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The following are minor characters in the ''Harry Potter'' series written by J. K. Rowling.
'Bathilda Bagshot' is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' books by J. K. Rowling. She lived in Godric's Hollow and was an old family friend of Albus Dumbledore. She also wrote the book ''A History of Magic.'' 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.
Bagshot was a major source of information for Rita Skeeter's biography of Albus 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''."
She died prior to 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. The snake was instructed to attack Harry should he arrive in Godric's Hollow looking for information.
'Bane' is a centaur who can read the stars and predict the future. He despises and distrusts humans.
Bane first appears in the book ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' when he and Firenze foretell Harry Potter’s future by reading the stars: "Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have you not read what is to come in the movement of the planets?"
Bane is included in the centaur mobs that force Harry, Hermione, and Hagrid out of the Forbidden Forest after they visit Grawp; he is also present when the centaurs attack Umbridge. He was against Firenze going to teach at Hogwarts and was one that helped to make him an outcast in the forest.
During the Battle of Hogwarts, Bane at first keeps the centaurs on the sidelines, but after Harry appears to have died, Hagrid berates Bane for his neutrality; when the fighting resumes, the centaurs join in the battle with a shower of arrows.
'Mr. Borgin' is an owner of the shop 'Borgin and Burkes'. He acts very politely towards Lucius Malfoy when in his presence, but treats him with disrespect when Malfoy can't hear him.
In ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', Borgin buys several things connected to the Dark Arts which Lucius Malfoy was selling because he feared his house was to be searched.
In ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', Borgin sells the Vanishing Cabinet to Draco Malfoy (which Malfoy plans to use to create a passage for the Death Eaters into Hogwarts) and is terrified when he learns that Draco is a Death Eater. He throws Hermione Granger out of his shop when she tries to ask him what Draco was buying.
'Frank Bryce' was a reclusive World War II veteran who worked as the caretaker of the Riddle family mansion in Little Hangleton. In 1942 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 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'' (summer of 1994) 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 Lord 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 spirit 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, J.K. Rowling later said Voldemort used the earlier murder of the witch Bertha Jorkins for this.
'Caractacus Burke' is an owner of the shop 'Borgin and Burkes'. He is referred to as a small old man with a thatch of hair that completely covered his eyes.
He is known to have tricked Merope Gaunt into selling Salazar Slytherin's locket for only 10 Galleons. Albus Dumbledore once mentioned that Burke was not famed for his generosity.
'Gabrielle Delacour' is a fictional character from the ''Harry Potter'' series of books. She is the younger sister of Fleur Delacour. Like her sister Fleur, Gabrielle is partly non-human; their maternal grandmother was a Veela. Her age in ''The Goblet of Fire'' is estimated by Harry to be no more than eight years old, and this statement is reinforced when it is stated in ''The Deathly Hallows'' that she is eleven at the time of Bill and Fleur's wedding.
During the Triwizard Tournament, in which Fleur was the champion for Beauxbatons, Gabrielle was chosen along with Cho Chang, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, to be the underwater "bait" for the champions to rescue. Fleur did not manage to rescue Gabrielle in time because she was held back by Grindylows and was forced to return, but Harry went on to save her in addition to his own hostage.
Gabrielle is mentioned by Fleur in ''Half-Blood Prince'' when she welcomes Harry at the Burrow, where she spends a period with the Weasleys. From her tellings, Gabrielle (much like young Ginny Weasley) has taken a crush on Harry, since she "never stops talking" about him. Fleur also plans to have her (along with Ginny) as one of her bridemaids for her wedding.
Gabrielle and Ginny Weasley serve as bridesmaids at Fleur's wedding to Bill Weasley in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. Her part-Veela heritage begins to develop as she matures; she is called a "Fleur in miniature". She still retains a crush on Harry at that time, causing Ginny to clear her throat loudly in mild jealousy when she throws him a flirtateous look.
Angelica Mandy played the role in the film adaptation of book four, though the role is simply several non-speaking cameo appearances. It is unknown if she will reprise the role in the film adaptation of ''Deathly Hallows''.
'Florean Fortescue' was the owner of an ice cream shop in Diagon Alley. He served Harry lots of free ice cream and homework help while Harry is lodged at the Leaky Cauldron in ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban''; believed to have been "dragged off" by Death Eaters in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''.
'Fridwulfa' was the giantess mother of Hogwarts gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid. She was married to Hagrid's human father for a time, but abandoned her human family when Hagrid was 3 years old. After she left her family she married another giant and gave birth to a son named Grawp.
In ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', Hagrid travels to the remaining Giants' camp, where he discovers that Fridwulfa had died a while ago.
'Gregorovitch' was a European wandmaker, first mentioned in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' during Ollivander's inspection of Viktor Krum's wand.
During the events of ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', Gregorovitch is hunted down and interrogated under torture by Lord Voldemort regarding the whereabouts of the Elder Wand. Voldemort discovers, via Legilimency, that the wand was stolen by Gellert Grindelwald, and kills Gregorovitch. He is known for producing wands for Durmstrang students, as revealed in ''Deathly Hallows''.
'Augusta Longbottom' is Neville's grandmother, and the one who raised him after the boy's parents, Frank and Alice Longbottom were incapacited after being tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange and some other Death Eaters. Augusta is a very strict witch, especially towards Neville, and sometimes complained of his lack of talent. She even thought that the boy was a squib.
Unlike other purebloods, such as the Malfoys, Augusta is proud that her grandson is a friend of half-blood Harry Potter, and also admires Muggle-born Hermione Granger for helping Neville out in class. While initially concerned her grandson wasn't living up to his parent's legacy, his willingness to go into battle against Death Eaters at the Department of Mysteries seemed to give her a new respect for her grandson. Possibly coupled with McGonagall writing to her about the grandson she had, and not the one she wanted, then bolstered by Neville's leadership in Dumbledore's Army during his seventh year (and subsequent role in both the Battle of Hogwarts and his willingness to defy Voldemort face-to-face) served to make her extremely proud of him. According to Neville, the Death Eaters targeted Augusta in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' when Neville was acting up at school. The Ministry official Dawlish is sent to arrest her but does not succeed and winds up in hospital when she apparently fights back before going on the run. She is last seen at the Battle of Hogwarts running out of the Room of Requirement to assist her grandson. She asks where Neville is and Harry says that he's fighting Death Eaters. Her reply is "Naturally." Whether or not she survives the battle is unclear.
'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 Lovegood is introduced as a friend of the Weasleys in ''Harry Potter and the 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 Dark wizard Grindelwald. Although initially one of the staunchest supporters of the efforts 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 save his kidnapped daughter.
In Harry, Ron, and Hermione's ensuing battle with the Death Eaters, the Lovegood house is mostly destroyed, 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 concern for his daughter.
'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 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 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 isn't so successful. Besides her appearance in ''Goblet'', in ''Phoenix'' Hagrid tells Harry, Ron and Hermione that Madame Maxime and he visited the giants during that summer. Hagrid describes her spellwork as "brilliant." She separtes from Hagrid during the return journey, however, because he would not abandon his half-brother Grawp, who proves to be a highly taxing travelling companion; she returns to Beauxbaton alone. In ''Half-Blood Prince'', Madame Maxime is among those paying respects at Dumbledore's funeral. Olympe and Hagrid are seen comforting each other during the occasion.
'Eloise Midgen' (sometimes spelled 'Eloise Midgeon') is a student at Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is generally assumed that she is in Harry Potter's year, although her House is unclear. She has been spoken of most familiarly by members of Hufflepuff, though she was seen as a Gryffindor in the film version of ''Goblet of Fire'' during McGonagall's discussion of the Yule Ball.
Eloise suffers from severe acne, used as a running gag in the series. In a Herbology lesson in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', Professor Sprout states that the use of diluted Bubotuber pus is an excellent way to treat the skin problem. Hannah Abbott then mentions that Eloise tried to curse her acne off. Apparently, the school nurse, Madam Pomfrey, managed to fix her nose back on in the end.
Later in the same book, when searching for dates for the Yule Ball, Ron says that he wouldn't want to end up going with someone like Eloise. Hermione demands to know what's wrong with her and he replies that "her nose is off-centre" — implying that maybe Madam Pomfrey didn't or couldn't fix it back perfectly. Not much is known about her, but Hermione insists that she is a very nice person.
The next reference to Eloise is in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. Hermione puts a jinx on the contract for Dumbledore's Army; if anyone signed it and then betrayed the organization, she says that the curse that would act upon them would make Eloise's acne look like "cute freckles" by comparison.
During ''Half-Blood Prince'', the wizarding world is under daily threat of assault and murder from Voldemort's Death Eaters, and as the death toll rises, along with the number of attacks, several students are pulled out of school, although Hogwarts is still relatively safe. Eloise Midgen's father comes to school to collect her in October of her sixth year.
