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Harry
Nov 22, 2005 18:00:33 GMT -5
Post by ForeverLost on Nov 22, 2005 18:00:33 GMT -5
The hero of the series. We've seen him grow up. We've seen his courage and bravery and his "girl troubles". Now, let's talk about him (and Daniel Radcliffe).
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Harry
Nov 22, 2005 18:17:58 GMT -5
Post by ForeverLost on Nov 22, 2005 18:17:58 GMT -5
BIRTHDATE & NAME MEANINGS Birth name: Harry James Potter. Name meaning: JKR notes on her Website that someone named Harry Potter was a 19thC clockmaker (JKR). Middle name: James, after his father (Sch2, OP8). Other names: 'The boy who lived;' 'Saint Potter, the Mudblood's friend' (--Draco, CS12); 'the Chosen One' (HBP3) 'Parry Otter, the Chosen Boy' (--Horace Slughorn, HBP22). Birthdate: 31 July 1980 (Y-0). Citations: Harry is mentioned in Modern Magical History, The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts, and Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century. (PS6)
FAMILY & FRIENDS Ancestry: Half-blood. Mother: Lily [Evans] Potter; killed 31 Oct 1981 by Lord Voldemort at Godric’s Hollow. Father: James Potter; killed 31 Oct 1981 by Lord Voldemort at Godric’s Hollow. Grandparents: ? Aunts, Uncles: Petunia Dursley, Vernon Dursley. Cousins: Dudley Dursley. Siblings: None. Childhood: Raised by the Dursleys, his mother’s sister Petunia and her husband Vernon. Location of childhood home: four Privet Drive, Little Whinging, Surrey. Godfather: Sirius Black; he does not have a godmother (EBF2004). Pet: Hedwig the owl.
APPEARANCE Eye color: Brilliant green, the same as his mother’s. Hair color: Black; perpetually messy, sticks up in the back, same as his father's. Other characteristics: Round glasses; short and thin, with knobbly knees. Lightning-bolt scar on forehead. From the books: "Harry had always been small and skinny for his age. … Harry had a thin face, knobbly knees, black hair, and bright green eyes. He wore round glasses held together with a lot of Scotch tape .... The only thing Harry liked about his own appearance was a very thin scar on his forehead that was shaped like a bolt of lightning." (PS2) Tattoo? Nah. During Harry's sixth year it was rumored that he had a Hippogriff tattooed on his chest. Ginny had a laugh on them by telling them it wasn't a Hippogriff, it was a Hungarian Horntail (HBP25).
THE SCAR "Never wondered how you got that mark on yer forehead? That was no ordinary cut. That's what yeh get when a powerful, evil curse touches yeh -- took care of yer mum an' dad an' yer house, even -- but it didn't work on you, an' that's why yer famous, Harry." (PS4)
Dumbledore looked very intensely at Harry for a moment, and then said, "I have a theory, no more than that ... It is my belief that your scar hurts both when Lord Voldemort is near you, and when he is feeling a particularly strong surge of hatred." "But ... why?" "Because you and he are connected by the curse that failed," said Dumbledore. "That is no ordinary scar." (GF30)
HOGWARTS First year: 1991 [Y11] House: Gryffindor. Earned 7 OWLs (9 attempted): Astronomy A; Care of Magical Creatures E; Charms E; Defence Against the Dark Arts O; Divination P; Herbology E; History of Magic D; Potions E; Transfiguration E. (HBP5). These grades meant that Harry can continue in his ambition to be an Auror. Quidditch: Seeker for Gryffindor House team 1991 - 1997 [Y11 - Y17] (youngest player for a House team in a hundred years). Captain of the team during his sixth year (HBP6). Awards, etc.: Quidditch Cup; Special Award for Services to the School (CS18); Triwizard Tournament Champion.
SKILLS, MAGICAL DEVICES, ETC. Wand: Holly and phoenix feather, eleven inches, nice and supple; an unusual combination. It is the "brother" to Lord Voldemort’s wand, (PS5) in that both contain a feather from Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes. (GF36) Broomstick: Nimbus 2000 (1991-3), Firebolt (1994 - present). Other devices: Invisibility cloak, Marauder’s Map. Socks: Socks with spiders on them (PS2) ; Dobby gave him red (with broomsticks) and green socks (with Snitches) for Christmas. (GF23) Organizations & affiliations: Gryffindor Quidditch Seeker and team captain; Dumbledore’s Army; Slug Club. Career: Wants to be an Auror. Skills: A "natural" Quidditch player; a Parselmouth (speaks Parseltongue); can cast spells without a wand; senses the presence of others; prescient dreams; particularly skilled in Defence against the Dark Arts; appears to be resistant to the Imperius Curse and Veelas. Had difficulty learning Occlumency. Patronus: Silver stag. Worst fear/memory: Death of his parents. Boggart: A dementor. Amortentia (love potion) smells: "treacle tart, the woody smell of a broomstick handle, and something flowery he thought he might have smelled at the Burrow" (HBP9).
PROPHECIES "It Will Happen Tonight." "The Dark Lord lies alone and friendless, abandoned by his followers. His servant has been chained these twelve years. Tonight, before midnight ... the Servant will break free and set out to rejoin his Master. The Dark Lord will rise again with his servant's aid, greater and more terrible that ever he was. Tonight ... before midnight ... the servant will set out to rejoin his Master ..." (--Trelawney, PA16)
"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... And the Dark Lord will mark him as equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives."
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