Yardley Platt

[Lyn J. Mangiameli]

I couldn't help but find a bit of amusement in the current Wizard of the Month, Yardley 
Platt. 

We just get done noting how the ages of all the individuals on the Black Family Tree 
fragment were rather unremarkable with respect to age, and what do we get a few days 
later, a 111 year old wizard from the 1500s. Now that's a really remarkable lifespan for 
that era. 

Is it that goblin killing is life enhancing, or was JKR simply pouting, "'tiss so that wizards 
live longer" ?  I don't have a clue, but it is an interesting coincidence that a long-lived 
wizard should appear just now.