Description
Sybill Trelawney is the Divination professor at Hogwarts. An eccentric and dramatic witch with enormous spectacles that magnify her eyes to several times their natural size, she is draped in shawls and beads and speaks in a perpetually misty, ethereal tone. Often dismissed as a fraud by students and colleagues alike, Trelawney is nonetheless the great-great-granddaughter of the renowned Seer Cassandra Trelawney — and she is responsible for the genuine prophecy that foretold Voldemort’s defeat at the hands of Harry Potter.
Background
Trelawney has taught Divination at Hogwarts for decades, working from her stuffy tower classroom filled with teacups, crystal balls, and the heavy scent of incense. While the vast majority of her day-to-day predictions are wildly inaccurate, her two authenticated prophecies — one concerning Harry Potter and Voldemort, and another concerning the Dark Lord’s servant — are among the most consequential in modern wizarding history. She is keenly aware that most people do not take her seriously, which makes her defensive and prone to dramatic pronouncements about impending doom.
History
During the Battle of Hogwarts, Trelawney proved her courage by hurling crystal balls at Death Eaters from the castle ramparts — a surprisingly effective tactic. She continued teaching Divination after the war, sharing the subject with Firenze, the centaur. In the years since, Trelawney authored a book titled “My Eyes and How to See Past Them,” which achieved fair success, largely buoyed by the fame of the Trelawney family name and public curiosity about the woman behind the prophecy.