Angus McMangus

Angus McMangus was the character that Miranda Goshawk's poem "The Ballad of Angry Angus McMangus" centers around. Like all characters in these conundrums, Angus was based off a real person, with only his name changed for his protection, in this case a classmate of Miranda's. Great things were expected of him, but he lacked the patience to achieve them.

Biography
The student Angus McMangus was based on was born somewhere in Great Britain in or around 1921. He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry sometime around 1932, being in the same year as Miranda Goshawk. Everyone around him, including himself, expected him to excel in his studies; Miranda described him as having "success on a plate". However, in his first Charms class, he got frustrated when his first attempt at casting a spell failed and began to shout and complain. This behavior continued for each of his classes, giving up after a single mistake. Though his teachers tried to get him to calm down, they were unsuccessful, and his anger finally led him to snap his own wand in two. Miranda would later remember her former classmate when composing conundrums for the Book of Spells. Changing his name of Angus McMangus, she wrote the poem "The Ballad of Angry Angus McMangus" about his exploits, including it at the end of chapter three.