Chapter Discussion: Chapter Fifteen, Goblet of Fire: Beauxbatons and Durmstrang

[nikkalmati]

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> > Nikkalmati
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> > Yes, I thought immediately he was trouble.  I didn't give enough weight to the weak chin, however.  He turned out to be a coward. I have always wondered - How did Igor get to be head of Durmstrang?  
> > He went to Hogwarts and was a DE in the first war.  He spent time in Azkaban. Barty knows him too.  How did he get permission to return?  His comment about "dear old Hogwarts" implies he has not ever been back. If he is English why is he called Igor?  Was his family from whatever country Durmstrang is in?
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> Nathaniel:
> Where are you getting that Karkaroff went to Hogwarts? I don't remember that. The "Dear old Hogwarts" comment is a sign that Karkaroff had been there before. Maybe at a previous Tri-wizard tournament or maybe in some other capacity. 
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> Becoming headmaster of Durmstrang is a sign that Durmstrang doesn't mind a bit of the Dark Arts. It may even be encouraged.
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Nikkalmati

At GOF p187 (American hardback edition) we learn that the tounament was established 700 years ago and discontinued because of the death toll.  DD says several attempts to reinstitute the tournament were tried unsuccessfully over the centuries, so I don't think that anyone alive has been to one. Igor would be the only non-British DE we know of, if he were not a British wizard - and almost all British wizards go to Hogwarts.  The phrase "dear old Hogwarts" seems a bit strong for someone who had merely visited the place, even if he is trying to butter up DD.  He seems to be older than SS because he is described as having silver hair.GOF p. 247.  He clearly spent some time in Azkaban despite trying to turn his coat after the Dark Lord disappeared.  Even after he flees when LV returns in GOF, he does not go to Durmstrang or anywhere else in Europe; he eventually is found and killed in England. 

Nikkalmati