Umbridge convinced her father to take an early retirement when she started working at the Ministry. She then denied being related to the Umbridge who used to sweep the floors, if anyone asked.
Fan theory that Filch is secretly Umbridge's long-lost brother? Or Uncle Vernon? OK, so probably not. But Umbridge did have a brother who was a Squib, and couldn't do magic.
She and her father blamed her Muggle mother for this, and Ellen Cracknell took her son with her when she left Orford. Dolores never saw her brother again and she was pretty much fine with that.
As Umbridge clawed her way up the ranks of the Ministry, she tried to catch the eye of one of her superiors. Any superior. She was hoping for a powerful husband to raise her status, but anyone who got close to her soon realized that she was a prejudiced, sadistic witch. Her Patronus might be a Persian Cat, but Umbridge only likes decorative kittens. She finds the real thing "inconveniently messy.
You probably figured this one out from the books, but Umbridge hates semi-humans like Centaurs, Merpeople and Half-Giants. When Marietta Edgecombe 's memories were secretly modified by Kingsley Shacklebolt and she did not tell the truth about Dumbledore's Army , Umbridge physically shook Marietta very hard, and only stopped when Dumbledore pointed his wand at her.
She also had a tantrum when the gargoyle of the Headmaster's office refused to let her in when she became Headmistress, and an outburst against "half-breeds" led her to be carried away by centaurs in the Forbidden Forest.
Umbridge often made hypocritical statements, claiming during the Start-of-Term Feast that she assured the students that they would all be very good friends, she admitted later that she actually hated children, showing she had sacrificed a lot to do Fudge's bidding. Despite claiming to be a "tolerant woman", she frequently attempted to silence those with whom she disagreed. Her hatred of both "half-breeds" and " Mudbloods " demonstrated her intolerance, while her constantly shifting attachment to the currently most powerful showed her opportunism.
Despite her incessant claims that telling lies was wrong, she was perfectly willing to lie herself, evidently without shame for it. Her style of teaching students was also simply having them read from the textbook, while avoiding any practical lessons and answering students' questions, though she was simply following Fudge's orders on how to change Hogwarts. Indeed, Umbridge enforced his belief that theories were enough for students to get by exams and mastering self-defence, which in many situations proved both of them wrong, though she refused to acknowledge that fact.
It is unclear if she ever agreed with it or if she merely had to keep her mouth shut as her opinions were of little consequence compared to the Minister of Magic.
Because of her lazy and ineffective methods, Umbridge was a thoroughly incompetent teacher with no ability or experience in the teaching of children, something which Minerva McGonagall mocked her for, much to Umbridge's anger. Despite her wickedness and pure-blood supremacist attitude, Umbridge was repeatedly stated to be no Death Eater , as she never showed support for them until they took over the Ministry in She was fearful in response to the Azkaban breakout in and was determined to capture Sirius Black who was, at the time, believed to be a Death Eater.
Once they took over she allied with them due to sharing many beliefs with them, as well as being given further power within the Ministry.
Umbridge also understood the importance of Argus Filch 's knowledge of the school's geography, and made efforts to befriend him in order to advantage herself, despite his status as a Squib, which many would consider a sign of a second-class citizen in the wizard community.
However, she was not above blaming him for her own faults, to the point of irrationality, such as when she stunned one of the Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs causing it to explode, she called him out not to stun them despite his genetic inability to do so in the first place. Umbridge also had an unhealthy habit of drinking a small cup of tea with three spoonfuls of sugar , which could have contributed to her gaining weight, and thus in all likelihood she had possessed the habit for a long time.
It is unclear if the Locket controlled her completely or partially, as Umbridge took to happily tormenting Muggle-borns under its influence. The time Umbridge spent wearing Voldemort's locket highly exacerbated her nasty qualities, as demonstrated with her sadistic and ruthless persecution of defenceless Muggle-borns, along with her dishonesty regarding her blood status.
However, as it was never exactly clear how much influence the locket had on her mind, it may not be fair to judge her entirely for her actions with it on. For instance, her dislike of Muggle-borns increased into base cruelty, tormenting them with sham trials and sadistically sending them off to Azkaban.
Her lack of control over her own mind is evidenced by the fact that she had no idea what she was wearing and so falsely claimed it was a family heirloom and proof of her relation to the Selwyn family , showing her extreme arrogance to the point of utter delusion. Umbridge's Persian cat Patronus. Despite her high ranking position in the Ministry, at first glance Umbridge did not appear to be a particularly powerful witch. She had no knowledge of the brewing process for Veritaserum and because she needed it and unwisely squandered a bottle full on one interrogation although she had been told that it was not necessary , it is unlikely that she was a Legilimens.
