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- "Bite marks! Venom! There's no doubt now that we're dealing with a dangerous beast! This is… This is EXCITING! And serious, of course. This is my serious face."
- — Mathilda Grimblehawk[src]
Mathilda Grimblehawk (fl. 1999) was a British witch employed at the British Ministry of Magic as an investigator of creature-related incidents. During her years at the Ministry, she dealt competently with wizards, Muggles and even Centaurs alike.
Biography
Early life
Mathilda Grimblehawk was born somewhere in the British Isles, into the wizarding Grimblehawk family. During her formative years, she attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was known to have taken Potions.[3] She presumably also took and excelled in Care of Magical Creatures, given her future career as a Magizoologist.[4]
Career
After she left school, she eventually joined the Ministry of Magic, where she became an investigator for the Beast Division. Along with her partner (the new intern) she helped investigate several cases involving magical beasts. Their first case together involved an attack on Gordon Horton, Quidditch keeper for the Chudley Cannons.[5] She believed the Cannons to be the best Quidditch team in the league, despite their performance last season.[6]
Other cases on which she worked included the disruption at the Leaky Cauldron,[7] the attack on Don Harrison's construction crew,[8] the story from the Siren's Rest's landlord of a Welsh lake monster,[9] the disappearance of Bilius Finbok,[10] the investigation in the sewers of London,[11] and the fire at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[12]
According to Gethsemane Prickle, she once, during the course of her duties, decided she would taste a Draught of Living Death before administering it to a magical creature. Mathilda begrudgingly admitted to it, saying that it had "only happened once".[13]
By 2018, Mathilda was working with the newly-created Statute of Secrecy Task Force to aid them in dealing with the results of the Calamity. As a Magizoologist, she ministered the several courses for its members interested in pursuing a career as Magizoologists, including an intensive, week-long one centred on how to ride on a Kelpie.[4] As a bat-expert, she also helped to improve members' insight into the Bat-Bogey Hex.[14]
Personality and traits
Mathilda Grimblehawk possessed a great enthusiasm for the subject of Magizoology and great fondness for magical creatures of all kinds. She was also very friendly and sociable, as she delighted in the chance to travel and meet new people as part of her work, and apparently greatly enjoyed her partner's company.
Magical abilities and skills
- Magizoology: As a member of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, Mathidla Grimblehawk was very familiar with a wide variety of magical creatures, and knew how to classify them and the various laws regulating said creatures, as well as how to adeptly handle and understand them.
- Martial magic: As a field member of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures, Mathilda would have become a fairly accomplished duellist, at least by the 2010s, as she would have received formal training in combative magic under the tutelage of Mordecai Berrycloth from the Auror Office as part of her preparations before joining the Statute of Secrecy Task Force.[4]
- Potions: As a Hogwarts student, Mathilda was known to have taken Potions, a subject which she succeeded in, showing her to have been skilled in the art of potion-making.
- Charms: Mathilda was capable with charm-work, given how she often performed various charms successfully during her career investigations.
Appearances
- Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World (First appearance)
- Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
Notes and references
- ↑ In Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 2: The Smell of Fear, Act 2, Omar Abasi refers to her as "Miss Grimblehawk".
- ↑ "World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling," South West News Service, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland."
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 6: A Filthy Business, Act 4
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (See video)
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 1: Something in the Air
- ↑ Youtube - FANTASTIC BEASTS: CASES Android Gameplay
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 2: The Smell of Fear
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 3: Out of the Woods
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 4: Into the Deep
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 5: Trouble Brewing
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 6: A Filthy Business
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 7: Flames of Attraction
- ↑ Fantastic Beasts: Cases from the Wizarding World - Case 2: The Smell of Fear, Act 4
- ↑ Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (see video)
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Barnaby Lee · Belinda Brown · Bob · Cecil Lee · Cuthbert Mockridge · Dirk Cresswell · Hermione Granger · Amos Diggory · Mathilda Grimblehawk · Mathilda Grimblehawk's partner · Newton Scamander · Walden Macnair · Royden Poke · Liz Tuttle · Elderly Committee member · Bushily whiskered wizard |