In mid-march, Harry put down the book he had justfinished reading. It was the journal of Godric Gryffindor. Once he had claimedthe family ring, he had received information that Godric had hidden the familyfortune somewhere at Hogwarts. Knowing the general location, he had searchedfor it until he had struck gold, literally. Using the Sword of Gryffindor andthe Gryffindor Headship ring, he was able to get the secret chamber opened,only to gape in shock.
The secret chamber was clearly Godric's personal chambersat Hogwarts, but it was filled to the brim with gold, silver and preciousjewels. Mountains of gold could be seen and a small pile of diamonds, rubiesand other gems was placed in a corner. He had seen something similar in thehigh-security vaults deep under Potter Castle and also in the Potter familyvault at Gringotts, but the amount of gold in here was staggering. He hadimmediately called his house-elves to transport the contents to a high-securityvault at Potter Castle. Slowly, over time, he would transfer a bulk of thefortune to Gringotts where he could begin investments.
Gold wasn't the only thing he found in the place. On atable was a journal penned by the Founder himself. After using a translationcharm, Harry had taken to reading it every spare moment he got. The revelationswere astounding.
Godric had been the firstborn son of the Gryffindorfamily. The Gryffindors were an old family, dating back to the time of KingArthur and Merlin. In fact, they, along with the Potters and Slytherins weremembers in King Arthur's court hundreds of years ago. It was once during theirchildhood that Godric had met Salazar, a boy five years younger than him, butthey didn't have much contact since.
He was taught magic by his parents and other tutors, andonce he was an adult, he travelled abroad to learn various branches of magicfrom tutors. While touring Magical Italy, which still carried its traditionsfrom the Ancient Roman Empire, he met a woman who was a year older than him whowanted to go abroad and learn all about the intricacies of various forms ofmagic as well. Her name was Laurentia who was the daughter of Godric'sinstructor in Rome. The two had forged a friendship and several months latershe joined Godric in his tour of the world and the pair travelled extensivelyfor many years, learning various branches of magic.
In Egypt, Godric won the friendship of the Goblins; awarrior race known for their expertise in banking, warding, warfare andcreation of weapons from magical metals that only their race could work with.He spent a lot of time with them, learning about their culture and how to wielda sword. Once, he saved a bunch of goblins from a mob of Muggles who wanted tokill them, so the leader of the Goblin community finally accepted Godric'srequest and made a special sword for him as a reward; Godric still had to payfor it, of course. It was a three-foot-long blade, made of Goblin silver,making it very conductive for magic use. While he was quite good with his wand,he couldn't help but be at home with his new sword. He spent many yearsenchanting and enhancing the sword to his style. By the time they finishedtheir tour of the world, he and Laurentia had fallen in love and had decided toget married.
After talking to her parents and returning to Britain totalk to his family, it was finally decided to hold the marriage ceremony inRome. Once they were married, Godric and Laurentia returned to Britain, hopingto create a better life for the people of their country. But there wereproblems as witch hunts grew in popularity; if Muggles detected witches andwizards or even magical creatures, they would be attacked in their sleep andkilled in their beds. The Muggles would then drag the mutilated bodies for allto see. These instances horrified Godric, but he felt that once they couldexplain to the Muggles that magic wasn't evil but a blessing from the Goddessherself, everything would work out and both magical and Muggle humans couldcoexist in peace.
It was a few short months into their marriage thatLaurentia found herself pregnant. The couple was ecstatic and nine monthslater, Laurentia gave birth to a girl who they named Geraldine Gryffindor. WhenGeraldine was only a year old, tragedy struck; Godric's entire family had beentargeted due to them being witches and wizards. His parents and siblings wereall killed by a large mob of Muggles. Godric was filled with rage and wantedvengeance but Laurentia managed to calm him down. It was then that Godricdecided to rethink his plan for Muggles and magicals coexisting with eachother. Clearly, Muggles did not tolerate the existence of magic.
Life went on and Laurentia befriended a witch fromScotland named Rowena Ravenclaw. She was several years older than Godric andLaurentia, and had come back to Britain from Albania, where her husband'sfamily was nobility. Godric was very impressed with the older woman's sheerintelligence and talent with her wand. The Gryffindor family slowly got to knowRowena, who became close to Laurentia and thus, as an extension, her husbandGodric.
But unrest in the Muggles soon found its way to strikeagain. One night, when Godric was away on business, the Muggles attacked hishome. An entire mob of Muggles managed to overpower Laurentia and burned her atthe stake after torturing her, while her six-year-old daughter was badlyinjured. Luckily, Laurentia had managed to send a message to her friend Rowena,who arrived quickly and managed to save Geraldine, but was unable to save herfriend.
Laurentia Gryffindor was brutally killed.
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