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{{Youmay|the main character of the Harry Potter series|the [[Harry Potter (series)|series]] in general}}
 
{{Gryffindor infobox
 
|name=Harry James Potter
 
|image=[[Image:Half-Blood Prince Harry.JPG|250px]]
 
|gender=Male
 
|eyes=Green (blue in the films)
 
|hair=Black (dark brown in the films)
 
|born=July 31, [[1980]] (DH age 17, DH epilogue age 36)
 
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|family=*[[Ignotus Peverell]] (paternal ancestor)†
 
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*[[Mr. Evans]] (maternal grandfather)†
 
*[[Mrs. Evans]] (maternal grandmother)†
 
*[[Mr. Potter]] (paternal grandfather)†
 
*[[Mrs. Potter]] (paternal grandmother)†
 
*[[Lily Potter I]] (mother)†
 
*[[James Potter I]] (father)†
 
*[[Ginny Weasley|Ginny Potter (née Weasley)]] (wife)
 
*[[James Potter II]] (son)
 
*[[Albus Potter]] (son)
 
*[[Lily Potter II]] (daughter)
 
*[[Petunia Dursley|Petunia Dursley (née Evans)]] (maternal aunt)
 
*[[Vernon Dursley]] (maternal uncle)
 
*[[Dudley Dursley]] (maternal cousin)
 
*[[Arthur Weasley]] (father-in-law)
 
*[[Molly Weasley I|Molly Weasley (née Prewett)]] (mother-in-law)
 
*[[Ron Weasley]] (brother-in-law)
 
*[[Hermione Granger]] (sister-in-law)
 
*[[Bill Weasley]] (brother-in-law)
 
*[[Charlie Weasley]] (brother-in-law)
 
*[[Percy Weasley]] (brother-in-law)
 
*[[Fred Weasley I]] (brother-in-law)†
 
*[[George Weasley]] (brother-in-law)
 
*[[Rose Weasley]] (niece)
 
*[[Hugo Weasley]] (nephew)
 
*[[Weasley family|Various nieces and nephews]]
 
*[[Marvolo Gaunt]](distant relative) †
 
*[[Morfin Gaunt]] (distant cousin) †
 
*[[Merope Gaunt]] (distant cousin) †
 
*[[Tom Marvolo Riddle]] (distant cousin) †
 
 
|blood=[[Half-Blood]]
 
|title=*The Boy Who Lived
 
*The Chosen One
 
*Master of the [[Deathly Hallows]]
 
*[[Auror]]
 
*[[Undesirable]] No. 1
 
*Quidditch Team Captain
 
*[[Seeker]]
 
|alias=*Barny Weasley
 
*Vernon Dudley
 
*Neville Longbottom
 
*Potty wee Potter
 
*You! Boy!
 
|wand=*Holly, 11", [[Fawkes|phoenix]] feather
 
*Hawthorn, 10", [[unicorn]] hair
 
*[[Elder Wand]]
 
|boggart=[[Dementor]]
 
|patronus=Stag
 
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|job=Head of the Auror Office
 
|affiliation=*[[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]]
 
*[[Dumbledore's Army]]
 
*[[Order of the Phoenix]]
 
*[[Ministry of Magic]]
 
*[[S.P.E.W.]]
 
*[[Gryffindor]]
 
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|portrayer=*[[Daniel Radcliffe]]
 
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{{quote|Hmm. Difficult. Very difficult. Plenty of courage, I see. Not a bad mind either. There's talent, oh my goodness, yes - and a nice thirst to prove yourself, now that's interesting... So where shall I put you?|[[Sorting Hat]] to Harry Potter|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
 
 
'''Harry James Potter''', born [[July 31]], [[1980]], one of the most famous students at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]] in modern times, is the only known survivor of the Killing Curse, "[[Avada Kedavra]]". While at Hogwarts, Harry was the youngest [[Seeker]] in over a century and captained the [[Gryffindor]] [[Quidditch]] team, winning two [[Quidditch Cup]]s (Harry was banned from Quidditch by [[Umbridge | Professor Umbridge]] in his fifth year. Therefore, he wasn't on the Griffyndor team when they won the cup that year). He won the [[Triwizard Tournament]], destroyed a [[Horcrux]], trained [[Dumbledore's Army]], and is credited with great heroism for the destruction of [[Lord Voldemort]] and his network of [[Death Eater]]s in both the [[First Wizarding War]] and the [[Second Wizarding War]]. Harry Potter is the only known person to have united all three [[Deathly Hallows]].
 
