Uric the Oddball

Uric the Oddball was a medieval wizard who became famous for his eccentric behavior, such as wearing a jellyfish as a hat and sleeping in a room with fifty pet Augureys. He is considered to be one of the weirdest wizards in history and, as such, is often the punchline of wizarding jokes.

Early life
Uric was born in the Middle Ages, no earlier than 982, somewhere in the British Isles. In his youth, Uric attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was sorted into Ravenclaw House.

Adulthood
At some point, Uric became famous for wearing a jellyfish for a hat. This, among other things, is still what Uric is best remembered for.

Uric was known to have slept in a room with fifty pet Augureys. The Augurey's distinctive low and throbbing cry was once believed to foretell death, although the bird actually cries at the approach of rain. On a particularly rainy winter, the moaning of his Augureys convinced Uric that he was dead and had returned as a ghost. He constantly attempted to walk through the walls of his house, which resulted in a ten-day long concussion.

At one time, Uric the Oddball attempted to prove that the song of the Fwooper was actually beneficial to one's health. After listening to it for three months without a break, he presented his findings to the Wizards' Council. The Council was left unconvinced, as Uric arrived at the meeting wearing nothing but a toupee that, on closer inspection, proved to be a dead badger.

Death and post-mortem
Uric died sometime in the Middle Ages. In honor of his eccentricity, a small biography of him was recorded on a Chocolate Frog Card. At some point, Radolphus Pittiman studied Uric's life and became his biographer.

In the 1991-1992 school year, students of History of Magic at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry would scribble down names and dates and mix up Uric the Oddball with Emeric the Evil while Professor Binns droned on.

On September 1, 1991, Prefect Robert Hilliard welcomed the Ravenclaw first years to Ravenclaw Tower with a short speech in which he mentioned eccentric Uric the Oddball as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who had been sorted, like them, into Ravenclaw.