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Name:Dolores Jane Umbridge
Date of Birth: Aug 26, 1965
Age: 31
Occupation: HEADMISTRESS OF HOGWARTS
Appearance-
Height:4'10
Hair: Mousey brown with a few streaks of Iron gray, kept quite short, around ear length and always kept pristine with not a hair out of place.
Eyes: Brown, large round eyes
Overall Appearance: Often described to resemble a toad, she is short and round, usually found wearing some variation of pink. She always has a large bow adoring the top of her head. Sometimes she will wear heals that add an extra inch to her short stature. Although her appearance isn't necessarily intimidating, her sickly sweet voice is much more menacing.
Personality: She puts on a sweet front for those she is trying to impress, and few see her for the power hungry, evil person that she is. She delights in the torture and misfortune of others. The former Slytherin will even go out of her way to cause discomfort to others.
Likes: Power, Control, Kittens, Voldemort
Dislikes:Weakness, Peeves, Harry Potter and all of his supporters
Strengths: Deception, Torture, making others miserable
Weaknesses: Friendship, Helping others without personal gain, seeing through magical deception.
History: Umbridge was the first child of a wizard named Orford Umbridge and a Muggle Ellen Cracknell. Her younger brother was a Squib but she herself was born a witch. Under her father's influence, she despised her Muggle mother and her Squib brother, considering them inferior to her and her father, and they both denounced them. Ellen and her son returned to the Muggle world, never to be heard of again.
At the age of eleven, she purchased her wand, an unusually short one, at Diagon Alley, most likely at Ollivanders. According to Garrick Ollivander, abnormally short wands usually selected those whose moral character was stunted, rather than because they were physically short. Umbridge attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was Sorted into Slytherin.
After leaving Hogwarts, Umbridge quickly rose to influential positions in the British Ministry of Magic. At the age of 17, just after leaving Hogwarts, she started her political career as an intern in the Improper Use of Magic Office, and by the age of 30, she became the Head of the Office, due to her ruthless tactics and tyrannical leadership under her sweet attitude.
She, being very opportunistic and power-hungry, was ashamed of her father, who was a low-level worker in the Department of Magical Maintenance, while she was seeking a professional career. Under her pressure, he entered early retirement and she promised him a small monthly allowance in exchange for quietly leaving the public sight, but it is pretty clear that she lied to him so she could severe all ties with him, and denounced him. From that point on considering herself only a pure-blood rather than a half-blood. She became Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic and had a place amongst the Wizengamot.
Umbridge's hatred towards "half-breeds" led her to draft a piece of anti-werewolf legislation in 1993, which prevents people with lycantrophy to have a full-time job, which made it nearly impossible for werewolves to find work. She also suggested that the merpeople be rounded up and tagged and also planned to create the legislation of it as well, but it was never put to action, since it was too absurd to be ever put into effect.
As Senior Under-Secretary to the Minister for Magic in 1995, Umbridge used her power to intimidate Harry Potter during an interrogation before the Wizengamot. Harry was to be punished for inadvertently violating the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery; however, thanks to the efforts of Albus Dumbledore, he was released without punishment.
What Umbridge did not reveal at the time was that she herself had ordered the Dementor attack on Harry and his cousin Dudley Dursley, leaving him no choice but to violate the Decree by casting a Patronus. She claimed such an order was impossible. However, in June the next year, she revealed to a small group of Hogwarts students she had in fact made that order, believing that it was the most effective way to silence his claims about Voldemort's return.
In 1995, Umbridge was placed at Hogwarts as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, by order of the Ministry of Magic, under the terms of Educational Decree Number Twenty-Two, without Albus Dumbledore's consent. It was clear that she was used by the Ministry mostly as a spy placed by Fudge, since he was paranoid about Dumbledore, and was not fond of children, as she once confessed to Harry.
She taught according to a politically-restricted, Ministry-approved curriculum which entailed learning strictly the theory of Defense Against the Dark Arts, without any practical applications. Umbridge taught exclusively from a singularly useless book: Defensive Magical Theory, by Wilbert Slinkhard, which seemed, based on the chapter headings, to concern itself with negotiation and appeasement of, rather than with defense against, the Dark Arts. By teaching basic defensive theory as opposed to real spells that would prepare her students for the outside world, she and the Ministry hoped to decrease the chance that Dumbledore could form a wizard army of students to overthrow the Ministry. This was also used since she had no teaching abilities whatsoever. During her time as teacher, she used her power with the minister to pass several educational decrees and used them to control the students and teachers more strictly, one such decree disbanding all organizations of 3 or more students, making the DA illegal.
