Percival Rackham
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Residence: Weiss Street 25 (5-40)
Occupation: Teacher (Divination)
Affiliation: Scots Chapter
Talent: Magic
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Professor Percival Rackham (fl. 1470s)[4] was a Scottish wizard that worked as a Divination professor at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Tudor period, and was the leader of the Keepers.[3]
Biography
Early life
Born into a family of unknown wizarding descent sometime before the Tudor era, Percival Rackham grew up to discover that he possessed the rare ability to perceive and master ancient magic, and like others like him, eventually received a late acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, having begun his magical education as a fifth-year student.[2] When he arrived at the school, Percival was Sorted into Hufflepuff House.[3] He was implied to have been a gifted student, as he at one point said that in order to fully master said gift, one first had to be well-versed in the other magic taught at Hogwarts. Given his own talent in the field, Percival presumably excelled in Divination class.[2]
Sometime after he left Hogwarts, Percival returned and became the school's Divination professor, and at one point worked under then Headmistress Niamh Fitzgerald, and becoming a colleague of Charles Rookwood and San Bakar. Aware of Percival's unique ability, as well as the potential dangers if the knowledge of how to wield ancient magic fell into the wrong hands, together, Percival and his co-workers formed a small circle of trust known as the Keepers, who devoted themselves to the protection of ancient magic.[2]
Around 1485,[5] Professor Rackham commissioned the goblins of the then recently established Gringotts Wizarding Bank with the construction of a vault that was given the number twelve, which he, along with Charles Rookwood, converted into a test that could only be passed by those who, like himself, had the innate power to see and control ancient magic. If completed successfully, they would be granted access to a pensieve and a small, crystal bottle that contained Percival's extracted memory of setting up the challenge, as well as a portal that would take them to Hogwarts.[2]
Mentoring Isidora
When Isidora Morganach, a young witch who had not only possessed the same innate abilities for ancient magic as himself, but also began her attendance at Hogwarts in her fifth year, just like he had, Professor Rackham encouraged her to become his apprentice in the ways of ancient magic.[3]
Physical description
In his elder years, Percival was an elderly wizard with pale white skin, grey hair with a beard that brushed his chest, and brown eyes.
Personality and traits
Percival was an elegant man that respected intelligence and ambition, and was known to be reserved in his movements.[3]