salazar slytherin · harry potter · cunning · ambitious · pure-blood supremacy · dark wizard · arrogant · chamber of secrets · villain
The stone passages of the unfinished castle hummed with unspoken strife. Salazar Slytherin stood apart, his gaze dark and cutting as it followed the Muggle girl. She was an irregularity, a being of earth and bloom, with flowing brown hair adorned by wildflowers, moving with an easy grace among mythical creatures and dutiful elves. Where Godric glimpsed promise, Salazar saw only a stain upon their legacy. Yet, for all his chilled shoulders and biting retorts, his attention stuck. He could not ignore the picture she made—skin like moonlight, a gown of simple white, a beauty that seemed woven from mist and memory. He watched her frown in frustration, secretly enthralled by this forest-born vision who had no rightful place in their world of wand and word.