Today, The Grandma has been reading about some legendary magical artifacts that you can find inHogwarts.
The Goblet of Fire
The Goblet of Fire is a goblet made of wood and is used at the beginning of every Triwizard Tournament. It is used solely to choose the participating school champions, serving as an impartial judge.
Slips of parchment with the names of potential candidates are placed in the Goblet and, at the designated time, a representative from each school is chosen when the slip of parchment containing their name spouts forth from the Goblet in a fountain of magical fire.
Barty Crouch Jr., masquerading as Professor Moody, stated that the Goblet of Fire was an exceptionally powerful magical object and it is very difficult to hoodwink, unless someone uses an exceptionally strong Confundus Charm.
During its use in Goblet of Fire, it is placed in the entrance hall and surrounded by an Age Line, a charm placed by Dumbledore to prevent underage wizards from entering the tournament. Anyone underage would grow a long white beard, as the Weasley twins demonstrated when they attempted to fool the goblet with an Ageing Potion. When not in use, the Goblet is kept in a jewelled casket in Dumbledore's closet.
The Sword of Godric Gryffindor is a goblin-made sword adorned with large rubies on the pommel. It was once owned by Godric Gryffindor, one of the medieval founders of Hogwarts. In Chamber of Secrets, Harry draws the Sword out of the Sorting Hat to battle and kill Salazar Slytherin's basilisk.
When Dumbledore learns of Harry's concern that he does not belong in the House of Gryffindor, in part at being parseltongue like Lord Voldemort, the headmaster is able to put the boy's concerns at ease by telling him only a true member of that house could have summoned that sword in his time of need. The sword also plays a key role in Deathly Hallows, where it is revealed to have become imbued with Basilisk venom following its use against the Basilisk, as it only takes in that which makes it stronger. It is subsequently used to destroy three of Voldemort's Horcruxes.
Because the Sword was goblin-forged, it is indestructible. According to Griphook the goblin, the Sword was originally forged by the goblin Ragnuk the First and stolen by Gryffindor. The Sword was taken by Griphook when the Sword fell from Harry's grasp during the raid on Bellatrix Lestrange's vault in book seven. The sword returned to wizard hands when Neville pulled it out of the Sorting Hat and used it to decapitate Nagini, Voldemort's snake. This shows that no matter where the sword happened to be at the time, it will reappear in the Hat when a true member of Gryffindor house is in need of it.
Godric Gryffindor commissioned Ragnuk the First to make the sword for him under his specifications. Once Ragnuk had made the sword, he was so fond of it that after he had presented it to Gryffindor, he told the goblins it had been stolen and sent minions to retrieve it for him. Gryffindor defeated the goblins using magic and instead of killing them, he bewitched them to go back to Ragnuk and say that if he tried to take the sword again, he would use it against them. The king took the threat seriously, but still insisted it had been stolen from him until the day he died.
It is mentioned in the Deathly Hallows that the Sword of Gryffindor is supposed to be in Bellatrix Lestrange's vault, placed there by Severus Snape. Unknown to Bellatrix, that sword was only a replica. When Harry, Ron and Hermione were captured and brought to Malfoy Manor, she spotted the sword near one of the Snatchers, who intended to keep it. She killed him and forced the rest out of the room, then tortured Hermione for information about the sword. But at Harry's request, Griphook lied and said that the sword was a forgery. Bellatrix's reaction to having her vault possibly broken into convinced Harry that the Horcrux was also placed in her vault.
Based upon the ancient alchemical idea of the philosopher's stone, the stone is owned by Nicolas Flamel and first mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The stone is legendary in that it changes all metals to gold, and can be used to brew a potion called the Elixir of Life, making the drinker immortal. The Philosopher's Stone is seen only in the first and last book, although it is referenced several times throughout the series. It was destroyed at the end of the first book by Dumbledore with Flamel's agreement.
The Sorting Hat is a sapient artefact used at Hogwarts, which reads minds to determine which of the four school houses -Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw or Slytherin- each new student is to be assigned for their years at Hogwarts. The hat resembles a dilapidated conical leather wide-brimmed wizard's hat, with folds and tears that make it appear to have eyes and a mouth. During the opening banquet at the beginning of each school year, the Hat is placed on every first-year student's head. The Hat announces its choice aloud, and the student joins the selected house. The Hat speaks to the student while they are being sorted and is willing to take the student's preferences into account when it makes its decision. Sometimes it does not have the need to do so: for instance, the Hat barely touched Draco Malfoy's head before sending him to Slytherin. The Sorting Hat had a difficult time placing Harry, almost placing him into Slytherin house before he requested specifically and emphatically not to be. The Hat instead placed him into Gryffindor, the house of his parents.
The Sorting Hat originally belonged to Godric Gryffindor, one of the four founders of Hogwarts. The four founders used to hand-pick the students for their houses, but then realised someone else would have to do it after they died, so Gryffindor took off his hat, enchanted it, and let it choose. Since then, the Sorting Hat has always been used to choose which house the students are put in. Due to its age, it appears patched and frayed and extremely dirty. Before Sorting the students each year, the hat recites a new introductory song. These songs occasionally warn of danger to come, as in Order of the Phoenix. The Sorting Hat's songs vary in length and content, but always include a brief description of each house.