She also could not eliminate the Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs and their Portable Swamp , feats that other professors easily did which they refused to at first, just to give Umbridge trouble.
She was also unable to remove Marietta Edgecombe 's "SNEAK" pimple formation , implying that she may not have been very skilled with counter-jinxes although it is possible that no counter-jinx existed for Hermione's spell.
Dolores was born a half-blood to wizard Orford Umbridge and muggle Ellen Cracknell , and had a younger brother , who was a squib. Under the influence of her father, Dolores blamed her mother for being the cause to her brother being born without magical powers, as well as looking down on said brother. Coupled with Ellen's flightiness and untidiness, Dolores came to hate both her mother and brother. She considered them to be inferior and upon reaching 15 years old, she and her father remained in the wizarding world, while Ellen took her son and returned to the Muggle world, never seeing each other again.
Although her father was the source of influence on her prejudiced views on blood purity, Dolores found him rather irksome for his unambitious nature as a janitorial worker at the bottom of the social ladder. While climbing the ranks in the Ministry herself, Dolores found her father to be a source of embarrassment, and pressured him into an early retirement, disappearing from public sight in exchange for the promise of a small monthly allowance.
With her father silently removed from public, Dolores managed to give herself a better public image. Whenever her colleagues mostly the ones who disliked her asked if she was related to the Umbridge who used to mop floors, she would use her sweetest smile which indicates her suppressed rage to deny all connections, and falsely claimed that her deceased father was an esteemed member of the Wizengamot.
Nasty things tended to happen to people who asked about Orford, or anything else Dolores did not want to talk about, so people who wished to be on her good side would pretend to believe her false heritage.
Once Dolores was arrested and sentenced to Azkaban, Orford lost his pittance that his daughter gave him. Harry Potter , her enemy and former student. Dolores Umbridge did everything in her power to make Harry Potter's life as miserable as possible, and thus, the two of them had a mutual loathing for each other. In the summer of , Umbridge sent two Dementors after Harry and his cousin Dudley. This was an attempt to silence him from contradicting the Ministry's official opinion that Voldemort had not returned.
Umbridge was one of Harry's jurors when he was summoned to the Ministry for a trial of the underage magic he used to fend off the Dementors, and she wanted him to be convicted, but he was acquitted due to the efforts of Albus Dumbledore and Arabella Figg. With Dolores Umbridge as his new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Harry found himself hating Umbridge the moment he set his eyes on her, from her fluffy pink cardigan to her high-pitched girlish voice, despite not having an actual reason at the time.
He often was outspoken in class and suffered for his inability to control his temper; he served detention several times with her during that year in which he would be forced to write lines with his own blood using a Blood Quill , which magically scarred Harry's hand. Minerva McGonagall was highly critical of Umbridge's methods, and warned Harry not to cross her because he would get into big trouble at school, and, possibly, even with the Ministry.
Before Umbridge, Harry thought there would never be a teacher he hated as much as Severus Snape , but found Umbridge to be a strong contender.
Using her newly acquired power under the Educational Decrees from the Ministry, she banned all extra-curricular activities and gatherings until they were approved by the High Inquisitor herself ; this meant that the House Quidditch teams were disbanded.
Slytherin's team was immediately reinstated while Gryffindor was delayed from reforming for nearly a month after then-captain Angelina Johnson put in the request. As well as making Harry use a quill that would slice open his hand and cause him to write in his own blood, she banned Harry, Fred, and George from playing Quidditch later in the year after they attacked Draco Malfoy though their bans were all lifted following Umbridge's eventual removal from Hogwarts for his cruel insults.
Dolores forcing Harry to write lines with his own blood as ink during a detention. Umbridge monitored all incoming and outgoing mail, and Harry's owl Hedwig was injured on Umbridge's orders. She made it difficult for Harry, Ron, and Hermione to visit Hagrid. Umbridge nearly used the Cruciatus Curse to get Harry to talk before Hermione intervened and, together with Harry, tricked Umbridge into going into the Forest to show her "Dumbledore's weapon".
This resulted in Umbridge being carried off by the centaurs, whom she had attacked first, due to her hatred of half-breeds. After the Ministry had finally acknowledged Voldemort's return to power, Umbridge was removed from Hogwarts. However, Harry was furious to learn later that year that Umbridge was still working for the Ministry of Magic. The next year Lord Voldemort took over the Ministry. She branded Harry as "Undesirable No.
This was a job that involved sadistically sentencing innocent Muggle-borns to Azkaban on the false charge of stealing magic. Enraged, Harry stunned Umbridge and retrieved the Horcrux. He also took the eye from her office and buried it. Given Harry's grudge against her, it is likely that he provided testimony against her during her trial before being given a life sentence in Azkaban.
