Delphini Rowle

 Delphini a.k.a. A Girl Who Was Never Adored

General information

Full Name

Delphini (surname unknown, possibly Delphini Riddle)

Nickname(s)

• Delphi (by Albus Potter, possibly Druella, and Walburga)

• Princess (by Lestrange)

• Darling, My Love (by Tom)

• Ms. Diggory (by professors)

• Mrs. Riddle (by non-family members)

• Lady, Queen (by Tom's followers)

Date of Birth

April 23 1998 

Age

20s (looks like 16 or 18)

Blood status

Half-Blood

Marital status

Married

Also known as

• The Girl Who Never Could Love

• The Girl Who Was Born an Orphan

• Delphini Rowle (disguised name; in Riddle Era timeline)

• Delphine Diggory (disguised name, only in erased original timeline) 

• Delphini Riddle (possible birth name in erased original timeline)

• Heiress of Slytherin (erased original timeline)

• Dark Lady (altering future)

Title(s)

• Parselmouth

• Occlumens

• Prefect

• Head Girl

Physical appearance

Species

Half-Witch (undying)

Gender

Female

Hair Color

• Blonde (dyed)

• Blue tips with silver hair (innate; once)

Eye color

• Blue (innate)

• Red (in outrage)

Skin color

Pale

Family information

Children

Aleister Salazar Riddle (son)

Parents

• Bellatrix Black-Lestrange (mother, erased original timeline)

• Lord Voldemort (father, erased original timeline)

Grandparents

• Tom Riddle Senior † (paternal grandfather)

• Merope Gaunt-Riddle † (paternal grandmother)

• Cygnus Black III (maternal grandfather)

• Druella Rosier-Black (maternal grandmother)

• Ralph Lestrange (possible maternal step-grandfather)

Ancestors

• Salazar Slytherin † (paternal ancestor)

• Cadmus Peverell † (paternal ancestor)

Guardian

Euphemia Rowle (former careless caretaker, erased original timeline)

Godchildren

Bellatrix Black (goddaughter, revised future)

Relationships

Supporters/Companions

• Augury Bird (most intimate; obliterated original timeline)
• Abraxas Malfoy
• Tom Riddle (love interest)
• Walburga Black (closest bond/sister figure)
• Orion Black
• Druella Rosier (close bond)
• Armando Dippet
• Horace Slughorn
• Cygnus Black III (closest bond)

Romances

• Tom Riddle (spouse)

• Cantankerus Nott (former date in Yule Ball)

Opponents

• British Ministry of Magic
• Hermione Granger (erased original timeline)
• Ron Weasley (erased original timeline)
• Potter family (erased original timeline)
• Scorpius Malfoy (erased original timeline)
• Draco Malfoy (erased original timeline)
• Order of the Phoenix (erased original timeline)
• Albus Dumbledore (disliked him)
• Gellert Grindelwald † (who seized her, but Tom rescued her)
• Grindelwald's Army (all seized by the Ministry)

Magical characteristics

Abilities/Talents

• Metamorphmagus (once)
• Dark Arts
• Parseltongue
• Duelling
• Unfounded flying
• Wandless magic
• Charisma/Manipulation
• Intellect

Boggart

• Her father abandoned her or even disappeared entirely (once)

• Demise

Wand

Beauvais wand, 10 1/2 inches, flexible

Patronus

The King Cobra

Animal

• Serpent (gift from Tom Riddle)

• Augury Bird (once; only in erased original future)

Tattoo

• Serpent

• Black Augury attachments (once)

Magical items

• Slytherin Locket (gift from Tom Riddle)

• True Time-Turner (stolen from Potter's family; eliminated later on when she landed back in time)

Hobby

• She is using people

• Rehearsing the Dark Arts

Goals

• Fled from the Ministry and went back in time while operating a time-turner (achieved)

• Resurrect her father, Lord Voldemort, to life (failed) 

• Slaughter Harry Potter and his kids (failed)

Crimes

• Malefic/dark magic
• Killing
• Agony
• Terrorism
• Victorious time reversal
• Scheme

Affiliation

Occupation

Overseer worker at St Oswald's Home for Old Witches and Wizards (briefly in erased original timeline)

Residence(s)

• Riddle's Mansion (nowadays)

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (graduated)

• Rowle's house (once, erased future)

• Malfoy Manor (birth house; erased future)

House

• Slytherin 𓆘 (in the 20th century)

• None (in the 21st century; erased timeline)

Loyalty

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

• Slytherin

• Slug Club

• Knights of Walburgis

• Tom Riddle's gang

• Riddle family

• House of Black

Type of Villain

Obsessed Witch

"When additions are spared when time is twisted, when disregarded children slaughter their fathers: then will the Dark Lord return. I will be reborn as the Dark Lord. I will bring my father back!"