'Muriel' is a great-aunt of the Weasley children. Harry first meets her in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' during Bill and Fleur's wedding. She is described as having bloodshot eyes and a large, feathery, pink hat, making her look like a "badly tempered flamingo". She loans her beautiful goblin-made tiara to Fleur to wear. During the wedding, she starts an argument with Elphias Doge about Dumbledore's past and Rita Skeeter's ''"The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore"''. Later in the book, all the Weasleys hide in her house because they are targeted for being blood traitors.
According to Ron, she is rude to just about everyone she meets. He told Harry that she used to come to dinner every Christmas until Fred and George set off a Dungbomb under her chair and she took offense (she also is hinted to have written the twins out of her will). Muriel complains about many of the guests at Bill and Fleur's wedding, saying that Hermione had "skinny ankles and bad posture", George's ears were lopsided (one had actually been cut off by a spell previously), Ron's hair was too long (she claimed that she mistook him for Ginny because of it), Ginny's dress was far to low cut, Xeno Lovegood's yellow outfit made him look like an omelet, and seems to dislike Fleur somewhat because she is French. When she hides the Weasly family, Bill says that Fred and George drive her crazy by continuing to operate their Owl Order service in her house. Fleur somewhat sarcastically describes Muriel as "charmante" (charming). Strangely, in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', Ginny claims that "the best kiss [Ron's] ever gotten was from his Aunt Muriel". She is 107 years old when Harry meets her, thus she was born c.1890.
'Mr Ollivander' (first name unrevealed) runs ''Ollivanders'', a prestigious shop which sells magical wands in Diagon Alley. Despite the popularity of his wares, he has shown that he can easily name off the materials and attributes of several wands he has sold over the years. In Book One, 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 feather from a phoenix (later revealed to be 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 only gave one other feather, and that wand containing the other feather now belongs to none other than Lord Voldemort. Mr Ollivander tells an uneasy Harry that he believes the world can expect "great things" from him.
Mr Ollivander's appearance in Book Four 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 Book Six, it is mentioned that ''Ollivanders'' has closed and boarded up, and that Mr Ollivander himself is missing. Mr Ollivander is found captive in Lucius Malfoy's Mansion, tortured by Lord Voldemort with the Cruciatus Curse to extract information, learning that their wands had the same magical core, a tail feather from the same phoenix. He was later rescued by Harry and Dobby and taken to newlywed's Fleur and Bill Weasley's cottage to recover. At Shell Cottage he was unable to repair Harry's wand, saying it was beyond magical repair (however Harry was able to do so using the power of the Elder Wand). Ollivander later crafts a new wand for Luna Lovegood.
'Antioch Peverell' was the eldest of the three Peverell brothers. According to ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'', he received the Elder Wand from Death, although Dumbledore believes it more likely that he created the wand himself. He was killed in his sleep after bragging about the wand's invincibility, and whoever killed him stole the Elder Wand, thus starting its bloody history. Unlike his brothers, he has no known descendants.
'Cadmus Peverell' was the middle of the three Peverell Brothers. According to ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'', he received the Resurrection Stone from Death, although Dumbledore believes it more likely that he created the stone himself. According to ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'', he, using the stone, resurrected the girl he had once hoped to marry, who had died an untimely death. But though she had returned to the mortal world, she did not truly belong there and suffered. Driven mad by this, he killed himself, to join her. He is also an ancestor of the Gaunt family and therefore an ancestor of Lord Voldemort, which makes him and Harry Potter a descendant of Ignotus Peverell, distantly related.
'Ignotus Peverell' was the youngest of the three Peverell brothers and an ancestor of Harry Potter. Peverell's first and only appearance is in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', where it is revealed that, according to legend, he received the Cloak of Invisibility from Death himself. Unlike his brothers, he successfully avoided death for many years wearing the cloak, lived a full and long life and greets Death as a friend after many years. However, Dumbledore believes it is more likely that he was just a skilled wizard, and created the cloak himself. His line continued through Harry's three children, James, Albus, and Lily.
The word "ignotus" translates from Latin as "unknown".
'Ernie Prang' is the driver of the Knight Bus. Ernie is described as an old man with an owl-like face and thick glasses. While taking Harry to London in the beginning of ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'', Ernie and Stan Shunpike were telling him the story about Sirius Black and how he ''"murdered"'' twelve muggles and a wizard. After they arrived to the Leaky Cauldron inn, they met Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge who revealed their passenger was really Harry Potter. Ernie and Stan were shown as interested and excited as they helped Harry with his trunk just before leaving. In the end of ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' Ernie was one of the many characters paying respects at Dumbledore's funeral.
