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Ludovic Bagman

Department of Games and Sports 1993 - June 1995
Beater for Wimbourne Wasps 1980 - 1993


*He has blue eyes and blond hair
*He eventually became Head of his Department
*During his Quidditch days, he was accused of passing info to
Augustus Rookwood
*Rookwood was a friend of his fathers
*He admitted to passing the info to Rookwood, but said he didn't realise Rookwood was working for Voldemort
*He has problems with gambling
` *He went backrupt from his compulsive gambling
*He got in trouble with goblins for borrowing money from them, then not being able to pay them back

Ludovic Bagman has not yet been introduced in the films

 

Bartemius Crouch, Sr.

Department of International Magical Coorperation

*He is a gray haired, fussy man
*He has a small mustache
*He has a son named Bartemius Crouch, Jr.
*He is famous for tracking down Dark Wizards during Voldemort's first reign of terror
*He gave the Aurors permission to use the Unforgivable Curses on suspected Dark Wizards
*He was a very admired person
*Everybody assumed he would be the next Minister of Magic
*His son was arrested for being a Death Eater
*Percy Weasley is his assistant
*He helped his son escape from Azkaban, as requested by his dying wife
*He used the Imperius Curse to control his son
*He had a house-elf named Winky
*He was murdered by his son in June of 1995

Bartemius Crouch, Sr. is played by Roger Lloyd-Pack in the Goblet of Fire

Amos Diggory

Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures

*He has a son name Cedric
*He lives near Ottery St. Catchpole
*He has a scrubby brown beard
*He holds a lot of pride for his son
*When Cedric was killed, he was so overcome that he couldn't even talk to Harry, he cried the whole time

Amos Diggory is played by Jeff Rawle in Goblet of Fire

 

Madam Edgecombe

Department of Magical Transportation
Floo Network Office


*She has a daughter named Marietta
*She helped Fudge go through the troubles of Hogwarts while Umbridge had taken over

Madam Edgecombe has not yet been introduced to the films

Cornelius Fudge

Minister of Magic until June 1997

*His full name is Cornelius Oswald Fudge
*His interests include perserving the status quo
*He is fond of pure bloodiness
*He is impressed by money
*He was replaced by Rufus Scrimgeour
*He became Minister of Magic when Bartemius Crouch Sr. lost his shot and Dumbledore turned it down
*In the beginning, he used to send Dumbledore owls every day to get advice
*He refuses to see that Voldemort is rising again
*Until the Department of Mysteries battle, he saw Voldemort himself and was forced to admit Voldemort had returned
*Eleven days later, he was fired

Cornelius Fudge is played by Robert Hardy in Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire

 

Bertha Jorkins

Department of Magical Games and Sports

*She was born in 1958
*She was killed by Voldemort during the summer of 1994
*She was a gossip while at Hogwarts
*After Hogwarts, she went to work for the Minsiter of Magic
*When she went missing in the summer of 1994, while on vacation in Albania, everybody just thought she lost track of time because she was always a bit scatterbrained
*She went to the Crouch residence and heard the house-elf talking to Crouch Jr. and found out that he was being hidden in the house, so Crouch Sr. put a Memory Charm on her
*Peter Pettigrew led her to Voldemort during her vacation
*Voldemort used powerful magic to break the Memory Charm on her and found out about the Triwizard Tournament and Crouch Jr.
*Her spirit came out of Voldemort's wand during Priori Incantatem

Bertha Jorkins has not yet been introduced in the films

Frank and Alice Longbottom

Aurors

*They are Neville's parents
*They were both Aurors
*They survived Voldemort three times
*They were tortured into madness by the Lestranges and Barty Crouch Jr. after Voldemort's fall
*They are currently in St. Mungo's

The Longbottoms have not yet been introduced in the films

 
 

Walden Macnair

Executioner of Dangerous Creatures

*He has a black moustache
*He is a Death Eater
*He was sent by Voldemort to talk with the giants
*He participated in the Department of Mysteries battle
*He is in Azkaban

Walden Macnair was played by Peter Best in the Prisoner of Azkaban (credited as the Executioner, but in the book "the executioner" is Macnair)

Professor Moody

Auror

*He was Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the 199-95 school year
*He wasn't actually the professor teaching the Dark Arts, just his body
*The class was actually taught by a Death Eater named Barty Crouch Jr. (He took Polyjuice Potion to make him look like Moody)
*Moody has one normal eye and one magical
*His magical eye is vivid blue and moves independently
*He can see invisible things and through solid objects (including the back of his head)

Professor Moody was played by Brendan Gleeson in Goblet of Fire

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Fan art of Professor Moody.

