• Character Quintius Umfraville was the author of the book The Noble Sport of Warlocks, a seventeenth-century description of the game of Quidditch. His book describes a pitch with scoring areas – which simplified the Keeper’s role – and baskets mounted on higher goalposts than previously recorded (QA6). Read More
• Character The uncle of Beatrix Bloxam who had a sordid affair involving a hag and a sack of Bouncing Bulbs. As a child, Beatrix heard all the disturbing details of this affair and was traumatized for life as a result (TBB/WHH). Read More
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I have, for some time, been speculating on just why Voldemort would single out a child for destruction. There is, of course, the much talked about “Heir of Gryffindor” theory, but for me, this doesn’t hold with JKR’s theme of our choices making us who we are, and not innate qualities. So,… Read More