 
==Biography==
 
===Family Lineage===
 
Harry Potter is descended from the [[Ignotus Peverell|Peverell]] family, an ancient wizarding line, of which [[Tom Marvolo Riddle]] is also a descendant. Harry is known to be descended from Ignotus Peverell because of the family heirloom of an [[Invisibility Cloak (Deathly Hallow)|Invisibility Cloak]]. It is assumed that Riddle, a.k.a. [[Voldemort]], is descended from [[Cadmus Peverell]] due to his own family heirloom of the [[Resurrection Stone]]. It is unknown what line, if any, descended from the oldest brother Antioch as his possession, the Elder Wand, has passed many unrelated hands through the generations. A great many generations separate the lines of Harry and Voldemort.
 
 
Harry is also distantly related, on his father's side, to the [[Black]]s, [[Malfoy]]s, the [[Weasley]]s, the [[Longbottom]]s and almost all other [[Pure Blood families|pure blooded wizarding families]], though the degree of consanguinity is not known.
 
 
===Early Life===
 
[[Image:Harrypotter.JPG|thumb|left|200px|Harry as a baby.]]
 
Harry James Potter was born on July 31, 1980, to [[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]]. From birth, he lived in hiding with his parents after [[Lord Voldemort]] marked them for death. They lived in the town of [[Godric's Hollow]] in a home put under the [[Fidelius Charm]] to keep them hidden. As part of the [[charm]], they had planned to make their Secret-Keeper [[Sirius Black]], but using the advice of Sirius, they changed this designation to [[Peter Pettigrew]], as they thought he would be less suspicious. In a terrible turn of fate, it happened that Pettigrew was a spy for Voldemort. He betrayed James and Lily Potter, staged his own death, and framed Sirius Black for everything.
 
 
On the evening of October 31st, 1981, Voldemort arrived at Godric's Hollow and murdered Harry's parents; he started with James, who tried to duel him (though he did not have his wand). Then he advanced on to Lily, who died protecting Harry. It was her sacrifice that prevented the Avada Kedavra curse from working. Her love for Harry became a barrier protecting her son; when Voldemort attempted the curse on the child, it backfired, and instead of killing Harry, Voldemort lost all of his power and his physical form. Harry Potter is the only person known to have survived the Killing Curse. The failed curse left a scar on his forehead shaped like a lightning bolt. The scar would be a bane and a blessing to Harry in the years to come, as it opened a telepathic link between Lord Voldemort and himself.
 
 
He became famous even at the age of one for defeating Lord Voldemort. The house at Godric's Hollow was destroyed in the fight, and [[Rubeus Hagrid]] rescued Harry. Hagrid was given specific orders by [[Albus Dumbledore]] to take him to his [[Petunia Dursley|Aunt Petunia]] and [[Vernon Dursley|Uncle Vernon]]. Dumbledore left a letter explaining everything to the Dursleys, but they never relayed it to Harry. Instead, Harry would spend the next decade of his life in their strict and miserable home.
 
 
===Life on Privet Drive===
 
Living with the Dursleys Harry thought was the worst thing in the world. As they were a [[Muggle]] family, they had no understanding of magic and even though his Aunt and Uncle knew about his lineage, they wanted nothing to do with it. The Dursleys considered themselves a "proper" family and hated anything out of the ordinary. They lied to Harry about his parents, claiming they had perished in a car wreck and that James was an unemployed drunk. They resented Harry for his magical talents, which were sporadic, but evident. They discouraged any sort of imagination. In fact, they insisted upon "stamping that rubbish out," and screamed at or punished Harry whenever something "unusual" occurred. In his youth, Harry could make strange things happen without understanding why (as no one had bothered to inform him). For instance, after Petunia had sheared off all his messy hair in fury that it would not lay flat, it had grown back to its untouched state by the next morning. Harry was punished, even though he hadn't done anything on purpose. Another time, [[Dedalus Diggle]] bowed to him in a shop, and Petunia ferociously interrogated Harry as to how the man knew him.
 
 
The Dursleys spoiled and pampered their son [[Dudley]] and paid little to no attention to Harry. Everything he owned were ill-fitting hand-me-downs from Dudley, which were far too large for Harry . He was forced to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs while his cousin got two bedrooms to himself. They ordered Harry around like a slave. In time, Dudley became a terrible bully of Harry.
 