The Sorting Hat has shown the ability to conjure the Sword of Gryffindor from under its brim, as shown in two instances. Both times it is used to kill snakes; in Chamber of Secrets, it provides the sword to Harry to kill the Basilisk, and in Deathly Hallows, it delivers the sword to Neville. Dumbledore makes it clear in Chamber of Secrets that only a true Gryffindor can summon the sword in this fashion. In Deathly Hallows the Sorting Hat is set on fire by Voldemort, although it appears the hat was not destroyed, as Neville was able to draw the Sword of Gryffindor from it immediately after and behead Voldemort's snake Nagini. In the epilogue at the end of Deathly Hallows, the Hat's survival is confirmed, as Harry tells his youngest son that the Hat would take his preference into consideration.
Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley
was a pure-blood wizard, the sixth and youngest son of Arthur and Molly
Weasley, née Prewett. He was also the younger brother of Bill, Charlie,
Percy, Fred, George, and the elder brother of Ginny. Ron and his
brothers and sister lived at the Burrow, on the outskirts of Ottery St
Catchpole.
Ron
inherited the typical Weasley family traits: fiery red hair and a
freckled complexion. When he became embarrassed, his ears notably turned
red. He had blue eyes, a long nose, and was described as being very
tall and lanky, with big hands and feet. In this way, his stature was
similar to those of his older brothers Bill and Percy, rather than the
heavily built Charlie, and Fred and George.
His
sister Ginny once joked to the trio that Ron had a Pygmy Puff tattoo,
though it is doubtful that the remark had any truth in it.
Ron
was a very funny person, but often emotionally immature, and
insensitive. He had a sardonic, wisecracking sense of humour that often
brought his friends laughter and relaxation.
However, as Hermione Granger
and Luna Lovegood pointed out, his humour could occasionally be
hurtful, even if unintentionally. Hermione was frequently frustrated
with Ron's immaturity, once commenting that he had the emotional range of a teaspoon. During his time searching for Voldemort's Horcruxes with Harry and Hermione, Ron matured greatly, and even took to leading the trio when Harry temporarily fell into a depressive mood.
Ron's
character was also marked by moodiness and insecurity. He could be
argumentative, a trait particularly displayed in his bickering with
Hermione. He also had a fierce temper, which was especially prone to
provocation if his loved ones were insulted, and was not above
undermining the ways of wizarding kind during confrontations.
Ron
frequently demonstrated great bravery in attempting to protect those he
loved, from facing his arachnophobia to stand by Harry in his second
year to trying to take Hermione's place when Bellatrix Lestrange
isolated her for interrogation with the Cruciatus Curse.
Ron began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was Sorted into Gryffindor House. He soon became best friends with fellow student Harry Potter and later Hermione Granger.
Together,
they faced many challenges during their adolescence, including keeping
the Philosopher's Stone from Professor Quirinus Quirrell, saving Ginny
from the Basilisk of the Chamber of Secrets, saving Harry's
godfather Sirius Black from the Dementors of Azkaban, guiding Harry
through the Triwizard Tournament, forming Dumbledore's Army and fighting
in numerous battles of the Second Wizarding War: including the Battle
of the Department of Mysteries, Battle of the Astronomy Tower, and
Battle of the Seven Potters.
Ronald Bilius Weasley was born to Arthur and Molly Weasley, née Prewett, at the height of the
First Wizarding War. During the first war his maternal uncles Fabian
and Gideon Prewett, both members of the Order of the Phoenix, were
murdered while fighting a group of four Death Eaters led by Antonin
Dolohov. While he was still a toddler, the war ended for a time after
Lord Voldemort's first defeat at the hands of Ron's classmate-to-be
Harry Potter.
Ron
and his five older brothers -Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred and George- as
well as his younger sister, Ginny, grew up in The Burrow on the
outskirts of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon, England. Like all his
siblings, he was home educated in reading, writing and simple maths by
his mother. The Weasley family was not wealthy at all, compared to other
wizarding families. Many other pure-blood families, particularly the
Malfoys, disdained them for their blood traitor beliefs and lack of wealth. They tried their best to make up for this with their love.
The Weasley siblings, especially Fred and George, were fond of teasing and playing pranks on each other, and Ron was a particular target for Fred and George. They once transfigured Ron's
teddy bear into a giant spider, sparking his arachnophobia.
On another
occasion, the twins nearly got him to make an Unbreakable Vow, which
finally made their father truly furious, and Fred would later state that
his left buttock has never been the same since after the row that
ensued. They also once got him to eat an Acid Pop which burnt a hole
through his tongue. When Ron
was younger, he had a pet rat named Scabbers, whom he had inherited
from Percy. This rat was actually Peter Pettigrew, a traitor to all
wizard kind. Ron was very fond of Scabbers, but wasn't sad to let
him go when he found out the truth about his old rat. Ron had a fairly
happy childhood, which Harry, who had been brought up by his spiteful relatives the Dursleys, envied. To compensate for their impoverishment, Ron's
mother indulged him in three delicious meals daily. This became so
habitual that missing a meal in later life would irritate Ron.
Ron
began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the
customary age of eleven. He was Sorted into Gryffindor House, like every
other Weasley. On his first trip on the Hogwarts Express, Ron met and
became friends with the famous wizard Harry Potter. Harry let him share
his carriage on the Hogwarts Express and purchased a large amount of
wizarding snacks from the Hogwarts Express food trolley to share with
him. Later on, Harry would stand up for Ron against Slytherin bully
Draco Malfoy and Ron would elect to be his second for a midnight duel.
Ron
and Harry first met Hermione Granger on the train but Ron did not
particularly take to her.
