Here is a little list of the OCs in DD, in case you’re trying to keep track of who’s who. I think I’ve caught all of them. Drop me a note if there’s someone you think I’ve missed.
*Some of the character descriptions contain minor spoilers if you haven’t read the entire story.*
Edited 29 May 09.
Who’s Who in Death’s Dominion
Characters From Previous Resolving a Misunderstanding-Universe Stories
Gertrude Gamp: born January 1897. Gareth and Robert’s mother; married the late Malcolm McGonagall, Minerva’s oldest brother; former Arithmancy teacher at Hogwarts, an old friend of Dumbledore’s; Slytherin.
Robert Gropius Crouch: born August 1919. Gertrude’s son by her first husband, Reginald Crouch; has one daughter, Madelief, with his wife, Thea. Potions master and apothecary in Amsterdam; British expat since childhood; Durmstrang.
Murdoch Maxentius McGonagall: born May 1913. Melina’s father; Minerva’s youngest brother, still 12 years older than she; Potions master and apothecary; Ravenclaw.
Melina (McGonagall) O’Donald: born August 1936. Minerva’s niece; daughter of Murdoch and his first wife, Alessandrina; Healer specialising in curse damage; Hufflepuff.
Alroy Cormac MacAirt: born 20 December 1945. Quin’s son with late Aileen Gamp MacAirt; Gertrude’s great-nephew; Animagus; businessman; Transfiguration teacher and Head of Gryffindor 1997-98; Gryffindor.
Cormac Quinlivan “Quin” MacAirt: born April 1916. Alroy’s father; businessman; significantly disabled after DE attack in 1973; cured as a result of information provided by Severus; did not attend school.
Blampa: born April 1939. Minerva’s Hogwarts house-elf since December 1956.
Wilspy: born 29 November 1817. Albus’s own house-elf.
Egeria Egidius (McGonagall): born February 1875. Minerva’s mother; Healer-Midwife; Gryffindor.
Caroline (Egidius) Mayfair: born 1888. Minerva’s cousin (her mother’s brother’s daughter); businesswoman and glass-charmer; Slytherin.
Philomena (Flint) Yaxley: born 1845. An old friend of Albus’s; former Head of International Magical Cooperation; Ravenclaw.
Siofre Tyree: born August 1845. Minerva’s paternal grandmother. Informal counsellor on many matters. Ravenclaw.
Malcolm Mercury McGonagall: born June 1907. Deceased, but mentioned several times; Minerva’s oldest brother; Gareth’s father. Curse-breaker and pest-control specialist. Gryffindor.
Reginald Crouch: born July 1886. Deceased, but mentioned as Robert’s father; Gertrude’s first husband; Ministry diplomat. Gryffindor.
Characters New in Death’s Dominion
Gareth Reginald McGonagall: born 24 September 1964. Gertrude and Malcolm’s son; named after her deceased brother, Gareth Gamp, and her late husband, Reginald Crouch; Arithmancer; Ravenclaw.
Twiskett: born May 1967. Severus’s Hogwarts house-elf since 1982; quiet and tenaciously loyal to Professor Snape; member of Snape’s Slytherins.
Amanda Teller: Muggle Studies teacher; Slytherin.
Helena Benetti: born 1976. Viktor Krum’s fiancee; member of Hooch’s squadron; Canadian, but flies with the Sweetwater All-Stars; attended Whiteshell Academy in Manitoba (not a canon school).
Calum Michael O’Donald: born December 1960. Melina and Brennan O’Donald’s son; Minerva’s great-nephew; a wizard, he nonetheless followed in his Muggle chemist father’s footsteps and became a research chemist for a large pharmaceutical company; home-schooled in magic, he did not attend Hogwarts, but is about the same age as Severus.
Rosemary Minerva O’Donald: born March 1962. Melina and Brennan’s daughter; Minerva’s great-niece. Herbologist. Ravenclaw.
Morgana Glynnis McGonagall: born May 1958. One of Minerva’s nieces; a twin daughter of Morgan and Fiona. Deputy Minister for Information Sorcery, Australian Ministry. Slytherin.
Branwen Siofre (McGonagall) Douglas: born May 1958. One of Minerva’s nieces, the daughter of her middle brother, Morgan; an expert in ancient languages and archaic spells, taking after her grandfather, Merwyn McGonagall. Ravenclaw.
Eoghan Bertrand Tyree: born 10 October 1987. Adopted son of Siofre and Johannes (April 1996); great-great-grandson of Siofre’s brother, Murdoch Tyree, and Lydia Prince. Eoghan moves into the Tyree place with Siofre, Johannes, and Lydia after his parents are killed in November 1995 (Lydia died in March 1996). Will enter Hogwarts in September 1999.
Estelle (Archer) McGonagall: born April 1920. Murdoch McGonagall’s second wife, married 1976; Potions mistress specialising in the use of plants in potions. Ravenclaw.
First Appearances*
Gertrude Gamp: first mentioned in RaM chapter 1; first appears in chapter 13.
Robert Crouch: first appears in RaM chapter 43.
Murdoch McGonagall: first appears in RaM chapter 4.
Melina (McGonagall) O’Donald: first appears in RaM chapter 4.
Alroy MacAirt: first appears at end of RaM chapter 39.
Quin MacAirt: first appears at end of RaM chapter 39.
Blampa: first appears in RaM chapter 6.
Wilspy: first appears in RaM chapter 7.
Egeria Egidius: first appears in RaM chapter 4.
Caroline Mayfair: first appears in “Now is Perfect.” (“Now is Perfect” on ffnet.)
Philomena (Flint) Yaxley: first mentioned in RaM chapter 31, first appears in chapter 78.
Siofre Tyree: first mentioned in RaM chapter 27, first appears in chapter 135; frequently mentioned in the intervening chapters.
Malcolm McGonagall: first mentioned in RaM chapter 4, frequently mentioned and described before his first appearance in chapter 92.
Reginald Crouch: first mentioned in RaM chapter 39, described more in chapter 80; featured in “The Unsentimental Arithmancer.” (“The Unsentimental Arithmancer” on ffnet.)
Eilean Tèarmunn, the island on which Gertrude lives in DD, first appears in A Holiday with the Headmaster, and is mentioned again in the closing few chapters of RaM. (A Little Holiday, T-rated ffnet version.)
*Resolving a Misunderstanding chapter numbers refer to the T/M-rated version (available on TPP & Lumos), NOT the ffnet (draft) version. For chapter equivalencies (i.e., chapter numbers on ffnet that correspond to the TPP chapter numbers), see the RaM Table of Contents here on WordPress.
Resolving a Misunderstanding, Death’s Dominion, “Now is Perfect,” and “The Unsentimental Arithmancer” are all available on fanfiction.net, and A Holiday with the Headmaster is available in a T-rated version titled A Little Holiday.
Death’s Dominion has a new OC Muggle Studies teacher, Amanda Teller, because I can only associate the canon character with the single, disturbing scene in which she appears in DH. I admit it: I’m a wimp with a sensitive stomach. In DD, the other witch is happily growing prize-winning roses and degnoming her gardens!
Kevin Harper, the fifth-year Slytherin who appears several times during the Hogwarts Battle chapter, is not precisely an original character, although we only have his last name in canon and no description of him other than that he is a Slytherin. There are a few other very peripheral DD characters whose names come from canon but about whom we know very little. Ritchie Connolly is another of those whose last names I took from canon, but I gave him his first name; he’s a Beater for the Irish national Quidditch team.
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