Flamel was a wizard

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No: HPFGUIDX 38431

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Olwyn" <igenite_olwyn at b...> wrote:
> Somewhere in my regularly malfunctioning brain theres a memory of a 
discussion/specualtion regarding whether Flamel was a Wizard or a 
Muggle. It appears that he was a wizard.  The DVD release of the 
celluloid that shall not be named, has in the extras (I ordered mine 
today) "never before seen footage featuring Nicholas Flamel's Wizard 
Card..."
> 
> Olly



Hi Olly,

I plead guilty to the belief that Flamel was/is a muggle, primarily 
based on inconclusive canon.  I will accept that he is a wizard if he 
has a wizard card.  Given that he is a wizard, his *ability* to 
contribute to the wellness of the WW is seriouly compromised by his 
apparent *unwillingness* to contribute to same.  The question looms 
larger then - what *was* he doing during the reign of *both* 
Grindewald and Voldmorte?  or any other "dark force" within the last 
666 years!  Either he has contributed to the WW and we have not been 
told, or he has done nothing of any benefit for anyone but himself.  
If that's the case, why would he be held in such high regard by 
Dumbledore?  The level of his power is at serious odds with the level 
of his committment.   IMO it would have made a better story if Flamel 
was a muggle operating within the WW. At any rate, I rest my rant.

Brian