Unspeakable
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An Unspeakable is a person who works in the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries. As little is known about their workplace, less is known about the jobs of its employees. They are very mysterious and are not allowed to talk about their work or their department, hence the name "Unspeakable". Among the responsibilities of an Unspeakable is to guard over the Hall of Prophecy, which contains the records of all prophecies made. This was where Harry Potter found the prophecy about himself and Lord Voldemort—made by Sybill Trelawney to Albus Dumbledore—during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries in 1996. For an Unspeakable to reveal information relating to the Department of Mysteries is punishable by a life sentence in Azkaban, as seen with Augustus Rookwood.
Presumably, Unspeakables are unable to remove prophecies from the Hall, or take them off their shelves, as prophecies can only be removed by those about whom they are made.
[edit] Known Unspeakables
- Augustus Rookwood (Spy who passed many Ministry secrets to Lord Voldemort)
- Broderick Bode (Imperiused by Death Eaters and later murdered in St. Mungo's in 1996)
- Croaker
