Callum McClintock

Callum McClintock
Biographical information
Born	Before 1970, Glasgow, Scotland
Blood status	Pure-blood or half-blood
Nationality	Scottish
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Brown
Skin colour	Olive
Relationship information
Family members	Parents Catriona McClintock (older sister) Cameron McClintock (younger sister) McClintock family
Affiliation
Occupation	Curse-Breaker for Gringotts Wizarding Bank (formerly) Agent of the Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division
House	Slytherin
Loyalty	McClintock family Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Slytherin Gringotts Wizarding Bank (formerly) British Ministry of Magic Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division

"You want to know about cursed amulets, eh? Then I'm your lad."

— Callum to Jacob's sibling

Callum McClintock was a Scottish wizard who was employed by the British Ministry of Magic. He was an expert on cursed objects and worked as an agent for the Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division. As cover, he claimed to work as a janitor for the Magical Maintenance Department.

Biography

Early life

Whenever his older sister, Catriona came home from break, he took her books. Callum knew he would be sorted into Slytherin like his parents and older sister before him.

In his youth, he began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry where he was sorted into Slytherin house. After graduating, he started working for the British Ministry of Magic in London, and rented his own residence from a landlord.

Ministry career

In the 1990–1991 school year, Jacob's sibling and Olivia Green were introduced to Callum by Alastor Moody as his associate before meeting with Elton Elderberry at the British Ministry of Magic. Callum worked for the Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division (ROCC), a mysterious Ministry division which served to investigate hard to solve cases from other departments, but in order to cover this, he told others in the Ministry that he worked for the Magical Maintenance Department as a janitor.

As a ROCC agent, Callum once saved the life of another agent in Romania. Together, they also investigated a cursed doorbell in Dubrovnik. According to Callum, one of his favourite cases involved a cursed belt buckle in Budapest.

Callum presenting Jacob's sibling with reports to read

Callum later met with Jacob's sibling in the Ministry All-Purpose Room to research cursed amulets. Arthur Weasley cornered him in the Department of Magical Games and Sports to request he meet with them while he was talking to Ludo Bagman. He presented them with reports detailing cursed amulets from the last two-hundred years for then to read through. When they questioned him about how he knew they wanted to research amulets and how he had such good connections with Ministry officials, he responded that they would know soon enough.

He explained to them that magic was connected to emotions, and that strong emotions could leave imprints on objects, meaning objects could be cursed in many ways. He theorised it was plausible that a tragic event experienced by a wizard could inflict a curse upon an object. He also explained the sentience of wands to them. He also told them that he was simply a janitor, not a Curse-Breaker. Before leaving, he warned them to avoid contact with cursed objects, to avoid being bewitched.

Later in 1991, Callum met with Jacob's sibling and Ruby Honeysuckle at the ROCC Division, who were new recruits to the mysterious Ministry division. He explained to them that he was their orientation leader, along with some of the work they would be doing with ROCC.

Physical description

Callum was a dark-haired male with olive skin and brown eyes with thick eyebrows.

Magical abilities and skills

• Dark Arts: Callum was an expert on cursed artefacts. He understood how objects could be cursed in many ways and how they were dangerous to touch. Furthermore, he used to work as a Curse-Breaker for Gringotts Wizarding Bank, meaning he would have been knowledgeable about curses and how to lift them.

Behind the scenes

• Callum may have worked for the Magical Maintenance Department before joining the Rare, Obscure, and Confounding Case Division, as, during the 1986–1987 school year, he joined Reginald Cattermole in giving a janitorial demonstration to Hogwarts students for their careers day. However, he may have joined so as not to blow his cover.

Appearances

• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First appearance)