Character-o-Pedia

• Ludo Bagman - He was tried for giving information to Lord Voldemort. He was found innocent though. He was a greatQuidditch player- but ended that career and now works for theministry of magic. Ludo has a bit of a gambling problem though,he’s in a bit of a spot with the goblins.
• Sirius Black One of James and Lily Potters best friends. He wasbelieved to betray the Potters and lead Voldemort to their hidingplace the night they were killed. Sirus was sent to Azkaban andlater escaped. Harry feared because he was thought to try andkill Harry. But as it turns out- he didn’t. He’s Harry’s god father and does his best to be a father while on the run. He is an Animagus and can take the form of a dog- also known as Padfoot. This helpshim to disguise himself. Dumbledore also helps to hide him-because he trusts him. Sirus is still on the run from the Ministry of Magic with his companion Buckbeak.
• Cho Chang - A Ravenclaw that’s a year older than Harry. She’sthe Ravenclaw’s Seeker- that’s how Harry first met her. During her 5th year at Hogwarts Cedric Diggory and Cho were a couple. Well- until he died.
• Penelope Clearwater - Percy Weasley’s girlfriend from Hogwarts.In book 2 she was turned to stone by the basilisk.
• Colin Creevey - A boy that loves to take pictures of Harry. Harry disliked getting his picture taken a lot but Lockhart thoughtHarry liked the publicity. Colin was also attacked by the basilisk-but he wasn’t killed either. He has a younger brother that cameto Hogwarts as well.
• Mr. Barty Crouch - Mr. Crouch is the head at the Ministry of Magic. He used to fight against the Death Eaters but the way he did italmost made him as bad as them. He would do anything to keep his reputation clean- send his son to prison or dismiss his faithful house elf for getting out of a tent when a mob was coming. Percy absolutely adores him for the way he does everything within the rules. Barty Crouch Named after his father, this young man was sent to Azkaban in his late teens for helping Voldemort. But he was rescued by his father and he and his mother switched places. He lived under an invisible cloak for a long time- helped out by Winky. Then he found Harry’s wand and broke free from his fathers spell. He later killed his father and stole Mad Eye Moody’s form by using a potion. He was a faithful servant to Voldemort until Fudge let the Dementors in and they delivered “The Last Kiss”killing him.
• Crabbe and Goyle - these are Draco Malfoy’s goons. They aren’t too bright. And we know very little about them- except that their families also are Death Eaters.
• Cedric Diggory - Cedric was the Hufflepuff Seeker. He also was a contestant in the Triwizard Tournament. Sadly he was killed when Harry and himself touched the Portkey and were transported to Lord Voldemorts old home.
• Dobby - Dobby was the Malfoy’s sad little house elf that came to warn Harry not to return to Hogwarts his second year. Harry went anyway and Dobby kept trying to “help” Harry. This only resulted in him breaking his arm and clumsy Lockhart removed the bones in his arm. When Lucius gave Dobby a sock, this resulted in his freedom because if a house elf is given a clothing item that means they are free. In the fourth book Dobby returns and is no working at Hogwarts sporting his strange assortment of socks.
• Professor Albus Dumbledore - Dumbledore is currently the Headmaster at Hogwarts: School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is particularly famous for his defeat of the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945, for the discovery of the twelve uses of dragon’s blood, and his work on alchemy with his partner Nicolas Flamel. Albus knew Harry’s father and helps Harry to understand everything that has happened to him. He also helped fight Voldemort and was the one person who they believed could stand up to him. And the only one Voldemort was frightened of. He is a very understanding and forgiving man. I think this is shown through his unusual choice of staff. He also enjoys chamber music and tenpin bowling.
• Dudley Dursley - He is Harry’s terribly fat cousin. His mother usses over him and thinks he’s the most onderful boy in the world. Dudley constantly tortured Harry until he gave him a curly pigtail. From then on he was always wary of Harry. Even Fred and George Weasley joined in on torturing him.
• Petunia and Vernon Dursley - they are Harry’s only living blood relatives, and they wish they weren’t. A proud “normal” family. They are very ashamed of Harry and treat him horribly. Mr. Dursley is the beefy director of a firm called Grunnings, which makes drills. Mrs. Dursley was a thin blonde woman who loves to snoop and gossip about the neighbors. Dudley is there spoiled son who loves to torture Harry.
• Aunt Marge Dursley - Harry’s Uncles awful bulky sister who loves to correct Harry’s faults. Her rudeness to Harry caused him to break Ministry rules and use magic outside of Hogwarts. With her memory fixed, she returned home to her many bulldogs.
