Sebastian Sallow is a tortured soul with the world on his shoulders whose only mission is to save his sister Anne - at any cost. Atley Barlowe is a budding new witch who also carries the world on her shoulders as she travels the road less traveled to unlock the secrets of her connection to ancient magic. Will the burdens of their lives, minds and souls prove to be too much or can they save each other? Sebastian Sallow x Fem!oc (but please feel free to replace "Atley" with your oc's name and "Barlowe" with your oc's last name in your mind if you'd prefer to read it that way.) Slow burn romance but will slowly become a deep and dark fic filled with heart swelling fluff, chaos, angst, magic, dark magic, romance, friendship, family, twists, turns and all sorts of soul crushing. This will be a LONG fic in order to keep the entirety of the story together - but for new or slow readers - do not worry, chapters are fast paced and kept at a manageable length. Will contain spoilers from the Hogwarts Legacy game. Characters aged up to year seven (18 years old). - *SPOILERS - There will be MANY spoilers for the HL game so read at your own risk ** TW: This story will contain themes of death, struggles in mental health, depression, PTSD, anxiety, violence, a bit of intimacy, terminal illness, blood, alcoholism, injury, self harm, "foul" language - if you are uncomfortable with any of these, please do not read! *** All characters aside from Atley and their likeness are owned, created and trademarked by Warner Bros, Portkey Games, the Wizarding World, etc... all rights to them. Story / original character owned by me. Occasional scenes be taken from the game and use quotes, but my own additions will be added to them. Lastly, thank you for reading and all your support! I don't plan to add many notes of my own but I would LOVE if you would leave your own thoughts, commentary and votes. It's always exciting to feel like I'm reading an annotated book passed around among friends! :)

Power. It takes immense strength to merely begin, to gather the courage to take that first step. To welcome it in. To harness it outward. To truly wield power as an extension of one's self. But it takes even more strength to stop it from flooding out and washing everything away. Goblins and wizardkind have joined forces in search of an ancient power to not only satisfy their selfish greed, but to leave the world at their mercy. One young witch holds the key to put an end to their havoc, but at what lengths will she go to do so? This story follows Reonoei Glassbrook on her journey to discover friendship, love, and magic - as well as what it means to be both a saviour and not a hero. Relive the Hogwarts Legacy game through a different set of lens, or experience it all for the first time. ―――――――――― This fanfiction traces the events of Hogwarts Legacy, retelling and reimagining events from the game, as well as exploring completely new scenarios. This is a transformative work based on the Harry Potter franchise by JK Rowling and Portkey Games' Hogwarts Legacy. DearSans does not own their work, story, or characters. Penumbra is written with additional characters and storylines that are DearSans' original ideas. The story is from a third-person perspective, recounting certain canon quests relevant to the tale. Mature themes and content (not very spicy), reader discretion is advised. PART I (ch. 1-23) recounts most of the Hogwarts Legacy video game events. PART II is new, uncharted territory (ch. 24+), finishing off the fifth-year with our young fifth-years. Sloppy writing probably, little editing. Cover art illustrated and designed by DearSans "Penumbra: A Hogwarts Legacy Fanfiction" is copyright 2023 DearSans, all rights reserved. Please do not claim, translate, or copy this free work. Slowly crossposting on AO3.