Ginevra Weasley

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Ginevra^[22]Molly^[23]"Ginny" Potter^[24] (néeWeasley) (b.11 August1981),^[1] occasionally known asGinbyHarry Potter,^[4] was anEnglishpure-blood^[3]witch, the only daughter ofArthur andMolly Weasley(née Prewett), and the younger sister ofBill,Charlie,Percy, the lateFred,George andRon. She was the first female to be born into theWeasley line for several generations. She and her older brothers grew up inThe Burrow on the outskirts ofOttery St Catchpole inDevon.

Ginny attendedHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from1992 to1999, a year beneath the famous Harry Potter, and was sorted intoGryffindor House. During herfirst year, she developed a long-standing crush on Harry Potter and came under the influence of the memory ofTom Riddle's sixteen-year-old self, who was preserved in adiary, which forced Ginny to re-open theChamber of Secrets, endangering the lives of many students, including her own.

Following that ordeal, Ginny grew into a confident young woman, becoming an important member ofDumbledore's Army, an organisation taught and led by Harry Potter in her fourth year. She would later fight in theBattle of the Department of Mysteries (1996), theBattle of the Astronomy Tower (1997), and theBattle of Hogwarts (1998). She was also an accomplishedQuidditch player, playingChaser andSeeker at different times for theGryffindor Quidditch team.

After theSecond Wizarding War, Ginny became a professional Quidditch player for theHolyhead Harpies. Upon retiring from the Harpies, she became the senior Quidditch correspondent for theDaily Prophet. Ginny eventually married Harry Potter and the couple had three children;James Sirius (named after Harry's father and godfather),Albus Severus (named afterAlbus Dumbledore andSeverus Snape), andLily Luna Potter (named after Harry's mother and their friendLuna Lovegood). By 2020, Ginny had become the sports editor for theDaily Prophet.

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Who are the parents of Ginevra 'Ginny' Weasley?

Ginny is the daughter of Molly and Arthur Weasley.

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Ginevra 'Ginny' Weasley holds a significant role. She is the only daughter of Arthur and Molly Weasley and the younger sister of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, and Ron. Ginny is the first female to be born into the Weasley line for several generations. She is also a pure-blood witch and was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Ginny is also known for her relationship with Harry Potter who she eventually married. She was a member of Dumbledore's Army and co-led the reformed Dumbledore's Army during Snape's time as headmaster. Her bravery, leadership, and loyalty make her a key character in the series.

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Who are the siblings of Ginny Weasley?

Ginny has several siblings. She is part of the large Weasley family, with six older brothers, Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George and Ron Weasley. As the youngest and only daughter in the family, Ginny holds a special place in the Weasley clan. She later marries Harry Potter and they have three children, James, Albus, and Lily Potter.

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Where did Ginny Weasley grow up?

Ginny grew up in The Burrow, located on the outskirts of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon. This charming location was the family home of the Weasleys, a family known for their strong pro-Muggle beliefs and lack of wealth compared to other wizarding families. Despite their financial status, the Weasley family was rich in love and warmth, providing a nurturing environment for Ginny and her brothers.

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Biography

Early life(1981–1992)

Ginevra Molly Weasley was born on11 August1981, toArthur andMolly Weasley (néePrewett), the first girl born into the Weasley family in a long time, and the last child of that generation after her six older brothers:Bill,Charlie,Percy,Fred,George andRon. At that time, the wizarding community she grew up in was at the height of theFirst Wizarding War, during which her maternal uncles,Gideon andFabian Prewett, were murdered while fighting a group of fourDeath Eaters led byAntonin Dolohov. The war eventually ended for a time two months later, afterLord Voldemort's first defeat 'at the hands' ofHarry Potter on31 October1981.

Ginny and her six older brothers grew up inThe Burrow on the outskirts ofOttery St Catchpole inDevon,England. With the majority of her brothers being keenQuidditch players, Ginny had an interest in the sport, but wasn't allowed to play with them. When she was six, she began a habit of breaking into the family broom shed and taking each of their brooms out in turn. She was never caught, and it only came to light eight years later when Hermione revealed it to Fred and George.

Ginny claims to have been looking forward to attendingHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ever since her eldest brother started at the school. Although as she would only have been a year old at the time, it is entirely possible that she was exaggerating here.^[8]

On 1 September 1991, Ginny accompanied her mother toKing's Cross Station to see off her brothers as they departed for Hogwarts. Despite being too young to attend, she still really wanted to go with them. While saying goodbye to her brothers, she found out that Harry Potter was on the train, and tried to get her mother to let her go on the train to see him. As the train pulled out, she began to cry, despite her brothers promising to send her loads of owls and even a Hogwarts toilet seat. She ran along theplatform after the train, half-laughing and half-crying, then stopped to wave them off.^[5]

When theHogwarts Express returned to King's Cross in June 1992, Ginny was with her mother to welcome her brothers back and was again excited to see Harry, pointing him out to her mother as he came through the barrier between platforms nine and ten.^[25]

Hogwarts years(1992–1999)

First year

After meetingHarry Potter at King's Cross, Ginny developed feelings for him and talked about him all summer. When Harry arrived at The Burrow after being rescued from theDursleys byRon,Fred, andGeorge, she became extremely shy in his presence. On their first meeting, she came down for breakfast to find him sitting at the table. Startled, she fled to her room and stared at Harry as he passed her bedroom on his way to Ron's room. Ginny became extremely clumsy around Harry and had a habit of knocking things over when he talked to her. On the day theirHogwarts letters arrived, she blushed a deep red and knocked over a porridge bowl with a loud clatter and put her elbow in the butter dish when Harry asked her if she was starting at Hogwarts.^[8]

Ginny travelled toDiagon Alley with her family to buy her school supplies, and her excitement at finally going to Hogwarts was tempered by the fact that, due to the Weasleys' financial situation, she would have to make do with a lot of second-hand products, including her robes and books. InFlourish and Blotts however, she became the owner of a brand-new set ofGilderoy Lockhart'scollected works. Harry, having been given them by Lockhart as a publicity stunt, gave them to her since he could afford a set of his own and was embarrassed by what Lockhart had done.

With this act of kindness and recognition, Ginny finally spoke in front of Harry, standing up toDraco Malfoy when he started to insult him, before Draco called her Harry's girlfriend, which made her blush furiously.^[8] Draco was with his father,Lucius, and the elder Malfoy took the opportunity to insult the Weasley family for associating with theMuggle parents ofMuggle-born witchHermione Granger and — in his eyes — being a disgrace to wizards. During his tirade, he managed to slipTom Riddle'sDiary into Ginny's battered second-hand copy ofA Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration.^[8]

Ginny started at Hogwarts on 1 September 1992 and was sorted intoGryffindor House, like all the Weasleys before her. She discovered Tom Riddle's diary amongst her school things and unaware of the diary's true nature, began writing in it. To her amazement, the diary wrote back, and she started to confide in Tom Riddle's memory, writing about how her brothers teased her, how she had to come to school with second-hand robes and books, and how she thought that Harry would never like her. She poured her heart out to the diary and told Tom's memory all about Harry's story.

At least once, Ginny went down towardRubeus Hagrid's hut, hoping to see Harry there. In confiding in the diary her deepest fears and secrets, Ginny became increasingly vulnerable to Tom Riddle's memory, which began to pour a little of his own soul back into her and slowly started to influence her.^[8] By the start of October, the signs of the influence began to manifest on Ginny. She started to look peaky, but a spate of colds in the school covered up the true nature of her condition. Her brotherPercy forced her to takePepperup Potion to get her over it. By 31 October, the memory of Tom Riddle was able to take full control of Ginny and used her to open theChamber of Secrets, releasing its residentBasilisk, theSerpent of Slytherin which thenPetrifiedArgus Filch's cat,Mrs Norris (whom she hung from a torch bracket) and put all the Muggle-born students in great danger. Tom Riddle also forced her to write a threatening message on the wall: 'THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR, BEWARE.'^[8]

Following the attack, Ginny seemed upset over Mrs Norris, and her brothers put it down to the fact that she was a cat-lover. She opened the Chamber of Secrets another two times, resulting in the Petrification ofColin Creevey andJustin Finch-Fletchley. She became more visibly upset, and again, her brothers put it down to other causes — she sat next to Colin inCharms, and that she was worried that Ron might be expelled if he got in trouble. Fred and George attempted to cheer her up, but went about it the wrong way by leaping out at her from behind statues covered in fur or boils.^[8]

Ginny confided in the diary that she thought she was going mad. She woke up with rooster feathers on her robes, and could not remember where she had been atHallowe'en or when Colin was attacked. She started to think that she was the one attacking everyone.^[8] The missing pieces of her memory were starting to take a serious toll on her psyche and it was affecting her health beyond the point of looking peaky.

Along with her brothers, Ginny remained at Hogwarts overChristmas, instead of going to visit her brother Bill in Egypt with her parents. She had started to become suspicious of the diary, and several weeks after Christmas attempted to get rid of it by throwing it down a toilet inMoaning Myrtle's bathroom. Once free of the diary, Ginny sent Harry an anonymousSinging Valentine on14 February1993. He received it in front of her, as she was going into a Charms lesson, when he was accosted by the dwarf assigned to deliver it. During the delivery, Harry's bag was torn, and the contents were dropped onto the floor. To Ginny's horror, she saw that Harry now had the diary. To make matters worse,Draco Malfoy implied that she had sent Harry the Singing Valentine in front of everyone.^[8]

Ginny was fearful that Harry would discover her secrets, such as her feelings for him and how she thought he would never return her affections, in addition to the fact that she might be responsible for the attacks, so she waited until the boys' dormitory was empty, then ransacked Harry's belongings to recover the diary. Retrieving it, Ginny was once more overcome by the memory of Tom Riddle and opened the Chamber again, this time Petrifying Hermione Granger andPenelope Clearwater.^[8] It is unknown how she felt about this, but it could be deduced that she most likely felt particularity upset about Hermione being Petrified as she was a close friend of her brother and of her crush.

Main article:Skirmish in the Chamber of Secrets

Ginny tried to tell Harry and Ron what was going on, but could not get the words out, and she was interrupted by Percy. The memory of Tom Riddle was furious, as he had been planning on taking on Harry Potter himself after learning his story. Knowing that Harry would come to save Ginny, he made her write a farewell on a corridor wall, then enter the Chamber of Secrets to die. She had poured so much of her life into the diary that she could not fight Tom's control of her, and the last thing she remembered as she lay down on the floor of the Chamber was Tom coming out of the diary. The memory of Tom Riddle had fed off her, gaining enough strength to become corporeal and regain the appearance of his 16-year-old self. As Tom grew stronger, the life in Ginny faded away until she slipped into an unconscious state.^[8]

Ginny awoke in the Chamber later to find that Harry had saved her and destroyed Riddle and the diary by stabbing it with a basilisk fang, and Ginny's vitality was restored to her. Tearful and scared, Ginny revealed what had happened to Harry and was sure she was going to be expelled from school. After leaving the Chamber with the aid of thephoenix,Fawkes, Ginny was reunited with her parents inMcGonagall's office. Despite her fears, Dumbledore did not place the blame on her, saying thatolder and wiser wizards had been duped byLord Voldemort, and he sent her to the hospital wing to recover from her ordeal with a mug of hot chocolate.^[8]

Following this traumatic experience, Ginny returned to normal and was happy and relaxed for the rest of the school term. At the end of the school year, she travelled back to King's Cross with her brothers, Harry, and Hermione on the Hogwarts Express, playingExploding Snap. She also mentioned that at some point she had walked in on Percy and Penelope Clearwater kissing in a classroom during the year, and begged her brothers not to tease him about it.^[8]

Second year

Ginny travelled toEgypt in the summer of 1993 with the rest of her family to visit her brotherBill after her father won seven hundredGalleons in the annualDaily ProphetGrand Prize Galleon Draw. She visited various tombs, but her mother would not allow her to go in the last one because of all the mutant skeletons.^[15]

Ginny and her family stayed at theLeaky Cauldron the night before setting off to start her second year at Hogwarts, and she metHarry again. She was even more embarrassed in front of him than usual, muttering a hello but not looking at him. The next day, onPlatform 9¾, she did meet his eyes as they shared a laugh over Percy's behaviour when trying to impress his girlfriend, Penelope.^[15]

On the Hogwarts Express, Ginny was separated from her brothers until the train stopped because of theDementors. In the dark, she found her way into the compartment containing Harry,Hermione,Ron, andProfessor Lupin. When the Dementors came to the compartment, Ginny was one of the worst affected by them as she had horrible experiences with Tom Riddle's diary last year. She went very pale and shook like mad, eventually sobbing and having to be comforted by Hermione.^[15]

Later in the year, after Harry fell from his broomstick in aQuidditch match during a storm, Ginny visited him in theHospital Wing. She had made him a get-well card that sang shrilly when opened and presented it to him while blushing furiously.^[15]

Third year

In the summer of 1994, Ginny spent a lot of time withHermione Granger, who was staying at The Burrow before and after the Quidditch World Cup. They shared Ginny's room and tent at the World Cup and solidified their growing friendship.^[26] Aware of her interest inHarry Potter, Hermione advised Ginny to relax around him more and show him what she was really like, since she could barely talk if he was in the same room as her and Harry would never get to know her like that. She even suggested that Ginny start going out with other available boys to mark time until Harry would start taking more notice and return her feelings.^[14] Although she was still a little shy around Harry, who was also staying atThe Burrow, Ginny took Hermione's advice and was much more relaxed and spent time with him, Ron, and Hermione.

