Rufus Scrimgeour (2024)

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Did Voldemort fear Rufus Scrimgeour? ›

Probably because Voldemort feared Rufus was too powerful a wizard and might overcome the Imperius Curse the way Barty Crouch, Jr. overcame the curse when his father imprisoned him in the Crouch home some years earlier.

Scrimgeour was, according to Dumbledore, a "man of action", having fought against Dark wizards throughout his career as an Auror and climbed ambitiously through the Ministry. He gave an impression of shrewd toughness and was more decisive and forceful than his predecessor, Cornelius Fudge.

11 Rufus Scrimgeour Was A Talented & Resilient Veteran

After his time as Head Auror, he was promoted to Minister for Magic in Half-Blood Prince. As a highly-experienced Auror, he was quite proficient in defensive magic and was capable of producing a non-corporeal Patronus and could cast nonverbal spells with ease.

Rufus Scrimgeour was born in 1921 or earlier, and graduated from Hogwarts in 1938 at the latest. At Hogwarts he was sorted into Slytherin, but never became Prince of Slytherin despite his great intelligence, being rejected by the Throne out of hand for his complete lack of ambition.

On this day, back in 1997, Rufus Scrimgeour is killed by Voldemort. #PotterHistory #TheMinistryHasFallen #DeathlyHallows.

Harry describes Umbridge to Sirius Black, saying that she's vile enough to be a Death Eater, despite not being one. Umbridge is also depicted to be a prejudiced person, despising half-breeds and Muggle-born witches and wizards to the point of firing Hagrid due to his half-giant birth status.

Voldemort fired a Killing Curse when Mundungus Disapparated, and hit Moody in the face, killing him. Moody fell backwards off his broom, and about a thousand feet to the ground.

After the conclusion of the Second Wizarding War, Hermione sought out her parents and returned their memories. They presumably then returned to England.

The third ex-Auror to gain office, Scrimgeour died in office at the hands of Lord Voldemort. Omitted from most official records, as he was under the Imperius Curse for his entire term of office, and unconscious of anything that he was doing.

At some point, Moody retired from active service, though by this time he was considered the greatest Auror of all time. As stated by Professor Minerva McGonagall, no Auror had been taken on for three years prior to 1995, though Nymphadora Tonks stated that she qualified the year before.

Who replaced Rufus Scrimgeour? ›

The official version of Scrimgeour's murder is that he resigned, and has been replaced by Pius Thicknesse. We learned in the start of the story that Thicknesse is under the Imperius Curse.

First on our list is Albus Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Known for his wisdom and powerful magical abilities, Dumbledore is respected and feared by many in the magical community.

Due to his being cut in Half-Blood Prince, Scrimgeour's relationship with Dumbledore is not mentioned in the film, and Harry's relationship with him is less antagonistic. Luna Lovegood once mentioned to Harry Potter that Scrimgeour was a vampire, a story her father was supposed to publish in the magazine The Quibbler.

Moaning Myrtle

Born in the late 1920s to Muggle parents, Myrtle Warren started her Hogwarts life in the early 1940s, where she was sorted into Ravenclaw. She had no friends, and was bullied relentlessly because of her glasses and acne. But she would soon have all of eternity to get her own back.

Following the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, Voldemort's return became apparent and Fudge himself was forced to admit it publicly, formally starting the Second Wizarding War; Fudge's misconduct caused a major scandal in the Wizarding community of Great Britain and Ireland, resulting in his dismissal from office ...

Besides Dumbledore, he is also the only wizard ever known to be able to apparate silently. Voldemort was also said to fear one wizard alone, Dumbledore.

Lord Voldemort's two greatest fears are death and darkness. Darkness is kind of hard to put in a boggart, but death can be personified. His boggart is his own corpse.

At that moment, Harry fully understood for the first time why people said Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort had ever feared. The look upon Dumbledore's face as he stared down at the unconscious form of Mad-Eye moody was more terrible than Harry could have ever imagined.

Voldemort feared death. His fear of Dumbledore came from the things Dumbledore knew of his humble origins. He never feared his power because he was absolutely convinced a stronger, more powerful wizard than himself had never graced the earth.