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*[[Professor]] of [[Arithmancy_(class)|Arithmancy]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] (before [[1993]] - ?)
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*[[Professor]] of [[Arithmancy (class)|Arithmancy]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] (before [[1993]] - ?)
 
*[[Professor]] of [[Advanced Arithmancy Studies]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] (possibly)
 
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{{Quote|Professor Vector's supposed to be ''really'' strict. I'm not sure I want to do Arithmancy.|A [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] student mentioning Vector.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)}}
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{{Quote|Professor Vector's supposed to be ''really'' strict. I'm not sure I want to do Arithmancy.|A [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts]] student mentioning Vector|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)}}
'''Professor Septima Vector''' (fl. [[1974]][[1996]]) was a [[wizards|witch]] and [[Professor]] of [[Arithmancy]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] from at least the [[1991–1992 school year]]. She may have also been the [[Advanced Arithmancy Studies]] teacher. Professor Vector was known among students as a "really strict" teacher, so much so that some pupils were unsure whether to take her classes. She was also known for giving her pupils plenty of complicated homework. Her subject was [[Hermione Granger]]'s favourite subject while she was in school, but [[Fay Dunbar's friend|one of her roommates]] did not like it because she found it too difficult.
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'''Professor Septima Vector''' (fl. [[1974]][[1996]]) was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Wizardkind|witch]] and [[Professor]] of [[Arithmancy]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] from at least the [[1991–1992 school year]]. She may have also been the [[Advanced Arithmancy Studies]] teacher.
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Professor Vector was known among students as a "really strict" teacher, so much so that some pupils were unsure whether to take her classes. She was also known for giving her pupils plenty of highly complicated and difficult homework. Her subject was [[Hermione Granger]]'s favourite subject while she was in school, but [[Fay Dunbar's friend|one of her roommates]] did not like it because she found it too difficult.
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
===Early life===
 
===Early life===
Nothing is known about Vector's early life, though she likely attended a Wizarding School such as [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] and excelled in [[Arithmancy]], and may even have taken [[Advanced Arithmancy Studies]]. However, it is just as possible that she was home-schooled by her parents, though it is unknown if you could achieve an [[Ordinary Wizarding Level]] unless at a magical institution.
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Nothing is known about Vector's early life, though she likely attended a Wizarding School such as [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] and excelled in [[Arithmancy]], and may even have taken [[Advanced Arithmancy Studies]].
   
 
===Career at Hogwarts===
 
===Career at Hogwarts===
{{Quote|We are pleased to welcome a new member of staff this year.|The [[Headmaster|Head]] announcing a new teacher's arrival.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}} At an unknown point in her life, Vector went to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts School]] and applied for a teaching position there, unless the [[Headmaster]] approached her directly for her skills. Either way, she became the [[Professor]] of [[Arithmancy]], being given [[Classroom 7A]] on the seventh floor of [[Hogwarts Castle]] to teach her lessons in, and presumably an office elsewhere on the school grounds. Her relationship with the rest of the staff is unknown, though she was considered very strict and old-fashioned by some of her students, so she may have been like [[Minerva McGonagall]] in personality.
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{{Quote|We are pleased to welcome a new member of staff this year|The [[Headmaster|Head]] announcing a new teacher's arrival.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}At an unknown point in her life, Vector accepted a teaching position at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry|Hogwarts School]]. She became the [[Professor]] of [[Arithmancy]], being given [[Classroom 7A]] on the seventh floor of [[Hogwarts Castle]] to teach her lessons in, and presumably an office elsewhere on the school grounds. Her relationship with the rest of the staff is unknown, though she was considered very strict and old-fashioned by some of her students, so she may have been like [[Minerva McGonagall]] in personality.
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[[File:Hagrid and Vector.png|thumb|left|250px|Vector sat by [[Rubeus Hagrid]].]]
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[[File:Harry-potter1-septima.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Vector sat by [[Rubeus Hagrid]] during the Start-of-Term Feast]]
   
 
Another class, called [[Advanced Arithmancy Studies]], was known to be taught at Hogwarts. It is likely that Professor Vector also took this class. The [[Advanced Arithmancy Studies classroom]] was located on the first floor of [[Hogwarts Castle]], in the [[Hogwarts Turris Magnus|Turris Magnus]].
 