She attended the Quidditch World Cup final on 25 August with the majority of her family, as well as Harry and Hermione. During the match she was shown wearing a green shamrock hat in support of the Irish. Ginny was shaken by the appearance ofDeath Eaters in the aftermath of the Irish victory.^[26] During the riot Ginny's father put Fred and George in charge of her safety, while he and the elder Weasley brothers assisted the Ministry. She and the twins were separated from the trio and it was unknown where they hid while the trio was in the forest near the campsite.

Ginny returned toHogwarts, which hosted theTriwizard Tournament that year. She rooted for Harry, the unexpected fourth champion, and maintained a good relationship with Hermione. Ginny was the only one that Hermione confided in whenViktor Krum asked her to the Yule Ball. As a third year, Ginny was not allowed to attend the ball unless asked by an older student.Neville Longbottom asked her to go after Hermione turned him down, having already accepted Viktor, and Ginny accepted the invitation, knowing her longtime crush Harry wouldn’t be asking her out.^[26] She told Ron and Harry afterRon said Ginny should go with Harry.

However, she still harboured feelings for Harry and was saddened to hear that he had askedCho Chang to the ball. She was even more displeased when Ron suggested that Harry take her to the ball since he did not have a date, since the reason she had accepted Neville’s invitation was because she knew Harry would have never asked. Already having committed to going with Neville, she went to the ball with the latter.^[26] At the ball onChristmas, she metMichael Corner and started dating him at the end of the year.^[14]

Fourth year

With the revelation thatLord Voldemort had returned in the summer of 1995, Ginny's parents became active members of the reconstitutedOrder of the Phoenix. As a result, the family was relocated to the Order's headquarters at12Grimmauld Place that summer. Ginny stayed at the headquarters, sharing a room with Hermione, and helped her mother to clean the place to make it a suitable base of operations. She learned the truth aboutSirius Black and met Nymphadora Tonks, who acted like a big sister towards her and Hermione. When Harry arrived at Number 12, Ginny was pleased to see Harry, and, due to her taking Hermione's advice and her relationship withMichael Corner, was relaxed and composed in his presence, showing none of the embarrassment and shyness towards him that she had shown during previous meetings.^[14]

Due to her age, Ginny was never allowed into Order meetings and when Sirius insisted on filling Harry in on the Order and Voldemort, she was the only one banished from the meeting by her mother. However,Hermione — who was allowed to hear — told her everything anyway. When Harry was acquitted at his hearing on 12 August for using magic in front of aMuggle while under age, she was extremely pleased and sang and danced with Fred and George shouting 'He got off, he got off, he got off...!'.^[14]

Ginny returned to Hogwarts on 1 September 1995 with her brothers. During the train ride on theHogwarts Express, Ginny introduced Harry and Neville toLuna Lovegood, aRavenclaw in her year. With the arrival of newDefence Against the Dark Arts teacherDolores Umbridge and a theory-based course, Harry, Ron, and Hermione decided to form a study group to teach practical defence spells. She joined the group, bringing her boyfriend Michael with her and several other friends. They all met in the Hog's Head where Ginny first demonstrated her sense of humour by mimicking Umbridge's cough. During the first official meeting of the group, she came up with the name for the group —Dumbledore's Army, which to her was a better name than the one which Harry's then-girlfriendCho Chang came up with.^[14]

During her time in the D.A, Ginny's talent for defensive magic was shown as she had swift reflexes with theDisarming Charm and considerable power with the Reductor Curse, the latter of which highly impressed Harry (much to Ginny's delight) and made her brothers jealous. Toward the end of the fall of 1995, Harry, along with Fred and George, received a lifelong Quidditch ban from Umbridge for attackingDraco Malfoy after their game againstSlytherin (although their bans were lifted after Umbridge was removed from Hogwarts). Ginny tried out for the team and became the newSeeker. Although she admitted that Harry was a better Seeker than her, and that she preferred playing as aChaser and scoring goals.^[14]

What should have been a happy time for Ginny was marred by the attack on her father byNagini just prior to Christmas. Along with her brothers and Harry, she was instantly sent to 12 Grimmauld Place by a portkey to await news. Relieved to find out he was all right, Ginny saw him the next day inSt Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries and hugged him immediately. Following the visit, she noticed that Harry started to distance himself from everyone, refusing to speak to anyone.

After Hermione skipped a skiing trip with her parents to come to the house, she talked Harry out of hiding in Buckbeak's room, leading him to Ginny and Ron. Learning that Harry had convinced himself that he had been possessed byLord Voldemort and attacked her father, Ginny railed on him for not seeking advice from the one person who haddefinitely been possessed by the Dark Lord. She quieted his fears by relaying her experiences to him and admitted that she had never truly gotten over it.^[14]

Ginny spent Christmas at 12 Grimmauld Place and visited her father again on Christmas Day. During this visit, along with Ron and Hermione, she found out the truth aboutNeville Longbottom's parents, and how they had been tortured into insanity byBarty Crouch Jnr, Bellatrix,Rodolphus, andRabastan Lestrange using the Cruciatus Curse at the end of theFirst Wizarding War.^[14]

Returning to Hogwarts after Christmas, Ginny played her first game as Seeker for the Gryffindor House team againstHufflepuff. Despite losing the match, Ginny captured theGolden Snitch, although she downplayed the achievement by saying it was not a fast Snitch and that the opposing Seeker,Summerby, had a cold. Probably as a result of her being more confident and relaxed in front of Harry, her willingness to stand up to him and for him, and their shared experiences of being a Seeker, Harry and Ginny grew closer and became great friends.

The group name Ginny came up with for the D.A. eventually saved Harry from expulsion at theMinistry's hands when Cho's best friendMarietta Edgecombe betrayed the group to Umbridge, since the name gave Dumbledore a way to take the fall for the D.A.'s formation by reminding MinisterCornelius Fudge of saying that the group named themselves 'Dumbledore's Army, not Potter's'. This forced Dumbledore to then escapethe castle with Fawkes's help in order to evade arrest, leaving Umbridge herself to replace him asschool head.

Around Easter, Ginny had had her first real one-on-one conversation with Harry in the library, during which they ate Easter eggs together. When she persuaded him to talk to Cho (who had recently broken up with him in order to defend Marietta despite her treachery), Harry confided in her that he needed to speak to Sirius, and she encouraged him to do so, even insisting that she might be able to help. It's around this time that Ginny started to speak to Harry like a friend, and Harry in turn began to enjoy her company, although Ginny bringing chocolate into the library infuriatedMadam Pince to the point of violently chasing her and Harry out. Ginny then went to Fred and George and asked them to find a way for Harry to speak with Sirius.

In May, Ginny played her second game of Quidditch for the Gryffindor team against Ravenclaw. She managed to capture the Golden Snitch, beating Cho Chang and securing theQuidditch Cup for Gryffindor. This caused Cho to have a fit, throw her broom, and cry. In the aftermath of the victory, Michael became very moody and sulked about the result. Because of his attitude, Ginny dumped him shortly after the match.^[14] She dumped him because he was a 'bad loser'. Incidentally, Michael would go on to date Cho (Harry's ex-girlfriend), as Ginny had seen him comforting her after the match.

When Harry had a vision of Sirius being tortured in theDepartment of Mysteries by Voldemort on 18 June, he informed Ron and Hermione. The latter convinced Harry to check to see if Sirius was at 12 Grimmauld Place before rushing off to rescue him, and Ginny and Luna came to their assistance. With Harry and Hermione breaking into Umbridge's office, and Ron distracting her with news thatPeeves was wreaking havoc, Ginny and Luna stopped people from entering the corridor leading to the office by saying that someone had flooded it withGarrotting Gas. Unfortunately for them, Umbridge saw through their ruse since she knew of Peeves's true location and ordered theInquisitorial Squad to round them up. Ginny was captured byCassius Warrington, and when Neville saw what was happening and tried to help, he was caught as well. Ginny was restrained by a large sixth-year girl, though she was not an obedient captive and kept trying to break free by kicking her captor in the shins.^[14]

When Umbridge threatened to use the Cruciatus Curse on Harry to make him tell her what he was doing, Hermione faked a breakdown and told a lie about a weapon thatAlbus Dumbledore had told them to make. She and Harry lured Umbridge into theForbidden Forest, leaving Ginny, Ron, Luna, and Neville alone with the Inquisitorial Squad. They managed to break free using skills that they had acquired in their D.A. sessions; Ginny personally dealt withDraco Malfoy, hitting him with her preferredBat-Bogey Hex. They then regrouped with Harry and Hermione, who had left Umbridge with a group of enragedcentaurs.^[14]

Main article:Battle in the Department of Mysteries

Convinced that Sirius was in mortal danger, Harry resolved totravel toLondon and rescue him. Although Harry tried to prevent Ginny, Neville, and Luna from accompanying him, Ron and Hermione eventually persuaded him otherwise. After flyingThestrals to London, they entered the Ministry of Magic using the visitor's entrance and headed for theDepartment of Mysteries.

In the Hall of Prophecy, they found no sign of Sirius, but Ron did find aprophecy concerning Harry and Voldemort, but pertaining only to Harry. As Harry removed it from the shelf, the group was surrounded by Death Eaters led byLucius Malfoy and learned that Voldemort had used the connection between himself and Harry to lure him there to remove the prophecy. Ginny was sadistically threatened with torture byBellatrix Lestrange, who wanted to use theCruciatus Curse on her to force Harry to hand over the prophecy, thus hoping to avoid the inevitable fight that would break out.

At Harry's signal, all six D.A. members firedReductor Curses at the shelves to distract the Death Eaters and began running. Ginny, along with Luna and Ron, were separated from the other three and were chased through various rooms by Death Eaters. In one room containing a three-dimensional representation of the solar system, one of theDeath Eaters grabbed Ginny by the ankle. Luna used the Reductor Curse on a model of Pluto, causing it to explode in the Death Eater's face, but Ginny's ankle was broken in the process.

Luna managed to get Ginny and Ron (who was also disabled) to safety, but Ginny's broken ankle immobilised her and restricted her ability to help in the battle. She grew distraught when Ron came under attack by the brains, and was knocked unconscious by aStunning Spell to the face. Luckily, the Death Eaters were focused on the prophecy and Harry was able to lead them away from Ginny and the other vulnerable students. Ginny regained consciousness by the time Harry was pursuingBellatrix Lestrange, but he ignored her questions and raced past her.^[14]

Following the battle, Ginny recovered in the hospital wing at Hogwarts whereMadam Pomfrey fixed her ankle in a trice. On the train ride back to London, Ginny revealed that she had ditched Michael, who had moved on toCho Chang while Ginny had moved on toDean Thomas, much to Ron's horror.^[14] She comforted Harry, who had lost his godfather,Sirius Black during the battle, when he was pushed right through theveil, the portal separating the world of the living from the world of the dead by his cousin, Bellatrix Lestrange.

Fifth year

Ginny spent the summer of 1996 atThe Burrow with Harry, Ron, Hermione and the other Weasleys. Despite having to put up with her brother Bill's new fiancée,Fleur Delacour (whom she nicknamed 'Phlegm' and strongly disliked), she had a good summer practisingQuidditch and planning to try out for the House team as a Chaser. With the summer holidays coming to a close Ginny, the trio, and some of the other Weasleys took a trip to Diagon Alley needed to purchase school supplies. While in Fred and George's new shop,Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, in Diagon Alley, she bought her first pet, a purple Pygmy Puff that she namedArnold.^[10]

On 1 September, she met up withDean Thomas on theHogwarts Express, but was interrupted by fellow D.A. memberZacharias Smith, who attempted to get information out of her regarding what had happened that night in the Department of Mysteries. Tired of his continuous questioning, she cursed him with theBat-Bogey Hex and was seen by the newPotions master,Horace Slughorn. Ginny feared detention, but Slughorn was so impressed with the hex that he invited her to take lunch with him as part of a select group of students he hoped to cultivate and induct into his Slug Club.^[10]

As term started, Ginny tried out for theGryffindor Quidditch team, of which Harry had been made the Captain. She excelled as a Chaser and was given a spot on the roster. Following one Quidditch practice, she and Dean were caught kissing by Harry and Ron. She and Ron had a blazing argument over her kissing Dean in public, but Ginny countered that Ron only saw it as being wrong because he had never kissed anyone before. The argument led to a frosty relationship between the two siblings which lasted for quite some time.^[10]

During the first Quidditch match of the season againstSlytherin, Ginny scored several goals to help the team to victory. Following the match, she purposely crashed her broomstick into the commentary box because the commentator, Zacharias Smith, had been making disparaging remarks about the Gryffindor team. Her feud with Ron over his attitude towards her and Dean was worsened when, in the aftermath of the victory, he began going out withLavender Brown, whom he often snogged in public. Ginny branded her brother a 'filthy hypocrite' for his actions but more or less seemed to be over the row they previously shared.^[10]

Before the holiday break Ginny attendedSlughorn's Christmas party with Dean Thomas. She spent Christmas at The Burrow with her family and Harry, and when Ginny returned to Hogwarts, she seemed unenthusiastic about meeting up with Dean. After Ron was accidentally poisoned on his birthday, Ginny visited him in the hospital wing, and they seemingly forgave each other. She and Harry discussed what had happened to Ron endlessly, trying to come up with an explanation for what had happened.^[10]

