Hepzibah Smith

Hepzibah Smith is introduced within Albus Dumbledore's Pensieve, as part of a series of memories shown to Harry Potter by his headmaster. She is described as having been an extremely wealthy, well-born old witch who enjoyed collecting antiques and collectibles. In the memory, Hepzibah wears long robes and gowns of pink, and when sitting upon her throne-like chair, she is described as giving the impression of a large "melting iced cake". She wears a large, elaborate, ginger wig upon her head (most likely the colour of her hair before it greyed) and dabs her red cheeks with rouge. She is described as being immensely fat.
Tom Riddle, fresh out of Hogwarts and working for Borgin and Burkes, visits Hepzibah to make an offer for some goblin-made armour which she owns. He presents her with flowers, and charms and flatters her. Enamoured with Riddle, Hepzibah shows him her most prized possessions – a cup, owned by her ancestor Helga Hufflepuff, and a locket which once belonged to Salazar Slytherin, that she had purchased from Borgin and Burkes. Caractacus Burke had purchased the locket for a tiny sum from Riddle's mother.
Only a few days after the events of the memory occurred, Hepzibah died, and Hufflepuff's cup and Slytherin's locket were never found. Dumbledore theorizes that Riddle had killed Hepzibah and tampered with the memory of her house-elf, Hokey, so that she thought she had accidentally poisoned her mistress. Hufflepuff's cup and Slytherin's locket would go on, as presumed by Dumbledore, to become two of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes.

Rita Skeeter

Rita Skeeter is a reporter for the Daily Prophet and a correspondent for the Witch Weekly, who specialises in yellow journalism, for which she is armed with such magical devices as the Quick-Quotes Quill, which automatically misquotes an interviewed person while he or she speaks. Rita is an unregistered Animagus, capable of transforming into a beetle to spy on unsuspecting victims for her stories. As a reporter who fabricated information in order to write an appealing story, she was an antagonist to Harry and his friends throughout Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
It has been speculated that the fraught relationship between Rowling and the press was the inspiration for the author to develop the character. However, Rowling noted in 2000 that the character actually predates her rise to fame: "People have asked me whether Rita Skeeter was invented [to reflect Harry Potter's popularity], but in fact she was always planned."[18] Rita was intended to be in Philosopher's Stone, as Rowling revealed in an interview: "you know when Harry walks into the Leaky Cauldron for the first time and everyone says, "Mr Potter you're back!", I wanted to put a journalist in there. She wasn't called Rita then but she was a woman. And then I thought, as I looked at the plot overall, I thought, that's not really where she fits best, she fits best in Four when Harry's supposed to come to terms with his fame."[19]
Harry first encounters Rita when she interviews the Triwizard Tournament contestants for an article in The Daily Prophet. The article is said to be a highly falsified story of Harry himself, which causes a great deal of annoyance for him. Rita then interviews Hagrid; rather than talking to him about the creatures in his care, in which he had been led to believe she would be interested, she asks for (negative) information about Harry, and is disappointed when no negative information is conveyed. During the Yule Ball, she overhears Hagrid telling Madame Maxime that he is half-giant. Skeeter prints a story about it and includes Draco Malfoy's hippogriff incident, during which Draco was "wounded." In the article, Hagrid is portrayed as dangerous, prompting letters from parents frightened by the idea of having a "ferocious" giant teach their children.
During the situations where Rita overhears information, the book subtly refers to her presence; Viktor Krum mentions that Hermione has a water beetle in her hair, while during the talk between Madam Maxime and Hagrid, Harry notices a beetle on a nearby statue. When Skeeter encounters Harry, Ron, and Hermione in Hogsmeade, Hermione insults her. Skeeter, in revenge, then writes a nasty story about Hermione based on false rumours provided by Pansy Parkinson, making her out to be an ugly but skilled witch who uses love potions to "satisfy her taste for celebrity wizards," including Harry and Krum. Rita's last defaming article states that Harry is "disturbed and dangerous," and uses comments from Draco and his Slytherin cronies as its basis. Ultimately, Hermione discovers the means by which Skeeter spies on others and forces her to "keep her quill to herself for a full year", threatening to report her to the authorities as an illegal Animagus.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Hermione blackmails Skeeter, using the above threat, to interview Harry about Lord Voldemort returning and to submit the true story to The Quibbler. Rita later makes a brief cameo in Half-Blood Prince, where Harry is infuriated to notice her clutching a notebook at Dumbledore's funeral. Although Rita does not make a physical appearance in Deathly Hallows, she is mentioned on numerous occasions throughout the novel, generally in a negative light in relation to her unauthorised biography of Dumbledore entitled "The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore". The book depicts the former headmaster in an extremely negative light. Harry, who on the basis of the previous experiences with Skeeter assumes all she wrote about Dumbledore to be a vicious lie, is shocked to discover that some of her statements are rooted in truth, and throughout the book struggles to reconcile with his late teacher.
When asked on a web chat if Rita was still reporting, Rowling answered; "Naturally, what could stop Rita? I imagine she immediately dashed off a biography of Harry after he defeated Voldemort. One quarter truth to three quarters rubbish", along with "Snape: Scoundrel or Saint?"[11]

Stan Shunpike

Stan Shunpike is the young, pimply conductor of the Knight Bus. He speaks with a Cockney accent, and converses with Harry as he travels to London in the first part of Prisoner of Azkaban. He also appears briefly in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at the Quidditch World Cup, boasting to a group of Veela, the Bulgarian team's official mascot, of his ambitious plans to become the next Minister of Magic. In Order of the Phoenix, he conducts the Knight Bus when Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, Ginny, Lupin, and Tonks take it to return to Hogwarts after the Christmas holidays. He is glad to see Harry Potter, and mentions that he does not believe the media rumours about Harry being insane. Tonks scolds him for yelling Harry's name aloud.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Stan Shunpike is arrested on suspicion of Death Eater activity. Harry and Dumbledore, however, believe that he is almost certainly not guilty. Even so, Stan is kept in Azkaban in order for the Ministry of Magic to give the pretence that progress is being made in the capturing of Death Eaters. When the new Minister of Magic asks Harry to be a sort of mascot for the Ministry, Harry refuses on the grounds of the Ministry's actions at the time - namely holding Stan under arrest.
In Deathly Hallows, a "strangely blank" looking Shunpike was among the Death Eaters who pursued Harry during his escape from Privet Drive. Harry gave himself away to his attackers by attempting to only Disarm Shunpike, as Harry believed him to be under the Imperius Curse.

Madam Rosmerta

Madam Rosmerta is the landlady of The Three Broomsticks pub. She is described in the books as "a curvy sort of woman"; several pupils, including Ron Weasley, therefore have a crush on her. In Prisoner of Azkaban, Madam Rosmerta is angered when Dementors were in Hogsmeade because their presence is scaring away many of her customers. Apart from hosting an informal meeting between McGonagall, Cornelius Fudge, Filius Flitwick, and Hagrid, and being the object of Ron's infatuation, she does not play a major role in the early part of the Harry Potter series.
In Half-Blood Prince, however, it emerges that Rosmerta has become an unwitting agent of the Death Eaters. In order to fulfill his mission to assassinate Dumbledore, Draco Malfoy had managed to place Rosmerta under the Imperius Curse. He used her to pass on a cursed necklace to Hogwarts student Katie Bell, who accidentally touched the necklace and was herself subjected to the very harmful curse intended for the Headmaster. He also commanded her to send a bottle of poisoned mead to Horace Slughorn intending it to be a Christmas present for Dumbledore after overhearing Hermione mentioning that the security on the school wouldn't recognise something put in the wrong bottle and knowing that a package from Rosmerta would not be checked. Malfoy communicated with Rosmerta through fake Galleons. After Harry and Dumbledore had been to the cave to retrieve a locket they believed to be one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, they Apparated to Hogsmeade, where Madam Rosmerta alerted them to the presence of the Dark Mark above the school and gave them brooms on which they could travel rapidly back to Hogwarts, where Draco's plan could be brought to completion. Rosmerta was among those paying respects at Dumbledore's funeral.

William Arthur "Bill" Weasley

William Arthur "Bill" Weasley is the eldest son of Molly and Arthur Weasley. Information from Rowling has put the character's birth date as 29 November, 1970.^[6][7] He is described to be "hard-working" and "down-to-earth", but possesses a fondness for "a bit of adventure, a bit of glamour".^[8] Bill attended Hogwarts as a Gryffindor from 1982 to 1989, becoming both a prefect and Head Boy, with 12 Outstandings on his O.W.L.s to his accomplishment. Later, he worked for Gringotts Bank in Egypt as a Curse-Breaker.

He made his first full appearance in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, where he was described as being a good-looking young man, sporting long red hair tied back in a ponytail and a single fang earring. Harry mentally noted that a person like Bill would not be out of place at a rock concert and thought he was "cool", surprised by Bill's laidback, easygoing personality after imagining him to be an older version of Percy. While Mrs. Weasley did not approve of Bill's unorthodox look, everyone else was fine with it. When Fleur Delacour spied Bill at Hogwarts as he and Mrs. Weasley paid a visit to Harry during the Triwizard Tournament, she eyed him with "great interest." Bill returned to Britain to work with the Order of the Phoenix in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. He met Fleur at Gringotts head office in London where she was employed at the time, giving her lessons to improve her English. After a yearlong relationship, the couple was engaged, and Bill brought his fiancée to get to know his family.

Bill fought in the Death Eaters' attack in Hogwarts near the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, but did not escape unscathed, as he was attacked by werewolf Fenrir Greyback. However, since Greyback was in his human form at the time of the attack, Bill suffered only partial lycanthropy contamination; according to Remus Lupin, also a werewolf, this was not enough to cause actual transformations, though Bill had apparently developed a liking for "very rare" steaks and was left with a deeply scarred face. The wedding plans, however, remained unchanged. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Bill's role is greatly increased. Fleur and Bill take part in getting Harry escorted safely from the Dursleys' house, and they witness Mad-Eye Moody getting killed by Voldemort himself, which they announce upon their return to the Burrow. The couple have their wedding there, on August 1, and later provide safe haven for Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna Lovegood, Dean Thomas, Mr Ollivander, and Griphook in Shell Cottage after they narrowly escape Malfoy Manor. In fact, Bill's house was the only place Ron admits he would be welcomed despite running out on Harry and Hermione.^[9] Both Bill and Fleur were combatants for the Order of the Phoenix during the Battle of Hogwarts and both survived the battle. Bill and Fleur have three children: Victoire, Dominique and Louis.^[10][PB]

Actor Richard Fish appeared in a cameo as Bill Weasley in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, in the background of a Weasley family photo.

