Mirabel Garlick - Hogwarts Legacy

Professor Mirabel Garlick[2] (fl. 1890) was an English Muggle-born[3] witch,[2] who taught Herbology at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the late 19th century.[4]

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Biography:

Early life

Garlick was born in London and grew up in a household full of Muggles. She did not feel at home until she was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where she was sorted into Hufflepuff house. It was at Hogwarts that she finally 'blossomed' and discovered her extraordinary affinity for magical plants.[2]

During her first year, she met the seventh-year Sirona Ryan, forming a lifelong friendship.[3][6] They met before Mirabel's first week had even finished, as Mirabel felt she did not fit in with the other first years and felt Hogwarts was not the right place for her. Mirabel went to the Three Broomsticks Inn, where Sirona worked as a waitress, and considered writing a letter to her parents about how she wished to withdraw from the school. Sirona approached her while she was huddled in a corner, staring at her empty bit of parchment, and sat with her. Mirabel grew enamoured with Sirona's confidence with who she was, and this inspired Mirabel to be more confident in herself as well.[5]

In her seventh year, she was awarded the Hogwarts Herbology Award in recognition of her exemplary skill in the field of Herbology.[7]

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Teaching career

"I hope you gained a greated appreciation for the flora in our lives. I am forever enraptured by it. Just yesterday I spent hours pruning my self-fertilising shrubs and Flutterby bushes. Didn't realise how long I'd been at it until the sun began to set. Well, if there's one thing I love to see more than my plants thriving, it's one of my students doing the same."

— Professor Garlick to her new fifth-year student in 1890[src]

Mirabel teaching Herbology at Hogwarts

Shortly after her graduation, she became the Professor of Herbology at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, taking over from her predecessor after the man had had his eyes gouged out by a Bowtruckle, among other plant-related injuries. Her sunny demeanour and flowery language charmed colleagues and students alike, prompting some students to worry she might one day leave them for another greenhouse.[2]

During the 1890–1891 school year, she had high hopes for Hufflepuff's chances at Quidditch, although she had not yet learned the rules. Regardless, Headmaster Phineas Nigellus Black had cancelled Quidditch for the year due to an injury during last spring's final.[8]

Later that year, she gave extracurricular tuition to the new fifth year student on how to use the Levitation Charm and the Knockback Jinx.[9][10] She also gave her fifth-year class an assignment to write a twenty inch essay on dittany and its uses.[11] Mirabel Garlick was not present at the battle that ensued in the Keepers' Caverns at the end of the school year with Ranrok's invasion of the school, though she was present at the memorial ceremony for her fallen colleague, Eleazar Fig, that occurred after Hogwarts' victory in the conflict.[12]

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Physical description

Garlick had red hair in braided ponytails and light skin. She wore a green hat adorned with flowers and a green dress.[4]

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Personality and traits

Mirabel Garlick was marked by her kind and caring nature, as well as her sunny demeanour, which helped endear her to virtually all who knew her. A great lover of plants, she often used flowery language, calling her students "roses".[4][2] Her memories of her experiences studying at Hogwarts allowed her to be especially empathetic with the fifth-year student, to whom she gave extra lessons and with whom she shared her story. Based on her belief that people "bloom differently according to their own plan", Mirabel was objectively supportive and overtly optimistic.[4]

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Magical abilities and skills

Herbology: Mirabel was an exceptionally gifted Herbologist, to the extent that she was hired as Professor of Herbology at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry only a short time after graduating.[4] In her seventh year at Hogwarts, she was awarded the Hogwarts Herbology Award for her talent in the field.[7]

Charms: As a teacher of Herbology, Mirabel demonstrated superb ability in performing spells such as Water-Making Spell, used to give plants water and to speed up their growth, and the Summoning Charm. She could also use the Mending Charm to instantly repair the glass roof of the school greenhouse during a class about Mandrakes.[4] She also taught the Levitation Charm[9] and the Knockback Jinx[10] to her new student after they completed assignments.