J. K. Rowling, the mother of an entire suite of mythological creatures revived in a fantasy universe under the name of Harry Potter, has prepared a deliciously written treat for her fans around the world. For those who will not train in the night of October 31 in spooky dressing contests or decide to share fright in the surrounding neighborhoods, the British novelist has prepared an additional short-story to the Harry Potter series, although not a sequel. The fresh story is to focus on Dolores Umbridge, a diabolical and former Hogwarts Professor and has been announced to number around 1,700 words. The text will be published on Rowling’s official website, Pottermore.com; hence the frightening story will be at hand for all the fans.
The character choice of the story is definitely in connection with the meanings of the most frightening night of the year, Halloween. Dolores Umbridge, the sadistic Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, (who first appeared in the fifth Harry Potter book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, published in 2003) pleasures in torturing her students with no remorse or second thoughts. Rowling herself underlines the malice of the character on a Pottermore.com post on Friday: “Umbridge is not only one of the most malicious Potter characters, she is the only person other than Lord Voldemort to leave a permanent physical scar on Harry”.
What is more, the new exclusive J. K. Rowling short-story is ‘’filled with many new details, as well as Rowling’s revealing first-person thoughts and reflections about the character’’. As her prior quote in relation with the profile of the character dictates, the writer will not refrain from depicting Dolores Umbridge as one of the most malicious and vengeful characters in the Harry Potter books.
Even though Rowling has not added a new novel to her last of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the British writer does not abandon the magical universe, nor does she disappoint her millions of fans waiting in awe for yet another release. In July 2014, Rowling published a story about a 33-year-old Harry Potter at the Quidditch World Cup, entitled Daily Prophet reports about the Quidditch World Cup.
The year of 2016 revels to be as offering as it gets in Potterish terms, as J. K. Rowling is writing the screenplay for a new series of Harry Potter spin-off movies called Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.