Welcome to ze Character Profiles page! Here, you can find out information on all your favorite, or not-so-favorite characters. This list is in alphabetical order. Enjoy!
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Andromeda Black Tonks
By Jennie C.
A blood traitor to her name, she is the second daughter of Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier Black, sister to Bellatrix and Narcissa, wife of a Muggleborn, and mother of the Auror, Nymphadora Tonks. Yet to appear in the actual books, Andromeda’s life is a lot of guesswork with the few clues left by Jo Rowling.
Born somewhere between 1951 and 1955, specific year unknown but assumed at 1953, Andromeda is the middle child of the Black sisters, between Bellatrix and Narcissa. Knowing that Andromeda will eventually betray her family beliefs by marrying a Muggleborn wizard instead of a pureblood, it can be guessed that she was a family rebel like her cousin, Sirius, who claims that Andromeda was his favourite cousin. This is only guessing, however. We know that all the Blacks besides Sirius went into Slytherin house, and this would have included Andromeda. This could lead to the belief that Andromeda could have been much like Bellatrix and Narcissa in her youth, fully brainwashed about purebloods and purity of the wizard race. As stated, Andromeda’s very foggy past is left to a lot of guessing and it could have been either way for the young witch. We do know that she is skilled at Charms, particularly packing charms, as stated by her daughter in the fifth book.
Somewhere along the line, Andromeda met Ted Tonks, a Muggleborn wizard and in accordance with her family, Mudblood. However, Andromeda defied her family in marrying him, which caused her to be disowned and blasted off of the family tapestry. Early on, Andromeda had a child, a daughter named Nymphadora. Her daughter thinks of her mother as a fool for giving her such a name, thus why she goes by surname only, Tonks.
Since that, we have heard little about the mysterious Andromeda Tonks, and it is unknown if she is alive or dead. Tonks supposedly has family to go to in the sixth book, but Andromeda was referred to often in past tense. Whether or not we will see Andromeda emerge in the actual series is thus far unknown.
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Arthur Weasley
By Jennie C.
At the head of the pureblood and poor Weasley family there is Arthur, the kindly father of seven children, adoring husband to Molly, and breadwinner from the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office, and later head of the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects. A loving fatherly figure of the stories, Arthur is a content family-orientated man with an obsession with Muggles.
We do not know the exact year in which Arthur was born, but he was born on a February 6th of the unknown year. Later on, two younger brothers joined him in the Weasley family, a pureblood line with the taint of being known as "blood traitors", as they don’t have the strict pureblood ideologies similar to the Blacks and are more likely to associate with those who are not of pureblood status. Little is known about Arthur’s childhood, and our knowledge jumps from these facts to his time at Hogwarts. He was sorted into Gryffindor, and it was while at school that he met his future wife, Molly Prewett. They were Hogwarts sweethearts in their day, frequently kissed in the corridors, and often snuck out after hours for walks in the moonlight. At one point, the couple was caught out, and supposedly Arthur still has the marks to prove he was punished for it.
Though they were very young, around the time of the First War, Molly and Arthur eloped together like many young couples at the time. Molly claims it was because they were meant to be together and didn’t want to bother waiting. The date of their marriage is unknown, but their first son, Bill Weasley, was born in 1970. In the following eleven years, Molly and Arthur produced six more children. It is not known when they took residence at the Burrow in Ottery St. Catchpole, but it seems they may have been there for quite some time.
As a father, Arthur is the more relaxed and easy-going parent. While Molly flies off the handle in many small instances, Arthur keeps his calm composure. When his twin sons take his flying car out for a joyride, he is more inclined to ask how it went rather than reprimand them. However, Arthur is aware of the seriousness of some of the boy’s mischief. He doesn’t take kindly to when Fred and George pick on Harry’s Muggle cousin, and Fred reckons his buttocks hasn’t been the same since Arthur caught him trying to make the Unbreakable Vow with five-year-old Ron. Accordingly, Arthur had never been so angry before.
Somewhere in the midst of all these happenings or even earlier in life, Arthur developed a fascination with Muggles, making it apt that he worked in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts Office of the Ministry of Magic prior to being promoted. It is thought that Arthur’s love of Muggles has held him back from further promotion, and he clearly doesn’t make a lot of money considering the economic state of the Weasley family. However, Arthur does seem to enjoy his job and take it seriously, and his family does manage through the hard times together.
In the books, Arthur frequently acts as a father figure to Harry, in particular prior to the emergence of Sirius Black as his godfather, warning Harry of potential dangers and hearing out his concerns about anything. Being a very approachable adult to Harry, he often seeks out Mr Weasley as an advisor in the absence of his godfather. In the fifth book, Arthur is a member of the Order of Phoenix, the organization against Lord Voldemort, in secret so that he would not lose his job at the Ministry. While standing guard at the Department of Mystery, Arthur is attacked by a snake and sent to St. Mungo’s to recover with a highly amusing stitches incident.
Arthur is in a minor role in most of the books, but also provides the image of a loving father that can’t help but be admired.
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Bellatrix Black Lestrange
By Jennie C.
The eldest of the Black Sisters, daughter of Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier Black, older sister to Andromeda and Narcissa, and wife of Rodolphus Lestrange, Bellatrix plays her role as one of the Dark Lord’s most faithful followers. Spending years in Azkaban for her beliefs and participation in torturing an Auror, she has not given up her cruel and sadistic ways.
Born in 1951 into the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black, there is little known about Bellatrix’s life prior to her joining the ranks of Death Eaters. Knowing the attitudes of the Black family in general, it is likely that Bellatrix was raised under the pureblood mania and believed the ideals that any wizard who did not have pureblood was not worthy of the name of wizard. From evidence in the sixth book, it is possible that she was very close to her youngest sister, Narcissa. Her relationship to Andromeda in the earlier years is up to be debated. We know that Bellatrix had to be a Slytherin, as according to Slughorn, all Blacks besides Sirius were. It is at this time, she ran with the crowd of Dark Arts worshippers, including her future husband, Rodolphus Lestrange, and Severus Snape. It is told that in her youth, she was a good-looking young woman until Azkaban took its toll on her appearance.
Sometime after marriage and schooling, Bellatrix joined in the ranks of the Death Eaters along with her husband and her brother-in-law. It’s not known what exactly she did during the First War, but with her strong like for pain and suffering in the most sadistic of natures, she may have been involved in torture. This was certainly true after the fall of Voldemort, in which she along with her husband, brother-in-law, and Barty Crouch Jr. sought the Aurors, Frank and Alice Longbottom, and tortured them into insanity for information on the whereabouts of their leader. For the act, the four were sentenced to a life term in Azkaban, though Bellatrix seemed fairly proud of that development.
About fourteen years after being shut away for her crimes, Bellatrix and the many other followers of the Dark Lord are broken out of the prison and immediately rejoin their master. As if she had never been imprisoned, Bellatrix hops right back into her work as a Death Eater, becoming one of Voldemort’s favourites, or so she thinks of herself. Serving her time in Azkaban faithfully waiting allows Bellatrix to believe she is most loyal and favoured for not denouncing her old ways like many, including her sister, did to escape the Dementors, and certainly does not have trust in those who pretended to switch sides like Severus Snape did. She believes Lord Voldemort will reward this faith handsomely.
At the end of book five, Bellatrix makes her first appearance in the flesh at the Department of Mysteries alongside her brother-in-law, Lucius Malfoy, in the attempt to claim the prophecy. She taunts Harry, uses the Cruciatus curse on Neville Longbottom, the son of the Aurors she sent into insanity, and attempted to torture Ginny Weasley as well. She loses her collected façade when Harry mentions that Lord Voldemort really isn’t a pureblooded wizard as he has led them to believe, and her temper flies when Harry tries to call him by his full name. At the end of the battle, Bellatrix is the one responsible for Harry losing his godfather when she sends her cousin, Sirius Black, through the black veil and into death.
In the sixth book, Bellatrix’s accompaniment of Narcissa to Spinner’s End furthers our knowledge of her character. The relationship between the two sisters is illustrated, Bellatrix calling her youngest sister, "Cissy," to suggest they are close to each other. Despite this, Bellatrix shows little disagreement with the orders of the Dark Lord regardless of the fact her sister is absolutely devastated and mortified about them. She shows no sympathy for the dilemma of her nephew, and confesses that if she had sons, she’d gladly give them to the Dark Lord’s service. I think that’s a pretty clear view on how far Bellatrix would go for the Death Eaters. Her coldness towards Snape accents the mistrust she feels over him turning to Dumbledore for protection, and rebukes him for demeaning her long stay in prison for the Dark Lord. She demands explanations for everything before revealing why they are there, and even then she protests Narcissa’s actions. By the end of that chapter, she is forced to cooperate in the casting of the Unbreakable Vow between her sister and Snape.
We also learn that Bellatrix has some relationship with her only nephew, taking the time to teach him Occulemency in order to protect his thoughts.
