Albus Percival Brian Wulfric Dumbldore

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 83644

Mary Jo <maryjo at n...> wrote:
> > So in DD's personal names we see the Roman, Welsh, French, 
> > Gaelic and Anglo-Saxon cultures of the U.K. all in a type of 
> > representation.

oiboyz:
> I wonder if JKR picked the names with the 
> intention of representing the different cultures.

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> Percival makes me think of Percival Blakeney, the hero of Baroness 
> Orczy's "Scarlet Pimpernel" series.  Sir Percy was the leader of a 
> league of Englishmen who ran daring missions into revolutionary 
> France to save innocent aristocrats from the guillotine.  Dunno if 
> JKR had that in mind at all, but in any case it's a name that 
> suggests both heroic bravery and pure goodness.


It's only just made me realise that we have Percy Mk.1 and Percy Mk.2 
in the books but somewhat different models?
Geoff