Characters

Harry Potter is a wizard who escaped the attack of Lord Voldemort ("You Know Who") with only a scar in the shape of a lightning bolt. Harry was just a baby when this happened. Lord Voldemort killed both of his parents who died trying to save Harry. With no other magical relatives, he went to live with his muggle uncle, aunt, and cousin, the Dursleys. They tell Harry next to nothing about his past, and what they do tell him, are lies. When he finally gets to Hogwarts, he finds himself destined for greatness. Harry is a Parselmouth (which means he can talk to and understand snakes) and was put in the Gryffindor house.

Ron Weasley is a red-head pureblood, and also Harry's best friend. Ron is the youngest of six boys in his family. Ron met Harry on Hogwarts Express in their first year at Hogwarts, and they almost immediately became friends. Ron feels like he has alot to live up to, having five brothers, and his family isn't exactly rich either. Sometimes it gets him down but Harry and Hermione always cheer him up.

Hermione Granger is from a non-magical family and one of the smartest girls at Hogwarts. She has a cat named Crookshanks. Hermione loves to do work and study. While being very smart, she sometimes bends and breaks rules at Hogwarts with Harry and Ron. But she makes up for that by earning many points for Gryffindor.

Draco Malfoy is Harry's arch-enemy student at Hogwarts. Malfoy is very mean towards Harry and his friends and calls Hermione a mud-blood because she is muggle born and he is a pure-blood. Malfoy bought his way onto the Slytherin Quidditch team in his second year which made Harry mad and Ron furious.

Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts and is a very powerful and noble wizard. Dumbledore has a phoenix names Fawkes and has a long, silvery beard. He believes in fairness and is gentle. He defeated Grindelwald, a dark wizard, in 1945. Dumbledore is the only person Voldemort fears.

Lord Voldemort is an evil wizard, more commonly known as "You Know Who" by magical people. He killed James and Lily Potter when Harry was only one year old. Harry escaped from him that night but no one knows how. Dumbledore thinks Voldemort accidentally gave Harry some of his power.

- Other Characters -

Abbott, Hannah - a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts

Ackerley, Stewart - a Ravenclaw at Hogwarts

Agrippa - a witch on the Chocolate Frogs trading card series

Aragog - a giant spider in the Forbidden Forest

Aunt Marge - Uncle Vernon's sister

Avery - a death eater

Baddock, Malcom - a Slytherin at Hogwarts

Bagman, Ludo - Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports

Bagman, Otto - Ludo's brother

Bagshot, Bathilda - wrote "A History of Magic"

Bane - a centaur in the Forbidden Forest

Bell, Katie - a chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team

Binns, Professor - teaches "History of Magic" at Hogwarts

Black, Sirius - Escaped from Azkaban and is in hiding. James' friend and Harry's godfather

Bloody Baron - Slytherin resident ghost

Bones, Susan - a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts

Boot, Terry - a Ravenclaw at Hogwarts

Branstone, Eleanor - a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts

Brocklehurst, Mandy - a Ravenclaw at Hogwarts

Brown, Lavender - a Gryffindor at Hogwarts

Bryce, Frank - the Riddle's Gardener

Buckbeak - a hippogriff

Bulstrodem Millicent - a Slytherin at Hogwarts

Cauldwell, Owen - a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts

Chang, Cho - a Ravenclaw Seeker

Clearwater, Penelope - a Ravenclaw Hogwarts Graduate

Crabbe, Vincent - one of Draco Malfoy's friends

Creevey, Colin - a Gryffindor who admires Harry

Creevey, Dennis - Colin's brother, also admires Harry

Crookshanks - Hermione's big, orange cat

Crouch, Bartemius - Head of the Department of International Magic Co-operation

Crouch, Barty Jr. - Sent to Azkaban by his father

Delacour, Fleur - part Veela, one of the four Triwizard Champions

Delacour, Gabrielle - Fleur's sister

Delaney-Podmore, Patrick - leader of the Headless Hunt

Diggory, Amos - Cedric's father, works for the Ministry

Diggory, Cedric - a Hufflepuff Seeker, one of the four Triwizard Champions

Dobbs, Emma - a student at Hogwarts

Dobby - a house elf belonging to the Malfoy's

Dursley, Vernon & Petunia - Harry's uncle and aunt

Dursley, Dudley - Harry's fat cousin

Errol - the Weasly's family owl

Fat Friar - Hufflepuff resident ghost

Fawkes - Albus Dumbledore's Phoenix (firebird)

Filch, Argus - Hogwarts caretaker

Finch-Fletchley, Justin - a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts

