At Hogwarts, Ominis Gaunt’s very name is enough to make most students avoid him, whisper about him, or flat-out fear him. He carries the weight of the Gaunt legacy—dark, violent, and cruel—and the fact that he was born blind only sharpens the world’s cruelty toward him. He navigates the castle with the soft red glow of his wand, a muted lighthouse in endless stone corridors.