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𝓘T WAS KNOWN THAT the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black valued purity above all else — marrying cousin to cousin, eager to preserve the pureblooded nature of witch and wizard. In the eyes of their founder, there was nothing greater than the unity of the House of Black, and their supremacist nature only increased when the squibs of their family began revealing their magical heritage to the non-magical folk of the large European witch-hating masses.
( The most famed instance of this can be traced back to the squib Lysandra Blackwood, who reported her half-blood mother's identity to witch hunters, leading to Artemisia Black being publicly burned at the stake. After her mother's death, Lysandra and her muggleborn father, who also loathed muggles, disappeared. Lysandra's betrayal led to the disowning of several squibs for generations. )
Walburga and Orion Black, the heads of their family, would be no different than their ancestors. The two were married in a mere two years after graduating Hogwarts, but it would take them nine years after their wedding to produce children — leaving many wondering if Orion would be displaced as heir in favor of his cousin, and Walburga's brother, Cygnus Black II.