 
There were two benefits to Harry's virtual imprisonment at the Dursley's home. First, Harry's neighbor, [[Arabella Figg]], was a [[Squib]] working undercover for the [[Order of the Phoenix]] to keep tabs on Harry's wellbeing (however, to maintain favor with the Dursleys, she was forced to mistreat him whenever they sent him to her). And second, Dumbledore put a spell on the Dursley home to keep the inhabitants concealed from Voldemort and the forces of Darkness. However, this spell would be broken when Harry turned 17 years old, or whenever he no longer called Privet Drive his home.
 
 
===Muggle primary school===
 
Harry attended normal Muggle school along with [[Dudley]]. He didn't have many friends, since a lot of students were afraid of Dudley's gang. It is told that he was good at sports, even though no one picked him for their team. Harry once accidentally changed the colour of his teacher's wig to blue, and somehow found himself onto school kitchen roof.
 
 
If Harry hadn't gone to Hogwarts he would have attended [[Stonewall High|Stonewall]].
 
 
===You're a Wizard, Harry===
 
Harry had no birthday celebrations until the day he turned 11, which is the same day that he discovered the exceptional reality about his identity. The week of Harry's birthday, hundreds of letters began arriving at the Dursley's home, addressed to him from a place called [[Hogwarts]]. When the Dursleys saw the first letter was addressed as "cupboard under the stairs," they panicked at the thought of Harry's ill treatment being observed and transferred him to the "smallest bedroom."
 
 
Vernon tried to destroy the letters in a futile attempt to keep Harry from his destiny. As the letters kept coming in increasingly larger quantities, the Dursleys saw no alternative but to flee from them. The owls carrying the letters followed them wherever they went. In a final desperate move, the Dursleys relocated themselves to a shack on a rocky island in the middle of a body of water.
 
 
At this time, [[Rubeus Hagrid]] appeared in person to find out the reason Harry had not received his letter. He was infuriated by the Dursleys and explained to Harry, in spite of Vernon's obstinate protests, that he was a wizard, how his parents died, and how he was to be sent to [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]].
 
 
This would be the first birthday celebration for Harry. Rubeus Hagrid gave him a small, homemade birthday cake and an owl, which Harry would name [[Hedwig]]. Hagrid took Harry to [[Diagon Alley]] where he first learned about his fame in the [[Wizarding World|Wizarding Community]]. He learned his parents had left him a small fortune in a vault at [[Gringotts]].
 
 
===Phoenix-feather Wand===
 
[[Image:HarryQuillSS.jpg|right|thumb|170px|Harry in his first year of Hogwarts.]]
 
Harry Potter's magic [[wand]] is eleven inches long and made of holly. Its core is made of Dumbledore's [[phoenix|phoenix's]], Fawkes's tail feather. It was crafted by [[Ollivander]], who also crafted a twin wand from yew and the only other feather the phoenix ever gave. This twin wand chose [[Tom Marvolo Riddle]] as its wielder. Riddle, under the alias of Lord Voldemort, would later use this wand to attack Harry and his parents. The two wands, sharing the same phoenix origin, have a unique connection which prevented them from successfully dueling.
 
 
===[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone|First Year at Hogwarts]]===
 
Harry Potter was further guided by destiny when he met his lifelong friends [[Ron Weasley]] and [[Hermione Granger]] while riding the [[Hogwarts Express]]. At first the Sorting Hat thought about putting Harry into Slytherin, but changed its mind at Harry's insistence. All three were Sorted into [[Gryffindor]] House on their first evening at school.
 
 
Harry discovered at his first broom-flying lesson that he was a natural flyer. This enabled him to join the Gryffindor [[Quidditch]] team, becoming the youngest Seeker in more than a century, as First Year students normally were not allowed to have their own brooms.
 
 
Meanwhile, [[Lord Voldemort]], long presumed dead, was secretly mounting a return. Using the new professor of [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]], [[Quirinus Quirrell]], as a host body, he was able to search for the [[Philosopher's Stone]], which he believed would restore him his body and grant him immortality. Voldemort was thwarted by Harry, with great help from Ron and Hermione. Overall, the events of Harry's first year at Hogwarts set the three students in a bond of everlasting friendship which would carry them through every obstacle that came to them from the forces of Darkness.
 