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Bill Weasley
By Jennie C.
The oldest son of the Weasley family, Bill Weasley has only emerged in the books as of the fourth, but is playing an important element. Between working for the Order of Phoenix and holding a job at Gringotts Bank, he maintains a very cool image.
Bill was born November 29th, 1970, the first son of Arthur and Molly Weasley. In following years, while he was still at home, he gained six more siblings. He lived through the First War with Voldemort, perhaps leading to his eventual involvement in the Second war, potentially knowing of the devastation it could cause. While at Hogwarts, Bill was sorted into Gryffindor, and was an outstanding student when completing a full twelve O.W.L.s. In later years at school, he was given the title Prefect and Head Boy. After leaving school, Bill secured a job as a curse-breaker in Egypt with Gringotts Bank. This leads to him being absent through the first three books, and only mentioned or seen in pictures.
When first met in the fourth book, Harry can only describe him as cool by his attire. Bill has a very laid back personality, much like his father. It was previously assumed that he would be a lot like Percy in being fussy or rule-centric, when Bill is in truth quite the opposite. He keeps his hair long and has a fang earring, despite his mother’s objections. Even though she nags about trimming his hair, he doesn’t seem to care what she thinks and keeps his personal style. At the attack at the Quidditch World Cup, Bill jumps into action to help the Ministry keep the Death Eaters at bay.
In order to help the Order more, in book five, Bill requests and succeeds at transferring from his curse-breaking job in Egypt to a desk job in London with Gringotts. It is unknown exactly what he does for the Order at that point, but part of his reasoning may have been for Fleur Delacour, whom he caught the eye of around the end of book four. As they both work for Gringotts Bank, they have an opportunity to start a relationship, which the twins label as English lessons. They date for a year before becoming engaged around the beginning of book six, and plan to wed officially in 1997.
In the sixth book, tragedy strikes Bill when he jumps to help the Order at Hogwarts when Death Eaters infiltrate the castle. Fenrir Greyback, in his untransformed werewolf state, ravages his face to the point where Bill cannot be recognized. It is suggested, though not completely confirmed due to the nature of the attack, that the wounds will never fully mend. Being cursed wounds, there is possible contamination, and Bill will go through life with wolfish characteristics, as suggested by Remus Lupin. After the attack, Bill does have a liking for rare meat, to the satisfaction of his fiancée. Despite the woes and damage to his face, the happy couple plan to go ahead with the wedding.
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Charlie Weasley
By Jennie C.
Second-born son to Molly and Arthur Weasley, and sibling to six Weasley children, Charlie is the dragon chasing, and probably the most mysterious of the Weasleys, in the fact he hasn’t had a lot of book time in the series. Making an appearance in one book, and being mentioned in others, it leaves Charlie to a bit of guesswork.
Born on December 12th, 1972, he was the second son of Molly and Arthur, and a little brother to Bill. Over the next nine years, the family welcomed another five children. Living through a lot of the First War with Voldemort, it is possible that seeing the destruction has led him to involvement in the Second War. During his time at Hogwarts, Charlie was sorted into Gryffindor house, and it is suggested he was close to Hagrid due to a mutual love of and talent with magical creatures, dragons in particular. Also during that time, Charlie was a first-rate Seeker for his house team. Gryffindor won the Quidditch Cup while Charlie was on their team and while he was Quidditch Captain, and it was said he could have played professionally for England if he had wanted to. After he left school, Gryffindor didn’t win at Quidditch until Harry Potter had begun to play as Seeker. On top of that, he was also a Prefect, though he didn’t make Head Boy like his brother before him, and his brother after him. Before Ron, Charlie was the only Weasley child to fail, and thus need to retake, his Apparation test.
After leaving school, Charlie took up work in Romania, studying and keeping for a dragon reserve. His work has led him to his appearance, very freckled to the point of seeming tanned and sporting many burns.
Charlie only makes appearances in book four. He is at home for Quidditch World Cup when he first encounters Harry Potter. While at home, he is an absolute Quidditch enthusiast, seeming to know all the news on the wizard’s sport. Also, when the campgrounds are under attack by Death Eaters, Charlie doesn’t hesitate and joins to defend the Muggles alongside his brothers. It is later in the book where we see Charlie again, bringing the dragons to Hogwarts for the Triwizard Tournament. After this appearance, Charlie is not seen in the books again.
In the fifth book, Ron informs that Charlie is in the Order of the Phoenix, but he doesn’t need to be at home for his mission. On days off from work, Charlie attempts to make contacts in Romania and bring foreign wizards onto their side, possibly before Death Eaters can do so.
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Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
By Sara
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was born c. 1844 and had a younger brother, Aberforth Dumbledore. Upon entering Hogwarts (c. 1855), he was sorted into Gryffindor house. Around 1862, the year he was to leave Hogwarts, Dumbledore sat for his N.E.W.T.s and the Charms and Transfiguration exams were administered by Griselda Marchbanks. (".did things with a wand I'd never seen before.")
During the 1940s, Dumbledore, who had auburn hair at this time, taught at Hogwarts as the Transfiguration professor and was head of Gryffindor house. He was distrustful of the star student, Tom Riddle. On June 13, 1942, a student named Myrtle died and Rubeus Hagrid was framed for her death. Dumbledore allowed Hagrid to stay at Hogwarts and train to become the gamekeeper.
In 1945, Dumbledore defeated the dark wizard Grindewald. It is stated on his Chocolate Frog Card as well, which reads:
ALBUS DUMBLEDORE
Currently Headmaster of Hogwarts. Considered by many the greatest wizard of modern times, Dumbledore is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindewald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner, Nicholas Flamel.
Professor Dumbledore enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
In approximately 1970, Dumbledore became the new Headmaster of Hogwarts. He took careful precautions to allow Remus Lupin to attend school and transform secretly and safely. Sometime during this decade, Dumbledore created The Order of the Phoenix, a secret organization compiled of wizards fighting in the war against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Dumbledore was the only wizard Voldemort ever feared.
In the spring of 1980 (the year Harry was born) or in the fall of 1981, Dumbledore interviewed Sybill Trelawney in the Hog's Head for the post of Divination teacher. He bore witness to a prophecy made by her concerning a boy born at the end of July who had the power to vanquish the Dark Lord. A Death Eater by the name of Severus Snape was eavesdropping on the other side of the door but the bartender threw him out. Around this time, Dumbledore also hired Snape (who had told his story and convinced Dumbledore that he was to be trusted) as Potions master of Hogwarts but refused his request to become the new DADA teacher, in fear that it might lure him into his old ways. On October 24th, Dumbledore told Lily and James about the prophecy and helped cast the Fidelius Charm to keep them safe. He offered to be their Secret Keeper as opposed to Sirius Black, even though they were set on having Black as their Keeper. Dumbledore remained worried, for he was almost certain there was a spy passing information onto Voldemort. On October 31st or November 1st, 1981, Dumbledore placed the now-orphaned Harry on the Dursleys' doorstep with a letter to Petunia. He may have contacted Petunia before this, as in the fifth book he sent a Howler telling her, "Remember my last, Petunia."
Around 1990, many people wanted Dumbledore to become the new Minister for Magic but he didn't want the job, so it was given to Cornelius Fudge. The following year, Dumbledore met Harry for the first time in ten years and their relationship grew past that of a teacher and a student. He rescued Harry from his second encounter with Lord Voldemort.
In June of Harry's fourth year, Dumbledore and Fudge got into a bit of row because Fudge wouldn't believe that Voldemort had come back to power. Dumbledore had Sirius round up the "old crowd" and The Order of the Phoenix was restarted. Snape was to go back to Voldemort and become his "spy". (Snape played a double-agent.) This time the Order was more prepared and headquarters was established at Number 12, Grimmauld Place, which was now Sirius's property.
On August 12, 1995, Dumbledore testified on Harry's behalf in front of the Wizengamot, despite recent rumours that he was spreading lies and was generally off his rocker. It must have been a bit difficult for him to testify as he had a lot to deal with and that he had been voted off the Wizengamot that summer. He thought Harry had enough to cope with and therefore did not make him a Prefect. In order to protect Harry from expulsion from Hogwarts later in the year, Dumbledore took responsibility for creating the D.A. and was removed from his post as Headmaster. Only a select few bunch of people knew where he went. (It is rumoured that he stayed in the Hog's Head, as his brother is the bartender.) In June of 1996, Dumbledore battled Voldemort in the Atrium at the Ministry of Magic. Fudge was forced to believe that Dumbledore was not telling lies and the news was out in the Daily Prophet by the next morning. After the battle, safely back in Dumbledore's office, Dumbledore recounted everything to Harry that he "should have told Harry (you) five years ago."