'Madam Rosmerta' is the landlady of The Three Broomsticks pub. She is described in the books as "a curvy sort of woman", and several pupils, including Ron Weasley, have a crush on her. In ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'', Madam Rosmerta is angered when Dementors (guards from Azkaban) were in Hogsmeade because their presence is scaring away many of her customers. Apart from hosting an informal meeting between Professor McGonagall, Minister Fudge, Filius Flitwick and Professor 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 the sixth book, however, it emerges that Rosmerta has become an unwitting agent of the Death Eaters. In order to fulfil his mission to assassinate Albus 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. Malfoy communicated with Rosmerta through fake galleons like the ones Hermione Granger used for Dumbledore's Army in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. 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.
'Stanley "Stan" Shunpike' (born 1975) 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 ''Harry Potter and the 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, about his ambitious plans to become the next Minister of Magic and in Harry Potter and the 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 rumors about Harry being insane. Tonks scolds him for yelling out Harry's name.
In ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', Stan Shunpike is arrested on suspicion of Death Eater activity. Harry and Dumbledore, however, believe this very unlikely and that he is almost certainly not guilty. Even so, Stan is kept in Azkaban in order for the Ministry of Magic to look like 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 to look like they are making progress against Voldemort.
In ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', a "strangely blank" looking Stan 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 Stan as opposed to stunning him off his broom, as he is innocent and apparently under the influence of the Imperius curse. It is never completely confirmed whether Shunpike is under the Imperius curse. If he was Imperiused, he would have been released at Voldemort's downfall (as is stated near the end of the book).
'Hepzibah Smith' is a minor character featured in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''. Hepzibah 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.
'Tom' is the barman and inn-keeper of the Leaky Cauldron inn. He first appears in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''. He gave Harry Potter a room to stay in after Harry blew up his Aunt Marge like a balloon and took the Knight Bus to get to London. Tom is described in the books as a "bald, bent, toothless, full of wrinkles" and "soft, nut-like man". He is seen in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', paying respects at Albus Dumbledore's funeral.
He was played by Derek Deadman in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' and by Jim Tavaré in ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban''.
On Rowling's official website she has posted a 'Wizard of the Month' for every month since May 2004.[1] This is a partial list of witches and wizards featured as Wizard of the Month. Many of the Wizards of the Month do not appear in the books.
★ 'Daisy Dodderidge' (1467-1555) was the first landlady of The Leaky Cauldron.
★ 'Tarquin McTavish' (b. 1955) was imprisoned for crimes against his Muggle neighbour, who was discovered trapped inside McTavish's kettle.
★ 'Idris Oakby' (1872–1985) was the founder of the Society for the support of Squibs.
★ 'Urquhart Rackharrow'(1612–1697) was the inventor of the Entrail-Expelling Curse. Mentioned in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
★ 'Gaspard Shingleton' (b. 1959) is the inventor of the Self-Stirring Cauldron. He was Wizard of the Month in September 2005.
★ 'Felix Summerbee' (1447–1508) was the inventor of the Cheering Charm.
★ 'Bridget Wenlock' (1202–1285) was a famous arithmancer and "the first to establish the magical properties of the number seven". Rowling has expressed the significance of the number seven throughout the series: Harry Potter was born in the 7th month, Voldemort wanted his soul split into 7 parts, magic tends to show in a child at the age of 7, there are 7 years in Hogwarts, 7 Weasley siblings, 7 players in a team for Quidditch, 7 protections on the Philosopher's Stone, and 7 books in the series. She was Witch of the Month in August 2005.
★ 'Bowman Wright' (1492–1560) was known for developing the golden snitch, which is used in Quidditch. This fact is confirmed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). Bowman Wright had previously been mentioned in Quidditch Through the Ages. Wright was a skilled metal charmer who lived in Godric's Hollow.
Bridget Wenlock, Felix Summerbee, Gaspard Shingleton and Crispin Conk are all on Famous Witches and Wizards Cards in the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets PC game.
★ List of characters in the Harry Potter books
★ Minor characters associated with Quidditch
★ Minor Dark wizards in Harry Potter
★ Minor Harry Potter beasts
★ Minor Hogwarts teachers
★ Minor Ministry officials in Harry Potter
★ Minor Gryffindors
★ Minor Hufflepuffs
★ Minor Ravenclaws
★ Minor Slytherins
★ Minor Slug Club members
★ Students in Harry Potter's year
1. http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/wizards_list.html
The following are minor characters in the ''Harry Potter'' series written by J. K. Rowling.
Bathilda Bagshot
'Bathilda Bagshot' is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' books by J. K. Rowling. She lived in Godric's Hollow and was an old family friend of Albus Dumbledore. She also wrote the book ''A History of Magic.'' 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.
