Census

by Stonecreek

A brief overview of the Harry Potter universe's canon cast. 100-word, character-centric drabbles, each day in 2021. Content favors book canon, with introspective, dark and/or humor writes. Final chapter: Hogwarts, much more than stones and artefacts and a gathering of beings. She carries within her the memories of ages. Full list of characters not in the site's tags in chapter 1.

183. Cornelius Fudge

A.N. — On the date where this politician was finally ousted from office, it's time to tackle Fudge. I tried to find something redeeming about him to highlight, but it was so much more satisfying castigating his job performance. There's also this: youtube•com / watch?v=MSVj5qqV3Jc

183. Cornelius Fudge

The most notable thing about Cornelius Fudge's political acumen was that he somehow hadn't been thrown out of office yet.

Fudge, as Minister for Magic, had multiple black marks against him:

• Awarded himself an Order of Merlin, First Class
• A department head was caught with an illegally modified muggle car
• Stationed dementors at Hogwarts during Sirius Black's escape escapade
• The Quidditch World Cup on his soil had devolved into a riot.

Really, Voldemort showing his face in the Ministry's atrium after a deadly battle in the Department of Mysteries was just a mercy killing of Fudge's career at that point.