About the Harry Potter Characters

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About the Harry Potter Characters

• By Eve

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Harry James Potter

• Ancestry Half-blood.
• Mother Lily Potter (formally an Evans).
• Father James Potter.
• Aunts, Uncles Petunia Dursley, Vernon Dursley.
• Cousins Dudley Dursley.
• Siblings None.
• Childhood Raised by the Dursleys, his mothers
  sister Petunia and her husband Vernon.
• Location of childhood home four Privet Drive,
  Little Whinging, Surrey.
• Godfather Sirius Black he does not have a
  godmother.
• Pet Hedwig the owl.
• Eye colour Brilliant green, the same as his
  mothers.
• Hair colour Black perpetually messy, sticks up
  in the back, same as his father's.
• Other characteristics Round glasses short and
  thin, with knobbly knees. Lightning-bolt
• scar on forehead.
• From the books "Harry had always been small and
  skinny for his age. Harry had a thin
• face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green
  eyes. He wore round glasses held
• together with a lot of Scotch tape .... The only
  thing Harry liked about his own
• appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead
  that was shaped like a bolt of lightning."

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Harry James Potter (cont.)

• SKILLS, MAGICAL DEVICES, ETC.
• Wand Holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches,
  nice and supple an unusual
• combination. It is the "brother" to Lord
  Voldemorts wand, in that both
• contain a feather from Dumbledore's phoenix
  Fawkes.
• Broomstick Nimbus 2000 (1991-3), Firebolt (1994
  - present).
• Other devices Invisibility cloak, Marauders
  Map.
• Socks Socks with spiders on them Dobby gave him
  red (with broomsticks)
• and green socks (with Snitches) for Christmas.
• Organizations affiliations Gryffindor
  Quidditch Seeker and team captain
• Dumbledores Army Slug Club.
• Career Wants to be an Auror.
• Skills A "natural" Quidditch player a
  Parselmouth (speaks Parseltongue) can cast
  spells without a wand senses the presence of
  others
• prescient dreams particularly skilled in Defence
  against the Dark Arts appears to be resistant to
  the Imperius Curse and Veelas. Had
• difficulty learning Occlumency.
• Patronus Silver stag.
• Worst fear/memory Death of his parents.
• Boggart A dementor.
• Amortentia (love potion) smells "treacle tart,
  the woody smell of a broomstick
• handle, and something flowery he thought he might
  have smelled at the Burrow

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Ronald Bilius Weasley

• Birth date 1 March 1980.
• Ancestry Pure-blood.
• Mother Molly (Prewett) Weasley (formally a
  Prewett) .
• Father Arthur Weasley.
• Aunts, Uncles Uncle Bilius, who saw a grim and
  died a week later.
• Cousins Mafalda, a cousin who never made it into
  the books
• Siblings Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, and
  Ginny.
• Grandparents Grandfather who originally owned
  Ron's "old and battered" wizard chess set .
• Childhood Raised by loving, protective parents.
• Location of childhood home 'The Burrow,' near
  Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon.
• Pet Initially Scabbers the rat (until 1994),
  then Pigwidgeon ('Pig'), an owl.
• Eye colour Blue.
• Hair colour Flaming red.
• From the books "He was tall, thin and gangling,
  with freckles, big hands and feet, and a long
• nose" . "He was almost as tall as the twins
  already" .
• Tattoo? Nah. It was a joke of Ginny's. She told
  the boy-obsessed girls in her year that Ron had a
• Pygmy Puff tattoo, but she "didn't say where."

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Ronald Bilius Weasley (cont.)

• Wand Initially used Charlies old wand. There is
  conflicting information about his second wand.
  According to
• PA4, it is 14 willow containing 1 unicorn
  tail-hair, but according to Jo's website it is
  Ash .
• Broom An old Shooting Star until late 1995, then
  a Cleansweep 11 in 1995.
• Devices Wizard chess set, flying turquoise blue
  Ford Anglia. In the "Chamber of Secrets" movie,
  the license
• plate is 7990TD.
• Career Wants to be an Auror.
• Skills Chess, analysis and strategy. Tends to be
  wrong when he is serious, right when he is
  joking.
• Hopes (Mirror of Erised) Ron sees himself as
  Head Boy, holding up the house cup and the
  Quidditch cup.
• He is Quidditch captain too
• Patronus A Jack Russell terrier
• Boggart A spider.
• Handwriting "untidy scrawl"
• First year 1991.
• House Gryffindor
• Quidditch Gryffindor Quidditch keeper.
• Earned 7 OWLs Astronomy, Care of Magical
  Creatures, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts
  ,
• Herbology, Potions and Transfiguration. Unlike
  Harry, Ron received no Os (Outstanding). Failed
  Divination
• and History of Magic.

