Eunon Blackwood

Eunon Blackwood (né Wood)
Biographical information
Born	15th century
Blood status	Muggle-born
Marital status	Widowed
Nationality	British or Irish
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Relationship information
Family members	Parents † Artemisia Blackwood (née Black) (wife) † Lysandra Blackwood (daughter) Father-in-law Mother-in-law Wood family House of Black (in-laws) Blackwood family
Romances	Artemisia Blackwood (late wife) †
Affiliation
Occupation	Horticulturalist
House	Hufflepuff
Loyalty	Wood family (formerly) Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Hufflepuff Blackwood family

Eunon Blackwood (né Wood) (fl. 15th century) was a Muggle-born Dark wizard and horticulturalist responsible for planting hedge mazes throughout the Highlands of Scotland.

Biography

Eunon Wood was born into a Muggle branch of the Wood family, but his magical ability was misunderstood by his Muggle parents, both impressing yet infuriating them. He joined the family trade of hedge trimming, where he was able to control blackthorn bushes with his mind and create beautiful designs with ease.

He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was Sorted into Hufflepuff house. There, he met Artemisia Black, a disowned member of the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. Their life was discussed in A Horticultural History of the Blackwood Maze, Part One.

Artemisia played a pivotal role in Eunon's growth as a wizard, but also his descent into darkness. They both fed off of each other's disdain toward Muggles, and as Eunon changed, so did his work: the hedges he nurtured grew "vicious and volatile" according to A Horticultural History of the Blackwood Maze, Part Two.

Eventually the pair were wed in what is described as a curious affair, as Artemisia's Muggle father and Eunon's Muggle family were in attendance. It is said that his family would have avoided the wedding if not for rumours of Artemisia's large dowry, which unbeknownst to them only consisted of a single golden medallion bewitched with the Gemino curse.

According to A Horticultural History of the Blackwood Maze, Part Three, to celebrate his union with Artemisia, Eunon erected the most magnificent maze he ever created, claimed to have been inspired by the Greek wizard Daedalus. All who attended the wedding were invited to venture into the maze in search of riches ostensibly hidden within. According to legend, witches and wizards who attended the wedding recognised something in Eunon and stayed back. Those who entered did not return, but the terror of Eunon's creation did not end there. Thousands of Scottish Muggles were lost in the Blackwood maze over the years that followed, blissfully unaware of magic and blinded by the greed induced by the promise of gold.

As a twist of fate, they gave birth to a daughter, Lysandra, who turned out to be a Squib. After a violent dispute with her mother, the sixteen-year-old denounced her to Muggle witch-hunters who burned Artemisia at the stake. Following her death, both Eunon and Lysandra mysteriously disappeared as well as the labyrinth from their house of Stonehaven, although Eunon's creation sometimes reappeared randomly.

Magical abilities and skills

• Dark Arts: Blackwood was a Dark wizard, meaning he would have been proficient with Dark Magic.
• Herbology: Blackwood was a skilled wizarding horticulturalist, who was able to control the growth of blackthorn bushes with his mind and create beautiful designs with ease.

Behind the scenes

• Eunon's new surname came after his marriage to Artemisia Black and is a combination of both of their surnames: Black and Wood.
• He is the first known Hufflepuff Dark wizard, as well as the first Muggle-born.

Appearances

• Hogwarts Legacy (First mentioned)