Wikia

Damara Dodderidge
Biographical information
Died	Before 1991 (possibly)
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Hair colour	Brown
Skin colour	White
Family information
Family members	Daisy Dodderidge (possibly)
Affiliation
Occupation	Head of Gryffindor House
House	Gryffindor
Loyalty	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry ; Gryffindor ; Dodderidge family ; Sir Cadogan ;

"The girl will eat herself out of house and frame if she keeps on like this..."

—Giffard Abbott's portrait^[src]

Damara Dodderidge was a witch, and a Head of Gryffindor House^[1]. Her portrait was hung in the Grand Staircase.

BiographyEdit

LifeEdit

Damara attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in her youth, where she was sorted into Gryffindor House. When she graduated, she later became Head of House herself^[1].

Post-mortemEdit

1992-1994Edit

By 1992, she had a portrait hung in Hogwarts Castle's Grand Staircase, and another one in Gryffindor Tower in 1993.

1995-1996Edit

By 1995, she guarded a shortcut, leading from the Grand Staircase to the Clock Tower, she was seen frequently complaining about her hunger or tiredness. By then, her password was "Chops and Gravy".^[2]

1996-1997Edit

In the next school year, Damara's portrait was moved to another place in the Grand Staircase. Despite this move, she still guarded a passage to the Clock Tower, inaccessible to all, who had not got the new password: "Dashing Cadogan".^[3]

1997-1998Edit

On 2 May, 1998, the Battle of Hogwarts ensued. Damara appeared to have fled from her portrait.^[4]

Personality and traitsEdit

"Ohhhh, I'm too hungry. If you could ask Giffard Abbott — he's the portrait at the bottom of the Grand Staircase — to send some food along, then maybe I could help. Nothing much, just some chops, and a leg of lamb, some chicken and beef and maybe some cakes as well. Not too much. I'm so hungry."

—Damara Dodderidge.^[src]

Damara was known being always very hungry and tired.^[2] Her portrait at Hogwarts Castle depicts her like so, but by 1996 she seemed to stop constantly daydreaming about food and complaining about her tiredness. She said to be hungry once at breakfast time, though. Also by this time, she seemed to have developed a crush on fellow portrait Sir Cadogan, calling him "dashing".^[3]

EtymologyEdit

Damara is the Celtic goddess of fertility.

Behind the scenesEdit

Damara Dodderidge may have died sometime prior to 1991, as many portraits hung at Hogwarts depict deceased individuals.
Damara is voiced by Rachel Atkins in the fifth video game while in the sixth game she is voiced by Beth Chalmers.
It is possible that Damara is related to Daisy Dodderidge, the famed founder and first landlady of The Leaky Cauldron.
Considering that she is named for the Celtic goddess of fertility, it may be that Damara Dodderidge's hunger and tiredness simply resulted from being pregnant.
Damara's portrait is based off of Lady Elizabeth Pope.

AppearancesEdit

Notes and referencesEdit

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 See this image, confirming that all portraits hanging in Gryffindor Tower depicted Heads of House.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game), PS2 version
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)
↑ Seen shortly after Hermione Granger says "Staircases changes. Remember?"

Hogwarts Castle
Locations on the third floor
Armoury · Charms Corridor · Class 34 · Classroom 2E · Classroom 3C · Clock Tower Entrance · Flipendo Challenge · Gunhilda of Gorsemoor Corridor · Hesperius Hall · Jinx Rooms · Library · One-Eyed Witch Passage · Storeroom · Third Floor Corridor · Trophy Room · Trophy Secret Passage · Turret Stairwell · Vastus Vestibule
Portraits, statues and other artwork located on the third floor
Basil Fronsac · Brutus Scrimgeour · Damara Dodderidge · Drunk Monks · Gunhilda of Gorsemoor · Helena Ravenclaw · Merwyn the Malicious · Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington · Shepherdess · Tenem Musacitz · Termeritus Shanks · Valeria Myriadd · Witch in green · Witch in Pompadour hairstyle Wizard in black · Wizard in red ·

Hogwarts Castle
Locations on the sixth floor
Classroom 6A · Classroom 6B · Corridor · Disused bathroom · East Wing · Empty classroom · Glanmore Peakes' Corridor · Horace Slughorn's office · Room of Rewards · Storeroom · Writing Supplies Room
Portraits, statues and other artwork located on the sixth floor
Damara Dodderidge · Edgar Stroulger · Eoessa Sakndenberg · Glanmore Peakes · Selina Sapworthy · Skeleton in a top hat · Portrait in storeroom · Termeritus Shanks · Vindictus Viridian · Wendelin the Weird

[HoH-0] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 See this image, confirming that all portraits hanging in Gryffindor Tower depicted Heads of House.

[OotP-1] 2.0 ^2.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game), PS2 version

[HBP-2] 3.0 ^3.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)

[DHpt2-3] Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (video game)

[4] Seen shortly after Hermione Granger says "Staircases changes. Remember?"

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]