The delight of it extended to the point where she wished that he did not rest in peace but in endless despair in the Voldemort controlled world. Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge , her superior.
Umbridge was Cornelius Fudge's right-hand woman, being his Senior-Undersecretary, and he trusted her greatly to place her into Hogwarts to control it.
He granted her many powers through Educational Decrees , and full-heartedly agreed with all of her comments and mockeries against Dumbledore and Harry. Fudge seemed to be unaware of Umbridge's dark and sadistic nature. In return, Umbridge was loyal to Fudge only because of the power he was offering her, and felt no true attachments to the misguided man.
She was also willing to break the law behind the Minister's back to achieve results, such as summoning Dementors in an attempt to expel Harry, as well as attempting to use the illegal Cruciatus Curse for interrogation, all the while stating that " what Cornelius doesn't know won't hurt him.
When Fudge was dismissed, Umbridge stood beside the new Ministers instead, even when it became apparent that the new regime established in was morally corrupt which actually fell in line with her true personality. During their respective downfalls, however, Umbridge did not try to stand up for them, meaning that she only served them loyally for the power that she was offered, and felt no true attachments towards any of them. Some of her equals also respected her enough.
In fact, Percy Weasley sent a letter to his younger brother, stating that Umbridge was a "truly delightful woman", and that Ron should side with her instead of continuing to associate with Harry. However, others, like Amelia Bones and Arthur Weasley , didn't appear to like her. Furthermore, some lower-ranking employees tended to talk ill of her behind her back, as seen when she was the Head of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission , when some pamphlet makers complained about her usage of Alastor Moody's magical eye to monitor them.
She mainly keeps up the facade of a respectable official amongst most of her equals and superiors, but has no trouble tyrannising her subordinates. During her earlier years, she attempted to charm her superiors for a marriage, in order to raise her status and power, but, while they valued her hard work and ambitions, they knew her enough that they found her very difficult to like and refused to have any affectionate relationship with her.
Some of her coworkers who dislike her tend to ask her if she is related to the Umbridge who used to mop floors at the Ministry, which she took offensively before denying it, and caused some nasty events to happen to such people, thus leading to those who wished to remain on her good side to believe her invented ancestry. After the Ministry was reformed under Kingsley Shacklebolt 's guidance, Umbridge was arrested, tried and imprisoned for her crimes against Muggle-borns, as not all the Muggle-borns she sent to Azkaban survived their imprisonment during the Second Wizarding War.
Minerva McGonagall , her enemy. Minerva McGonagall disliked Dolores Umbridge from the beginning, and their relationship only worsened over time.
When the Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher began to invade Hogwarts with her Hogwarts High Inquisitor position, she did everything she could in her power to circumvent Umbridge's authority without risking the loss of her job.
During Umbridge's inspections of McGonagall's class, Minerva tried for the most part to ignore Dolores. This was difficult, due to Umbridge's constant interruptions of McGonagall using her signature soft, girlish cough of " Hem hem ". When forced to acknowledge Umbridge's presence, McGonagall treated her with a cold and harsh demeanour, much to the pleasure of many students. Although Dolores had the authority to put Minerva on probation or even sack her, Minerva was not afraid to show her disgust and hatred of Dolores to her face.
Despite this, she understood that Umbridge had a lot of power and that she was reporting directly to Cornelius Fudge , and so Minerva once warned Harry Potter to tread carefully around Umbridge. Even so, she vehemently vouched for Harry during their Career Advice session, claiming that she would coach him nightly if she had to in order to realise his dream of becoming an Auror , after Umbridge's furiously protested that Harry would never become one; during this session, Minerva indirectly claimed Dolores' evaluation as incompetent and would not be taken into consideration.
After Umbridge fired Sybill Trelawney from her post as Divination teacher, Minerva even put aside her mild dislike of Sybill to focus even more on her hatred of Dolores. Even when Dolores took over Hogwarts, replacing Albus Dumbledore as head of the school, Minerva continued to help undermine Umbridge's reign, preferring to watch her struggle with the chaos that was being caused by the students and Peeves sometimes she even helped with it.
When Minerva attempted to prevent the attack on Hagrid, Umbridge and her cohorts shot her down with four simultaneous Stunners, severely injuring her, requiring her to be sent to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries Dolores was pleased at this, as it meant she had full control of Hogwarts.
After Minerva's return to Hogwarts, Minerva did nothing to curb the students' enthusiasm when Peeves chased Dolores from Hogwarts, only lamenting that she could not run after Umbridge herself because the poltergeist had taken her walking stick to hit Dolores with as he followed her from the school. Umbridge was a sadistic woman who enjoyed punishing and torturing students.
