Arguably the finest chaser in England before the war, Julian Bleak played
for the National Team in 32 games. Bleak parlayed his considerable fame
into a successful political career, eventually joining the Hall of Wizards,
where he avidly and successfully defended the House System against the
reform proposals of Minister Charlie Bagshot. Many believed that Bleak
would become Minister himself when Bagshot stepped down, but his
candidacy was clouded by rumors that Bleak was secretly conspiring with
the goblins. These rumors were later proven to be true; but it is worth
remembering that much of the Wizarding aristocracy sympathized with
the goblins before the open outbreak of hostilities in 1915. And Bleak
served with valor in the Goblin Wars, earning the Badge of Utz
in the terrible battle at Dar Faine.