Inquisitorial Squad
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| Inquisitorial Squad | |
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High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge |
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| Intentions |
Support the Ministry of Magic education decrees |
| Affiliation |
Ministry of Magic |
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The Inquisitorial Squad was a group of students, handpicked by Professor and High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge while she was Headmistress of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1996, who were supportive of the Ministry of Magic.
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[edit] Founding
The Inquisitorial Squad was founded to support Umbridge's strict reign over Hogwarts after the departure of Albus Dumbledore from the school. Their job was ostensibly to catch wrongdoers; however, as most of the Squad were Slytherin students, they spent more time taking House points away from Gryffindors, Ravenclaws, and Hufflepuffs. The Squad was also meant to help repress the rebellious activities of students who disagreed with the Ministry's claim that Lord Voldemort had not returned, and who instead supported Dumbledore and Harry Potter. Thus, their main opponents were members of Dumbledore's Army, whose meeting place they tried to discover.
[edit] Powers
Unlike normal Prefects, Squad members could dock House points from fellow Prefects, as Draco Malfoy once did to Prefects Ernie Macmillan for contradicting him, Ron Weasley because his shirt was untucked, and Hermione Granger for "being rude" about Umbridge and for being a "Mudblood".
[edit] Discovery of Dumbledore's Army
It was the Inquisitorial Squad that discovered Dumbledore's Army's rebellious acts, with Malfoy catching Harry and receiving fifty house points and Pansy Parkinson snatching up the list of members. When Fred and George Weasley left Hogwarts, they made sure to hex multiple Squad members.
Later, the Squad helped Umbridge hold Harry, Hermione, Ron, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, and Luna Lovegood in her office for questioning after they were caught trying to use the Floo Network to contact Sirius Black. When Harry refused to tell Umbridge what he was doing, she first demanded that Professor Snape provide her with Veritaserum, but after he claimed that he had no more, she threatened to use the Cruciatus Curse on Harry.
This prompted Hermione to intervene, coming up with a lie that they were trying to contact Dumbledore about a "weapon" they were making for him. With this story, Harry and Hermione lured Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest, where she provoked Centaurs into carrying her off. In the meantime, the other D.A. members managed to escape using a series of jinxes and hexes against the Inquisitorial Squad. The group of six then travelled to the Ministry, where the Battle of the Department of Mysteries ensued.
Following this battle, and the exposure of Lord Voldemort's return to the public, Umbridge was stripped of her position at Hogwarts and Dumbledore was restored. The Inquisitorial Squad was disbanded.
[edit] Members
| Member | Punishments |
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| Millicent Bulstrode | |
| Vincent Crabbe | Tricked into eating cakes with sleeping potion in second year; pants pulled down and then kicked in the backside in third year (film version); has Malfoy as a ferret burrow into his pants, has giant bewitched tarantula land on head (film version), and jinxed so that tentacles sprout of face in fourth year; pushed forcefully in the backside by a stray firework in fifth year (film version) |
| Gregory Goyle | Tricked into eating cakes with sleeping potion in second year |
| Draco Malfoy | Turned into a ferret and slammed repeatedly against the ground in fourth year; attacked by fireworks in fifth year (film version) |
| Montague | Pushed into vanishing cabinet |
| Pansy Parkinson | Jinxed to have antlers sprout out of her head in fifth year |
| C. Warrington | |
| Argus Filch (film version) | Tricked into eating chocolates with potion so that massive pimples sprouted on his face in fifth year (film version) |
