Ginny Weasley: Note and Research - Fall, 1997
Name: G. Weasley.
Format: Note and a parchment of research to B. Weasley.
Date: Fall, 1997.
Relevance: Following the unusual circumstances under which G. Weasley's brother was attacked in the summer of '97, G. Weasley conducted research in the Hogwarts library for "special" cases of lycanthropy pertaining to B. Weasley's condition (as mentioned in the accompanying note).
Archivist's notes: Research contains possible historical prerequisites to the werewolf Fenrir Greyback.
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Transcript:
Small note enclosed to B. Weasley:
Bill --
Enclosed is a scroll with a few notes I took on case histories that I thought seemed similar to either your case or Greyback. I couldn't find much, and I'm not sure how these could help in research or whatever, but they caught my eye. And I thought you might want to take a look. Unfortunately, there weren't much details about the people themselves, just the case itself. I'll look more.
I love you. - Ginny
CASE HISTORIES
Gandillion family-
- 16th century --> whole family accused of lycanthropy [arrow: “How were they cursed? They DIDN’T transform, so how?”]
- “strange habits” brought to attention when…
- Pernette (sister) attacked 2 children = one killed
- transformed? Can’t have been; was tracked down by mob and killed, therefore was identified in her human appearance
- brother Pierre + son Georges accused of witchcraft
- admitted to being werewolves: transformation via “magic salve” [arrow: “Later research called it a hallucinogenic of some sort that influenced mental state, absorbed into bloodstream (Muggle explanation?)”]
- "Imprisoned, said to have acted like maniacs, their bodies covered with wounds and scratches... attacked by dogs during late night excursions"
- inability to "transform" (mentally?) in prison --> no "salve" to initate transformation (no full moon during this)
- Pierre, Georges + other sister Antoinette executed
- burnt in 1598
Jean Grenier
- 1603, southwest France [arrow: “30,000 werewolf trials in France (false accusations + truth?”)]
- Teenager (13/14 yrs) accused of attacks
- young children vanished without a trace
- under guise of wolf skin, attacking and devouring
- guise as excuse for cannibalism?
- not even a true werewolf, just some mad man?
- “Lusted for the flesh of small children, which were tender, plump and rare” --> Greyback precedent?
- Marguerite Poirier (13 yrs) attacked by “a savage beast much resembling a wolf in full moon”
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- Rougarou (aka Roux-Ga-Roux)
- Variant of Loup Garou --> French (Loup) for wolf + garou (Frankish “garulf” cognate w/ English werewolf)
- Man who transforms into animal (ex. Wolf)
- Loup Garou in 1610
- “Lean and gaunt lad with small, deep-set black eyes that glared fiercely”
- “...long sharp teeth, some of which were white like fangs, others black and broken”
- “hands were almost like claws with horrid crooked nails...”
- “loved to hear and talk of wolves”
- “often fell upon all fours, moving with extraordinary agility and seemingly with greater ease than when he walked upright like a man”
[branch off: “Greyback precedent? Untransformed but acted like werewolf --> “refused simple plain food for foulest offal…”]
(ooc: is there a tag for research, or something similar?)
Format: Note and a parchment of research to B. Weasley.
Date: Fall, 1997.
Relevance: Following the unusual circumstances under which G. Weasley's brother was attacked in the summer of '97, G. Weasley conducted research in the Hogwarts library for "special" cases of lycanthropy pertaining to B. Weasley's condition (as mentioned in the accompanying note).
Archivist's notes: Research contains possible historical prerequisites to the werewolf Fenrir Greyback.
-----
Transcript:
Small note enclosed to B. Weasley:
Bill --
Enclosed is a scroll with a few notes I took on case histories that I thought seemed similar to either your case or Greyback. I couldn't find much, and I'm not sure how these could help in research or whatever, but they caught my eye. And I thought you might want to take a look. Unfortunately, there weren't much details about the people themselves, just the case itself. I'll look more.
I love you. - Ginny
CASE HISTORIES
Gandillion family-
- 16th century --> whole family accused of lycanthropy [arrow: “How were they cursed? They DIDN’T transform, so how?”]
- “strange habits” brought to attention when…
- Pernette (sister) attacked 2 children = one killed
- transformed? Can’t have been; was tracked down by mob and killed, therefore was identified in her human appearance
- brother Pierre + son Georges accused of witchcraft
- admitted to being werewolves: transformation via “magic salve” [arrow: “Later research called it a hallucinogenic of some sort that influenced mental state, absorbed into bloodstream (Muggle explanation?)”]
- "Imprisoned, said to have acted like maniacs, their bodies covered with wounds and scratches... attacked by dogs during late night excursions"
- inability to "transform" (mentally?) in prison --> no "salve" to initate transformation (no full moon during this)
- Pierre, Georges + other sister Antoinette executed
- burnt in 1598
Jean Grenier
- 1603, southwest France [arrow: “30,000 werewolf trials in France (false accusations + truth?”)]
- Teenager (13/14 yrs) accused of attacks
- young children vanished without a trace
- under guise of wolf skin, attacking and devouring
- guise as excuse for cannibalism?
- not even a true werewolf, just some mad man?
- “Lusted for the flesh of small children, which were tender, plump and rare” --> Greyback precedent?
- Marguerite Poirier (13 yrs) attacked by “a savage beast much resembling a wolf in full moon”
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
- Rougarou (aka Roux-Ga-Roux)
- Variant of Loup Garou --> French (Loup) for wolf + garou (Frankish “garulf” cognate w/ English werewolf)
- Man who transforms into animal (ex. Wolf)
- Loup Garou in 1610
- “Lean and gaunt lad with small, deep-set black eyes that glared fiercely”
- “...long sharp teeth, some of which were white like fangs, others black and broken”
- “hands were almost like claws with horrid crooked nails...”
- “loved to hear and talk of wolves”
- “often fell upon all fours, moving with extraordinary agility and seemingly with greater ease than when he walked upright like a man”
[branch off: “Greyback precedent? Untransformed but acted like werewolf --> “refused simple plain food for foulest offal…”]
(ooc: is there a tag for research, or something similar?)