Symbols & Name Meanings

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 145913

> MercuryBlue:
> It's not. The ring is engraved with the coat of arms of the 
Peverells, 
> an old, rich, and apparently extinct pureblood family, which may 
or 
> may not be descended from Slytherin himself. The Slytherin 
artifact is 
> Merope's locket. I'll let the experts speculate on the symbolism 
of 
> that, though I suspect that the locket was a birthday gift from 
> Salazar to his wife, or some such thing.
>

a_svirn
Well, I don't know about "pureblood" but as for old and rich that's 
for certain. The Peverels alternatively spelled as Peverells and 
Peverils were descendants of William the Conqueror and hereditary 
Sheriffs of Nottingham (I guess, one of them must have been the chap 
who hounded Robin Hood). Also one of Peverells married a Lancaster. 
And, of course, John of Gaunt was the duke of Lancaster, so there's 
a link, however fictional.