Gawain Robards

Gawain Robards
Biographical information
Born	Pre 1969
Nationality	British
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation
Occupation	Head of the Auror Office (formerly)
Loyalty	British Ministry of Magic Department of Magical Law Enforcement Auror Office

"And of course, while you were there, you would have ample opportunity to speak to Gawain Robards, my successor as Head of the Auror office."

— Rufus Scrimgeour mentioning Robards whilst trying to convince Harry Potter to join the British Ministry of Magic

Gawain Robards was a British wizard who worked as an Auror for the Auror Office under the command of Rufus Scrimgeour during the Second Wizarding War.

Biography

Second Wizarding War

Following Cornelius Fudge's fall from power in 1996, Rufus Scrimgeour replaced Fudge as Minister for Magic, and as such Robards was promoted to replace Scrimgeour as Head of the Auror Office. Scrimgeour, during his attempts to convince Harry Potter to become the Ministry of Magic's new "poster boy", offered to set up an interview with Robards, knowing he cherished a desire to join the Auror department one day, in exchange for his cooperation, but Harry refused.

Robards was succeeded (immediately or otherwise) as Head of the Auror Office by Harry Potter himself following the end of the war. He appeared to have remained, however, working as an Auror; in response to the Calamity in the late 2010s, he assisted in training Auror members of the then-recently-established Statute of Secrecy Task Force. During his lessons, he taught propsective Aurors how to cast his version of the very complicated Confusion Hex.

Etymology

The meaning of the name "Gawain" is uncertain, from the name of a nephew of King Arthur and one of the knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He was a popular hero in medieval stories such as the 14th century romantic poem 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'. In some Welsh sources he is considered identical with the earlier Welsh hero Gwalchmei, whose name meant "hawk of May". Alternatively the name may have a different Welsh meaning or even a Germanic origin.

The family name "Robards" means "son of Robert" also a Germanic, French and Latvian name meaning "Bright fame".

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (First mentioned)
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Mentioned only)