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On August 1st, [[1997]], Fleur and Bill were married at The Burrow. The celebration was overshadowed, though, by the news that the [[Ministry of Magic]] had fallen to [[Lord Voldemort]], and that [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] was dead. [[Death Eaters]], with the full power of the Ministry behind them, broke the protective spells surrounding The Burrow and [[Apparition|Apparated]] into the reception. Fleur was questioned by them, along with the rest of the [[Weasley|Weasley family]], but was later free to go. |
On August 1st, [[1997]], Fleur and Bill were married at The Burrow. The celebration was overshadowed, though, by the news that the [[Ministry of Magic]] had fallen to [[Lord Voldemort]], and that [[Rufus Scrimgeour]] was dead. [[Death Eaters]], with the full power of the Ministry behind them, broke the protective spells surrounding The Burrow and [[Apparition|Apparated]] into the reception. Fleur was questioned by them, along with the rest of the [[Weasley|Weasley family]], but was later free to go. |
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+ | Fleur and Bill set up their own home, [[Shell Cottage]], and spent their first Christmas there together along with Bill's younger brother [[Ron]], who had secretly come to stay with them after abandoning [[Harry]] and [[Hermione Granger]] on their [[Horcrux]] quest. Fleur didn't mind this turn events, however, as she had no love for Celestina Warbeck. |
Following Harry, Ron and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]]'s escape from [[Malfoy Manor]], Fleur helped to look after them and their fellow escapees [[Dean Thomas]], [[Ollivander|Mr Ollivander]] and [[Griphook]]. She helped Hermione recover from the [[Cruciatus Curse|torture]] she suffered at the hands of [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], and healed Griphook's legs with [[Skele-Gro]]. Over the course of the next few weeks, she looked after her unexpected guests, although she disliked Griphook. When Mr Ollivander was well enough to be transferred to Aunt Muriel's, she asked him to take Muriel's tiara back with him as she never had a chance to return it after the wedding. Fleur expressed concern over Harry's plans to leave Shell Cottage on his quest, telling him it was better for him to stay where it was safe. |
Following Harry, Ron and [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]]'s escape from [[Malfoy Manor]], Fleur helped to look after them and their fellow escapees [[Dean Thomas]], [[Ollivander|Mr Ollivander]] and [[Griphook]]. She helped Hermione recover from the [[Cruciatus Curse|torture]] she suffered at the hands of [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], and healed Griphook's legs with [[Skele-Gro]]. Over the course of the next few weeks, she looked after her unexpected guests, although she disliked Griphook. When Mr Ollivander was well enough to be transferred to Aunt Muriel's, she asked him to take Muriel's tiara back with him as she never had a chance to return it after the wedding. Fleur expressed concern over Harry's plans to leave Shell Cottage on his quest, telling him it was better for him to stay where it was safe. |
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- "Listen, no bloke in his right mind's going to fancy Tonks when Fleur's around."
- — Ron Weasley[src]
Fleur Isabelle Delacour (born c. 1977) is a quarter-Veela French witch who attended Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. During the 1994 to 1995 school year, she put her name forward to compete in the Triwizard Tournament, and was chosen by the Goblet of Fire as the Beauxbatons Champion. She competed bravely, but the Tournament ended in tradegy with the death of Cedric Diggory. In the following summer, she took a part-time job at Gringotts Wizarding Bank to improve her English, and started dating co-worker Bill Weasley. The pair became close, and Bill asked her to marry him. During the summer of 1996, Fleur stayed at The Burrow to get to know Bill's family, but her blunt nature rubbed the majority of his family up the wrong way. In June, 1997, Bill was badly injured by the werewolf Fenrir Greyback. Many thought that his scarring would be the end of their relationship, but Fleur showed that she truly loved Bill despite his injuries. They were married on August 1st, although the wedding was disrupted by Death Eaters following the fall of the Ministry of Magic. Fleur and Bill set up their own home at Shell Cottage, and later assisted Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley following their escape from Malfoy Manor. Fleur later fought against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters during the Second Battle of Hogwarts, and survived. In later years, she and Bill had several children, including their eldest, Victoire Weasley.