Dumbledore was tall, thin, and very old (approximately 150 years old). He had light, sparkling blue eyes, hidden behind half-moon spectacles and a very crooked nose (that looked as though it was broken in at least two places). His originally auburn hair turned silver and he had a moustache and a beard long enough to tuck into his belt buckle. He is often described as the greatest wizard of the age and had a scar the shape of the London Underground above his knee. He owned a Pensieve, a put-outer, a time turner, and several delicate silver instruments. His favourite foods were sherbet lemon drops and hot cocoa. His favourite flavour of jam was raspberry.
He received the Order of Merlin, First Class, and Grand Sorcerer, he was the founder and Secret Keeper of The Order of the Phoenix, he was the Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards (though temporarily "voted out" but reinstated), and the Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot (temporarily denoted but reinstated in the sixth book). He was skilled in legilimency, could cast spells without a wand, could send messages with his wand, could become invisible without an invisibility cloak and could quite possibly see through them too.
Dumbledore's office is/was a large circular room with many books and portraits of previous headmasters and headmistresses. His portrait now hangs on the wall as well; we saw it sleeping soundly at the end of book 6. The Sorting Hat is kept in the office and so is his pet phoenix: Fawkes, though Fawkes may not come back to the office anymore. The Order of the Phoenix uses Fawkes to communicate with each other. The cores of Harry's and Voldemort's wand use a single tail feather from Fawkes. Dumbledore's Patronus is that of a phoenix.
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Ginny Weasley
By Jennie C.
Born as Ginevra Molly Weasley on August 11, 1981, she is the youngest of the seven Weasley children of Molly and Arthur, as well as their only girl. According to Jo Rowling, Ginny is the first female born child to come along in many generations. She is introduced to the story as Ron’s younger whiny sister waving goodbye from Platform 9 ¾ and complaining that she can’t yet go to Hogwarts due to her age. Like the lot of her family, she has flaming red hair with bright brown eyes, and is built much like the twins facially and physically. However, she develops as the books proceed from a little sister into an independent young woman of her own definition.
There isn’t a lot said about Ginny’s childhood, but from what is known of the Weasley family, she probably had a very loving and protected family life with her parents and brothers. Born near the end of the First War, Ginny probably wasn’t aware of the dangerous circumstances of the wizardry world she came into, and it didn’t last long enough for her to need an alertness of the matter. This could contribute to Ginny’s trusting nature, as exhibited in the second book when she confides in an enchanted diary that houses a young Lord Voldemort. Growing up, it is suggested from book evidence that her older brothers shunned her a little bit, as they wouldn’t allow her to play Quidditch with them. In retaliation, at the age of six, she began breaking into the broom shed and used each of her brother’s brooms at some point, never getting caught in the process, explaining her later skill on the broom as a Seeker and a Chaser.
Ginny’s role at the start of the series is brief. She meets Harry as he boards the train to Hogwarts as her own brothers get on as well. She expresses a deep yearning to attend Hogwarts like her brothers, despite the fact she isn’t old enough, and also begs to see the famous Boy-Who-Lived.
By the second book of the series, Ginny plays a larger part and is central to the plot, though it goes by unnoticed for a long time. Finally of age to attend school, she goes to Hogwarts and is sorted into the noble house of Gryffindor, just as the rest of her family. Her girlish crush on Harry begins to form as well, as it did through the summer that he spent with her family. Her behaviour around the famous boy is awkward and clumsy, and she takes to tracking him around the school even if she can’t really speak in front of him due to a shy tongue-tying whenever he is around her. She goes as far as to send Harry an embarrassing singing Valentine’s Day card. This only strengthens when Harry saves her from the Chamber of Secrets. The second book also brings out Ginny’s child-like trusting nature when she confides in the diary of Tom Riddle and fails to report that it speaks to her. This leads her into a lot of trouble, as Tom Riddle controls her mind and allows her to unleash horror upon Hogwarts’ Muggleborns, one being her friend, Hermione Granger. The confidence shown towards an enchanted diary says something about Ginny’s nature. To have to spill her secrets to only a diary and refer to it as a friend in her pocket, it suggests that the youngest Weasley has few friends at this point in time, or perhaps feels alone in the shadow of her older protective brothers. However, it also shows the amount of dedication and loyalty in Ginny, that she can place a high amount of trust in people and believe in them wholly.
For the third and fourth book, Ginny fades into the background more, becoming a lesser character, becoming slightly more comfortable in talking to Harry as time goes on. A noteworthy detail is that she accepts the invitation of Neville Longbottom, whom may have had feelings for her, to the Yule Ball or she would have not been present. We discover later, that she met another boy there, whom she eventually had a relationship with.
A significant event, however, is a change of attitude that occurs somewhere between books four and five. Ginny, almost suddenly, transforms and comes to her own by book five. She is no longer harbouring a puppy crush on Harry, and has actually begun to speak to him without losing her words in the process. It began in book four, though it makes significant progress in book five. Ginny has grown-up much between being thirteen and fourteen and has found her voice. She even goes so far as to criticize Harry, knowing when he has gone too far and isn’t afraid to tell him as it is in her mind. On Harry’s banishment from Quidditch, she takes on the role of Seeker for the Gryffindor Quidditch team, and is remarked at being a good Seeker at that, though she admits to Harry she would rather be a Chaser. Ginny’s skills as a witch also begin to get mentioned, proving dangerous things can come in small packages with her Bat-Bogey Hex. For the first time, Ginny is also blooming in the romantic department, having her first boyfriend, Michael Corner, whom she met at the Yule Ball. She eventually finds he’s a sore loser and dumps him for Dean Thomas. Though we learn later that she never really stopped liking Harry, she "gave up" on him and began to take interest in others in a hope she would be more herself around him. She also comes out as a defender of her friend, Luna Lovegood, not feeling fear to tell people not to call her names. It worked. All of these events and explanations lead into Ginny being a more confident being, and bringing out her true more dynamic self more, confident enough to battle at the Department of Mysteries alongside Harry, Ron and Hermione.
By the sixth book, Ginny only continues to flourish. She is quick witted and unafraid of speaking to Harry, and still willing to give him her critique. Her attitude towards her brother’s fiancée shows she has come to think for herself, as well as become quite amusing in her mockery. They spend much more time together, as Harry spends the summer with her family, to the point where Harry grows accustomed to having her around him and isn’t too used to it when they return to school and Ginny’s time is consumed by her boyfriend. They continue to have a friendship throughout the book, and Ginny continues to offer her quick wit up, but her time with Harry is always limited as she rushes off to see Dean. At one point, Ron and Harry find the two snogging in the hallways, which leads to Harry’s feelings of attraction. We’re all aware of the chest monster by now. Continuing to be on the Quidditch team, she has gotten her wish to chase instead of seek and proves to be a fiery force, slamming into the announcing podium when the commentator criticized the team. She becomes more independent, refusing even her boyfriend to help her step into the common room, which is a contributor to why they break up. After a successful Quidditch match - I think we know what happens between Harry and Ginny. If you don’t - they kissed and took a walk in which the game was not discussed. Harry and Ginny enjoy a short-lived relationship, ending when Harry acts nobly and breaks-up in order to protect Ginny from the evil he has to face. Trying to be brave about it, Ginny claims to not care about what happens to her, but accepts her one true love’s explanation and leaves it at that, knowing it would be for the best given the circumstances that he has to be a hero.
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Harry James Potter
By Sara
Harry James Potter was born to parents Lily and James Potter on the 31st of July, 1980. Before his birth, a prophecy was made by Sybill Trelawny to Albus Dumbledore that said, "The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches... born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies... and the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... and either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... the one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies ..." After hearing this prophecy, which could have applied to either James and Lily Potter or Frank and Alice Longbottom, Dumbledore set out to inform them (it is not known whether the Longbottoms ever found out). Unfortunately, Severus Snape, a Death Eater at the time, was listening outside the door and heard half of the prophecy. He informed Voldemort. Lily and James knew their lives were in danger and made Harry’s christening a quiet, family affair. Sirius Black was Harry’s godfather.
On October 31st, 1981, Voldemort arrived in Godric’s Hollow, where the Potter family was hiding after being informed by their Secret Keeper, Peter Pettigrew, and killed Lily and James. He tried to kill Harry but the curse backfired. The reason for this is because Lily had sacrificed herself for Harry, so her love and protection runs in his veins. The curse left a lightning bolt scar on Harry’s forehead and ripped Voldemort of his powers, so he was left crippled. He remained barely alive because he had made Horcruxes and fled that night, never to be seen again until years later. Harry Potter would be in many books and would become a household name. He was The Boy Who Lived.
Hagrid rescued Harry from the burning house, under Dumbledore’s orders. Sirius arrived and offered to take Harry to live with him but Hagrid wouldn’t allow him to. Sirius gave him his motorbike, claiming that he wouldn’t need it anymore. Hagrid took Harry to Privet Drive, where Minerva McGonagall and Dumbledore were waiting for them. Dumbledore left a letter to the Durselys, Harry’s only living relatives who happened to be the biggest Muggles ever, explaining the predicament. Harry lived with the Dursleys for ten years, who tried favoured their son Dudley over Harry and tried to squash the magic out of him. He had to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs and served as Dudley and his gang’s punching bag. His glasses were taped in the middle and he was pretty underfed. The kids at school didn’t like him at all.
