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I think Regulus Black was motivated to become a dark wizard by love, tradition, and family loyalty. The Black family have followed Salazar Slytherin's opinion on pureblood wizards for generations. Orion Black, Sirius and Regulus's father, hated muggle with a passion too. He fortified his house, Number 12 Grimald Place so no muggle would know it even existed. Tradition said Orion and Walburga's sons would follow the family's way. That meant be students in Slytherin house, believe pureblood wizards are superior to all other wizards, and to hate muggles. Sirius rebelled against his family. To quote Kreacher, "Sirius broke his mother's heart." This left Regulus to do the right thing. Regulus loved his family, so he did what his parent's expected of him. He became a deatheater."
"It's ironic to me that love is also what caused Regulus's downfall. Voldemort needed someone to check out his security measure at the cave he hid his locket horcrux. Regulus loaned him Kreacher. Voldemort didn't love anyone, so he decided to sacrifice Kreacher to make sure his security measures worked. He didn't count on Kreacher being able to aparate from the cave. Kreacher returned to Regulus and told him what Voldemort had done. Regulus betrayed Voldemort, stole his locket horcrux, and gave it to Kreacher for safekeeping. Instead of aparating to safety with his house elf, Regulus remained in the cave and died at the hands of the Inferi. Regulus chose death rather than betray his family and their traditions. Better a dead deatheater than a live traitor." |