List of supporting Harry Potter characters: Difference between revisions

The following are minor characters in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling.

Bathilda Bagshot

Template:HP character 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.

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"--"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 disguise for his snake, Nagini. The snake was instructed to attack Harry should he arrive in Godric's Hollow looking for information.

Bane

Template:HP character Bane is an intelligent centaur that can read the stars and predict the future. He despises and distrusts humans.

Bane first appeared 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 was included in the centaur mobs that forced Harry, Hermione, and Hagrid out of the Forbidden Forest after they visited Grawp; he was also present when the centaurs attacked 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

Template:HP character 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 Closet to Draco Malfoy (which Malfoy plans to use to create a passage for the Death Eaters into Hogwarts) and is very 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.

Caractacus Burke

Template:HP character 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 known for his generosity.

Gabrielle Delacour

Template:HP character 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 and Ginny Weasley serve as bridesmaids at Fleur's wedding to Bill Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Fridwulfa

Template:HP character 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

Template:HP character 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, which was revealed in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Magorian

Template:HP character Magorian is a centaur that lives in the Forbidden Forest, and appears to be the leader of the centaurs. He, along with many other centaurs, intensely dislikes humans, and they try to kill Harry Potter and Hermione Granger when they lead Dolores Umbridge into the Forbidden Forest.

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.

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.

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 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. He is 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. The Gaunt family is also descended from Salazar Slytherin, so it is possible, though far from certain, that the Peverells are related to Slytherin. However, in the second book, Dumbledore states that Lord Voldemort was the last descendent of Salazar Slytherin. But it is interesting to note that from the final book, it was stated that Marvolo Gaunt, Voldemort's grandfather, was a descendant of the Peverell family; showing that Voldemort was the last lineage of the Slytherin family, the Gaunt Family, as well as the Cadmus Peverell's family line.

Ignotus Peverell

Ignotus 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. 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 roughly from Latin as "unnoticed", which is what Ignotus Peverell would have been while wearing the Invisibility Cloak.

Ernie Prang

Template:HP character Ernie Prang is the driver of the Knight Bus. Ernie doesn't speak very much and has no lines in the film. He speaks briefly in the book saying only, "Ar" and "Talk about something else Stan, there's a good lad, those Azkaban guards give me the collywobbles." He is shown to drive recklessly which is negated by the fact that the bus is magically enchanted to make objects jump out of its way. In the film, he is seen frequently eating a sandwich. He attends Dumbledore's funeral.

Stan Shunpike

Template:HP character 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.

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. However, he is never mentioned again in the books and it is never completely confirmed that Shunpike is under the Imperius curse. It is also possible that he had been a death eater all along and that the ministry was right to capture him, or that he went along with the death eaters willingly when the rest of them offered to take him from Azkaban with them. If he was indeed Imperiused, however, he would have been released at Voldemort's downfall (as is stated near the end of the book).

Tom

Template:HP character 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 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.

Bowman Wright

Bowman Wright is a Harry Potter character first created by J.K. Rowling on her official website. This character was the wizard of the month for December 2005, on J.K.'s site. Bowman Wright (1492–1560) is 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 has previously been mentioned in Quidditch Through the Ages. Wright was a skilled metal charmer who lived in Godric's Hollow.

Victoire Weasley

Template:HP character Victoire Weasley is the eldest child of Fleur Delacour and Bill Weasley. "Victoire" means "Victory" in French, the mother tongue of her mother Fleur. Victoire herself is only mentioned in the epilogue of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. James Potter (Harry's son) saw her kissing Teddy Lupin, son of the late Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks Lupin, and also Harry's godson.

Wizards of the Month

On Rowling's official website she has posted a 'Wizard of the Month' for every month since May 2004. 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) is 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, 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.

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