CFC: Wizarding War Heroes Special Edition

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Wizarding War Heroes

Card Number 21/40

Dobby the Free Elf

Dobby the Free Elf, born 27th June (year unknown). Bound from the age of house-elf maturity to faithfully serve the household of his then master, disgraced socialite and (between wars) closet Death Eater Lucius Malfoy.

Unique among elves in his desire to be liberated from his life of service, a desire undoubtedly inflamed by the constant cruelty and vilification he endured from his notoriously bigoted Pure-blood master.

Fervent admirer of Boy-Who-Lived (twice), Dobby attained freedom in June 1993 under mysterious circumstances, though sources have reported that Harry Potter may have had a hand in this - a fact that can be supported by Dobby's unswerving devotion to Harry Potter thereafter.

Attained paid employment in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry after being offered a position in the school kitchens by double Order of Merlin, First Class honouree Albus Dumbledore.

Despite being shunned by other house-elves for what they termed his 'shameful, ownerless existence', Dobby remained firm friends with Harry Potter and was held in high regard by staff and students alike - most notably members of Dumbledore's Army, whom he aided in smuggling Muggle-born students to safety during the tenure of Death Eater professors Alecto and Amycus Carrow (1st September 1997 until 2nd May 1998).

Returned to Malfoy mansion, headquarters of Dark 'Lord' Voldemort (Tom Marvolo Riddle) in late March 1998 to rescue Harry Potter and friends after they had been captured by Snatchers. Rescued, among others, renowned wandmaker Mr Ollivander (imprisoned and tortured there for over a year), from Death Eater clutches. Fatally injured in battle by notoriously deranged Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange, Dobby still managed to Disapparate with Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger before he died, ensuring that the Boy-Who-Lived would survive to fulfil his destiny.

Buried by Harry Potter, Dobby's grave marker bears the epitaph Here lies Dobby, a Free Elf, though the Boy-Who-Lived (twice) refuses to divulge the location of the grave he dug himself (without the use of magic, as rumour has it: a testament to his deep affection for his elf friend).

First non-human ever to be paid homage by the Ministry of Magic, the prestigious Dobby Award for Magical Brethren was created and named in his honour for his notable contribution to the Second Wizarding War.

Inspiration for the number one hit "The Elf in Myself" by Celestina Warbeck, a song which has now become the standard anthem for equal rights activists (among others) in the Wizarding Community, particularly the Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare (S.P.E.W.), People Unite against Killing off Erumpents (P.U.K.E.), Verity Oppenheimer's Magical Individuals' Trust (V.O.M.I.T.) and, more bizarrely, the newly combined forces of the Societies of Ideological and Celestial Knowledge and Tolpuddle Wizards Against Terraforming (S.I.C.K.T.W.A.T.'s).

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