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Hermione Jane Granger

• Birth date 19 Sept 1979. Note Although the DVD
  timelines were approved by Rowling, they do not
  match her other
• statements exactly. According to her website,
  Hermione was born before Harry and Ron, so her
  birthday would have to be 1979,
• not 1980 as stated on the DVD.
• Ancestry Muggle-born.
• Mother Unnamed Muggle (dentist).
• Father Unnamed Muggle (dentist).
• Siblings At one time in the writing process,
  Hermione "had" a younger sister however, Rowling
  decided not to include that
• character, so Hermione is an only child.
• Childhood The Grangers, while accepting the
  Wizarding world and their daughter's place in it,
  do not approve of using magic for
• Quick fixes. They insisted, for example, that
  Hermione's somewhat oversized front teeth be
  dealt with in the usual way with
• braces. They send healthy snacks by owl to
  Hermione at Hogwarts and come with her to Diagon
  Alley in August to help her buy
• her things for school. What they tell their
  family and friends about their daughter and her
  school is anyone's guess, but they are
• certainly proud of her.
• Location of childhood home ?
• Pet Crookshanks (Cat/Kneazle hybrid).
• Eye colour Brown.
• Hair colour Brown and bushy.
• From the books "She had a bossy sort of voice,
  lots of bushy brown hair, and rather large front
  teeth"

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Hermione Jane Granger (cont.)

• First year 1991.
• House Gryffindor.
• Earned 11 OWLs She received 10 "Outstandings"
  (Care of Magical Creatures, Transfiguration,
• Potions, Charms, Herbology, Astronomy, History of
  Magic, Arithmancy Ancient Runes and one
• unknown class), and an "Exceeds expectations" in
  Defence Against the Dark Art.
• Awards, etc. Prefect for Gryffindor her 5th
  6th years.
• Organizations affiliations Dumbledores Army
  S.P.E.W.
• Amortentia (love potion) smells freshly mown
  grass and new parchment and ... (I think Victor
  Krum!)
• Wand Vine wood with a dragon heartstring core.
• Other devices Revealer. Used a Time Turner
  during the 1993 - 1994 school year to take extra
  classes.
• Socks Knits them for the house-elves.
• Career Non-committal to Harry about her future
  plans (she was still obsessed with S.P.E.W.).
• Skills Logic (PS) Arithmancy portable
  waterproof fires Apparition. JKR says Hermione
  speaks for
• her sometimes. Has actually read Hogwarts, A
  History.
• Patronus Otter.
• Boggart McGonagall telling her she failed
  everything.
• Handwriting "neat".

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Nymphadora Tonks

• Born c. 1973.
• Ancestry 'Tonks' is considered a "half-blood"
  because her father was a muggle-born wizard.
• Mother Andromeda (Black) Tonks, sister of
  Narcissa and Bellatrix Black.
• Father Ted Tonks, a muggle-born wizard.
• Hair various colours, changed at will.
• Eyes dark and twinkling.
• Distinguishing features as a Metamorphmagus,
  Tonks can assume many different appearances. Her
  actual appearance
• is that of a pretty, young woman with a pale,
  heart-shaped face.
• Name meaning A "nymph" is a minor divinity of
  nature in Greek and Roman mythology represented
  as beautiful
• maidens dwelling in the mountains, forests,
  trees, and waters.
• Career Auror and member of the present-day Order
  of the Phoenix. Part of the Advance Guard that
  helps Harry in
• his escape from the Dursley house. Fought at the
  Department of Mysteries battle and was seriously
  injured.
• Interests popular music (judging by the 'Weird
  Sisters' t-shirt).
• House unknown, 1984-1991.
• Patronus Previous one unknown changes to
  "immense four-legged creature". Lupin guesses
  that it changed because
• she received a profound shock.
• Tonks is a Metamorphmagus, which means that she
  can change her appearance at will. She uses this
  ability in service

