Royston Idlewind

Royston Idlewind was an Australian wizard and the International Director of the International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee (ICWQC) after his time as the Chaser for the Australian National Quidditch team.

Early career
Idlewind was the star Chaser for the Australian National Quidditch team for some time before his promotion to the International Director of the ICWQC in 1971. He had suffered many jinxes, mostly at the hands of the various crowds that had watched him play, but played well enough for the team that they won the World Cup of 1966.

Later career
When Idlewind became the International Director, he immediately issued the statement that the only thing he disliked about Quidditch was the crowds, thus gaining the wizarding world's dislike and distrust. This petty dislike quickly turned to outright hostility when Idlewind created a series of draconian regulations on crowd enforcement, secretly hoping that he would eventually achieve a series of games in which the stands were empty. Thus, the fans' threats to boycott the 1974 World Cup due to a Wand Ban he had imposed on them was utterly worthless.

A magical musical instrument called a 'Dissimulator' was created sometime in this period; the Dissimulator issued bright lights and colourful puffs of smoke and emitted loud cheers for the teams being supported. For the first few matches of the tournament, very few wizards showed up, but those that did brought along Dissimulators, enlivening the match considerably. During the final between Syria and Madagascar, hundreds of thousands turned up with their wands disguised as Dissimulators; when Idlewind entered the Top Box, the 'Dissimulators' emitted loud raspberries and turned back into wands. Embarrassed by this mass flouting of his laws, Idlewind resigned immediately.

Emergence
Following the Reappearance of the Dark Mark in August 1994, Idlewind briefly emerged from his retirement to give a statement to the Daily Prophet about wand safety at the Quidditch World Cup.

Appearances

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