 
Newt Scamander

Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
Office of House Elf Relocation 1916-1918
Beast Division 1918-?


*His full name is Newton "Newt" Artemis Fido Scamander
*He attended Hogwarts from 1908 to 1916
*He is author of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (1st edition in 1927, there are 52 editions)
*His wife is Porpentina Scamander
*He created the werewolf register in 1947
*He wrote the Ban on Experimental Breeding in 1965
*He worked with the Dragon Research and Restraint Bureau
*He was awarded the Order of Merlin, second class in 1979
*He is currently retired and studying Fire Slugs in the Brazilian rain forest
*He lived in Dorset
*He has three pet Kneazles

Newt Scamander will not be introduced in the films

Rufus Scrimgeour

Former Head of the Auror Office
Minister of Magic


*He was suspicious about Kingsley's search for Sirius Black
*He replaced Cornelius Fudge as Minister of Magic
*He has tawny hair streaked with grey
*He yellow eyes and wears glasses

Rufus Scrimgeour has not yet been introduced in the films

 
  Kingsley Shacklebolt

Auror

*He was in charge of the hunt for Sirius Black
*He was chosen by Fudge to help in his confrontation with Dumbledore about the DA
*He was part of the Advanced Guard that helped Harry escape the Dursley household
*He fought in the Department of Mysteries Battle
*After Sirius was killed, he continued Sirius' battle with Bettatrix Lestrange, but she escaped

Kingsley Shacklebolt has not yet been introduced in the films

Nymphadora Tonks


*She was born in 1973 (the same age as Charlie Weasley)
*She likes to be called Tonks
*She is a half-blood
*Her father, Ted Tonks, was a muggle-born wizard
*Her mother was Andromeda (Black) Tonks
*She is a metamorphmagus, she can assume many different appearances
*Her hair is a variety of colors and can be changed at will
*She was part of the Advanced Guard that helped Harry escape the Dursley household
*She fought in the Department of Mysteries Battle

Nymphadora Tonks has not yet been intoduced in the films

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Fan art of Professor Umbridge.
Professor Umbridge

Senior Undersecretary to the Minister of Magic

*Her full name is Dolores Jane Umbridge
*She was Defense Against the Dark Arts professor for the 1995-96 school year
*She took over Hogwarts by making herself the Hogwarts High Inquisitor and eventually became Headmistress
*She was attacked by a herd of centaurs and rescued by Dumbledore

Professor Umbridge has not yet been introduced in the films

Arthur Weasley

Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office ?-1996
Head of the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects 1996-?


*His birthday is February 6th
*He is pure-blood
*His wife is Molly (Prewett) Weasley
*Together they have seven children (Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny)
*They live in "The Burrow" in Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon
*The family pet is an owl named Errol
*He wears glasses
*He has red hair and going bald
*He was in Gryffindor
*His dearest ambition is to figure out how muggle airplanes stay up in the sky

Arthur Weasley is played by Mark Williams in the Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, and Goblet of Fire

 
  Percy Weasley

Department for International Cooperation

*His full name is Percy Ignatius Weasley
*His birthday is August 22, 1976
*He is pure-blood
*He has red hair
*He is the only Weasley sibling to wear glasses
*He wants to become Minister of Magic
*During his Hogwarts years, he was in Gryffindor house and he was a Prefect and Head Boy
*He O.W.L.s in all twelve subjects
*He had a girlfriend named Penelope Clearwater, who was a muggle-born
*He worked for Bartemius Crouch Sr.
*When Crouch Sr. was killed, he was offered a position in Fudge's staff, which he accepted
*His family thought the only reason Fudge wanted him on his staff was to spy on the Order
*He got so upset with his family that he broke all ties with them completely

Percy Weasley was played by Chris Rankin in the Sorcerer's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, and Prisoner of Azkaban

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