 
[[Image:Harryronhermoine.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Ron, Harry, and Hermoine]]
 
 
===[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets|Second Year at Hogwarts]]===
 
Harry faced adversity at the school when he and his fellow students learned he could speak [[Parseltongue]]. Because of this and the events surrounding the re-opening of the [[Chamber of Secrets]], Harry was suspected to be the "Heir of Slytherin," who was believed responsible for attacks on [[Muggle-born]] pupils at the school. Ron's sister [[Ginny Weasley]] was put in danger as Voldemort again used an innocent person as a means to carry out his ambitions. He hypnotized her using an enchanted [[Tom Riddle's Diary | diary]] that turns out to be one of Voldemort's [[horcruxes]], forcing her to vandalise the school, as well as terrify the school community by releasing a deadly [[Basilisk]] from the [[Chamber of Secrets]].
 
 
[[Image:HarryBench.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Harry being spied on by [[Dobby]].]]
 
After much research, Harry was able to get into the Chamber of Secrets using [[Parseltongue]], accompanied for a short time by Ron and Professor [[Gilderoy Lockhart]]. With the help of [[Godric Gryffindor]]'s sword and [[Fawkes]], Harry was able to rescue Ginny from the Chamber, slay the Basilisk, and destroy the diary [[horcrux]]. In addition, Harry was able to trick [[Lucius Malfoy]] into freeing his mistreated [[house-elf]], [[Dobby]].
 
 
===[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban|Third Year at Hogwarts]]===
 
In [[1993]], [[Sirius Black]] escaped from [[Azkaban]]. Everyone was convinced that Harry Potter was his target. Even the [[Minister for Magic]], [[Cornelius Fudge]], granted him a reprieve from punishment for inadvertently engorging his [[Aunt Marge]] because of the tense climate in the community.
 
 
Harry experienced difficulty with his social sphere when he was barred from joining student outings to [[Hogsmeade]], the nearby wizarding village. He was able to sneak to Hogsmeade with the help of [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley]], who gave him the [[Marauder's Map]], a magical document showing secret passageways in and out of Hogwarts, as well as every person's location within the castle. Harry used a secret passage and his [[Invisibility Cloak]] to sneak to Hogsmeade numerous times over the course of the year.
 
 
At Christmas, Harry received a [[Firebolt]] racing broom from an anonymous benefactor after his [[Nimbus 2000]] was destroyed by the Whomping Willow during a Quidditch match. Suspecting Black sent it, [[Hermione Granger]] reported it to [[Minerva McGonagall|Professor McGonagall]], who confiscated it for testing. In the fullness of time, Harry learned that Sirius Black was not only his godfather and his father's best friend, but that he was a prisoner at Azkaban for allegedly divulging the Potters' secret whereabouts to Lord Voldemort and murdering their friend, [[Peter Pettigrew]], as well as twelve Muggle bystanders.
 
[[Image:Harrypatronus.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Harry conjuring the [[Patronus Charm]]]]
 
At this, Harry vowed to take revenge. Through his efforts to avenge his parents and Pettigrew, Harry discovered the truth: Black was innocent, and Pettigrew, an unregistered [[Animagus]] hiding as Ron Weasley's pet rat [[Scabbers]], had faked his own death and framed Black for the crimes. Through disastrous events, Pettigrew escaped, but Harry managed to prevent Sirius from being recaptured by fighting off a hoard of Dementors with a [[Patronus Charm]]. Sirius was forced back into hiding, but he was saved.
 
 
===[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire|Fourth Year at Hogwarts]]===
 
In [[1994]], Hogwarts hosted the [[Triwizard Tournament]], a recently-revived inter-school competition. The [[Beauxbatons|Beauxbatons Academy]] and the [[Durmstrang Institute]] also participated. Harry was mysteriously chosen as a fourth competitor, even though he was underage and never entered his name into the [[Goblet of Fire]] during the selection process. Almost everybody did not believe Harry's story, however; Ron, jealous of the attention Harry was getting, stopped speaking to him for a time. Hermione, on the other hand, "accepted his story without question", and assisted Harry in preparing for the Tournament by teaching him useful [[spells]] such as [[Accio]].
 
 
The champions faced three dangerous challenges on their way to the Triwizard Cup. Harry's life was threatened many times during this competition and the quality of his social life suffered terribly, due to jealousy and resentment from his peers. Numerous times, he declined help from [[Ludo Bagman]]; he felt that accepting help from Bagman would feel like cheating more than asking for help from Ron, Hermione, or Sirius. After witnessing how dangerous the First Task was, Ron realized Harry had not cheated to get into the tournament, and the two friends made up.
 