Almost every resident of Hogwarts at the time hated Umbridge, but she particularly hated Harry Potter , Fred and George. Fred and George were students who vehemently opposed Umbridge, and they used their mischief-making skills to undermine her authority. They developed special fireworks and set them off within the castle after Umbridge was appointed Head of Hogwarts. The fireworks took fantastical forms, such as a monstrous light dragon and Catherine wheels. They also created a Portable Swamp , which was commended by Charms Professor Filius Flitwick as a bit of " really good magic ," in order to anger Umbridge just before leaving Hogwarts.
When she attempted to punish them, Fred and George insulted her in front of the whole school and then fled with their broomsticks, much to her absolute fury, as she ordered her Inquisitorial Squad to apprehend the two, which failed.
In response, the twins "strongly suggested" that Peeves " give her hell from us " before flying out of the castle grounds, a departure that would become somewhat of a legend at the school. Some of the Slytherin students as well as the caretaker, Argus Filch , happily supported Umbridge during her reign as the High Inquisitor and later Headmistress of Hogwarts; relating her cruelty and sadism with their own ambitions.
In fact, Filch claimed that Umbridge was the best thing to happen to Hogwarts, falling for her ploy to gain his trust by rewarding him with, for example, permission to use torture as a form of punishment. However, Umbridge was fully aware that she could rely only on herself in the more crucial situations, evidenced in her reaction to Draco Malfoy 's greedy facial expression upon hearing of Dumbledore's fabled "secret weapon" from an apparently distraught Hermione Granger.
Umbridge, believing Hermione's bluff, then took it upon herself to discover this weapon first-hand rather than send one of her Slytherin cronies to do it for her. Severus Snape , who disliked Umbridge immensely.
Like his colleagues, he did as little to help her as possible due to seeing her as the spoiled child she was. Because of this, Snape was the only one who could ignore Umbridge's insults and endure her tantrums. He was, however, not above subtle taunting as shown when he merely raised an eyebrow after she told him he was on probation or when he pointed out the foolishness in her use of the entire bottle of Veritaserum which was fake he gave her when she only needed three drops.
Umbridge in turn seemed to enjoy bullying Snape over the fact that Dumbledore always refused him the Defence Against the Dark Arts position, which Snape found to be infuriating, and barely hid his rage. She was also annoyed with his lack of support for her and accused him of being "deliberately unhelpful".
In general Umbridge seemed to expect more support from Snape, due to Lucius Malfoy speaking highly of him to her. In an alternate reality in which Voldemort won the war and Umbridge became the official Headmistress of Hogwarts, she kept Snape as a teacher of the school.
Umbridge claimed that she knew of Snape's true allegiance to the Order of the Phoenix for years, but did not act on it at the time; it was only when Severus assisted Scorpius Malfoy in defying Voldemort did Umbridge expressed her regret of not dealing with Snape before. In short, it seems Umbridge kept Snape around for his teaching capabilities while disregarding his loyalty as something that could not bring harm to the new regime until he made an open move.
Snape, in turn, had no qualms in blasting Umbridge back when she confronted them. He did not hesitate to express how he always considered her an "idiotic woman" and admitted that he never liked her in front of Harry, especially after hearing she foolishly called a herd of centaur "filthy half-breeds ".
Harry, sharing this contemptuous dislike for Umbridge, chuckled at Horace's comment. Umbridge sacking Professor Trelawney and attempting to send her away from Hogwarts Castle.
During her time as a student, Umbridge never truly enjoyed her time at Hogwarts, and being denied any position of power i. Prefect, Head Girl made her resent the establishment. Upon being installed by Fudge as a teacher, Umbridge saw it as a golden opportunity to get revenge against the school that did not as she saw it give her her due respect. While at Hogwarts as a staff member, Dolores Umbridge was, overall, a highly unpleasant person to be around.
As such, she was highly unpopular to most students and teachers in Hogwarts school. In fact, she was despised or feared by many of the other residents of the grounds, such as the Ghosts, Paintings, House Elves, and the Forbidden Forest Centaurs.
She would constantly interrupt teachers, such as Dumbledore during his welcoming speech, with her high-pitched girlish cough of " Hem hem " and speak to students in a condescending tone, as if they were simpletons or her inferiors; her personal speech during the Start-of-Term Feast already left a very negative first impression on the school in general, as most students could not be bothered to listen to the "load of waffle", while the teachers and Hermione Granger deduced the meaning that "the Ministry is interfering at Hogwarts", which displeased them.
