Aesop Sharp

Aesop Sharp
Biographical information
Born	In or before 1858
Nationality	British or Irish
Title(s)	Professor
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Dark brown
Eye colour	Brown
Skin colour	Light
Relationship information
Family members	Kitty Sharp (possibly) Scarlet Sharp (possibly) Sharp family
Magical characteristics
Wand	Unknown length, wood, and core
Affiliation
Occupation	Auror (formerly) Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
House	Slytherin
Loyalty	Sharp family Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Slytherin British Ministry of Magic Department of Magical Law Enforcement (formerly) British Auror Office

"Shortcuts only ever lead to shortcomings."

— Professor Sharp

Professor Aesop Sharp (b. circa 1858) was a wizard who worked as an Auror for the British Ministry of Magic, and later as a Potions Master at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the 19th century.

Biography

Early life

Aesop was born into a family of unknown wizarding descent in or before the 19th century. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was Sorted into Slytherin House.

Career as an Auror

After leaving Hogwarts, Aesop joined the British Ministry of Magic and landed a position in the Auror Office. On 31 December 1875, Aesop was issued a memorandum from the office about Borgin and Burkes's suspicious activities and the decision for Aesop to join the Aurors who were watching the shop.

At some point in his career, he and his partner were working an assignment when they were ambushed, resulting in a severe leg injury to him and death to his partner. When it became clear that his injury meant he would have to give up being an Auror, Aesop decided to retire from the Office. The Ministry would have been happy to keep him, working in the Auror recruitment programme, but Aesop believed that if he was to be relegated to a desk and tedious paperwork for the rest of his career, then his time would be better spent passing on what he knew to the next generation of young witches and wizards at his old school. He also planned to use the resources at Hogwarts in hopes of finding a way to heal his injuries. This was also part of his motivation to apply to the job of Potions Master.

Career at Hogwarts

Professor Sharp teaching a class

His wish of sharing his extensive experience involving battleworthy draughts and elixirs with the students came to fruition when he was offered the job of Potions Master at the school, at which point he was granted a classroom down in the dungeons to teach in. In time, he became widely known for his challenging lessons and lack of patience with misbehaving students, but also for his genuine pride in those who exceeded in the class.

1890–1891 school year

Professor Sharp was teaching at the school during the 1890–1891 school year, when a new student started school as a fifth-year, something highly unusual. As the school year advanced, Professor Sharp gave extracurricular assignments to this student to help them catch up on their magical knowledge, asking them to brew and use certain potions and teaching them how to cast the Banishing Charm and the Severing Charm. He was also known to have assigned students of unknown year an essay on invisibility, as well as one comparing potions of the Middle Ages to those of the Black Death.

Aesop Sharp in the battle for the final repository

At the end of the year, when Ranrok invaded the Keepers' Caverns with the aim of obtaining the final repository and supplanting wizardkind with goblinkind, Aesop Sharp defended Hogwarts Castle against his army of Loyalists and trolls, ensuring the safety of not only the school, but also the wizarding world as a whole. He fought two trolls alongside his colleague, Eleazar Fig, who died to Ranrok later in the battle. Aesop Sharp was present at the memorial ceremony for Eleazar Fig which took place after Ranrok's final defeat at the hands of the late-coming student he had helped to teach that year.

Physical description

He had long brown hair, and a beard. He wore a three-piece suit with a brown overcoat, light brown vest, a white shirt with a brown tie, and brown trousers. He walked with a very noticeable limp in his left leg.

Personality and traits

"I enjoyed a great deal of success as an Auror. However, success can make one complacent if one's confidence is not tempered by humility. One overstep in battle changed everything."

— Aesop Sharp to a student

Sharp had a gruff and keenly acute nature, who was not easily impressed by his students and was a difficult taskmaster. Although he was wholly unwilling to suffer fools in his class, he was by no means entirely unreasonable in his methods, as he was known to take genuine pride in students who excelled in his class in spite of his challenging curriculum.

Magical abilities and skills

• Auror skills: Being a former Auror, Sharp would have been well-trained in defensive magic and the other necessary skills for the job.
• Potions: Being a Potions Master, Sharp was an expert with potions, with a particular interest in "battleworthy" elixirs.
• Charms: Sharp was capable of teaching both the Banishing Charm and the Severing Charm to his students.
• Duelling: Sharp was a talented duellist, capable of defending the Keepers' Caverns against two fully grown Trolls as well as countless goblin invaders.

Possessions

Aesop Sharp's Auror Badge, which he kept on his desk at Hogwarts in the 1890–1891 school year

• Wand: Sharp owned a wand that he presumably purchased from Ollivanders. This wand has a spiral, black handle. Sharp used this wand during the attack.
• Auror Badge: Sharp owned an Auror Badge that he wore when he was an Auror for the British Ministry of Magic.

Behind the scenes

• Professor Sharp is voiced by Matthew Waterson in Hogwarts Legacy.

Younger Aesop Sharp spawned in-game

• There is an "AesopSharpTeen" character model in the Hogwarts Legacy game files which was never used in the game itself. It is unknown why there would be a younger version of Aesop Sharp.

Appearances

• Hogwarts Legacy (First appearance)
• The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy
• Hogwarts Legacy: The Official Game Guide

External links

• Aesop Sharp at the Hogwarts Legacy Wiki