Scrope

Scrope
Biographical information
Born	Before 1890
Nationality	British
Physical information
Species	House-elf
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Grey
Eye colour	Blue
Skin colour	Light
Relationship information
Family members	Scrope's relatives
Affiliation
Occupation	Servant of Apollonia Black and later Phineas Nigellus Black
Loyalty	Apollonia Black (formerly) Phineas Nigellus Black Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Scrope (fl. 1890) was a house-elf that belonged to Apollonia and later Phineas Nigellus Black.

Biography

He was formerly a servant of Apollonia Black, a member of the House of Black. She regularly abused the house-elf, once damaging his ear with a cleaver. She also forbade him from entering her private grotto. By the end of Apollonia's life, she was delirious, eventually mistaking belladonna for elderberries and poisoning herself. Before her death, Scrope had attempted to warn her, but she had not listened. He passed to Phineas Nigellus Black.

Scrope cleaning a bust of Phineas Nigellus Black

In the 1890–1891 school year, he was in the Great Hall when he was also approached by a new fifth-year student, who was disguised as Black using Polyjuice Potion. Not knowing their real identity, he told them the password to the Headmaster's office: "toujours pur", the House of Black family motto.

He was cleaning his master's bust in the castle when Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington begged him to clean the ghost's bust, as it had been gathering dust for years and previous attempts at cleaning it were not thorough enough. Scrope didn't want to do it, but was manipulated into agreeing to do the cleaning.

His French was said to be "pitiful".

Physical description

Scrope was a house-elf with thin grey hair, blue eyes and pale skin, wearing the rags that his kind wore. At some point, he lost an ear, and afterwards wore a bandage on his head covering the resulting wound.

Etymology

Scrope was named after Henry Scrope, 3rd Baron Scrope of Masham, a nobleman who was beheaded for treason. The name is of uncertain etymological origin.

Behind the scenes

• Scrope is voiced by French-British actor JB Blanc in Hogwarts Legacy.
• If the player choose Slytherin house, they receive a house-specific quest involving Scrope. He helps the new fifth-year student to find Richard Jackdaw and locate a missing Black family ring that had belonged to Apollonia Black. If the player chooses a different house, this event is contradicted by others.

Appearances

• Hogwarts Legacy (First appearance)