However, Dumbledore could not do anything about her due to her being appointed by the Ministry, and school life was made infinitely more difficult — for students and staff alike — by her presence. Umbridge, as High Inquisitor, inspecting Severus Snape. The students who despised her cruelty started a massive rebellion inspired by Fred and George Weasley after they set off a Portable Swamp and fled the school.
The teachers and staff, most of whom despised Umbridge's methods and interfering in their classes, did little to support her, and instead allowed the students to run rampant. Madam Pomfrey however looked after her as she would any other following her rescue from the Centaurs.
Umbridge was particularly offensive and prejudiced towards Hagrid , due to his half-giant blood, and to Professor Trelawney , who Umbridge believed was a fraud. Eventually, Umbridge sacked Trelawney and attempted to rudely evict her from the school, only to be foiled by Dumbledore.
This also turned even more of the students and staff against her. In fact, the school itself appeared to deny her authority, sealing the Headmaster's office against her. In addition, Umbridge liked to intimidate Snape , despite both of them sharing a dislike of Harry Potter.
Unlike Trelawney, who took these horrible comments to heart and was deeply insulted, Snape rarely took any of her tauntings seriously. Besides, the staff, the students, and Peeves, the residents of the castle paintings also regarded her and her helpers with general distaste, swearing and making rude hand gestures at her and Cornelius Fudge when they left the Headmaster's office in pursuit of Dumbledore. Dobby was also terrified of her, warning of her approach to Harry in hysterics, and barely able to say her name.
Umbridge especially disliked Albus Dumbledore , as he kept undermining her attempts to wrest control of Hogwarts. She, like Cornelius Fudge , believed that Dumbledore was trying to overthrow the Ministry of Magic and hence usurp the position of Minister for Magic. Of all, she was one of the only individuals who did the feat and mistake of angering Dumbledore when she attacked a student in front of him, a thing that even Voldemort himself was not able to do.
Dumbledore's Army , Hogwarts students who rejected her authority and rebelled against her. Dumbledore's Army was also an organisation founded in order to directly oppose Umbridge and her supporters. When Umbridge found out about the organisation, she utilised the powers of Educational Decree Number Twenty-Four to have them all expelled, but failed due to Dumbledore taking the blame.
All of them, aside from Marietta, disliked Umbridge. For instance, Hermione cited that she was an evil woman trying to dictate the affairs of the entire school, while Ron said she was "sick" in the head. However, Marietta betrayed the Army to Umbridge because of her parents' loyalty to the Ministry. Although Umbridge feigned kindness in encouraging Marietta to do "the right thing", when Kingsley Shacklebolt secretly modified Marietta's memory, Umbridge was furious with the young girl for being unable to answer her questions.
This caused the High Inquisitor to violently shake Marietta until Dumbledore quickly stepped in. Umbridge always had a prejudiced view on those who were part-humans. She used the derogatory term " half-breed " and treated them particularly horribly. This extended to creatures that looked like part-humans, but were in fact a separate breed, such as centaurs , merpeople , and werewolves , as she either mistook them to be human-animal hybrids or simply found their appearances of being partially human revolting.
Regardless of her definition of "half-breeds", she was extremely cruel to them, writing an anti-werewolf legislation so they could barely find employment, and campaigning for merpeople to be rounded up and tagged, the latter which was never followed through due to the sheer ridiculousness.
In particular, Umbridge was horrible to half-giant Rubeus Hagrid , treating him like a dimwitted and violent troll , and ultimately tried to attack him under the cover of darkness.
Umbridge was also horrified at the appointment of the new Divination teacher, the centaur Firenze. Her prejudice eventually led her to foolishly insult and anger a herd of centaurs who dragged her away, which led her to develop a phobia towards centaurs. However, despite her hatred towards half-breeds, Umbridge did not seem to hate part-goblin Filius Flitwick , judging by Fred Weasley 's statement that she passed him on his inspection.
Although this is most likely a result of Umbridge's lack of knowledge on Flitwick's ancestry. Alternatively, it is possible that Flitwick's all-around competence led to her being unable to find a pretext to mark him down. One year before she was incarcerated in Azkaban , Umbridge's cruel prejudice extended to Muggle-borns , due to her hypocritical-conformity of the ideology of blood purity.
She sadistically interrogated them alongside Yaxley , two prime victims being Alderton and Mary Cattermole. She also published a pamphlet stating the dangers of Muggles and referred to them as " Mudbloods ". It was hypothetically suggested that Hedwig was attacked by a Thestral , but there is also the more likely possibility that she was manhandled by Umbridge herself or Argus Filch, who gleefully assisted Umbridge in anything she requested of him.
