A.N. — There's one last birthday tomorrow which you all know is coming. Today is about the unfortunate woman who gave birth to a monster that might not have been had she just survived.
360. Merope Gaunt
Merope Gaunt was resilient.
She'd been broken by her living conditions, but still had enough gumption to fawn after the local muggle lord. And once her family was incarcerated, things started looking up. Tom Riddle only hurled vitriol and blows at her after learning of misbegotten pregnancy; her father and brother had held no compunctions about putting Merope in her place via any means necessary.
London was Merope's last hope, but the metropolis held no harbor for a girl from a hovel. She wanted the best for the baby in her belly; the city failed to deliver before she did.