Around his eleventh birthday, Harry started to mysteriously get letters addressed to him and his Uncle Vernon did everything in his power to try and stop them. Eventually, they got so out of hand that Vernon took his family to stay in a little hut in the middle of a sea for a night. At exactly midnight, the door of the hut flew open and the giant Hagrid entered. He was enraged to find out that the Dursleys hadn’t told Harry a single thing about his heritage and ended up telling Harry that he was a wizard. He told him a good bit about his past but not everything (he felt he wasn’t the right person to do so). He took Harry to Diagon Alley the next day and bought Harry a snowy owl, Hedwig, for his birthday.
On the Hogwarts Express, Harry met Ron Weasley and the two became fast friends. Soon after, he had an encounter with Draco Malfoy and his cronies Crabbe and Goyle. The dislike was mutual. Much whispering followed Harry as soon as he entered the Great Hall, where he got sorted into Gryffindor house (the Hat considered putting him in Slytherin but Harry kept saying that he didn’t want that). That year, Harry was picked on a lot by Snape, whom he, Ron and Hermione Granger suspected was after the Philosopher’s Stone. Harry and Ron rescued Hermione from a troll in the girls’ bathroom and they soon became a trio. At the end of the book, after a lot of research and snooping, the trio went after Quirrell (whom they thought was Snape) into the chamber where the Stone was hidden. They went through many tasks and Harry met Quirrell in the last chamber. He found out Voldemort was on the back of Quirrell’s head. Harry managed to get the Stone from within his pocket and killed Quirrell by burning his face (Lily’s protection had kicked in). Harry was rescued by Dumbledore in the end and got lots of presents from his peers. He questioned Dumbledore about why Voldemort wanted to kill him but Dumbledore thought he was too young to know. In his first year, Harry also became the Seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, making him the youngest person to be on a house team in a century. He received a Nimbus 2000 broomstick from Dumbledore as a gift. He discovered the Mirror of Erised and saw his family in it, indicating that the deepest desire of his heart was to have a loving family.
The summer before his second year, Harry received Dudley’s second bedroom. Dobby the house elf came to warn Harry and keep him away from Hogwarts but Harry refused to say that he wouldn’t go back. He discovered that Dobby had been intercepting his mail and tried to get it back but Dobby tried to blackmail him into saying he wouldn’t go to Hogwarts if he wanted them back. Again, Harry refused so Dobby smashed a pudding on Mrs. Mason’s head, who ran out screaming. Harry got into a lot of trouble. He was locked in his bedroom without much food but was rescued on his birthday by Fred, George and Ron Weasley, in their father’s flying Ford Anglia. Harry stayed with the Weasleys for the rest of the summer, thoroughly enjoying himself. He found out that Ginny Weasley had a crush on him. He used floo powder for the first time and accidentally ended up in Knockturn Alley, where Hagrid rescued him. This year, he and Ron were locked out from the barrier and took the Ford Anglia to school. They ended up in the Whomping Willow and nearly got expelled. Harry lost all his bones due to Lockhart trying to repair his arm and had to painfully regrow them back. He found out he was a Parselmouth and many rumours appeared, rumouring that he was the person who had opened the Chamber of Secrets. Harry and Ron used Polyjuice Potion to try and discover if Malfoy was the true heir of Slytherin. Harry found Tom Riddle’s diary and went back in time to discover why Hagrid was expelled. At the end of the book, Harry ended up in the Chamber of Secrets, fighting the basilisk. He managed to kill it with the sword of Godric Gryffindor and rescued Ginny, who seemed more infatuated with him now than ever. When he destroyed the diary with the basilisk’s fang, he destroyed one of Voldemort’s Horcruxes.
During the summer before his third year, Aunt Marge came to visit and eventually got Harry so angry that he used accidental magic and blew her up. In his reckless anger, he packed up all his belongings and left the house. He saw a big black dog (Sirius Black in Animagus form) and fell off the low stone wall he was sitting on. He was rescued by the Knight Bus and had a little meeting with Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic. Harry stayed at the Leaky Cauldron for the rest of the summer. That year, he discovered that Sirius Black had escaped from Azkaban to kill him. He had his first ever encounter on the Hogwarts Express with Dementors, and felt ashamed because they affected him more than others. He usually passed out when this happened because he could hear his mother and father’s last words and a cruel laugh. This year, he learned to ward off Dementors with Professor Lupin’s help and helped Hagrid assist with Buckbeak’s trial. He had a few encounters with Sirius Black and snuck into Hogsmeade a few times with the help of the Marauder’s Map, given to him by the Weasley twins. He received a Firebolt (anonymously by Black) after the Whomping Willow smashed his Nimbus 2000. He won the last game of the season with it. He heard Trelawny make a prophecy saying that the Dark Lord’s servant (who was Pettigrew) would return to him that night. In the end, he faced Black and Lupin and found out the real story. He saved Pettigrew’s life. He and Hermione went back in time and saved Buckbeak and Sirius from execution and getting the Dementor’s kiss. Sirius signed his Hogsmeade permission slip and gave Ron and owl, Pigwidgeon.
Before his fourth year, Harry attended the Quidditch World Cup final with the Weasleys. His name was entered into the Goblet of Fire and he had to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. Mad Eye Moody kept giving him little hints as to what to expect. Harry nervously asked Cho Chang to the Yule Ball but she had already planned to go with Cedric Diggory. In desperate need for a date, he went with Parvati Patil, whom he thought was pretty good looking, anyway. In the end, Harry and Cedric were transported to a graveyard. Cedric was killed and Harry witnessed (and was part of) Voldemort’s rebirth. After the Priori Incantatum effect, Harry saw the shadows of his parents and other people come out of Voldemort’s wand. They helped him escape and Harry took Cedric’s body back to Hogwarts. He found out the truth about how Barty Crouch Jr. had impersonated Moody and entered Harry’s name in the Goblet of Fire to get him to the graveyard.
This summer was Harry’s longest summer ever at the Dursleys. He had so much anger built inside of him at not having any contact (he only got vague letters) from the wizarding world. He finally got to get out of there and was living in Grimmauld Place. He didn’t become a prefect and got jealous that Ron had become one. That year, he kept having dreams about a dark hallway in the Ministry of Magic (it lead to the Department of Mysteries). He had a really strong connection with Voldemort and could ‘access’ his strong emotions. He saved Mr. Weasley from bleeding to death when he saw in his dream that a snake had bitten him. He thought that he was being possessed by Voldemort and started avoiding much contact with people. Umbridge kicked him off the Quidditch team. At the end of the book, he fell asleep during his History of Magic O.W.L. and saw Sirius being tortured by Voldemort (it was a trick, of course) and ran off to save him. He and other DA members fought with many Death Eaters and in the end, Sirius was killed and Dumbledore saved Harry. He smashed Dumbledore’s office pretty much to bits in his anger and found out about the prophecy.
In the sixth book, Harry felt a bit better about Sirius’s death. He helped Dumbledore get Horace Slughorn to teach again at Hogwarts and became a part of the Slug Club. He spent a lot of his time reading through his borrowed copy of Advanced Potion-Making and pondering who the Half-Blood Prince was. He took secret lessons with Dumbledore to put together bits and pieces of Voldemort’s past to try and figure out what Horcruxes he had made. In the end, he accompanied Dumbledore to track down and destroy one of the Horcruxes and Snape killed Dumbledore. Harry fought briefly with other Death Eaters in order to get to Snape. He found out Snape was the Half-Blood Prince but Snape got away. Harry also got together with Ginny this year, after realising his feelings for her. He broke up with her at Dumbledore’s funeral to keep her safe.
Harry has emerald green eyes like his mother, which is speculated to be an important part of book 7. He looks incredibly alike to his father with messy, jet black hair, a thin face, thin frame, height and lank body. He wears round glasses, which often break. He inherited quite a bit of gold from his parents and Sirius’s possessions, as well.
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Hermione Granger
By Jennifer M.
Hermione Jane Granger is a muggleborn witch with parents who are both dentists. She is described as having "a bossy sort of voice, lots of bushy brown hair and ((until fourth year)) rather large front teeth." In an online chat, Jo told fans that her birthday is on September 19th. Since third year she has owned a pet cat called Crookshanks who is actually part kneazle (look it up in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them!) She is in Harry’s year at Hogwarts, and currently Gryffindor prefect along with Ron Weasley.