Ginny played in the Quidditch match againstHufflepuff, where Ron's bedridden status forced Harry to play the reserve KeeperCormac McLaggen. During the match, McLaggen took one of the Beater's bats and pelted a Bludger directly at Harry. Harry was knocked unconscious and suffered a fractured skull. Dean, who had been playing as reserve Chaser in place ofKatie Bell, laughed about the incident, causing him and Ginny to have a row. Ginny subsequently visited Harry in the hospital wing.^[10]

Ginny and Dean were going through a rocky patch, and in April they finally split up when she accused Dean of always trying to help her through the portrait door into the Gryffindor common room. In reality, Harry had been wearing hisInvisibility Cloak and bumped into her while under the influence ofFelix Felicis, but the incident finally brought an end to their already unstable relationship. Despite the break-up — or because of it — Ginny was still her usually bubbly self and hung around with Harry and Ron more because of Quidditch training. She also defended Harry's use of theSectumsempra curse againstDraco Malfoy, even if it had earned him a detention that forced him to miss the last Quidditch match of the year.^[10]

With Harry in detention, Ginny took the role ofSeeker for the Gryffindor team for the final match against Ravenclaw. They won the match and the Quidditch cup, and, during the post-match celebrations, Ginny and Harry spontaneously kissed. Ginny, who (even though she kissed Dean) had never given up on Harry, was over the moon, as was he, as he had been harbouring feelings for her all year. Ginny and Harry started dating, although their time together was limited due to Harry's weekly detentions and Ginny'sO.W.L. reviews.^[10]

Main article:Battle of the Astronomy Tower

On 30 June,Death Eaters were let into the school by Draco Malfoy, while Dumbledore and Harry were away searching for one of Lord Voldemort'sHorcruxes. Harry, who had suspected that Draco was a Death Eater for quite a while, forewarned Ron and Hermione to be vigilant and gave them the remains of his Felix Felicis potion. On Harry's orders, Ginny joined Ron and Hermione in taking the potion, giving them extra luck in case they needed it. Along with Ron and Neville who had answered the D.A. call to arms, Ginny staked out the entrance to theRoom of Requirement, which Harry believed that Draco was using for some unknown nefarious purpose. Later that night Harry was soon proven right.^[10]

They watched Draco emerge from the room with theHand of Glory; when he saw them, he threwPeruvian Instant Darkness Powder, blinding them and leading Death Eaters into Hogwarts via aVanishing Cabinet. Fighting their way clear of the darkness, they met up withRemus Lupin and other members of theOrder of the Phoenix that were patrolling the school under orders from Dumbledore.^[10] In the ensuing battle, Ginny duelled withAmycus Carrow, but suffered no injuries due in part to the Felix Felicis potion. In the aftermath, Ginny was shocked to find that her brother Bill had been badly injured and permanently scarred byFenrir Greyback. She was able to lead Harry away from Dumbledore's corpse and up to the hospital wing, where Harry broke the news that Dumbledore had been killed bySeverus Snape. She seemed to accept Bill and Fleur's relationship after witnessing the love between them.^[10]

Ginny took herO.W.L.s, despite the tragedy that had occurred at the school and spent most of her time with Harry. She attended Dumbledore's funeral, along with several others. At the funeral she sat next to Harry, Hermione, and Ron, instead of sitting with the rest of her family. After the former headmaster had been laid to rest, Harry broke up with Ginny. He feared that ifVoldemort knew how he felt about her, she would become a target and he could not knowingly endanger her life. Despite saying that she knew the risks involved in being with Harry and that she didn't care, she accepted his decision, after he told her he would not be able to bear it if she died and it was his fault. She called his decision an act of stupid nobility.^[10]

Sixth year

After the death of Dumbledore, and the knowledge that the protective charm over Harry was due to end soon, as he would be turning 17 and legally an adult, TheOrder of the Phoenix arranged to move him from theDursleys'home toThe Burrow on 27 July, via a plan that turned out to be highly dangerous. While most of her family went off to assist in the operation, which turned into a battle, Ginny stayed behind with her mother. As the team started to miss theirPortkeys, Ginny started to worry for their safety and was only partially relieved to see Harry turn up at The Burrow.

She then explained that situation to Harry, stating that the other two-man teams were running late and that was why her mother was so worried. While waiting for the others to arrive she and Harry held hands, as a form of comfort and watching the sky silently. WhenGeorge turned up with his ear cursed off, Ginny was shocked and helped her mother tend to him. Nothing could be done about George's missing ear, as it was cursed off bydark magic. Finally, as each member of her family returned, she allowed herself to be relaxed, but the unexpected death of'Mad-Eye' Moody greatly sobered the occasion.^[9]

Over the next few days, Ginny interacted little with Harry because of their split, despite her feelings towards him. However, while setting the table for dinner Harry let slip that he, Ron, and Hermione were about to set off on a quest to stopVoldemort. This caused Ginny to go pale and comment that she suspected that the trio's plans were something of the manner, considering Harry's drive to defeat Voldemort. Harry then tried to convince Ginny that he had spoken in haste and was just kidding, she did not believe it.

OnHarry's seventeenth birthday, Ginny confessed that she did not know what to give Harry since anything she gave him would have to be small enough for him to carry around with him. Instead, she 'kissed him like she never had before' in the hopes of giving him something to remember her by in case he met someone new on his travels, something he assured her would be unlikely to happen. Ginny felt comforted by this and viewed it as the silver lining she had been looking for. However, they were interrupted by a disapprovingRon, with Hermione in tow.^[9] As Harry exited her bedroom it was mentioned that Ginny might have for once finally succumb to tears.

On1 August, Ginny served as a bridesmaid at Bill and Fleur's wedding, along withGabrielle Delacour. When Gabrielle batted her eyelashes at Harry, Ginny coughed loudly to indicate her annoyance. She wore a golden dress and as the ceremony began, herAuntie Muriel remarked in a carrying whisper that her dress was far too low cut. Ginny responded to this by turning around and winking at Harry. During the reception, she danced withLuna Lovegood,Lee Jordan, and others. Harry (disguised as a member of the Weasley family) jealously warnedViktor Krum off of speaking with her, when he remarked on Ginny's attractiveness. He warned him that she had a big and jealous boyfriend.

In the middle of the celebration, the guests were warned byKingsley Shacklebolt'sPatronus that theMinistry of Magic had fallen, thatRufus Scrimgeour was dead, and that theDeath Eaters were coming. As the Death Eaters stormed the wedding,Hermione apparated herself, Harry, and Ron away from the chaos to begin theirHorcrux quest. Ginny was seen defending herself against a Death Eater and was unable to say goodbye to Harry and the two did not see each other again for almost a year. The Weasley family was questioned, but none of them were harmed.

As part of the new Ministry's regime, Hogwarts attendance became mandatory andMuggle-borns were being rounded up. Ginny was present on theHogwarts Express on 1 September 1997 when it was raided by three Death Eaters in search of Harry Potter. Once at school, Ginny joined up withNeville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood to restart theD.A. and defy Snape's regime.

They openly defied authority and snuck out at night paintinggraffiti on the walls of the corridors — 'Dumbledore's Army, still recruiting'. On one occasion, they attempted to stealGodric Gryffindor's Sword from Snape's office because they had knowledge that Harry needed it, but were caught and punished. Ginny served detention withHagrid in theForbidden Forest and was banned from all trips toHogsmeade. Ginny and Neville were left to lead the D.A. without Luna after she was abducted by Death Eaters over the Christmas holidays.

During the Easter holidays, Ginny was at The Burrow when the Weasleys were forced into hiding atAunt Muriel's after Ron's accompaniment of Harry and Hermione was discovered by the Death Eaters.^[9]

Battle of Hogwarts

Main article:Battle of Hogwarts

When Harry, Hermione, and Ron returned to Hogwarts on 1 May 1998 in search of aHorcrux, they were met by Neville and the remnants of Dumbledore's Army that had stood up to Snape and the Carrows. Acting on a promise to Ginny, Neville sent word to her that Harry was at the school. Ginny arrived with her brothers,Lee Jordan, andCho Chang. They arrived on the understanding that a battle was about to be fought.^[9] She was incredibly relieved to see the trio, particularly Harry and expressed her displeasure at Cho's lingering feelings for him. Cho's eagerness to escort Harry to Ravenclaw Tower irritated her and in turn insisted that her friendLuna Lovegood do it instead.

As more members of Dumbledore's Army and theOrder of the Phoenix arrived for battle,Mr andMrs Weasley forbade their daughter to take part in the fighting, since she was underage. Ginny furiously argued against it, as it was hypocritical, since Harry was much younger than her when he faced Voldemort all the previous times. Also, she did not want to leave when her whole family and Harry would be fighting and wait at home for news.Remus Lupin offered a compromise: Ginny would stay in theRoom of Requirement so as to be on the scene, but would not involve herself in the fighting. Although she did not like it, she grudgingly agreed.^[9] She proceeded to stay in the room.

On 2 May during the battle, Harry needed the Room of Requirement to change form into the Room of Hidden Things, in order to retrieve one of Voldemort's Horcruxes,Ravenclaw'sDiadem. He asked Ginny to leave the room, on the proviso that she would re-enter it once he had completed his task, not believing that she would. Freed of her sanctuary Ginny joined the battle with a flourish. She andNymphadora Tonks were later seen by Harry firing well aimed jinxes from a high-up window into the crowd of fighters below.

After the initial fighting,Lord Voldemort called a temporary truce to allow the combatants to retrieve their dead, and for Harry to give himself up to avoid further killing. Ginny was shocked and heartbroken by the death of her brotherFred, and was comforted by Hermione. She later assisted in the recovery of the wounded outside the castle. When Harry passed her on his way to face Voldemort in theForbidden Forest under theInvisibility Cloak, she was comforting an injured girl. Harry thought she might have sensed his presence as he walked away, but the two had no contact, as Harry did not want anyone to try and stop him.^[9]

When the seemingly lifeless body of Harry was presented to the defenders of Hogwarts by Voldemort, Ginny let out a terrible scream of anger, grief and denial that was terrible to hear. However, his apparent death spurred the defenders on, and Neville took up theSword of Gryffindor and beheadedNagini. With the battle restarted Ginny, Luna, and Hermione duelled Bellatrix Lestrange, the last Death Eater at that point still standing. Bellatrix was more than a match for the three, however, and fired aKilling Curse that missed Ginny by an inch due to her using a blocking spell. Witnessed by both her mother and Harry, the action spurred both of them to charge the Death Eater. Molly got there first and after a fantastically vicious duel, Bellatrix was killed by Molly.

Ginny witnessed Harry's final defeat of Lord Voldemort, thus ending the Second Wizarding War. She, Ron, and Hermione were some of the first ones to run and hug him. She sat with her head on her mother's shoulder during the victory celebrations in theGreat Hall.^[9] It can be assumed that she and Harry caught up with each other at a later date.

Later life(1999–2021)

After theSecond Wizarding War, Ginny andHarry rekindled their passionate romance. For several years, Ginny was part of theQuidditch team, theHolyhead Harpies.^[21] At some point, she and Harry were married and her last name became Potter. She eventually retired from her Quidditch career and the couple had a family. She gave birth to three children:James Sirius,Albus Severus, andLily Luna.^[9] Ginny later became the seniorQuidditch Correspondent for theDaily Prophet.^[21]

In the2010–2011 school year, she purchased aBloom For You plant fromBewildering Blooms, causing her to be affected by theMysterious Malady. She was later awoken from the malady after the Bewildering Blooms ownerYubert Thorne was imprisoned inAzkaban.^[27]

In her capacity asQuidditch Correspondent, Ginny attended the2014 Quidditch World Cup in thePatagonian Desert. While here, she wrote several articles for theDaily Prophet using her married name, Ginny Potter.^[28] Her family joined her to watch the finals of the Cup in July^[29]. Ginny covered the outcome of the Brazil vs Bulgaria match live along withRita Skeeter. The latter while in the journalists' enclosure repeatedly made corrections to Ginny's reports. This continued until shortly after the match ended, Rita remarked that her husband Harry Potter was 'publicity-hungry' — just as Ginny was approaching. That last remark sailed a bit too close to home and Rita was taken 'unaccountably ill' with what some called 'a jinx to the solar plexus'.^[30]

On1 September2017, Harry and Ginny escorted their children James and Albus to theHogwarts Express, where Albus would begin his first year atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

ByJuly2019, Ginny went on a holiday trip with Harry and their children where she, James, Albus, and Luna were photographed, with Harry placing the framed photo on his desk at theBritish Ministry of Magic.^[31]

By2020, Ginny was the sports editor for theDaily Prophet, while her husband was promoted to Head of theDepartment of Magical Law Enforcement. By this time all three of the couple's children were attending Hogwarts. In the same year, she joinedHarry Potter,Hermione Granger, andDraco Malfoy going back in time to saveAlbus Potter andScorpius Malfoy and thwartDelphini's evil plans.

