What can I say? Slavic male angst gets a bit overboard. There just aren't enough Karkaroff stories. I always wondered how he got from Azkaban to Durmstrang, so I tried to fill in some of the blanks. Thanks for reading and reviewing.

Thanks for reading & reviewing. I think she saved him. How else did he go from a broken Death Eater to Headmaster at Durmstrang? Something had to be a motivating force. Why not a strong wife?

Thanks for reading and reviewing. I don't think Voldy was much interested in women. He probably would have AK'ed a wife the first time she nagged him. Karkaroff, however, loved his wife enough to try to send her away. When she wouldn't go, he let her lead him out of the darkness back into the light.

Thanks for reading and reviewing. This had been a plot bunny that went nowhere as part of a backstory on Karkaroff. I had had the wife meeting him in Russia and lots more wrong. You prompt gave me the pieces to make it all work.The snake tattoo was what set off light bulbs in my brain.I always try for the more unusual use of a prompt. Glad you liked it.

Thank you for reading & reviewing. Igor was a puzzle for me. I knew Russian men and their tendency for fatalistic angst. But how did he go from being a broken man to Headmaster at Durmstrang? A strong woman was the answer. Glad you liked it.

Thank you for reading & reviewing. Karkaroff always intrigued me. There had to be a reason he went from being a turn-coat DE to Headmaster of the only pure-blood school, so I wrote it.

She followed him on the run and died with him. She wouldn't leave him.Thanks for reading and reviewing.