Finnigan, Seamus - a Gryffindor at Hogwarts

Firenze - a centaur in the Forbidden Forest

Flamel, Nicolas - passed keeper of the Philosopher's Stone

Flint, Marcus - Graduated Slytherin Quidditch team captain

Flitwick, Professor - teaches "Charms" at Hogwarts

Goshawk, Miranda - wrote "The Standard Book of Spells"

Goyle, Gregory - one of Draco Malfoy's friends

Grey Lady, The - Ravenclaw resident ghost

Grindelwald - an evil wizard who Albus Dumbledore defeated in 1945

Gryffindor, Godric - namesake of the Gryffindor house at Hogwarts

Hagrid, Rubeus - Gamekeeper at Hogwarts, teaches "Care of Magical Creatures"

Hedwig - Harry's owl

Hermes - Percy's owl

Higgs, Terance - a Slytherin Seeker

Hooch, Madam - leader of Quidditch at Hogwarts

Hufflepuff, Helga - namesake of the Hufflepuff house at Hogwarts

Jigger, Arsenius - wrote "Magical Drafts and Potions"

Johnson, Angelina - a Gryffindor Chaser

Jordan, Lee - a friend of the Weasly twins

Karkaroff, Igor - Headmaster or Durmstrang

Krumm, Viktor - one of the four Triwizard Champions, Bulgarian Quidditch team Seeker

Lockhart, Gilderoy - teaches "Defense Against Dark Arts" (year 2) and has 'written' many books

Longbottom, Neville - a pure-blood Gryffindor who isn't good at magic, only herbology

Lupin, Remus J. - teaches "Defense Against Dark Arts" (year 3)

Macmillan, Ernie - a Hufflepuff at Hogwarts

Malfoy, Lucius - Draco Malfoy's father

Malfoy, Narcissa - Draco Malfoy's mother

Maxine, Madam - Headmistress of Beauxbatons

McGonagall, Minerva - teaches "Transfiguration" and is the head of Griffindor

Moaning Myrtle - a ghost who haunts the girls' bathroom

Moody, Alastor "Mad-eye" - teaches "Defense Against Dark Arts" (year 4)

Moony - Remus Lupin's Hogwarts nickname (werewolf)

Mrs. Norris - Filch's annoying cat

Nearly Headless Nick - Gryffindor resident ghost

Padfoot - Sirius Black's Hogwarts nickname (dog)

Parkinson, Pansy - a Slytherin at Hogwarts

Pigwidgeon - Ron's little baby owl

Pince, Madam - Librarian at Hogwarts

Pomfrey, Poppy - Nurse at Hogwarts

Potter, James - Harry's pure-blood father

Potter, Lily - Harry's muggle-born mother

Prongs - James Potter's Hogwarts nickname (stag)

Prucey, Adrian - Slytherin Chaser

Quirrell, Professor - teaches "Defense Against Dark Arts" (year 1)

Riddle, Tom Marvolo - young Lord Voldemort

Ripper - Aunt Marge's favorite dog

Ronon - a centaur in the Forbidden Forest

Rowena Ravenclaw - namesake of the Ravenclaw house at Hogwarts

Scabbers - Ron's sleepy rat (animagus Peter Pettigrew)

Scamander, Newt - wrote "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"

Skeeter, Rita - writes exaggerated articles for the Daily Prophet

Slytherin, Salazer - Parselmouth, namesake of the Slytherin house at Hogwarts

Snape, Severus - teaches "Potions" and is the head of Slytherin

Spinnet, Alica - Gryffindor Chaser

Spore, Phyllida - wrote "One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi"

Sprout, Professor - teaches "Herbology" and is the head of Hufflepuff

Switch, Emeric - wrote "A Beginners' Guide to Transfiguration"

Thomas, Dean - a Gryffindor at Hogwarts

Trelawney, Sybill - teaches "Divinations"

Trevor - Neville's toad

Trimble, Quentin - wrote "The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection"

Turpin, Lisa - a Ravenclaw at Hogwarts

Vablatsky, Cassandra - wrote "Unfogging the Future"

Viridian, Vinductus - wrote "Curses and Countercurses"

Waffling, Adalbert - wrote "A Magic Theory" and "A History of Magic"

Weasly, Arthur and Molly - Ron's parents

Weasly, Bill and Charlie - The two oldest Weasley boys

Weasley, George and Fred - Twin Gryffindor Beaters

Weasley, Ginny - Ron's little sister who admires Harry

Weasley, Percy - a graduated Gryffindor Head Boy

Winky - Bartemius Crouch's house elf

Wood, Oliver - Graduated Gryffindor Quidditch team captain

Wormtail - Peter Pettigrew's Hogawrts nickname (rat)

Zabini, Blaise - a Slytherin at Hogwarts