[HPforGrownups] Re: Warlock/Wizard - was Asking JKR just one question

[Vivamus]

No: HPFGUIDX 119442

> Carol wondered where she had heard Perkins referred to as a warlock:
> 
> > I thought it did, and I know I didn't invent the reference. But it 
> > just calls him "a stooped, timid-looking old wizard with fluffy
> white
> > hair" (OoP Am. ed. 134), which at least gives a description of a 
> > particular warlock, if indeed he is one. The only other reference I 
> > found is in relation to the tent he lends to Mr. Weasley in GoF for 
> > the QWC (the one that looks like Mrs. Figg's house inside but
> doesn't
> > smell like cats). Unfortunately all that one says is that Perkins 
> > doesn't camp much any more because he has lumbago (GoF 80). The
> quote
> > I'm looking for, as I remember it, is "Perkins, an old warlock who 
> > worked in Mr. Weasley's office," but exactly where that 
> quote occurs 
> > escapes me at the moment. (Geoff?)
> 
> Ginger:
> I'm not Geoff, although I like his posts, but if you both 
> don't mind...
> 
> In chapter 3 of CoS, Ron, Fred and George pick Harry up to 
> take him to the Burrow.  Harry asks how they knew he was in 
> trouble.  Ron reminds him that Arthur works for the MoM.  
> Harry asks what he does.  
> Ron tells him about it and comments "it's only him and an old 
> warlock called Perkins in the office". (US paperback p. 31)
> 
> I had the idea the warlocks were "venerable" or something like that.  
> I guess that comes from them reading something called 
> "Transfiguration Today" which sounds to me like a 
> professional journal.  If they were generally old, then Ron's 
> comment (an old
> warlock) is redundant.  
> 
> Whatever they are, they are: 
> *easily recognizable
> *literate
> *able to produce offspring for at least 9 generations 
> *employable by the MoM *allowed to hang out in pubs *leaders 
> of federations (probably not of planets) *anything else I 
> have forgotten.
> 
> Maybe we need a complete list of what we know about them.
> 
> Ginger, who is trailer trash and has never seen a warlock in the hood.

Vivamus:

WARLOCK COMPENDIUM:
Here are all the references to the word "warlock" in books 1-5:

Headmaster: ALBUS DUMBLEDORE (Order of Merlin, First Class, Grand Sorc.,
Chf. Warlock, Supreme
Mugwump, International Confed. of Wizards)

"But it's against our laws," said Ron. "Dragon breeding was outlawed by
the Warlocks' Convention of 1709, everyone knows that. "

International Confederation of Warlocks' Statute of Secrecy

"The teapot went berserk and squirted boiling tea all over the place
and one man ended up in the hospital with the sugar tongs clamped
to his nose. Dad was going frantic - it's only him and an old warlock
called Perkins in the office -and they had to do Memory Charms and
all sorts of stuff to cover it up -"

Warlock D. J. Prod of Didsbury says: "My wife
used to sneer at my feeble charms, but one month into your fabulous
Kwikspell course and I succeeded in turning her into a yak! Thank you,
Kwikspell!"

Professor Binns, glancing up in the middle of a deadly dull lecture on the
International Warlock Convention of 1289, looked amazed.

"It was a very near miss," said Ernie. "And in case you're getting
ideas," he added hastily, "I might tell you that you can trace my
family back through nine generations of witches and warlocks and
my blood's as pure as anyone's, so -"

"My dear boy," said Lockhart, straightening up and frowning at Harry.
"Do use your common sense. My books wouldn't have sold half as
well if people didn't think Id done all those things. No one wants to
read about some ugly old Armenian warlock, even if he did save a
village from werewolves. He'd look dreadful on the front cover. No
dress sense at all. And the witch who banished the Bandon Banshee
had a harelip. I mean, come on -"

Fudge has been criticized by some members of the International
Federation of Warlocks for informing the Muggle Prime Minister of the
crisis.

Harry ate breakfast each morning in the Leaky Cauldron, where he liked
watching the other guests: funny little witches from the country, up for
a day's shopping; venerable-looking wizards arguing over the latest
article in Transfiguration Today; wild-looking warlocks; raucous dwarfs;
and once, what looked suspiciously like a hag, who ordered a plate of
raw liver from behind a thick woollen balaclava.

It was extremely crowded, noisy, warm, and smoky. A curvy sort of woman
with a pretty face was serving a bunch of rowdy warlock' up at the bar.

There was nothing in Madcap Magic for Wacky Warlocks. . . nothing in A Guide
to Medieval Sorcery 

As you have already received an official warning for a previous offence
under Section 13 of the International Confederation of Warlocks' Statute of
Secrecy, we regret to inform you that your presence is required at a
disciplinary hearing at the Ministry of Magic at 9 a.m. on the twelfth of
August. 

