Furthermore, traits from the rest of the houses such as daring, intelligence, and loyalty could also become easily negative. Another trait that could be seen as a negative one was self-preservation. The idea that many of them seemed to value their own lives more than the lives of others...
[2] While very little was known about the family, it's very likely they had a tendency of marrying their cousins to keep their blood pure and to retain the traits of their ancestors like their descendants, the Gaunts, and several other pure-blood families did. ...
[2] While very little was known about the family, it's very likely they had a tendency of marrying their cousins to keep their blood pure and to retain the traits of their ancestors like their descendants, the Gaunts, and several other pure-blood families did. ...