The Calamity

In the 21st century, Ginny taught theBat-Bogey Hex to members of theStatute of Secrecy Task Force who pursued anAuror profession in order to help address the results of theCalamity. In addition, as a Quidditch star, Ginny instructed them on body control techniques upon falling off a broom, which they applied to decrease the amount of damage they took in combat.^[32]

As a formerHolyhead HarpiesSeeker, Ginny invited aCalamity Investigator working for the task force to a "sporting heroes from the wizarding world" feast. However, the dinner quickly became awkward, as many of the guests had lost their finest memories to the Calamity and thus had nothing about which to reminisce. Along with her husband,Harry, and ProfessorMinerva McGonagall, her former teacher at Hogwarts, Ginny held a panel at the Ministry where the three spoke about having parts of their lives turned intoFoundables by the Calamity, with the emotional evening being attended by the same Calamity Investigator.^[31]

InApril2020,The Burrow was mentioned as an important historical site in a travel guide titledOne Hundred Historical Sites from the Second Wizarding War, leading to a massive influx of tourists visiting the house and a resulting Calamity surge focused on it and its residents. One of theFoundables produced by this surge was a younger Ginny, whom Calamity Investigators managed to return to her proper time.Molly Weasley asked the real Ginny to come back to The Burrow to help her with crowd control, leading to her joking to Harry that she wished they could send her Foundable in her place.^[33]

During a Calamity surge focused onGrim Fawley's memories of spendingChristmas atHogwarts with theportraits andghosts inDecember2020, Harry felt compelled to continue working against the Calamity even despiteConstance Pickering andHermione's offers to take the rest of the month off to spend the holidays with his family. As a result, Ginny painted a picture of Harry as aGodric Gryffindor-esque figure bravely and selflessly working against evil totheirchildren to explain to them why he couldn't celebrate with them, although Harry claimed that he would much rather do so.^[34]

In the spring of2021,The Unforgivable threatened Harry and Hermione after the two began wrenching control of Calamity surges away from the cabal. The two feared that their children would be targeted, but Harry insisted on continuing to fight against The Unforgivable. Harry redirected a Calamity surge and controlled it using memories of theMarauders. InApril, Ginny was attacked by an Unforgivable member who had usedPolyjuice Potion to disguise themself as herDaily Prophet editor-in-chief. Ginny was able to fight off the attacker due to having noticed that her editor-in-chief appeared to be behaving oddly, although they managed to escape. She was taken toSt Mungo's for treatment, with theHealers there claiming that she was exhausted and banged up but would recover quickly. However, The Unforgivable were successful in abducting her brother, Ron.^[35]

Ginny was extremely anxious about Ron's disappearance even while she attempted to reassure her mother andfather that Ron would be alright after Arthur received an implanted memory when his Foundable was returned from aWeasleys' Wizard Wheezes-focused Calamity surge of Ron warning him that the Unforgivable couldn't guarantee his safety if the Ministry didn't do what they demanded. Fortunately, Ron was eventually recovered, but his memories were completelyObliviated, necessitating Harry and Hermione to continue helping Calamity Investigators return Foundables related to the trio's Hogwarts years in order to help return them.^[36]

As Ron's memories continued to be returned, Harry and Hermione eventually discovered thatConstance Pickering was secretly the leader of The Unforgivable and was attempting to use its resources for what she saw as the good of both thewizarding andMuggle communities. She manipulated the Calamity to create a surge generatingAdversaries with the appearance ofDolores Umbridge while in custody, leading to Harry having horrific nightmares about her, with Ginny having to reassure him that the real Umbridge was safely locked up inAzkaban for her crimes.^[37]

Physical description

Ginny was described as being an extremely beautiful girl, who had the typicalWeasley family traits: flaming red hair (which she wore in a long mane) and a freckled complexion. She was of light skin, a very petite stature, and bright brown eyes like her mother. When she blushed, Ginny would go a shade of red that matched her hair. When in a highly emotional state, she was known to acquire a 'hard, blazing look'.^[8]

Thanks to her prettiness, Ginny attracted a certain amount of attention from boys. In 1996,Pansy Parkinson stated that 'a lot of boys like her' and that evenBlaise Zabini found her 'good-looking', with the additional observation that he was very hard to please when it came to the physical appearance of women. Though Blaise immediately objected to this accusation, it could still count as a testament of sorts to Ginny's beauty.Viktor Krum also stated that she was very pretty duringBill Weasley andFleur Delacour's wedding in 1997.

Personality and traits

Ginny was a forceful, independent girl who often knew her own mind. She had an energetic, lively personality. Ginny also was known to be quick-witted, funny, and could often make others laugh even when they were feeling down.^[14][10] However, when she was young and had a crush on Harry in the early years of their friendship, she became shy and withdrawn in his presence.^[8][15] On the advice of their friend Hermione, she overcame it. She relaxed and reasserted her usual self, which was when he finally started noticing her.^[9][10] One of the traits he was attracted to was that Ginny rarely got weepy.^[9]

Ginny was popular during their time atHogwarts, and was fancied by numerous boys. Her brothersFred,George andRon often thought that she was too popular for her own good. However, Ginny was good at lying and capable of being opaque when necessary. While staying at12 Grimmauld Place, she was taught byNymphadora Tonks how to check if a door had been unperturbed by flickingdungbombs at it and watching them bounce away as if hitting an invisible wall. When asked by her mother who was responsible, she blamed it onCrookshanks, even though her hands were filthy at the time.^[14]

Growing up with six older brothers toughened her up. Ginny was not afraid to stand up to anybody, friends and foes alike. Notably, she stood up toDraco Malfoy on their first meeting inFlourish and Blotts when he insulted Harry in 1992.^[8] She even stood up to Hermione in defence of Harry's use of theSectumsempra curse.^[10] Furthermore, Ginny could be harsh towards those whom she disliked. For instance, she made fun ofFleur Delacour behind her back when she first became engaged toBill. She alsohexed and crashed intoZacharias Smith when he irritated and insulted her on two separate occasions during her fifth year.^[10]

Ginny was notably difficult to intimidate or frighten, as seen during her moments of standing up to Harry during his moments of rage and anger. This is particularly impressive given that Harry's rages were capable of terrifying even his best friends Ron and Hermione, who were both incredibly courageous individuals. Her courage enabled her to take part in a three-way duel alongside Luna and Hermione against the powerful and insaneBellatrix Lestrange.

Ginny was an animal lover, especially fond of cats. WhenMrs Norris was Petrified in her first year at Hogwarts, her brothers put her shock down to this fact, not knowing that Ginny was scared because she couldn't remember what she was doing at the time and feared that she was responsible.^[8] She named Ron's owl 'Pigwidgeon',^[26] and was known to be able to lure Crookshanks out of hiding to play with her when she wanted.^[14] In her fifth year, she finally got her own pet, a purplePygmy Puff fromWeasleys' Wizard Wheezes that she namedArnold.

Magical abilities and skills

Ginny was a very powerful and talentedwitch. She was naturally talented atDefence Against the Dark Arts, a gifted flyer, and a skilledQuidditch player. At the age of fourteen, she was able to conjure a corporeal horse Patronus. This was an impressive feat, as the Patronus Charm was very advancedmagic and proof of superior magical ability.^[38]

• Duelling: Despite being often prevented from participating in combat by her mother mainly for her young age, Ginny was a highly talented and competent duellist. She had an uncanny ability for dodging her opponents' curses due to her agility and reflexes. Ginny survived theBattle of the Department of Mysteries with only a minor injury.^[14] She also foughtDeath EaterAmycus Carrow again during theBattle of the Astronomy Tower and emerged unscathed. This was partly due to the use ofFelix Felicis and partly due to her agility.^[10] She later defended herself from a Death Eater during theAttack at The Burrow.^[9] During theBattle of Hogwarts, Ginny fired well-aimedcurses into the crowd of attackingDeath Eaters. She, Hermione, and Luna also held their own againstBellatrix Lestrange, an extremely powerfulDark witch^[9]

• Defence Against the Dark Arts: Ginny was a committed and enthusiastic member ofDumbledore's Army. UnderHarry Potter's expert instruction, she learned how to successfully cast numerous defensive and offensive spells successfully.^[14] Ginny was capable of duelling highly dangerousDeath Eaters, which she did throughout the numerous battles of theSecond Wizarding War.^[14][10] She even survived theBattle of Hogwarts,^[9] showing her excellent defensive abilities.
• Charms: Ginny was highly proficient in this branch of magic. In her first year, she animated'a well card to sing shrilly when opened'.^[8] She once used a singleScouring Charm in1995 to clean all theStinksap out of a compartment on theHogwarts Express.^[14] She also had highly swift reflexes with theDisarming Charm.^[8] Most impressively, at the age fourteen, she was able to cast the extremely advanced and powerfulPatronus Charm, which took the corporeal form of ahorse.^[20]

• Flying: Ginny eventually became an accomplished flyer and played bothChaser (which she prefers, as she likes scoring goals) andSeeker for theGryffindor Quidditch team. Despite not playing Seeker regularly, she was able to defeatCho Chang, a seasoned Seeker. She even effectively stepped into the shoes of the extremely talentedHarry Potter (although she admitted that Harry was a better Seeker than her), winning Gryffindor theQuidditch Cup in1996 and1997.^[14][10] As an adult, Ginny became a professionalQuidditch player for theHolyhead Harpies.^[21] In later years, she used her experiences in the sport to instruct the new members of theStatute of Secrecy Task Force on body control techniques upon falling off a broom.
• Agility: Ginny was small and extremely fast, making her adept at dodging spells in combat and flying to catch the Golden Snitch at Quidditch matches. However, she sometimes could be trapped, as one time a Death Eater grabbed Ginny by the ankle.

• Dark Arts: Ginny was surprisingly skilful in dark magic and with the casting ofdark charms. In particular theBat-Bogey Hex, which she was noted to be very adept with from a fairly young age.^[14] This even gainedProfessor Slughorn's notice entirely for her 'marvellous Bat-Bogey Hex'.^[10] Ginny was capable of casting a very powerful and impressiveReductor Curse, which helped to distract Death Eaters once.^[14] She also was described to fire well-aimedjinxes at her opponents.^[9]
• Leadership skills: At the young age of sixteen, Ginny was able to effectively co-leadDumbledore's Army alongsideLuna Lovegood andNeville Longbottom, showing her to have been a capable and resilient leader.
• Journalism: As the Head Quidditch Correspondent for theDaily Prophet following her retirement from professional Quidditch, Ginny has been shown in her articles to be a very fair and adept journalist and reporter, often composing very unbiased and accurate articles while still injecting a certain enthusiasm into her writing style. Her position as the head of this section of the Prophet shows her level of skill as a journalist and her level of responsibility while still remaining a celebrated reporter

Possessions

• Wand: Ginny's wand was made fromyew, with an unknown length andcore. Like most wizards and witches, she purchased it atOllivanders before beginning her education atHogwarts in1992.
• Arnold: Ginny'sPygmy Puff, or miniature Puffskein, purchased from her brothers Fred and George Weasley at their shop,Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, in August of 1996.
• Broomstick: Ginny had an unknown broom which she used for Quidditch as Chaser or Seeker.
• T. M. Riddle's Diary: Tom Riddle's diary was in Ginny's possession beforeHarry Potter destroyed it in theChamber of Secrets on 29 May 1993. The memory that resided in the diary had begunpossessing and slowly draining the life out of Ginny.
• Dumbledore's Army coin: Each member of theD.A. had a coin that had numerals that changed into the time and date of the next meeting of the D.A. whenever the master coin (owned by Harry Potter) was changed. The coin would also warm up to alert the holder to the change.
• Bedroom: Ginny's bedroom was where she used to sleep atThe Burrow. It is located on the first floor landing. It was described as small, but bright. It also overlooking the family's orchard and was decorated with posters of theWeird Sisters andGwenog Jones.^[9]
• Weasley jumper: As a member of the Weasley family she owned several Weasley Jumpers. They were made byMolly Weasley for family and friends and sent as Christmas gifts.
• Yule Ball robes: Ginny wore dress robes to theYule Ball in 1994. She was accompanied to the ball byNeville Longbottom.
• Dress robes: These were the dress robes worn by Ginny to theSlug Club Christmas party on 20 December 1996.
• Bridesmaid's dress: This was the dress Ginny wore to Bill and Fleur's wedding. She was a bridesmaid along withFleur's younger sisterGabrielle.

Relationships

Family

The Weasleys

Ginny's relationship with her family was mostly a good one, having been raised in a loving environment. She would often comfort them (especially her mother) in times of need. The only and long-waited daughter in the family, she had to deal with an over-protective mother, who tried to prevent Ginny from war meetings and in theBattle of Hogwarts, despite her previous displays of power and skill fighting alongsideDumbledore's Army at theBattle of the Department of Mysteries and theBattle of the Astronomy Tower. Nevertheless, she often helped her mother at housework and in tending wounded at hard times.

Ginny appeared to worship her brotherBill, defending his choice of earring and hairstyle to their mother,^[26] and initially feeling that he could do a lot better thanFleur Delacour, whom she mockingly called 'Phlegm', but eventually, grew to like her.^[10] She was in shock but helped to take care of Bill when he was permanently scarred byFenrir Greyback.^[10]

Ginny got on well withCharlie, but foundPercy to be a little overbearing and stuffy. She caught him kissing his girlfriend,Penelope Clearwater, during her first year at Hogwarts, and proceeded to tell her other brothers about it after her recovery from possession byTom Marvolo Riddle's memory.^[8] Following Percy's decision to turn his back on his family over their support ofAlbus Dumbledore andHarry Potter instead of theMinistry, Ginny was furious with him and even threw mashed parsnips at him when he came toThe Burrow at Christmas in 1996. She was happy when he finally returned to their family.^[10]

Percy tried to be a role model for Ginny and Ron, but the two youngest siblings took after Fred and George, the fun-loving twins. In temperament, she resembled the twins,Fred andGeorge, and, like them, often teased Ron, who was closest to her in age. Some of Ginny's brothers had difficulty accepting that their little sister was popular with the opposite gender; Ginny and Ron had a particularly nasty row after Ron caught her snoggingDean Thomas, though they eventually made up.^[10]

Ginny has something of a love-hate relationship with Ron, while she loves him as a brother very much and cares deeply for him, their fights are usually quite ferocious. She had no problem telling Ron off when she believed his behaviour was unreasonable and no issues with embarrassing him in public, as when she openly mocked him for his crush on Fleur and even tripped him in front of her.^[10] In 1994, Ginny comforted Ron when he humiliated himself by asking Fleur Delacour to attend theYule Ball with him, while still managing to find the situation very funny. In1996 she and Ron had a vicious fight about Ginny kissing her boyfriend in public, which went as far as both siblings using wands and reducing Ginny to tears. Ron fired ahex right at Ginny but missed, and if Harry had not interfered, Ginny would have retaliated.