Centaurs drag Dolores Umbridge away upon being called 'filthy half-breeds ' and 'creatures of near-human intelligence'. Soon afterward, Umbridge caught Harry trying to use the Floo Network in her office, and he and his friends and fellow D.
When Harry refused to tell her what he had been doing, Umbridge first attempted to dose him with Veritaserum , but Professor Snape told her he had no more. She then claimed that the Cruciatus Curse might "loosen his tongue". Hermione then spoke up, and tricked Umbridge into following her and Harry into the Forbidden Forest in search of an alleged "secret weapon" of the Order of the Phoenix.
There, Umbridge was confronted by a herd of centaurs , who she shamelessly insulted with racial slurs and arrogance. Umbridge then attacked one of the centaurs near her.
She was chased and nearly killed by them. Although she survived, her wand was snapped in half when one of the centaurs stepped on it. Umbridge was ultimately rescued by Dumbledore, although she was apparently left with a significant fear of centaurs afterwards, reacting violently at even the sound of hoofbeats. How Dumbledore managed to rescue her from the human-hating centaurs without suffering any injury himself remained a mystery, though it is likely that centaurs had respect for Albus, based on their salute at his funeral.
After Voldemort appeared in the Ministry of Magic and was seen by a number of people, including Cornelius Fudge , Dumbledore was restored as the Headmaster. Umbridge, who had been in the school's hospital wing, attempted to leave the castle without anyone noticing the day before the end of the school year. However, Peeves the Poltergeist discovered her and ousted her from the school, hitting her over the head alternatively with a walking stick and a sock full of chalk, leading a crowd of students.
Professor Minerva McGonagall expressed regret at not being able to chase Umbridge herself because Peeves had borrowed her walking stick and she was not fully recovered. She was later seen at Albus Dumbledore 's funeral at Hogwarts, though she did not speak, and fled at the sight of Firenze. Following Voldemort's takeover of the Ministry of Magic in , Umbridge resumed her post as Under-Secretary and oversaw the registration and persecution of Muggle-born witches and wizards.
She conducted trials with sadistic pleasure, subjecting innocent Muggle-borns to the presence of Dementors and sending them to Azkaban for supposedly stealing magic from "real" witches and wizards.
She also wrote the prejudiced propaganda booklet Mudbloods and the Dangers They Pose to a Peaceful Pure-Blood Society [3] which featured a cover including a rose being strangled by green weeds.
Affixing it to her office door, she was able to terrorise all Ministry employees with the mere concept that she could observe their every move. This, in addition to her manner of causing general misery, would suggest that Umbridge was in league with Voldemort, though it was never explicitly stated until she was seen working with Death Eater Yaxley. At some point, Umbridge received a locket as a bribe from petty thief Mundungus Fletcher. She boasted of this supposed connection to Hermione Granger , who was in the guise of Ministry employee Mafalda Hopkirk , during one of Umbridge's blood purity hearings.
At that moment, full of rage, Harry Potter attacked both Umbridge and Yaxley. Umbridge was stunned , leaving Harry and Hermione free to snatch the locket from around Umbridge's neck and flee the scene.
Hermione created a copy of the locket to leave with Umbridge, so that she did not become suspicious. It is not clear exactly why Umbridge felt it necessary to emphasise her wizarding ancestry, though in the case of some other wizards this has been because they wished to distract attention from some non-wizarding ancestors.
When the locket was in the possession of Harry Potter and companions, it exerted a malign influence on each of them when they wore it. Due to Umbridge's already evil nature, she hadd developed an "affinity" for the object and so the Horcrux - rather than impart a negative effect on her - actually strengthened her.
After Voldemort 's final defeat at the hands of Harry Potter and the mass revolution of the Ministry of Magic by Kingsley Shacklebolt , Umbridge was arrested and put on trial for crimes against Muggle-borns , working with Voldemort and his Death Eaters and abuse of power at both Hogwarts and the Ministry of Magic. She was found guilty of all charges and sentenced to life imprisonment in Azkaban [6].
Dolores Umbridge is described to be a short, squat woman resembling a large pale toad. She has a broad, flabby face, a wide mouth, and bulging pouchy eyes and mousy hair where she often wears a black velvet bow. She speaks with a simpering, childish, high-pitched, breathless, girlish voice, and has her office decorated with kittens and other cute pink things. She had a wide, toad-like smile and would after say cruel things in a sugary, sweet voice.
Umbridge's thick, stubby fingers were adorned with several gaudy, ugly old rings. Umbridge is seen wearing various green tweed outfits, usually with a pink fuzzy cardigan on top, giving her greater toad-like qualities. The head-to-toe matching outfits, usually in shades of pink, were worn while she taught and during her duties as High Inquisitor. During Harry's hearing regarding under-age magic , Umbridge wore the black robes of the Wizengamot with a silver "W" on it.
