Cloris Cloven was a long-time Ministry employee, a witch of at least 70 years old, with a shock of wild white curls nearly to her knees and a penchant for dressing entirely in shades of chartreuse and fuchsia. Balder Shackleton, meanwhile, was the stodgiest 45-year-old she’d ever met in her life and served as head of the Ministry budget office, essentially the human embodiment of the colour brown. 