- ""The rest of you 'curse-breakers'? Collateral damage, I'm afraid. Entirely expendable to me.""
- —Patricia Rakepick callously revealing her intention to kill the Main Character and their friends in the Buried Vault.
Patricia Rakepick (born between September 1955 and August 1956) was a Dark witch and a world-famous Curse-Breaker for Gringotts Wizarding Bank that returned to Hogwarts during the Year Four of the Main Character.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Patricia Rakepick attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1967 to 1974, where she was sorted into Gryffindor. Being a gifted student, she quickly proved to be the most outstanding student of her year and was always top of her class. While Professor Albus Dumbledore found her to be an exceptional pupil, she was nevertheless greatly disliked by most of her professors for her rebellious streak, a sentiment that did not improve when, rather than being a good role model to her younger peers, she began mentoring them in the art of trouble-making. According to Rubeus Hagrid, during her student years, she was rumored to be friendly with the Marauders, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Sirius Black, and James Potter, whom Patricia, to some extent, mentored in mischief-making.
After leaving Hogwarts, Patricia went on to work for Gringotts as a Curse-Breaker. She embarked on a number of daring expeditions to sites of historical sorcery. She was in charge of breaking protective curses on old forgotten wizarding treasure and retrieving it. She had a Niffler called Sickleworth assigned to her to aid in burrowing for gold at cursed sites. Patricia was eventually promoted to the post of Head Curse-Breaker, a role she held through the late-1980's. She had come to enjoy a rather illustrious reputation as one of the foremost experts in curse-breaking and as someone not to be crossed.
Return to Hogwarts (1987-1989)[]
In 1986, as the Cursed Vaults at Hogwarts began posing a threat to the school, Dumbledore invited Patricia to join him at Hogwarts the following school year so she could help with the Cursed Vaults situation. Patricia arrived at Hogwarts Castle alongside the students on 1 September 1987.
When she entered the Great Hall, she somehow scared Ben Copper.
In the Main Character's fifth year, Patricia chose them, along with Merula Snyde and Bill Weasley, as her assistants.
In the Buried Vault, she betrayed the Main Character by breaking their wand and casting Crucio on Merula.
In the Forbidden Forest, she killed Rowan Khanna while trying to kill Ben Copper.
Physical Appearance[]
Patricia was a haughty-looking witch with wavy, red hair and blue eyes. Dressed for practicality yet with an obvious wizarding flair, she often wore a long-sleeved brown shirt and matching trousers decorated with a dragon scale texture, and a blood red waistcoat that was a shorter at the back than in the front. She wore black robes, on which an ornamental Eye of Horus was pinned, high boots, white gloves, and two light brown belts across her waist, one of which held a leather holster for her wand.
Personality[]
Patricia was a self-declared daredevil with little regard for rules or restrictions and with a strong sense of entitlement. She was also a highly intelligent and magically gifted witch, as evidenced by both her top performance at Hogwarts as well as her later achievements in life. Very secure in her own judgement and immensely confident in her own abilities, she would often eye those with whom she conversed with a look of gleeful smugness yet could demonstrate a sudden temper or disdain towards those of whom she did not think very highly, such as Ben, whom she cruelly singled out during her evaluation of a group of students from which she wanted to pick an assistant for her sanctioned search for the Cursed Vaults.
While she was sorted into Gryffindor upon arriving at Hogwarts, Severus Snape noted her to be unusually cunning for a member of that house. According to Silvanus Kettleburn, she was a strict disciplinarian who did not suffer foolishness from anyone, be it from the Curse-Breakers working under her or domesticated magical creatures in her care. Her stringency in this regard was assumed to be the reason why Sickleworth was, according to Professor Kettleburn, the most well-behaved Niffler he had ever seen.
Known to take immense pride in her status as a world-renowned Curse-Breaker, she was not a particularly modest person, as seen by her shameless flaunting of her position of trust and prestige, even to her peers, in order to attempt to place herself above them. Not all talk and no bite, however, she was happy to be in the thick of the action, she is not someone to shy away from a dangerous situation, with even Hagrid believing her to be completely fearless. She had a reputation for ruthlessness and eliminating those that she believed to be her competition, widely known as someone not to be crossed. But despite these traits, her full dark nature wasn't widely known.
Beneath her veneer of cordiality, lurked a personality that was ambitious, cruel, sadistic, and downright evil. Hungry for the power of the Cursed Vaults, Patricia had no qualms with how she attempted to achieve this goal nor with whom she associated in the process, having joined the mysterious and intensely malevolent "R" and manipulating young and eager wizards and witches in this regard. She did not, in fact, care for her young charges in any way beyond their immediate or potential usefulness to her and willingly discarded them the moment she deemed them liabilities rather than assets.