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Biography
Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and the Triwizard Tournament
- "We 'ave all be 'oping to be chosen for weeks and weeks! Ze honour for our schools! A thousand Galleons prize money - zis is a chance many would die for!"
- — Fleur Delacour[src]
Fleur waits for the Goblet of Fire to select the Triwizard Champions.
Fleur grew up in France, with her parents and sister, Gabrielle, and began attending Beauxbatons Academy of Magic around 1988. In 1994, along with Madame Maxime and a dozen other Beauxbatons students, she travelled to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to enter the Triwizard Tournament. During the welcoming feast on October 30th, she laughed derisively during Albus Dumbledore's speech, and asked Ron Weasley to pass her the bouillabaisse.
Fleur placed her name in the Goblet of Fire, and during the feast on 31st October, she was selected as the Beauxbatons Champion. While waiting for further instructions in a small room off the Great Hall, she learned that the Goblet of Fire had selected a fourth Champion - Harry Potter. At first, she thought that Ludo Bagman was joking, then surprised and outraged that they were to let a "little boy" compete in the Tournament.
Prior to the First Task, Fleur took part in the Wand Weighing ceremony presided over by Mr Ollivander. Her entrance into the Tournament was overshadowed in the Daily Prophet due to Harry Potter's participation, and the only mention of her was in the last line of the article - and they even spelt her name wrong[1].
The First Task
Forewarned by Beauxbatons headmistress Madame Maxime that the First Task would involve dragons, Fleur was resigned to facing one on November 24th. She drew the Common Welsh Green and the number two slot. Facing her dragon after Cedric Diggory, she managed to lure it into a sleeping trance. However, the dragon snored and released a jet of flame that set her skirt on fire. Fleur extinguished the fire with water from her wand, then managed to retrieve the Golden egg[1].
The Yule Ball and the Second Task
Fleur and Roger Davies at the Yule Ball.
In the run-up to the Yule Ball, Fleur attempted to attract Cedric as a date, but he had already asked Cho Chang. Caught unawares by her Veela heritage, Ron Weasley spontaneously asked her to the ball. Suddenly aware of what he had done, he ran away before she could answer him. Finally, Fleur selected Ravenclaw Quidditch captain Roger Davies as her partner.
Fleur and Roger, along with the other Champions and their partners, opened the dancing at the Yule Ball. As the night wore on, Fleur and Roger left for the gardens, sneaking into the rose bushes for a romantic engagement.
Fleur using the Bubble-Head Charm during the Second Task.
On the 24th of February, Fleur participated in the Second Task. Having figured out the clue in the Golden egg and understanding the need to breathe underwater for an hour, she chose to use the Bubble-Head Charm. During the Task, she was attacked by Grindylows and was forced to retire. Back on dry land, she learnt that her sister, Gabrielle, was the "hostage" that she had to rescue, and became increasingly concerned for her safety, and guilty at her own failure to rescue her. She was overjoyed when Harry, determined to rescue all the hostages, not just his own, returned to the surface with both Ron and Gabrielle. She thanked him and Ron profusely, then, upon learning that she had been awarded twenty-five points, remarked that she deserved zero. After two tasks, Fleur was in last place going into the Third Task[1].
The Third Task
Fleur in the maze during the Third Task.
Fleur joined the other Champions in viewing the beginnings of the maze for the Third Task on the site of the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch. On the day of the Third Task, Fleur was visited by her parents who had been invited to watch the final part of the Tournament. She also laid eyes on Bill Weasley for the first time, and was immediately attracted to him.
Being in last place, Fleur was to enter the maze fourth, behind Harry, Cedric and Viktor Krum. However, due to the machinations of Barty Crouch Jr, disguised as Alastor Moody thanks to Polyjuice Potion, Fleur did not last long. Crouch wanted Harry to reach the Triwizard Cup so that he could be transported to meet with Lord Voldemort. To achieve this, he used Moody's magical eye to find Fleur in the maze, then stunned her.
After the Tournament and the murder of Cedric Diggory, Fleur attended the Leaving Feast at Hogwarts that was used as a memorial to him. She left Hogwarts the day after, saying goodbye to Harry and telling him that she hoped they would meet again since she was hoping to return to England to work and improve her English[1].