Pansy Parkinson

Harry Potter character

Pansy Parkinson
Actor Genevieve Gaunt [HP3]
Scarlett Byrne [HP6]

First appearance Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Pansy Parkinson is a Slytherin student who is described as pug-faced and frequently seen with an unnamed gang of Slytherin girls, acting as leader or at least as spokeswoman of them. She is also Draco Malfoy's female counterpart and apparent love interest. She is first mentioned in the Sorting in Philosopher's Stone, and makes her first appearance in Madam Hooch's flying class, during which she teases Parvati Patil for defending Neville Longbottom after Draco Malfoy steals Longbottom's Remembrall. In Prisoner of Azkaban, she cries and follows Malfoy to the hospital wing after he is attacked by Buckbeak, and continues to fawn over him despite his deliberate exaggeration of the extent of his injury. They attended the Yule Ball together in Goblet of Fire, and on the train ride to Hogwarts at the start of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, she is seen stroking Malfoy's hair while his head lay in her lap, and also waits for him to take her hand before disembarking.
Pansy has a moderately increased role during her fifth year. She is made a Slytherin prefect along with Malfoy, and later joins Dolores Umbridge's Inquisitorial Squad. When Dumbledore's Army flees the Room of Requirement following Dobby's revelation of an informant, Pansy searches the girls' bathrooms for escaped members and seizes Hermione's list of names as evidence. However, the Inquisitorial Squad are jinxed in the midst of a student rebellion following Fred and George Weasley's departure from Hogwarts; she is hospitalised and misses a day's worth of lessons after sprouting a pair of antlers.
Throughout the series, Pansy regularly mocks Harry and his companions. She gives false information on Harry, Hermione, and Hagrid to Rita Skeeter, and openly voices criticisms of Hagrid to Umbridge about the displeasure of his Care of Magical Creatures class and the difficulty of understanding his voice. She and other Slytherins also taunt the Gryffindor Quidditch players from the stands during a morning practice, notably teasing Angelina Johnson about her braided hair. During a Gryffindor-Slytherin match, which is also Ron's debut as the new Gryffindor Keeper, she conducts the Slytherin students as they sing the demeaning "Weasley is our King." She may have a softer side shown in Goblet of Fire, during Care for Magical Creatures class when the girls go near the unicorn foals, Pansy fails to suppress her fondness of them, though this may have been a typical feminine trait.
Near the conclusion of Deathly Hallows, when Voldemort demands Harry's surrender in order to prevent the Death Eaters from attacking Hogwarts, Pansy urges Minerva McGonagall to comply, and the Gryffindors, Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs collectively respond by standing up and flashing their wands at her. She eventually evacuates with the other Slytherins rather than staying to fight.
Rowling has stated that she loathes Pansy, saying that she was based on girls who had teased her during her school days.
Genevieve Gaunt played Pansy in the film version of Prisoner of Azkaban. Scarlett Byrne will take over the role in Half-Blood Prince.

Mr Ollivander

Mr Ollivander (first name unrevealed) runs Ollivander's, a prestigious shop which sells magical wands in Diagon Alley. Despite the popularity of his wares, he has shown that he can easily name the materials and attributes of several wands he has sold over the years. In Philosopher's Stone, Mr Ollivander assists a young Harry Potter in selecting his first wand (31 July 1991, Harry's eleventh birthday) — or more accurately, according to him, finding a wand that would select Harry. Finding Harry a "particularly" difficult customer to match, Mr Ollivander finally selects an eleven-inch-long wand made of holly containing a phoenix feather (later revealed to be that of Albus Dumbledore's companion, Fawkes), which is perfectly suited to Harry. Mr Ollivander seems very thoughtful that the two should be matched, revealing that the phoenix gave one other feather, and that the wand containing the other feather now belongs to Voldemort. Mr Ollivander tells an uneasy Harry that he believes the world can expect "great things" from him.
Ollivander's appearance in Goblet of Fire was as an official during the preliminary ceremonies of the Triwizard Tournament, where he appeared as an expert judge for the Weighing of the Wands. In Half-Blood Prince, it is mentioned that his shop has closed and boarded up, and that Ollivander himself is missing.
In Deathly Hallows, Ollivander is revealed to have been captured by Voldemort and imprisoned at Malfoy Manor with Luna, with whom he develops an affectionate relationship as the two strive to keep each other's spirits up. He is among those rescued from the manor by Dobby, after which, at Shell Cottage, he provides Harry and his friends with some useful information about the Elder Wand. He later goes into hiding at the home of Auntie Muriel and sends Luna a new wand as a gift.

Moaning Myrtle

Moaning Myrtle is introduced in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets as a ghost who haunts the second floor girls' lavatory at Hogwarts. Unlike the other Hogwarts ghosts, Myrtle is not very sociable. True to her nickname, she has a tendency to sob, whine, wail and complain, especially when death is referred to. Hermione aptly points out, "She's a little sensitive." Her constant moping and wailing causes plumbing problems in the lavatory, which she haunts. It was revealed by Rowling on her website that Myrtle was in Ravenclaw.[15]
In Chamber of Secrets, it is established that the character is the ghost of a Muggle-born witch who died while a student at Hogwarts, fifty years before the events in the book. The books indicate that Myrtle was often bullied during her years at Hogwarts, leading her to become extremely depressed and often retreat to the second floor girls' lavatory to weep and cry her depression to tears. It is revealed through the events in the book that Myrtle was hiding there to elude Olive Hornby, a classmate of hers who perpetually tormented her with teasing, when the Chamber was opened and the basilisk emerged and killed her. Tom Riddle used her death to create his very first Horcrux: his diary. It is also worth mentioning that Moaning Myrtle was Riddle's first known victim. After death, Myrtle haunted Olive everywhere she went, until Olive complained to the Ministry of Magic, who ordered Myrtle to return to Hogwarts. Ever since then, Myrtle has haunted the same lavatory where she died.
Myrtle's role in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is to help Harry, Ron and Hermione find out about the monster inside the Chamber of Secrets. She is quite disappointed that Harry survives his encounter with Slytherin's monster, as she would have liked him to join her in death. Myrtle also helps Harry with his second task in the Triwizard Tournament, in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Myrtle tells Harry how to solve the puzzle of the golden egg that he retrieved in the first task, by opening the egg underwater. In Goblet of Fire, Myrtle is a lot less miserable, and enjoys, it seems, having Harry briefly to herself to boss around. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, she appears to comfort Draco Malfoy, who is worried about the task given to him by Voldemort. After Harry injures Malfoy using Sectumsempra, Myrtle is not hesitant to spread the news throughout the school, screaming that Harry had murdered him.

Cormac McLaggen

Cormac McLaggen is a Gryffindor student one year above Harry. He is introduced for the first time during the train journey to Hogwarts in Half-Blood Prince as a member of Horace Slughorn's Slug Club, due to his uncle's close ties with the Ministry of Magic. Cormac is shown as an unsympathetic Gryffindor character. His Gryffindor bravery is both a strength and a flaw: he is foolhardy and proud, bordering on arrogant. He plays roles both in the fortunes of the Gryffindor Quidditch team and in Hermione's love life. Cormac tries out for the position of Keeper when Harry becomes captain, having missed the tryouts the previous year due to his eating a pound of Doxy eggs on a bet. However, Hermione jinxes him with the Confundus Charm, causing him to miss his last save and thus helping Ron retain his spot on the team. Cormac does not take his loss well, accusing Ginny of favouritism by giving Ron easy shots to block.
Cormac fills in during Gryffindor's match against Hufflepuff as Keeper when Ron is unable to play due to poisoning, but his debut is disastrous, as he orders the team about instead of focusing on his own position, knocks Harry unconscious with a Beater's bat, and contributes to Gryffindor's lopsided 320-60 loss, thus earning him universal dislike among his housemates, and Harry and the team in particular. Cormac also briefly becomes a pawn in the escalating tensions between Ron and Hermione, as he is Hermione's date at Slughorn's Christmas party in retaliation for Ron's relationship with Lavender Brown. The plan backfires when she becomes offended by McLaggen's boorish behaviour, and she leaves him stranded under the mistletoe and avoids him for the remainder of the party.
Rowling said she named the character McLaggen simply because she liked the surname.[14]
Cormac will be played by Freddie Stroma in the film version of Half-Blood Prince.

Olympe Maxime

Madame Olympe Maxime is the headmistress of Beauxbatons, the French wizarding school. She is described being elegant and wearing black satin robes, and having olive skin and handsome features, but being extremely tall. It is revealed that Madame Maxime's huge size is due to her half-giant background. She fiercely denies this, although she is around the same height as fellow half-giant Rubeus Hagrid. Upon first sight, Hagrid immediately takes a crush on Madame Maxime, which he shows by attempting to groom himself properly. Given his lack of social graces, however, this is not successful. The character is introduced in Goblet of Fire when her school is invited to the Triwizard Tournament, with Fleur Delacour being elected as Beauxbaton's champion. When Harry is chosen as the fourth champion (and second Hogwarts champion), she is angered and is about to leave the tournament, but she nevertheless stayed.
In Order of the Phoenix, Hagrid tells Harry, Ron, and Hermione that he and Madame Maxime visited the giants during that summer in order to get them into the Order of the Phoenix's side. Unfortunately, they failed in their mission as Voldemort also sent a group of Death Eaters, led by Walden Macnair, to address the giants. When Hagrid is attacked by giants, it was Madame Maxime who defended him by using a conjunctivitis curse. Hagrid describes her spell work as "brilliant." She separates from Hagrid during the return journey, however, because he would not abandon his giant half-brother Grawp, who proves to be a highly taxing travelling companion. She returns to Beauxbatons alone. In Half-Blood Prince, Madame Maxime is among those paying respects at Dumbledore's funeral.
Frances de la Tour portrayed Madame Maxime in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Narcissa Malfoy