Bagshot was a major source of information for Rita Skeeter's biography of Albus 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''."
She died prior to 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. The snake was instructed to attack Harry should he arrive in Godric's Hollow looking for information.
Bane
'Bane' is a centaur who can read the stars and predict the future. He despises and distrusts humans.
Bane first appears in the book ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' when he and Firenze foretell Harry Potter’s future by reading the stars: "Remember, Firenze, we are sworn not to set ourselves against the heavens. Have you not read what is to come in the movement of the planets?"
Bane is included in the centaur mobs that force Harry, Hermione, and Hagrid out of the Forbidden Forest after they visit Grawp; he is also present when the centaurs attack Umbridge. He was against Firenze going to teach at Hogwarts and was one that helped to make him an outcast in the forest.
During the Battle of Hogwarts, Bane at first keeps the centaurs on the sidelines, but after Harry appears to have died, Hagrid berates Bane for his neutrality; when the fighting resumes, the centaurs join in the battle with a shower of arrows.
Mr. Borgin
'Mr. Borgin' is an owner of the shop 'Borgin and Burkes'. He acts very politely towards Lucius Malfoy when in his presence, but treats him with disrespect when Malfoy can't hear him.
In ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'', Borgin buys several things connected to the Dark Arts which Lucius Malfoy was selling because he feared his house was to be searched.
In ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', Borgin sells the Vanishing Cabinet to Draco Malfoy (which Malfoy plans to use to create a passage for the Death Eaters into Hogwarts) and is terrified when he learns that Draco is a Death Eater. He throws Hermione Granger out of his shop when she tries to ask him what Draco was buying.
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 1942 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 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'' (summer of 1994) 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 Lord 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 spirit 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, J.K. Rowling later said Voldemort used the earlier murder of the witch Bertha Jorkins for this.
Caractacus Burke
'Caractacus Burke' is an owner of the shop 'Borgin and Burkes'. He is referred to as a small old man with a thatch of hair that completely covered his eyes.
He is known to have tricked Merope Gaunt into selling Salazar Slytherin's locket for only 10 Galleons. Albus Dumbledore once mentioned that Burke was not famed for his generosity.
Gabrielle Delacour
'Gabrielle Delacour' is a fictional character from the ''Harry Potter'' series of books. She is the younger sister of Fleur Delacour. Like her sister Fleur, Gabrielle is partly non-human; their maternal grandmother was a Veela. Her age in ''The Goblet of Fire'' is estimated by Harry to be no more than eight years old, and this statement is reinforced when it is stated in ''The Deathly Hallows'' that she is eleven at the time of Bill and Fleur's wedding.
During the Triwizard Tournament, in which Fleur was the champion for Beauxbatons, Gabrielle was chosen along with Cho Chang, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley, to be the underwater "bait" for the champions to rescue. Fleur did not manage to rescue Gabrielle in time because she was held back by Grindylows and was forced to return, but Harry went on to save her in addition to his own hostage.
Gabrielle is mentioned by Fleur in ''Half-Blood Prince'' when she welcomes Harry at the Burrow, where she spends a period with the Weasleys. From her tellings, Gabrielle (much like young Ginny Weasley) has taken a crush on Harry, since she "never stops talking" about him. Fleur also plans to have her (along with Ginny) as one of her bridemaids for her wedding.
Gabrielle and Ginny Weasley serve as bridesmaids at Fleur's wedding to Bill Weasley in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. Her part-Veela heritage begins to develop as she matures; she is called a "Fleur in miniature". She still retains a crush on Harry at that time, causing Ginny to clear her throat loudly in mild jealousy when she throws him a flirtateous look.
Angelica Mandy played the role in the film adaptation of book four, though the role is simply several non-speaking cameo appearances. It is unknown if she will reprise the role in the film adaptation of ''Deathly Hallows''.
Florean Fortescue
'Florean Fortescue' was the owner of an ice cream shop in Diagon Alley. He served Harry lots of free ice cream and homework help while Harry is lodged at the Leaky Cauldron in ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban''; believed to have been "dragged off" by Death Eaters in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''.
Fridwulfa
'Fridwulfa' was the giantess mother of Hogwarts gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid. She was married to Hagrid's human father for a time, but abandoned her human family when Hagrid was 3 years old. After she left her family she married another giant and gave birth to a son named Grawp.
In ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'', Hagrid travels to the remaining Giants' camp, where he discovers that Fridwulfa had died a while ago.
Gregorovitch
'Gregorovitch' was a European wandmaker, first mentioned in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' during Ollivander's inspection of Viktor Krum's wand.