Another class, called [[Advanced Arithmancy Studies]], was known to be taught at Hogwarts. It is likely that Professor Vector also took this class. The [[Advanced Arithmancy Studies classroom]] was located on the first floor of [[Hogwarts Castle]], in the [[Hogwarts Turris Magnus|Turris Magnus]].
   
It is possible that Vector began her career in wizarding education during or before the [[1940s]]<ref>Her character token in ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'' can be found in the Tom Riddle's Diary chapter.</ref>.
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It is possible that Vector began her career in wizarding education during or before the [[1940s]].<ref>Her character token in {{LEGO|Y1}} can be found in the Tom Riddle's Diary chapter.</ref>
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====[[1991-1992 school year]]====
 
{{Quote|Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, teach us something please!|Professor Vector and the rest of the school singing the [[Hoggy Warty Hogwarts|Hogwarts school song]]|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)}}[[File:Septina_ps.jpg|245px|thumb|Septima sitting next to unknown professors]]
   
====1991-1992 school year====
 
{{Quote|Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, teach us something please!|Professor Vector and the rest of the school singing the [[Hogwarts school song]].|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)}}
 
[[File:Hogwartshimn-1.jpg|thumb|right|Septima and Hagrid singing the Hogwarts song.]]
 
 
Professor Vector worked at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the early 1990s and was present at the [[Sorting Hat|Sorting]] of [[Harry Potter]] and his classmates.
 
Professor Vector worked at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the early 1990s and was present at the [[Sorting Hat|Sorting]] of [[Harry Potter]] and his classmates.
   
In the 1991 [[Start-of-Term Feast]], she sat next to [[Keeper of Keys and Grounds]], [[Rubeus Hagrid]]. She listened attentively to fellow Professor Minerva McGonagall, who was telling the first-years how the Sorting ceremony would proceed. She also witnessed as Harry Potter was sorted into [[Gryffindor]] House. Professor Vector attended the first [[Quidditch]] match of the school term. She seemed to be cheerful after witnessing the victory of Gryffindor.
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In the 1991 [[Start-of-Term Feast]], she sat next to [[Keeper of Keys and Grounds]], [[Rubeus Hagrid]]. She listened attentively to fellow Professor Minerva McGonagall, who was telling the first-years how the Sorting ceremony would proceed. She also witnessed as Harry Potter was [[Sorting ceremony|sorted]] into [[Gryffindor|Gryffindor House]].<ref name="PSF">{{PS|F}}</ref>
 
====[[1993-1994 school year]]====
 
{{Quote|I heard ''[Hermione]'' talking to Professor Vector, that Arithmancy witch, this morning. They were going on about yesterday's lesson, but Hermione can't've been there, because she was with us in Care of Magical Creatures!|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] concerning [[Hermione Granger]]'s impossible timetable.|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}In 1993, Hermione Granger began studying Arithmancy with Professor Vector and excelled in the class. After one lesson, they had a talk about their lesson the following day, which [[Ronald Weasley]] overheard, and was confused, as Hermione had [[Care of Magical Creatures]] the day before, and so could not have been in Arithmancy. In reality, she had been using a [[Time-Turner]] to get to all her lessons.<ref name="POA12">{{POA|B|12}}</ref>
   
 
Also that year, [[Fay Dunbar's friend|a ginger girl]], roommate of Hermione and best friend of [[Fay Dunbar]], took her subject as well. However, unlike her, she found it hard, and confided in Hermione that it was too difficult for her.<ref name="POAVG">{{POA|G}}</ref>
Around Christmas, she was seen spending time with [[Unidentified male Hogwarts employee (XIII)|an unknown Hogwarts employee.]]
 
