Brutus Scrimgeour

Chapter 13

Image credit: here Brutus Scrimgeour was a former headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the successor to Mordicus Egg and relative of former Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour. When he attended Hogwarts as a student, he was known as one of the best Quidditch Beaters to have ever walked on the castle’s grounds. Scrimgeour was appointed captain of the Slytherin team while he was only in his third year, making him the youngest Hogwarts Quidditch captain in the school’s history. After graduating Hogwarts, Scrimgeour was offered to play for the Montrose Magpies, which he immediately took up. The team went on to win the most League Cups out of any other team in the British and Irish Quidditch League, even after Scrimgeour retired to become headmaster of his alma mater. During his time as the headmaster of Hogwarts, Scrimgeour put more focus on the Quidditch program and built it up to where it is today. He called for new uniforms for the houses’ Quidditch teams and renovations for the Quidditch pitch, as it was in heavy disrepair due to neglect. Working together with the Department of Magical Games and Sports, Scrimgeour worked a Flying class for First Years into the curriculum and received a grant to provide the school with a collection of brooms for educational purposes. After leaving his position as headmaster in the hands of Phineas Nigellus Black, Brutus Scrimgeour wrote The Beaters’ Bible, a guide for Beaters and a list of strategies he implemented as a professional Quidditch player. This book may not be entirely ethical considering the first rule in the book says to “take out the Seeker.” Scrimgeour also gave Quidditch Through the Ages by Kennilworthy Whisp a good review and highly recommended it as a definitive text on the origin of broom games and how Quidditch came to be. There are two portraits of Rufus Scrimgeour that hang on the walls of Hogwarts. One resides in the Headmaster’s office with the many other portraits of former headmasters. The other hangs in the trophy room next to his awards he received when he was a student. Scrimgeour is often seen either sleeping or leafing through various books on Quidditch. If he is not in his frame, it is very likely he is visiting the People Watching Quidditch portrait and acting as a self-appointed coach of the team depicted in the match.