![]() ![]() Since Flint was the captain of the Slytherin Quidditch team, he was therefore "Captain Flint", which may be an allusion to the similarly-named captain of the pirate ship Walrus from Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island.A flint is a stone used for lighting a fire.The name Marcus is derived from Mars, the god of war in Roman mythology.Harry also mentioned that he looked like he might have troll blood in him. He had large teeth, shifty grey eyes, and coarse black hair. Marcus was described as being tall, and relatively muscular. It is unknown what happened to Flint after Hogwarts. However, their plan was foiled by Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. They replaced the crate with a box with a jinxed Snitch, Quaffle and Bludger inside so they could beat the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Also, Flint and Derrick, following Malfoy's idea, stole the crate containing the Quidditch balls from Madame Hooch's office and hid them in the Clock Tower Courtyard. The four Slytherins dressed up as Dementors, which were guarding Hogwarts that year due to Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban. On one occasion, he participated in a scheme to scare Harry Potter with Draco, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle. 1993–1994 school yearįlint should have graduated from Hogwarts in 1993, but had to repeat his final year as he'd failed his exams. Flint is angered by Draco's stupidity during the match against Gryffindor, and reprimanded him after the game, because Draco failed to notice the Golden Snitch next to him causing Slytherin to lose the match. Ron Weasley then attempted to hex Draco, but it backfired, and the entire Slytherin team laughed uproariously as Ron vomited slugs. Flint had to stand in front of Draco to prevent Fred and George Weasley from attacking and injuring his Seeker. Draco retaliated by calling Hermione a "filthy little Mudblood", to the outrage of the Gryffindors. This prompted Hermione Granger to insult Draco, remarking that "at least no one on the Gryffindor team had to buy their way in". They bragged to the Gryffindor Quidditch team about this, and mocked their rivals' older brooms. 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. Flint was known for being very rough 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. At some point, he joined the Slytherin Quidditch team as a Chaser and became its Captain by his sixth year. His Head of House was the Potions master, Professor Severus Snape, and lived in a dormitory in the Slytherin Dungeon. Biography Education at Hogwarts 1986-1991įlint began attending Hogwarts in 1986 and was Sorted into Slytherin House. ![]()
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