Working for Gringotts
- "Bill is very busy at ze moment, working very 'ard, and I only work part-time at Gringotts for my Eenglish, so he brought me 'ere for a few days to get to know 'is family properly. I was so pleased to 'ear you would be coming - zere isn't much to do 'ere, unless you like cooking and chickens!"
- — Fleur Delacour[src]
Fleur at The Burrow.
During the summer of 1995, Fleur secured a part-time job at Gringotts Wizarding Bank. She met Bill Weasley again, who had returned from Egypt and taken a desk job to help the Order of the Phoenix, and the two began dating[2].
Fleur and Bill dated for a year, growing closer and falling in love until Bill proposed to her. Fleur accepted, and, in the summer of 1996, Bill brought Fleur to The Burrow so she could get to know his family. However, her blunt nature and critical attitude brought her into conflict with the female members of the Weasley family. Mrs Weasley didn't care for her at all, believing that she was not the right choice for her son, and Ginny disliked her for her general attitude towards everything. Still, she was tolerated for Bill's sake. She spent Christmas that year at The Burrow as well, furthering annoying Mrs Weasley by stating her dislike of Celestina Warbeck, Mrs Weasley's favourite singer[3].
The Second War
- Harry: "I'm sorry. I never meant you to have to deal with all of this."
- Fleur: "'Arry, you saved my sister's life, I do not forget."
- — Harry Potter and Fleur at Shell Cottage[src]
In the June of 1997, Bill was savaged by the Werewolf Fenrir Greyback during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. Fleur rushed to Hogwarts with Bill's parents, and was shaken by Bill's scarred face. However, Fleur railed at Mrs Weasley's assumption that she would not now want to marry Bill since he was no longer attractive. Taking offense, she criticised both the idea that she would not wish to marry him, and that his feelings may have changed towards her because of possible werewolf contamination. In fact, she took pride in his wounds as living proof of his bravery, and stated she didn't care about how he looked as she was beautiful enough for both of them. Mrs Weasley, finally seeing that Fleur and Bill were truly in love, reconcilled with her future daughter-in-law over Bill's hospital bed, and offered Fleur the use of her Aunt Muriel's Goblin-made tiara for her wedding day. In the days following, Fleur took care of Bill as he recovered from his injuries, and attended the funeral of Albus Dumbledore[3].
Fleur as one of the seven Potters.
Three days before Harry's seventeenth birthday in 1997, Fleur was part of the escort sent to protect Harry and get him safely to The Burrow. She took the role as a fake Harry, using Polyjuice Potion to transform into him. Paired with Bill, the two were to fly north on a Thestral in an effort to fool any Death Eaters. After departing, Fleur witnessed the death of Alastor Moody as the Death Eaters descended on them in an effort to capture Harry. Fleur and Bill were chased by half a dozen Death Eaters, but managed to escape and return to The Burrow and relay the news. Fleur was upset over Moody's death, and voiced the opinion that someone may have betrayed them as the Death Eaters seemed to know the plan to escort Harry to safety.
Fleur and Bill's wedding is disrupted by Kingsley Shacklebolt's Patronus.
On August 1st, 1997, Fleur and Bill were married at The Burrow. The celebration was overshadowed, though, by the news that the Ministry of Magic had fallen to Lord Voldemort, and that Rufus Scrimgeour was dead. Death Eaters, with the full power of the Ministry behind them, broke the protective spells surrounding The Burrow and Apparated into the reception. Fleur was questioned by them, along with the rest of the Weasley family, but was later free to go.
Fleur and Bill set up their own home, Shell Cottage, and spent their first Christmas there together along with Bill's younger brother Ron, who had secretly come to stay with them after abandoning Harry and Hermione Granger on their Horcrux quest. Fleur didn't mind this turn events, however, as she had no love for Celestina Warbeck.
Following Harry, Ron and Hermione's escape from Malfoy Manor, Fleur helped to look after them and their fellow escapees Dean Thomas, Mr Ollivander and Griphook. She helped Hermione recover from the torture she suffered at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange, and healed Griphook's legs with Skele-Gro. Over the course of the next few weeks, she looked after her unexpected guests, although she disliked Griphook. When Mr Ollivander was well enough to be transferred to Aunt Muriel's, she asked him to take Muriel's tiara back with him as she never had a chance to return it after the wedding. Fleur expressed concern over Harry's plans to leave Shell Cottage on his quest, telling him it was better for him to stay where it was safe.