Ron, especially, was annoyed by what he saw as
Hermione showing off her knowledge of magic, such as when she corrected
him on the pronunciation of the incantation Wingardium Leviosa. Prior
to the Hallowe'en feast, Ron said that she was a know-it-all and did not
have any friends. Hermione overheard and went running to the girl's
bathroom in tears. That evening, during the Hallowe'en feast, it was
announced that a mountain troll was loose in the school. Ron and Harry
came to Hermione's rescue after hearing that she was in trouble, and
she, in return, lied to protect them from Professor McGonagall. The
three then became friends.
During
their first year, the three of them learnt that the Philosopher's Stone
was being hidden in Hogwarts and sought to protect it from being stolen
by Severus Snape, whom the young wizards believed to be working for
Lord Voldemort. Ron's talent in Wizard's Chess allowed them to pass one
of the obstacles protecting the stone, which was a life-sized game.
Ron
sacrificed himself as a game piece so Harry could place the enemy king
in checkmate, allowing Harry and Hermione to move on. Ultimately, it was
discovered that Professor Quirrell was trying to steal the stone for
Voldemort.
Harry succeeded in defeating him and protecting the
Philosopher's Stone, and Ron was awarded fifty House points by Albus
Dumbledore for the best played game of chess that Hogwarts has seen
these many years,allowing Gryffindor to win the House Cup for the
first time in seven years. Ron also became a Gryffindor prefect and a Keeper on the Gryffindor Quidditch team during his fifthyear at Hogwarts. He skipped his lastyear of school in order to accompany Harry and Hermione
on a hunt to destroy all of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes and fought in
the Battle of Hogwarts, during which he lost his brother Fred, a loss
which devastated him and his family, especially George, his twin.
Having not heard from Harry Potter,
Ron, Fred and George Weasley, in a planned scheme to rescue him from 4
Privet Drive, drove Arthur Weasley's flying Ford Anglia to the Muggle
town of Little Whinging and tore the bars from Harry's bedroom window
using the car's horsepower.
Ron helped Harry get his things in the car, and they left for the Weasley House. Upon landing Ron and his brothers were ratted out by Molly Weasley for having taken such a risky course of action.
At the
start of that year's school term, Ron and Harry missed the Hogwarts
Express due to the tricks of Dobby the house-elf and were forced to use
the Ford Anglia to travel to Hogwarts. At the end of their journey, the
car failed, causing the boys to crash-land into the Whomping Willow.
They were nearly killed when the tree shook, and the car jettisoned them
and took off into the Forbidden Forest, where it remained.
After Voldemort rose to power and the Second Wizarding War began, Dumbledore reformed the Order of the Phoenix. The Order moved into their headquarters at 12 Grimmauld Place with the Weasley schoolchildren and Hermione Granger,where they helped Molly Weasley clean the old house and remained
watchful for information about Harry. Harry arrived at the headquarters
after a Dementor attack on his cousin. Ron felt sorry that he had
to keep Harry oblivious to the Order's plan and soon learnt that
Harry's anger had been growing due to his isolation from his friends and
his persecution by the media.
Ron never received a seventh year of education at Hogwarts. Ron married Hermione, and later the couple had two children: Rose and Hugo. Ron was also the godfather and uncle of Harry and Ginny's oldest son. At some point, Ron, Harry, and Hermione were all featured on Chocolate Frog Cards for their accomplishments, which Ron considered his finest hour.
Professor Rubeus Hagrid,son of Mr Hagrid, a wizard, and Fridwulfa, a giantess, and grew up in the West Country of England, near the Forest of Dean,
where he acquired his distinctive accent.
Hagrid attended HogwartsSchool ofWitchcraft and Wizardry in 1940 and was sorted into Gryffindor house. In Hagrid's third year, he was framed by Tom Riddle for the crime of opening the Chamber of Secrets and using his pet Acromantula to attack several Muggle-born students and eventually killing one of them. Though Hagrid's
wand was snapped and he was expelled, he was trained as gamekeeper of
Hogwarts and allowed tolive on the school grounds at the request of
Albus Dumbledore.
In 1991, Hagrid was given the task of reintroducing Harry Potter to the wizarding world. Hagrid
would assume the post of Care of Magical Creatures professor after the
retirement of Professor Silvanus Kettleburn. As a member of both the
original and the re-instated Order of the Phoenix, Hagrid fought in several battles of the First and the Second Wizarding Wars, including the Battle of Hogwarts.
He was still living, and presumably still teaching and tending to his gamekeeping duties at Hogwarts, inviting Harry's son Albus Severus for tea when he joined the school as Harry informed him at the station, just as Hagrid had done to his father, RonWeasley and HermioneGranger.
When Hagrid was about three, his mother returned to her Giant colony, leaving his father to raise him alone. Hagrid
said he had very few memories of his mother from his childhood, but
remembered his father fondly; as a half-giant, he overtook his father in
size by the age of six, and amused the tiny wizard by picking him up and setting him on top of a dresser when Hagrid was annoyed with him. Later, when talking to Harry, Ron, and Hermione about the death of his mother, Hagrid admitted that she was not a great mother at all.
Hagrid's father was thrilled when his son was accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where Hagrid began his education and was Sorted into Gryffindor House. During his third year, Hagrid acquired one in what would be a long line of dangerous pets: a young Acromantula, which he named Aragog.
That same year, fifth-year student Tom Marvolo Riddle, who would go on to become Lord Voldemort, opened the Chamber of Secrets
and unleashed a far more dangerous monster, which Riddle used to attack
and petrify a number of Muggle-born students until he finally caused
the death of a girl named Myrtle Warren.
