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Hadrian Riddle was never meant to be a hero. Raised in Wools Orphanage and sorted into Slytherin, he quickly earns a reputation for brilliance, cruelty, and the unsettling way he seems to know things he shouldn't. The name Potter means nothing to him. The name Riddle, however... that runs in his blood.
As he navigates the twisted politics of Hogwarts, Hadrian begins to uncover pieces of an inheritance older than the school itself - secrets written in Parseltongue, books that shouldn't exist, and a legacy his father left behind in shadow. The deeper he falls into forbidden knowledge, the harder it becomes to tell where Hadrian ends and the darkness begins.
But someone is watching - waiting. And when the past finally catches up to him, Hadrian must decide whether he will rewrite the story of his blood... or become the monster the world always feared.
Heir of Slytherin. Son of the Dark Lord. Hogwarts will never be the same.
(Previously titled Hadrian Riddle: The Second Tom Riddle)