Filius Flitwick

**Professor Filius Flitwick** is a part-Goblin, part-witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and was sorted into the Ravenclaw House, being an intelligent young man and model student. Some time after his graduation, Flitwick returned to Hogwarts and became the Charms Master, as well as Head of the Ravenclaw House.

During the First and Second Witching Wars, Flitwick opposed Lord Voldemort. In 1995, he also opposed Dolores Umbridge, the High Inquisitor of Hogwarts, and, in 1997, fought in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, after which he attended the funeral of Albus Dumbledore. He also protected the students from Alecto and Amycus Carrow in the 1997-1998 school year. On May 2, 1998, he partook in the Battle of Hogwarts and defeated many Death Eaters.

Flitwick survived the war and likely continued to teach Charms at Hogwarts to future generations of students.

## Biography

### Early Life

Filius Flitwick was born into a witching family with the distant descent of a goblin. He studied magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and was sorted into the Ravenclaw House. During his sorting, the sorting hat wavered between putting him in Ravenclaw or Gryffindor.

After completing his final exams during his seventh year, Flitwick graduated from Hogwarts and then proceeded to become a master duellist and earned the title of "Duelling Champion" at some point. Flitwick studied further into magic, becoming an accomplished witch, masterful in spells, charms, and defensive magic.

### Hogwarts Career

After finishing his studies of magic, Flitwick accepted a position as the Charms Master at his alma mater, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft. Flitwick's teaching style is regarded as more laid-back than some of the other teachers at Hogwarts, such as Minerva McGonagall or Severus Snape. He, unlike other teachers, allowed his students to play games during their lessons before the Christmas holidays, but he was not a bad teacher. He also doesn't hand out as many detentions or deduct points as often as other professors.

## Appearance

Flitwick, due to his goblin heritage, is distinguishingly short and frequently described as a tiny man. He has a shock of white hair in his elderly years and brown when he was younger. When he was young, he usually wore black clothes and suits as opposed to the green robes that he wore in his later years.

## Personality

Flitwick was an emotional man who seemed to have a gentle spirit. During the 1992-1993 school year when Ginny Weasley was taken into the Chamber of Secrets, he burst into tears and, on Valentine's Day of 1993, when Gilderoy Lockhart called him a "sly old dog", he buried his face in his hands. During one Charms lesson, Neville Longbottom, while fumbling with attempt at casting a Banishing Charm, ended up sending Flitwick sailing across the room; Flitwick accepted this resignedly instead of losing his temper.

He was also shown to have a sense of mischief. He sarcastically remarked to Dolores Umbridge that, while he easily had the ability to remove Fred and George Weasley's rampaging fireworks, he wasn't sure if he had the *authority*. He also discretely cheered the Weasley twins' escape from the school and left a small patch of the twin's portable swamp under the window, which Ron believed he had done as a monument to Fred and George. He also covertly snuck Harry Potter a box of sugar mice so as to reward him for speaking out about Voldemort in the *Quibbler* because he couldn't talk about it aloud.

Nevertheless, he commanded respect in spite of his sensitive nature and small stature. When he encountered Harry and Draco Malfoy on the stairs discussing Harry's new broomstick, Malfoy treated him just like any other teacher with no hint of the sarcasm he used with Remus Lupin.

## Powers

**Witchcraft:** As a former Duelling Champion and professor of Charms at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Flitwick is a powerful and formidable witch. Testaments to his considerable magical skills are his proficiency in the subject he teaches, and his later participation in and surviving the Battle of Hogwarts. Flitwick was stated to be the best and most knowledgeable Charms Master in the entire world. He was capable of effectively casting numerous charms and enchantments, ranging from conjuring simple decoration to the most advanced shield charms. He was also able to conjure a non-corporeal Patronus, which was a very advanced piece of magic as well as concrete evidence of superior magical ability. Flitwick is also skilled in Defense Against the Dark Arts and Transfiguration.

* ***Non-Verbal Magic:*** Flitwick is also skilled in non-verbal magic. In 1996, once every student was inside Hogwarts grounds, he cast a barrier on the school gate without saying the incantation. As non-verbal magic is very difficult, this testifies to him being a truly powerful witch.
* ***Wandless Magic:*** Flitwick was shown to be able to conjure blue flames without using his wand. This is yet another testament to his formidable magical skills, given that wandless magic is a feat that only witches of the highest level are successfully able to accomplish.

**Levitation:** Flitwick is capable of levitating himself and hovering to certain heights above the ground. This ability is especially handy for him due to his incredibly short stature. Although the exact limits of his levitating gift are unknown, he has never been seen to float above ten feet off the ground.

## Abilities

**Duelling:** Sometime after his graduation from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft, Flitwick became a duelling champion, participating professionally in numerous competitions and championships, earning himself a whole shelf of trophies. Though he had not duelled in some time, it was later shown that he had retained his immense duelling skills, having been able to help Minerva McGonagall and Pomona Sprout chase Severus Snape out of the school. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Flitwick emerged as one of the survivors, duelling Corban Yaxley to a draw and even singlehandedly defeating the extremely skilled Antonin Dolohov.

**Conducting:** Flitwick became the conductor of the Hogwarts Choir during the 1993-1994 school year and taught the choir how to sing various songs, including *Something Wicked This Way Comes* and *In Noctem*. He also led the orchestra during the Yule Ball.