During the events of ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', Gregorovitch is hunted down and interrogated under torture by Lord Voldemort regarding the whereabouts of the Elder Wand. Voldemort discovers, via Legilimency, that the wand was stolen by Gellert Grindelwald, and kills Gregorovitch. He is known for producing wands for Durmstrang students, as revealed in ''Deathly Hallows''.
Augusta Longbottom
'Augusta Longbottom' is Neville's grandmother, and the one who raised him after the boy's parents, Frank and Alice Longbottom were incapacited after being tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange and some other Death Eaters. Augusta is a very strict witch, especially towards Neville, and sometimes complained of his lack of talent. She even thought that the boy was a squib.
Unlike other purebloods, such as the Malfoys, Augusta is proud that her grandson is a friend of half-blood Harry Potter, and also admires Muggle-born Hermione Granger for helping Neville out in class. While initially concerned her grandson wasn't living up to his parent's legacy, his willingness to go into battle against Death Eaters at the Department of Mysteries seemed to give her a new respect for her grandson. Possibly coupled with McGonagall writing to her about the grandson she had, and not the one she wanted, then bolstered by Neville's leadership in Dumbledore's Army during his seventh year (and subsequent role in both the Battle of Hogwarts and his willingness to defy Voldemort face-to-face) served to make her extremely proud of him. According to Neville, the Death Eaters targeted Augusta in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' when Neville was acting up at school. The Ministry official Dawlish is sent to arrest her but does not succeed and winds up in hospital when she apparently fights back before going on the run. She is last seen at the Battle of Hogwarts running out of the Room of Requirement to assist her grandson. She asks where Neville is and Harry says that he's fighting Death Eaters. Her reply is "Naturally." Whether or not she survives the battle is unclear.
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 Lovegood is introduced as a friend of the Weasleys in ''Harry Potter and the 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 Dark wizard Grindelwald. Although initially one of the staunchest supporters of the efforts 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 save his kidnapped daughter.
In Harry, Ron, and Hermione's ensuing battle with the Death Eaters, the Lovegood house is mostly destroyed, 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 concern for his daughter.
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 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 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 isn't so successful. Besides her appearance in ''Goblet'', in ''Phoenix'' Hagrid tells Harry, Ron and Hermione that Madame Maxime and he visited the giants during that summer. Hagrid describes her spellwork as "brilliant." She separtes from Hagrid during the return journey, however, because he would not abandon his half-brother Grawp, who proves to be a highly taxing travelling companion; she returns to Beauxbaton alone. In ''Half-Blood Prince'', Madame Maxime is among those paying respects at Dumbledore's funeral. Olympe and Hagrid are seen comforting each other during the occasion.
Eloise Midgen
'Eloise Midgen' (sometimes spelled 'Eloise Midgeon') is a student at Hogwarts' School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is generally assumed that she is in Harry Potter's year, although her House is unclear. She has been spoken of most familiarly by members of Hufflepuff, though she was seen as a Gryffindor in the film version of ''Goblet of Fire'' during McGonagall's discussion of the Yule Ball.
Eloise suffers from severe acne, used as a running gag in the series. In a Herbology lesson in ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'', Professor Sprout states that the use of diluted Bubotuber pus is an excellent way to treat the skin problem. Hannah Abbott then mentions that Eloise tried to curse her acne off. Apparently, the school nurse, Madam Pomfrey, managed to fix her nose back on in the end.
Later in the same book, when searching for dates for the Yule Ball, Ron says that he wouldn't want to end up going with someone like Eloise. Hermione demands to know what's wrong with her and he replies that "her nose is off-centre" — implying that maybe Madam Pomfrey didn't or couldn't fix it back perfectly. Not much is known about her, but Hermione insists that she is a very nice person.
The next reference to Eloise is in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. Hermione puts a jinx on the contract for Dumbledore's Army; if anyone signed it and then betrayed the organization, she says that the curse that would act upon them would make Eloise's acne look like "cute freckles" by comparison.
During ''Half-Blood Prince'', the wizarding world is under daily threat of assault and murder from Voldemort's Death Eaters, and as the death toll rises, along with the number of attacks, several students are pulled out of school, although Hogwarts is still relatively safe. Eloise Midgen's father comes to school to collect her in October of her sixth year.