We were introduced to Hermione in Chapter 6 of the Philosopher’s Stone, when she came into Harry and Ron’s compartment on the Hogwarts Express and asked them if they had seen Neville Longbottom’s lost toad. This showed us immediately that she was willing to help people out, but also that she liked to be in charge of things. The fact that she sat down without being invited showed us that she wasn’t at all shy, especially as she proceeded to tell them all about the spells she had learnt and all the books she had read. This showed us straightaway Hermione’s love for learning, and also her skill as a witch which is really quite exceptional. Remus Lupin called her ‘the greatest witch of (her) age I’ve ever met.’
Ron and Harry couldn’t stand her after this, thinking she was a bossy show off. Ron said ‘whichever house I’m in, I hope she’s not in it’! Unfortunately for Ron, Hermione, Harry and Ron all ended up in the same house: Gryffindor. At the feast Hermione told Percy (one of Ron’s elder brothers) that she was particularly interested in Transfiguration, interesting because the lesson is taught by the Head of Gryffindor house. Sure enough, in their first Transfiguration lesson Hermione was the only student to have started transfiguring a match into a needle, an early indication of her talent. She was just as good in her first Potions lesson, knowing the answer to every question, though Snape the Potions master was distinctly unimpressed.
She made friends with Harry and Ron after they saved her from a mountain troll in first year. She had been in the girls’ toilets crying because she had overheard Ron saying "it’s no wonder no one can stand her. She’s a nightmare, honestly" on the night of the Halloween feast. They realised that Hermione didn’t know about the troll after they had all been told to go to their dormitories, and decided to go and tell her themselves. However the troll had found its way into the toilets where Hermione was, and was advancing on her. Harry and Ron distracted it, and Ron knocked it out by levitating its own club above its head and then dropping it. After that Hermione became friends with Harry and Ron. As the book says, ‘there are some things you can’t share without ending up liking each other, and knocking out a twelve-foot mountain troll is one of them.
She has very strong convictions and firmly believes that the way house elves are treated is wrong. To this end, she founded S.P.E.W: Society for the Promotion of Elvish Welfare, not spew! To join S.P.E.W costs 2 sickles and members receive membership and a S.P.E.W. badge. So far the policies of S.P.E.W have included Hermione knitting a lot of hats to sneakily place around Gryffindor common room for elves to be freed once they found them. She didn’t realise that Dobby the house elf had gone around picking them all up, because other house elves felt offended. S.P.E.W shows that Hermione has the best of intentions, but maybe doesn’t always get things right. So far we’ve been told repeatedly that house elves LIKE to work, and it is actually cruel to them to expect them to be free. Dobby seems to be a maverick in that he wants to be paid - other house elves find the idea shocking and are ashamed of Dobby.
It was Hermione’s idea for Harry to set up Dumbledore’s Army, a club set up during Umbridge’s reign as High Inquisitor at Hogwarts, for the students to learn Defence Against the Dark Arts illegally. We saw during one of these meetings that Hermione’s patronus was an otter - Jo said that her patronus would also be an otter.
This ties in with the fact that Jo has said that Hermione is probably the character she identifies most with. She says that during her time at school she was a lot like Hermione - only less intelligent!
One of Hermione’s particular talents is for conjuring portable fires that she can carry around in a jam jar. We first saw this in chapter 11 of the first book, where Hermione, Harry and Ron huddled around it at breaktime to get warm. We saw it again at the first year quidditch match where Quirrel was cursing Harry. Hermione set fire to Snape’s robes, because she thought it was Snape that was doing the cursing. The third time she used the fire was to save Harry and Ron’s lives. She lit a fire to make the devil’s snare release them (it hates light and warmth).
Hermione is a stickler for rules and lives for reading, spending what seems to be most of her free time in the library. Her solution to most problems is to consult a book; so Harry thinks anyway, when wondering if he should ask her about his scar hurting. In first year, Ron called her insufferable, a statement echoed by Snape who labelled her an ‘insufferable know-it-all’ when covering a Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson for Remus Lupin in third year.
She helps Harry and Ron by checking their homework over for mistakes although she refuses to let them copy her, once again showing her nature as very moral and willing to help people.
Hermione’s parents (being muggle dentists) send her packages of sugar free snacks to school, but that doesn’t stop her giving Harry and Ron chocolate frogs and Bertie Bott’s beans.
She’s shown how unwilling she is to break rules on numerous occasions - telling Harry that he mustn’t fly after Malfoy in their first flying lesson and telling Harry that he mustn’y go wandering around the school at night, for example. However, she has shown that she will break rules if she feels it is necessary. We saw this when she stole potions ingredients from Snape’s office in second year, when she walked out of Divination and when she slapped Malfoy. As well as loving rules, she’s very organised - she buys Harry and Ron homework timetables for Christmas and colour codes her notes.
She is a very logical person as well as being very intelligent and perceptive - we can see this when she solves Snape’s puzzle in the Philosopher’s Stone.
We know that she has a pink dressing gown (bath robe) (chapter nine of book 1) and another interesting bit of information is that the only thing she can be beaten at is Wizard Chess, by Ron.
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James Potter
By Sara
A pure-blood wizard born circa 1960, James Potter was an only child. He inherited quite a bit of gold once his parents died of wizarding disease (they were old in wizarding terms). He was sorted into Gryffindor house and during his Hogwarts years, Potter was constantly harassing Severus Snape, a Slytherin boy in his year, whom he had a mutual dislike for. The two never missed a chance to hex each other in the corridors and after their O.W.L.s, Potter and Black tortured Snape amongst a crowd of onlookers. Potter saved Snape’s life after he found out about how to get into the Whomping Willow and it made Snape hate him even more.
Potter’s closest friends, who called themselves the Marauders, were Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and of course his best friend, Sirius Black. Potter and Black were like the ringleaders of their group and were rarely seen without each other. They loved to prank and usually ended up in detention because of it, using a two-way mirror to communicate when they had separate detentions. According to an older Snape, James used to strut around the school with his friends and admirers. Despite his attitude, James was a very loyal friend. When he found out Remus’s secret in second year, he and the other boys worked to become illegal Animagi to keep him company during full moons. It took three years, but they managed it and James became a stag. His friends nicknamed him "Prongs". It was easier for James to manage this because he was a brilliant Transfiguration student. The three boys would sneak under James’s invisibility cloak (inherited from his father as a family heirloom) at night and romp around the Hogwarts grounds and Forbidden Forest. Later, in sixth or seventh year, they came to write The Marauder’s Map, which Filch eventually confiscated. James usually used his invisibility cloak to sneak out food from the kitchens. He used to call Remus’s lycanthropy his "furry little problem" in front of company.
As a younger teen (around the age of 15), Potter was bold, arrogant, cocky, a bit cruel, and had a huge ego. He was the height of popularity and a star chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Yes, he was playing with the Snitch in the fifth book, but that’s much more impressive than a quaffle, isn't it? He was everything Snape always wanted to be, including a Quidditch cup winner. During his Hogwarts years (1971-1978), Potter was described as tall and thin with a thin face, hazel eyes, glasses, and unruly black hair. He met Lily Evans, a Muggleborn witch, at Hogwarts whom he took a liking to. He would deliberately make his already untidy hair look even more windswept by running his hand through it to impress Evans, though it made her "sick". She hated how he always walked down the corridors and hexed anyone who annoyed him. Although she hated this and refused to go out with him, she didn’t really hate him, JK states. She just wanted him to stop being arrogant.
After all his fruitless attempts of asking her out, the two eventually began to date in their seventh year, when both became Head Boy and Head Girl (although James was not a Prefect). Lily started going out with him because he had deflated his head a bit and stopped hexing people for the fun of it. He still hexed Snape of course, and vice versa, but Lily didn’t know that. The two were married straight out of Hogwarts (c. 1979) and had a son, Harry James Potter, on July 31, 1980. At some time during their marriage, James had visited the Evans’ household, as Petunia referred to him as "that awful boy".
The two of them were actively a part of the original Order of the Phoenix and had both defied Voldemort three times. Sometime in mid-October, one year after Harry's birth, Dumbledore gave them some grave news: a prophecy had been made about a boy who could defeat Voldemort. Lily and James, along with Frank and Alice Longbottom, became targets. The couple went into hiding in the village of Godric’s Hollow, using the Fidelius Charm as their best hope. Unfortunately, their original Secret Keeper, Sirius, convinced them to switch to Peter who, barely a week after the charm was performed, betrayed them. On October 31, 1981, Voldemort came to their house and killed James first (who was stood up to Voldemort to give his wife and son time to run) and then Lily. JK has no comment on whether or not someone else was present the night they were killed.
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Lily Evans Potter
By Sara
Lily Evans was born in approximately 1960 to Muggle parents. Although her parents weren’t magical, they were elated to have a witch in the family and supported Lily throughout her Hogwarts years. Her older sister, Petunia Evans, on the other hand, was disgusted at all the attention given to Lily, especially when she was nothing but a "freak". Their rancour carried over for a long time and after Lily’s death, Petunia transferred her hatred to Lily’s only child, Harry, trying to squash the magic out of him. Lily’s parents died a normal Muggle death some time later.