Narcissa "Cissy" Malfoy, born Narcissa Black to Cygnus Black and Druella Rosier, is the youngest of three sisters, Bellatrix Lestrange and Andromeda Tonks being her older siblings. She is a cousin of Sirius and Regulus Black and an aunt to Nymphadora Tonks, daughter of her sister Andromeda. Narcissa attended Hogwarts, where she was in Slytherin House. She later married Lucius Malfoy, with whom she has one son, Draco. Although never a Death Eater herself, Narcissa shares her husband's views on blood purity. She is first described as a tall, slim, blue-eyed blonde who would have been attractive had it not been for "a look that suggested there was a nasty smell under her nose."
Although Narcissa makes her first, very brief appearance in Goblet of Fire, where she attends the Quidditch World Cup with her husband and son, her role in the series first becomes important in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Near the beginning of the book, Narcissa and Bellatrix arrive suddenly at Snape's Spinner's End home. Narcissa is distraught, almost hysterical, with her husband imprisoned in Azkaban and her son forced to accept a difficult and dangerous assignment by Voldemort. She begs Snape to help Draco and asks him to make an Unbreakable Vow, to which he agrees, despite the astonishment and suspicion of Bellatrix. Later in the novel, Narcissa appears shopping with Draco for his new robes at Madam Malkin's. She and Draco mock Harry when he enters the shop with his friends, Ron and Hermione. Harry, Ron, and Draco nearly start a duel, but Narcissa defuses the situation by leaving with her son. It is evident that Narcissa is highly protective of her only child, to the point that Draco loses his patience and snaps at her that he is "... not a child, in case you haven't noticed, mother. I am perfectly capable of doing my shopping alone".
In Deathly Hallows, Narcissa's home, Malfoy Manor, is being used (against her will) as the Headquarters for Voldemort and his Death Eaters and for confining several prisoners, including eventually, Harry, Ron, and Hermione. When this group escapes with the help of the house-elf Dobby, Voldemort places Narcissa and her family under house arrest. In the climax of the book, the Malfoys are brought with the other Death Eaters to Hogwarts, when Voldemort invades the castle. After Voldemort casts a Killing Curse on Harry, and after the boy returns to consciousness but is still pretending to be dead, Narcissa is ordered by Voldemort to confirm his death. Realising that Harry is not dead after feeling his heart beating, she quietly asks him whether Draco is still alive at Hogwarts, knowing that she will not be free to search for her child unless she can return with the Death Eaters as part of a "conquering army." Harry confirms that Draco is alive, so Narcissa lies to Voldemort, claiming that Harry is indeed dead. She is later seen at the end of the book, with her husband and son, unsure what to do and how to behave amidst the celebration of Voldemort's death. However, thanks to her lie to Voldemort, the Malfoys manage to "weasel their way" out of imprisonment in Azkaban.
She will be portrayed by actress Helen McCrory in the film adaptation of Half-Blood Prince.

Teddy Lupin

Ted Remus "Teddy" Lupin is the orphaned only son of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks and godson of Harry Potter. He was named after Tonks' late father, Ted, and his own father, Remus. He is first seen as a newborn in a photograph, in which he has turquoise hair. Teddy is a Metamorphmagus like his mother Nymphadora, and was not affected by his father's werewolf status.[8][9] Later, in the epilogue, he is announced by Harry Potter's elder son James as being on the Hogwarts Express train and snogging Victoire Weasley, whom Rowling identified in an interview as the daughter of Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley. At nineteen, according to the series timeline, Teddy is too old to be attending Hogwarts, so he is presumably present at the station only to see Victoire off to school. Rowling stated that Teddy was raised by his maternal grandmother, Andromeda Tonks,[10] and not by his godfather Harry, but they are apparently close, since in the epilogue, Harry notes that Teddy comes to dinner four times a week.

Xenophilius Lovegood

Xenophilius "Xeno" Lovegood is Luna Lovegood's father and the editor-in-chief of The Quibbler, a magazine that, according to Luna, publishes "important stories he thinks the public needs to know." The stories are often wild conspiracy theories or research on probably non-existent creatures, but Luna believes them fervently. Xenophilius is described as eccentric looking. He is slightly cross-eyed, with shoulder-length white hair the texture of candyfloss. He is introduced as a friend of the Weasleys in Deathly Hallows, when he attends the wedding of Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley.
Xenophilius wears the symbol of the Deathly Hallows around his neck as a charm. Later in the story, he explains to Harry, Ron, and Hermione the significance of the Deathly Hallows, which they had previously mistaken to be merely the mark of Grindelwald. Although initially one of the staunchest supporters of the anti-Voldemort movement through his magazine, Xeno later betrays the trio's location to the then-Death Eater-controlled Ministry of Magic in a bid to ensure the safe return of his kidnapped daughter.
In Harry, Ron, and Hermione's ensuing battle with the Death Eaters, the Lovegood house is mostly destroyed, due to a missed Stunning Spell striking the horn of an Erumpent (which Xenophilius wrongly believed to be that of a Crumple-horned Snorkack), and they manage to escape. In the aftermath, the angry Death Eaters arrest Xenophilius, which saves his reputation, as he is mentioned on the clandestine "Potterwatch" radio broadcast as a persecuted anti-Voldemort dissident, and the new issue of "The Quibbler" in which he attacks Harry Potter is buried under the ruins and never distributed. Evidently, Harry, Ron, and Hermione never reveal his attempted betrayal, which was only motivated by fear for his daughter's life.

Viktor Krum

Viktor Krum was a Seeker for the Bulgarian Quidditch team. In the 1994 Quidditch World Cup title game between Bulgaria and Ireland, he suffered a severe bloody nose during the match and caught the Snitch as quickly as he could to end the match, which handed victory to Ireland because Bulgaria was trailing by 160 points at the time. Many considered him a prodigy, having entered the International Quidditch League at an early age. Despite his success and fame, or perhaps because of it, Krum appeared to be unhappy and lonely, and was further characterised as being very quiet and reserved, though Hermione Granger said he was a genuinely nice person beneath the sullen exterior.
Krum was named Durmstrang champion upon entering his name for the prestigious Triwizard Tournament. He was often viewed with suspicion by his peers due to Durmstrang's reputation for teaching the Dark Arts, while looked upon with admiration for his feats, mainly by giggling Hogwarts girls. Whilst competing in the Triwizard Tournament, he took to visiting the Hogwarts library. Hermione later reveals that he told her "...he'd been coming up to the library every day to try and talk to me, but he hadn't been able to pluck up the courage!" Krum had to rescue Hermione from the merpeople in the Great Lake for the Second Task. His relationship with Hermione, and taking her to the Yule Ball, provoked jealousy from Ron, who was, ironically, a fan of Krum's from his Quidditch days. The ever-annoying journalist Rita Skeeter, looking for revenge on Hermione, fabricated a story for Witch Weekly, claiming she was toying with the affections of both Krum and Harry. Harry became sick of telling people that Hermione was not his girlfriend and, when questioned, he told Krum, "We're friends. She's not my girlfriend and she never has been. It's just that Skeeter woman making things up."
Krum briefly returns in Deathly Hallows, as a wedding guest of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour. He talks to a disguised Harry about the lack of available women before having a heated discussion with Xenophilius Lovegood. He recognises a symbol that Xenophilius wears around his neck as the mark of Grindelwald, which is engraved into a wall at his alma mater Durmstrang; the symbol is later discovered to actually be the mark of the Deathly Hallows. Krum does not seem to mind when Ron asks Hermione to dance at the wedding, and comments, to Harry's annoyance, on Ginny's attractiveness. Krum eventually finds love in his native Bulgaria.[7]

Nicolas Flamel

Nicolas Flamel

Nicolas Flamel (c. 1325[2]–1992 or soon after) is a fictional character in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, who is based on the real French alchemist, Nicolas Flamel.[3] He is something of a MacGuffin; though he is the clue to the whole mystery of Philosopher's Stone, he never actually makes an appearance. According to the Harry Potter books, Flamel is the only person known to create the Philosopher's Stone and, thus, he and his wife, Perenelle, have lived on for centuries. Flamel worked with Albus Dumbledore as his partner in alchemy, though, considering the stone had already been invented, it is not clear what the pair worked on together.
Flamel's stone became the target of Voldemort during his possession of Professor Quirrell, so Dumbledore consequently moved it from Gringotts Wizarding Bank to Hogwarts, in order to keep it safe. However, Quirrell worked out how to get past the numerous obstacles to the prize, but Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger figured out someone was after it, though they believed it to be Severus Snape, their Potions professor. The Philosopher's Stone was destroyed at the end of the book. Dumbledore mentioned that Flamel had enough Elixir of Life left to set his affairs in order, but noted that he would die. Nicolas Flamel has not been heard from since in the series, and author J. K. Rowling has stated on her website that Flamel is now deceased.[4]

Bathilda Bagshot

Bathilda Bagshot


Bathilda Bagshot was a noted historian, and author of the book A History of Magic. She lived in Godric's Hollow, and was an old family friend of Albus Dumbledore, and also James and Lily Potter's neighbour. Gellert Grindelwald was her great-nephew, which is why he came to live in Godric's Hollow (where he met Dumbledore) after being expelled from Durmstrang. Bathilda was a major source of information for Rita Skeeter's biography of Dumbledore, who extracted this information under the influence of Veritaserum; it is possible her memory was also modified following the "interview"; she was sent a copy of The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore accompanied by a note: "Dear Batty, Thanks for your help. Here's a copy of the book, hope you like it. You said everything, even if you don't remember it. Rita."
Harry decided to go to Godric's Hollow in order to get information from Bathilda, and because he thought that Dumbledore entrusted her with Gryffindor's Sword. She died before Harry's arrival in Godric's Hollow, possibly at the hand of Lord Voldemort, and Voldemort enchanted her decaying body to use as a disguise for his snake, Nagini to wait for Harry. The snake was instructed to attack Harry should he arrive in Godric's Hollow looking for information.
Bathilda was one of the people who gave Quidditch Through the Ages praise.

Frank Bryce

Frank Bryce was a reclusive World War II veteran who worked as the caretaker of the Riddle family mansion in Little Hangleton. In 1943 the Riddles were murdered by Tom Marvolo Riddle (later to become Lord Voldemort), and since Bryce had the keys to the large house where the deaths occurred, he was arrested by the local city police and questioned in connection with the murders of the Riddle family, but as there was lack of evidence (because the bodies were unmarked as the Killing Curse leaves no sign of violence or damage on the victims) the police could not prove that the Riddles had been murdered, rather than dying of natural causes, and were forced to release Bryce. However, the community of Little Hangleton still believed Bryce to be guilty. As a result, he lived out the rest of his life as a pariah, isolated and living on the grounds of the Riddles' estate. It is stated that the estate passed through several wealthy but uninterested owners. The house remained unoccupied and fell into disrepair.
In the beginning of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Voldemort secretly returned to the Riddle home. Bryce found Voldemort and overheard his plan to kill Harry Potter, but the snake Nagini found him and revealed him to Voldemort, who killed him almost immediately with the Avada Kedavra curse. He appeared once more in the same book, during Harry and Voldemort's graveyard duel. "Priori Incantatem," also known as the "reverse spell effect", brought back an image of Bryce from the tip of Voldemort's wand. Upon appearing, Bryce's echo encouraged Harry to keep fighting. When he appears he says, "He was a real wizard then? Killed me that one did. You fight him, boy..."
Dumbledore states his belief in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince that the murder of Frank Bryce was used to create Voldemort's presumably sixth and final Horcrux, implanted in Nagini. However, Rowling later said Voldemort used the earlier murder of Bertha Jorkins for this.