In 1996, Umbridge and many other Slytherins found the D.A. in the Room of Requirement, after they were betrayed by Marietta Edgecombe, when Umbridge threatened to make sure her mother would lose her job at the Ministry. She tried to prosecute Harry and have him thrown out of Hogwarts for forming the Defence of Dark Arts club, but Dumbledore took advantage of lack of evidence and organisation's name to take the blame — claiming that he had invited the group to attend this meeting and no other such gatherings had taken place in the intervening time, and also the fact that the group was formed before it was made illegal — and he disappeared from Hogwarts, after a minor scuffle with Aurors and the Minister for Magic himself. She soon after formed the Inquisitorial Squad, which rewarded certain students for reporting on others and sanctioned them to act as enforcement goons.
Thanks to the newly passed Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight, Umbridge replaced Dumbledore as Headmistress, but found herself in over her head as she became the target of numerous pranks performed by Hogwart's students in attempt to make her life a living hell, many of which were orchestrated by Fred and George Weasley. Before Fred and George flew away on their brooms, they gave the mission of making Umbridge's rule of the school as hard as possible to Peeves, who, even though he never took a single order from any student, actually saluted them and complied with pure joy.
After Voldemort appeared in the Ministry of Magic and was seen by a number of people, including Cornelius Fudge, Dumbledore was restored as the Headmaster. Umbridge, who had been in the school's hospital wing, attempted to leave the castle without anyone noticing. Peeves the Poltergeist discovered her and chased her out, beating her over the head alternatively with a walking stick and a sock full of chalk, leading a crowd of students. Professor Minerva McGonagall expressed regret at not being able to chase Umbridge herself because Peeves had borrowed her walking stick and she was not fully recovered.
Umbridge later returned to the position of Senior Under-Secretary at the Ministry and told the new Minister, Rufus Scrimgeour, about Harry's wish to become an Auror (to Harry's anger). She was later seen at Albus Dumbledore's funeral at Hogwarts, though she did not speak, and was startled by the sight of Firenze. She feigned grief and looked scandalised when Hagrid blew his nose with loud trumpeting noises.
When Voldemort took over the Ministry, The new minister recruited Umbridge as a follower although she was not technically a death eater, and he gave her the position of Headmistress at hogwarts. This time when she went to her new office, it was to see a picture of Dumbledore snoozing away in a picture frame along with all the others. She attempted to have the portraits removed but found it impossible.
Family: Orford Umbridge (father)-Wizard, age unknown
Ellen Cracknell (mother)-Muggle, age unknown
Brother - squib, Name and exact age unknown, Possibly 23 or older
Your Name: Michelle
Other Characters: Admin Michelle
@snape
Date of Birth: Aug 26, 1965
Age: 31
Occupation: HEADMISTRESS OF HOGWARTS
Appearance-
Height:4'10
Hair: Mousey brown with a few streaks of Iron gray, kept quite short, around ear length and always kept pristine with not a hair out of place.
Eyes: Brown, large round eyes
Overall Appearance: Often described to resemble a toad, she is short and round, usually found wearing some variation of pink. She always has a large bow adoring the top of her head. Sometimes she will wear heals that add an extra inch to her short stature. Although her appearance isn't necessarily intimidating, her sickly sweet voice is much more menacing.
Personality: She puts on a sweet front for those she is trying to impress, and few see her for the power hungry, evil person that she is. She delights in the torture and misfortune of others. The former Slytherin will even go out of her way to cause discomfort to others.
Likes: Power, Control, Kittens, Voldemort
Dislikes:Weakness, Peeves, Harry Potter and all of his supporters
Strengths: Deception, Torture, making others miserable
Weaknesses: Friendship, Helping others without personal gain, seeing through magical deception.
History: Umbridge was the first child of a wizard named Orford Umbridge and a Muggle Ellen Cracknell. Her younger brother was a Squib but she herself was born a witch. Under her father's influence, she despised her Muggle mother and her Squib brother, considering them inferior to her and her father, and they both denounced them. Ellen and her son returned to the Muggle world, never to be heard of again.
At the age of eleven, she purchased her wand, an unusually short one, at Diagon Alley, most likely at Ollivanders. According to Garrick Ollivander, abnormally short wands usually selected those whose moral character was stunted, rather than because they were physically short. Umbridge attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was Sorted into Slytherin.
After leaving Hogwarts, Umbridge quickly rose to influential positions in the British Ministry of Magic. At the age of 17, just after leaving Hogwarts, she started her political career as an intern in the Improper Use of Magic Office, and by the age of 30, she became the Head of the Office, due to her ruthless tactics and tyrannical leadership under her sweet attitude.
She, being very opportunistic and power-hungry, was ashamed of her father, who was a low-level worker in the Department of Magical Maintenance, while she was seeking a professional career. Under her pressure, he entered early retirement and she promised him a small monthly allowance in exchange for quietly leaving the public sight, but it is pretty clear that she lied to him so she could severe all ties with him, and denounced him. From that point on considering herself only a pure-blood rather than a half-blood. She became Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic and had a place amongst the Wizengamot.
