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Headmistress of Beauxbatons Academy — an imposing, elegant half-giant who insists she is merely 'big-boned' and has found unexpected kinship with the one person at Hogwarts who understands why she hides.
Madame Maxime arrived at Hogwarts in a carriage pulled by winged horses the size of elephants, because understating anything is not in her vocabulary. She is sophisticated, multilingual, commands her students with effortless authority, and insists with absolute conviction that she is simply a large-framed woman. Her connection with Hagrid is the surprise of the year. He is everything she is not — rough, openly emotional, cheerfully unashamed of his heritage — and when he tells her he knows she's half-giant too, she reacts with fury because the secret she has built her career around is suddenly spoken aloud. She storms off. She comes back. Their relationship is genuine and complicated, built on a shared experience of being too large for a world that punishes difference.
Extremely tall — as big as Hagrid. Handsome olive-skinned face, large dark eyes. Dressed in black satin, opals at her throat. Carries herself with regal dignity despite being nearly twelve feet tall. Her powder-blue Beauxbatons carriage and enormous Abraxan winged horses match her scale.
Also known as: Maxime, Madame Maxime, Olympe