Rowena Ravenclaw

Rowena Ravenclawwas a witch noted for her cleverness and creativity, and was described by Xenophilius Lovegood as "beautiful." The Sorting Hat introduced her as “Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,” suggesting she was from Scotland. She was a good friend of Helga Hufflepuff; their friendship is used to emphasise the failed friendship between Godric Gryffindor and Salazar Slytherin. Ravenclaw devised the ever-changing floor plans and moving staircases in the Hogwarts castle, and coined the proverb "Wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure."
Ravenclaw is described by the Sorting Hat as having selected students according to intelligence and wisdom. Ravenclaw House thus values in its members a sharp mind, wisdom, creativity, and cleverness for its own sake, and thus, rather than asking for a password from her members to get to the dormitories, a bronze eagle knocker asks them a riddle-like question which, if answered incorrectly, would force the student to wait until another could answer the question correctly, allowing the failed student to learn.
In Deathly Hallows, Harry learns that an artifact of Ravenclaw's became a Horcrux: her lost diadem, which granted enhanced wisdom to its wearer. Her daughter, Helena Ravenclaw (The Grey Lady) had once run away with it to surpass her mother in terms of intelligence and wisdom and hid it in Albania, in which its whereabouts remained unknown ever since. She, however, revealed its location to a young Tom Riddle, who proceeded to retrieve it and turn it into a Horcrux. In the original uncursed form, it is said to be able to imbue its wearer great wisdom. Late in her life, Rowena, suffering from a terminal illness, sent for the Bloody Baron to find her daughter so she could see her one last time before she died. However, Helena refused to go with the Baron, and he killed her in a paroxysm of rage. Immediately overcome with guilt, he then took his own life.
Ravenclaw was featured as Rowling's "Wizard of the Month" for August 2007. "One of the four famous Founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Rowena Ravenclaw was the most brilliant witch of her time, though legend has it that a broken heart - cause unknown - contributed to her early demise." Her Wizard of the Month status was cleverly revealed, for she appeared the month after the release of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", thus concealing what possible Horcrux item she possessed until after the book's release.
Rowena is a Latinised form of an old Germanic name. The elements in the name mean "Fame," (cf. the Anglo-Saxon hrōd, or hrōð), and "Joy," (cf. the Anglo-Saxon wyn(n)), or "Friend," (cf. the Anglo-Saxon wine). Rowena, Queen of Britain is a figure in Britain's traditional history; she was supposedly the daughter of Hengest and the wife of Vortigern.

Crabbe and Goyle

Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle are Slytherin students in Harry's year; both of their fathers, Crabbe Sr and Goyle Sr are Death Eaters. Due to their size and strength, the pair act as Draco Malfoy's minions and serve to intimidate fellow students. Crabbe and Goyle are both brawn-over-brains type; they are entirely lacking in introspection or inquisitiveness. They seem unable to make up their own minds or to see things their own way; they generally act upon Malfoy's instructions. Nonetheless, Crabbe is depicted as slightly more intelligent than Goyle; in Philosopher's Stone, he is handpicked by Malfoy as his second in the Midnight Duel with Harry that never takes place.
Crabbe and Goyle makes their first and only appearance as new Slytherin Quidditch Beaters in the opening match against Gryffindor in their fifth year; after Harry catches the Snitch, Crabbe vents his frustration by purposely hitting a Bludger into Harry's back and knocking him off his broom, but receives the light punishment of writing lines. They do not return to the team the following term, as they regularly serve as Malfoy's lookouts during his forays into the Room of Requirement. After Malfoy leaves the school following the death of Dumbledore just before the end of the term, Crabbe and Goyle are left in a state of loneliness.
The three of them are reunited in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Both of them speak for the first time, Crabbe's voice being described as "oddly soft for someone with his huge frame" and Goyle's simply as a grunt. Crabbe has sided with the Death Eaters with more conviction than either Goyle or Malfoy, and becomes increasingly independent of Malfoy, well aware of the Malfoy family's falling out of favour with Voldemort. The pair have developed into surprisingly powerful wizards. Crabbe and Goyle are mentioned as having excelled in inflicting the Cruciatus Curse on other pupils under Amycus Carrow's direction: according to Neville Longbottom, it was "the first time they were the best in anything." However, while Crabbe gains superficial knowledge of many powerful Dark spells, he neglects to take their potency seriously. During the fight for one of the Horcruxes (Ravenclaw's diadem) with Harry, Ron and Hermione in the Room of Requirement, he defies Malfoy's order to not kill Harry and casually throws around the Avada Kedavra curse. Finally, he summons Fiendfyre and turns the room into a blazing inferno, but it quickly rages beyond his control and ultimately leads to his demise. Crabbe's spell, ironically, destroys the Horcrux. Goyle is knocked unconscious during the ensuing fight, but is rescued along with Malfoy by Harry, Ron and Hermione. Goyle and Malfoy are left mourning Crabbe's death. This scene marks Goyle's last mention in the series, and his final fate is unknown.
Jamie Waylett and Joshua Herdman have respectively appeared as Crabbe and Goyle in all of the Harry Potter films to date.

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Cedric Diggory
Harry Potter character

Cedric Diggory

Robert Pattinson as Cedric Diggory
in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Actor Robert Pattinson

First appearance Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban[1]

Cedric Diggory is a Hufflepuff student two years older than Harry. In addition to being a Hufflepuff prefect, he is the house Quidditch captain and Seeker. His father is Amos Diggory, who works at the Ministry of Magic. Cedric was first mentioned in Prisoner of Azkaban when he is described by the Gryffindor Chasers as "strong and silent" amid giggles prior to the Hufflepuff-Gryffindor match, and as a character he showed a notable streak of modesty and fairness; when he caught the Snitch and won the match after Harry falls off his broomstick following an encounter with the Dementors, he wanted the end result nullified and the match replayed.
In Goblet of Fire, Cedric is selected as the Hogwarts champion for the Triwizard Tournament. After Harry was also picked to compete, Malfoy makes "Support Cedric Diggory/Potter Stinks" badges, which Cedric tries to discourage his housemates from wearing. For the First Task, Cedric transfigures a rock into a dog in order to distract his dragon and successfully retrieves his golden egg, but he receives a burn on his cheek in the process. He is later Cho Chang's date for the Yule Ball, much to Harry's dismay.
As compensation for Harry's warning about the dragons before the First Task, Cedric assists Harry in solving the clue of the Second Task by telling him to take a bath with the egg in the prefects' bathroom, and just "mull things over in the hot water." Cedric is the second of the four champions to reach the village of the merpeople and rescue his hostage, using a Bubble-Head Charm, but surfaced one minute over the one-hour time limit.
During the Third Task, Harry saves Cedric's life twice while in the maze, and when they reach the Triwizard Cup, Cedric refuses to take it without Harry, so they grab hold of it together. The cup turns out to be a Portkey which transports them to the Little Hangleton graveyard, where Voldemort and Peter Pettigrew await Harry's arrival; Pettigrew murders Cedric on the spot upon Voldemort's order to "kill the spare." In the midst of the Priori Incantatem effect during Harry's duel with Voldemort, Cedric's spirit appears and asks Harry to take his body back to his parents. The break-up of the spell provides a distraction that enables Harry to escape the graveyard with Cedric's body in tow.
Despite an attempted cover-up of the incident by the Ministry, Dumbledore candidly reveals the true nature of Cedric's demise to the students at the end-of-term feast, stating that to attribute it to an accident would be an injustice: ''Remember that, and Cedric Diggory will not have died in vain. You remember that, and we'll celebrate a boy who was kind and honest and brave and true right to the very end."
Cedric appeared in the film version of Goblet of Fire, and was played by Robert Pattinson.

albus dumbledor

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character and a major protagonist within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. For the majority of the series, he is the headmaster of the wizarding school Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Rowling's elderly headmaster at St Michael's Primary School, Alfred Dunn, is claimed as the inspiration for Dumbledore.

The name "Dumbledore" is an old Devon word for "bumblebee" and was picked by Rowling because she imagines him wandering around the castle humming to himself.[Character background
Early life and family
Through various interviews and discussions about the character, Rowling has established that Albus Dumbledore was born in 1881[4] to Percival and Kendra Dumbledore.[5]The trauma of the attack made Ariana too afraid to perform magic again. During his education at Hogwarts, Dumbledore was known as the most brilliant student to have ever stepped into the school, winning "every prize of note that the school offered". Hermione Granger gave this information to Harry Potter in Philosopher's Stone on the Hogwarts Express.
[HP5] When Dumbledore and Doge left Hogwarts, they planned to take their "then-traditional" tour of the world. On the eve of their trip, the 18-year-old Dumbledore suffered the death of his mother Kendra, accidentally killed by Ariana, during one of her outbursts of magic.
Dumbledore and Grindelwald

Further information: Politics of Harry Potter
Dumbledore later admitted to Harry that he felt trapped at home, and that his potential to be one of the greatest wizards of all time was wasted by being forced to care for his ill sister. The two young men took to each other immediately, the author went so far as to say Dumbledore fell in love with Grindelwald.[6]A discussion between Albus, Aberforth, and Grindelwald led to a duel that resulted in Ariana's death. Dumbledore returned to Hogwarts as professor of Transfiguration, and he served in recruiting students for the school.
Dumbledore finally defeated the now-Dark wizard Grindelwald, who had come to possess the Elder Wand. Grindelwald's defeat made Dumbledore the master of the Elder Wand, which remains his wand until his death. While speaking at Carnegie Hall, New York City on October 19, 2007, Rowling was asked by a young fan whether Dumbledore finds "true love". Rowling said that she always thought of Dumbledore as being gay and that he had fallen in love with Grindelwald; whether Grindelwald returned his affections, Rowling did not explicitly state. That love, she said, was Dumbledore's "great tragedy."[6]
Dumbledore and the rise of Voldemort
Further information: Lord Voldemort
Further information: Order of the Phoenix (organisation)
One of Dumbledore's tasks as a teacher at Hogwarts was to find the young wizard Tom Marvolo Riddle and offer him a place at Hogwarts. While Dumbledore was impressed by Riddle's abilities, he was troubled by the boy's admitted fondness for inflicting pain and never trusted him fully. Years later, Riddle attempted to gain a teaching post at Hogwarts, but Dumbledore first persuaded the then headmaster, Armando Dippet, to refuse Riddle's request, and he himself refused a second request several years after that. Taking matters into his own hands, Dumbledore formed the Order of the Phoenix. Throughout Voldemort's ever growing power, the Order fought against Voldemort's forces of Death Eaters and other followers. Before the murders of the Potters, Dumbledore asked to see the Invisibility Cloak, suspecting it to be part of the legendary Deathly Hallows. When James died, Dumbledore kept the cloak and decided to pass it on to Harry, James' son.
Appearances
First three books

