Theodore Nott's Mother

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Any guesses as to the story behind Theodore Nott's mother, what makes her a "bad woman" and how she died?

And while we're at it, are there any other questions or theories or predictions that have been kicking around anyone's mind? Post them here so we can discuss them together.

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[wintercreek]

I've been thinking about Michael Corner's missing necklace. Its proximity to Arthur's post about Saunders Morys makes me wonder - having heard about the enchanted rings, it seems like enchanted necklaces might be a variation.

When did the Sanctuary start? Too recently for Michael to have been part of it, I think, but perhaps he's a halfblood like Sally Ann and his family came up with their own enchanted jewelry when they were separated?

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

If the enchanted jewelry were similar to the rings they use with the Sanctuary, then maybe nobody except Michael is able to see it. Which would explain why nobody found it when he lost it.

[wintercreek]

Good point! I'm curious as to why he doesn't want Hermione consulted - perhaps he's afraid she'll be able to see it or understand what it is in a way that the pureblood students don't? Maybe it's just enchanted to be hidden from purebloods?

[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

I suppose the first thought about Teddy's mum is that she was a Muggle or, more likely, a Muggleborn. Perhaps she concealed her heritage from her husband and was rejected when it came to light. Or Nott might have married her despite her heritage only to later be pressured into renouncing her.

Now the whole cascade of theories...!

Or, of course, she might have no blood impurity at all and still might have fallen victim to the Lord Protector's rise (because of some fault committed by Nott?) and then repudiated (slandered?) as impure.

Or, perhaps, she was responsible for her own fate. Might her crime have been siding with Muggleborns? Or opposing Tom Riddle's rise on some other grounds?


There. You asked for someone to hare off after the red herrings. It is the thing I love best!

[brimtoast.livejournal.com]

Nott Sr. was a Death Eater in canon, and I get the impression that he had been at it for quite some time, which I think means he wouldn't think of marrying a Muggle or Muggleborn... although maybe I have the cause and effect reversed, and the reason he became a DE was because of some really horrible thing that his wife did, like cheating on him or... something worse that is not occurring to me right now.

I tend to assume that Teddy is actually wrong about his mom, maybe just because it seems like his values in general are so twisted (presumably by his father). I like the idea that she was a pureblood who worked against Voldemort, perhaps secretly.

Ooh, or (completely crazy, but) maybe she realized Nott Sr. was a Death Eater, and she didn't want her child to be raised that way, and so she tried to run away with baby Teddy to somewhere away from England. But then Nott Sr. found her and killed her and took the baby back and raised him to hate his mother in revenge.

[zorb]

In case anyone was still wondering, we have as-good-as confirmation that it's the Stone.

For Mama Nott, I was also thinking Muggle/Muggleborn/blood traitor.