##person #secret #OrderOfAncient #hufflepuff
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[CHARACTER PORTRAIT HERE (300 wide)]
Role:: Missing (presumed dead) former Herbology Professor
ThreeWordSummary:: Personality summary here
UsuallyFoundIn::

Canon

Interactions

Session Interactions
Session 07 - Falling Down Vi reads the academic paper that Morwenna (Moira) Thorne co-wrote with Septimus Finch, Book - On The Properties of Star Grass, taking the half term opportunity to ask her mother about it.
Session 07 - Falling Down Vi studies the academic papers taken from Septimus Finch's old desk in Cold Plant Room. They seem to focus on themes of attraction, repulsion, magnetics and proximity. Not fully understanding them she undertakes to return them to Jackdaw Finch admitting their theft.
Session 03 - Foray Into the Forbidden Forest Seeking further insights into the disappearance of Septimus Finch, Cassie leads Basil& Vi in search of a portrait of a wise herbologist who may have known something of Professor Finch Sr's experiments. They find their way to the Wall of Heroes.
Session 13 - Under More Controlled Conditions Cassie, Vi & Basil finally confess to Jackdaw Finch that they removed an Ancient Magic crystal from the Cold Plant Room. Realising now what the machinery in there was missing, Jackdaw Finch completes the restoration as best as he could and continued his excitable experiments into Septimus Finch's work. 'Perhaps by a man's work shall ye know him'
Session 08 - Aftermath Vi touches the crystal Cassie stole from Septimus Finch's Strange Latrine-like chestchest in the Cold Plant Room. Her body is outwardly calm and peaceful but Cassie and Basil are unable to rouse her. Cassie nudges the inert Vi with a foot before casting a 'safe' spell on the crystal (Alohomora)
Session 06 - Arania Exumai! Cassie, Vi & Basil return to the Cold Plant Room hoping to better understand some of its strangeness. They explore the freezer field, a Strange Latrine-like chest and the desk of Jackdaw Finch, and presumably his brother, Septimus Finch before him
Session 06 - Arania Exumai! Cassie busts into the professors' desk in the Cold Plant Room and finds a paper Book - On The Properties of Star Grass, co-written by Septimus Finch and Morwenna (Moira) Thorne. She also finds a large stack of seemingly coded papers, taking a random sample of 12 for future use or investigation. Drawing this to Vi's attention, Vi gathers up 10 further papers from the collection of Septimus Finch on various herbological and alchemical subjects.
Session 02 - First Lessons Cassie Weasley, Vi Thorne & Basil Featherstone meet their Head of House Mirabel Garlick and learn she has been acting Herbology Professor for 8 years since the disappearance of Septimus Finch from the Forbidden Forest whilst gathering supplies
Session 02 - First Lessons Cassie Weasley, Vi Thorne & Basil Featherstone learn that Septimus Finch was researching more potent potions and was genetically modifying (amongst other things) Star Grass
Session 02 - First Lessons Vi Thorne & Cassie Weasley (Karima) meet Agnes Finch, a fellow Hufflepuff 1st year who revealed herself as the niece of Jackdaw Finch and the missing Septimus Finch
Session 04 - Voices from Elsewhere The party have an opportunity to speak with Jackdaw Finch about Septimus Finch's disappearance 8 yrs ago in the Forbidden Forest. Most assumed he was lost to some beast but no remains were found and Jackdaw doesn't believe. Septimus was working with Armando Dippet, Horace Slughorn and others to "make the forest safer for wizardkind" (controlling paths, negotiating a centaur treaty etc). They even made some progress placating the goblins who wanted to mine the area for (ancient) magic
Session 04 - Voices from Elsewhere Cassie, Vi & Basil have an opportunity to question Jackdaw Finch. He is suprisingly forthcoming, having perhaps realised he cannot carry all of the weight he does alone. They learn that he has had a difficult start at Hogwarts, with the faculty resenting his Ministry of Magic associations. He is an Investigator in the Department of Mysteries, tasked with - amongst other things - attending to the Hall of Prophecy. The ministry sought volunteers to embed themselves at Hogwarts to prevent strong young wizards 'going dark'. Given his desire to investigate Septimus Finch's disappearance, he took the role.

Relationships

Outbound:

Relationship:: Brother of Jackdaw Finch
Relationship:: Great uncle of Agnes Finch
Relationship:: Brother of Olivia Finch

Inbound
Related to: Their relationship to this person Their role
Olivia Finch Sister of Septimus Finch // About this person in very brief terms
Jackdaw Finch Brother of Septimus Finch "Professor of Herbology" at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry
Agnes Finch Great niece of Jackdaw Finch & Septimus Finch Hufflepuff student (1st year in 1939)
Bartemius (Barty) Finch (dec.) Ancestor of Septimus Finch // About this person in very brief terms

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