   
====1993-1994 school year====
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====[[1994-1995 school year]]====
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{{Dialogue a-b|Hermione|Lots of homework? [[Professor]] Vector didn't give ''us'' any at all.|Ron|Well, bully for Professor Vector.|[[Hermione Granger]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] in [[1994]].|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}On September 1st, 1994, the first day of the [[1994-1995 school year]], Professor Vector did not give her fourth year students any homework, an unusual occurrence, which [[Hermione Granger]] mentioned after [[Ronald Weasley]] told her that he had had a lot of homework.<ref name="GOF13">{{GOF|B|13}}</ref> She was also presumably present for the arrival of the Triwizard Tournament participants, the [[Yule Ball]] and the memorial feast for Cedric Diggory at the end of the year.<ref name="GOF">{{GOF}}</ref>
{{Quote|I heard ''[Hermione]'' talking to Professor Vector, that Arithmancy witch, this morning. They were going on about yesterday's lesson, but Hermione can't've been there, because she was with us in Care of Magical Creatures!|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] concerning [[Hermione Granger]]'s impossible timetable.|Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban}}[[File:Albus_and_Septima.PNG|thumb|left|207px|[[Albus Dumbledore]] and Septima Vector watching a [[Quidditch]] match.]]
 
 
====[[1995–1996 school year]]====
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{{Quote| ''[Hagrid]'' waved a hand and narrowly missed concussing a frightened-looking Professor Vector, who was passing.|Professor Vector leaving the [[Great Hall]] one morning.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}Professor Vector was once again teaching at Hogwarts in 1995, where she was present at the Start-of-Term Feast. When the new DADA teacher, [[Dolores Umbridge]], rudely interrupted Dumbledore to give a speech, Professor Vector and her colleagues were stunned at her audacity. Like her student Hermione Granger, Professor Vector and the other teachers understood the true gravity of the speech (the Ministry was interfering at Hogwarts) and did not clap when Umbridge finished her speech. Professor Umbridge was later appointed High Inquisitor with powers to inspect and dismiss teachers she felt were not up to scratch (or rather, those that were loyal to Dumbledore). Professor Vector's classes were presumably inspected, but she likely proved to be a competent teacher as she was not dismissed or put on probation.<ref name="OOTP">{{OOTP}}</ref>
   
 
When Rubeus Hagrid returned from a mission given to him by Headmaster [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], he had a conversation with [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and Hermione Granger, Professor Vector walked past them and was almost knocked off her feet by Hagrid. As she was passing them and they were entering the [[Entrance Hall]], she had presumably come downstairs to the [[Great Hall]] to eat.<ref name="OOTP20">{{OOTP|B|20}}</ref>
In 1993, Hermione Granger began studying Arithmancy with Professor Vector and excelled in the class. After one lesson, they had a talk about their lesson the following day, which [[Ronald Weasley]] overheard, and was confused, as Hermione had [[Care of Magical Creatures]] the day before, and so could not have been in Arithmancy. In reality, she had been using a [[Time-Turner]] to get to all her lessons.
 
   
 
Also that year, one boy told someone that he was unsure if he wanted to do [[Arithmancy (class)|Arithmancy]] because of Professor Vector's strict demeanour<ref name="OTPg">{{OOTP|G}}</ref>.
Also that year, [[Fay Dunbar's friend|a ginger girl]], roommate of Hermione and best friend of [[Fay Dunbar]], took her subject as well. However, unlike her, she found it hard, and confided in Hermione that it was too difficult for her.
 
   
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Later in the year, Umbridge became Headmistress after Dumbledore was ousted from Hogwarts, but Professor Vector and her fellow staff members did nothing to help her and instead found means of annoying or hindering her. Indeed, when fireworks went berserk all over the place and a corridor was turned into a swamp (both times courtesy of the Weasley twins), Professor Vector did not attempt to remove either obstacle and took great pleasure in having the Headmistress run all over the castle getting rid of escaped fireworks in the classrooms. When Hogwarts was restored to normalcy and Umbridge was ousted and pursued from the premises by Peeves, Professor Vector and the other teachers did nothing to halt the students from chasing after her.<ref name="OOTP">{{OOTP}}</ref>
====1994-1995 school year====
 
{{Dialogue a-b|Hermione|Lots of homework? [[Professor]] Vector didn't give ''us'' any at all.|Ron|Well, bully for Professor Vector.|[[Hermione Granger]] and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] in [[1994]].|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire}}
 
 
On September 1st, 1994, the first day of the [[1994-1995 school year]], Professor Vector did not give her fourth year students any homework, an unusual occurrence, which [[Hermione Granger]] mentioned after [[Ronald Weasley]] told her that he had had a lot of homework.
 
