![]() įilch lived in a dingy and windowless office containing filing cabinets with detailed records of all the students Filch had disciplined. In his years as Caretaker, Filch learned all about the Castle's secret passageways and hidden doors better than anyone but the Weasley twins and the Marauders. ![]() įilch frequently patrolled the hallways at night-time, hunting down students wandering out of bed and looking for excuses to give them detentions. By the end of the 1970s, Filch had already filled at least one thousand and fifty-six boxes with punishment records. He disliked the students and constantly hassled them over the littlest infraction and took delight in the doling out of detention-worthy write-ups. Filch waged a constant war against the students and Peeves, the school's resident poltergeist. In around 1968, Filch joined the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, succeeding Apollyon Pringle as Caretaker. " Haven't you been complaining about Peeves for a quarter of a century?" - Minerva McGonagall, in 1998, indicates how long Filch has been working at Hogwarts Despite his magical parentage, Filch was a Squib, meaning he could not perform magic. He was born to at least one wizard parent sometime before 1951, presumably somewhere in the British Isles. Little is known about Filch's early life. Filch was also the only one of the Hogwarts staff to stay at Hogwarts Castle during the summer holidays. He kept his job of caretaker after the Second Wizarding War. The next year, he was responsible for recognising Dark objects that were brought into Hogwarts.įilch helped the students evacuate during the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998 and participated in the battle himself. In 1995, when Dolores Umbridge became High Inquisitor at Hogwarts, Filch gladly supported her. In 1992, after Mrs Norris was petrified by Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk, Filch was furious however, his cat was healed by the end of the year. Filch usually wandered around the school corridors with his cat Mrs Norris, trying to catch students breaking the school rules and complaining about Peeves the Poltergeist. It'll be worse for you if you do." - Filch's sadistic enjoyment when punishing students Īrgus Filch was a Squib and the caretaker of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since around 1973. " I bet you'll think twice about breaking a school rule again, won't you, eh? Oh, yes… hard work and pain are the best teachers, if you ask me… It's just a pity they let the old punishments die out… hang you by your wrists from the ceiling for a few days, I've got the chains still in my office, keep 'em well oiled in case they're ever needed… Right, off we go, and don't think of running off, now.
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