Eric Munch
Origin: Harry Potter
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Residence: Lorentz Street 9 (37-84)
Occupation: Guard
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Eric Munch[2] was a British wizard, who was employed as a watchwizard at the British Ministry of Magic.[1][2] He was poorly-shaven and wore peacock blue robes when on duty.[1]
Munch was working for the British Ministry of Magic during the 1990–1991 school year. When several seventh-year students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry arrived at the Ministry to receive their outdoors assignments, Munch checked them with a Probity Probe, examined their wands and credentials. When Jacob's sibling arrived late without credentials, Munch refused to let them enter. Arthur and Bill Weasley stopped by at the moment and gave their vouch for them, prompting Munch to give them clearance.[3] Munch was later joined by Jacob's sibling and Nymphadora Tonks in examining visitors' wands, with it being one of the first assignments of the students.[4]
On 12 August 1995, Munch sat at the security desk on the left side of the Atrium, checking visitors with a Probity Probe and registering their wands with a brass instrument before giving them clearance to enter. Munch seemed to find this portion of his job very tedious, as his voice sounded bored whilst on the job. When Harry Potter stopped by the security desk on the way to a hearing, Munch went through the check-in protocols mechanically, only noticing the famous lightning-bolt scar when he had finished. Realising who Harry was, Munch asked him to wait, but Arthur Weasley dragged Harry away from the security desk.[1]
Munch apparently also worked the night shift on occasion. He caught an unknowingly bewitched Sturgis Podmore trying to break into Department of Mysteries at one o'clock in the morning on 31 August, 1995 and arrested him on charges of trespass and attempted robbery.[2]