Florian Fortescue

[Tiffany B. Clark]

No: HPFGUIDX 181784

> Carol:
>
> Anyone have any ideas regarding what happened to Florian Fortescue 
and why? Unlike Ollivander, he seems to have put up a fight since his 
shop was in a shambles. He doesn't seem to have been held captive at 
the Malfoys (whose house, whether they like it or not, seems to have
become LV's new HQ) like Ollivander and Luna, so he must have been
killed. All I can recall about him is that he was an expert on
medieval witch-burning and a fan of Harry's, who served him free
choconut sundaes from his ice cream shop. Was he a Muggle-born, which
might explain his interest in witch-burning (even though Bathilda
Bagshot tells us in "A History of Magic" that witches and wizards
could survive the flames)? I can't see Voldemort having any use for
his expertise either as an ice cream maker or an authority on that
particular topic.

Carol, wondering why JKR included him in the story unless it's just to
show that Diagon Alley in HBP isn't what it used to be in earlier 
books

Tiffany:

I've speculated on him a few times & can't see LV having a need for 
Florian's expertise.  I think Florian perhaps is a guy that we'll 
really know a lot about as he's not mentioned a whole lot in the 
canon itself.  I'd say he was possibly Muggle born, but can't say for 
sure because of lack of information on my part there.