Ominis Gaunt was a fifth-year Slytherin student in Hogwarts Legacy and a descendant of Salazar Slytherin. His family enjoyed using the Cruciatus Curse on innocent Muggles, and this made him grow to hate the Dark Arts, one of his most notable traits.
Biography[]
Ominis was born blind and no magic was able to cure it, but he learned to work around this by using his wand to help him navigate. He also had a very contentious relationship with most of his family, whose pure-blood views he opposed and which only his aunt, Noctua, shared the same sentiments as Ominis, making her by far his favorite relative. Ominis' resentment only grew more when most of his family, who loved to cast Crucio on Muggles for sport, tried to get him to do it as a child, but he refused when he heard the horrifying screams. His family then cast it on him instead, causing him a lot of pain. Not wishing to face the pain again, when he was pressed to cast it once more, he finally relented, though he continued to regret this years later.
Despite opposing the rest of his family, his family did impart on him secrets about Hogwarts, including a room nobody else seemed to be aware of that he took to calling the Undercroft. He also became close friends with his fellow Slytherin, Sebastian Sallow, and Sebastian's twin sister, Anne, and showed them the Undercroft. The three would regularly hang out here together, practicing spells typically not taught to students and playing gobstones. His family was also well-connected and Ominis wasn't afraid to use it to help out his friends when needed, especially if they faced possible expulsion.
Fifth-year[]
During his fifth-year, Sebastian, believing the Dark Arts would hold a cure for whatever mysteriously cursed Anne the previous summer, began to press Ominis for any information he may know about Salazar Slytherin and his secrets. During this period, Ominis became upset with Sebastian who revealed the Undercroft to the new fifth-year student, creating a rocky situation between the two.
Associated quests[]
- Welcome to Hogwarts (Slytherin)
- Potions Class
- Herbology Class
- History of Magic Class
- In the Shadow of the Undercroft
- In the Shadow of the Relic
- In the Shadow of Friendship
Note[]
- The Gaunt Family are relatives of Salazar Slytherin, they are also related to the future Dark Wizard Lord Voldemort.
- How Ominis uses his wand to navigate is similar to snakes using their tongues to "taste" the air as a way to sense for nearby prey.
External links[]
Ominis Gaunt on Harry Potter Wiki