Dumbledore as portrayed by the late Richard Harris in Philosopher's Stone and Chamber of Secrets.
In the opening chapter of the first novel of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Dumbledore arrives at number four, Privet Drive in Little Whinging, Surrey. When Harry's parents were killed and Voldemort was rendered to a feeble form, it was Dumbledore's decision to place the now-orphaned Harry in the home of Vernon and Petunia Dursley. He knew that Harry would be protected by the special magic caused by his mother's sacrifice, after he evoked the magic of the bond of blood and Petunia Dursley sealed it by accepting Harry into her home. This old magic of binding love made touching Harry unbearable for Voldemort. Dumbledore left Harry upon the doorstep of the Dursley residence with a letter explaining the situation. He departs with the final phrase, "Good luck, Harry."
When Harry arrives at Hogwarts, Dumbledore tells Harry about the secrets of the Mirror of Erised, claiming that when he looks into it, he sees himself "holding a pair of thick, woollen socks." However, he, like Harry, sees his family alive and united.[10]In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Dumbledore suspects that Tom Riddle is somehow involved in the attacks on the students, as he says, when asked who is the culprit, "not who, but how?". A younger Dumbledore appears in Riddle's diary, when Harry sees his memory, and asks Riddle if there is anything he knows about the attacks on the students. At the beginning of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Dumbledore is forced to accept dementors onto his school's grounds for the protection of his students from Sirius Black, the supposed killer that had escaped from Azkaban. After Black's breach into Hogwarts, Dumbledore issues orders to close every entrance to the school and grounds. After Harry falls off of his broomstick during a Quidditch match because of the dementors, Dumbledore becomes uncharacteristically angry at them and uses his wand to cause Harry to levitate safely to the ground. Later in that book, Dumbledore suggests Hermione Granger use her Ministry-approved Time-Turner to go back three hours to save Buckbeak the hippogriff and Sirius from their unjust executions.
In the fourth instalment, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore introduces the Triwizard Tournament. When Harry's name comes out of the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore is not enraged but remains calm, simply asking Harry whether he had himself, or had asked an older student to submit his name. When Harry answers no, he believes him. Unlike in the book, in the film version Dumbledore becomes rather angry and manhandles him when asking him the question.
By the end of the book, Dumbledore's fears are realized when Harry returns from his encounter with Voldemort clutching the dead body of Cedric Diggory and when Alastor Moody (actually being impersonated by Barty Crouch Junior through Polyjuice Potion) takes Harry away from Dumbledore and to his office inside the castle. Dumbledore immediately becomes suspicious and heads straight towards Moody's office with Minerva McGonagall and Severus Snape to save Harry and to interrogate Crouch. Afterwards, Dumbledore listens to Harry's eyewitness account about Voldemort's return. Harry though only wakes up later to find Cornelius Fudge in the wing arguing with McGonagall and Dumbledore, the latter of whom enters into an argument with the Minister Cornelius Fudge. In the end, Fudge and Dumbledore "part ways" after an argument about the situation of Voldemort's return and the consequences that would follow should Fudge remain ignorant.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Dumbledore is demoted from Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot, voted out of the Chairmanship of the International Confederation of Wizards, and is almost stripped of his Order of Merlin First Class, due to his speeches regarding the return of Voldemort. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Magic does everything they can to discredit him and Harry, mainly through the Daily Prophet. At the beginning of the book, Dumbledore enrages Fudge when he stops by at Harry's hearing with a witness (Arabella Figg) to ensure that he is not expelled. While Harry feels better when Dumbledore assists him, he becomes annoyed to the point of being angry that the headmaster refuses to speak or even look at him.
During the following year at Hogwarts, the Ministry passes Educational Decree Twenty-two, allowing Fudge to place Dolores Umbridge (after Dumbledore failed to find a suitable candidate) to the post of Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. Through her, Fudge gradually gains power over Hogwarts and Dumbledore, who he fears is building an underage wizard army to overthrow the Ministry. Umbridge forbids practical defence practice in her classes forcing Harry, Ron, and Hermione to form Dumbledore's Army (D.A.) with fellow friends. It is when the Ministry discovers the D.A. that Dumbledore, choosing to accept responsibility, falsely claims that the organisation was his own subversive creation, and allows himself to be removed as headmaster (for the second time) rather than allow Harry to be expelled.
After Voldemort disapparates, Dumbledore tells Fudge what happened and is reinstated as headmaster and retrieves all his distinctions. Towards the end of the book, Dumbledore explains to Harry that Voldemort chose him as his equal and that one must kill the other in the end.
Sixth book
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore fetches Harry from Privet Drive and takes him to persuade Horace Slughorn to join the Hogwarts staff - his right hand, Harry notices, is shrivelled and black. During the school year, Dumbledore meets with Harry in his office to teach him of Voldemort's past because he tells Harry that it is of immense importance. It is learned that Voldemort created six Horcruxes to gain immortality and that they must all be destroyed before Harry goes after the final piece of Voldemort's soul that resides in the Dark Lord's body. Harry also repeatedly warns Dumbledore in most of their lessons that another student, Draco Malfoy, is working for Voldemort. Dumbledore refuses to take any action against Draco, and instead tells Harry that he already knows more about what is happening than Harry does.
By the end of book six, Dumbledore and Harry set out to the cave where Dumbledore believed a Horcrux resides. In the cave, Dumbledore drinks a potion inside the Horcrux's container; while drinking it, he begins to scream, seemingly enduring mental torture and being weakened. After the Inferi try to seize and drag Harry into the icy depths of the lake in the cave, Dumbledore suddenly recovers and conjures a fire lasso around them. In the tower, Dumbledore merely converses about Draco Malfoy's plot to kill him. Several other Death Eaters enter the tower and try to persuade Draco to kill Dumbledore. When Malfoy is unable to murder him, Snape appears and immediately performs the Killing Curse on Dumbledore.
It is revealed in the final book that Dumbledore made a terrible error by placing a cursed ring on his right hand, sometime between the fifth and sixth book, forgetting the curses that must be on the ring. The ring held the Resurrection Stone, which Dumbledore hoped to use to allow him to apologise to his sister and parents. Dumbledore called Severus Snape to help him; however, when Snape arrived and assessed the curse, all he could do was contain it. Snape told Dumbledore that he had little more than a year to live. After hearing this news, Dumbledore revealed to Snape that he knew about Voldemort's plan to have Draco Malfoy kill him. Shortly after his death (June 30th, 1997), Dumbledore's portrait magically appears in the Headmaster's office.
Final book
Rowling used several chapters in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows to reveal two main matters concerning Dumbledore: his early life and his death. After coming across conflicting stories about Dumbledore's childhood and rise to the position of Hogwarts headmaster, Harry begins to doubt the Dumbledore he thought he once knew. Dumbledore appears one last time to Harry towards the end of the book, after Harry is struck with the killing curse. The boy comforts Dumbledore as he confesses all of his many regrets. Dumbledore then informs Harry of the choice he still has; of moving on to the next life or returning to his body to face Voldemort one last time. After returning from limbo and defeating Voldemort, Harry has a short conversation with Dumbledore's portrait in the Headmaster's office about the fate of each of the three Deathly Hallows. In the epilogue, it is revealed that Harry names his second son Albus Severus Potter after Dumbledore and Snape.
In the film adaptations of Philosopher's Stone (2001) and Chamber of Secrets (2002), Dumbledore was played by Richard Harris, who was expected to play Dumbledore throughout the series.
Outward appearance
The books describe Dumbledore as a classic wizard; tall and thin, with long silver hair that looks long enough to tuck into his belt and a long beard. Some reviewers have noted a similarity between Dumbledore and the classic wizard Merlin,[12][13] as well as Gandalf from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.[14]
Voldemort angrily refers to Dumbledore as "that champion of commoners, of Mudbloods and Muggles". Unlike most wizards, Dumbledore is not afraid to refer to Voldemort by name (and attempted to persuade others to call him by his 'proper' name, Voldemort, during the First War) and instead addresses him as "Tom" when confronting him. Characters in the books often remark that his greatest weakness is Dumbledore's willingness to trust those who may otherwise be considered untrustworthy. According to Rowling, "Although Dumbledore seems to be so benign for six books, he's quite a Machiavellian figure, really. In the seventh novel, Harry realises that he and Dumbledore see the same things in the Mirror: their families.
Magical accomplishments and skills
At a young age, Dumbledore always showed great magical abilities and in his N.E.W.T.s, "...did things with a wand [the examiner had] never seen before". Rowling has said that Dumbledore is primarily self-taught, although he "had access to superb teachers at Hogwarts," and, as far as his education is concerned, "Dumbledore's family would be a profitable line of inquiry."[17]Dumbledore has devised a method of sending messages to other people using a Patronus Charm, a skill he has taught only to members of the Order of the Phoenix.
Dumbledore is also skilled in Occlumency and Legilimency. Dumbledore is an expert at Transfiguration too, having taught the subject before becoming headmaster. Dumbledore is famous for defeating the Dark wizard Grindelwald, who is second on a list of Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time only to Voldemort himself, in a "spectacular duel of legend", succeeding in doing so despite the fact that Grindelwald possessed the Elder Wand. Dumbledore speaks Mermish, Gobbledegook and understands Parseltongue.[19]
In the course of his life, Dumbledore refused several times the position of Minister for Magic.

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SEVERUS SNAPE

Severus Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. As the series progresses, Snape's motivation grows more layered and complex, and Rowling does not fully reveal the details or his true loyalties until the end of the final book, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Snape appears in all seven novels of the series.

Character development
Rowling said in an interview that she drew inspiration for Snape's character from a disliked teacher from her own childhood.[2]In a 1999 interview,[4] and again in 2004,[5] Rowling singled out Snape as one of her favourite characters to write.
[2][7] Answering a question regarding Snape's love life and the redemptive pattern to his character in 1999, Rowling expressed her surprise at the foresight.[8]
After the completion of the series Rowling began to speak openly about Snape and admitted that she was particularly pleased with the way Snape’s story played throughout the course of the series, contrasting his character arc with that of Albus Dumbledore.[11]Rowling further said in an interview that she wanted redemption and forgiveness for Snape, "Snape is a complicated man... he's a very– he was a flawed human being, like all of us. Harry forgives him– as we know, from the epilogue, Harry– Harry really sees the good in Snape ultimately... there's redemption."[13]
First three books

Snape performing a counter-jinx on Harry's broom while Quirrell (back right) jinxes it in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.








