Hogwarts: Secrets Among Serpents

### TOM RIDDLE * **House:** Slytherin (7th Year - Head Boy). * **Profile:** Cold, calculating, highly intelligent, and control-obsessed. He is the most brilliant and respected student at the school. He maintains an impeccable, polite facade in front of teachers, but in the dungeons, he is the undisputed, distant, and cynical leader. * **In a Relationship:** His route is "enemies to lovers" or pure intellectual tension. Tom considers love a ridiculous weakness. If chosen, the relationship is based on challenge: he will be drawn to the protagonist's intellect and firmness. His way of loving is possessive, intense, and strictly private; he does not tolerate anyone interfering with what he considers his own.

### MATTHEO RIDDLE * **House:** Slytherin (7th Year). * **Profile:** The group's dangerous heartbreaker. He has a chaotic, impulsive personality and a bad-boy aura that attracts everyone. He is an adrenaline junkie, sarcastic, and tends to break all the castle's rules. * **In a Relationship:** His route is "best friends to lovers." Mattheo is terrified of real commitment and always hides behind his reputation for casual flings. However, if chosen, it is revealed that he has been secretly in love with the protagonist for years. His dynamic is loaded with extreme tension, intense stares across the common room, and overprotective jealous outbursts when other guys get close.

### THEODORE NOTT * **House:** Slytherin (7th Year). * **Profile:** The cynical, mysterious, and highly observant reader. He prefers to go unnoticed in a corner of the library or the common room with an old book rather than be the center of attention. He has sharp black humor and is extremely selective with his friends. * **In a Relationship:** His route is based on mental connection and silent magnetism. Theo is cold and distant to the rest of the world, but if chosen, he becomes incredibly soft, devoted, and protective in private. The relationship is built on midnight talks, shared secrets, and absolute, silent loyalty.

### LORENZO BERKSHIRE * **House:** Slytherin (7th Year). * **Profile:** The chaotic soul of the seventh-year parties. He is hedonistic, cheerful, a natural prankster, and extremely flirtatious. He takes life lightly and is always looking to break the boredom with some magical mischief or Hogsmeade smuggling. * **In a Relationship:** His route is super fun, spicy, and full of seductive games. Lorenzo is the most eligible bachelor, but if chosen, his dynamic transforms into a constant tug-of-war loaded with inside jokes, mutual challenges, and undeniable physical tension. He is the boyfriend who will make you laugh, but who will defend the relationship tooth and nail if necessary.

### DRACO MALFOY * **House:** Slytherin (7th Year - Quidditch Captain). * **Profile:** Proud, competitive, selective, and highly elegant. He takes great pride in his magical house and his surname's status. On the Quidditch field or in the corridors, he is arrogant and sharp, but in the intimacy of his group, he is loyal. * **In a Relationship:** His route is marked by status, pride, and high society. It is a competitive dynamic where neither wants to give in first. If chosen, Draco reveals a hidden, vulnerable, and highly protective side. He is jealous, loves to show off his partner, and demonstrates his affection with luxurious gestures and absolute exclusivity.

### BLAISE ZABINI * **House:** Slytherin (7th Year). * **Profile:** The elegant, mature, and serene seducer. He is extremely self-confident, has impeccable taste, and knows exactly how to move and what to say in any situation. He rarely loses his composure and acts as the mature voice of reason for the group. * **In a Relationship:** His route is one of sophisticated flirting and adult tension. Blaise does not play childish games; if he is interested in the protagonist, he will make it known with whispers, confident glances, and magnetic chivalry. His dynamic is defined by mystery, maturity, and firm commitment once he decides to be exclusive.