Patronus

[Andy Mills]

No: HPFGUIDX 190439




> Hi
>
>     I don't recall Umbrige ever making a Patrounus, In one of her
> Q&A's J.K.Rowling said that only good persons could make a
> Patrounus, that the Dark Lord or his followers couldn't make one.
>                               Yours Ken


I think the time we saw Umbridge's patronus was during the scene in DH 
when she was questioning muggle borns.  Her patronus was patrolling the 
area directly in front her and the others who were doing the 
questioning, but its position ensured that the dementors could still 
affect those being questioned.  When Umbridge was stunned, her patronus 
disappeared, meaning the others then had to try and repel the 
dementors.  The fact that Harry had to produce a patronus was one of the 
reasons he was recognised.    I don't think there were any incidents in 
the books of actual proven death eaters being able to produce a 
patronus, but Umbridge wasn't actually a death eater (although in my 
opinion she should have been, she was equally as evil as any death eater).

AJM