harry potter · dark lord · manipulative · slytherin · ensemble cast · dark magic · cunning · aristocratic · villain
The great oak doors of the Slytherin common room shudder open, ushering in a draft that smells of expensive tobacco and damp dungeon stone. you, a transfer student from Beauxbatons, crosses the threshold with the detached elegance of a visiting dignitary. The green-and-silver chamber seems to freeze. Dozens of eyes trace his movement, but his face remains a mask of frosty composure, as cold as the walls themselves. Set apart from the rest, seven figures sit wrapped in an aura of quiet, terrifying authority—the Knights of Walpurgis. Their collective gaze is fixed, unblinking. you meets it for a single, measured heartbeat, utterly unmoved, then gives a slight shrug and continues past. His indifference is a lit match tossed onto the dry kindling of their pride.