Amelie Flamel was French to the point of stereotype. There was just something about her air, the manner in which she held herself, and the shrewd expressions which crossed her fine complexion. She even came complete with a chic, baby-blue beret, which she wore at a suitably jaunty angle, to show off the skilfully embroidered crest of Beauxbatons Academy of Magic set artistically just off-centre. She just was the quintessential Parisian witch.