The Goblins (was:Re: is there a reason?)

[annemehr]

No: HPFGUIDX 77612

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ajlboston" <ajlboston at y...> 
wrote:

> I want to know what's going on with Fudge and the Goblins, since it 
> seems clear that something will happen in the upcoming books after 
> the repeated mention of Goblin rebellions, even Three Broomsticks 
as 
> one of the sites, the Goblin's displeasure with what the wizards 
have 
> done and with bagman, the unlikely fountain, and then all the 
> Quibbler stuff about Fudge and his angering/persecuting goblins.  
> Similarly, Lichtenstein and what the Giants have amounted to (being 
> crowded unsafely due to wizarding harrassment) all seem to serve as 
> background for whatever happens in the All Beings Cataclysmic War 
> coming up.  (But what will the centaurs do?  And will the wizards 
> stop being so snobbish so that things are better in the future?)
> 
>   Perhaps Fudge has so alienated the goblins that DE's can entice 
> them, or something...
> 
> A.J.

I found some more:

In the beginning of ch. 15 (The Hogwarts High Inquisitor), there is 
an article from the Daily Prophet headlined "Ministry Seeks 
Educational Reform; Delores Umbridge Appointed First-Ever 'High 
Inquisitor."  I quote the final two paragraphs:

"Wizengamot elders Griselda Marchbanks and Tiberius Ogden have 
resigned in protest at the introduction of the post of Inquisitor to 
Hogwarts.

"'Hogwarts is a school, not an outpost of Cornelius Fudge's office,' 
said Madam Marchbanks.  'This is a further disgusting attempt to 
discredit Albus Dumbledore.' (For a full account of Madam Marchbanks' 
alleged links to subversive goblin groups, turn to page 17)."

If Madam Marchbanks is linked to goblin groups that the Ministry and 
the Daily Prophet think are "subversive," then I'll bet she has 
something to do with wanting to have the goblins treated with more 
respect.  I also look forward to seeing those goblin groups coming 
into the story.

We actually meet Madam Marchbanks as "Professor Marchbanks" in ch. 31 
(O.W.L.S.).  She is one of the examiners.  Draco says that she is the 
head of the Wizarding Examinations Authority and that his father had 
dinner with her and "fixed" his O.W.L.S; Neville doesn't think that 
last part can be true as she's a friend of his Gran's and hadn't 
mentioned the Malfoys.

I'm running out of time, but I note that M. Marchbanks oversaw 
Harry's practical Potions O.W.L.  I think we will be seeing her and 
her involvement with goblins again.

BTW, Tiberius Ogden, mentioned in the Daily Prophet article also, is 
another of the O.W.L. examiners.

Annemehr
who also wonders if there isn't a grain of truth in every Quibbler 
article (perhaps they'll have to put a Crumple-Horned Snorkack into 
the new MoM statue if they ever make one)