Pieter Talli

Pieter Talli
Biographical information
Born	During the 1970s
Blood status	Pure-blood
Also known as	Lunk (by Merula Snyde)
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Black
Eye colour	Brown
Skin colour	White
Magical characteristics
Wand	Unknown length, wood, phoenix feather
Affiliation
Loyalty	Durmstrang Institute

Pieter Talli was a wizard who attended Durmstrang Institute during the 1980s. One of Durmstrang's top athletes, he embodied the ethos and philosophy of Durmstrang during Headmaster Igor Karkaroff's tenure, being highly competitive and skilled in martial magic yet also very respectful of those he considered his superiors.

Biography

Pieter started attending Durmstrang at some point in the 1980s. Either before or during the 1986–1987 school year, he was in correspondence with Merula Snyde, who was sending letters to all the other wizarding schools boasting of her and Hogwarts's prowess. Pieter, a highly competitive student, asked to meet Merula in person. Merula panicked, and not wanting to lose face, agreed to meet, but described Jacob's sibling instead of herself as the person sending the letters. Pieter snuck away from Durmstrang and arrived at Hogwarts. He found Jacob's sibling, who was very confused and brought Pieter to Albus Dumbledore after initially trying to find Merula. Dumbledore asked if Jacob's sibling could show Pieter around Hogwarts and told Jacob's sibling to keep an eye on Pieter after reflecting on his own experiences with Durmstrang students.

Jacob's sibling began to show Pieter around Hogwarts, playing Gobstones with him to get to know him first. Pieter in turn taught Jacob's sibling the Durmstrang processional, a traditional Durmstrang display performed at the start of every Triwizard Tournament. When Pieter asked to practise duelling with Jacob's sibling, they agreed and went to the Duelling Club room, where they happened to run into Merula. Pieter, enraged at Merula for tricking him and insulting Jacob's sibling, duelled her with Jacob's sibling acting as referee. Pieter won, and Merula left sulking. Afterwards, Jacob's sibling showed Pieter to the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch, where Pieter showed off his flying skills.

Pieter lifting three objects with the Levitation Charm

When Jacob's sibling next suggested going to a classroom, Pieter declined, as he wasn't interested in academic subjects due to how dull they were at Durmstrang. Jacob's sibling didn't believe him, so Pieter decided to teach Jacob's sibling and Penny Haywood about the Dark Arts in the Durmstrang style. Both Jacob's sibling and Penny were surprised at how dull and strict it was, and showed Pieter around the Hogwarts classrooms to give him an idea of how fun learning could be. However, when Penny mentioned her father was a Muggle, Pieter suddenly went quiet. Later, Jacob's sibling questioned him and Pieter revealed that he had never met a Muggle-born wizard before due to Durmstrang's admittance policies and negative stereotypes surrounding Muggle-borns. Jacob's sibling introduced him to Ben Copper, and showed him that Durmstrang's views on Muggle-borns were false. As thanks, Pieter taught the Durmstrang processional to the students Barnaby Lee, Merula, Ben, and Penny. As they were finishing learning the dance, Dumbledore arrived to tell everyone that Pieter had snuck away from Durmstrang and needed to return. Pieter agreed and thanked Jacob's sibling for showing him that there was more to school than athletics, promising to send him a Durmstrang jumper as thanks.

Magical abilities and skills

"Yes, I have an affection for athletics of all kinds. They are quite compelling to me. I get a bit obsessed."

— Pieter to Jacob's sibling

• Gobstones: Pieter was highly skilled at playing Gobstones, knowing several strategies and their counters.
• Duelling: Pieter was a highly accomplished dueller, able to best Merula Snyde who was herself a skilled duellist.
• Athletics: As one of Durmstrang's top athletes, Pieter enjoyed athletic activities in general, especially flying.
• Dark Arts: Due to being trained at Durmstrang, a school known for teaching its students the Dark Arts, Pieter was quite adept at casting Dark charms and curses such as the Blasting Curse.
• Charms: Pieter was able to lift three objects at once with the same cast of the Levitation Charm, something which is noted to be incredibly difficult to achieve.

Etymology

Pieter is the Dutch form of the name Peter, suggesting that he may be from that region.

Appearances

• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (First appearance)