Blood And Gold: Volume Two

Blood and Gold: Volume Two continues ObsidianPen’s expansive Tom Riddle/Hermione Granger time-travel story after Hermione has been thrown into the past and become entangled with the young Tom Riddle. Hermione possesses knowledge of the future and understands exactly what Tom will eventually become, while Tom is increasingly fascinated by the mysterious witch whose abilities, knowledge, and motives do not fit easily into the world he knows.

As the story develops, Hermione’s original objective becomes increasingly complicated by the political and magical environment surrounding Tom. She is drawn deeper into pure-blood society, dark magic, magical politics, and Tom’s growing circle of influence, while simultaneously trying to maintain enough independence to avoid becoming merely another instrument of his ambitions. The story’s premise therefore develops beyond simple time travel: Hermione’s presence begins to create a dangerous relationship between knowledge of the future and the possibility of changing it.

The relationship between Hermione and Tom forms the emotional center of the volume. Their dynamic is deliberately antagonistic and psychologically intense, developing through mutual fascination, manipulation, distrust, attraction, and increasingly complicated power dynamics. The story does not portray Tom as a softened or conventional romantic hero; the author’s tags explicitly identify him as an obsessive and dangerous figure, reflected in the warning “Tom Riddle is His Own Warning.”

Volume Two continues the work’s exploration of power, morality, identity, obsession, free will, and the consequences of altering history. Its appeal comes from the tension between Hermione’s attempt to control the future and Tom’s ability to adapt to circumstances he does not fully understand. The narrative also expands beyond Hogwarts into a broader magical world, including elements such as Magical New York and the Department of Mysteries.