Nova Black is the forgotten middle shadow of the infamous Black family—Sirius’s younger sister, Regulus’s older one, and the one everyone assumes they already understand without ever trying. Sorted into Slytherin, she becomes another name filed under “just like the rest of them,” even though she never quite fits the mold. Not cruel enough for pure-blood ideology, not brave enough to publicly rebel, and not seen clearly enough by anyone to be understood at all.