Dirk Cresswell

Dirk Cresswell was a Muggle-born wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, becoming a favorite student of Potions professor Horace Slughorn. One of Dirk's most notable traits is his fluency in Gobbledegook. After graduating, he went to work at the Ministry of Magic and eventually became Head of the Goblin Liaison Office. Many of his colleagues, such as Arthur Weasley, considered him a great wizard.

Early Life
Little is known about his early life, except for that he attended Hogwarts. Horace Slughorn was impressed by Crisswell and invited him into the Slug Club. He eventually went to the Ministry, where Slughorn managed to help him get a job. The two remained in contact.

Family Tree
During the height of the Second Wizarding War, the Ministry was taken over by Lord Voldemort in 1997. Shortly after, it began persecuting Muggle-born witches and wizards mercilessly, beginning with the formation of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission and the Snatchers organisation. Dirk arranged with an old colleague to create a false family tree so that it appeared he was of a different blood status. Unfortunately, Albert Runcorn, a merciless and powerful Ministry official close to the Death Eaters, found him out, and Dirk was arrested. En route to Azkaban, Dirk stunned Auror John Dawlish, who he believed someone may have Confunded, and stole his Broomstick, using it to escape.

On the Run
Dirk then went on the run, eventually meeting up with fellow fugitive Muggle-borns Ted Tonks and Dean Thomas, as well as goblins Griphook and Gornuk, and they proceeded to stay on the move throughout the countryside. Eventually, the group was caught by a gang of Snatchers led by Fenrir Greyback, perhaps due to breaking the Taboo curse on Voldemort's name. Dirk, Ted and Gornuk were killed resisting capture.

The death of Dirk Cresswell and his comrades was announced on Potterwatch, as the Daily Prophet had ceased reporting deaths caused by Voldemort's regime. Dirk left behind a wife and two sons.