Magical Abilities and Skills[]
- Magical Mastery: Undeniably of above average in intelligence and ability, even Albus Dumbledore, arguably the greatest wizard of all time, openly respected her abilities. An exceptional pupil, she were one of the cleverest Hogwarts students of her time. In adulthood, she became a powerful Curse-Breaker for Gringotts Wizarding Bank and rose to become, not only in charge of such operations, but also widely believed to have been the greatest one alive.
- Defense Against the Dark Arts: Patricia was known to have had a pronounced aptitude for the Defence Against the Dark Arts during her formative years, and her skill and proficiency only grew in the following years, during which she encountered, and expertly dealt with, a great many dangerous creatures, magical artefacts, and curses throughout her career as a Curse-Breaker. She was knowledgable and skilled enough to be appointed Professor of the subject at Hogwarts.
- Martial Magic: Rakepick was a self-professed no hold barred fighter who did not believe in putting restrictions on duelling, using curses, charms, transfiguration, potions, and even resorting to Muggle duelling if that was what it took to overcome an adversary.
- Dark Arts: As a Curse-Breaker, Rakepick had a high level of knowledge on Dark Magic and how to break its hold. She was capable of identifying various dark creatures and artifacts with east.
- Transfiguration: Rakepick encouraged students at Hogwarts to use transfiguration in duels, suggesting she had the ability to effectively incorporate transfiguration spells in her martial magic. Given how Conjuration is one of the most difficult and advanced branches of transfiguration, her proficiency in Conjuring Spells clearly demonstrated her very impressive talents in this field.
- Charms: Rakepick had remarkable talent in charms-work. She encouraged the students of Hogwarts to use charms in duels, showing that she was proficient in incorporating charms into her martial magic.
- Non-verbal Magic: When she taught students how to fight spiders, she quickly and wordlessly conjured a spider for the student to practice on. This was further proof of her exemplary magical skills, given the high level of difficulty and precision required in the casting of spells non-verbally.
- Herbology: As a pupil, Patricia excelled in the subject, being top of her class. Her knowledge is seen when she was able to identify gillyweed with a mere glance.
- Care of Magical Creatures: Rakepick was very knowledgeable on the topic and had a gift for looking after, interacting with, and gaining the trust of a wide variety of magical creatures. Professor Kettleburn recalls her as being his most gifted student during her time at Hogwarts.
- Flying: Rakepick was a very proficient flyer, particularly in her youth. She was able to sneak into the Forbidden Forest on her broomstick. Notoriously massive and treacherous, it required a high level of control to not only be able to fly into and through the Forbidden Forest, but also to land safely.
- Occlumency: Patricia was a highly skilled Occlumens, enough so to repel the masterful Legilimency abilities possessed by Severus Snape and even he had to begrudgingly acknowledge her skills in the art. She easily blocked the Main Character from reading anything in her mind.
- Apparition: Patricia was able to Apparate at will.
- Wand Versatility: Patricia was able to successfully wield another's wand in Azkaban, casting a powerful non-corporeal Patronus with it.
- Physical Combat Skills: Rickpick was known to infuse physical combat into her dwelling style. She once allegedly killed a Manticore with her bare hands and supposedly ripped the tail off a Chimaera.
- Intellectual Giftedness: Rickpick was top of her class during her school years and later became Head Curse-Breaker.
- Teaching Skills: A highly capable instructor, Patricia was a competent teacher, having quickly and effectively taught the Main Character how to cast a fully-fledged Shield Charm. Later she taught the Main Character and five of their friends how to safely execute the Blasting Curse. She also taught Bill Weasley the stunning spell. She held the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher and taught her hand-picked students useful spells that would be handy in a dangerous situation.
Trivia[]
- Patricia Rakepick is the main antagonist in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery.
- In addition, she is one of the two Gryffindor antagonists shown in the universe, the other being Peter Pettigrew. However, she is the first villainous female Gryffindor.
- Since she wore the Eye of Horus, Patricia might at some point in her career have worked in Egypt.
- Based on her sorting, she may have been in the same year as Narcissa Black.
- Patricia was apparently made an official member of the non-teaching staff at Hogwarts by Dumbledore, seeing how she had the authority to award house points even prior to becoming a teacher.
- Patricia Rakepick's character sheet indicates that she was modelled after actresses Cate Blanchett, Lauren Bacall, and Julianne Moore.
- She is the first Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor named in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery.
- As of Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 42: The Final Vault, her fate depends on the player, who can choose to trap her inside the Sunken Vault or send her to the authorities.