—  Delphi's omen is written on the walls of her room.

Delphini, nicknamed Delphi, is the unlawful daughter of Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix Black, making her Rodolphus Lestrange's stepdaughter. Although she initially introduces herself as Amos Diggory's niece, Delphi is, in fact, the Dark Lord's offspring, and her only purpose is to resurrect her father. As Voldemort's only child, she can communicate in Parseltongue, which amazes Riddle when she informs him. Yet, Tom originally believed she was his maternal remote, long-lost cousin because he was the only one who could know or speak to snakes, given his knowledge.

She spent the first year of her life with the Rowles, assigned to care for the newborn during the war. Her parents perished on May 2, 1998, leaving her an orphan at an earlier age. She lived with the Rowles until she moved to Amos Diggory's home when he was under the Confundus Charm on her. 

Captivity and Escape (2020–) 

Following her downfall and a third failed attempt to bring back her father and his evil rule, Delphini presumably wanted to be incarcerated in Azkaban for the slaying of Craig Bowker Jr. Yet, she fled, somehow looting the Time-Turner again, and went back in time.

Physical characterization

Delphini had long silvery hair with blue tips and a tattoo of black Augurey attachments on her back near her neck. Yet, she dyed her hair blonde, a color similar to that of her maternal aunt Narcissa's. 

Traits and personality 

"Are you crawling away from me? Harry Potter. Hero of the wizarding world. Crawling away like a rat."

— Delphini taunting Harry Potter

Delphini was excessively cunning, displaying a sharp mind and great skills for manipulation and exploitation, much like her father was when he was younger. Like Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange, Delphini was extremely brutal, smoothly releasing the Cruciatus Curse with malevolent purpose, proving to be a difficult rival for even Harry Potter. Aside from being cruel, Delphini was liberated and positively selected, producing a detailed scheme to resurrect Voldemort without any direct service; she accumulated it via manipulation or exploitation of others, a quality Voldemort himself had retained. She was brutal and readily skilled at slaying in pursuit of her purposes, or even being in the wrong place at the wrong time (i.e., Craig Bowker Jr.), another quality shown by both her parents. Despite being this unstable due to her cruelty and intellect, Delphi was hot-tempered. They could lose control of themselves if something didn't go according to plan, which transpired to be another trait she had inherited from her parents. Her nature led to her thrashing Harry Potter when he was revealed to have been masked as Voldemort, as she was self-righteously enraged that he had tricked her and destabilized her goal so greatly. When Harry and his friends beat her, she implored for death or to be Obliviated, meaning that her dignity had been disabled by her being whipped by him.

Like her father, Delphini had an obsession with Harry Potter to the point that she even proclaimed that she had examined him and understood him even better than her father ever did during his lifetime.

Despite having a very similar experience to her father's, such as being raised without understanding of her parents for a long time after a connection of one-sided love (her mother's obsessive love was very much similar to that of her paternal grandmother's), and living under the control of a precisely business-minded party without being adored for their whole youth, Delphini shifted from Voldemort's resulting incapacity to value at all. Despite not understanding him privately, she had displayed extraordinary commitment to her father. Unlike him, she sought not to win, vengeance, or defeat, but only to be with him.

Magical capabilities and talents

"AVADA KEDAVRA!!!"

— Delphini slays Craig Bowker Junior with the Killing Curse.

Passive Powers

• Spell Casting - the ability to cast and make spells.