[[Image:Harryhungarian.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Harry trying to escape the Hungarian Horntail in the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament]]
 
 
Harry asked his long-time crush [[Cho Chang]] to attend the [[Yule Ball]] with him, and was disappointed to learn that she had already accepted the invitation of [[Cedric Diggory]], whom she would subsequently date. Harry and Ron ended up attending with [[Parvati Patil|Parvati]] and [[Padma Patil]], respectively. They both ended up neglecting their dates, as Harry watched Cho and Ron was overcome with jealousy for [[Viktor Krum]], who escorted Hermione.
 
 
During the final event, Hogwarts champion [[Cedric Diggory]] and Harry both showed supreme sportsmanship and cooperation, and agreed to touch the Triwizard Cup simultaneously, planning to tie for first place. They were unaware it was actually a [[Portkey]]. They were transported to the graveyard at [[Little Hangleton]], the [[Riddle family]]'s final resting place, where [[Lord Voldemort]] was waiting. On Voldemort's order, his servant [[Peter Pettigrew]] (aka ''Wormtail'') murdered Cedric with the [[Killing Curse]].
 
 
Harry was bound to [[Tom Riddle Sr.]]'s tombstone and forced to witness a ritual, which used his own blood, to restore Lord Voldemort's body. At the same time, [[Death Eaters]] from all over the world arrived at the cemetery, further compounding the seriousness of Harry's situation. When Voldemort regained his frail and spindly human form, he immediately engaged Harry in a duel. The nature of their wands' mystical connection caused their magical streams to interlock, which created an effect called [[Priori Incantatem]]. Harry was momentarily shielded, which allowed him time to grab the Portkey and escape back to Hogwarts.
 
 
Once more, Voldemort had been using a foolish victim to carry out his deceits. It was uncovered that [[Barty Crouch Jr]], who had unwittingly joined forces with Voldemort as a young boy, was during all that school year disguised as Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher [[Alastor Moody]]. In a terrible turn of fate, Crouch's soul was destroyed with a [[Dementor|Dementor's Kiss]] before he could repeat his confession to officials. As a result, the [[Ministry of Magic]] began to dispute Harry and Albus Dumbledore's insistence that Voldemort had returned.
 
 
===[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix|Fifth Year at Hogwarts]]===
 
[[Image:HarryonTrial.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Harry on trial]]
 
Witnessing Cedric Diggory's murder was very difficult for Harry. It was not helpful that he was forced back to [[Privet Drive]] for the summer holidays. To make things worse than they were already, [[Dolores Umbridge]], under-secretary for the Minister for Magic, ordered Dementors to attack Harry in the Muggle town of [[Little Whinging]]. Harry was forced to perform a [[Patronus Charm]] to save him and Dudley. Subsequently, Harry was formally accused of performing underage magic and was made to appear at a [[Wizengamot]] hearing at the Ministry of Magic. He was threatened with expulsion from Hogwarts, but was exonerated with help from Albus Dumbledore. In retaliation against Dumbledore, Minister for Magic [[Cornelius Fudge]] appointed Umbridge as the new Hogwarts Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher so she can spy on the school. She was later appointed [[High Inquisitor]], empowered to arbitrarily change and impose school rules.
 
 
[[Image:Harry_Cho_Snogging.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Harry and Cho share a kiss.]]
 
Having always been expected to be picked as a [[Prefect]] by [[Albus Dumbledore]], he was dissapointed when [[Ron Weasley | Ron]] and [[Hermione Granger | Hermione]] were chosen and not him. It was later revealed that Ron was chosen instead of Harry because Dumbledore thought that Harry had "''enough responsibility to be going on with.''" Harry's jealousy threatened to affect his friendship with Ron, but he felt better when he discovered that his [[James Potter | dad]] was also not chosen as a prefect at school.
 
 
Urged by Hermione, Harry secretly trained students in real defensive magic. The group call themselves [[Dumbledore's Army]], or the ''D.A.''. [[Cho Chang]] became a member, and she and Harry kissed under the mistletoe in the [[Room of Requirement]], though their romance suffered because of Cho's grief and confusion over [[Cedric Diggory]]'s death. Cho also had misplaced jealousy towards Hermione and defended her friend [[Marietta Edgecombe]] when the girl betrayed the D.A. to Umbridge, which caused things between her and Harry to just "fall apart".
 