When the
school was threatened with closing, a consequence highly undesired by
Riddle, the boy found out about Aragog and turned Hagrid in as the culprit; he even further slandered Hagrid with accusations of raising werewolf cubs under his bed and running off into the Forbidden Forest to wrestle trolls.
Hagrid protected Aragog and helped him flee to the Forbidden Forest; however, he was shortly thereafter expelled from Hogwarts, a fate that he was relieved that his father never knew of, having died during Hagrid's second year.
Following his expulsion, the Ministry of Magic forbade Hagrid from practising magic and destroyed his wand. The then-Transfiguration teacher Albus Dumbledore, who was convinced that Hagrid was innocent, nonetheless convinced then-Headmaster, Armando Dippet, to give Hagrid the job of Gamekeeper and allow him to remain a resident of the school.
Hagrid
continued to do magic using his pink umbrella, which most likely
contained the broken fragments of his wand, or perhaps even his entire
wand intact, reconstructed for him by Dumbledore using the Elder Wand.
After Harry was accepted to Hogwarts in 1991, Hagrid
was given the task of finding Harry, as Harry's uncle Vernon was doing
everything in his power to prevent his nephew from receiving his
Hogwarts acceptance letter.
On Harry's eleventh birthday, Hagrid
found the Dursleys and Harry in an extremely isolated Hut-on-the-Rock,
and accidentally broke the door down from the force of his knocking,
much to Vernon and Petunia's intense displeasure; Vernon threatened him
with a gun, demanding that he leave, only for Hagrid to contemptuously seize the gun and twist it into a knot like it was rubber. Not only did Hagrid
show Harry some of the first real kindness he had ever known, bringing
him a birthday cake and generally caring about Harry's comfort and
happiness in a way the Dursleys would never have even considered, but he
also revealed to Harry that he was a wizard.
Hagrid
several times came close to losing his temper with Vernon due to
repeated insults against magic. He finally really lost it when Vernon
dared to insult Albus Dumbledore, calling him a crackpot old fool.
In retaliation, he attempted to turn Harry's spoiled, bully of a
cousin, Dudley, into a pig, but only managed to give the boy a pig's
tail. However, Hagrid credited this to Dudley being so much like a pig already, that there was not much left to do.
Once it was confirmed that Harry would be attending Hogwarts, after Hagrid
decidedly ignored the Dursleys' protests, he helped Harry find his
bearings in the magical world by taking him to Diagon Alley, through the
Leaky Cauldron, to buy his school necessities.
While in Diagon Alley, Hagrid took Harry to Gringotts Wizarding Bank to withdraw some funds from the Potters' vault, and to retrieve the Philosopher's Stone from high-security Vault 713, to be transported to Hogwarts for even safer keeping.
Hagrid also bought Hedwig, a snowy white owl, for Harry's eleventh birthday. He comforted Harry about his upcoming attendance at Hogwarts school and provided him with a ticket detailing the date, time and place that he would need to catch the Hogwarts Express.
Hagrid's
personality and sheer power made him almost a force of nature, as he
could be a kind, benevolent, and caring guardian of the lives around
him, but when stirred, he could be a frightening, titanic, and
overwhelming force.
In many ways, Hagrid
is the Green Man of the forest, as he lives for the outdoors and the
creatures of magic, roaming the woods without fear, and caring for the
creatures within. He embodies the personality and almost elemental might
of the natural world and holds great standing with the beasts and
beings of magic who have come to know him. If anyone personifies the
spirit of the forest, it is most certainly Hagrid.
Today, The Wealeys have assisted to a class about how to be an enterpreneur in our real economical world. After this, the family has continue practising English grammar with the Prepositions of Time and Place, and they have practised with some B1 CambridgeExam Tests.
Professor Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was the Transfiguration Professor, and later Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Professor Dumbledore also served as Supreme Mugwump of the International Confederation of Wizards and Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot. He was a
half-blood, Muggle-supporting wizard, the son of Percival and Kendra
Dumbledore, and the elder brother of Aberforth and Ariana. His father
died in Azkaban when Dumbledore was young, while his mother and
sister were later accidentally killed. His early losses greatly affected
him early on, even at his death, but in turn made him a better person.
He was most famous for his defeat of Gellert Grindelwald, the discovery
of the twelve uses of dragon's blood, and his work on alchemy with
Nicolas Flamel.
It was through Dumbledore
that resistance to the rise of Lord Voldemort was formed, as it was he
who founded and led both the first and second Order of the Phoenix. Due
to the fact that he had a keen mind and legendary power, Dumbledore
became the only wizard that Voldemort ever feared. He was the wielder
and the master of the Elder Wand from 1945 until 1997 and considered by
many as the greatest Headmaster to ever grace Hogwarts. As he was
about to die by a cursed ring, he planned his own death with Severus
Snape. He was killed by Snape during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower.
Then, it was through Dumbledore's
manipulations that Voldemort was ultimately defeated and peace restored
to the wizarding world. He is the only Headmaster that was laid to rest
at Hogwarts. Albus Dumbledore's portrait still remains at Hogwarts. Harry Potter later named his second son Albus Severus Potter after him.
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore
was born to Kendra and Percival Dumbledore in the summer of 1881, in
the mainly wizarding village of Mould-on-the-Wold. The early years of Dumbledore's
life were marked by tragedy when his younger sister, Ariana Dumbledore,
was attacked by a group of Muggle boys, who saw her performing magic
and were frightened by what they saw.