Lily was a brilliant Gryffindor student at Hogwarts (1971 - 1978) and became Head Girl in her last year. She was (probably) particularly good at Charms and might have been popular (we see in the fifth book that she was with a large group of girls). She was very good at Potions and a favourite amongst her Potions master, Professor Slughorn. He often told her that she should have belonged in his own house (Slytherin) and got cheeky comments back. He told Harry that she was a charming girl. She had brilliant almond-shaped emerald green eyes (like Harry’s) and long, thick dark red hair. She was pretty brave standing up to James Potter and Sirius Black in their fifth year when they were torturing Snape, and although she was a kind person, she didn’t let people step all over her (i.e., when Snape called her a "Mudblood" she coolly told him to wash his pants). Because Lily was in Hogwarts during the times when Voldemort was steadily gaining power, it must have been difficult for her occasionally, since she was Muggleborn. She was a good student but she did not always abide by the rules. She got a few letters from the Ministry telling her not use magic outside of Hogwarts, but it was nothing serious. As Petunia said, Lily used to come home over the summer with frog spawn in her pockets and turn teacups into rats. This was an exaggeration on Petunia’s part.
At Hogwarts, Lily met James Potter who was a brilliant and popular student. He was thought to be the height of cool by everyone but her, who thought he was nothing but conceited and was disgusted by his happiness at jinxing people for no reason. Aside from this, Lily did not hate James, says JKR. James had taken a liking to her by the end of their fifth year but only convinced her he’d pulled his act together by their seventh year, when they were Head Boy and Head Girl together. The two started going out that year. Lily was a very popular girl, though, much like Ginny, and many people had feelings for her, including Lupin, who did nothing about it.
They were married straight out of Hogwarts (c. 1979) and at some point in time, James visited the Evans household, as Petunia referred to him as "that awful boy". They were a part of The Order of the Phoenix, fighting tirelessly against Voldemort and his Death Eaters. The two of them narrowly escaped Voldemort three times, which was a very unusual feat indeed. Sometime before their deaths, both Lily’s and James’s parents passed away and Lily had minimal contact with Petunia (though Petunia was informed of Lily’s wedding and that Lily had had a baby boy).
On July 31st, 1980, Lily gave birth to a baby boy, Harry James Potter. The couple made Sirius Black Harry’s legal guardian and godfather in case anything ever happened to them. Harry’s christening was a small affair, only the family and Sirius, because of the dark times. Fate intervened, though, and a prophecy was made (Sybill Trelawney to Albus Dumbledore) foretelling the birth of a boy born at the end of July who could vanquish the Dark Lord. Unfortunately, one of Voldemort’s spies caught the tail end of the prophecy and informed Voldemort. Dumbledore notified Lily and James immediately and the two went into hiding in the village of Godric’s Hollow. They performed the Fidelius Charm to keep them safe but their Secret Keeper, Peter Pettigrew (whom Sirius had convinced them to use instead of him), was a spy for Voldemort and betrayed them. On October 31st, 1981, Voldemort came to their house and killed James and then Lily. JKR has no comment on whether or not someone else was present that night at Godric’s Hollow.
It would seem that Voldemort might not have killed Lily, as he gave her a chance to get out of the way, but she refused and sacrificed herself to protect Harry. That protection still lies in Harry today, making him untouchable to Voldemort. (Voldemort can touch him now, though, as some of Harry’s blood is in him, giving him part of Lily’s protection as well.)
Dumbledore cast a charm to reinforce Lily’s protection on Harry by sending him to live with a blood relative - ironically, the Durselys were his only remaining relatives. As long as Harry was there, no one could touch him.
Throughout the books, we catch glimpses of Lily. In book one, she is seen by Harry through the Mirror of Erised; in the third book Harry can hear her last words, pleading for Voldemort to kill her instead, when the Dementors draw near; in the fourth book she comes out of Voldemort’s wand in the graveyard and helps Harry escape; and in book five, Harry watches as she stands up for Snape against James and Sirius.
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Luna Lovegood
By Jennie C.
Seen as an oddball by her peers around Hogwarts, Luna Lovegood is in truth a very loyal friend and a rare being. Believing in strange things, even for a witch, with no need for facts and being ridiculed for it, it’s shocking that Luna trusts people so willingly, but it’s part of what makes her such a unique person in the universe of Harry Potter.
Being in the same year as Ginny Weasley, it is suspected, yet not confirmed, that Luna was born sometime in 1981. She may be a part of the Lovegood family that lives close to the Weasleys in Ottery St. Catchpole, but again it is not confirmed. There is little fact about Luna’s childhood. For sure we know that her father is the editor of the Quibbler and that her mother was a witch who liked to experiment in spells. It is said by Luna that Mrs Lovegood was quite extraordinary, but a spell went wrong one day when Luna was nine and in the accident her mother died. Luna may have witnessed the event of her mother’s death due to the fact she can see Thestrals and she mentions she feels sad about it at times, but she firmly believes she will see her mother again one day in the afterlife.
On entering Hogwarts, Luna was sorted into Ravenclaw. By her odd personality, peculiar habits (her wand at her ear, Butterbeer cork necklace, radish earrings, a lion head hat, etc) and strange belief in things, Luna is made fun of and gains her nickname, "Loony Luna Lovegood". She doesn’t let this name phase her, not fighting her name, and even mentions that she is known as Loony. Even though she is isolated in uniqueness, she does find friendship in Ginny Weasley, who tells off people who call Luna, Loony.
Luna makes her first appearance in the books in Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, riding in the same compartment as Harry on the way to Hogwarts. He finds Luna an odd character right away and isn’t too sure if he could be sitting with her, but later on, finds Luna has a few common traits with him. At the first sight of Thestrals, it is Luna who confirms she can see them too. Faithfully, she supports Harry’s stories of Lord Voldemort publically, joins the DA, and ultimately joins the regular trio, Ginny and Neville at the battle at the Department of Mysteries. At the loss of his godfather, it is Luna who offers comfort to Harry, mentioning her belief that they will meet again in the afterlife.
By the next year, Luna is readily accepted as a friend of Harry’s. Without hesitation, Harry is ready to sit with her in the train compartment, and even asks her to attend Slughorn’s Christmas Party with him as friends, much to the dismay of many admiring fangirls. She maintains her usual blunt and truthful nature mixed with a habit of telling anyone who will listen about odd unconfirmed theories despite the rising of war in their world. Luna seems to be the most unaffected by the outside world.
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Molly Prewett Weasley
By Jennie C.
A mothering figure through and through, Molly is the wife of Arthur Weasley and mother of the seven Weasley children, though she warmly treats her children’s friends as family as well. Though her husband is head of the house, it’s Molly that runs it and keeps it in order.
Born on October 30th of an unknown year, Molly Prewett was born into a pureblood family. There is not much known of her early life as a Prewett, but she did have two brothers, Gideon and Fabian. It is not known if they were older or younger than her. Our knowledge skips up to Molly’s time at Hogwarts, where she met her future husband in Arthur Weasley. Both in Gryffindor, the two were sweethearts in their day, kissing in the hallway and sneaking out of their dormitory for midnight strolls, at one point they were caught and Molly was reprimanded by the guardian of Gryffindor, the Fat Lady.
Sometime after leaving school and when the First War with Voldemort was taking flight, Arthur and Molly eloped together like many young couples of their time. Molly claims it was because they were meant to be and there was no point in waiting. The specific year or date of their marriage is not known, but their first son, Bill Weasley, was born in 1970. In 1972, Charlie had joined the growing family. Three years later brought Percy, and two years after that twins Fred and George were born. Ron was born two years after that, and finally in 1981, Ginny was the final addition. When their residence at the Burrow, Ottery St. Catchpole began is not known, but it is suggested they have been there a long time.
When their growing family was still young, sometime before the First War was over, Molly was hit with tremendous loss. It is said the whole Prewett family was killed, and we learn that specifically that Death Eaters murdered her two Auror brothers, though they went out like heroes trying to take down as many as they could with their deaths. This may contribute to Molly’s Boggart’s form of her entire family being dead.
It isn’t known if Molly ever had a career or job before starting her family, but taking care of the seven was probably work enough. She cooks, cleans, knits, cares for her children and managed to home-school them until they were old enough to attend Hogwarts. On top of that, she is often the discipliner of her sons and daughter’s pranks or rebellion. She is frequently reprimanding her mischievous twin boys for their misguided ambitions and has complained of her eldest son’s choice of hairstyle and girlfriend/fiancée. The only son she has not seemed to have a complaint about is Percy, even though he’s disowned himself from their family and moved away, which breaks Molly apart at the very mention of his name. When Arthur fails to properly discipline his sons, Molly is there to hand it out accordingly. She and Arthur continue to have a good loving relationship, and when alone, she likes him to call her, "Mollywobbles".