Ginny had a humorous side and makes many jokes to keep people's spirits up very much like Fred and George; however, her relationship with them was not perfect. She got angry with them for questioning her on her dating life and while they respected her relationship with Harry, they were not above finding ways to tease them about it. She was heartbroken by the death of her brother Fred during theBattle of Hogwarts.^[9]

Harry Potter

Simply put, Harry Potter was thelove of Ginny's life. At age ten, she only briefly made his acquaintance when he boarded theHogwarts Express with her brother Ron.^[5] She developed a crush on him nonetheless.^[8] Shy and clumsy around him, Ginny confided her feelings inTom Riddle's Diary. Her outpouring of emotions enabled Riddle's memory to take control of her. When Ginny saw Harry had the diary in his pile of books, she stole it from his room, as she didn’t want Harry to know about her feelings towards him, and she feared Tom Riddle would tell him. Harry eventually saved her life in theChamber of Secrets by slayingSalazar Slytherin's Basilisk withGodric Gryffindor's Sword and destroying the diary with one of the serpent's fangs.^[8] Harry saving her life served to make her more withdrawn when in his presence, barely able to speak in front of him.^[15] She even sent him a singing card on Valentine's Day.

Meanwhile, Harry was friendly toward Ginny, but did not return her romantic feelings, at least not yet. When Ginny was in her third year, Ron suggested that Harry take her to theYule Ball, but as it turned out she already had a date. Harry, given his purely platonic interest in Ginny at the time, was not upset by this. However, Ginny was 'extremely miserable' and left the common room with her head bowed, upset at the knowledge that she could have gone to the ball with her long-time crush. Ginny sought advice fromHermione Granger, who suggested that she relax in front of Harry, be true to herself, and possibly even date other boys.^[10] Taking this advice, Ginny dated bothMichael Corner^[14] andDean Thomas in her fourth and fifth years. Even though she dated other boys, Ginny never completely gave up on the hope that Harry would reciprocate her affections.^[10]

Ginny would often defend Harry whenever she felt it was needed, such as; in 1992 when she stood up toDraco Malfoy and fiercely told him 'to leave [Harry] alone'. She also told offBlaise Zabini in 1996 when he insulted Harry and even stood up to Hermione, her close personal friend in defence of his use of theSectumsempra curse on Malfoy. In 1997 she told off her then boyfriendDean Thomas for laughing at the fact that Harry was injured byCormac McLaggen during a Quidditch match. On 11 July 2014,Rita Skeeter remarked that Harry was 'publicity-hungry' just as Ginny was approaching, and was subsequently taken 'unaccountably ill' with what some called 'a jinx to the solar plexus'.^[30] Ginny was also somewhat possessive of Harry. She was visibly displeased with the attentionGabrielle Delacour paid him, and spoke up when Harry's ex-girlfriend,Cho Chang, volunteered to take Harry to seeRowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, insisting thatLuna Lovegood take Harry instead.

In Ginny's fifth year, Harry started to fall in love with her as well. His feelings had presumably been developing since the previous year. She had reasserted herself as a vibrant, witty, and independent young woman, rather than an awkward and shy little girl. They had a lot in common — both playedQuidditch, both had suffered at the hands ofLord Voldemort, and both showed great strength indefensive and offensive magic. Both have also fought alongside one another on a number of occasions. In the beginning of the year, Harry was slightly disappointed when, after a summer together, he remembered that Ginny did not normally hang around thetrio at school. However, he did not realise the scope of his feelings for her until he and Ron ran into Ginny and Dean kissing. After witnessing them kissing, he frequently hoped that Dean and Ginny would break up.

By the end of her fifth year, Ginny and Harry began dating after spontaneously kissing in the aftermath ofGryffindor winning theQuidditch Cup. They broke up shortly thereafter, as Harry realised that if they continued dating openly, Voldemort would seek to use her to get to him, as he had done previously. He simply could not bring himself to endanger her life while he sought a way to destroy Voldemort. Calling the break up an 'act of nobility', Ginny accepted his decision, but always held onto the hope that he would return to her.^[10] In spite of the break-up, their feelings for each other remained as strong as ever. OnHarry's seventeenth birthday, Ginny 'kissed him as she had never kissed him before,' though they were interrupted by Ron, with Hermione in tow. Ron discouraged Harry from 'getting [Ginny's] hopes up,' mentioning that his sister was 'really cut up' when Harry attempted to end their relationship. Hermione, on the other hand, seemed to be more sympathetic toward Harry and Ginny's actions.

While hunting forHorcruxes, Harry would stare at her dot on theMarauder's Map for hours, hoping that she could somehow sense that he was watching over her. At school, Ginny participated in and helped lead an underground rebellion, during which she, Neville, andLuna even attempted to stealGodric Gryffindor's Sword from the Headmaster's office. They had heard that it was left to Harry in Dumbledore's will, and guessed that he needed it.^[9] Harry and Ginny next saw each other shortly before the Battle of Hogwarts.

When the battle began, Harry wanted Ginny to stay out of the fighting, but was forced to ask her to leave the safety of theRoom of Requirement when he, Hermione, and Ron searched it for Ravenclaw's Diadem. As Harry prepared to be killed by Voldemort, he thought of Ginny, 'her blazing looks, and the feel of her lips on his.'^[9] When it seemed that Harry had been murdered by Voldemort, Ginny was beyond heartbroken and screamed louder than anyone. The supposed death of her one love was enough to drive Ginny to attack the incredibly powerfulBellatrix Lestrange alongside Luna and Hermione. When the battle was over she was one of the first ones that rushed to hug Harry.

Ginny and Harry rekindled their romance in the aftermath of theSecond Wizarding War and were eventually married. The union produced three children:James Sirius,Albus Severus, andLily Luna.^[9] All three of the couple's children were named in honour of family members, friends, and allies (most of whom they are named after are deceased). Their marriage is shown to be mature and understanding, Harry also affectionately calls Ginny 'Gin', rather than her full name.

It was also revealed that after the events in the Chamber of Secrets, people shut Ginny out of their lives, but Harry came to her and played a game ofExploding Snap. Ginny claimed that she also felt specific love from Harry since that day and that his love for her always made her feel stronger. The two made Ginny's brother Ron and his wife Hermione the godparents to their eldest son, andNeville Longbottom the godfather to their second son. They also have several nieces and nephews.

Despite their affectionate and passionate marriage, Ginny retained her ability to put Harry in his place over his actions and behaviours, such as when she forbade him from entering Albus's room during his disappearance.

Children

After theSecond Wizarding War, Ginny had three children with Harry; two sons named James Sirius and Albus Severus, and a daughter named Lily Luna.

Lily looked like her mother and was jealous of her brothers, who were leaving forHogwarts, exactly as her mother had been in 1991. Ginny comforted Albus (who physically resembled his father) when he was nervous about the possibility of being sorted intoSlytherin house, and scolded James for teasing his brother. After James interrupted his cousinVictoire while she was kissingTeddy Lupin, Ginny noted how similar he was toRon.

Nieces and nephews

As Ginny had five brothers who survived theSecond Wizarding War, four of whom married at some point, she had quite a few nieces and nephews by2017. Ginny's own children seemed closest toRon andHermione's children, whose sonHugo was the same age as Lily, and their daughter Rose was the same age asAlbus.

Bill andFleur's children wereVictoire,Dominique, andLouis;Percy and his wife,Audrey, hadMolly (named after herpaternal grandmother) andLucy;George marriedAngelina Johnson and named their sonFred after George'slate twin brother, while their daughter was calledRoxanne. When Ginny's son, James, discovered Victoire kissing Teddy Lupin atKing's Cross Station, he proceeded to interrupt them and then run back to his family to triumphantly announce what he'd seen, prompting Ginny to compare him to his Uncle Ron.

Hermione Granger

Hermione Granger was one of Ginny's best female friends and her confidante. Ginny was a year below Hermione inHogwarts, and they had become close by Ginny's second year; Hermione comforted Ginny that year when the presence ofDementors upset her (Ginny was more affected than most others due to her possession by Voldemort the previous year). Hermione stayed in Ginny's room during her frequent visits toThe Burrow during summer vacations.^[26] Ginny was the only one that Hermione confided in whenViktor Krum asked her to theYule Ball,^[26] and the only one who knew that she had kissed him at least once.^[10] Ginny also told Hermione about her teaching herself how to fly and about her relationship withMichael Corner before her family and most others were aware of either.^[14]

Hermione gave Ginny advice on how to deal with her feelings for Harry^[10] — advice that would lead to her going out with him and their eventual marriage. In the summer of 1996, when Hermione was staying at The Burrow, Ginny and Hermione openly dislikedFleur Delacour and criticised her together. Ginny appeared to be disgusted with her brotherRon Weasley, Hermione's love interest, when, after a fight with Ginny, Ron began datingLavender Brown. However, Ginny was not afraid to stand up to Hermione when she felt she was wrong, for example when Hermione scoldedHarry Potter for using theSectumsempra spell.^[10]

The two became sisters-in-law upon Hermione's marriage to Ron, and Hermione is the godmother of Ginny'soldest child. Ginny also had a niece,Rose Weasley and a nephew,Hugo Weasley, through Hermione's marriage to Ron.

Fleur Delacour

Ginny did not care much for Fleur Delacour when she first arrived atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for theTriwizard Tournament in 1994. She found Fleur humourless and irritating, as she was given to complaining loudly about what she perceived as Hogwarts' many faults. Fleur often compared the school unfavourably toBeauxbatons Academy of Magic. Ginny teasedRon for his schoolboy crush on her. She also disapproved of Fleur's engagement to her eldest brotherBill, whom Ginny looked up to.

Much to Ginny's displeasure, Bill sent Fleur to live with the Weasley family for a few days. During that time Ginny took to mockingly referring to Fleur as 'Phlegm,' and complained about Fleur's tendency to patronise her. However, when Bill became permanently disfigured byFenrir Greyback and Fleur indignantly defended her husband's bravery, Ginny began to recognise Fleur's admirable qualities. The two eventually got along well, and Ginny even became a bridesmaid for her wedding.

After theSecond Wizarding War, Ginny had two nieces and a nephew through Fleur's marriage to Bill.

Neville Longbottom

Neville asked Ginny to theYule Ball after he was turned down by Hermione, who had already agreed to go withViktor Krum, and the two attended together as friends. Later Ron suggested that she go to the ball with Harry, who had yet to find a date. Ginny was disappointed to find out that Harry still didn’t have a date, as she would have said yes if he’d asked earlier, having agreed to go with Neville out of belief that it was her only chance to attend the ball.^[26] Ginny defended Neville when others laughed at him, and told him not to put himself down when he described himself as 'nobody.'^[14] She was also quite horrified when she heard that Neville's parents,Alice andFrank Longbottom, had beentortured into insanity byBellatrix Lestrange and become permanent residents ofSt Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

Ginny was among the friends who likely contributed to Neville gradually gaining confidence and courage, and, along with Luna Lovegood, the two of them maintained the strongest support of Dumbledore's Army throughout theSecond Wizarding War. She and Harry remained close friends with Neville in their later years, as Ginny asked her son, James Sirius, to 'give Neville their love' when Neville taught JamesHerbology atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.^[9]

Luna Lovegood

Ginny was friendly with Luna Lovegood, aRavenclaw student in her year, although the two did not grow close until they were both members ofDumbledore's Army in their fourth year. Ginny referred to Luna as 'Loony Lovegood' just before introducing her to Harry and Neville in1995, but soon stood up to those who ridiculed Luna.^[14][10] In return, Luna genuinely appreciated Ginny's friendship; she once mentioned how much she liked Ginny while commentating on aGryffindor-HufflepuffQuidditch match in which Ginny was playingChaser.^[10]

Ginny was also one of the five portraits — along with Harry, Ron, Hermione , and Neville — that Luna painted and hung from her bedroom ceiling, with the message 'friends' joining them together in gold writing.^[9] Luna may be one of Ginny's best female friends (along with Hermione), as Ginny was only seen with these girls during her school years. Ginny later gave her daughterLily the middle name 'Luna', implying that the two remained very close well into adulthood.^[39]

Nymphadora Tonks

Ginny met Nymphadora Tonks in the summer of1995 through theOrder of the Phoenix, and she and Hermione immediately struck up a friendship with the youngAuror. Ginny appreciated that Tonks, although an adult, was interested in having fun. She taught Ginny how to check if a door had anImperturbable Charm on it by flickingDungbombs at it. She also entertained Ginny and Hermione by displaying herMetamorphmagus abilities, usually at the dinner table.

In1996, Ginny hoped her brother, Bill, would choose Tonks overFleur Delacour — an idea Ron seemed to find laughable. After Tonks was murdered by her own auntBellatrix Lestrange during theBattle of Hogwarts, Ginny duelled Bellatrix, along with Hermione and Luna, although it is unknown if Ginny knew that it was Bellatrix who had murdered Tonks. After theSecond Wizarding War, Ginny and her children were very close toTeddy, the son of Tonks andRemus.