They're trying to discredit him,' said Lupin. 'Didn't you see the Daily
Prophet last week? They reported that he'd been voted out of the
Chairmanship of the International Confederation of Wizards because he's
getting old and losing his grip, but it's not true; he was voted out by
Ministry wizards after he made a speech announcing Voldemorts return.
They've demoted him from Chief Warlock on the Wizengamot - that's the Wizard
High Court - and they're talking about taking away his Order of Merlin,
First Class, too.'

That he did knowingly, deliberately and in full awareness of the illegality
of his actions, having received a previous written warning from the Ministry
of Magic on a similar charge, produce a Patronus Charm in a Muggle-inhabited
area, in the presence of a Muggle, on the second of August at twenty-three
minutes past nine, which constitutes an offence under Paragraph C of the
Decree for the Reasonable Restriction of Underage Sorcery, 1875, and also
under Section 13 of the International Confederation of Warlocks' Statute of
Secrecy.

'Rumours abound, of course, that Albus Dumbledore, once Supreme Mugwump of
the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Warlock of the
Wizengamot, is no longer up to the task of managing the prestigious school
of Hogwarts.

The room was scarcely less quiet than the street outside, for many of the
patients were making very peculiar noises: a sweaty-faced witch in the
centre of the front row, who was fanning herself vigorously with a copy of
the Daily Prophet, kept letting off a high-pitched whistle as steam came
pouring out of her mouth; a grubby-looking warlock in the corner clanged
like a bell every time he moved and, with each clang, his head vibrated
horribly so that he had to seize himself by the ears to hold it steady.

'Over here!' called Mrs Weasley above the renewed clanging of the warlock in
the corner, and they followed her to the queue in front of a plump blonde
witch seated at a desk marked Enquiries. 

Describe the circumstances that led to the formation of the International
Confederation of Wizards and explain why the warlocks of Liechtenstein
refused to join.

'Albus Dumbledore, newly reinstated Headmaster of Hogwarts School of
Witchcraft and Wizardry, reinstated member of the International
Confederation of Wizards and reinstated Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, has
so far been unavailable for comment.'

COMMENTS:
1. Several passages refer to wizards and warlocks in the same area of text,
distinguishing between them somehow.  They are, apparently, recognizable.
The hospital scene with the warlock clanging refers to him twice as a
warlock while others around him are referred to as witches or wizards.

2. Since DD is Chief Warlock of the Wizengamut, that seems to imply status
beyond that of witch/wizard.

3. context seems to imply (consistent with my memories of tradition) that
warlocks are always male.

4. There are references BOTH to the "International Confederation of
Warlocks" AND to the "International Confederation of Wizards".  Context
implies they are the same body.   Is this (1) a FLINT, or (2) was one a typo
that should have referred to the Wizengamut or the Confederation of Wizards,
or (3) are there in fact two different such bodies?

5. The "rowdy" group of warlocks (and the Kwikspell ad) suggests youth more
than old age.  

6. Looking through all the quotes, I think it is entirely possible that
warlock is simply a synonym for wizard, and JKR simply uses it for verbal
flow.  If not, then it must represent a status differentiation of some kind
-- perhaps based on accomplishment.


Some additional quotes:

"I quite agree, Madame Maxime," said Karkaroff, bowing to her. "I shall be
lodging complaints with the Ministry of Magic and the International
Confederation of Wizards -"

"How are you?" she said, standing up and holding out one of her large,
mannish hands to Dumbledore.  "I hope you saw my piece over the summer about
the International Confederation of Wizards' Conference?"

"Level Five, Department of International Magical Co-operation, incorporating
the International Magical Trading Standards Body, the International Magical
Office of Law and the International Confederation of Wizards, British
Seats."

'You don't know my mother, she'd weasel anything out of anyone!' Seamus
snapped at him. 'Anyway your parents don't get the Daily Prophet. They don't
know our Headmaster's been sacked from the Wizengamot and the International
Confederation of Wizards because he's losing his marbles -'

Had Dumbledore suffered like this all summer, as first the Wizengamot, then
the International Confederation of Wizards had thrown him from their ranks?
Was it anger at Harry, perhaps, that had stopped Dumbledore getting in touch
with him for months? The two of them were in this together, after all; 

'Rumours abound, of course, that Albus Dumbledore, once Supreme Mugwump of
the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Warlock of the
Wizengamot, is no longer up to the task of managing the prestigious school
of Hogwarts.

Vivamus