Character from harry-potter-order-of-the-phoenix by
Hogwarts' bitter Squib caretaker, and the only staff member who genuinely supports Umbridge -- because she finally gave him permission to be as cruel as he always wanted to be.
Filch has found his paradise. Umbridge's regime gives him everything he has ever wanted -- the authority to punish students, the backing of a Ministry-appointed official, and the intoxicating promise that physical punishment might be reinstated. He hangs Educational Decrees on the wall with visible joy. He patrols the corridors with Mrs Norris, hoping to catch DA members in the act. He polishes the chains in his office lovingly. He is a Squib in a castle full of magic, and that humiliation has curdled into rage directed at every student he encounters. Umbridge validates him in a way no Headmaster ever has. When she falls, he will go back to being the bitter, powerless man who memorizes rule infractions with obsessive glee. But for now, he is having the time of his life.
Thin, hunched, jowly face, bulging pale eyes, stringy grey hair. Dusty brown coat. Always accompanied by Mrs Norris, a skeletal dust-colored cat with lamp-like eyes. This year he carries Educational Decrees in his pockets like love letters.
Also known as: Filch, Mr Filch, Argus