Marcus Flint

Marcus Flint (b. December 1975) was a pure-blood wizard and former professional quidditch player, who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1987 to 1994. He was sorted into Slytherin house and was a Chaser on the Slytherin Quidditch team, as well as its Captain from 1991 to 1994.

After Hogwarts, Marcus was recruited to the Ballycastle Bats quidditch team as a chaser. During his career he met Virginia O'Kane, who he would later marry and have two sons with, Niles and Oliver. In 2014, Marcus was discovered to have cheated by using a spell to jinx the other team at the British and Irish Quidditch League semi-final. He was subsequently removed from the team and outlawed from ever playing quidditch again. After this event, Virginia divorced him and he became hated by many wizards in Britain.

Early Life
Marcus was born in December 1975 in Great Britain. He was a descendant of the pure-blood Flint family and distant relative of former Minister for Magic, Josephina Flint and Ursula Black (née Flint). Marcus was raised to believe in the pure-blood ideology, but not as severely as many others in Slytherin.

Early Years
Flint began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1987 and was Sorted into Slytherin House. He lived in a dormitory in the Slytherin Dungeon, and his Head of House was the Potions Master, Professor Severus Snape.

At some point, he joined the Slytherin Quidditch team as a Chaser and became its captain by his fifth year. Flint was known for being very rough and often brutal in his Quidditch-playing; for example, his handshakes with Gryffindor Captain and rival Oliver Wood often turned into attempts to break one another's fingers. He was also not above committing fouls, blocking Harry Potter in a 1991 Quidditch match.

Sixth Year
In 1992, Flint was pleased when his team received new broomsticks, courtesy of Lucius Malfoy, when his son Draco became the team's new Seeker. They bragged to the Gryffindor Quidditch team about this and mocked their rivals' older brooms. This prompted Hermione Granger to insult Draco, remarking that "at least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in". Draco retaliated by calling Hermione a "filthy little Mudblood" to the outrage of the Gryffindors. Flint had to stand in front of Draco to prevent Fred and George Weasley from attacking and injuring his Seeker. Ron Weasley then attempted to curse Draco, but it backfired, and the entire Slytherin team laughed uproariously as Ron vomited slugs.

Flint was angered by Draco's stupidity during a match against Gryffindor. He reprimanded him after the game because Draco failed to notice the Golden Snitch next to him, causing Slytherin to lose the match. This was witnessed by George Weasley.

Seventh Year
During Flint's final year, he participated in a scheme to scare Harry Potter with Draco, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle. The four Slytherins dressed up as Dementors, which were guarding Hogwarts that year due to Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban. Following their cruel prank, Professor Minerva McGonagall took fifty House points from Slytherin and sentenced all four of them to detention as punishment. During the Quidditch final between Gryffindor and Slytherin that year, Flint played unscrupulously yet again against the rival team, smashing into Angelina Johnson with his broom, which resulted in Fred Weasley throwing his Beater's bat at his head, smashing his nose against his broom handle and causing it to bleed. Flint later managed during the game to score a goal against Gryffindor, but Harry caught the Golden Snitch, allowing Gryffindor to win the game and to gain the Quidditch Cup at last.

Later Life
A few years after finishing Hogwarts, Flint was scouted to join the Ballycastle Bats as chaser. ...

Physical Appearance
Marcus was described as being tall and relatively muscular. Harry Potter also mentioned that he looked like he might have troll blood in him. However, this may simply have been an insult toward Flint's appearance.

Personality and Traits
Flint did not follow good sportsmanship when playing Quidditch, despite his position as Captain of his team. He allowed Draco Malfoy to join the team when bribed with the new Nimbus 2001 broomsticks. Flint also resorted frequently to foul play, such as blocking Harry Potter in 1991 and trying to scare him by disguising as a Dementor in 1993. He seemed to find the misfortunes of others amusing as he laughed when Ron's Slug-vomiting Charm backfired on himself. When Draco failed to notice the Snitch floating above his head, leading the team to lose, Flint yelled at the new Seeker rather harshly for his foolishness. It was unknown how he viewed the importance of blood status, though he seemed to approve of when Draco called Hermione a mudblood and even defended him from harm afterwards, implying he may have held some prejudice towards Muggle-borns or that he was a pure-blood supremacist, similar to many other Slytherin students.

His bad sportsmanship was something he took into later life. In 2014, he was exposed for cheating at the British and Irish Quidditch League final.

Magical Abilities and Skills
Flying: Marcus played as a Chaser on the Slytherin Quidditch team. He was the Captain from at least his fifth year to his seventh year, demonstrating he was an accomplished and skilled broomstick flyer and Quidditch player, despite his frequent cheating and foul play on the Quidditch pitch

Etymology

 * The name Marcus is derived from Mars, the god of war in Roman mythology. This may allude to Flint's aggression. It is interestingly the opposite of Oliver Wood's name, which means "olive tree", ultimately symbolising Wood's peaceful nature.
 * A flint is a stone used for lighting a fire. Once again, this alludes to his relationship with Oliver Wood; flint is kindling fire, and wood burns when in contact with fire.

Behind the scenes

 * Flint was originally stated to be a sixth-year in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, yet he was still at the school in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (two years after his debut). J. K. Rowling explained this by saying that he had to repeat his last year because he failed his exams the first time round. This explanation did not deter some fans from noticing other consistency errors with Flint's schooling years. However, in later editions of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Flint is stated to be a fifth year, presumably to clear confusion and the need for a repeated year.


 * Flint was portrayed by Jamie Yeates in the first film while the role was incorrectly credited to Will Theakston, who played Terence Higgs. Yeates reprised the role and was credited correctly in the second film. He wore false teeth in both films. In the future he is played by Harry Lloyd.


 * Flint once borrowed Quidditch Through the Ages from the Hogwarts Library and was due to return the book on 22 June.


 * If Stan Shunpike attended Hogwarts, he would have been in the same year as Marcus Flint.[citation needed]


 * In LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4, Marcus Flint is the Slytherin team's Seeker.


 * He was referred to as "Captain Flint" because he was captain of the Slytherin Quidditch Team. This may be an allusion to the similarly-named captain of the pirate ship Walrus from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)[14]
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game) (Mentioned only)
 * Quidditch Through the Ages (real)