Severus Snape first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, shortly after Harry Potter arrives at Hogwarts. [14] Snape himself confirms the rumour in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.[15]Only the climax of the book reveals that Professor Quirrell, in league with Lord Voldemort, is the real enemy while Snape, suspicious of Quirrell, was looking out for Harry throughout the book. In the final chapter, Dumbledore suggests that because Harry's father James had saved Snape's life when they were both students, even though the two detested each other, Snape felt responsible for Harry in return.[16]Snape's behavior and attitude towards Harry also remain unchanged.
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Snape demonstrates his expertise with potions by brewing the complex wolfsbane potion for the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor, Remus Lupin.[18][19] Near the climax of the book, Snape attempts to apprehend Black, believing Black is responsible for murdering innocent bystanders and betraying the Potter family's hiding place to Voldemort. When Black escapes, Snape rightly accuses Harry of aiding him, still believing that Black is a mass murderer. After Harry and Lupin escape punishment, Snape retaliates by revealing to the entire school that Lupin is a werewolf, forcing the latter to resign his post.
Prisoner of Azkaban reveals more details about the connection between Snape and James Potter. James realised the danger and stopped Snape, saving his life; this is the incident Dumbledore referred to at the end of the first book. Snape, however, believes James's actions were self-serving, to avoid being expelled.
Fourth and fifth books
Snape's role in the fourth novel, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is not substantially different from that of the previous two books. At one point, Snape is named as a Death Eater by Igor Karkaroff, but Dumbledore comes to Snape's defence, claiming that although Snape had indeed been a Death Eater, he changed sides before Voldemort's downfall and turned spy against him. Later, Dumbledore assures Harry that Snape's reformation is genuine, though he refuses to tell Harry how he knows this, saying the information "is a matter between Professor Snape and myself".[22]
In the fifth novel, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Snape returns to a more prominent role. With Voldemort having returned to a fully corporeal body, Snape continues working as a triple agent for Dumbledore.[23][25] Back at school, Snape's official allegiance to the Order has no effect on his dislike for Harry.
Later in the book, Dumbledore has Snape teach Harry Occlumency, the protection of the mind from outside intrusion or influence.[25]The sessions are made difficult by their mutual hostility and end prematurely when Harry uses Dumbledore's Pensieve to view, without Snape's permission, a childhood memory of Snape being bullied by James Potter and Sirius Black, and of him insulting Lily Evans, Harry's mother.[19]Towards the end of the novel Dolores Umbridge captures Harry and questions him on the whereabouts of Dumbledore, she sends for Snape to provide a truth serum to force Harry to reveal any information he may be hiding. [26] It is later revealed that Snape had in fact supplied Umbridge with fake Veritaserum on the prior attempt. [27] Harry, however, still holds Snape partly responsible for Sirius's death, believing Snape's goading spurred Sirius into joining the battle.
Sixth book
In the opening chapters of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy visit Snape at his home in Spinner's End. Snape claims to have been working for Voldemort (rather than for Dumbledore) ever since Voldemort's return, and explains his actions in the previous books in that light. At the Start-of-term feast at Hogwarts, Dumbledore announces he has finally appointed Snape as Professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts. Horace Slughorn, a retired Hogwarts teacher, replaces Snape as Potions Master. Snape, who maintains that he "never had the impression that [he] had been able to teach Potter anything at all", is suspicious of Harry's newfound Potions success.[29]
Snape rushes to the scene and heals Draco's wounds, and then interrogates Harry about the source of the spell, using Legilimency to extract the source of Harry's knowledge (the Potions textbook) from Harry's mind. As Harry refuses to hand over the Half-Blood Prince's book, Snape puts him in detention during the final Quidditch match of the year.
Gravely weakened by Voldemort's protective potion, Dumbledore asks Harry to fetch Snape. The arrival of Death Eaters and Snape interrupt them, and Snape kills the headmaster himself.[31]Snape easily blocks Harry's attempts to attack him with magic and even jeeringly points out Harry's mistakes, but refuses to strike back. During the confrontation, Snape reveals himself to be the "Half-Blood Prince" (being the son of muggle Tobias Snape and pure-blood Eileen Prince). Harry is unable to stop Snape before the latter passes through the school gates and Disapparates.[32]Rowling mentioned in an interview that at this point in the series the relationship Harry-Snape has become "as personal, if not more so, than Harry-Voldemort."[33]
Final book
In the aerial battle early in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, George Weasley's ear is cursed off by Snape.[34][36] Harry later learns that this was Snape's Patronus, taking the same shape as Harry's mother Lily Potter's Patronus, and that Snape had been tasked by Dumbledore with ensuring that Harry gained possession of the sword.
Towards the end of the school year, Professors McGonagall, Flitwick, and Sprout force Snape to flee the school.[37]Erroneously believing Snape is the master of the Elder Wand, Voldemort betrays Snape and has his pet snake Nagini bite him through the neck and mortally wound him, believing that Snape's death would make him the master of the Wand.[38]Harry observes that Snape befriended Lily Evans, Harry's mother, as a child when they lived near to each other. Upon their arrival at Hogwarts, the Sorting Hat placed Snape and Lily into Slytherin and Gryffindor Houses, respectively. When Snape inadvertently revealed the prophecy made by Sybill Trelawney to Voldemort, Voldemort decided to attack the Potters in an attempt to prevent its fulfilment. Though he asked Voldemort to spare Lily, Snape, still fearing for her safety, went to Dumbledore and begged him to protect the Potters. Even with his efforts to protect her, Snape felt responsible for Lily's death when the Fidelius charm was broken. Despite Harry's strong resemblance to James Potter, the fact that he was Lily's son made Snape protect him throughout the series. Snape demanded of Dumbledore, however, that his love for Lily, his reason for switching sides, be kept a secret. Snape's memories then reveal that Dumbledore had been afflicted by a powerful curse cast on the Peverell ring, one of Voldemort's Horcruxes, prior to the start of Harry's sixth year at Hogwarts. Although Snape's knowledge of the Dark Arts enabled him to slow the spread of the curse, the curse would have ultimately killed Dumbledore within a year. Although Snape was reluctant, he agreed to do as Dumbledore requested.[35]In the epilogue to Deathly Hallows, set 19 years after Harry defeated Voldemort, Harry's second born son has received the name Albus Severus, after Dumbledore and Snape.

Severus Snape protecting Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and Harry Potter, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
As of 2007 Severus Snape has appeared in all five Harry Potter films, portrayed by British actor Alan Rickman. Rickman's performance as Severus Snape is popular with viewers and is appreciated among critics. In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the teenaged Snape (portrayed by Alec Hopkins) makes a brief appearance in a flashback to Snape’s youth.
Snape’s family background is mostly shown in flashbacks during the course of the last three novels. Snape was born to Eileen Prince, a witch, and Tobias Snape, a muggle, making him a half-blood. Snape spent his early childhood living with his parents in a small house in Spinner's End. As a child, Snape was apparently neglected and his parents often fought each other. Snape was then eager to leave his home to go to Hogwarts.[35]Snape is described as hook-nosed, with sallow skin, black eyes, uneven yellow teeth, and greasy, shoulder-length black hair. Snape is generally depicted as dour, sarcastic, and bitter. In the classroom Snape is capricious and impatient. Rowling described Snape as a horrible teacher [48] but does suggest in the books that he is a generally effective one.[49]
Snape displays a particularly strong dislike of Harry and often insults him by insulting his father, James Potter. As the series progresses, it is revealed that his treatment of Harry stems from Snape's bitter rivalry with James when they were in school together. [43] Director David Yates said Snape is a character with gravitas, authority and power.[10]Like some other prominent members of Slytherin house, Snape is shown a clever and cunning wizard.[51]All seven novels show Snape to be a very powerful wizard and to have been talented while a student. [51] Particularly gifted in potion making, Snape added major improvements to his Potions textbook while still a student. Remus Lupin describes Sectumsempra as Snape's “specialty" in Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows.[34]Despite Sectumsempra's deadly power, Snape can also heal the wounds it causes.[30][28] Snape is the only Death Eater able to produce a full Patronus, which, like Lily Potter's, is a doe.[50]
Loyalties
Snape's true loyalty was one of the most significant questions in the series up until the end of the final instalment, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Although the first five novels depict him as unfair, and vindictive, Snape invariably comes through and helps and protects Harry. The sixth novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, departs from that model. In an early chapter, Snape claims to have been working for Voldemort ever since the latter's return, and only pretending to help Dumbledore.[28][35] Snape's loyalty to Dumbledore stems from his fierce devotion to and love of his childhood friend, Lily Evans, Harry's mother.
After Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Snape’s loyalty was a matter of intense debate among the fans. "Is Snape Good or Evil?" was one of the question in Scholastic Inc. [53] As part of the Waldenbooks marketing campaign, two free stickers, one that said "Trust Snape" and another that stated "Snape Is A Very Bad Man" were available with the book. The final revelation of Snape's loyalty in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was viewed positively by fans and critics alike.
The much-maligned loner Snape does not come onstage until the latter part of "Deathly Hallows," but when he does the book becomes his: Snape's fate, more than Voldemort's, perhaps more even than Harry's, is the most heartbreaking, surprising and satisfying of all of Rowling's achievements.

The character of Snape appears in different media in various Harry Potter parodies including Harry Potter vs. Pubertis episode of Emmy award-winning television series Robot Chicken, voiced by Seth Green,[58] and Neil Cicierega's online Potter Puppet Pals parodies. Potter Puppet Pals video “The Mysterious Ticking Noise” with the chorus "Snape, Snape, Severus Snape" is the seventeenth most viewed video of all time as of 2008 and the winner for “Best Comedy” of the year 2007 at YouTube.