Umbridge's hatred towards "half-breeds" led her to draft a piece of anti-werewolf legislation in 1993, which prevents people with lycantrophy to have a full-time job, which made it nearly impossible for werewolves to find work. She also suggested that the merpeople be rounded up and tagged and also planned to create the legislation of it as well, but it was never put to action, since it was too absurd to be ever put into effect.
As Senior Under-Secretary to the Minister for Magic in 1995, Umbridge used her power to intimidate Harry Potter during an interrogation before the Wizengamot. Harry was to be punished for inadvertently violating the Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery; however, thanks to the efforts of Albus Dumbledore, he was released without punishment.
What Umbridge did not reveal at the time was that she herself had ordered the Dementor attack on Harry and his cousin Dudley Dursley, leaving him no choice but to violate the Decree by casting a Patronus. She claimed such an order was impossible. However, in June the next year, she revealed to a small group of Hogwarts students she had in fact made that order, believing that it was the most effective way to silence his claims about Voldemort's return.
In 1995, Umbridge was placed at Hogwarts as the new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, by order of the Ministry of Magic, under the terms of Educational Decree Number Twenty-Two, without Albus Dumbledore's consent. It was clear that she was used by the Ministry mostly as a spy placed by Fudge, since he was paranoid about Dumbledore, and was not fond of children, as she once confessed to Harry.
She taught according to a politically-restricted, Ministry-approved curriculum which entailed learning strictly the theory of Defense Against the Dark Arts, without any practical applications. Umbridge taught exclusively from a singularly useless book: Defensive Magical Theory, by Wilbert Slinkhard, which seemed, based on the chapter headings, to concern itself with negotiation and appeasement of, rather than with defense against, the Dark Arts. By teaching basic defensive theory as opposed to real spells that would prepare her students for the outside world, she and the Ministry hoped to decrease the chance that Dumbledore could form a wizard army of students to overthrow the Ministry. This was also used since she had no teaching abilities whatsoever. During her time as teacher, she used her power with the minister to pass several educational decrees and used them to control the students and teachers more strictly, one such decree disbanding all organizations of 3 or more students, making the DA illegal.
In 1996, Umbridge and many other Slytherins found the D.A. in the Room of Requirement, after they were betrayed by Marietta Edgecombe, when Umbridge threatened to make sure her mother would lose her job at the Ministry. She tried to prosecute Harry and have him thrown out of Hogwarts for forming the Defence of Dark Arts club, but Dumbledore took advantage of lack of evidence and organisation's name to take the blame — claiming that he had invited the group to attend this meeting and no other such gatherings had taken place in the intervening time, and also the fact that the group was formed before it was made illegal — and he disappeared from Hogwarts, after a minor scuffle with Aurors and the Minister for Magic himself. She soon after formed the Inquisitorial Squad, which rewarded certain students for reporting on others and sanctioned them to act as enforcement goons.
Thanks to the newly passed Educational Decree Number Twenty-Eight, Umbridge replaced Dumbledore as Headmistress, but found herself in over her head as she became the target of numerous pranks performed by Hogwart's students in attempt to make her life a living hell, many of which were orchestrated by Fred and George Weasley. Before Fred and George flew away on their brooms, they gave the mission of making Umbridge's rule of the school as hard as possible to Peeves, who, even though he never took a single order from any student, actually saluted them and complied with pure joy.
After Voldemort appeared in the Ministry of Magic and was seen by a number of people, including Cornelius Fudge, Dumbledore was restored as the Headmaster. Umbridge, who had been in the school's hospital wing, attempted to leave the castle without anyone noticing. Peeves the Poltergeist discovered her and chased her out, beating her over the head alternatively with a walking stick and a sock full of chalk, leading a crowd of students. Professor Minerva McGonagall expressed regret at not being able to chase Umbridge herself because Peeves had borrowed her walking stick and she was not fully recovered.
Umbridge later returned to the position of Senior Under-Secretary at the Ministry and told the new Minister, Rufus Scrimgeour, about Harry's wish to become an Auror (to Harry's anger). She was later seen at Albus Dumbledore's funeral at Hogwarts, though she did not speak, and was startled by the sight of Firenze. She feigned grief and looked scandalised when Hagrid blew his nose with loud trumpeting noises.
When Voldemort took over the Ministry, The new minister recruited Umbridge as a follower although she was not technically a death eater, and he gave her the position of Headmistress at hogwarts. This time when she went to her new office, it was to see a picture of Dumbledore snoozing away in a picture frame along with all the others. She attempted to have the portraits removed but found it impossible.
Family: Orford Umbridge (father)-Wizard, age unknown
Ellen Cracknell (mother)-Muggle, age unknown
Brother - squib, Name and exact age unknown, Possibly 23 or older
Your Name: Michelle
Other Characters: Admin Michelle
@snape