Sirius Black

Though Ginny first learned of Sirius in1993 as anAzkaban escapee convicted of killing 12 muggles, she was soon made aware of his innocence through her connections to theOrder of the Phoenix and his godson, Harry. She and Sirius grew closer during their mutual time spent atthe Order's headquarters, and she later told Harry that she cared about Sirius as much as he did, insisting on accompanying Harry to theMinistry of Magic, where they believed Sirius was being held and tortured byVoldemort. When Sirius and four other members of the Order arrived at the Ministry to rescue Ginny and her friends, who had walked into a trap and been attacked byDeath Eaters, Sirius was murdered by his cousin,Bellatrix Lestrange.

Harry and Ginny were both horribly saddened by Sirius's death, and later duelled Bellatrix in theGreat Hall during theBattle of Hogwarts. Ginny married Sirius's godson later and she and Harry gave their eldest sonJames the middle name 'Sirius' in honour of him.

Dumbledore's Army

Dumbledore's Army was an organisation founded by Harry Potter,Hermione Granger, andRon Weasley in 1995, and led and taught by Harry Potter to opposeDolores Umbridge, as well as offer students a place to learn and practisedefensive magic. Ginny was one of the first to join, and the one who came up with calling the organisation 'Dumbledore's Army,' based onCornelius Fudge's paranoid fears of Dumbledore mobilising Hogwarts students in a coup against theMinistry. She was also partially responsible for bringing several of its Ravenclaw members into the fold, as her then-boyfriend Michael Corner brought his friendsTerry Boot andAnthony Goldstein with him to the first meeting.

Ginny was on good terms with most of the D.A., making them laugh with her highly accurate impression of Umbridge's signature cough and generally proving to be a skilled duellist; the major exceptions to this would have beenMarietta Edgecombe, who betrayed the DA to Umbridge, andZacharias Smith, whom Ginny once purposely crashed into after aQuidditch match, and who deserted the DA prior to theBattle of Hogwarts. Ginny also showed some wariness of Harry's ex-girlfriend,Cho Chang, when Cho wanted to take Harry to seeRowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, insisting Luna take him instead. Ginny convinced her then boyfriend,Michael Corner, and his friends to join, and the DA may have been where Ginny first became friendly withDean Thomas, whom she would date the next year.

Ginny, along with Neville and Luna, co-led the DA in opposition toAlecto and Amycus Carrow, during the1997–1998 school year, writing slogans on walls and at one point attempting to steal theSword of Gryffindor from Headmaster Snape's office.

Cho Chang

Ginny always held an amount of jealousy toward Cho, as Cho wasHarry's first crush, girlfriend, and shared with Harry his first kiss. Despite this however, Ginny was considerate enough of her that after Harry and Cho had broken up, she eventually advised Harry that things could be mended between them if he reached out to Cho but then was interrupted by Harry clarifying that he actually wished to talk to his godfather Sirius, making this advice null and void.

When Cho offered to takeHarry to theRavenclaw common room so he could see the statue ofRowena Ravenclaw andher diadem briefly before the Battle of Hogwarts, Ginny cut across her and said thatLuna would take Harry to the common room instead, implying that she still felt somewhat threatened by Cho and her still present crush on Harry.

Dean Thomas

Ginny started dating Dean Thomas at the end of her fourth year.^[14] Ginny's brother and Dean's roommateRon disapproved of the romance, as demonstrated by his furious reaction to stumbling upon the couple kissing passionately in a deserted hallway. They appeared to be very close at first, but, according to Ginny's friendHermione Granger, things began to get rocky as Ginny became displeased with Dean for what she perceived as over-protectiveness, as Dean constantly tried to assist her in everything.

Ginny's enthusiasm about the relationship seemed to ebb byChristmas of1996, as she did not seem terribly eager to see Dean upon her return to Hogwarts. The couple also began to row over little things, like Dean's constant attempts to help Ginny through the portrait hole into theGryffindor common room, and they fought after Dean laughed when Harry suffered a fractured skull courtesy ofCormac McLaggen.

Harry, under the influence ofFelix Felicis, actually ignited the minor argument that led to their breakup when he accidentally brushed past Ginny climbing through the portrait hole; as Harry was wearing hisInvisibility Cloak, Ginny thought Dean was once again attempting to help her, and snapped at him. Ginny clearly got over Dean soon after they broke up, as she began dating Harry soon after and admitted to him that she had never really given up on Harry. Dean took the break up much harder; he broke the glass he was holding upon witnessing Ginny and Harry's first kiss.^[10]

Michael Corner

Ginny and Michael Corner met at theYule Ball in1994, and began dating at the end of the school year, she used the relationship as an attempt to 'move on' from Harry Potter. In1995, she brought him and some of his friends along to the first meeting of what would becomeDumbledore's Army. When the two duelled during meetings, Michael did not hit Ginny with anything, possibly because she was his girlfriend. When Michael drew unnecessary attention to the D.A. at one point, Ginny called him a 'fool', though not to his face.

Ginny ended the relationship on the basis of Michael being a 'bad loser,' following Michael's poor reaction to Gryffindor beating Ravenclaw in aQuidditch match.^[14] Michael went on to dateCho Chang, who, like Ginny, also had a romance withHarry Potter.

Hogwarts staff

Remus Lupin was Ginny'sDefence Against the Dark Arts teacher during her second year atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Lupin comforted Ginny after her first encounter withDementors by giving her a piece of chocolate, and she likely believed, along with many other Hogwarts students, that he made an excellent teacher. Ginny and Remus met again in1995, at 12 Grimmauld Place, and several times after that, as Remus was a member of theOrder of the Phoenix and good friends with Ginny's parents. Ginny was thrilled when he marriedNymphadora Tonks, and remained close with their son,Teddy, well after Tonks and Remus were murdered during theBattle of Hogwarts.

Ginny first metRubeus Hagrid, the Hogwarts gamekeeper in1992, during her first year at Hogwarts. Ginny seemed to be friendly with Hagrid, as they were both friends ofHarry,Ron, andHermione. At one point, Hagrid told Harry that he saw Ginny near hishut; he supposed that Ginny hoped to see Harry, and teased Harry for it. After theSecond Wizarding War, Hagrid appeared to be friendly withAlbus Potter, the youngest son of Ginny and Harry.

Ginny, like many people, thought Albus Dumbledore was the greatest wizard of all time. Ginny met Dumbledore in 1992, during her first year at Hogwarts, where Dumbledore was Headmaster. Dumbledore comforted and reassured Ginny after she was possessed by a fragment ofVoldemort's soul and manipulated into opening theChamber of Secrets during the1992–1993 school year. Ginny was one of the first people to learn about Dumbledore's death, and the only one able to console Harry afterwards. Ginny and Harry named her younger son after Dumbledore.

Ginny also happened to like Minerva McGonagall, herTransfiguration professor and Head of House. It is obvious that McGonagall could have been fond of Ginny since she was a talented witch and did not condone or tolerate bullying, something that McGonagall most likely valued.

Like nearly everyone else at Hogwarts, Ginny despised professor Dolores Umbridge, theministry-appointedDefence Against the Dark Arts instructor for the1995–1996 school year. Umbridge was a cruel, sadistic witch who enjoyed torturing students for punishment with the use of aBlood Quill, and attempted to take firm control of the school by passing a series ofEducational Decrees. Ginny became a member ofDumbledore's Army in order to oppose her, as well to learn the practical defensive magic Umbridge refused to teach in class.

During the1997–1998 school year, Ginny, along with Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood, re-formed and co-led Dumbledore's Army in rebellion against then Headmaster Severus Snape andAlecto and Amycus Carrow, twoDeath Eaters who had been appointed professors at Hogwarts and enjoyed punishing students with the use of theCruciatus Curse.

Ginny showed particular dislike for the Potions master,Severus Snape as he was a cruel and very unpopular teacher. Aside from his creepy demeanour and snide attitude toward everyone, he had always favoured Slytherins because they were in his house and her particular dislike for Snape was something she shared with her brothers and friends. She also knew that he was part of theOrder of the Phoenix and when she learnt that Snape killed Dumbledore, she thought he had betrayed the Order. She was also, obviously, not happy about his tenure as Headmaster when Hogwarts fell underLord Voldemort's control. However, near the end of theBattle of Hogwarts, she learnt from Harry that he was on their side all along. It is unknown how she acted to the revelation of Snape's true loyalties. She did allow her second son to have his middle name from Severus.

Lord Voldemort

WhenArthur Weasley got into a fistfight withLucius Malfoy inFlourish and Blotts prior to the start of Ginny's first year, Malfoy used the opportunity to slipTom Riddle's diary into the pile of books Ginny was carrying. Though Malfoy most likely believed the diary was simply enchanted to open theChamber of Secrets, it was actually one of Voldemort'sHorcruxes, and in fact, contained a fragment of the Dark Lord's soul.

Tom Riddle'ssoul communicated with Ginny through his diary, sympathising with her problems and giving her advice, which made her emotionally vulnerable to Riddle's influence. Eventually, Riddle was able to possess Ginny, use her to open theChamber of Secrets, and freeSalazar Slytherin's Basilisk to Petrify severalMuggle-born students (includingHermione Granger). Ginny eventually figured out what she had been doing, despite having no memory of what happened during the times she was possessed, after finding herself covered in feathers and rooster blood. She attempted to flush the diary down a toilet, but being a Horcrux, it remained undamaged and later ended up in the hands ofHarry Potter.

Ginny, worried the diary would reveal to Harry things she'd written abouther feelings for him, stole the diary back. Riddle possessed Ginny one last time and had her enter the Chamber of Secrets, with every intention of killing her and using her life to restore his own. Harry, however, as aParselmouth, was able to enter the Chamber, rescue Ginny, and slay the Basilisk with theSword of Gryffindor. He then used one of the Basilisk's fangs to stab the diary, effectively making it the first of Voldemort's Horcruxes to be destroyed.

Upon speaking with Dumbledore about the diary's remains, Ginny and her family came to learn that Tom Riddle is the original name of Lord Voldemort, much to Ginny's horror. According to herself in later years, Ginny would never forget these experiences and comforted Harry when he thought he was suffering a similar experience.

Upon time travelling to the night of her parents-in-law's murder, Ginny was horrified by her husband's transfiguration into an exact duplicate of Voldemort, showing that she still despised him passionately. In her words, she couldn't stand to see the man she loved in the face of the man she hated.

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19 Years Later

Etymology

Ginevra is the Italian form of the nameGuinevere, which means 'fair one'.Guinevere is also the name of King Arthur's wife in Arthurian legend, famous for her affair with Arthur's chief knight Sir Lancelot. There seems to be a pattern in theWeasley family of naming members after characters in Arthurian legend. Another famous muse bearing this name wasGinevra King, a socialite who inspiredF. Scott Fitzgerald's character Daisy Buchanan inThe Great Gatsby. The nameGinevra is also an Italian variant ofJuniper, derived from thetree or berry. Junipers were often used to represent chastity in Renaissance-period art, such as in Leonardo da Vinci'sGinevra de' Benci.^[40] With links to the Welsh and Celtic history, Ginevra also means virgin. In some cultures, Ginevra can mean 'white shadow, or white wave'.

Ginny's married name isPotter, a very common surname of English origin.^[41] It traditionally refers to the occupation of making pottery.Beatrix Potter was a well-known English children's author.Potter's Field is the name for a burial ground for the unknown or unclaimed dead, particularly soldiers and orphans; the Potter family had many members that fit that description. ThePotter Box is a model for making ethical decisions developed at Harvard University.J. K. Rowling has also commented that she has liked the name since childhood, as a family that had lived near her carried this surname.^[42][43]