[[File:Vectonadal.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Professor Vector speaking with [[Unidentified male Hogwarts employee (XIII)|a fellow professor]] during Christmas.]]
 
 
====1995-1996 school year====
 
{{Quote| ''[Hagrid]'' waved a hand and narrowly missed concussing a frightened-looking Professor Vector, who was passing.|Professor Vector leaving the [[Great Hall]] one morning.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
 
 
When Rubeus Hagrid returned from a mission given to him by Headmaster [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore]], he had a conversation with [[Harry Potter]], [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]], and Hermione Granger, Professor Vector walked past them and was almost knocked off her feet by Hagrid. As she was passing them and they were entering the [[Entrance Hall]], she had presumably come downstairs to the [[Great Hall]] to eat.
 
 
Also that year, one boy told someone that he was unsure if he wanted to do [[Arithmancy (class)|Arithmancy]] because of Professor Vector's strict demeanour<ref name="OTPg">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]''</ref>.
 
   
 
====1996-1997 school year====
 
====1996-1997 school year====
{{Quote|[[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] ''[...]'' dashed off to see Professor Vector about a mistake she thought she might have made in her last [[Arithmancy essay]].|Professor Vector being visited by [[Hermione Granger]] in May.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
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{{Quote|[[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] ''[...]'' dashed off to see Professor Vector about a mistake she thought she might have made in her last [[Arithmancy essay]].|Professor Vector being visited by [[Hermione Granger]] in May.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}In 1996, Hermione Granger thought she may had made a mistake in her homework and visited Professor Vector to discuss it.<ref name="HBP24">{{HBP|B|24}}</ref>
 
In 1996, Hermione Granger thought she may had made a mistake in her homework and visited Professor Vector to discuss it.
 
   
 
===Later life===
 
===Later life===
It is likely that Professor Vector participated in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] in [[May]], [[1998]]. Her later life is unknown.
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It is likely that Professor Vector participated in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] in [[May]], [[1998]]. Her later life is unknown. If she did participate in the Battle, she presumably survived, as her name was not given among the [[Fallen Fifty|fallen fifty]].
   
 
==Physical appearance==
 
==Physical appearance==
 
Professor Vector was a witch with long, thin black hair with a fair skin colour. She often wore red robes with a matching pointed hat.
[[File:Vestor.jpg|thumb|left|Professor Vector watches a [[Quidditch]] match.]]
 
Professor Vector was a witch with long, thin black hair with a fair skin colour.
 
   
 
==Personality and traits==
 
==Personality and traits==
Professor Vector was described as very strict by a student who was not sure if he should take her lessons.<ref name="OTPg"/> She was also said to have given out masses of complicated homework to her students, who were all [[third year]]s or over, though appeared to be rather sociable with the other teachers. It is possible that she either supported the [[Gryffindor Quidditch team]] or was simply unbiased, as she was visibly shocked when [[Harry Potter]] lost control of his broom, and when [[Angelina Johnson]] was "attacked".
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Professor Vector was described as very strict by a student who was not sure if he should take her lessons.<ref name="OTPg"/> She was also said to have given out masses of complicated homework to her students, who were all [[third year]]s or over, though appeared to be rather sociable with the other teachers. In addition to her strictness, she was shown to be a competent and skilled teacher, as her lessons passed inspection by Dolores Umbridge; furthermore, she taught Arithmancy for at least six years at Hogwarts, proving her competency and experience as a professor.
   
 
==Magical abilities and skills==
 
==Magical abilities and skills==
*'''[[Arithmancy]]''': Septima was a skilled [[Arithmancer]], teaching the subject for at least six years.
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*'''[[Arithmancy]]''': Vector was a highly accomplished, knowledgeable and talented [[Arithmancer]], teaching the [[Arithmancy (class)|subject]] for at least six years, showing her deep and rich knowledge and expertise in this very difficult and complicated branch of [[magic]].
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*'''[[Charm]]s''': Professor Vector was capable of conjuring a non-corporeal [[Patronus Charm|Patronus]],<ref name="LEGO">{{LEGO|Y1}}</ref> which is a mark of superior [[magic]]al ability and skill, meaning she would have been a skilful and powerful [[Wizardkind|witch]] with considerable talent in charm-work, given the immense difficulty of casting the charm.
*'''[[Defence Against the Dark Arts]]''': Vector was capable of casting the [[Stunning Spell]], the [[Patronus Charm]], and various other defensive spells.
 
