a taste for hard victories
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Lord Voldemort wants a servant from the House of Black. Mother and Father want their heir positioned where he can take advantage of Voldemort's meteoric rise to power. It could have worked out very neatly if Sirius hadn't objected.
(Naturally, objecting is precisely what he did. With fervor.)
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or: Regulus has had the title of Heir Black for six months almost to the day—six months of pretending his parents might change their minds about sending their heir off to join the Death Eaters now that they don't have a spare to fall back on. It's a nice idea, albeit one that will never come to fruition.
But if joining the war is inevitable, he's going to do it on his terms.
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- Part 1 of a taste for hard victories
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Regulus Black is the only remaining son of the oldest pureblood family in Britain, the heir to a thousand-year-old legacy built on blood purity, and one of the most experienced Dark Arts users at Hogwarts. His joining the Death Eaters isn't just an expectation—it's practically a given. His parents certainly think so.
There's just one problem: Regulus has no intention of doing it. He's unenthused by the prospect of torturing and murdering Muggleborns, and as for championing the Dark Arts, well, why entrust to Voldemort something that he can do much better himself?
But it's the middle of Regulus's fifth year at Hogwarts, and the war is already picking up steam. If he wants to take on both Voldemort and Dumbledore, he has some catching up to do.
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- Part 2 of a taste for hard victories