Gawain Robards

Full Name: Gawain Davith Monroe Robards

Born: December 12th 1950

Blood Status: Half-Blood

Hair: Dark Brown

Skin: Light

Family:

* Ainslie Vaisey (Wife)
* Jack Robards (Son)
* Lorcan Robards (Son)
* Violet Robards (Daughter)

House: Gryffindor

Occupation:

* Auror
* Wizengamot

## Biography

**Gawain Davith Monroe Robards** (b. 1950) was a pure-blooded wizard and auror during both the First and Second Wizarding War.

## Early Life

Gawain Robards was born to a wizarding father and muggle mother on December 12th 1950.

Robards began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1962 and was sorted into Gryffindor, where he excelled at Defence Against the Dark Arts and Charms. He also became great friends with Richard Preece.

## Early Auror Career

After graduating from Hogwarts in 1969, Robards was immediately offered a place in the Auror Program of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement and in 1970, he was partnered with the experienced David Williamson. They worked well together until Williamson retired in 1978 and Robards began to work alone.

## Marriage

After the First Wizarding War, Robards met Ainslie Vaisey and they married in 1982. They had two sons; Jack and Lorcan, born in 1986 and 1987 respectively. They also had a daughter, Violet, born in 1990. Richard Preece became godfather to Jack.

## 1994 Quidditch World Cup

On the 24th August 1994, Robards attended the final of the 1994 Quidditch World Cup between Ireland and Bulgaria. As he was there for security, he was present during the 1994 Quidditch World Cup Final Riot and helped apprehend various death eaters.

## Head of the Auror Office

As former Head of the Auror Office, Rufus Scrimgeour replaced Cornelius Fudge as Minister for Magic. Robards was appointed as Head of the Auror Office in July 1996. Scrimgeour, during his attempts to convince Harry Potter to become the Ministry of Magic's new "poster boy", offered to set up an interview with Robards, knowing he cherished a desire to join the Auror department one day, in exchange for his cooperation. Harry, however, refused.

As well as Head of Office, Robards also took a place in the Wizengamot.

After the exposure of Voldemort following the Battle in the Department of Mysteries, Robards spent much of his time working with Amelia Bones to organise protections for key Ministry personnel and Wizengamot members, and (quietly) to try to determine who had been Imperiused and who was working directly for Voldemort within the Ministry.

In July 1997, Robards was threatened by Voldemort as he slowly took over the Ministry of Magic, and so Robards, along with his family, went into hiding.

## Battle of Hogwarts

Robards came out of hiding and returned to Hogwarts Castle on May 2nd 1998, aged 47, and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, against the death eaters, and survived.

## Auror and Wizengamot Member

After the Battle of Hogwarts, Robards returned to the Auror Office as a regular auror. He also returned to the Wizengamot in 1998.

## Later Life

Robards retired from both the Wizengamot and Auror Office in 2007, aged 56. He continued to contact and give information to the office but wanted to focus more on his children as he had already seen Jack leave Hogwarts in 2004, Lorcan in 2005 and Violet was in her last year.