Auntie Muriel
'Muriel' is a great-aunt of the Weasley children. Harry first meets her in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'' during Bill and Fleur's wedding. She is described as having bloodshot eyes and a large, feathery, pink hat, making her look like a "badly tempered flamingo". She loans her beautiful goblin-made tiara to Fleur to wear. During the wedding, she starts an argument with Elphias Doge about Dumbledore's past and Rita Skeeter's ''"The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore"''. Later in the book, all the Weasleys hide in her house because they are targeted for being blood traitors.
According to Ron, she is rude to just about everyone she meets. He told Harry that she used to come to dinner every Christmas until Fred and George set off a Dungbomb under her chair and she took offense (she also is hinted to have written the twins out of her will). Muriel complains about many of the guests at Bill and Fleur's wedding, saying that Hermione had "skinny ankles and bad posture", George's ears were lopsided (one had actually been cut off by a spell previously), Ron's hair was too long (she claimed that she mistook him for Ginny because of it), Ginny's dress was far to low cut, Xeno Lovegood's yellow outfit made him look like an omelet, and seems to dislike Fleur somewhat because she is French. When she hides the Weasly family, Bill says that Fred and George drive her crazy by continuing to operate their Owl Order service in her house. Fleur somewhat sarcastically describes Muriel as "charmante" (charming). Strangely, in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', Ginny claims that "the best kiss [Ron's] ever gotten was from his Aunt Muriel". She is 107 years old when Harry meets her, thus she was born c.1890.
Mr Ollivander
'Mr Ollivander' (first name unrevealed) runs ''Ollivanders'', a prestigious shop which sells magical wands in Diagon Alley. Despite the popularity of his wares, he has shown that he can easily name off the materials and attributes of several wands he has sold over the years. In Book One, 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 feather from a phoenix (later revealed to be 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 only gave one other feather, and that wand containing the other feather now belongs to none other than Lord Voldemort. Mr Ollivander tells an uneasy Harry that he believes the world can expect "great things" from him.
Mr Ollivander's appearance in Book Four 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 Book Six, it is mentioned that ''Ollivanders'' has closed and boarded up, and that Mr Ollivander himself is missing. Mr Ollivander is found captive in Lucius Malfoy's Mansion, tortured by Lord Voldemort with the Cruciatus Curse to extract information, learning that their wands had the same magical core, a tail feather from the same phoenix. He was later rescued by Harry and Dobby and taken to newlywed's Fleur and Bill Weasley's cottage to recover. At Shell Cottage he was unable to repair Harry's wand, saying it was beyond magical repair (however Harry was able to do so using the power of the Elder Wand). Ollivander later crafts a new wand for Luna Lovegood.
Antioch Peverell
'Antioch Peverell' was the eldest of the three Peverell brothers. According to ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'', he received the Elder Wand from Death, although Dumbledore believes it more likely that he created the wand himself. He was killed in his sleep after bragging about the wand's invincibility, and whoever killed him stole the Elder Wand, thus starting its bloody history. Unlike his brothers, he has no known descendants.
Cadmus Peverell
'Cadmus Peverell' was the middle of the three Peverell Brothers. According to ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'', he received the Resurrection Stone from Death, although Dumbledore believes it more likely that he created the stone himself. According to ''The Tales of Beedle the Bard'', he, using the stone, resurrected the girl he had once hoped to marry, who had died an untimely death. But though she had returned to the mortal world, she did not truly belong there and suffered. Driven mad by this, he killed himself, to join her. He is also an ancestor of the Gaunt family and therefore an ancestor of Lord Voldemort, which makes him and Harry Potter a descendant of Ignotus Peverell, distantly related.
Ignotus Peverell
'Ignotus Peverell' was the youngest of the three Peverell brothers and an ancestor of Harry Potter. Peverell's first and only appearance is in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', where it is revealed that, according to legend, he received the Cloak of Invisibility from Death himself. Unlike his brothers, he successfully avoided death for many years wearing the cloak, lived a full and long life and greets Death as a friend after many years. However, Dumbledore believes it is more likely that he was just a skilled wizard, and created the cloak himself. His line continued through Harry's three children, James, Albus, and Lily.
The word "ignotus" translates from Latin as "unknown".
Ernie Prang
'Ernie Prang' is the driver of the Knight Bus. Ernie is described as an old man with an owl-like face and thick glasses. While taking Harry to London in the beginning of ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'', Ernie and Stan Shunpike were telling him the story about Sirius Black and how he ''"murdered"'' twelve muggles and a wizard. After they arrived to the Leaky Cauldron inn, they met Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge who revealed their passenger was really Harry Potter. Ernie and Stan were shown as interested and excited as they helped Harry with his trunk just before leaving. In the end of ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' Ernie was one of the many characters paying respects at Dumbledore's funeral.