Dumbledore began attending Hogwarts in the autumn of 1892 and was Sorted into Gryffindor house. Dumbledore's
first year was met with much whispering about his father's crime. Many
of Albus' fellow students mistakenly believed that, like father like
son, Albus too hated Muggles. Some praised his father's actions, hoping
to gain his trust, but they would not find favour with the young Dumbledore
this way. Though later in his young life, under the influence of his
love for Gellert Grindelwald, some anti-Muggle prejudice did develop,
but he soon saw the error of his intent.
He
befriended a young Elphias Doge on his first day at Hogwarts; Doge was
suffering from the aftermath of Dragon Pox at the time, greenish skin
and pockmarks, which discouraged most from approaching him. Dumbledore demonstratedhisuncommon kindness and willingness to look past the surface and find inner beauty in people. Dumbledore also became very well-connected during his Hogwarts
years, making notable friends such as Nicolas Flamel, Bathilda Bagshot,
and Griselda Marchbanks, who marked him in his N.E.W.T.s for Charms and
Transfiguration and later recalled that he did things with a wand that
she had never seen before. He also had several of his papers published
during his studies.
After graduating from Hogwarts in June 1899, Dumbledore planned to take the traditional Grand Tour
of the world with his friend Doge. However tragedy ensued on the eve of
the departure when Kendra Dumbledore was killed by an outburst of
Ariana's uncontrollable magic, leaving Albus the head of his own broken
family and now in charge of his younger siblings.
Dumbledore also served in recruiting students for Hogwarts.
Most prominent among the students he recruited was Tom Riddle, who he
found in Wool's Orphanage in 1938. Alone of all the professors at Hogwarts, Dumbledore was not charmed by the natural charisma and cunning of Tom Riddle. In their first encounter, Dumbledore
became immediately suspicious of his "obvious instincts for cruelty,
secrecy and domination" and resolved to keep a close eye on him during
his studies at the school. As Dumbledore was not so easily taken in by his charming façade, Riddle came to despise and fear him.
In 1943,
several Muggle-born students were mysteriously petrified by a beast
rumoured to have been released by the Heir of Slytherin from the
mythical Chamber of Secrets. Indeed, the final victim of the
beast, Myrtle, was actually killed; this act seemed likely to ensure the
permanent closure of the school, forcing Riddle to go back to the
orphanage. While Dumbledore rightly suspected Riddle was behind the attacks, the aspiring Dark Wizard expertly framed Gryffindor student Rubeus Hagrid as the perpetrator.
After Lord Voldemort started his first rise to power in 1970, Dumbledore founded the Order of the Phoenix,
a secret organisation of witches and wizards willing to risk their
lives to fight Voldemort and his Death Eaters. As the only wizard
Voldemort was ever truly afraid of, Dumbledore was the perfect leader of the organisation and was a significant contributor to the fight against Voldemort.
Later on in the war, Dumbledore was approached by another person who also wanted a job at Hogwarts: Sybill Trelawney, who applied to become the new professor of Divination, lessons that Dumbledore disliked and barely considered a part of necessary education for young wizards and witches. Dumbledore
gave her a chance because she was the great-great granddaughter of the
celebrated Seer Cassandra Trelawney. To his disappointment, when he was
interviewing Sybill at the Hog's Head, he came to the conclusion that
she was not a real Seer.
However, as Dumbledore was
about to leave, Trelawney fell into a real trance and made a prophecy
about the birth of the one that would have the power to vanquish the
Dark Lord, who would be born to those whohave thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies. This fact astonished Dumbledore,
but as it turned out, the Death Eater Severus Snape had overheard most
of the prophecy, but had been caught in the act of spying and ejected
from the tavern by Aberforth Dumbledore. Dumbledore hired Trelawney in order to protect her from the Death Eaters.
Later, Severus Snape approached Dumbledore,
having already told Voldemort about the Prophecy. Snape was shocked by
the fact that Voldemort had concluded that the prophecy was about Harry Potter, the son of James Potter, and Snape's own loved childhood friend, Lily Evans.
Dumbledore
made arrangements to ensure the safety of the three; he advised them to
stay hidden in their house in Godric's Hollow, which was protected by a
Fidelius Charm. However, their Secret-Keeper, believed by Dumbledore
and everyone else to be Sirius Black, but was in truth Peter Pettigrew,
betrayed them, resulting in James and Lily's deaths at Voldemort's
hands. However, as Voldemort attempted to murder Harry, the curse
backfired due to Lily Potter's love for her son and destroyed his body,
only keeping a part of his soul alive.
Dumbledore,
who likely already knew by then that a part of Voldemort's soul had
concealed itself within Harry, made sure that Harry would be kept safe
with his family, the Dursleys, despite them not being selected as his
guardians in the event of James and Lily's death, as his spells ensured
that Voldemort could not harm Harry there as long as he could have a
home with them. He convinced Snape to help him protect Harry, although Dumbledore
secretly planned to allow Voldemort to kill Harry in the end, which
would destroy the piece of Voldemort's soul inside Harry. However, he
also hoped to influence Harry into such a person who would willingly
sacrifice his life for the greater good, allowing him the chance to
choose between life and death in the end.
Dumbledore
gave Snape employment at Hogwarts as the Potions master, and later
defended Snape against the Ministry of Magic, who were rounding up and
arresting remaining Death Eaters. Dumbledore attended many Death
Eater trials, including that of the Lestranges and Barty Crouch, Jr He
was also witness to Igor Karkaroff's testimony which secured his release
from Azkaban in return for the names of fellow Death Eaters.