• Confundus Charm: A spell that confuses. A person who is affected by this Charm is said to be Confounded. Delphi had used a Confundus Charm on Amos to make him think so.
• Cruciatus Curse (Crucio): This spell causes the victim to suffer almost intolerable pain. Delphi torments Scorpius. 
• Killing Curse (Avada Kedavra): causes instant death in a flash of green light, usually leaving no sign of physical damage or of the cause of demise that would be detectable to a Muggle autopsy. Delphi uses this spell to slay Craig Bowker Jr. when he comes to find the two boys.
• Expulso Curse (Expulso): the ability to produce immense explosions, blasting the target apart with a burst of blue light; it had enough force to throw people into walls. She was also capable of casting a very powerful Expulso Curse.
• Disarming Charm (Expelliarmus): A charm that forced whatever an opponent was holding to fly out of their hand. It was common to see this spell used in duels to make an opponent lose their wand. She easily disarmed Harry Potter with the Disarming Charm.
• Locking Spell: Also known as the Locking Charm (Colloportus), it was a charm that closed and locked doors, making them so that they could not be opened manually.
• Levitation Charm (Wingardium Leviosa): A charm used to make objects fly or levitate.
• Fire-Making Spell (Incendio): A charm that conjures a jet of flames that could be used to set things alight.
• Fulgari: the incantation for a charm that produced vicious, luminous cords that bind an opponent's arms. She also used the charm Fulgari proficiently to wrap Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy in luminous ropes.
• Suffoco: the target's airway will become blocked, causing them to choke.

• Potion Making - the ability to make potions.

• Polyjuice Potion: A complex potion that transforms a person to look exactly like someone else. One dose lasts for one hour, but doses can be renewed by continuing to drink the potion. Delphi, Albus, and Scorpius can transform themselves temporarily into Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and Harry Potter to get into the Minister for Magic’s office.

Skills

• Magical mastery: Even at a young age, Delphini proved herself to be a precociously gifted magical prodigy, as she was able to use and control magic without the use of a wand or even knowing the very existence of magic itself, to an unnaturally high level: she had the power to move objects with her mind, to communicate with and control animals, and even inflict harm on those who opposed or annoyed her, which left even youthful Riddle stunned in 1943.

• Control of underage magic: Even before being told that she was a wizard or having any knowledge of magic or the wizarding world at all, the young Delphini displayed an outstanding level of control over her usage of underage magic, which she used to torment many of the other children. She was able to move things with her mind, control animals to do her bidding, and even make bad things happen to those who irritated her.

• Dark Arts: Delphini demonstrated considerable talent for Dark Magic, using both the Cruciatus Curse and the Killing Curse successfully. The use of both of these Unforgivable Curses requires power and ability, showing her to have been a powerful Dark witch. She was also capable of casting a very powerful Expulso Curse.

• Occlumency: Delphini was exceptionally adept and gifted in the use of occlumency, being able to effectively shield her own mind. In the past, Delphini used this ability when Riddle tried to read her mind.

• Dueling: Delphini was a highly skilled duelist. She quickly defeated the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, Harry Potter, and it took the combined might of him, Minister for Magic Hermione Granger, and seasoned duellists Ronald Weasley, Draco Malfoy, and Ginny Weasley to defeat her, showing her proficiency in martial magic.

• Flying: Delphini was able to fly without aid, much like her father, which itself is a remarkable magical feat few wizards and witches have ever been capable of doing.

• Wandless and nonverbal magic: Delphini was gifted with Wandless magic, as she was capable of locking doors with her hands while confronting Harry Potter without using her wand. Her ability to cast spells without her wand meant she possessed potent magical skills, like her formidable parents. In the past, her wandless magic astonished Riddle while dueling with her. Also, she was able to do nonverbal magic and could move objects magically without the incantations to do so normally, using her hand like Harry Potter by throwing him to the ground. 

• Parseltongue: Delphini was a Parselmouth and could thus magically speak to snakes, a rare trait she inherited from her father, Lord Voldemort. She used the Parseltongue code to conceal her room.

• Apparition: Delphini was exceptionally proficient in Apparition and could apparate with pinpoint accuracy even when locked in combat, using this ability to dodge and evade spells when dueling Harry Potter.

• Intellectual genius: Delphini possessed an incredible, genius intellect, as her intellect is evidenced by her strategic trickery in being able to mastermind and produce like his father, Lord Voldemort, did at his immature age.

• Charisma and manipulation: Delphini displayed a remarkable talent for the manipulation of others, being able to use Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy to think of her as a kind person who wanted to help them in their dignified (if not misguided) goal of bringing Cedric back to life, hiding her true agenda of bringing Voldemort back from demise.

• Acting skills: As with her father, Delphini was very talented in acting, projecting a personality completely different from her true motives. Using her acting skills, she was able to disguise herself as the devoted niece of Amos Diggory. She created Albus and Scorpius think of her as a kind person who wanted to help them in their noble (if not misguided) goal of bringing Cedric back to life, hiding her true agenda of bringing Voldemort back from death. As in the past, Delphi used her acting skills even more, and Headmaster Dippet and Professor Slughorn believed her, except for Dumbledore and Riddle.