Also, while she interrogated Muggle-borns, she worn Salazar Slytherin's locket on top of her frilly, girlish pink outfits in an attempt to prove her blood purity claiming that the S stood for the pure-blood Selwyn family.
However, since her imprisonment in Azkaban, it is unlikely that she still wears any of her old outfits but instead wears the black and white striped uniform of the prison. Dolores Umbridge was clearly an evil woman [7] [5] - nothing short of a sadist - earning her the utter contempt of many around her. Her draconian ideals of discipline, such as having the victim write with their own blood and the message carved into the back of his or her hand, made Harry and Ron consider her to be "sick".
She had a high, girlish voice and a personality that has been described as "poisoned honey". It was also said on various occasions that the sweeter her voice was the more dangerous she was. She also tended to give her signature fake cough, " Hem-Hem ", when she wanted someone's attention, rudely interrupting them. Umbridge was fanatically prejudiced against part-humans such as werewolves and half-giants , which she called " half-breeds. Her prejudice also led to her mistakenly believing that mermaids and centaurs are part-humans, when in fact they are separate species.
However, after the incident with the Hogwarts centaurs, she has developed a phobia of centaurs. An odd derivative from this prejudice is that, despite her hatred of half-breeds, Umbridge did not seem to hate part-goblin Filius Flitwick , as Fred Weasley stated that she marked him well on his inspection.
Dolores is what could be described as a textbook example of "Lawful Evil". She placed a blind faith in authority, believing that it could not possibly be wrong and this went hand-in-hand with her self-serving nature [8] ; she liked power a lot, naturally siding with those who would give her the most authority as is clearly seen when she was loyal to Fudge over Dumbledore, rather than accepting the truth.
Umbridge was as ruthless in maintaining her power as she was in seeking it. She enjoyed having people under her thumb, and had no trouble using any methods available in order to make people obey her, even if they violated wizarding laws, such as attempting torture Harry Potter with the Cruciatus Curse , which was one of the three Unforgivable Curses , when he would not supply her with information.
Indeed, she was known to rapidly resort to cruel and unusual punishments over perceived slights and take great pleasure in such punishments. Umbridge also liked to showcase her statuses, as she arrogantly told the centaurs in the Forbidden Forest of her many titles, and mounted plaques on her office doors to display these titles. Unaware that she was in possession of Salazar Slytherin's Locket , she falsely claimed it was an heirloom and proof her relation to the Selwyn family.
When Fudge was dismissed, Umbridge continued to support the Ministry such was her devotion to authority and seemed to try to get to the same position of power she had had with the new Minister Rufus Scrimgeour. Even when the Death Eaters took over, she stood by their side and persecuted Muggle-borns for them. Although she was not a Death Eater , she showed no qualms about indirectly supporting them with her work at the Ministry while it was under Voldemort 's control, and freely espoused many of their virtues even before they gained Ministry control.
She seemed to show particular dislike for Harry Potter, as she cruelly punished Harry during detentions, and deemed him "undesirable number one" during the Death Eaters' reign. During her year as a professor at Hogwarts, she acted as disciplinarian, insisting the students to greet her loudly and clearly at the beginning of every class, as well as answer her questions in the same manner.
Despite her feigned politeness, the other teachers found her infuriating. Umbridge became more openly authoritative and cruel as she gained influence over the school, especially during her time as the High Inquisitor , as seen when she interrupted teachers and her leading questions, passive-aggressive comments, and disruptive note taking.
She was especially insulting to Hagrid, whom she knew to be a "half-breed," and was blatantly condescending and rude to him during her inspection of his class. Umbridge was also a cool-demeanoured sadist who rarely expressed the extent of her anger openly, casually making decrees and handing out torturous punishments with a smile most notably, forcing Harry to carve "I must not tell lies" into the back of his hand with a Blood Quill.
She created several new rules and regulations in order to increase control and chances to punish students, despite many of them being ridiculous and unreasonable. Though it was rare, Umbridge did occasionally lose her temper, as when Fred and George Weasley began a rebellion against her during her time as Headmistress.
When Marietta Edgecombe had her memories secretly modified by Kingsley Shacklebolt and did not tell the truth about Dumbledore's Army , Umbridge physically shook Marietta very hard, and only stopped when Dumbledore pointed his wand at her.
She also had a tantrum when the gargoyle of the Headmaster's office refused to let her in when she became headmistress, and an outburst against "half-breeds" led her to be carried away by centaurs in the Forbidden Forest. Umbridge was also a hypocrite, as although she claimed during the Welcoming Feast that she was sure that she and the students would all be very good friends, she admitted later that she actually hated children.
