Victor Rookwood

Victor Rookwood
Biographical information
Born	1868 or earlier
Died	1891 Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Dark
Skin colour	Light
Relationship information
Family members	Father † Charles Rookwood (ancestor) Augustus Rookwood (descendant) Rookwood family
Magical characteristics
Wand	Unknown length, wood and core
Affiliation
Loyalty	Rookwood family Rookwood Gang

Victor Rookwood (d. 1891) was a Dark wizard and leader of a faction that allied with the zealot Ranrok during his goblin rebellion.

Biography

Victor was raised to bend the law when possible and break it when necessary. He took over as leader of his father's crime ring at the young age of twenty-two after the former's untimely and suspicious death. He quickly grew the business to become the most successful gang in the region. Local thieves and poachers began to take notice and found it advantageous to align with him and his gang, swelling its ranks.

Victor manipulated these partnerships, eliminating all possible rivals to his power while expanding his outfit into new and much more lucrative rackets. While keeping his sights set on becoming Europe's most notorious underworld player, he pushed his gang to fill his coffers by victimising Hogsmeade's residents and the surrounding villages. Members of the Rookwood Gang were linked to crimes including highway robbery, extortion, hijacking of cargoes, theft of magical artefacts and rare items, smuggling rare magical beasts to the highest bidders, and demanding protection payments from shopkeepers.

1890–1891

Around 1890, Rookwood's network of contacts brought him to the attention of Ranrok, the leader of a revolutionary band of goblins plotting to rise up against the wizarding world by utilising the secrets of ancient magic, which Ranrok had learned about through the writings of his ancestor Bragbor the Boastful. Among Bragbor's journals was information on the existence of a repository of ancient magic hidden beneath Rookwood Castle that he had built for Isidora Morganach. Ranrok then cut a deal with Victor for access to the repository; he quickly realised that the young man knew little to nothing of its existence or what ancient magic even was.

The arrangement was simple: in exchange for his help locating the final repository left by Isidora, Ranrok agreed to share his new-found power with Victor, though he made sure that his new ally was unaware of his true plan: to use ancient magic as a means of subjecting wizard-kind to the same oppressive existence goblins had known for centuries. Blinded by his lust for Ranrok's magic, Victor focused every resource at his command towards assisting the goblins, managing to track down the location of San Bakar's tower and the ruins of Isidora's estate, as well as several hidden lairs where she had secretly worked on mastering ancient magic. His organisation also set up camps throughout the region, where they could better concentrate their criminal operations and increase their illicit profits.

Victor then received word through his connections in the British Ministry of Magic that Professor Eleazar Fig of Hogwarts was working with George Osric to follow a trail left by Eleazar's deceased wife Miriam and locate the final repository before Ranrok could. He alerted his new ally, who sent a bewitched dragon to attack Eleazar and Osric as they travelled via flying carriage with the professor's young apprentice. Osric was killed, but the professor and his pupil survived and eventually made their way to Gringotts, where they stole a crucial artefact before Ranrok could get his hands on it.

Not one to give up so easily, Ranrok arranged for a pair of trolls to rampage through Hogsmeade, distracting Ruth Singer and her colleagues while Rookwood and his personal enforcer Theophilus Harlow dealt with Eleazar's pupil, now a student at Hogwarts. The plan failed due to the student easily subduing the trolls with ancient magic, and a group of locals led by Sirona Ryan intervening to drive off Rookwood and Harlow when they tried to ambush the student at the Three Broomsticks Inn. Ranrok was enraged by this failure but brushed his anger off since he still needed Rookwood's help with his search.

However, it was quickly becoming clear that the weak alliance between the goblins and the Rookwood Gang was close to its breaking point. Victor was increasingly frustrated by Ranrok's lack of success in finding the final repository and may well have turned on him if not for a serendipitous turn of fate: Ranrok's estranged brother Lodgok attempting to deliver to the student Bragbor's personal journal, which revealed that the final repository was hidden beneath Hogwarts itself. Lodgok's foolish gambit to stop his brother's plans was foiled when he was caught by Rookwood himself. After striking down Lodgok and taking the journal, Ranrok couldn't help but reveal his ultimate plan; Rookwood tried to use the Killing Curse on his former ally but was soon forced to flee for his life.

When the student visited Gerbold Ollivander's shop for assistance in creating a special wand to access the final repository, Rookwood confronted them outside. He questioned their motives for seeking ancient magic and argued that such power was the "birthright" of the wizarding race, hoping to convince them that instead of helping the Keepers hide it from the world, they should help him claim it. The student refused, so Rookwood had one of his men apparate them to a remote location, where a horde of Rookwood associates tried to kill them and take the wand by force.

The student fended them off, and Rookwood had no choice but to face them head-on in a duel. Despite attempting to use the Killing Curse twice, Rookwood was no match for the student's exceptional duelling abilities. He was finally disarmed of his wand and hit with a massive burst of ancient magic that reduced his body to dust, thereby ending the threat of his gang for good.

Physical description

Victor was light-skinned with dark hair. He was scruffy and somewhat unshaven, but still dapper looking in an outfit of a dark coat, blue shirt, and top hat.

Personality and traits

Victor was a brutal, cunning leader determined to become Europe's most notorious underworld player and would work with anyone or anything willing to give him the power to achieve his wicked goals. Unlike the vast majority of Dark wizards, Rookwood did not follow a philosophy on an ideological level, he was simply a gangster who sought nothing more than money and power to satisfy his desires through his gang of outlaws.

Magical abilities and skills

• Dark Arts: Rookwood was accomplished with the Dark Arts. He cursed Anne Sallow, causing her to suffer from a debilitating illness, and could cast the Killing Curse.
• Apparition: Victor was capable of Apparating at will.
• Duelling: Rookwood was a skilled duellist, proving to be a dangerous opponent to the young fifth year, though he was eventually overpowered and killed.

Behind the scenes

• Victor is voiced by British voice actor Jason Anthony in Hogwarts Legacy.

Appearances

• Hogwarts Legacy (First appearance)
• The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy (Mentioned only)

External links

• Victor Rookwood at the Hogwarts Legacy Wiki