Kriggory

Kriggory is the slash ship between Viktor Krum and Cedric Diggory from the Harry Potter fandom.

Canon
In the summer of 1994, Cedric watched the final of Quidditch World Cup with his father and the Weasleys. The match was the Ireland and Bulgaria. Viktor plays for the Bulgarian team, and was considered one of the most famous players in the league. It is probable that Cedric was already a fan of Viktor, and was aware of his popularity.

It was not until the Triwizard Tournament that the two boys first meet. Both Cedric and Viktor are chosen by the Goblet of Fire as champions for their respective schools. They were both surprised and confused when Harry was chosen as the fourth champion.

During their time as champions, both Viktor and Cedric were popular with the students. They both had adorning fans with people wanting autographs. A group of sixth-year girls especially wanted autographs of both students in their bags. It was hard to say who was more popular.

Viktor was known as a quiet student, not talkative, and usually keeping to himself. He did not have many interactions with Cedric, who was more talkative to the other champions, namely Fleur and Harry. Due to being champions, they were both present for the weighing of wands, and the Yule Ball. Viktor's date to the ball was Hermione, and Cedric's date was Cho. They then competed in the rounds of the Triwizard Tournament. For the first round, they were pitted against dragons. Cedric against a Swedish Short-Snout, and Viktor facing a Chinese Fireball. For the second round, they had to swim into the Black Lake to retrieve something that had been stolen from each of them.

Finally, for the last task, they needed to navigate a maze. During the task, Barty Crouch Jnr, posing as Alastor Moody by way of the Polyjuice Potion, placed an Imperius Curse on Viktor. Under the curse, Viktor attacks Cedric, and tries to use the Cruciatus Curse on him. However, he is saved by Harry who uses a stunning spell on Viktor. Cedric is shocked by Viktor's attack, unaware of the curse. Cedric, against his better judgement, uses his want to shoot red sparks into the air, allowing him to be rescued from the maze.

After Cedric's death, Viktor attends Cedric Diggory's Memorial Feast. He tells Harry that he liked Cedric, and mourns his death like the others.

Quotes
"Then there was the fact that Cedric looked the part of a champion so much more than he did. Exceptionally handsome, with his straight nose, dark hair, and gray eyes, it was hard to say who was receiving more admiration these days, Cedric or Viktor Krum. Harry actually saw the same sixth-year girls who had been so keen to get Krum’s autograph begging Cedric to sign their school bags one lunchtime."

- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

"I liked Diggory. He vos alvays polite to me. Alvays. Even though I vos from Durmstrang — with Karkaroff."

- Viktor after Cedric's death

Fanon
This is a rarepair ship. They don't have much popularity and as of 2022, they only have a mere 50 fanfictions on AO3. They were a popular ship on the LiveJournal community Triwizard Slash in 2005, and the community stored a number of fanfiction for the pairing. A DeviantArt community for the ship was founded in 2011 called Viktor-x-Cedric. There is no popularised name for the pairing. Some fans have used Krumric, Viggory and Kriggory.

Fandom
FAN FICTION