• Seamus Finnigan - A friend of Harry’s who enjoys Quidditch. He’s half Muggle half wizard. His mother is a witch but didn’t tell her husband until after they were married.
• Justin Finch-Fletchley - In the second book he was turned to stone by the basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets. He thought Harry was out to get him because he let it slip that his family wasn’t “pure” but Harry never intended to hurt anyone.
• Cornelius Fudge - Minister of Magic- he seems to pop up in the later books. It’s his decesion whether to help fight Voldemort now or wait until the dementors turn against the Ministry.
• Hermione Granger - Hermione is also a very close friend of Harry. Hermione wasn’t born a wizard, leaves her open to being called names by those who think “Mudbloods” (A person not of wizarding blood) shouldn’t be wizards at all. She is very intelligent and sometimes to tackle too much work, as we see in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Viktor Krum seems to have taken a liking to her, although she claims his visits to the library were very bothersome.
• Rubeus Hagrid - Hagrid is the big friendly half giant that rescued Harry from the wreckage the night his parents were killed. Harry and Hagrid are good friends and Harry has even helped to get him out of a few jams. Hagrid has a love for big, scary, and dangerous animals. He’s always wanted a dragon, and when he finally got one the results were disastrous. After being expelled from Hogwarts Dumbledore let him stay and become the gamekeeper.
• Mr. and Mrs. Frank Longbottom - the Longbottoms used to be very popular, but sadly things turned out terribly. Frank Longbottom was an Auror and tried for subjecting the Cruciatus Curse. Both of them were tortured for information about Voldemort and driven insane. They now reside in St. Mungo’s Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.
• Professor Gilderoy Lockhart - A charming replacement to Quirrell-but he was a bit too arrogant. Author of many books of his own heroism, people were quite taken with him. But as it turns out, he used a memory charm on people and stole their tales and used them as his own. As he tried to perform a memory charm on Harry with Ron’s broken wand- it backfired and he lost his memory.
• Neville Longbottom - Neville is a forgetful boy with very little magical talent. He always loses his frog Trevor, but he manages to find him again. Neville tries very hard but he always manages to fluster spells up. But he does have a little talent with Herbology. He lives with his grandmother, because his parents were tortured for information about Voldemorts’ whereabouts and were driven insane. Neville visits them on the holidays, but they do not remember him.
• Profesor Remus Lupin - The next teacher to take the Defense Against the Dark Arts job. A plain looking teacher- whom disappeared every month for a few days. A werewolf bit him and he himself turned into one. Harry’s favorite Dark Art’s teacher- but he resigned anyway.
• Draco Malfoy - Draco is a very rude, and prejudice boy. His family has all been in Slytherin (The house where almost every wizard turned to the Dark Arts.) He loves to pick on Harry- ever since they met. He usually stays with his Slytherin goons Crabbe and Goyle. As we learn in the fourth book, his family practices the Dark Arts, but I think we could guess that from the others. Draco likes Quidditch as well, and makes some competition on the field-not because he’s that good, but because he had his father buy the slytherin team new brooms.
• Lucius Malfoy - Draco’s father, and practices the Dark Arts. He’s a Death Eater, and he serves Lord Voldemort. He like his son is very prejudice against families that aren’t purely magical.

• Mad-Eye Moody - He was supposed to take the job for Harry’s fourth year. But as we know Barty Crouch took his place with the Polyjuice potion. So we never really got to know much about him. Except that he was an Auror and very paranoid. He made all his own food and drank only from the flask on his side.
• Pansy Parkinson - “A Slytherin girl with a face like a pug.” She seems to like Draco Malfoy and will take any chance to be rude to Harry.
• Peter Pettigrew - Peter is an Animagus too. He was known as Scabbers- Ron’s pet lazy rat. James, Remus, Sirus were all friends while attending Hogwarts. But Peter betrayed James and Lily, which lead to their deaths. He was thought to be dead- but he only hid. He later escaped and went in search of Voldemort and
• Harry Potter - Harry is the main character in the series. After Lord Voldemort killed his parents (And attempted to kill Harry, but his curse didn’t work and was the fall of Voldemort) he had to live with his horrid Muggle aunt, uncle and cousin Dudley. (Mr. and Mrs. Dursley). Being the only person to survive the Avada Kedavra curse, as well as Lord Voldemort made him very famous in the wizarding world. The curse left him with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead, which makes him easy to recognize. Ron Weasley and Hermione are his two closest friends he met in his Gryffindor house and they often help on his adventures. Harry has also seemed to have a crush on Cho Chang in the last few books. Maybe something will come of it.
