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|born=Before [[1994]]<ref name="GF26">{{GOF|B|26}}</ref>
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|title=Merchieftainess
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|title=[[Merchieftainess]]<ref name="GF26"/>
 
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|species=[[Selkie]] ([[Merpeople]])<ref name="GF26"/>
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|job=Merchieftainess of the [[Great Lake Merpeople colony|Black Lake Selkie Colony]]<ref name="GF26"/>
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|loyalty=*[[Black Lake Merpeople colony]]
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|loyalty=*[[Great Lake Merpeople colony|Black Lake Selkie Colony]]<ref name="GF26"/>
**[[Merpeople village]]
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**[[Merpeople village]]<ref name="GF26"/>
*[[Albus Dumbledore]]
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*[[Albus Dumbledore]]<ref name="HBP30">{{HBP|B|30}}</ref>
 
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[[Merchieftainess]] '''Murcus''' was the leader of the [[Merpeople]] who lived in the [[Black Lake|lake]] in the grounds of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]. She was a ferocious-looking female.
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[[Merchieftainess]] '''Murcus''' was a [[Selkie]] and the leader of the [[Merpeople]] who lived in the [[Great Lake|lake]] in the grounds of [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].<ref name="GF26"/>
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
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Murcus was, presumably, born and raised in the [[Great Lake|Black Lake]] in [[Scotland]], and at some point in time was pronounced [[Merchieftainess]] of the [[Great Lake Merpeople colony|Black Lake Selkie Colony]].<ref name="GF26"/>
Following the [[Triwizard Tournament|Second Task]] of the [[Triwizard Tournament]], she relayed [[Harry Potter]]'s actions at the [[Merpeople village]], and his desire to rescue all the hostages, to [[Albus Dumbledore]]. She may have been present for the Merpeople's sendoff at [[Funeral of Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore's funeral]].
 
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She witnessed the [[Triwizard Tournament#1994 Triwizard Tournament|Second Task]] of the [[Triwizard Tournament]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], watching carefully as each of the four champions struggled to achieve their task.<ref name="GF26"/>
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Thereafter, she relayed the events at the bottom of the lake to [[Headmaster]] [[Albus Dumbledore]], who could speak and understand [[Mermish]] and who was responsible for overseeing the task.<ref name="GF26" />
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In [[June]] of [[1997]], she and her tribe attended the [[Funeral of Albus Dumbledore]], where they sung for him, a tune that despite being very chilling was clearly a lament of sorrow.<ref name="HBP30" /> It was evident to the onlookers present that she and her colony, at least, were sad to see him go.<ref name="HBP30" />
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==Physical appearance==
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Murcus, like the rest of her tribe, had long, wild, dark-green hair and brilliant yellow eyes that matched her teeth.<ref name="GF26"/> She was wilder and more ferocious than any of the others.<ref name="GF26"/>
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==Personality and traits==
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Despite her lethal and ferocious looks, she appeared to be quite caring, advising the judges to increase all of the marks of the participants in the Triwizard Tournament<ref name="GF26"/> and later singing gently as Albus Dumbledore was put to rest.<ref name="HBP30"/>
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==Behind the scenes==
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*In the [[Spain|Spanish]] version of the fourth book, Murcus is the male with the long beard.´
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*{{GOF}} {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
 
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*{{GOF|F}} {{C|Identified on storyboards}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{Possible}}
 
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*{{HBP}}
   
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==Notes and references==
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{{Reflist}}
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[[ru:Муркус]]
 
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[[es:Murcus]]
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[[Category:Females]]
 
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[[Category:Triwizard Tournament]]
 
[[Category:Yellow-eyed individuals]]

Revision as of 18:36, 3 April 2019

Merchieftainess Murcus was a Selkie and the leader of the Merpeople who lived in the lake in the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[1]

Biography

Murcus was, presumably, born and raised in the Black Lake in Scotland, and at some point in time was pronounced Merchieftainess of the Black Lake Selkie Colony.[1]

She witnessed the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, watching carefully as each of the four champions struggled to achieve their task.[1]

Thereafter, she relayed the events at the bottom of the lake to Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, who could speak and understand Mermish and who was responsible for overseeing the task.[1]

In June of 1997, she and her tribe attended the Funeral of Albus Dumbledore, where they sung for him, a tune that despite being very chilling was clearly a lament of sorrow.[2] It was evident to the onlookers present that she and her colony, at least, were sad to see him go.[2]

Physical appearance

Murcus, like the rest of her tribe, had long, wild, dark-green hair and brilliant yellow eyes that matched her teeth.[1] She was wilder and more ferocious than any of the others.[1]

Personality and traits

Despite her lethal and ferocious looks, she appeared to be quite caring, advising the judges to increase all of the marks of the participants in the Triwizard Tournament[1] and later singing gently as Albus Dumbledore was put to rest.[2]

Behind the scenes

  • In the Spanish version of the fourth book, Murcus is the male with the long beard.´

Appearances

Notes and references