Behind the scenes

• It is stated that Ginny looked forward to attending Hogwarts, ever since Bill began attending,^[8] however since Bill began attending in 1982, when Ginny was only a year old, this seems unlikely as she would have been too young to realise what was going on. It is more likely that one of her earliest memories, likely from the age of three or four, would be of both Bill and Charlie heading off to school.
• Harry and Ginny share a lot in common when it comes to Lord Voldemort-they were both temporaryParselmouths, they were both briefly possessed byLord Voldemort and they have also lost family members to Voldemort.
• According to Harry Potter, her most attractive feature is her red hair.
• Ginny is portrayed byBritish actressBonnie Wright in all of thefilm adaptations, making her one of the 14 characters to appear in all 8 film adaptations.
• Ginny is portrayed byGracie Cochrane in theHarry Potter television series.
  • Wright has also provided the voice for Ginny in the video game versions ofHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix andHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
  • Bonnie Wright has blue eyes, instead of brown, as Ginny is described as having. She is also not as short as Ginny is described to be in the books.^[44]
  • Bonnie Wright's favourite Ginny Weasley quote was 'Good luck.'
  • Ginny's role is shortened early on in the films. She has very few lines and only a few minutes worth of screen time inChamber of Secrets. She only has one line and has not even one minute of screen time inPrisoner of Azkaban. Again, inGoblet of Fire, she has a very small role.
• In theplay ofHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, Ginny is portrayed by the following actors:
  • Poppy Miller^[45] (original West End and original Broadway)
  • Emma Lowndes^[46] (West End Year 2)
  • Lucy Goleby (original Melbourne and Years 2 & 3)
  • Diane Davis (Broadway Years 2 & 3)
  • Susie Trayling (West End Years 3-5)
  • Angela Reed (original San Francisco and Year 2)
  • Sarah Schütz (original Hamburg)
  • Trish Lindström (original Toronto)
• Ginny is voiced byImogen Church in the audiobook version ofQuidditch Through the Ages.^[47]
• Ginny has a friendship withLuna Lovegood andNeville Longbottom that can be compared to theGolden Trio, making them the "Silver Trio" sinceOrder of the Phoenix. Although, Neville does take Ginny to the Yule Ball, this does not advance to a romantic relationship.
  • In film, Neville does have a mentioned interest in Luna as a "summer fling" but this did not happen in the books nor do they actually end up together.
• Ginny wears the number 5 in herGryffindor Quidditch team tunic inHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Many photographs and posters have her wearing number 6, but that is the number of the generic tunic she wore only for the try-outs.
• Ginny'sPatronus is ahorse. It is never described in the books, but is shown in thefilm adaptation ofHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. This was later confirmed byJ. K. Rowling.
• In the film adaptations, Ginny's relationship withMichael Corner was not established. It was hinted, however, as he was seen sitting with her at the Hog's Head during the firstDumbledore's Army meeting. It is included in the video game of the film.
• J. K. Rowling has stated that she had planned certain moments, such as Ginny beatingCho Chang to theGolden Snitch during aQuidditch match, from the start as a subtle comparison between Ginny and Cho, showing that Ginny was a better match for Harry.^{[citation needed]}
• Many fans believed that 'Ginny' was short for 'Virginia'. It was later established that Ginny's given name is 'Ginevra', as her Great Aunt Muriel referred to her as such during Bill and Fleur's wedding in Deathly Hallows.
• Several times throughout the series, some of Ginny's actions are described as being catlike.^{[citation needed]} However, her personality does not reflect the style of her actions, as herPatronus is a horse instead of a cat.
• J. K. Rowling posted apicture on her official Twitter account on18 April2016 showing her idea of some of the main character's wand designs, where Ginny's wand wood was shown for the first time to be made fromyew. Interestingly enough, both Harry Potter's wife andmortal enemy share the same wand wood.
• Ginny has two soundtracks which are titled asGinny andWhen Ginny Kissed Harry on thesoundtrack for thefilm adaptation ofHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
• Ginny Weasley and Harry Potter's romantic relationship is told in a slightly different way in the films from the novels ofHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,Deathly Hallows: Part 1 andPart 2:
  • In theHalf-Blood Prince book, Harry shares his first kiss with Ginny in front of theGryffindor students in theGryffindor common room after theGryffindor Quidditch team won the Quidditch Cup. Also in the book, Harry ends his romantic relationship with Ginny atDumbledore's funeral.
  • In thefilm adaptation ofHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ginny and Harry go to theRoom of Requirement together to hide theHalf-Blood Prince's copy of Advanced Potion-Making, after he cursesDraco Malfoy. While there, Ginny asks Harry to close his eyes while she goes and hides the book so that he and other students cannot find it. When she returns to Harry, she kisses him. Harry was very much delighted and surprised that he received a kiss from Ginny. Also at the end of the film, it is implied that Ginny and Harry are still dating.
  • In theDeathly Hallows book, Harry and Ginny kiss in Ginny's room in The Burrow and Ron interrupts them when he opens the door.
  • InHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, Ginny comes down to the sitting room and asks Harry to help zip up her dress. Harry and Ginny then share a kiss that gets interrupted by George Weasley.
  • InHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Ginny andNeville Longbottom are both climbing up on one of the staircases, and run intoHarry during the battle. Neville ask Harry if he has seenLuna Lovegood, thenhe confesses to Ginny and Harry that he has feelings for Luna,he went away to find and tell Luna. Harry and Ginny share a quick kiss, Harry was going to tell Ginny that he loved her, but Ginny quickly told him that she knows, and they both went back to what they were doing before they met up. This did not happen in theHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book.
• In theDeathly Hallows book, Ginny is wearing a golden dress at theWedding of William Weasley and Fleur Delacour. InHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, she is spotted wearing a sliver and black dress at thewedding.

• In theLEGO Harry Potter series, Ginny's actions towards Harry are set out differently:
  • In Year 1, right before Harry enters Platform 9 and 3/4, Ginny giggles at the sight of him.
  • In Year 2, when she sees Harry arrive, she sighs and giggles at the sight of him. At Flourish and Blotts, she shows no interest in Lockhart and instead attempts to attract Harry. In the Chamber of Secrets, she shows no sign of worry or fear about her own and many other's near deaths, but simply smiles lovingly at Harry, hearts appearing over her. She also hugged Harry after being relieved that he survived the Basilisk attack as well as giggle and bat her eyelashes at Harry right before Harry stabs Riddle's Diary with a Basilisk fang.
  • In Year 4, she seems more concerned over Harry's faint in the Quidditch World Cup than anyone.
  • In Year 5, she appears to be greatly disappointed over the obvious feelings between Harry and Cho and desperately tries to beat Cho to it, narrowly failing. In the Department of Mysteries, she seems reluctant to go with Luna and Neville rather than Harry. While Harry is being possessed, she rushes up to see the events first and affectionately strokes his arm at the end of the year.
  • In Year 6, her relationship with Dean is cut and she seems more devoted to Harry as ever, flirting with him at The Burrow and even in front of every one else in the Slug Club. She also appears to have taken Harry to the Room of Requirement simply for the opportunity to kiss Harry.
  • In Year 7: Part 2, she arrives at the room of Requirement to see Harry. They run towards each other to kiss, but stop and just shake hands awkwardly.
  • The fact that her relationship with Dean was cut in Year 6 makes it unknown why Harry and Ginny did not attend the Slug Club Christmas Party together. However, they are seen dating in the beginning of the 'Slug Club' level after the first cutscene.

Author's comments

• 'I think you can see that she is a fairly forceful personality (and she always has been, remember Ron saying that she 'never shuts up' in Chamber of Secrets)?'^[48]

• 'The plan was, which I really hope I fulfilled, is that the reader, like Harry, would gradually discover Ginny as pretty much the ideal girl for Harry. She's tough, not in an unpleasant way, but she's gutsy. He needs to be with someone who can stand the demands of being with Harry Potter, because he's a scary boyfriend in a lot of ways. He's a marked man. I think she's funny, and I think that she's very warm and compassionate. These are all things that Harry requires in his ideal woman. But, I felt — and I'm talking years ago when all this was planned — initially, she's terrified by his image. I mean, he's a bit of a rock god to her when she sees him first, at 10 or 11, and he's this famous boy. So Ginny had to go through a journey as well… I feel that Ginny and Harry, in this book, they are total equals. They are worthy of each other. They've both gone through a big emotional journey, and they've really got over a lot of delusions, to use your word, together. So, I enjoyed writing that. I really like Ginny as a character.'^[49]
• 'The backstory with Ginny was, she was the first girl to arrive in theWeasley family in generations, but there's that old tradition of the seventh daughter of a seventh daughter and a seventh son of a seventh son, so that's why she's the seventh, because she is a gifted witch. I think you get hints of that, because she does some pretty impressive stuff here and there, and you'll see that again.'^[50]
• 'Harry and Ginny are real soul mates. They're both very strong and very passionate. That's their connection, and they're remarkable together...I think she's like Harry. He's got an intellectual curiosity and she's got something of belief.'
• 'Harry and Ginny were always meant to be together. I thought it was obvious, but apparently there were internet wars about this.'

Appearances

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• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone(First appearance)
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)(Appears on the Collectable Card)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows(First identified as Ginevra Weasley)
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
• Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (play)
• Harry Potter television series
• Quidditch Through the Ages(2018 audio edition)
• Pottermore
• HarryPotter.com
• Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Book(Mentioned on prop of Howler included as an extra)
• LEGO Harry Potter
• LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World
• LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World
• Creator: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
• LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
• Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
• J. K. Rowling: A Year in the Life(Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter Trading Card Game
• Harry Potter for Kinect
• Harry Potter: The Character Vault
• Harry Potter: The Creature Vault
• Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
• Harry Potter: Wizards Unite
• Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells
• Harry Potter: Magic Awakened(Picture only)
• The Harry Potter Wizarding Almanac
• Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions

External links

• Harry Potter Lexicon page

Notes and references

Dumbledore's Army
Founders
Harry Potter ·Hermione Granger ·Ronald Weasley
Leaders
Harry Potter ·Neville Longbottom ·Luna Lovegood ·Ginny Weasley
Members
Gryffindor	Katie Bell ·Lavender Brown ·Colin Creevey ·Dennis Creevey ·Seamus Finnigan ·Angelina Johnson ·Lee Jordan ·Cormac McLaggen ·Parvati Patil ·Alicia Spinnet ·Dean Thomas ·Romilda Vane ·Fred Weasley ·George Weasley ·Nigel Wolpert ·Unidentified female ·Unidentified female (II)
Ravenclaw	Terry Boot ·Cho Chang ·Michael Corner ·Marietta Edgecombe ·Anthony Goldstein ·Padma Patil ·Maisy Reynolds ·Unidentified male ·Unidentified male (II) ·Unidentified female
Hufflepuff	Hannah Abbott ·Susan Bones ·Justin Finch-Fletchley ·Ernie Macmillan ·Zacharias Smith ·Leanne ·Unidentified female
Unknown House	Luca Caruso ·Alice Tolipan
Allies and other affiliations
Order of the Phoenix ·Hogwarts staff ·Augusta Longbottom ·Andromeda Tonks ·Ted Tonks ·Percy Weasley ·Oliver Wood ·Grawp ·Dobby ·Winky ·Hogwarts house-elves ·Forbidden Forest Centaur colony ·Hogwarts Hippogriff herd ·Hogwarts Ghosts ·Hogwarts students ·Hogwarts Thestral herd

Order of the Phoenix
Founder: Albus Dumbledore
Leaders: Albus Dumbledore ·Alastor Moody ·Kingsley Shacklebolt
Original Order of of the Phoenix: Aberforth Dumbledore ·Alastor Moody ·Alice Longbottom ·Arabella Figg ·Benjy Fenwick ·Caradoc Dearborn ·Dedalus Diggle ·Dorcas Meadowes ·Edgar Bones ·Elphias Doge ·Emmeline Vance ·Fabian Prewett ·Frank Longbottom ·Gideon Prewett ·James Potter ·Lily Potter ·Marlene McKinnon ·Mundungus Fletcher ·Peter Pettigrew (defected) ·Remus Lupin ·Rubeus Hagrid ·Severus Snape ·Sirius Black ·Sturgis Podmore
Reconstituted Order of the Phoenix: Aberforth Dumbledore ·Alastor Moody ·Arabella Figg ·Arthur Weasley ·Bill Weasley ·Charles Weasley ·Dedalus Diggle ·Elphias Doge ·Emmeline Vance ·Fleur Delacour ·Fred Weasley ·George Weasley ·Harry Potter ·Hermione Granger ·Hestia Jones ·Kingsley Shacklebolt ·Minerva McGonagall ·Molly Weasley ·Mundungus Fletcher ·Nymphadora Tonks ·Remus Lupin ·Ronald Weasley ·Rubeus Hagrid ·Severus Snape ·Sirius Black ·Sturgis Podmore
Order of the Phoenix allies: Andromeda Tonks ·Augusta Longbottom ·Buckbeak ·Dobby ·Fallen Fifty ·Fawkes ·Filius Flitwick ·Firenze ·Garrick Ollivander ·Ginevra Weasley ·Grawp ·Helena Ravenclaw ·Horace Slughorn ·Karkus ·Kreacher ·Lee Jordan ·Luna Lovegood ·McKinnon family ·Mr Westenberg ·Mrs Westenberg ·Muriel ·Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington ·Neville Longbottom ·Oliver Wood ·Olympe Maxime ·Rita Skeeter ·Patrick Delaney-Podmore ·Peeves ·Percy Weasley ·Pomona Sprout ·Poppy Pomfrey ·Sybill Trelawney ·Ted Tonks ·Westenberg family ·Winky ·Xenophilius Lovegood
Other affiliations: Dumbledore's Army ·Forbidden Forest Centaur colony ·Headless Hunt ·Hogwarts Hippogriff herd ·Hogwarts house-elves ·Hogwartsghosts ·Hogwartsstaff ·Hogwarts students ·Hogwarts Thestral herd ·British Ministry of Magic ·Giant colony(UnderKarkus's control)

