Let's Get Real Shall We
Welcome,
I am the knower. I am a historian from the European magical community. I am here to tell you the real story of the last years of the Dark War against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Before I can give you the real story about what happened I have to dispel quite a few major misconceptions.
You muggles have gotten your information for the "Harry Potter" series, which in my humble yet credible opinion is complete crap. Excuse my language, but I can assure you it is the nicest word that can be used. The series you read makes the war seem like a childhood fantasy with very few real world problems and tragedy but it was certainly not. You were also made to believe that Harry Potter was some sort of hero or in some way special, I assure you he was not. Many of the characters in the book were real people but a majority of their roles and significances were misrepresented and skewed to fit certain people's interest, so I am going to address those first.
Remus Lupin is indeed a werewolf; his family was attacked by a werewolf when he was seven, an attack that left his father dead and him with the mutation running through his veins. He was not, however, a Gryffindor nor was he a marauder. He was a Ravenclaw and a very intelligent one finishing third in his graduating year. He was not friends with Lily and James Potter, Sirius Black, or Peter Pettigrew. They in fact did not like him in the least and were often at odds. Remus had a hard time making friends in school because of his "condition." He would disappear once a month every month and return is an awful state and rumors spread fast and were very harsh creating a barrier between him and many of his school mates. Remus did find friends though, he was a part of a very tight knit grow composed of Frank and Alice Longbottom who were Hufflepuffs, and Severus Snape a Slytherin. They were very close since their first year in school, through the first half of the war, and Remus and Severus remain so til this day. Remus is the godfather of Neville Longbottom and raised the child since the day his parents were attacked and tortured to the point of mental collapse.
Severus Prince whom you know as Severus Snape is the head of the Prince family. A ninth generation wizard family, his mother was the only remaining Prince and when Severus came into his majority he took up the Prince mantle. Until then he was a Snape his fathers' given name. He grew up in a very abusive household, his father was under the delusion that magic could be beaten and belittled out of the child so he did his best to see that idea come to fruition. The abuse continued up until Severus's eleventh birthday when he received his letter from Hogwarts. From then on his father wanted nothing more to do with him. He went to Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin and was ridiculed for his half-blood status, ostracized by his house, and was forced to find friends elsewhere. He eventually did in the form of the friendship with the aforementioned group. He did not meet Lilly Evens before he went to Hogwarts but he did as mentioned in the HP series hate James Potter and the group you know as the Marauders. Reason being that he was pranked and bullied mercilessly by them, when they were actually able to gain the upper hand on him that is. They were the most intelligent group and Severus was brilliant. He was what you in the muggle world would call a geek and a target because of it. But his friends were an anchor for him along with one of the very few Slytherins that actually liked him Narcissa Black. It is rumored that she and he had feelings for one another but any chance of that was killed when she was forced into a marriage contract by her father to Lucius Malfoy. The two remained friends and when her only child Draco Malfoy was born he was named the godfather.
The Black Family was splintered to say the least. Timothy Black was the head of the Black family and had three children Andromeda, Narcissa, and Bellatrix. All three sisters were Slytherins. Andromeda was not entered into a marriage contract and fell in love with a muggle Ted Tonks and was disowned in disgrace by the strictly pureblood family. To make sure that result didn't happen to the other two Timothy negotiated marriage contracts with the Malfoys and Le'Stranges. Bellatrix accepted her marriage but Narcissa was miserable, Lucius cared nothing for her nor she for him, all he wanted was a heir to carry on his name. Lucius was an absent husband and father, at times he was violent and nasty towards her an Draco, whenever he was around. Narcissa was and is very close to her sister Andromeda, she and her son spent much time with the Tonks family. Bellatrix was the odd woman out, she had never been close to either sister nor cared to be. When Voldemort started to gain power Bellatrix and Lucius became Death Eaters but Narcissa refused to join.
There is an impression that most of the Death Eaters were Slytherin which is ridiculous. Members of all houses involved and truth be told Gryffindors were as stubborn about blood supremacy and tradition as the Slytherins, if not more.
Now onto the big fish. Albus Dumbledore was nowhere close to the hero and genius he was portrayed as. In fact Albus was a very polarizing figure. Some loved him, some really hated him, and like most matters concerning people many were indifferent to him. He Slithered and lied and manipulated his way to almost every position and tittle he ever possessed. The Dumbledore name was known but didn't really have much status until Albus' school days. Just as easily as honor came it fell away with the murder of his sister Adrinna who was killed by a curse he cast in during a fight between himself, Grindlewald, and his brother Aberforth. The Dumbledore name plummeted during the time Grindlewald mercilessly climbed to power because Albus refused to face his longtime friend. It was only when Albus was threading with prison for aiding and abetting a mass murderer did he fight Grindlewald. Albus tried to make the most of his victory in the political arena but because of the circumstances and his own blood supremacy beliefs he was shunned. He did earn the headmaster position at Hogwarts however. His appointment is still to this day a mystery because there were more qualified wizards in the running. He was considered one of the worst headmasters in Hogwarts history. He had to combat effort to relieve him of his position every few years during his tenure. He was bias favoring Gryffindors in all cases and showing contempt for Slytherins, while altogether ignoring Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws. Hogwarts saw Defense and Divination standards decrease to almost nothing. Combat, Physical, and Dueling training were scrapped, not being taught at all and the burden fell to families, self-study, and private tutoring. It was rumored that magical students were being stripped of their ability to defend themselves because Dumbledore wanted them vulnerable. Since his defeat of Grindlewald he was seen as the defender of Magical Britain by some and wanted the world to turn to him should anything happen again. Because of this his students suffered.
