🎯 Overview
Graham Montague was a wizard who attended Hogwarts and was Sorted into Slytherin House. He served as a Chaser on the Slytherin Quidditch team and later became a member of Dolores Umbridge's Inquisitorial Squad during her time as High Inquisitor.
🏆 Quidditch Career
- Played Chaser for Slytherin
- Part of the team during the mid-1990s
- Known for aggressive play consistent with Slytherin tactics
- Participated in matches against Harry Potter and Gryffindor
📜 Inquisitorial Squad
During Umbridge's tenure at Hogwarts:
- Joined the Inquisitorial Squad to police students
- Given authority to dock House points
- Enforced Umbridge's Educational Decrees
- Worked to undermine student resistance
- Targeted members of Dumbledore's Army
🚪 Vanishing Cabinet Incident
Montague's most notable incident occurred when:
- Fred and George Weasley shoved him into a broken Vanishing Cabinet
- He became trapped between the cabinet at Hogwarts and its pair at Borgin and Burkes
- Spent days lost in a kind of limbo
- Eventually Apparated out, but arrived stuck in a toilet
- This incident inadvertently helped Draco Malfoy discover how to repair the cabinets
Consequences
The Vanishing Cabinet incident had lasting effects:
- Montague suffered significant trauma from the experience
- His testimony about hearing sounds from both locations helped Draco Malfoy
- Led directly to the method Death Eaters used to enter Hogwarts in 1997
- Demonstrated the dangers of the broken Vanishing Cabinet