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Hi!

I've just been perusing your rules, character creation & wanted characters and think I have an idea for a character that would cross several wants off the list (dark wizards [eventually - i know time goes fairly fast here], students) - but I did see something about canon families that may conflict with my idea. 

So the Pureblood family of Mulciber isn't huge in the books, but it is known that Mulciber was a close follower of Voldemort & went to school with Tom (was one of the few that wished him luck going for the teacher position at Hogwarts which we all know he failed to get). It is also slightly canonized that he had a son, who is not named or pursued as the elder Mulciber either died at the Battle of Hogwarts or went to Azkaban and the son was never mentioned as attending Hogwarts or anything (honestly there isn't a huge amount of information). 

So my question: can I create the grandson of the original Death Eater Mulciber (would be starting hopefully in fifth year at Hogwarts) - as the family line is very vague and not major players in any plot points following the Battle of Hogwarts. 

Hope that all makes sense, haha. 

[GIOVANNA ELISABETA NERO]

So unfortunately because we've been around for a while, we can't add his direct line into the canon claim. Or any canons really. But for minor characters like him, we are open to them having had siblings and therefore nieces and nephews. Of course, not everyone is an only child.

If you want to branch from the Voldemort-era one or the Snape-era one, either are fine. Though they would not be able to have been a Death Eater too if from the Snape-era one because it probably would have been a talking point if there were multiple 'Mulciber's that Harry was fighting at the time.

It kind of has to do with Harry's point of view, like if he had no way to know them, then it makes sense. So we wouldn't be able to create a Mulciber that he went to school with because then of course he would have noted, oh hey I'm fighting a Mulciber at the Dept of Mysteries and I go to school with one too! But of course that didn't happen lol

So anyway, here's an example of what I'm thinking:

_____ Mulciber [1960] [the canon one] [death eater]
_____ Mulciber [1965] < sibling - the one we're branching from

_____ Mulciber [1965] < the one we're branching from
_____ Mulciber [1965] [wife]
_____ Mulciber [1990]
[maybe other siblings]

_____ Mulciber [1990] < would be old enough to be in Mortenero* from 2004-2013 (youngest age is 14)
_____ Mulciber [1990] [wife] < could have been Mortenero too
_____ Mulciber [2010] < you? would be a third or fourth year, depending on the birthday
[we can make siblings too]

* I'm sure you've read about Mortenero in the timeline? They were far more successful than the DEs and long lasting at least compared to the resurgence of the DEs in the 1990s.

So his grandpa would be the sibling of the Snape-era and his great-grandpa would be the Voldemort-era Mulciber. Could still say he generally comes from a DE family, even though his grandpa technically wasn't one. But his dad was Mortenero which were far more successful anyway. And maybe he was sad to hear that it disbanded. But Giovanna is cooking up things again 'cause prophecy and such.

Also with my proposed ages, I just realized, the one we'd branch from wouldn't even be old enough to be a DE the first time around. Maybe they wanted to be one but missed out on it. And then maybe the second time around they were trying to play it smart, seeing how things went the first time around for the DEs. I don't know, you could come up with reasons they didn't join lol They could still be a 'DE Supporter', as they say, and not an actual DE. Maybe he moved his family to France or something, who knows lol

Also being a fourth year right now means they'd be 3 years older than the trio, so they could get involved in adult dark wizard stuff right when the main plot really kicks into gear in a more grand way. That's all I can say, though, lol.

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That's perfectly fine! I knew I couldn't add into the canon claim - but figuring his family is largely absent following the B.O.H I wasn't sure if it was okay to completely fill in the gaps myself  

Yes, so my original plan was to ensure that none of the characters today would have really run into the Mulciber family - i.e. following the Battle of Hogwarts and death/imprisonment of Grandaddy Mulciber the family moved away from the limelight (haha to France sounds perfect - could definitely have had current Mulciber at Beauxbatons until a recent transfer?)  to avoid unwanted attention due to their DE sympathy (to be on the losing side of the war surely stung).
I also wouldn't have made Daddy Mulciber as a fully fledged DE simply because following the Battle of Hogwarts and the demise of Voldemort no new Death Eaters would have been sworn in? (Correct me if I am wrong and Death Eaters are still being recruited). So definitely as you said - the current family would be sympathizers and generally dark with blood purist ideologies (which would then make sense if Daddy Mulciber had joined Mortenero). 

Either way, super happy to go the route suggested! Thank-you so much for putting in the time and effort to create a branched option  

[GIOVANNA ELISABETA NERO]

Sounds good. (: Glad you're on the same page.

Yeah he could definitely be a transfer if you wanted. (:

Will add to the canon claim later. And I'll let you make up the siblings if you'd like? Or I definitely can, but once it's on the canon claim, we can't change it lol

Was thinking might be nice to have 3 kids - your 14 year old, either a first or second year, and maybe an 8 year old so we have a future first year lol