Possessions

• Wand: Delphini owned a wand, which was of an unknown length, wood, and core. Delphini could perform potent magic with her wand, including the Dark Arts, and she used it extensively during her 2020 time-traveling mission.

• True Time-Turner: She possessed a time-turner at some point, which she robbed from the Potters; yet, it got smashed when she landed back in time. 

Relationships

Family:

Parents

It is unknown how Voldemort and Bellatrix felt about their daughter since they perished while she was still a newborn. Considering the love and admiration her mother had always had for the Dark Lord, the birth of their mutual daughter would likely have been a great pleasure and dignity for Bellatrix. It is not known why Voldemort wanted an offspring, as he did not feel a need for love and disliked the idea of becoming emotionally attached to anyone. Harry, at one point, refers to Delphini as "The Ultimate Horcrux", implying that Delphini served as an alternative form of immortality for Voldemort. It is also likely that Salazar Slytherin was the only person Tom Riddle had apparent respect for; he wished to preserve the Slytherin bloodline into the 21st century, a feat which would have been impossible to achieve without reproduction.

Voldemort and Bellatrix kept her birth a secret, most likely because it may have placed her in danger since Voldemort was considered the most powerful and dangerous Dark wizard of the time, while her mother, Bellatrix Lestrange, was the Dark Lord's most loyal lieutenant and Death Eater.

Delphini was curious about her parents and wanted the opportunity to get to know them. She went to great lengths to meet and save her father, even going to great lengths to create a future where he lived, which shows she had some love for him. After she was defeated by her cousins Draco Malfoy, Hermione Granger, Harry Potter, and Ron Weasley, she begged for death instead of having to face the fact that she had failed her father. Despite never knowing either of her parents up close, Delphini inherited many qualities from them. She was vicious, brutal, forceful, manipulative, prevalent, driven, and sly. (It can also be said that she was talented and intelligent.) Yet, she also inherited both her parents' volatile tempers, blowing up whenever things didn't go her way.

 Other relatives

It is unknown whether her maternal aunt, Narcissa, knew about her, but it is likely since Delphi was born at her home. If Narcissa did know, then it is possible that she continued to keep the secret to protect not only her niece but also her own family from the public reaction to the idea that the Dark Lord had a child.

Delphi's cousin, Draco, did not know of her existence. By the time he discovered who she was, Draco had given up believing in the same Pureblood values his parents had, and when he met Delphi, he had no affection or sympathy for her and her attempt to revive Voldemort. Instead, he helped apprehend her and took her back to the future to be sent to Azkaban. As Draco had bad experiences around Delphi's father and didn't seem to have the best of relationships with her mother, who was his maternal aunt, any family loyalty to her would have been limited at best.

Her guardian, Euphemia Rowle, was not very fond of her. She only raised Delphi for a reward and always told her she would meet a sticky end. It appears that Euphemia did not see or treat her as a member of her family and simply kept her in her household for the sake of the money she received. And she grudgingly agreed to care for Delphini Riddle--and, yes, mostly for the gold. As Delphini is currently an infant, Euphemia Rowle will also be responsible for dictating the actions of Delphini.

Delphini took her last name when she landed back in the 1940s.

Allies:

Druella is Delphini's future maternal grandmother from Bellatrix Lestrange, being her future daughter in the erased future where Delphini comes from. The two become close friends with each other, even after Druella learns Delphi is her granddaughter, and then she is delighted and keen.

Walburga is Delphini's future maternal great-aunt through her brother, Cygnus Black III, who wed Druella Rosier. 

At first, they didn't get along well because Walburga caught how close Tom was to Delphini, and she was jealous of them. After he discovers that Delphini is from the future and is Riddle's daughter, she starts to keep Delphini close and protect her. She began to act like a mother to him, which Delphi is not.

Romances:

Tom Riddle, known as Lord Voldemort and the Dark Lord, is Delphi's future father. He didn't know that Delphi was his daughter at first, but he was suspicious of her real existence and wanted to know more about her, even though he couldn't get into her mind because she was using some kind of ' shield,' which he knew was Occlumency.

At some point, Riddle becomes more interested in her because she is also curious about dark magic and unforgivable curses like him.