*'''[[Charm]]work''': Professor Vector was able to cast the [[Wand-Lighting Charm]], the [[Patronus Charm]], the [[Freezing Charm]], and various other [[charm]]s.
 
*'''[[Herbology]]''': Vector was capable of handling [[Mandrake]]s. She could also cast ''[[Lumos Solem]]'', a spell used in herbology.
 
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
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==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
[[File:Lego_Professeurs_Sinistra_et_Vector.jpg|thumb|left|[[Aurora Sinistra]] and Septima Vector in the [[Great Hall]].]]
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[[File:Lego_Professeurs_Sinistra_et_Vector.jpg|thumb|[[Aurora Sinistra]] and Septima Vector in the [[Great Hall]] in {{LEGO|Y1}}]]
*Professor Vector's role in the [[Harry Potter films|films]] is reduced to a background extra in the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', in which she is played by [[Hazel Showham]].<ref name="Aveleyman">[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=86483 Aveleyman - Hazel Showham]</ref>
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*Professor Vector's role in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|films]] is reduced to a background extra in {{PS|FA}}, in which she is played by [[Hazel Showham]].<ref name="Aveleyman">[http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=86483 Aveleyman - Hazel Showham]</ref>
*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', Septima's character token can be found in the Tom Riddle's diary level. This may indicate she already worked at Hogwarts in the [[1940s]]. Other characters' tokens can be found in matching places, i.e. Minerva McGonagall in the Transfiguration classroom; however, there is another possibility that Septima's token location has no particular meaning.
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*In {{LEGO|Y1}}, Septima's character token can be found in the Tom Riddle's diary level. This may indicate she already worked at Hogwarts in the [[1940s]]. Other characters' tokens can be found in matching places, i.e. Minerva McGonagall in the Transfiguration classroom; however, there is another possibility that Septima's token location has no particular meaning.
 
*Professor Vector's first name only appeared on a list of the Hogwarts professors which was released on [[J. K. Rowling]]'s website.
 
*Professor Vector's first name only appeared on a list of the Hogwarts professors which was released on [[J. K. Rowling]]'s website.
 
*Originally, she was a male named Septimus and her last name was intended to be Vecta.<ref>[http://www.hplex.info/about/sources/jkr.com/jkr-com-trans-jottings1.html HP Lexicon´s transcript of JKR´s notes]</ref>
 
*Originally, she was a male named Septimus and her last name was intended to be Vecta.<ref>[http://www.hplex.info/about/sources/jkr.com/jkr-com-trans-jottings1.html HP Lexicon´s transcript of JKR´s notes]</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
{{Imagecat|Images of Septima Vector}}[[File:Septima_Vector.jpg|130px|thumb|Professor Vector as a LEGO minifigure.]]
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{{Imagecat|Images of Septima Vector}}[[File:Septima_Vector.jpg|130px|thumb|Professor Vector in {{LEGO|Y1}}]]
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*{{PS|F}} {{1st}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]'' {{1st Mention}}
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*{{POA}} {{1st Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' {{Mention}}
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*{{GOF}} {{Mention}}
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*{{OOTP}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' {{1st}}
 
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*{{OOTP|G}} {{Mention}}
*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)]]'' {{Mention}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{Mention}}
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*{{HBP}} {{Mention}}
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*{{LEGO|Y1}}
*''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]''
 
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*{{JKRS}}
*''[[J. K. Rowling Official Site]]''
 
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*{{PM}}
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*{{HM}} {{Mention}}
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
{{Reflist}}
 
{{Reflist}}
 
 
{{Arithmancy}}
 
{{Arithmancy}}
 
{{Staff}}
 
{{Staff}}
   
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[[es:Septima Vector]]
 
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"Professor Vector's supposed to be really strict. I'm not sure I want to do Arithmancy."
— A Hogwarts student mentioning Vector[src]

Professor Septima Vector (fl. 19741996) was a British witch and Professor of Arithmancy at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from at least the 1991–1992 school year. She may have also been the Advanced Arithmancy Studies teacher.