In the books, Molly plays the loving parent to a large and admirable family plus whoever comes into her home. She is constantly concerned for the well being of her children and their friends, and provides them with extra treats and such while they are in school. Harry sees her as an ideal mother figure, as she treats him like one of the family. She worries about the lot of them whenever they’re away from her or when there is known danger afoot. In the fifth book, Molly is also a member of the Order of Phoenix, though it doesn’t seem she is used in important missions, but rather as a keeper of the headquarters as she attacks at getting rid of the ancient layers of dust.
Though Molly doesn’t appear a lot in the story of Harry Potter, she is a very important character and mother to all.
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Narcissa Black Malfoy
By Jennie C.
Long gone unknown, only briefly mentioned, and in the background, Narcissa, the third daughter of Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier Black, baby sister to Bellatrix and Andromeda, wife of Lucius Malfoy and mother to Harry Potter’s nemesis Draco, has finally come to play her part and show her character in the sixth book of the series. An informative sixth book appearance tells us lots about Narcissa Black Malfoy and the role she plays in the plot.
In 1955, Narcissa was born as the last daughter in the Noble and Most Ancient House of Black. Not much is known about her childhood, but taking into consideration that she eventually becomes the wife of a pureblood Death Eater and is one herself, it is likely that much like her oldest sister, Bellatrix, Narcissa was consumed by the pureblood ideology of her family, thinking less of those who did not have blood as pure as them. Not much is known of Narcissa in her early years, but she did attend Hogwarts and was sorted into the house of Slytherin like the rest of her sisters, and there was where she probably met Lucius Malfoy, a year older than herself and her future husband. She is described as a very beautiful woman, blonde with blue eyes, and could have undoubtedly gotten the attention of a Malfoy. There is an undoubted respect for Lucius in his wife, evident when Narcissa angrily rebukes Bellatrix for criticizing her husband, demanding that she not speak of him in such a hard way.
After her marriage to Lucius, on June 5th 1980, Narcissa gave birth to her one and only son, Draco Malfoy, in the midst of the First War. Narcissa Malfoy was a Death Eater alongside her husband, sister, and brother-in-law, but with a young infant in her care, it is unknown how involved she could have been in the war. There is no mention of her actual participation in torture with her fellow companions. Rather, there is evidence that Narcissa was a doting and adoring mother to her son. In the sixth book, much of Draco’s reasoning for following the orders of the Dark Lord is to protect his mother, and the reason Narcissa makes an Unbreakable Vow with Snape is to protect her son. This mother and child relationship seems to be a strong bond that could not have blossomed overnight. Quite possibly, Narcissa was the one to raise Draco from birth and love him more than anything.
Throughout the first half of the books, there isn’t any real mentioning of Narcissa and she makes a very brief, non-speaking appearance, in the fourth book at a Quidditch match with her husband and fourteen-year-old son. She is the suspected source for all of Draco’s packages at Hogwarts, the sweets and cakes, and she insisted that Draco not attend a school so far away in another country when Draco mentions he was nearly sent to Durmstrang instead. Clearly, she wants to keep her son close.
Narcissa’s role in the sixth book is brief, but pivotal. Against the wishes of the Dark Lord, she goes and seeks the aid of Severus Snape. Though Lord Voldemort would potentially kill anyone who commits treason against him, Narcissa is willing to risk it for the one thing she cares most about, her only son. With few options, her husband in Azkaban and unable to protect their boy, she has to have the help of someone close enough to Draco to keep an eye on him. She is frantic and desperate, and gets Snape to make the Unbreakable Vow with her in order to save the life of her son.
Through this one scene at Snape’s home, we also learn a bit about Draco. Though they are mortal enemies, Harry and Draco share a common bond, undying and unwavering love from their mothers. This pins that Draco has known love through his mother, who he would die for to protect. The bond that Narcissa and Draco share is as strong as the protection Lily Potter gave to her son.
There may be more in store for Narcissa Black Malfoy in the future, but only Jo Rowling knows for sure.
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Percy Ignatius Weasley
By Jennie C.
The third son of Molly and Arthur and brother to six siblings, Percy is probably the most ambitious member of the Weasley family. Ruled by his aspirations, guidelines, and no-nonsense nature to eventually become Minister for Magic, he is proud of every accomplishment he has achieved by his work, and is shamed by the reputation of his family.
Born August 22nd, 1976, Percy Ignatius Weasley was third born in his family, younger brother to Bill and Charlie, and later on older brother to Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny. Living through and surviving the First War with Voldemort, it is a surprise Percy isn’t motivated more to help end the Second War. On attending Hogwarts by the age eleven, Percy was sorted into Gryffindor like his two other brothers, though his ambitious nature would pin him as a Slytherin. Following Bill’s path, Percy became a top student, receiving the most O.W.L.s possible, became Prefect and later Head Boy. After becoming Prefect at school, Percy became protective of his younger siblings, particularly Ginny as the youngest of the Weasleys. He also has no problems giving advice to Harry when it comes to choosing his third year classes. Percy was also involved in a romance after his sixth year, with a fellow Prefect named Penelope Clearwater. Whether or not they continued their relationship after leaving school is unknown, but presumed over, as Percy doesn’t mind to mention her after the third book.
After leaving school, Percy gains a job in the Ministry of Magic, in the Department of International Magical Cooperation beneath Bartimius Crouch. Since Crouch was beneath the Imperius Curse for most of the year and was forced to write in sick for a long time, Percy was given many more tasks and left to run the office with little complaint. He was in trouble for not noticing Crouch’s mysterious behaviour when it was eventually revealed what had happened, and it was suspected that Percy would be under inquiry. However at the resurgence of Voldemort and the denial of Cornelius Fudge, Minister for Magic, Percy is instead promoted into Fudge’s personal staff.
While Percy attributes this to his own work ethics, the rest of the Weasleys suspect that Percy is only promoted so that Fudge can keep an eye on their family, because they sympathise with Dumbledore. The accusation upset Percy greatly. Arthur and him wound up having a very large fight, Percy saying getting promotions was difficult because of his father’s reputation. By the end of it, Percy packed up his things and moved into a flat in London. While at work, he doesn’t even acknowledge his father’s presence and slammed the door in his mother’s face when she attempted to talk to him. Percy’s leaving greatly upset Mrs Weasley, while his brothers and sister seem to almost be glad to be rid of their fussy older brother. Ron is upset by Percy’s attempt to sway him to the Ministry’s side during the denial, and pays no attention to the long warning letter his brother writes to him.
Even after the Second War is declared and Fudge is forced to reveal the presence of Voldemort, Percy does not apologize or return to his family, too proud to admit that he was wrong in his ways. He does appear at the Burrow for Christmas lunch to his mother’s delight, but it is because he was instructed to do so by the new Minister of Magic. Though Molly is thrilled, his brothers and sister retaliate with a food fight which results in Percy storming off covered in food.
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Remus John Lupin
By Sara
Remus John Lupin was born on March 10, 1960. He was a half-blood and despite popular belief, did not have a twin brother. When he was a very small boy, he received a bite from a werewolf named Greyback and turned into one himself. He received the bite because his dad had somehow offended Greyback. The identity of the werewolf that had bitten him remained anonymous to Lupin for a very long time. Because of his lycanthropy, Lupin’s chances of ever attending Hogwarts were slim to none; that is, until Albus Dumbledore became Headmaster. Dumbledore took careful precautions to allow Remus to attend Hogwarts and keep his secret safe at the same time. A house was built in Hogsmeade with a tunnel connecting to the newly planted Whomping Willow on the Hogwarts ground, where Remus could safely and secretly transform once a month. Because of the howling and other sounds made by him, Dumbledore encouraged the rumour that the house was haunted, and thus the house was christened as "The Shrieking Shack".
In his first year at Hogwarts in 1971, Remus was sorted into Gryffindor house and quickly became friends with James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew. They later called themselves "The Marauders". His friends were very intelligent, though. Remus made up countless excuses as to his absence every month, claiming that his mother was ill or something or the other. In his second year, his friends discovered him though, and for his benefit, became illegal Animagi to keep him company every full moon. It took about three years, and in their fifth year, the quartet explored the Hogwarts grounds and Forbidden Forest and came to write the Marauder’s Map (later confiscated by Filch). Remus was nicknamed "Moony" by his friends. James Potter used to call his lycanthropy his "furry little problem" in front of company, which led many people to believe that Lupin had a badly behaved rabbit.
Before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Remus got a letter notifying him that he was made a Gryffindor Prefect. He suspected it was because Dumbledore wanted him to exercise some control over his mischievous friends. Since Remus was so rejected his entire life, he was always pleased to have friends and cut them a lot of slack. When their O.W.L.’s were finished and Potter and Black were picking on Snape, Remus hadn’t the guts to tell them they were out of order.