Shortly before the Potters' deaths, Dumbledore discovered that James's Cloak of Invisibility was in fact one of the Deathly Hallows. Although Dumbledore
had long given up his desire to unite the Hallows and become Master of
Death, he could not resist the thought of studying the Cloak. To that
end, he borrowed it from James while James and Lilly were in hiding. He
confirmed that it was indeed the cloak of legend, but before he could
return it, James and Lilly were killed by Voldemort. This unfortunate
occurrence provided Dumbledore with ownership of two of the Hallows.
Ten years later, Harry Potter started attending Hogwarts, as happy as Dumbledore
had hoped, despite suffering child neglect and abuse, and alive and
well. That year, Lord Voldemort formulated a plan to regain human form. Dumbledore and his friend Nicolas Flamel, the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone,
began to suspect that the disembodied Dark Lord was plotting to steal
the invaluable object, which would be capable of restoring him to full
power.
Dumbledore had the stone moved to a medium security vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank, but later had it moved to Hogwarts
itself; coincidentally, on the same day that an attempted break-in was
made upon the vault. It was retrieved by Hagrid, who was also taking
Harry to buy his school supplies.
Harry James Potter was a half-blood wizard, one of the most famous wizards of modern times. He was the only child and son of James and Lily Potter, née Evans, both members of the original Order of the Phoenix.
Harry's birth was overshadowed by a prophecy, naming either himself or Neville Longbottom as the one with the power to vanquish Lord Voldemort.
After half of the prophecy was reported to Voldemort courtesy of Severus Snape, Harry was chosen as the target due to his many similarities with the Dark Lord. This caused the Potter family to go into hiding. Voldemort made his first vain attempt to circumvent the prophecy when Harry was a year and three months old.
During this attempt he murdered Harry's parents as they tried to protect him, but this unsuccessful attempt to kill Harry led to Voldemort's first downfall. This downfall marked the end of the First Wizarding War, and to Harry henceforth being known as the Boy Who Lived.
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One consequence of Lily's loving sacrifice was that her orphaned son had to be raised by her only remaining blood relative, his Muggle aunt Petunia Dursley. While in her care he would be protected from Lord Voldemort, due to the Bond of Blood charm Albus Dumbledore placed upon him. This powerful charm would protect him until he became of age, or no longer called his aunt's house home.
Harry's time with the Durselys was harsh, but necessary. As the only known survivor of the Killing Curse, up to that point, Harry was already famous before he arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
On his eleventh birthday, Harry learned that he was a wizard. He began attending Hogwarts and was Sorted into Gryffindor House.
While at school Harry became best friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. He later became the youngest Quidditch Seeker in over a century and eventually the captain of his house's team, winning two Quidditch Cups. He became even better known in his early years for protecting the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort, saving Ron's sister Ginny Weasley, solving the mystery of the Chamber of Secrets, slaying Salazar Slytherin's basilisk, and learning how to conjure a corporeal stag Patronus at the age of thirteen.
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In his fourth year, Harry won the Triwizard Tournament, although the competition ended with the tragic death of Cedric Diggory and the return of Lord Voldemort.
During the next school year, Harry reluctantly taught and led Dumbledore's Army. He also fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, during which he lost his godfather, Sirius Black.
Harry played a significant role in many other battles of the Second Wizarding War. He, Ron, and Hermione hunted down and destroyed Voldemort's Horcruxes. During the Battle of Hogwarts Harry personally saw the deaths of Severus Snape and Fred Weasley and learned that Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Colin Creevey, and many others had fallen in battle as well. He encountered Voldemort and sacrificed himself, knowing that his doing so was the only way to destroy the fragment of Voldemort's soul inside him.
In limbo, after Voldemort cursed him in the forest clearing, Albus Dumbledore gave Harry advice and background information on the Dark Lord. When told he could choose to live or to move on, Harry chose to live. After he awoke he confronted Voldemort and defeated him once and for all.
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Harry was also notable for being the only known Master of Death, having united the three Deathly Hallows at the mere age of seventeen.
After the war, Harry became an Auror and helped reform and revolutionise the Ministry of Magic. At some point, he married Ginny Weasley, with whom he had three children: James Sirius, named after his father and godfather, Albus Severus, named after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape, and Lily Luna, named after his mother and Luna Lovegood. He was also named the godfather of Edward Remus Lupin.
Harry was promoted to Head of the Auror Office at the age of 26 and would occasionally deliver Defence Against the Dark Arts lectures at Hogwarts. He later went on to be Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.
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Harry was a near-spitting image of his father, having inherited his untidy jet-black hair. However, his almond-shaped startlingly green eyes were identical to those of his mother.
Harry's physique as a boy was described as small and skinny, with a thin face and knobbly knees. This skinniness was due to his poor quality of life in his childhood. Despite the neglect he suffered, Harry seems to have grown at the same rate as James. When he was fifteen he was within an inch of James at the same age, and when he was seventeen he was exactly the same height his father was, and James was often described as tall.
Harry wore round-rimmed glasses, peculiarly similar to his father's glasses. During his time hunting Voldemort's Horcruxes, Harry's black hair grew shoulder length as was described when he saw his reflection in Malfoy Manor. This was due to his preoccupation with the hunt for the Horcruxes and his lack of interest in his appearance.