Professor Vector was known among students as a "really strict" teacher, so much so that some pupils were unsure whether to take her classes. She was also known for giving her pupils plenty of highly complicated and difficult homework. Her subject was Hermione Granger's favourite subject while she was in school, but one of her roommates did not like it because she found it too difficult.

Biography

Early life

Nothing is known about Vector's early life, though she likely attended a Wizarding School such as Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and excelled in Arithmancy, and may even have taken Advanced Arithmancy Studies.

Career at Hogwarts

"We are pleased to welcome a new member of staff this year"
— The Head announcing a new teacher's arrival.[src]

At an unknown point in her life, Vector accepted a teaching position at Hogwarts School. She became the Professor of Arithmancy, being given Classroom 7A on the seventh floor of Hogwarts Castle to teach her lessons in, and presumably an office elsewhere on the school grounds. Her relationship with the rest of the staff is unknown, though she was considered very strict and old-fashioned by some of her students, so she may have been like Minerva McGonagall in personality.

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Vector sat by Rubeus Hagrid during the Start-of-Term Feast

Another class, called Advanced Arithmancy Studies, was known to be taught at Hogwarts. It is likely that Professor Vector also took this class. The Advanced Arithmancy Studies classroom was located on the first floor of Hogwarts Castle, in the Turris Magnus.

It is possible that Vector began her career in wizarding education during or before the 1940s.[3]

1991-1992 school year

"Hogwarts, Hogwarts, Hoggy Warty Hogwarts, teach us something please!"
— Professor Vector and the rest of the school singing the Hogwarts school song[src]
Septina ps

Septima sitting next to unknown professors

Professor Vector worked at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the early 1990s and was present at the Sorting of Harry Potter and his classmates.

In the 1991 Start-of-Term Feast, she sat next to Keeper of Keys and Grounds, Rubeus Hagrid. She listened attentively to fellow Professor Minerva McGonagall, who was telling the first-years how the Sorting ceremony would proceed. She also witnessed as Harry Potter was sorted into Gryffindor House.[4]

1993-1994 school year

"I heard [Hermione] talking to Professor Vector, that Arithmancy witch, this morning. They were going on about yesterday's lesson, but Hermione can't've been there, because she was with us in Care of Magical Creatures!"
Ron Weasley concerning Hermione Granger's impossible timetable.[src]

In 1993, Hermione Granger began studying Arithmancy with Professor Vector and excelled in the class. After one lesson, they had a talk about their lesson the following day, which Ronald Weasley overheard, and was confused, as Hermione had Care of Magical Creatures the day before, and so could not have been in Arithmancy. In reality, she had been using a Time-Turner to get to all her lessons.[5]

Also that year, a ginger girl, roommate of Hermione and best friend of Fay Dunbar, took her subject as well. However, unlike her, she found it hard, and confided in Hermione that it was too difficult for her.[6]

1994-1995 school year

Hermione: "Lots of homework? Professor Vector didn't give us any at all."
Ron: "Well, bully for Professor Vector."
Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley in 1994.[src]

On September 1st, 1994, the first day of the 1994-1995 school year, Professor Vector did not give her fourth year students any homework, an unusual occurrence, which Hermione Granger mentioned after Ronald Weasley told her that he had had a lot of homework.[7] She was also presumably present for the arrival of the Triwizard Tournament participants, the Yule Ball and the memorial feast for Cedric Diggory at the end of the year.[8]

1995–1996 school year

" [Hagrid] waved a hand and narrowly missed concussing a frightened-looking Professor Vector, who was passing."
— Professor Vector leaving the Great Hall one morning.[src]

Professor Vector was once again teaching at Hogwarts in 1995, where she was present at the Start-of-Term Feast. When the new DADA teacher, Dolores Umbridge, rudely interrupted Dumbledore to give a speech, Professor Vector and her colleagues were stunned at her audacity. Like her student Hermione Granger, Professor Vector and the other teachers understood the true gravity of the speech (the Ministry was interfering at Hogwarts) and did not clap when Umbridge finished her speech. Professor Umbridge was later appointed High Inquisitor with powers to inspect and dismiss teachers she felt were not up to scratch (or rather, those that were loyal to Dumbledore). Professor Vector's classes were presumably inspected, but she likely proved to be a competent teacher as she was not dismissed or put on probation.[9]

When Rubeus Hagrid returned from a mission given to him by Headmaster Dumbledore, he had a conversation with Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger, Professor Vector walked past them and was almost knocked off her feet by Hagrid. As she was passing them and they were entering the Entrance Hall, she had presumably come downstairs to the Great Hall to eat.[10]

Also that year, one boy told someone that he was unsure if he wanted to do Arithmancy because of Professor Vector's strict demeanour[11].

