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

[Nathaniel]

No: HPFGUIDX 192232


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nikkalmati" <puduhepa98 at ...> wrote:

> >6. Karkaroff's smile "did not extend to his eyes, which remain cold >and shrewd"
> >when he greeted Dumbledore. Usually when a new character is >introduced like that
> >– his smile did not reach his eyes – it often raises my suspicions >about the
> >character's intentions. I of course do not remember what was my >first reaction
> >to meeting Karkaroff, but if you do, was this a warning for you or >not? Where
> >there other hints you felt laid suspicion on Karkaroff?
> 
> Nikkalmati
> 
> 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?

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. 

Becoming headmaster of Durmstrang is a sign that Durmstrang doesn't mind a bit of the Dark Arts. It may even be encouraged.