When Voldemort came to power he had many ministry officials in his pocket so the ministry was not helpful. Also the fact that the Aurors were only using disabling spells while the Death Eaters were casting to kill did not help in the least. Albus headed up a small group of resisters call the Order of the Phoenix. The main people who were in the faction that you would know where Lily and James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew, Molly and Arthur Weasley, Amos Diggory, Minerva MaGonagall, Kingsley Shaklebolt, and Rubius Hagrid. They were handpicked by Albus because they would do whatever he told them to do without question. Dumbledore liked to be in absolute power so he made a group of people who would follow him absolutely. They were not very effective and though they fought many battles Dumbledore often didn't take part in them. Though they fought against Voldemort they were not fighting against blood supremacy because they weren't opposed to it. They were simply fighting against the violence.
The group that opposed Voldemorts' efforts the most and were the most affective was a group that is still heralded in the Wizarding community to this day, and have had some of the most intelligent and power wizards and witches amongst its ranks called the Light Warders. They were a resistance stable started by young recent Hogwarts graduates that believed in equality for all magical beings and wanted to fight against the violence and corruption going on. The group was composed initially of; Frank and Alice Longbottom, Remus Lupin, Severus Prince (who was not then or ever a death eater or a spy for Albus Dumbledore), Amelia Bones, Pamona Sprout, Theodore Chang, Natalia and Ramon Zambini, David Greengrass, and Dean and Lettrice Parkinson. They were young and forceful and their aggression led older and very valuable pieces to their group. The young warders were soon joined by; Alastor Moody, Fillius Flitwick, Andromeda Tonks, Augusta Longbottom, Nicolas Flamel, and Aberforth Dumbledore who came with much controversy and gave the young group credibility. Aberforth turned down his brothers group to join the warders. Though the Goblins did not fight in the early stages of the war it was rumored that they sent assistance to the group as well.
The light warders saved thousands of lives both magical and muggle, they were the most effective group in the war and were gaining support. Even though, they were opposed by the Ministry and The Order because they were not only fighting Voldemort they were fighting the political structure and way of life as well. Their effort was helping defeat Voldemort whose Death Eaters were losing battles all the time to them and Voldemort was becoming more and more ruthless in an attempt to retain control. But this group was not without its casualties. Amelia's brother and his wife were killed so too was Ramon Zambini. Lettrice Greengrass was lost and of course the tragic story of Frank and Alice Longbottom.
Frank and Alice had faced Voldemort head on three times and had injured him and escaped. Voldemort only got the better of them by surprise. On the night of July 15, 1981 while the Longbottoms were leaving the ministry after they presented an argument to the Wizardgamot about Goblin equality they were abducted by a group of Death Eaters and taken to Voldemorts' hideout where they were tortured beyond capacity into a comatose state and left at the doorstep of Saint Mungos Hospital.
Voldemort came under heavy fire for the attack from the Warders and was steadily losing ground. It was around that time that Peter Pettigrew told him about the prophecy and he sought out to kill Harry Potter. Please understand that Voldemort knew the entire prophecy not just part of it. Which is why he created Horcruxes, he didn't know what the "power he knew not" was but he knew if he was immortal he could have a distinct advantage. Yes, he asked Slughorn about Horcruxes while he was a student but did not create them until he learned of the prophecy.
This leads us to a very serious correction that needs to be made. First he considered Harry straight off. Why? Because the Potters did escape him three times but the Longbottoms had done so as well and injured him on one occasion so he believed Neville to be a greater threat because of his parents. So he decided to mark the wizard he considered to be a weaker threat which was Harry Potter. This is where I wish the "Harry Potter" explained more about magic than it did. Voldemort did horrific, unforgivable, unimaginably cruel things to humans and every other living being. When they say magic is in the core of a person what it should really say is that it is linked to one's soul and ones souls can only take so much vile corruption. With his soul already split six times he was on the edge of destroying himself and when he killed Lily Potter with the intent of getting to her son his core exploded. So the question is if his magical core exploded how was he able to come back even with the Horcruxes. As I said the magical core is linked to the soul. When one creates a Horcruxes and puts a piece of his soul in it one has to add part of his core as well or the link is severed and the piece dies. So along with his soul his magic was implanted into the Horcruxes too which is why the Horcruxes can protect itself.
Second the belief that Harry Potter survived a killing curse is absolutely ridiculous. Spells, curse or otherwise, cannot travel through things. Once a spell hits something that's where the spell ends. If the spell hit Harry it would've killed Harry case closed, game over. The killing curse hit Lily killing her which is what signifies the sacrifice and allowed the ground word for the blood protection. So again Harry Potter DID NOT survive the killing curse. As you can surmise with Voldemorts' core exploding a piece of the exploded soul attached itself to the only living thing available to it Harry Potter.
Young Potter was indeed taken to his Aunt and Uncle to be raised. He was not abused; actually he and his uncle were very much alike. His family history was not kept from him, he knew who he was and who his parents where. He was also visited many times by Dumbledore before Hogwarts.
The last few corrections I want to make are these; Neville Longbottom was not a Gryffindor he was a Hufflepuff, Blasie Zambini was not a Slytherin he was a Ravenclaw. Let me say this because this always annoyed me, Hermione Granger was not the smartest witch of the age. She wasn't even the smartest witch of her year so let's please have a stop to that shall we. We will not be talking about Harry Potter much because frankly he isn't much to talk about, certainly not enough to give seven books to but he will be mentioned throughout when needed.
Now that you are caught up with the essentials let's dive into the story. We will start where the "Harry Potter" series starts the summer before the kids go to Hogwarts.
I look forward to sharing the story with you.
Until next time,
The Knower