Later in the year, Umbridge became Headmistress after Dumbledore was ousted from Hogwarts, but Professor Vector and her fellow staff members did nothing to help her and instead found means of annoying or hindering her. Indeed, when fireworks went berserk all over the place and a corridor was turned into a swamp (both times courtesy of the Weasley twins), Professor Vector did not attempt to remove either obstacle and took great pleasure in having the Headmistress run all over the castle getting rid of escaped fireworks in the classrooms. When Hogwarts was restored to normalcy and Umbridge was ousted and pursued from the premises by Peeves, Professor Vector and the other teachers did nothing to halt the students from chasing after her.[9]

1996-1997 school year

"Hermione [...] dashed off to see Professor Vector about a mistake she thought she might have made in her last Arithmancy essay."
— Professor Vector being visited by Hermione Granger in May.[src]

In 1996, Hermione Granger thought she may had made a mistake in her homework and visited Professor Vector to discuss it.[12]

Later life

It is likely that Professor Vector participated in the Battle of Hogwarts in May, 1998. Her later life is unknown. If she did participate in the Battle, she presumably survived, as her name was not given among the fallen fifty.

Physical appearance

Professor Vector was a witch with long, thin black hair with a fair skin colour. She often wore red robes with a matching pointed hat.

Personality and traits

Professor Vector was described as very strict by a student who was not sure if he should take her lessons.[11] She was also said to have given out masses of complicated homework to her students, who were all third years or over, though appeared to be rather sociable with the other teachers. In addition to her strictness, she was shown to be a competent and skilled teacher, as her lessons passed inspection by Dolores Umbridge; furthermore, she taught Arithmancy for at least six years at Hogwarts, proving her competency and experience as a professor.

Magical abilities and skills

  • Arithmancy: Vector was a highly accomplished, knowledgeable and talented Arithmancer, teaching the subject for at least six years, showing her deep and rich knowledge and expertise in this very difficult and complicated branch of magic.
  • Charms: Professor Vector was capable of conjuring a non-corporeal Patronus,[2] which is a mark of superior magical ability and skill, meaning she would have been a skilful and powerful witch with considerable talent in charm-work, given the immense difficulty of casting the charm.

Etymology

Septima most likely comes directly from Latin Septima which translates to "the seventh" (female form). As seven is the most powerful magical number, and Arithmancy deals with the numbers appearing in magic, this name suits the character well. A "vector" is a concept in physics and mathematics, specifying a quantity that has both magnitude and direction, and represented by an arrow.

Behind the scenes

Lego Professeurs Sinistra et Vector

Aurora Sinistra and Septima Vector in the Great Hall in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

  • Professor Vector's role in the films is reduced to a background extra in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, in which she is played by Hazel Showham.[13]
  • In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Septima's character token can be found in the Tom Riddle's diary level. This may indicate she already worked at Hogwarts in the 1940s. Other characters' tokens can be found in matching places, i.e. Minerva McGonagall in the Transfiguration classroom; however, there is another possibility that Septima's token location has no particular meaning.
  • Professor Vector's first name only appeared on a list of the Hogwarts professors which was released on J. K. Rowling's website.
  • Originally, she was a male named Septimus and her last name was intended to be Vecta.[14]

Appearances

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Professor Vector in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

Notes and references

Arithmancy
Professors: Septima Vector
Known Arithmancers: Sage Bragnam · Lukas Karuzos · Chiara Lobosca's father · Bridget Wenlock
Textbooks: Numerology and Grammatica · New Theory of Numerology
Arithmancy at Hogwarts: Arithmancy (class) · Classroom 7A · Advanced Arithmancy Studies
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Deputy Heads Alecto Carrow · Amycus Carrow · Minerva McGonagall · Matilda Weasley
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