Quidditch positions atHogwarts
Captains
Filemina Alchin ·Astrix Alixan ·Orion Amari ·Angelina Appleby ·Oona Ballington ·Concepta Battista ·Hugh Biggs ·Vicky Bishopper ·Richard Carter ·Angelica Cole ·Stuart Craggy ·Winky Crockett ·Dan Darker ·Roger Davies ·Cedric Diggory ·Marcus Flint ·Hamish Frater ·Stephen Gould ·David Hamblin ·Robin Higgy ·Natalie Holkham ·Jody Jacknife ·Angelina Johnson ·Jo King ·Kris Kolumbiko ·Jess Lafington ·Neil Lament ·Steve Laughalot ·Russell Lucky ·David Makehay ·Graham Montague ·Mark Overcliff ·Erika Rath ·Andrew Snowy Owl ·Harry Potter ·Katie Rayknolls ·Imelda Reyes ·Isobel Ross ·Ashley Sanders ·Mark Sommertime ·Lucinda Talkalot ·Urquhart ·Emma Vanity ·Charles Weasley ·Rufus Winickus ·Oliver Wood ·Jacob's sibling ·Unidentified Quidditch Captain (I) ·Unidentified Quidditch Captain (II)
Keepers
Kevin Bletchley ·Miles Bletchley ·Brennan Doyle ·Andre Egwu ·Herbert Fleet ·Geoffrey Hooper ·Cormac McLaggen ·Grant Page ·Ronald Weasley ·Oliver Wood ·Jacob's sibling ·Unidentified Gryffindor Keeper ·Unidentified Slytherin Keeper ·Unidentified Keeper (I) ·Unidentified Keeper (II) ·Unidentified Keeper (III)
Chasers
Orion Amari ·Tamsin Applebee ·Katie Bell ·Bradley ·Randolph Burrow ·Cadwallader ·Chambers ·Roger Davies ·Eekins ·Marcus Flint ·Rose Granger-Weasley ·Edgar Hexsmith ·Jarrett ·Angelina Johnson ·Heidi Macavoy ·Graham Montague ·Ethan Parkin ·Skye Parkin ·James Potter ·Malcolm Preece ·Adrian Pucey ·Imelda Reyes ·Imelda Reyes's father ·Demelza Robins ·Zacharias Smith ·Alicia Spinnet ·Jeremy Stretton ·Dean Thomas ·Urquhart ·Vaisey ·Cassius Warrington ·Ginevra Weasley ·Willa Weholt ·Blaise Zabini ·Jacob's sibling ·Unidentified Chaser (I) ·Unidentified Chaser (II) ·Unidentified fourth-year Chaser ·Unidentified Gryffindor Chaser (I) ·Unidentified Gryffindor Chaser (II) ·Unidentified Gryffindor Chaser (III) ·Unidentified Gryffindor Chaser (IV) ·Erika Rath's friend (I) ·Erika Rath's friend (II) ·Unidentified Quidditch Captain (I)
Beaters
Cecil Anderson ·Bean ·Lucian Bole ·Ritchie Coote ·Vincent Crabbe ·Peregrine Derrick ·Dobbin ·Gregory Goyle ·Duncan Inglebee ·Andrew Kirke ·Michael McManus ·Maxine O'Flaherty ·Jimmy Peakes ·Erika Rath ·Anthony Rickett ·Jason Samuels ·Jack Sloper ·Fred Weasley ·George Weasley ·Baglan Wellnelly ·Jacob's sibling ·Unidentified Beater ·Unidentified Gryffindor Beater ·Unidentified Gryffindor Beater (II) ·Unidentified Slytherin Beater (I) ·Unidentified Slytherin Beater (II) ·Unidentified Quidditch Captain (II)
Seekers
Regulus Black ·Cho Chang ·Flossie Cooper ·Cedric Diggory ·Andre Egwu ·Harper ·Terence Higgs ·Gilderoy Lockhart ·Draco Malfoy ·Harry Potter ·Sirona Ryan ·Summerby ·Charles Weasley ·Ginevra Weasley ·Willa Weholt ·Gruffyd Wellnelly ·Jacob's sibling ·Unidentified Gryffindor Seeker ·Unidentified Hufflepuff Seeker ·Unidentified Ravenclaw Seeker ·Unidentified Ravenclaw Seeker's substitute ·Unidentified Seeker (I) ·Unidentified Seeker (II)
Unknown positions
Vicky Bishopper ·Stuart Craggy ·Winky Crockett ·Dan Darker ·Robin Higgy ·Jody Jacknife ·Jo King ·R. King ·Kris Kolumbiko ·Jess Lafington ·Neil Lament ·Steve Laughalot ·Russell Lucky ·David Makehay ·M. G. McGonagall ·Mark Overcliff ·Philomena ·Katie Rayknolls ·Sean ·Andrew Snowy Owl ·Mark Sommertime ·Lucinda Talkalot ·Emma Vanity ·Rufus Winickus ·Jacob's sibling ·Unidentified pure-blood student
Possible players
Christian Alexander ·Brandon Angel ·Jada Angela ·Owen Anthony ·Tanner Van Burm ·Haley Dakota ·Jennifer Dawn ·Riley Frazer ·Ethan Gerard ·Ryan Henry ·Erica J. ·Ella Jo ·Timothy Justin ·Sage Kelleen ·Luisa ·Trinity Lynn ·Trev Mallory ·Alexis Marie ·Gianna Grace Marie ·Abigail Nicola ·Amber Noel ·Phelan Noel ·Remy Olivier ·Jackson Sheppard ·Richard Sky ·Emily Taylor ·Alexander William

Quidditch positions
Keepers
Raul Almeida ·Kquewanda Bailey ·Susan Blancheflower ·Celine Castillon ·Sanjay Chaudhary ·Blanca Espinosa ·Sendelina de la Felino ·Mervyn Fenwick ·Denison Frisby ·Grenouille ·Millie Gudabi ·Nomsa Gumede ·Ralph Heidelberger ·Martin Helstrom ·Gordon Horton ·Tamotsu Iwamoto ·Bastien Janvier ·Lachlan MacKenzie ·Meaghan McCormack ·Jonny Nuhaka ·Darren O'Hare ·Lenelle Paraison ·Parkin ·Nathan Redleif ·Barry Ryan ·Darya Sandström ·Vasil Stena ·Todoroki ·Jacob Tusiime ·Unidentified Appleby Arrows Keeper ·Karl Wang ·Hermann Wiel ·Oliver Wood ·Georgi Zdravko ·Lev Zograf
Chasers
Kevon Allwood ·Alejandra Alonso ·Olaf Andersen ·Chavelle Arbelo Cartaya ·Asuka ·Jahmari Banton ·Kursten Blijk ·Igor Brand ·Angus Campbell ·Gabrielle Delacour ·Elodie Dembélé ·Fernando Diaz ·Vasily Dimitrov ·Aurélie Dumont ·Matthew Echunga ·Zola Farrell ·Gianni Fedele ·Keaton Flitney ·Gonçalo Flores ·Otmar Frick ·Carmen Garcia ·Arsenia Gonzales ·Dragomir Gorgovitch ·Robert Green ·Wilda Griffiths ·Stoyanka Grozda ·Lorre Gustafson ·Love Håkansson ·Peter Hansen ·Kenneth Hastings ·Avery Hawksworth ·Clairvius Hyppolite ·Royston Idlewind ·Clara Ivanova ·Jackie Jernigan ·Akshay Khan ·Tshepo Khoza ·Gunhilda Kneen ·Quentin Kowalski ·Ivan Kurazh ·Kimiko Kurosawa ·Hildegarde Lafarge ·Mateo Leblanc ·Ana de Lebron ·Alexei Levski ·Bogomil Levski ·Lars Lundekvam ·Alasdair Maddock ·Mathilde Mallard ·Josephine Marat ·Élise Martin ·Aisha Masika ·Catriona McCormack ·Maria Monteith ·Dennis Moon ·Moran ·Valmai Morgan ·Samuel Mudau ·Mullet ·Debbie Muntz ·Rosa Muñoz ·Rose Okello ·Parkin (Chaser I) ·Parkin (Chaser II) ·Parkin (Chaser III) ·Ethan Parkin ·Skye Parkin ·Navira Patel ·Yvonne Peart ·Grozdan Petkov ·Petrova Porskoff ·Radulf ·Sunita Rani ·Victor Rojas ·Ingrid Rosén ·Noriyuki Sato ·Lakshmi Singh ·Karin Sjöberg ·Yoshihiro Suzuki ·Ryotaro Tanaka ·Kurt Todt ·Clara Tremblay ·Troy ·Unidentified Appleby Arrows Chaser ·Unidentified Ballycastle Bats Chaser ·Nikola Vassileva ·Edric Vosper ·Joscelind Wadcock ·Ibrahim Waiswa ·Yoshi Wakahisa ·Mercy Wardwell ·Fabius Watkins ·Ginevra Weasley ·Willi Wenzel ·Ryuichi Yamaguchi ·Davyd Zakon ·Ladislaw Zamojski ·Busisiwe Zwane
Beaters
Ludo Bagman ·Lucas Bargeworthy ·Evaline Birungi ·Lily Blanfu ·Jean-Baptiste Bloncourt ·Karl Broadmoor ·Kevin Broadmoor ·Johannes Chauke ·Indira Choudry ·Carlos Clodoaldo ·Connolly ·Dimitar Draganov ·Troy Duvall ·Elena Eldritch ·Darren Floyd ·Sylvie Garnier ·Katrina von Glockenspieler ·Minaka Hirakata ·Masaki Hongo ·Joey Jenkins ·Gwenog Jones ·Asgeir Knutsen ·Alain Lacroix ·Kylie Meadows ·Tiago Montoya ·Andray Nembhard ·Niko Nenad ·Mercy Ojukwu ·Aliko Okoye ·Parkin (Beater I) ·Parkin (Beater II) ·Bengt Persson ·Asgard Pettersson ·Lucas Picquery ·Stefan Poliakoff ·Pringle ·Quintia Qarase ·Quigley ·Mauricio Quintero ·Prabal Ram ·Erika Rath ·Iefan Rice ·Greg Ruczinski ·Jason SamuelsVasco Santini ·Rafael Santos ·Ninon Saucet ·Shintaro Shingo ·Narinder Singh ·Keiko Takahashi ·Ugga ·Ivan Volkov ·Boris Vulchanov ·Pyotr Vulchanov ·Kelly Whakkaarangapawarau ·Dawn Withey
Seekers
Sylvian Boigny ·Maximus Brankovitch III ·Bruno Bruunhart ·Mégane Hélène C ·Eurig Cadwallader ·Lennox Campbell ·Gregory Cotton ·Fleur Delacour ·Samuel Equiano ·Inigo Fuente Marrero ·Glynnis Griffiths ·Galvin Gudgeon ·Shanice Higgins ·Sylvian Jolicoeur ·Lucy Karoonda ·Mina Kaur ·Aidan Kiely ·Yusuf Kisembo ·Sigrid Kristoffersen ·Viktor Krum ·Hector Lamont ·Tina Lundstrom ·Aidan Lynch ·Dougal McBride ·Jacques Miskine ·Eunice Murray ·Lindiwe Ndlovu ·Sonja Nordqvist ·Parkin ·Blythe Parkin ·Angelus Peel ·Cybèle Peltier ·Thorsten Pfeffer ·Badger Picklish III ·Roderick Plumpton ·Ngapo Ponika ·Joshua Sankara ·Noriko Sato ·Tony Silva ·Ariel Singleton ·Darius Smackhammer ·Joseph Snuka ·Luciano Volpi ·Shizuka Watanabe ·Konrad Weiss ·Benjy Williams ·Wladyslaw Wolfke ·Josef Wronski ·Bonawentura Wójcik ·Rawya Zaghloul
Unknown positions
Brevis Birch ·Rudolf Brand ·Chen Jianhua ·Edgar Cloggs ·João Coelho ·Andre Egwu's grandmother ·Feng Xiaoyan ·Gwenog ·Basil Horton ·Huang Wei ·Randolph Keitch ·Goodwin Kneen ·Chiyo Kogawa ·Chiyo Kogawa's brother ·Dai Llewellyn ·Hamish MacFarlan ·Gwendolyn Morgan ·Skye Parkin's cousin ·Ivan Popa ·Finbar Quigley ·Imelda Reyes's grandfather ·Adou Sosseh ·Sun Li ·John Talisker ·Unidentified Appleby Arrows player ·Unidentified Japanese National Quidditch Captain ·Unnamed Kwidditch players ·Arnold Vogler ·Wakefield ·Anna Wriothesley ·Yadao Min ·Zhang Lijun

St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries
Founder:Mungo Bonham
Locations
Alchemy Room ·Creature Induced Injuries ·'Dangerous' Dai Llewellyn Ward: Serious Bites ·Entrance dummy ·Hospital Ward ·Janus Thickey Ward ·Poisoning Department ·Purge and Dowse, Ltd ·St Mungo's Admissions Department ·St Mungo's Certified Healer Insignia ·St Mungo's student programme ·St Mungo's Werewolf Wing
Employees
Positions	Healer ·Mediwizard ·Trainee Healer ·Welcome Witch ·Cleaner
Healers	Astrid Cole ·Dilys Derwent ·Omar Abasi ·Eustace Burke ·Ruby Honeysuckle ·Lancelot ·Chiara Lobosca ·Rutherford Poke ·Augustus Pye ·Hippocrates Smethwyck ·Helbert Spleen ·Miriam Strout ·Vulpecula Bulstrode ·Portrait of a Healer ·Wiggins ·Talbott Winger's mother
Patients
Katie Bell ·Bilton Bilmes ·Bitten St Mungo's patient ·Barnabus Blenkinsop ·Philbert Chivers ·Herbert Chorley ·William Dale ·John Dawlish ·Andre Egwu's sister ·Fugitive werewolf ·Dorian Fungbury ·Mirabel Garlick's predecessor ·Grubby-looking St Mungo's patient ·Rubeus Hagrid ·Penny Haywood ·Gordon Horton ·Jacob ·Tulip Karasu ·Cecil Lee ·Cassandra Mason's tenants ·Rhys Maybury's mother ·Minerva McGonagall ·Tasmina McLaggen ·Eloise Mintumble ·Montgomery ·Naasz ·Esme Page ·Anne Sallow ·Miriam Strout ·Laura Thorn ·Nymphadora Tonks ·Unidentified dragonologist ·Unidentified St Mungo's patient ·Unidentified werewolf ·Arthur Weasley ·Ginevra Weasley ·Winged St Mungo's patient ·Winifred Warrington ·Unidentified St Mungo's patients
Long-term residents	Agnes ·Alice Longbottom ·Broderick Bode (deceased) ·Frank Longbottom ·Gilderoy Lockhart ·Zenith Xeep