Madam Rosmerta
'Madam Rosmerta' is the landlady of The Three Broomsticks pub. She is described in the books as "a curvy sort of woman", and several pupils, including Ron Weasley, have a crush on her. In ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'', Madam Rosmerta is angered when Dementors (guards from Azkaban) were in Hogsmeade because their presence is scaring away many of her customers. Apart from hosting an informal meeting between Professor McGonagall, Minister Fudge, Filius Flitwick and Professor 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 the sixth book, however, it emerges that Rosmerta has become an unwitting agent of the Death Eaters. In order to fulfil his mission to assassinate Albus 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. Malfoy communicated with Rosmerta through fake galleons like the ones Hermione Granger used for Dumbledore's Army in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix''. 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.
Stan Shunpike
'Stanley "Stan" Shunpike' (born 1975) 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 ''Harry Potter and the 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, about his ambitious plans to become the next Minister of Magic and in Harry Potter and the 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 rumors about Harry being insane. Tonks scolds him for yelling out Harry's name.
In ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', Stan Shunpike is arrested on suspicion of Death Eater activity. Harry and Dumbledore, however, believe this very unlikely and that he is almost certainly not guilty. Even so, Stan is kept in Azkaban in order for the Ministry of Magic to look like 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 to look like they are making progress against Voldemort.
In ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', a "strangely blank" looking Stan 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 Stan as opposed to stunning him off his broom, as he is innocent and apparently under the influence of the Imperius curse. It is never completely confirmed whether Shunpike is under the Imperius curse. If he was Imperiused, he would have been released at Voldemort's downfall (as is stated near the end of the book).
Hepzibah Smith
'Hepzibah Smith' is a minor character featured in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''. Hepzibah 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.
Tom
'Tom' is the barman and inn-keeper of the Leaky Cauldron inn. He first appears in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone''. He gave Harry Potter a room to stay in after Harry blew up his Aunt Marge like a balloon and took the Knight Bus to get to London. Tom is described in the books as a "bald, bent, toothless, full of wrinkles" and "soft, nut-like man". He is seen in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', paying respects at Albus Dumbledore's funeral.
He was played by Derek Deadman in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' and by Jim Tavaré in ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban''.
Wizards of the Month
On Rowling's official website she has posted a 'Wizard of the Month' for every month since May 2004.[1] This is a partial list of witches and wizards featured as Wizard of the Month. Many of the Wizards of the Month do not appear in the books.
★ 'Daisy Dodderidge' (1467-1555) was the first landlady of The Leaky Cauldron.
★ 'Tarquin McTavish' (b. 1955) was imprisoned for crimes against his Muggle neighbour, who was discovered trapped inside McTavish's kettle.
★ 'Idris Oakby' (1872–1985) was the founder of the Society for the support of Squibs.
★ 'Urquhart Rackharrow'(1612–1697) was the inventor of the Entrail-Expelling Curse. Mentioned in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
★ 'Gaspard Shingleton' (b. 1959) is the inventor of the Self-Stirring Cauldron. He was Wizard of the Month in September 2005.
★ 'Felix Summerbee' (1447–1508) was the inventor of the Cheering Charm.
★ 'Bridget Wenlock' (1202–1285) was a famous arithmancer and "the first to establish the magical properties of the number seven". Rowling has expressed the significance of the number seven throughout the series: Harry Potter was born in the 7th month, Voldemort wanted his soul split into 7 parts, magic tends to show in a child at the age of 7, there are 7 years in Hogwarts, 7 Weasley siblings, 7 players in a team for Quidditch, 7 protections on the Philosopher's Stone, and 7 books in the series. She was Witch of the Month in August 2005.
★ 'Bowman Wright' (1492–1560) was known for developing the golden snitch, which is used in Quidditch. This fact is confirmed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2007). Bowman Wright had previously been mentioned in Quidditch Through the Ages. Wright was a skilled metal charmer who lived in Godric's Hollow.
Bridget Wenlock, Felix Summerbee, Gaspard Shingleton and Crispin Conk are all on Famous Witches and Wizards Cards in the Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets PC game.
See also
★ List of characters in the Harry Potter books
★ Minor characters associated with Quidditch
★ Minor Dark wizards in Harry Potter
★ Minor Harry Potter beasts
★ Minor Hogwarts teachers
★ Minor Ministry officials in Harry Potter
★ Minor Gryffindors
★ Minor Hufflepuffs
★ Minor Ravenclaws
★ Minor Slytherins
★ Minor Slug Club members
★ Students in Harry Potter's year
References
1. http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/wizards_list.html
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