Rita Skeeter was a witch and journalist who specialized in writing poison-pen stories. She wrote for The Daily Prophet.
Biography[]
Early Life[]
Rita was born in 1951. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. When Bilton Blimes did a prank that prevented Rita from joining the Slug Club, she developed a life-long resentment towards him. Rita spent time training to become an Animagus. At some point before 1986, she was finally able to transform into a beetle at will. Rita aspired to be a journalist and an author. Her Animagus ability allowed her to spy and eavesdrop for her articles.
1984-1991[]
Rita was a guest speaker at Hogwarts during the Main Character's third year. Prior to the reveal, the identity of the speaker generated quite a buzz throughout the school, with Rowan Khanna's guess being an Auror, the Minister for Magic, or a random Arithmancer, while then Main Character thought it to perhaps be the person Professor Albus Dumbledore had been searching for throughout the school year. Professor Minerva McGonagall introduced her to the school in the Great Hall. Rita added a bit more detail, stating herself to be "a widely popular writer for the Daily Prophet."
The next school year Rita returned to Hogwarts to interview the staff as research for a book she was writing. She was particularly interested in uncovering Hogwarts' dark and dangerous secrets in the hope her book would force Professor Dumbledore, who she strongly disliked, to step down. The Main Character was assigned as a chaperone while Rita interviewed Rubeus Hagrid, Torvus the Centaur, Silvanus Kettleburn, and also inspected the Restricted Section of the Library.
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Physical Description[]
Rita had blonde hair set in elaborate curls that contrasted oddly with her heavy-jawed face. She wore jeweled spectacles studded with rhinestones, and had thick fingers ending in two-inch nails that were painted crimson. Her blonde curls were curiously rigid, suggesting it was styled with the magical equivalent of hairspray. In addition, she had pencilled-on eyebrows and three gold teeth, as well as large, masculine hands. Her bright scarlet painted fingernails and toenails were usually likened to claws or talons.
Personality[]
TBA
Abilities and Skills[]
- Potions: As an unregistered Animagus, Rita would have needed to have successfully brewed an Animagus potion in order to gain the ability, a highly advanced and complex potion which requires a high level of skill to correctly concoct.
- Charms: Rita was capable of producing a non-corporeal Patronus, which is a highly impressive magical achievement given the difficulty of casting the charm.
- Animagus: Rita had mastered the incredibly complex branch of Transfiguration allowing her to become an Animagus.
- Nonverbal Magic: Rita was proficient in casting nonverbal magic.
- Journalistic Skills: As one of the editors at the Daily Prophet, Rita had the necessary journalistic skills and experience in the field.
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