During his sixth year at Hogwarts, Sirius told Snape how to get into the Whomping Willow, if he was so interested in knowing where Remus went every month. Of course, Snape tried it, and had James not found out about what Sirius did, all of them would have been in big trouble. Snape thought all of the Marauders were in on the joke, and hated them even more.
After leaving Hogwarts in 1978, Remus, the Marauders, and Lily joined the first Order of the Phoenix, fighting in the war against Voldemort. Remus suspected that Sirius was the spy passing information onto Voldemort, but did not voice his opinion. After Peter betrayed Lily and James, Remus lost everyone close to him: Lily and James dead, Peter supposedly dead, and Sirius in Azkaban.
Not long before Lupin became the new DADA teacher in Harry’s third year, the Wolfsbane Potion was discovered, enabling him to keep his mind when he transformed. When the trio saw him for the first time, he looked very ill and was wearing a shabby set of robes. He had a hoarse voice and his light brown hair was flecked with grey. Despite this fact, and the fact that Peeves took to calling him "Loony Loopy Lupin", Remus soon became one of the most popular teachers at Hogwarts. He taught Harry how to defend himself from the Dementors. Around the last term of the year, he confiscated the Marauder’s Map, which Harry had mysteriously gotten, telling him that it was a poor way to repay his parents’ sacrifice. At the end of the year, he met up with Sirius in the Shrieking Shack and the two of them managed to convince the trio that Sirius was innocent. Snape found out a lot that night, too. Lupin forgot to take his Wolfsbane Potion that night, and when they got onto the Hogwarts grounds, he transformed, allowing Wormtail to escape. The next morning, Lupin resigned, as a vengeful Snape had "let slip" that he was a werewolf at the Slytherin table.
In June of 1995, Remus was alerted by Sirius (on Dumbledore’s orders) that the second war was coming and that they must start preparing. Sometime after this, he moved into 12 Grimmauld Place. He had a strong dislike for Umbridge as she had drafted some anti-werewolf legislation two years prior. He was part of the "advance guard" that brought Harry from Number 4, Privet Drive to headquarters. Later on, he escorted Harry and the others to St. Mungo’s Hospital and befriended another werewolf. When Harry used Umbridge’s fire to contact Sirius, Remus was there and helped give Harry insight to what he saw in the Pensieve and restrained Sirius from going after Snape for giving up on teaching Harry Occulmency.
During the battle at the Department of Mysteries, Remus witnessed Sirius’s death and held Harry back from going after him. At the end of the year, he and a few Order members bid farewell to Harry for the summer and warned the Dursleys to treat him well.
Remus Lupin is loyal, friendly, and shrewd and likes to be liked. At Hogwarts, he was studious, but was also mischievous and helped out with his friends’ pranks a lot. He never had the guts to tell them that they were out of order, but he did make them feel ashamed sometimes. Being a werewolf is his biggest fear as his boggart turns into the full moon. As of this point in the books, Lupin knows more about the Hogwarts grounds, aside from Fred and George Weasley, than anyone else.
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Sirius Black
By Sara
Born circa 1960, Sirius Black was born into a pureblood family with the motto Toujours Pur ("Always Pure"). His mother and father both, though not Death Eaters themselves, believed that Lord Voldemort had the right idea to purify the wizarding world. Sirius was not a favourite in the family and his younger brother, Regulas Black, was the pride of his parents for agreeing with their pureblood ideas. Growing up in London, Sirius lived in 12 Grimmauld Place during his childhood, a house heavily fortified by his father.
He was sorted into Gryffindor in 1971 (always the rebel), and Sirius spent a lot of his time in detention with his best friend, James Potter. When the two of them had detention in separate rooms they would communicate using two-way mirrors. Along with James, Sirius used an illegal hex upon Bertram Aubrey, whose head swelled to twice its normal size. They got a double detention. When not in detention, the two them along with friends Peter Pettigrew and Remus Lupin (whom dubbed themselves "The Marauders"), were always stirring up some new prank in their minds. Around Black's second year, he and his friends discovered that Lupin was a werewolf and spent the better half of three years learning to become unregistered Animagi. In their fifth year, when they did manage it, Black turned into a shaggy black dog, much like the Grim. He was nicknamed "Padfoot" by his friends and was later called "Snuffles" by Harry and the others. The Marauders took frequent trips around the Hogwarts grounds and the Forbidden Forest in their animal forms, learning more about Hogwarts than possibly any other students, and thus came to write the Marauder's Map (later confiscated by Filch).
In his youth, Sirius retained the haughty Black good looks, with dark hair that, as Harry thought, fell into his eyes with a sort of casual elegance, and fathomless grey eyes. He was tall. Although Sirius was fiercely loyal to his friends and an overall kind person, Severus Snape seemed to be his one exception. He and Snape had a mutual dislike for each other and Sirius jumped at the chance to help James torture him whenever he could.
At the age of 16, Sirius decided he had had enough of his family's "pure-blood mania" and ran away from home. His family disowned him. He stayed at the Potters' house and bought his own house (from gold he had inherited from his Uncle Alphard) at the age of 17. After his Hogwarts years, in 1978, Sirius was the best man at Lily and James's wedding, described as a happy, laughing young man in the photos. Sirius himself never got married because he was "too busy being a rebel". He and the Marauders and Lily were actively a part of the first Order of the Phoenix, fighting the war against Voldemort.
When Harry was born in 1980, Sirius was named Godfather to him and was to be his guardian in case anything ever happened to Lily and James. When the prophecy was made and Lily and James performed the Fidelius Charm, Sirius was their Secret Keeper but convinced them at the last minute to use Peter. Nobody was told of this change, not even Remus, because Sirius thought Remus was the spy. Sirius was planning on going into hiding himself. Peter betrayed Lily and James, and as Sirius raced on his flying motorbike to Godric's Hollow, he found their house in ruins. Hagrid was already there and Sirius told him that he should take Harry; he was his Godfather and now legal guardian. Hagrid told him that on Dumbledore's orders he couldn't give Harry to him, so Sirius gave Hagrid his motorbike (saying he wouldn't need it anymore) and tracked Peter down himself. In the middle of a Muggle street, Peter screamed for everyone to hear that Sirius killed Lily and James and then blew the whole street up, turning into a rat and speeding down to the sewers. Twenty workers from the Department of Magical Law Enforcement took Sirius away to Azkaban Prison without trial. He was around 22 years old.
In Azkaban, Sirius kept himself sane because he knew he hadn't betrayed his best friends. Since this wasn't a happy thought, the Dementors didn't affect him as much. In the summer of 1993, before Harry's third year at Hogwarts, Sirius saw the article in the Daily Prophet that said Ron's rat Scabbers was going to Hogwarts. Sirius knew immediately that this rat was Peter Pettigrew. One night, he transformed into a dog and snuck out of the prison and swam to shore. He saw Harry for the first time in twelve years near Magnolia Crescent. He broke into Hogwarts twice, once slashing the Fat Lady's portrait, and once slashing the curtains to Ron's bed. The trio and Snape encountered Sirius in the Shrieking Shack (he had long matted hair, his face was gaunt and waxy, and his eyes sunken) near the end of the year, and with Lupin's help, Sirius managed to tell them his story and turned Scabbers back to Peter. Unfortunately, Peter managed to escape and Sirius was locked in a room awaiting the Dementor's kiss. Harry and Hermione managed to save him using a time-turner and he flew off with Buckbeak.
At word of Harry's scar hurting in his fourth year, Sirius returned to Britain and kept in touch with Harry via fire and owl post. He was hiding in a cave somewhere near the village of Hogsmeade. He was by Harry's side after the third task and accompanied him to the hospital wing. He was told on Dumbledore's orders to gather "the old crowd" for the second war that was coming and to lie low at Lupin's for a while.
Sirius was the last living Black relative and inherited 12 Grimmauld Place, which he turned over to the Order of the Phoenix as headquarters. Since it was almost certain that Peter had told Voldemort of his Animagus being and the fact that there was a 10 000 Galleon prize on his head, Sirius was trapped in his house for months. Besides the fact that being back in his childhood home brought back painful memories, Sirius was not one to sit around. In June of 1996, Sirius and a few other Order members engaged in a battle with Death Eaters in the Department of Mysteries. Sirius taunted his cousin Bellatrix Lestrange and she sent a jet of red light at him. His eyes widened in shock and his body curved into a graceful arch before he fell through the veil. It's uncertain what killed him - Bellatrix's spell or the veil - but the end result was that he did die.
He left all of his property to Harry (if Harry did not accept it, it would have gone to Bellatrix Lestrange), who did not have any need or want for it. He had to keep Kreacher but let him work in the Hogwarts kitchens. Buckbeak was given to Hagrid.
Sirius was reckless, brave, loyal, affectionate, and slightly embittered. He never had a proper childhood, since being sent to Azkaban. His death hit the Order members hard, especially Harry and Lupin.
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