Alongside her husband and his family, Fleur answered Neville Longbottom's call to arms to fight in the Second Battle of Hogwarts against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. During the tense moment of Percy's reunion with his family, she led Harry and Remus Lupin in a side conversation regarding Lupin's son, Teddy, so they would not intrude. She formally met Percy for the first time when he introduced himself to her as they climbed the stairs out of the Room of Requirement. Fleur survived the battle, and comforted her husband over the loss of his brother, Fred[4].
Following the war, Fleur and Bill had several children, including their eldest, Victoire Weasley[5].
Physical appearance
- "I'm telling you, that's not a normal girl! They don't make them like that at Hogwarts!"
- — Ron Weasley[src]
Fleur was very attractive, and gained a lot of attention from boys. She was tall and willowy, and she had an air of gracefulness. Her hair was silvery blonde hair, and she had deep blue eyes and white, even teeth.
Personality and traits
- "She's as much a fairy princess as I am."
- — Barty Crouch Jr disguised as Alastor Moody[src]
As a quarter-Veela (inherited from her grandmother), Fleur has to ability to use the Veela's trick of attracting men using some form of pheromone or hypnotic suggestion. Although not as strong as a full Veela, it can overwhelm unsuspecting individuals when she decides to use it[1].
Fleur was also a powerful and talented witch, as was evidenced by her selection as the Beauxbatons Champion. However, circumstances in the Tournament conspired against her, and she was unable to fully showcase her talents[1].
Fleur had a very blunt nature, expressing herself in no uncertain terms. She often came across as arrogant and shallow, and spoke her mind. She had a tendancy to rub people up the wrong way with her comments, especially her future mother-in-law, Molly Weasley, and Bill's sister, Ginny. She was highly critical of things, and would make her feelings on any particular subject known, from the state of Hogwarts Christmas decorations[1], to the way the English over-cook their meat[3]. However, she seemed to not realise the sometimes insulting nature of her comments. Fleur's attitude may have stemmed from her confident nature; only when she feared for her sister's life did she let her guard down.
Fleur could also be very warm and caring; she fretted over her sister's safety following her failure in the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament, and was immensely grateful to Harry for bringing her to the surface[1]. Her love for Bill was so great that she did not shy away from public displays of affection in front of his family[3]. She also cried over the death of Alastor Moody following the flight from Little Whinging[4].
Despite everything, Fleur was also fiercely loyal. After Harry saved her sister from the lake during the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament, her opinion of him changed immediately. She had seen him previously as nothing but a little boy, but came to see him as an equal[1]. During the summer of 1996 at The Burrow, she was genuinely pleased to Harry when he arrived, and in the summer of 1997, volunteered to help escort Harry from 4 Privet Drive. She also allowed him to stay at her home, and even honoured his request that the Goblin, Griphook, be allowed to stay[4].
Relationships
Bill Weasley
Fleur first encountered Bill Weasley just prior to the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament when he accompanied his mother to Hogwarts to support Harry Potter. She was attracted to him from the start, eyeing him from across the room while in the company of her parents[1]. In the summer of 1995, Fleur took a part time job with Gringotts to improve her English. Bill had taken a desk job at the bank so that he could assist the Order of the Phoenix, and the two began dating[2]. They had been dating for a year when Bill asked Fleur to marry him, and she accepted. Although his family (especially his mother and sister) were unimpressed by her, they accepted her when she showed how much she really loved Bill following his scarring at the hands of Fenrir Greyback in 1997. They were married on August 1st, 1997, the same day that the Ministry of Magic fell to Lord Voldemort. Although their wedding was disrupted by Death Eaters, Fleur and Bill were allowed to go free and set up home in Shell Cottage[3]. Following the end of the Second Wizarding War, Fleur and Bill had several children, including their eldest, Victoire[4].
Behind the scenes
- Fleur was portrayed by Clémence Poésy in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
- According to J.K. Rowling, her name comes from the French phrase fleur de la cour, meaning "flower of the heart" or "noblewoman". The literal French meaning of the name, however, is "flower of the court".
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows