- "Gifford Ollerton (1390—1441): Famous giant-slayer. Killed the giant Hengist of Upper Barnton."
- — Chocolate Frog Card[src]
Gifford Ollerton (1390—1441) was a British wizard famous for his reputation as a giant-slayer, having killed the giant Hengist of Upper Barnton, who terrorised the small town of Upper Barnton in the fifteenth century.[1][2][3]
Biography[]
Early life[]
Gifford Ollerton was born in 1390, somewhere in the British Isles.[1][2][3] If he enrolled at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he attended the school from around 1401 to 1408, under Headmistress Phyllida Spore.
Adulthood[]
Gifford Ollerton cheers after defeating Hengist of Upper Barnton (in the background)
- "Giants terrorised the land in the 15th century. Gifford Ollerton (1390—1441) came to the rescue of the little town of Upper Barnton. He killed the giant who was bothering the town and became a local hero."
- — Chocolate Frog Card.[src]
In the fifteenth century, giant numbers were relatively large in the British Isles. Wizards became professional giant-slayers in order to restrict these numbers to protect wizarding communities.
The giant Hengist of Upper Barnton terrorised the small town of Upper Barnton, in England, at some point during the fifteenth century. Gifford Ollerton, at the time a fully-fledged wizard, rushed to the village's aid and famously defeated and killed the giant, becoming celebrated as that town's local hero.[1][2][3]
Gifford Ollerton died in 1441 at the age of fifty-one.[1][2]
By the 1990s, Ollerton's effigy was featured on a Chocolate Frog Card that celebrated his achievement.[1][2][3]
Behind the scenes[]
- Gifford bares a similarity to Corineus, a legendary giant-slayer from Cornwall who also used an axe to kill giants.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game) (Appears on a Famous Wizard Card)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Mentioned on a Famous Wizard Card)