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Neville Longbottom

• Ancestry Pure Blood.
• Mother Alice Longbottom, former Auror, now at
  St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and
  Injuries.
• Father Frank Longbottom, former Auror, now at
  St. Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and
  Injuries.
• Grandparents Augusta Longbottom (but Neville
  calls his grandmother "Gran"). His Grandfather is
  deceased. Neville saw him
• die, but we dont know how this happened .
• Aunts, Uncles Great uncle Algie, Great auntie
  Enid.
• Cousins ?
• Childhood Raised by grandmother after parents
  driven insane.
• Pet Toad named Trevor. In the first book, Trevor
  keeps escaping first on the train (he is found
  by Hagrid after the boat
• ride to Hogwarts), and again at the end of the
  book when he jumps out of the way of Hermione's
  Petrification Curse and isn't
• found until days later when Neville is about to
  leave, "lurking in a corner of the toilets". No
  additional escapes have been
• mentioned in books 2-6. Trevor was a gift from
  Neville's Great Uncle Algie in recognition of the
  first time Neville showed
• magical talent.
• Wands Initially uses his fathers wand, but it
  breaks during the Battle of the Department of
  Mysteries. New wand is cherry and
• unicorn hair, possibly the last wand Mr.
  Ollivander sold before he disappeared.
• Other devices Remembrall, Mimbulus mimbletonia
  (plant).
• Organizations affiliations Dumbledores Army.
• Skills Initially his family worried that he
  might be a Squib Herbology growing prowess in
  defensive curses (OP21) can see

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Neville Longbottom (cont.)

• ?How did Nevilles Grandfather die? Has Neville
  seen anyone else die? (OP)How did Uncle Algie
  bring the Mimbulus plant from Assyria, a
  civilization that flourished a couple thousand
  years ago??What was Alice Longbottoms birth
  name? What wizarding family does she come
  from??Why does Snape pick on Neville so
  much??What's up with Trevor?
• First year 1991.
• House Gryffindor.
• OWL results "Acceptable" in Transfiguration,
  "Outstanding" in Herbology, "Exceeds
  Expectations" in Defence
• Against the Dark Arts, "Exceeds Expectations" in
  Charms.

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Ginevra Molly Weasley

• Birthdate August 11, 1981 (JKR website calendar,
  11 Aug 2004).
• Ancestry Pure-blood.
• Mother Molly Weasley (formally a Prewett).
• Father Arthur Weasley, Head of Misuse of Muggle
  Artifacts Office, Ministry of Magic.
• Grandparents Grandfather who gave Ron the
  chessboard.
• Aunts, Uncles Uncle Bilius, who saw a grim and
  died 24-hours later.
• Cousins Mafalda, a cousin who never made it into
  the books.
• Siblings Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, and
  Ron.
• Additional notes Seventh child and only
  daughter. Ginny is the first Weasley girl in
  several generations.
• Childhood Raised by loving, protective parents.
• Location of childhood home "The Burrow," near
  Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon.
• Pet Arnold (Pygmy Puff).
• Eye colour bright brown.
• Hair colour Vivid, flaming red, worn as a long
  mane (very apt for a lion-hearted Gryffindor).
• Build the short Weasley variation (like the
  twins rather than Ron).
• Distinguishing features when her jaw is set, her
  facial resemblance to Fred and George is
  striking,

NAME MEANINGS
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Ginevra Molly Weasley (cont.)

• First year 1992.
• House Gryffindor.
• Quidditch Seeker for Gryffindor House team 1995
  - 1996 after the first match. Chaser in 1996-
  1997 also
• substituted as Seeker when Snape gave Harry
  detention.
• Organizations affiliations Dumbledores Army.
  Singled out as a "favourite" by Horace Slughorn
  after
• he saw her perform her Bat Bogey Hex on Zacharias
  Smith.
• Relationships Michael Corner, Dean Thomas, Harry
  Potter.
• Wand ?
• Broom None of her own.
• Skills Even Fred and George are impressed by her
  power, particularly her Bat-Bogey Hex her
  poetry (as
• shown by her valentine to Harry) is pretty awful.
  Ginny is the only person Harry knows (now,
  besides
• himself) who has been possessed by Voldemort and
  lived to tell the tale. Ginny also has
  considerable acting
• ability (- able to convince Mrs. Weasley that
  Crookshanks was responsible for the Dungbombs
  outside the
• kitchen in Grimmauld Place imitating Umbridge
  the Garroting Gas scam).
• Boggart ?
• Language Ginny is not a Parselmouth.
• Notes She named 'Dumbledore's Army.

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