7/1/2023 0 Comments Rita skeeter gifs![]() ![]() In her older years, Bathilda was on close terms with Lily Potter and even spoke to the younger woman on the closeness between Grindelwald and Dumbledore, though Lily remained somewhat sceptical, given Bathilda's advancing age and possible senility. I think her mind's going, personally!" - Excerpt from Lily Potter's letter īathilda Bagshot with other academics at Hogwarts Castle Bathilda drops in most days, she's a fascinating old thing with the most amazing stories about Dumbledore, I'm not sure he'd be pleased if he knew! I don't know how much to believe, actually, because it seems incredible that Dumbledore could ever have been friends with Gellert Grindelwald. " We had a very quiet birthday tea, just us and old Bathilda, who has always been sweet to us, and who dotes on Harry. īathilda may have been a teacher at some point, possibly at Hogwarts, as Hermione Granger referred to her as "Professor Bagshot" when referencing her work. She was deemed the most celebrated magical historian of the twentieth century. It was presumably around this time she authored her other works on magical history. In 1947, Bathilda's work on wizarding history was published under the title A History of Magic by Little Red Books. It is unknown how much or what Bathilda knew of her nephew's actions concerning Aberforth and Ariana Dumbledore, but she witnessed the fist-fight that broke out between the Dumbledore brothers at Ariana's funeral. ![]() The two talented young men became friends. In the summer of 1899, after Albus Dumbledore graduated from Hogwarts, an orphan and head of the family, Bathilda's great-nephew, Gellert Grindelwald, came to live with her and she made a point of introducing Grindelwald to Albus. īathilda's picture on her book, A History of Magic At the time of Kendra's death, Bathilda was the only person in Godric's Hollow who was on speaking terms with her. This initial contact led to her being acquainted with the rest of the Dumbledore family. Within the next several years, Bathilda sent an owl to Albus Dumbledore (then a Hogwarts student) having been favourably impressed by his paper on trans-species Transfiguration for the scholarly journal Transfiguration Today. Bathilda tried to befriend Kendra after they arrived, but she was rebuffed. In the 1890s, Bagshot was already an adult living in her house in Godric's Hollow, when Kendra Dumbledore moved there from Mould-on-the-Wold along with her young children Albus, Aberforth, and Ariana, after her husband Percival's well-publicised arrest and imprisonment in Azkaban. Didn't know what to make of it." - Bathilda relays her reminiscences about the Dumbledores Walked her round the lawn once, keeping a firm grip on her, then took her back inside. Wouldn't have known there was a daughter if I hadn't been picking Plangentines by moonlight the winter after they moved in, and saw Kendra leading Ariana out into the back garden. ![]() The first year they were there I only ever saw the two boys. " Kendra Dumbledore slammed the door in my face when I went around to welcome her with a batch of homemade Cauldron Cakes. ![]()
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