Dean Thomas

Dean Thomas
Biographical information
Born	1980
Blood status	Half-blood
Physical information
Gender	Male
Hair colour	Black
Family information
Family members	Father Mrs. Thomas (mother)Mr. Thomas (step-father)
Magical characteristics
Boggart	A hand that moves by itself

Dean Thomas was Hogwarts student in the same year as Harry Potter. Sorted into Gryffindor along with Harry and several of the other principal characters, Dean Thomas became friends with Seamus Finnigan and the Weasley twins. Dean was described by J.K Rowling as a "Tall, black Londoner lad."

Biography

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Dean Thomas supporting Gryffindor

The son of 2 Muggles , Dean becomes very good friends with Seamus Finnigan. From the books themselves very little is revealed about Dean Thomas, other than that he is a supporter of the West Ham football team and he is good at drawing. However, Dean Thomas is one character that J.K. Rowling has not been able to develop as fully in the books as she has in her imagination. In her own website, the author reveals more about Dean's background, including the fact that he is being raised by his mother and his stepfather, his own natural father (who was a wizard) having been killed by Lord Voldemort or his supporters when he refused to join them. Dean Thomas is one of the first to arrive for the inaugural meeting of the group that became Dumbledore's Army in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and his support for his friend does not appear to falter.

Toward the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and through the first part of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Dean is linked romantically with Ginny Weasley. Harry may have contributed to their split while under the influence of the good luck Felix Felicis potion, which caused Harry (who had developed an interest in Ginny himself) to bump into Ginny while under the invisibility cloak. Fortunately for Harry Potter, Ginny blamed Dean and the resulting squabble proved fatal to their already (according to Hermione) rocky relationship.

Dean's role is expanded in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Dean's presumed muggle-born status puts him on the run from the Ministry, which is rounding up Muggle-born wizards and witches upon Voldemort's orders. Harry, Ron, and Hermione first come across him during their mission as they eavesdrop on his conversation with fellow runaways.

Dean Thomas at Hogwarts

The group, consisting of Dean, Ted Tonks, Dirk Cresswell, and the goblins Griphook and Gornuk, is later attacked by Snatchers, with Dean and Griphook being the only survivors. When Harry, Ron, and Hermione also end up being captured, Fenrir Greyback brings Dean and Griphook along to the Malfoy Manor. However, they are eventually rescued by Dobby the house-elf, who is injured during the escape and dies shortly after transporting them to Bill Weasley's cottage for protection. After Dean's rescue, he spends months with Luna, Griphook and the trio at Bill's cottage; Dean and Luna appear to get on all right, though as with Harry and the others, Dean appears bemused by some of her comments. They do, however, grow more comfortable with each other as evidenced by Dean pointedly taking Luna by the hand before heading out to prepare for The Battle of Hogwarts against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Though he loses his wand earlier in the book, Dean is able to obtain another one during the battle. He duels with Antonin Dolohov and uses a Stunning Spell on another Death Eater after the Death Eater is distracted by the presence of someone under a invisibility cloak - which was in fact Harry, Ron and Hermione. Dolohov attempts to retaliate but Parvati Patil uses a Body-Bind Curse.

Cut Chapters

From JK Rowling's website:

'Anybody who has read both the American and British versions of 'Philosopher's Stone' (Sorcerer's Stone in America) will notice that Dean Thomas's appearance is not mentioned in the British book, whereas in the American one there is a line describing him (in the chapter 'The Sorting Hat').

This was an editorial cut in the British version; my editor thought that chapter was too long and pruned everything that he thought was surplus to requirements. When it came to the casting on the film version of 'Philosopher's Stone', however, I told the director, Chris, that Dean was a black Londoner. In fact, I think Chris was slightly taken aback by the amount of information I had on this peripheral character. I had a lot of background on Dean, though I had never found the right place to use it. His story was included in an early draft of 'Chamber of Secrets' but then cut by me, because it felt like an unnecessary digression. Now I don't think his history will ever make it into the books.

Dean is from what he always thought was a pure Muggle background. He has been raised by his mother and his stepfather; his father walked out on the family when Dean was very young. He has a very happy home life, with a number of half-brothers and sisters.

Naturally when the letter came from Hogwarts Dean's mother wondered whether his father might have been a wizard, but nobody has ever discovered the truth: that Dean's father, who had never told his wife what he was because he wanted to protect her, got himself killed by Death Eaters when he refused to join them. The projected story had Dean discovering all this during his school career. I suppose in some ways I sacrificed Dean's voyage of discovery for Neville's, which is more important to the central plot.'

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