Millicent Bulstrode
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| Millicent Bulstrode | |
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Female |
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Black [1] |
| Born |
c. 1980 |
| Family |
Violetta Bulstrode (unknown) |
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Millicent Bulstrode was a Slytherin student who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the same year as Harry Potter.
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[edit] Biography
In 1992, she was paired with Hermione Granger during the short-lived Duelling Club. Their duel spiraled into a physical brawl, with Millicent holding Hermione in a headlock in spite of the standard "no contact" rule in dueling. Hermione later used hair from this incident to try to assume Millicent's form with Polyjuice Potion. However, the hair she obtained turned out to be that of Millicent's cat.
In 1996, Millicent was one of the students of the Slytherin-dominated Inquisitorial Squad, an organization started by then headmistress Dolores Umbridge to silence all opposition to Ministry of Magic activity at Hogwarts. She was one of the students who caught Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Ginny Weasley, and Luna Lovegood attempting to use the Floo Network in Umbridge's office to find out if Sirius Black had been attacked in the Department of Mysteries. Particularly, she was described as being the student holding down Hermione. Ultimately, she faced a fate similar to the rest of the Inquistorial Squad, as she was subdued by Ron, Neville, Ginny and Luna with a series of jinxes and hexes.
In the evacuation of Hogwarts preceeding the Battle of Hogwarts, it is assumed that Millicent left the castle along with the other members of the House of Slytherin rather than choosing to fight or impede the school's defenders.
[edit] Physical appearance
Millicent was black-haired and had a heavy jaw that jutted out in an aggressive fashion. She had a large, square build that allowed her to physically overpower other people, and was already a lot bigger than Harry Potter in their second year. Ron Weasley once remarked that Millicent was "ugly" and Harry thought that she looked like a hag he'd seen pictured in Holidays with Hags.
[edit] Behind the scenes
- Millicent may be related in some way to the House of Black, as there is a mention of a Violetta Bulstrode in that family tree.
- The name Millicent is Germanic, meaning "she with the gentle gait".[1] This is ironic, considering that Millicent Bulstrode is not portrayed as gentle or graceful in the least (Harry remarks that she's "no pixie".)
- Millicent may also come from the Latin words "mille", meaning "thousand", and "centum", meaning "hundred"
- Millicent sounds very similar to the word "militant" which matches her aggressive personality.
- The surname Bulstrode may be derived from Bulstrode Park, a large park to the northwest of the Buckinghamshire town of Gerrard's Cross in the English Home Counties.[2]
[edit] Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
[edit] Notes and references
- ↑ The cat hair Hermione plucked off Millicent's robes for her Polyjuice Potion was black. If Millicent's hair had been another colour, Hermione wouldn't have made this mistake.
- ↑ Harry Potter and Me