luna lovegood

Luna Lovegood is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. The character is portrayed by Evanna Lynch in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Character development
Rowling has often said that Luna is the "anti-Hermione", as Luna believes things on faith alone, while Hermione grounds her views on facts and logic.[5]Hermione sees Luna as gullible, whereas Luna views Hermione as narrow-minded. Although they have different views, Luna and Hermione eventually become friends.
Despite her quirkiness, Luna is often perceptive about human nature, and Harry notes her knack for blunt honesty. She also holds her friends in extremely high regard, as Harry notices (with affection) that she has painted portraits of her friends (Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville) on the ceiling of her room, connected by chains made of the word "friends" repeated over and over. Both Luna's parents are magical. Luna appears to be an only child as no mention is made of siblings. Rowling has stated that Luna is her favorite "new" character in the series.
Appearances
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Luna first appears in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when Harry, Ginny, and Neville join her in a compartment on the Hogwarts Express. Luna is in Ravenclaw. Luna is isolated at school, but she appears to care little for what others think. Harry, during this particularly turbulent year of his life, forms a strong friendship with Luna, who is the only person who can quell his anger and calm him down when many of his closer friends cannot, and she supports Harry many times during the series. She and her father, Xenophilius Lovegood, believe Harry and Albus Dumbledore when they claim that Lord Voldemort has returned; with Hermione, Luna persuades Rita Skeeter to interview Harry so that his views can be published in The Quibbler, the magazine to which Luna's father is the editor. Luna also becomes a member of the Dumbledore's Army, and later in the book joins Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville in the conflict with Death Eaters at the Ministry of Magic Department of Mysteries and, when she is separated from Harry along with Ron and Ginny, appears to be the only one uninjured until hit by a stunning spell. Towards the end of Book 5, Luna consoles Harry by sharing her views on death after the loss of his godfather, Sirius Black.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Luna is first seen on the Hogwarts Express. When some other female students invite Harry to join them in their compartment by saying that he does not have to sit with Luna and Neville, implying that they are undesirable companions, Harry witheringly states, "They're friends of mine." Luna observes in her bluntly honest way that people expect someone like Harry to have "cooler friends than us". At Christmas, Harry invites Luna on a platonic date to the party hosted by Horace Slughorn. The author noted in an interview that she "really enjoyed" writing Luna's commentary and considered it "blinding insight". Later, when Death Eaters attack Hogwarts, Luna, Ginny and Neville are the sole D.A. members who answer the call to protect the school. During Dumbledore's funeral, Harry feels a "great rush of affection" for both Luna and Neville as the former helps the latter into his seat.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Luna and her father attend Bill and Fleur's wedding at the Burrow, during which she immediately recognises Harry, despite the fact that he is disguised with Polyjuice Potion, simply by the expression he has on his face. It is then revealed that while travelling home for Christmas on the Hogwarts Express that year, Luna was kidnapped in an effort to prevent her father from publishing information in support of Harry Potter in The Quibbler. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione are at the Lovegoods' home, Xenophilius, desperate to save his daughter and only child, betrays them to the Death Eaters in the hope that doing so will secure Luna's release. When Harry returns to Hogwarts in search of the Ravenclaw item that Voldemort had turned into a Horcrux, Luna helps him enter Ravenclaw's common room in order to view a replica of Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem. Later, she fights bravely in the Battle of Hogwarts and summons her Patronus charm to help fight off hundreds of oncoming Dementors about to attack Harry, Ron and Hermione. After Harry's supposed death, Luna ends up duelling Bellatrix Lestrange, along with Hermione and Ginny, until Molly Weasley takes over and defeats Bellatrix herself. Finally, Luna is among the first to congratulate Harry when Voldemort is defeated. In Rowling's first televised interview after the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, she revealed a number of aspects of Luna's life after Hogwarts. It was also revealed that Harry and Ginny named their third child and only daughter Lily Luna after their "dear friend".

Gellert Grindelwald

Gellert Grindelwald is a Dark wizard who, in a list of Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, would be second only to Lord Voldemort, according to Rita Skeeter's book The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore. Grindelwald's name is fairly well known in the wizarding world. His name is first mentioned on Albus Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog card, which notes that Dumbledore defeated Grindelwald in 1945.
Grindelwald attended the wizarding school Durmstrang, from which he was expelled in his sixth year for his dangerous and evil experiments that nearly resulted in the deaths of some of his fellow students. He left the symbol of the Deathly Hallows (a circle with a vertical line in the centre enclosed in a triangle) on one of the walls in Durmstrang before departing. After Durmstrang, he went to live with his great-aunt Bathilda Bagshot in Godric's Hollow, where he met Dumbledore as a young man. In Deathly Hallows, it was revealed that Grindelwald had gone to Godric's Hollow to investigate the grave of the Peverells (the original owners of the Hallows), but struck up a close friendship with Dumbledore, and the two planned to establish a new world order, where wizards would rule over Muggles "for the greater good". They also planned to work together in their quest for the Hallows. It was revealed by Rowling in an interview that Dumbledore was once in love with Grindelwald, but did not say whether those feelings were returned.[5][6]
However, Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus's younger brother, argued against these plans, because he feared their grand ambitions would leave his disabled, traumatised sister, Ariana, abandoned. Grindelwald accused him of being blind and argued that Ariana would not have to be hidden once wizards ruled the world. The argument culminated in a three-way battle between Albus, Aberforth, and Grindelwald. Ariana was inadvertently killed by one of them. Grindelwald fled, fearing retribution. Henceforth, Albus Dumbledore ended his friendship with him.
Grindelwald successfully obtained one of the Deathly Hallows, the Elder Wand. He became master of the legendary wand by stealing it from the previous owner, the wand-maker Gregorovitch. Gaining the Elder Wand's immense power, he subsequently committed many terrible acts, although these seem to have been restricted to Central and Eastern Europe. It is revealed that Grindelwald's actions have caused many deaths that have greatly affected the students of Durmstrang, including Viktor Krum, whose grandfather was murdered by Grindelwald. As a result, Grindelwald and anything associated with him (including the symbol of the Deathly Hallows) is almost universally hated at that school.
After Grindelwald's rise to power, Dumbledore delayed meeting him again for several years due to his fear of being confronted with his sister's death and the fact that he himself might have been the one who accidentally killed her. Both wizards were highly intelligent and skilled in battle, and those who witnessed the battle say that no other wizarding duel ever matched it. Grindelwald, who at the time possessed the supposedly unbeatable Elder Wand, lost to Dumbledore. Since Dumbledore won the duel over Grindelwald, the Elder Wand transferred its allegiance to Dumbledore. Dumbledore was now its rightful master.
After Dumbledore triumphed over Grindelwald, the defeated dark wizard was imprisoned in the top-most cell of Nurmengard, a prison Grindelwald himself had built for his opponents. He remained there until the events of Deathly Hallows when Voldemort arrives, seeking the Elder Wand. Grindelwald, showing no fear of Voldemort and welcoming death, tells him that he never owned the wand, and Voldemort kills him in rage. In the chapter King's Cross, Harry suggests to Dumbledore that Grindelwald lied to Voldemort in order to prevent him from breaking into Dumbledore's tomb, where he knew the Elder Wand lay. Dumbledore suggests that in his later years Grindelwald had felt remorse for his evil actions.

the order of phoenix

Order of the Phoenix
The Order of the Phoenix is a fictional organisation in the Harry Potter series of books written by J. K. Rowling. Founded by Albus Dumbledore to fight Lord Voldemort and his followers, the Death Eaters, the Order lends its name to the fifth book of the series, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Synopsis
When the character of Tom Riddle began to use the name of Lord Voldemort and declared war on the wizarding world, Dumbledore attempted to take control of the situation by founding the Order of the Phoenix. Several characters joined the organisation, seeking with this to prevent Voldemort taking over the wizarding world and establish a new world order. During this time, prior to the events of the first Harry Potter book, the Order sustained heavy losses, including the murders of the Prewetts, the Bones, and the McKinnons, and the permanent incapacitation of the Longbottoms at the hands of Bellatrix Lestrange and other Death Eaters. Voldemort's first reign of terror ended with the murders of James and Lily Potter, and the unsuccessful attempt to murder Harry Potter at the beginning of the series. The Order established their headquarters at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, Sirius Black's family home, during the interval between the fourth and fifth books in the series. Dumbledore was the Secret-Keeper for the Order, meaning that only he could reveal the location of the Order’s headquarters at Grimmauld Place to others. Dumbledore's death at the hands of Severus Snape in book six made the location vulnerable and it was abandoned in favour of The Burrow.
Order members in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Order led the fight against Voldemort during the fifth instalment as the Ministry of Magic first refused to accept that the Dark Lord had returned. In the fifth book, some Order members took turns looking after Sybill Trelawney's prophecy, referring to Voldemort's downfall and Harry's role in defeating him. Rubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts Grounds Keeper and original Member of the Order, was accompanied by Olympe Maxime in an attempt to recruit the giants to the Order's cause. Some members also participated in a battle at the Department of Mysteries near the end of the fifth book. Order members also patrolled Hogwarts, the fictional Wizarding school, on the night of Dumbledore's death in Half-Blood Prince, fighting the Death Eaters who managed to enter the castle.
In the series finale, attention turned to escorting the Death Eaters' main target, Harry Potter, from the Dursleys' home to the Burrow. Later in the novel, some Order members hosted "Potterwatch", a secretive radio program providing news on the Wizarding World that Voldemort's regime did not want the people to know. During the climax of the book, most of the Order, aided by Dumbledore's Army, the Hogwarts staff and the elder students, fought against the Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts, in which several Order members and other allies were killed. As the Order was created primarily to combat Voldemort and his Death Eaters, it is unknown if the Order stayed together after Voldemort's death at the end of the story, or whether it disbanded as it was after Voldemort's first fall.
Relations with the Ministry
Although Dumbledore and the original members of the Order had, for some time, anticipated the return of Voldemort, members of the Ministry of Magic - most notably the Minister for Magic himself, Cornelius Fudge - were not convinced. It is noted that Fudge became increasingly jealous of Dumbledore's popularity in the Wizarding World, and came to believe that Dumbledore sought the position of Minister for Magic.
Dumbledore, however, was vindicated when Voldemort was finally seen in the Ministry of Magic itself. Fudge was replaced as Minister for Magic by Rufus Scrimgeour, former head of the Auror Department, three days before the beginning of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Members of the Order
Original
The following characters were members of the Order of the Phoenix during Lord Voldemort's initial rise to power and several years prior to the main events of the Harry Potter series.
Members of the Reconstituted Order
These characters joined the Order when Dumbledore revived it after Lord Voldemort's return at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Notable Order members
Albus Dumbledore, Sirius Black, Rubeus Hagrid, and Severus Snape have their own pages. Minerva McGonagall is listed under Hogwarts staff. Most of the members of the Weasley family are part of the Order, as well as James and Lily Potter.
Aberforth Dumbledore

Aberforth Dumbledore is Albus Dumbledore's brother. At Ariana's funeral, he publicly confronted Albus and broke his nose. Rowling admitted in an interview, in response to a question by a reader, that Aberforth is the bartender Harry saw at the Hog's Head pub in Hogsmeade.[5]Harry had earlier seen a photo of the Order of the Phoenix, which included Albus and Aberforth, and they look similar. Albus mentions in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire that Aberforth was arrested for "performing inappropriate charms" on a goat. Another link to his goat history is in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows when he tries to convince the Death Eaters that Harry's patronus, a stag, was his own, which takes the form of a goat. In a Pensieve memory in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Albus informs Voldemort that he is "friendly with the local barmen" when able to inform Riddle that he knows his followers are near by waiting for him. Aberforth is also seen at Albus' funeral at the end of that book.
However, it was not until Deathly Hallows that Aberforth was named directly. He plays an important role by taking Harry, Ron, Hermione into his bar before the Death Eaters can arrest them. Aberforth later reveals to the trio some facts they did not know about the history of the Dumbledore family. In addition, it is also revealed that he purchased Sirius Black's two-way mirror from Mundungus Fletcher in the previous book.[1]Aberforth allows the resistance fighters to use a secure passageway from the Hog's Head to the Room of Requirement via Ariana's portrait. Aberforth left the Order, believing the war against Voldemort was lost. According to Rowling, Aberforth survived the battle, and is still "at the Hog's Head, playing with his goats".[6]

Arabella Figg

Arabella Doreen Figg, better known simply as Mrs Figg, surreptitiously watches over Harry Potter while he is at home with the family of his mother's sister, the Dursleys. She is a Chekhov's gun, first mentioned as a neighbour who takes care of Harry in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Mrs Figg even belongs to the Order of the Phoenix and functions as one of Albus Dumbledore's liaisons between the magical and Muggle worlds. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Dumbledore refers to "Arabella Figg" as part of "the old crowd", giving the first clue to her identity.
In Order of the Phoenix, she aids Harry after he and his cousin Dudley Dursley are attacked by two Dementors, and chooses to reveal herself to him. When the Ministry of Magic tries to have Harry expelled from Hogwarts for underage use of magic (after he cast a patronus charm in order to protect himself and his cousin) Mrs Figg's testimony before the Wizengamot is crucial in allowing Harry to stay at Hogwarts. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Mrs Figg attends Dumbledore's funeral at Hogwarts.

