Anise Midgen

## Anise Jorkins (née Midgen)

**Anise Jorkins** (née **Midgen**) (born 12 May, 1956) was a pure-blood witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1967 to June of 1974. She was a member of the Midgen family of Castle Cary, Somerset, England. In 1977, she married Tim Jorkins, a member of the Jorkins family, and moved to Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire. The couple had a son together, Albert Jorkins, in 1978.

## Biography

### Early life

Anise Midgen was born on 12 May, 1956, in Castle Cary, Somerset, England. She was the daughter of Otto Midgen and his wife Louise Midgen (née Worple). Her father, Otto, worked as a watchwizard at the British Ministry of Magic. Her mother stayed at home. She had an older brother, Caspar.

#### Hogwarts years

Anise Midgen received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1967. That same summer, she visited Diagon Alley, located in London, and purchased a wand made of rowan and unicorn hair from Ollivander's Wand Shop. On 1 September, 1967, she boarded the train for Hogwarts and was sorted into Hufflepuff House that same night.

In her second year of school, Anise decided to join the Hogwarts Gobstones Club. The Hogwarts Gobstones Club was a recreational club at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for students interested in playing Gobstones. It was distinct from the Hogwarts Gobstones Team, which presumably played the game on a competitive level.

#### Marriage

On 16 April, 1977, Anise Midgen married Tim Jorkins, a member of the Jorkins family that lived in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, England. Timothy Jorkins was the older brother of Bertha Jorkins, and the son of Rufus and Belinda Jorkins. Rufus Jorkins was an employee of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement at the Ministry of Magic. Tim Jorkins worked odd jobs for the Department of Magical Maintenance.

Tim and Anise had a son together, Albert, in mid-1978. That same year, her brother, Caspar Midgen, married a witch called Wilma Runcorn. In 1980, they had a daughter, Eloise Midgen.

### Later life

Anise's son, Albert, began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 1 September, 1989. He ended up a member of Gryffindor House like most of her husband Tim's family. Her niece, Eloise, began attending in 1991 and was sorted into Hufflepuff House.

#### Disappearance of Bertha Jorkins

During the summer of 1994, Anise's sister-in-law, Bertha Jorkins, went missing while on holiday in Albania. She was declared dead in early 1996 after Albus Dumbledore personally intervened, and explained to the Jorkins family that she had been murdered by Lord Voldemort. Anise and her husband, Tim, simply refused to believe it. They went to the Daily Prophet, and their story regarding Bertha's disappearance only fuelled the fire which slated Dumbledore and Harry Potter as liars.

However, on 18 June, 1996, an incident at the Ministry led the Minister for Magic, Cornelius Fudge, to announce publicly that Voldemort had indeed returned, and Anise and Tim were forced to accept that Bertha had been murdered, and was not just "lost" as they had claimed. That same June, their son, Albert, graduated from Hogwarts.

#### Open warfare

In early September, 1996, Anise's brother, Caspar Midgen, pulled his daughter out of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for fear that her safety there was jeopardised by Lord Voldemort's return. Tim and Anise's son, Albert, had already graduated, so there was no need for the Jorkins to pull him.

Anise and her husband Tim's fates are unknown. Their son, Albert Jorkins, married a witch called Primrose Beery in early 1997, and the couple had three children, Grimwold, Granville, and Griselda.

## Etymology

The name "anise" is derived via Old French from the Latin word, *anisum*, or Greek, *anison*, referring to dill. Anise is also a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae native to the eastern Mediterranean region and Southwest Asia.