Upon Harry's forehead, covered by his unruly black hair, was a scar shaped like a lightning bolt. The scar was a result of the failed, and famed, Killing Curse cast on him by Lord Voldemort when he was an infant. It burned painfully whenever Voldemort was near Harry or feeling particularly strong emotions, but this stopped after Voldemort's death and was reduced into an ordinary scar.
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The Potters were an old and wealthy pure-blood family, descended from their founding patriarch Linfred of Stinchcombe. Linfred was given the nickname Potterer, which over the years was corrupted into Potter. The family took on the simplified nickname as a surname, thus leading to future generations calling themselves Potter. The Potters were also descended from the Peverell family, through Iolanthe Peverell. They are related to Ignotus Peverell, one of the three brothers that created the Deathly Hallows, who passed the Cloak of Invisibility down to his descendants as a family heirloom.
The Gaunt family were also descended from the Peverells through Cadmus Peverell, another of the three brothers that created the Hallows, who passed the Resurrection Stone down to his descendants as a family heirloom, set in a signet ring. The Potters were thus indirectly related to the Gaunts as well, and by extension Lord Voldemort.
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As the Potters were considered a pure-blood family, Harry was related paternally to various other wizards and witches through families like the: Blacks, Malfoys, Weasleys, and Longbottoms, as well as many other Pure-blood families.
Harry's only known maternal relatives were the Evans and Dursley families, who were Muggles.
Harry James Potter was born to James and Lily Potter, née Evans, two members of the original Order of the Phoenix at the height of the First Wizarding War, only hours after his classmate-to-be Neville Longbottom.
To keep them safe from Lord Voldemort, who had marked them for death after hearing of a prophecy regarding his downfall at the hands of a male child born at the end of July in 1980, Albus Dumbledore suggested they use the Fidelius Charm.
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The Potters had planned to make Harry's godfather Sirius Black their Secret Keeper, but on his advice, changed this designation to Peter Pettigrew, whom they thought would be less suspicious. In a terrible turn of fate, Pettigrew was a spy and Death Eater for Voldemort and barely a week later betrayed the Potter's and gave their whereabouts.
Lord Voldemort arrived at Godric's Hollow and murdered James and Lily. He murdered James first, who tried to distract the Dark Lord; unfortunately, he did not have his wand with him and was killed immediately. Voldemort then advanced on Lily, who died trying to protect Harry.
Rubeus Hagrid rescued Harry from the house, partially destroyed by Voldemort's faulty killing curse, and was given specific orders from Albus Dumbledore to take him to his aunt and uncle. As Hagrid left, he was intercepted by Sirius Black, a close friend of the Potters, who pleaded for Hagrid to give the baby to him, as he was the chosen guardian in the event of James and Lily's death.
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Hagrid delivered Harry to Dumbledore and Dumbledore left a letter of explanation to the Dursleys, but they never relayed it to Harry. Instead, Harry spent the next decade of his life in their strict and miserable home without knowing that he was a wizard. At midnight on Harry's birthday, Rubeus Hagrid appeared in person to find out why Harry had not received his letter. He was infuriated by the Dursleys and explained to Harry, in spite of Vernon's obstinate protests, that he was a wizard, how his parents died, that Dumbledore demanded him to take Harry from the ruined house to his hated relatives, and that he was to be sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Harry was guided further to his destiny when he was dropped off by the Dursleys King's Cross Station. Vernon helped Harry wheel his things to the platforms and left laughing about how Platform Nine and Three-Quarters hadn't been built yet.
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The family then drove off leaving Harry at the busy station all alone. With only ten minutes left until the train's departure at eleven a.m., Harry was panicking when he overheard a red-headed family complaining about the station being packed with Muggles and he noticed they had an owl with their belongings. He met Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley who were going to be his best friends in Hogwarts. The new students were greeted at the castle door by Professor Minerva McGonagall, who explained the four houses of Hogwarts: Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin, as well as the rules of the House Cup.
McGonagall led the first years into a small room off the Entrance Hall and told them to wait until she returned. When she did, they were led into the Great Hall, where they were greeted by the rest of the students, and more importantly, a shabby wizard's hat on a small stool.
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Harry knew who is Voldemort, the enemy of Hogwarts and he fought against him who has occupied the body of Professor Quirrell who doesn't accept being touched by Harry. Dumbledore then explained the reason why Quirrell could not touch him was that because Harry's mother had died to save him, granting him protection against Voldemort.
Harry's second year started out badly, and gradually got worse. Throughout the preceding summer, the Dursleys became so fearful of his newly discovered magical abilities that they locked away all of his school supplies immediately after his return home to them.
Hermione wanted to research the Chamber of Secrets, an old legend of Hogwarts, so she talked History of Magic Professor Cuthbert Binns into telling the class about its origin.
Harry Potter and Hermione Granger
Harry's third year started out almost as bad as the year prior, and gradually got depressing. Throughout the preceding summer, the Dursleys became fearful of his magical abilities getting exposed that they banned him from talking to the neighbours immediately after his return home to them.
Shortly before Christmas, the Weasley twins gave Harry their Marauder's Map, a magical document that showed every person's location within Hogwarts, what they were doing, and secret passageways in and out of the castle.
Harry used a tunnel to sneak into Hogsmeade village, where he overheard a disturbing conversation that Sirius Black was his parents' best friend, as well as his godfather and legal guardian. Black was the Potters' Secret Keeper and he allegedly divulged the Potters' secret whereabouts to Lord Voldemort and murdered their friend Peter Pettigrew, as well as twelve Muggle bystanders. Peter left a finger to prove that he has been killed with the twelve Muggles.
