Krum (was: The Gryffindor Quidditch Team)

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At 18:11 07/03/03 , Lea Moggach wrote:

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>There may be more references to his age, but I can't think where they are 
>at the moment.  Does anyone else know of any other references to pin down 
>Krum's exact age or school status.  I don't recall any reference made as 
>to where the visiting schools are taking their classes, so there is no 
>clue there.

Well, he's got to be over 17 (Tri-Wiz Tournament regulation) so he's 
*close* to the end of his time at school. The question is whether or not 
Durmstrang has the same policy as Hogwarts of repeating a year if you don't 
make the grade, and thus whether or not this is his final year, if he may 
have repeated a year somewhere along the line. We don't know the date of 
his birthday or Durmstrang's admissions policy, and thus whether he'd be in 
a classroom of mainly 18 year-olds, mainly 17 year-olds, or mainly 16 
year-olds.

All things being equal, at 17 he would *probably* be in his last, or 
perhaps penultimate year, and considering he's already got a career as a 
professional Quidditch player, this is likely. However, we don't know that 
all things are equal so he *may* have one year of school left, and perhaps 
even as many as two.

My own view, for narrative purposes, is that he's now finished with school, 
which gives him more freedom to get involved in the workings of the British 
wizarding world. Then again, if my idea of an inter-school Quidditch 
competition comes about, he could come back in OotP while still a student.

In  other words, it's an open question. :-)