Yardley Platt

[Caius Marcius]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Lyn J. Mangiameli" 
<kumayama at e...> wrote:
>
> 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.

Of course, we don't know at what point Mr. Platt was bought to 
justice (such as it is in the WW) - it's possible that he spent his 
final decades at Azkaban, or conversely. might have lived to a 
Dumbldedore-ish span of 150 years or so, but was cut short by a 
Goblin hit-squad.

Anyway, there may a filk in there - "The Goblins, I'll get 'em if 
they don't watch out!"

   - CMC