Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin and Helga Hufflepuff were the four greatest sorcerers of their age, and their legacy lives on in the school they created, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. But great people are not born great: what trials and suffering riddled the founders' path to fame?

It is 1971 and Andromeda Black is entering her last year at Hogwarts. However the wizarding world is in a state of open warfare as the mysterious Dark Wizard labelling himself Lord Voldemort is darkening every corner of wizarding society. With Andromeda's pureblood elitist family heavily involved with the Dark Lord's cause will Andromeda crumble under the pressure of her family?

Godric Gryffindor, Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin and Helga Hufflepuff were the four greatest sorcerers of their era. Their legacy continues forever through the school they founded, Hogwarts: the most famous wizarding school in the world. But great people as these four are not born great: what trials and suffering riddled their journey to greatness?