| BOOK ONE | AN AU SET IN THE HP UNIVERSE [the canon characters don't exist] Seven years ago, the notorious dark wizard known as The Reaper massacred hundreds in the Ministry of Magic. Since his capture and arrest, a shadow has been thrown on over the wizarding world. Alistair Ridware is the son of the mass murderer himself, and has been attending Hogwarts for four years since the tragic event. This year everything changes when Alistair comes into possession of a dark artifact. Salazar Slytherin's locket. Everything takes a malicious turn when Alistair is plagued by voices only he can hear, and a trail of petrified bodies. Muggleborns are being taken out one by one, and because of his family history, he might just be ministry's number one suspect.