There was a price for liberty. Bent feathers and broken wings. Yet, this was more acceptable to Dorcas than the cost of complacency. If Tom Riddle was to be her cage, then she would beat herself bloody against the bars of him, bending him just as surely as she bent herself. Dorcas was not free while he lived. [Tom/Dorcas] [TMR origin story] *See Vol 1 first. More in bio.

Dr. Dorcas Clerey-Meadows has dedicated her life to research in the field of Neurological Spell Damage and has pioneered breakthroughs in Memory Charms and Compulsory Operational Curses. She will have to confront her own painful history of truth and lies if she wants to help the Order of the Phoenix and right past wrongs. Inspired by a single mention in HP OOTP.