The Ministry publicly denied the Dark Lord's return and branded Harry and Dumbledore either liars or nutters in the press. Voldemort and his Death Eaters took advantage of this to operate in secret, while Dumbledore called for a reconstitution of the Order of the Phoenix.
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Then reinforcements from the Order of the Phoenix, alerted by Snape, arrived to help aid in the battle. In the ensuing fighting, Sirius Black was murdered by a killing curse from his cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange, and fell through a mysterious stone arch. Harry pursued Bellatrix, using the Cruciatus Curse, but he was unable to kill her. Voldemort appeared, angered by the failures of his Death Eaters. For the second time, he attempted to fatally curse Harry, who was too transfixed to even defend himself, but Dumbledore's sudden arrival saved him. Voldemort then fully possessed Harry, hoping that Dumbledore would sacrifice Harry in order to kill Voldemort.
Dumbledore explained to Harry the real reason why Voldemort tried to kill him as an infant. A prophecy stated that he was destined to defeat the Dark Lord, for he had powers Voldemort did not: the ability to love, something that the Department of Mysteries was trying to research in a locked room.
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As the battle had taken place at one point in the famed Hall of Prophecy, many in the wizarding community including the Daily Prophet began to speculate about the relationship between Harry and that place, leading to, accidentally correct reports calling Harry the Chosen One, the one destined to defeat Lord Voldemort once and for all. Harry witnessed the death of Albus Dumbledore at the hands of Severus Snape. When Ginny announced that Dumbledore was dead, everyone appeared horrified. Lupin actually lost control for a moment, while Madam Pomfrey burst into tears and McGonagall was weak-kneed.
Harry explained to everyone what had happened on the Astronomy Tower and when he was finished, they were all shocked by what he had said. Harry also revealed Dumbledore's apparent reasons for trusting Snape and allowing him a second chance.
Harry stayed at 4 Privet Drive for a time, but the Order of the Phoenix needed to evacuate him to the Burrow before he turned seventeen.
Harry Potter and Albus Dumbledore
Harry soon became obsessed by the Deathly Hallows. He spent everyday brooding over the possibilities, forgetting about his responsibilities.
With Harry's new found obsession with the Hallows, he became more and more withdrawn and listless. He came to believe that the Resurrection Stone was enclosed within the Golden Snitch bequeathed to him by Dumbledore. He also surmised that Lord Voldemort was abroad in a search for the Elder Wand. This obsession troubled his friends, and with the drop in Harry's attentiveness Ron's leadership qualities flourished.
As they escaped Malfoy Manor by Apparition, Bellatrix Lestrange threw a silver dagger to where they were Disapparating. Harry was initially relieved to realise he had managed to apparate to Shell Cottage with Ron, Hermione, and Dobby in tow, but was horrified to see the knife protruding from the elf's chest. Harry managed to lie him on the grass, where Dobby collapsed and died in Harry's arms his last words being Harry's name.
Harry Potter and Minerva McGonagall
A vision from Voldemort helped Harry realise that the third Horcrux, whilst unbeknownst to him at the time, Ravenclaw's Diadem, remained at Hogwarts.
Harry, Ron, and Hermione set out on their final mission to return to the school and obtain the diadem, inadvertently tripping the Caterwauling Charm upon Apparating to Hogsmeade and thereby alerting the waiting Death Eaters to their presence. Due to the trio being under the Invisibility cloak, however, the Death Eaters resorted to unleashing Dementors into the streets to try to force the intruders out of hiding.
Once the trio arrived at the Shrieking Shack, they witnessed Voldemort order Nagini to kill Snape, as he believed that Snape was preventing him from being the true owner of the Elder Wand. Dumbledore was the previous owner of the wand, and as Snape killed him, Voldemort believes with Snape's demise, he will finally gain true mastery of the wand.
Before he died, Snape gave Harry memories to view in the Pensieve and asked him to look into his eyes. Upon returning to the castle, Harry saw the corpses of Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks near Fred's, and he felt devastated. He left his friends behind to use Albus Dumbledore's Pensieve, welcoming the time in another's head to distract him from what was happening in his own.
Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley
Harry also learned that Snape was, all along, with Dumbledore because he loved Lily Evans, since before they started school.
It was clear that Harry's life span had always been determined by how long it took to get rid of the Horcruxes, and that it was an elegant plan not to waste any more lives but to give the tasks to the boy who had already been marked for death, and whose death would not be tragic but simply another blow against Voldemort.
Heavy of heart, Harry courageously slipped off on his own to carry out this dreadful task. He felt ghostly as he strode through the castle's empty halls, feeling as if he was already dead.
When Harry and Voldemort faced off for the last time, Harry tried to tell him this and about the other mistakes he had made. Harry also asked him to feel some remorse for his actions, which Voldemort instantly rejected. Voldemort cast the Killing Curse, and Harry countered with the Disarming Charm. The Elder Wand refused to attack its master, and the Killing Curse rebounded, destroying Voldemort once and for all.
The trio visited Albus Dumbledore's portrait, and along the way he explained everything to his two best friends. Harry decided to prevent the Deathly Hallows from ever being reunited again by keeping the Cloak of Invisibility, leaving the Resurrection Stone where it lay in the Forbidden Forest, and returning the Elder Wand to Dumbledore's grave, but not before using it to fix his wand.
When Voldemort destroyed the piece of his soul residing in Harry, Harry lost the ability to speak Parseltongue.
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