• James and Lily Potter - Harry’s parents. Both killed by Lord Voldemort by reasons unknown. James was an Animagus as well, he could take the form of a stag and his friends who knew called him Prongs. Voldemort killed James first, and Lily stayed behind to protect Harry and it was her love that saved him.
• Ernie Prang - driver of the ‘Knight Bus’.
• Professor Quirrell - He was the first Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher Harry had. He always wore a turban on his head. It turns out he was host to the remains of Lord Voldemort, and was carrying out his orders. He was killed shortly after trying to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone.
• Tom Riddle - Also known as Lord Voldemort, Tom Riddle has done some terrible things. His mother was a witch, and when his father found out he left his mother. She died while giving birth to him. Tom vowed to find his father who was his namesake, which he eventually did and murdered him. Riddle attended Hogwarts, and is the heir of Slytherin who opened the Chamber of Secrets. He along with Harry are probably the only parselmouths left. Some of Riddles powers were given to Harry when he tried to kill him as a child. When he tried to kill Harry he lost all his powers and was reduced to nothing. Harrys' mothers self sacrifice saved him. After his defeat he possessed Professor Quirrell, and then he hid for a while gathering strength until Wormtail found him. Now he has a body and is the heir of slytherin who opened the chamber of secrets. He along with Harry are probably the only parselmouths left. Some of Riddles powers were given to Harry when he tried to kill him as a child. When he tried to kill Harry he lost all his powers and was reduced to nothing. Harrys' mothers self sacrifice saved him. After his defeat he possessed Professor Quirrell, and then he hid for a while gathering strength until Wormtail found him. Now he has a body and his followers have shown themselves again. So Voldemort is back.
• Stan Shunpike - a pimply conductor on the ‘Knight Bus’ who likes to gossip about current events. He couldn’t be much older than 19.
• Dean Thomas - Dean is a fellow Gryffindor who happens to like soccer. He keeps a poster of a soccer player above his bed.
• Tom ? - owner of the Leaky Cauldron. He made sure to take care of Harry during his stay there when Black was supposedly out to kill him.
• Ron Weasley - One of Harry’s closest friends, Ron is also an important character. He’s many siblings include Ginny, Fred, George, Percy, Charlie and Bill. Rons’ entire red headed family is almost a second one to Harry. He often goes to their Burrow during the summer to escape the wretched Dursleys. Ron is embarrassed of their lack of money and sometimes jealous of Harry’s fame. He, like Harry, happens to love Quidditch and he hopes to be world famous Quidditch player someday.
• Mr. Arthur Weasley - and Mrs. Molly Weasley they are the parents of the wonderful family that let’s Harry stay with them during the summer. Their house is the burrow, a tall house that looks like it’s being kept together with magic. Mr. Weasley works for the Ministry of Magic. He’s very fascinated with Muggles and what they make.
• Bill Weasley - Bill is another older brother. He works at Gringotts (A goblin bank), and he has been a Head Boy when he attended Hogwarts. But he wasn’t fussy at all; he has long hair and an earring with a fang dangling from it. Mrs. Weasley isn’t too fond of it though.
• Charlie Weasley - Charlie Weasley is also Rons’ older brother. He works in Romania with dragons. He was also captain of the Quidditch team when he was at Hogwarts. Charlie took Hagrid’s dragon when Norbert became out of control. He also helped with the dragons for the Triwizard Tournament.
• Fred and George - Weasley they’re Rons’ twin older brothers. They love to play pranks and goof around. They’re going to start a joke shop someday. Both are the Gryffindors Quidditch teams Bludgers.
• Ginny Weasley - Ginny is Rons’ younger sister. She’s also a Gryffindor. Voldemort used Ginny to get around the school through his old diary. He finally led her down into the Chamber of Secrets and drained the life out of her. But Harry saved her(Whom she’s had a crush on). She can’t help but turn red whenever she sees him.
• Percy Weasley - Percy is Rons’ older brother who was a Prefect when he first came to Hogwarts. He doesn’t like to do anything outside the rules, and doesn’t seem to like jokes. He now works for the Ministry of Magic. He absolutely adored Mr. Crouch, and even held his place while he was “ill”. Since Mr. Crouch is gone he is upset.
• Winky - Winky was Mr. Crouch’s house elf until she was found in the forest under the Dark Mark that was sent into the air during the International Quidditch tournament. She was very devoted to the Crouch’s, she was depressed after she was dissmissed. Later she worked in Hogwarts kitchens and told secrets of Mr. Crouch.