one of her greatest friends was her cousin, Salazaar.
bAuthor's note – next chapter – all about Salazaar! Hope you're enjoying this!b