Also, despite claiming to be a "tolerant woman", she frequently attempted to silence those she disagreed with. Her raciscm and hatred of both "half-breeds" and "Mudbloods" show that she has not an ounce of tolerance in her.
Umbridge was presumably capable and fairly intelligent, as she was high-ranking in the Ministry at relatively a young age. However, this was probably more a credit to her ability to manipulate and her unabashed opportunism, and not indicative of any remarkable magical ability.
In fact, her general magical knowledge seemed limited, as she unreasonably demanded Snape that brew Veritaserum in less than the required month after squandering the entire bottle on one interrogation. She also could not figure out how the students were suffering from the symptoms of " Umbridge-itis ", nor how to remove the Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs and the Portable Swamp left by Fred and George Weasley , something which other teachers easily cleaned up.
It was through her incessant persecution of Muggle-borns and "half-breeds", and possibly her use of the illegal Blood Quill to torture those who went against her including her attempt to torture Harry with the Cruciatus Curse , that contributed to her eventual downfall and life imprisonment in Azkaban. Despite her high ranking position in the Ministry, at first glance Umbridge doesn't appear to be a particularly powerful witch. She had no knowledge of the brewing process for Veritaserum and due to the fact that she required it, it is unlikely that she is a Legilimens.
She was unable to eliminate either the Weasleys' Wildfire Whiz-bangs and their Portable Swamp , feats that other professors easily did which they refused to at first, just to give Umbridge trouble. She was also unable to remove Marietta Edgecombe 's "SNEAK" pimple formation , implying that she may not be very skilled with counter-jinxes although it is possible that no counter-jinx existed for Hermione's spell.
Her real magical power and knowledge were mainly focused in offensive and defensive magic, particularly of a darker variety. Harry Potter , her enemy and former student.
Dolores Umbridge did everything in her power to make Harry Potter 's life as miserable as possible. In the summer of , Umbridge sent two Dementors after Harry and his cousin Dudley. This was an attempt to silence him from contradicting the Ministry's official opinion that Lord Voldemort had not returned.
In order to save himself and his cousin, Harry was forced to produce a Patronus Charm. Harry then received a letter from the Ministry telling him that he would need to attend a hearing. If he was convicted, Harry would have his wand confiscated and destroyed, rendering him unable to return to Hogwarts. Umbridge was one of his jurors when he was summoned to the Ministry, and she wanted him to be convicted, but he was acquitted due to the efforts of Albus Dumbledore and Arabella Figg.
Harry found himself hating Umbridge the moment he set his eyes on her, from her fluffy pink cardigan to her high-pitched girlish voice. He often was outspoken in class and suffered for his inability to control his temper; he would serve detention several times with her during that year if which he would be forced to write lines with his own blood using a special quill , magically scarring Harry's hand.
Though Minerva McGonagall was highly critical of Umbridge's methods, she warned Harry not to cross her as not only would he risk getting into serious trouble at school, but possibly with the Ministry as well. Dolores' punishments were particularly cruel. As well has making Harry use a quill that would slice open his hand and cause him to write in his own blood, she banned Harry, Fred, and George from playing Quidditch after they got into a scuffle with Draco Malfoy though their bans were all lifted following Umbridge's eventual removal from Hogwarts following his cruel insults.
Umbridge monitored all incoming and outgoing mail, and Harry's owl Hedwig was injured on Umbridge's orders. She made it difficult for Harry, Ron, and Hermione to visit Hagrid. All of this with the exception of the Quibbler interview incident, which happened after led to the formation of Dumbledore's Army.
Harry, with help from Ron and Hermione, taught a group of students different sorts of spells in case they were ever in any danger, and the true purpose of the group was to stand up to Dolores Umbridge's tyrannical regime and to learn the spells she refused to teach them.
They were ultimately betrayed by Marietta Edgecombe , and despite Kingsley Shacklebolt performed a powerful Memory Charm on her so that she could not further implicate Albus Dumbledore and Harry , Dumbledore was forced to flee the school to save Harry from expulsion once again. Umbridge became Headmistress of Hogwarts and was intent on taking over the entire school.
After Professor McGonagall was injured trying to protect Hagrid from being arrested on Umbridge's orders, Harry was caught trying to use Umbridge's fire to check on Sirius. Umbridge nearly used the Cruciatus Curse in order to get Harry to talk.
Hermione intervened and together with Harry, tricked Umbridge into going into the Forest to show her "Dumbledore's weapon. After the Ministry had finally acknowledged Voldemort's return to power, Umbridge was immediately removed from Hogwarts.
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