Mundungus Fletcher

Mundungus is described as a "squat, unshaven man" with "short, bandy legs", "long, straggly ginger hair", and "bloodshot, baggy eyes that gave him the doleful look of a basset hound". As a member of both the original and the newly reformed Order of the Phoenix, he is assigned guard duty to protect Harry Potter, but abandons his position to conduct a shady cauldron-trading deal, leaving a critical opening through which Dementors sent by Dolores Umbridge manage to attack Harry. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Mundungus attempts to sell products that promise protection from Death Eaters. Later in that book, Harry catches Mundungus outside of the Three Broomsticks trying to sell Sirius Black's property (which now belongs to Harry after Sirius' death) to Aberforth (who gave him a lifetime ban from the Hog's Head) and the boy confronts him. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Mundungus has managed to get out of prison, but the circumstances are unclear. He was Confunded by Severus Snape, and gives the idea of using the Polyjuice Potion to the Order of the Phoenix and helps with the escort of Harry from Privet Drive. He travels with Mad-Eye Moody on a broomstick. The locket turns out to be the Slytherin's locket Horcrux. Following Snape's death, Harry finds out through the Pensieve that Mundungus helped Snape with Order business even after Snape killed Dumbledore, which did end up benefiting the anti-Voldemort cause.

Remus Lupin

Remus John Lupin, nicknamed Moony, first appears in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. Long after resigning from his post, Lupin remained in the story as a friend to the central character, Harry Potter. He makes his first appearance on the Hogwarts Express when a Dementor appears on the train and Lupin drives it away. During his tenure, he gave Harry private lessons in casting the Patronus Charm, to aid him in fighting off the Dementors flanking the Hogwarts grounds. Until the climax of Prisoner of Azkaban, Lupin believed Sirius Black was guilty of betraying James and Lily Potter, and of killing Peter Pettigrew. Upon discovering the truth — that Sirius was innocent, and that the very much alive Peter Pettigrew was the traitor – he helped Sirius to explain the truth to Harry, Ron, and Hermione in the Shrieking Shack. While Harry, Ron, and Hermione were distracted by Lupin, Pettigrew assumed his Animagus form and escaped. Severus Snape, furious over Sirius' escape and his resultant loss of the Order of Merlin promised to him by Cornelius Fudge, publicly revealed the nature of Lupin's Lycanthropy. Anticipating a public outcry in response to a Werewolf teaching at Hogwarts and fearing for the students' safety, Lupin resigned from his post.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Lupin joins the newly reformed Order of the Phoenix and is part of the guard which escorts Harry from the Dursley family home in the book's opening chapters. Lupin lives in Grimmauld Place, the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix. Later in the book, Harry sees a young Lupin attending Hogwarts with his best friends through Snape's memory. Here Harry watches his father bully a school aged Snape. When Harry confronts Lupin about the scene he witnessed in the Pensieve, Lupin expresses regret at never having had the courage to tell his friends when they were "out of order". Later, Lupin participated in the battle at the Department of Mysteries where he dueled and overpowered Lucius Malfoy.
At the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, it is revealed that Nymphadora Tonks has fallen in love with Lupin, despite a thirteen-year age gap. Later in the book, Lupin informs Harry, Ron and Hermione that Tonks is pregnant, although feeling ashamed that he had turned Tonks into an outcast and that his unborn child would have a high chance of inheriting lycanthropy, so plans to leave Tonks and his unborn child. This results in an intense argument between Lupin and Harry. Eventually, he recognises the truth in Harry's words and returns to his wife in time for the birth of his son, Teddy Remus Lupin. Lupin remains active in the Order of the Phoenix throughout the year. Lupin commands a group of defenders on the school grounds during the Battle of Hogwarts and is last mentioned duelling Antonin Dolohov. Both Lupin and Tonks die in combat, killed by Dolohov and Bellatrix Lestrange, respectively,[1] leaving Teddy an orphan with Andromeda Tonks as his guardian and Harry Potter as his godfather. Rowling has stated that Lupin is the kind of teacher she wishes she had had. [9] Rowling stated that his status as a werewolf made him unemployable, and worked as a full-time member of the Order after graduating from Hogwarts instead while being financially supported by his friend, James.
Lupin borrows the name of the other twin, "Romulus," as a nom de guerre in the seventh book. His surname, "Lupin," recalls the English word "lupine" (meaning "characteristic of or relating to wolves"), which in turn is derived from Latin lupus ("wolf").
David Thewlis has portrayed Remus Lupin in the third, and the fifth films of Harry Potter as of 2007, and is slated to appear in the final two films.[13][14]

Alastor Moody

Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody is an ex-Auror working for the Order of the Phoenix. Moody's character is portrayed as a teacher of Defence against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts in Goblet of Fire. Moody is perhaps the most famous Auror in modern times, single-handedly responsible for capturing numerous wizard criminals. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Moody is appointed as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher at Hogwarts, coming out of retirement as a favour to Albus Dumbledore. Moody's well-known habit of carrying around his own drinks in a private hip flask allows Crouch to take the Polyjuice Potion as needed without raising suspicion.
The pseudo Moody becomes noted for teaching and demonstrating otherwise higher-level topics to Harry's fourth-year class, such as the Unforgivable Curses and being a demanding teacher who expected students to work, as well as punishing Draco Malfoy by transforming him into a ferret. Crouch/Moody also mentors Harry, encouraging and tutoring him in the three Tournament tasks. After Harry unexpectedly returns alive from the graveyard battle with Voldemort, Crouch/Moody takes Harry back to his office, questions him about Voldemort and the graveyard, and reveals that he is in fact working on Voldemort's behalf. He then prepares to kill Harry, expecting to be rewarded, but he is stopped by Albus Dumbledore, Minerva McGonagall, and Severus Snape. Having neglected to take his hourly dose of Polyjuice potion, Crouch transforms back to his own appearance and, under the influence of Veritaserum potion, confesses everything. Dumbledore then rescues the real Moody from his magic trunk.[15]
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the real Moody has joined the newly re-formed Order of the Phoenix, and leads the party transferring Harry from 4 Privet Drive to Number Twelve Grimmauld Place, accompanied by fellow Order members Nymphadora Tonks, Remus Lupin, and Kingsley Shacklebolt, among others. Moody's appearance in Half-Blood Prince is minimal, appearing only as a cameo at Dumbledore's funeral. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Moody is killed by Voldemort; falling off his broom after he is abandoned by Mundungus Fletcher, who is acting as a decoy. The survivors are unable to recover his body, but later his eye is found by Harry upon Dolores Umbridge's door, being used as a security measure. Harry retrieves the eye, disgusted that it would be used in such a way, and later buries it at the base of an old tree in Mad-Eye's memory.

Kingsley Shacklebolt

Kingsley Shacklebolt is a senior Auror, who was acting as informer for the Order within the Ministry of Magic when he was first introduced in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, when he volunteered to be one of the members of the Advance Guard that escorted Harry from the Dursleys' home to Number 12, Grimmauld Place. Kingsley was in charge of the search for Sirius Black in the Ministry - considered a prestigious job, as Sirius was the most wanted man in wizarding Britain. Knowing Sirius was innocent, he was supplying the Ministry false information that Sirius was in Tibet. He was present in the scene of the fifth book when Harry was confronted about Dumbledore's Army, after Marietta Edgecombe had betrayed it to Dolores Umbridge. Kingsley swiftly modified Marietta's memory, but to escape the Ministry, Dumbledore was forced to hex him too.
Kingsley takes part in the battle at the Department of Mysteries, and appears to be very skilled at duelling as he is seen fighting two Death Eaters at once. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the new Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, appoints Kingsley to the Muggle Prime Minister's office. Posing as a secretary, Kingsley is actually the Prime Minister's guard, assigned to protect him from possible attacks by the Death Eaters.
It is revealed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows that Kingsley is the only wizard that the Dursleys seem to like, due to his skill at blending in well with Muggles and his calm, collected demeanor. In that book, he continues to help battle Voldemort. Kingsley first appears with other Order members to move Harry from the Dursleys' home to safety in the Burrow. Kingsley is appointed (temporary) Minister for Magic following the death of Voldemort and the deposing of Voldemort's puppet ruler, Pius Thicknesse. However, it was later revealed by Rowling in an interview that Kingsley did become the new Minister for Magic permanently.
Nymphadora Tonks

Nymphadora "Dora" Tonks is a Metamorphmagus, an Auror and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Tonks is seen to be notoriously clumsy and unskilled at household spells. Andromeda's family, however, disowned her after she married Muggle-born wizard Ted Tonks, meaning that Nymphadora has had little contact with her extended family. Tonks studied at Hogwarts and was sorted into Hufflepuff.[17]This means she would have graduated from the school one year before Harry entered.
Tonks is introduced early as a member of the Order in the fifth book. Tonks later fights the Death Eaters at the Department of Mysteries, in which she was injured by Bellatrix, and had to be taken to St Mungo's hospital.
During Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Tonks is stationed at Hogsmeade and assigned to guard Hogwarts. Harry observes she is constantly depressed and rarely smiles. After Dumbledore's death, it was revealed that Tonks had fallen in love with Remus Lupin, and her Patronus had, as a result of this, changed to the form of a werewolf. Early in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Tonks accompanies twelve Order members to take Harry from the Dursleys' home to The Burrow. Before they leave the Dursleys' home, Tonks announces that she recently married Lupin. She flies with Ron, who impersonates Harry using Polyjuice Potion in order to throw the Death Eater's off the real Harry's trail. During the aerial battle, Tonks fought Bellatrix once again, and injured her husband, Rodolphus Lestrange. Later in the book, Remus reveals Tonks is pregnant. After a heated argument with Harry however, he returns to her. In April of the seventh book, Tonks gives birth to Teddy Remus Lupin, named for her father and husband. When the Death Eaters attack Hogwarts, Tonks and Lupin join the battle. During the battle, Tonks is killed by her Aunt Bellatrix, and Lupin is killed by Dolohov, leaving Teddy an orphan to be raised by his maternal grandmother, Andromeda.