 
[[Image:Department of Mysteries.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Harry with his friends, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna.]]
 
Lord Voldemort wanted a "secret weapon" against Harry Potter, as he felt threatened by his existence. He had heard of a [[prophecy]] hidden in the Ministry's [[Department of Mysteries]] having to do with him and Harry. Thus, Voldemort once again manipulated an innocent mind to his desires by implanting a false vision in Harry's mind that Sirius was being tortured at the Ministry. This forced Harry into action as he and D.A. members Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, [[Neville Longbottom]], and [[Luna Lovegood]] felt compelled to rush to his rescue.
 
 
Lured into the [[Department of Mysteries]], the students met with an [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries|ambush]] of [[Death Eaters]]. Order of the Phoenix reinforcements arrived in time, but Sirius Black was pushed by his cousin [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], through a stone archway, to his death.
 
 
Lord Voldemort himself appeared, enraged by the failures of his cronies. For the second time, he attempted to fatally curse Harry, but Dumbledore's sudden arrival saved him. Voldemort grabbed Bellatrix and [[Apparition|Disapparates]], but not before being seen by the Minister and Ministry employees, which vindicated both Harry and Dumbledore.
 
 
===[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince|Sixth Year at Hogwarts]]===
 
 
In [[1996]], following Voldemort's reappearance at the Ministry of Magic, many in the wizarding world now called Harry "The Chosen One." This does nothing for Harry's difficulty in socializing with his peers. [[Image:Harry_and_Ginny_3.jpg|thumb|left|260px|Harry and Ginny hugging each other]]Much to his chagrin, in addition Harry inherited his godfather Sirius Black's estate, including Grimmauld Place and the Black's melancholic and half-crazed house elf, [[Kreacher]]. And Harry learned that he had been made Gryffindor Quidditch Captain. This cheered him up slightly for not being made a prefect.
 
 
In that same year, [[Severus Snape]] was promoted to professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts. His vacant position as [[Potions]] instructor was filled by [[Horace Slughorn]], who [[Image:Harry_sluggy_hidef.jpg|thumb|left|250px|[[Horace Slughorn|Slughorn]] awards Harry with Felix Felicis after he successfully brews a [[Draught of Living Death]]]]Harry unwittingly helped Dumbledore to recruit. However, Slughorn's appointment reopened Harry's career options to becoming an [[Auror]] (otherwise, Harry's [[O.W.L.]] score in Potions under Professor Snape would have been inadequate for [[N.E.W.T.]]-level courses). As Harry had not bothered to purchase a Potions textbook, Professor Slughorn lent Harry an old textbook in the supply cabinet. [[Image:Harryandginny.jpg|thumb|250px|Harry and Ginny]]Harry sees it is signed as once belonging to a student identified only as "[[The Half-Blood Prince]]". The book contained copious handwritten notes that helped Harry to excel in Potions for once. In fact, his skills won him a prize from Slughorn--a small vial of [[Felix Felicis]]. During this year, Harry also became romantically involved with [[Ginny Weasley]]. He considered this to be some of the happiest times in his life.
 
 
Dumbledore began giving Harry private lessons with the [[Pensieve]], to help him know some about [[Voldemort]]'s past, in order to deafeat him. [[Image:HarrypotterHBP_new.jpg|thumb|186px|Harry in his [[1996|sixth year]]]]They took journeys together into various individuals' memories concerning Voldemort. Dumbledore surmised that to ensure immortality, Voldemort splintered his soul into seven fragments called [[Horcruxes]]. Five pieces were placed into common objects and two into living objects. Two Horcruxes were previously destroyed ([[Tom Riddle's diary]] and [[Marvolo Gaunt|Marvolo Gaunt's]] [[Gaunt's Ring|ring]]). [[Dumbledore]] located a horcrux, a locket, hidden inside a [[Horcrux Cave|seaside cave]], that was occupied by inferi. They made it past the inferi, and got the horcrux out, although Dumbledore is weakened to the brink of death by the effort.
 
 
They returned to find Hogwarts invaded by Death Eaters. On that night, Albus Dumbledore was killed by Severus Snape, who identified himself to Harry as the Half-Blood Prince as he escaped Hogwarts with [[Draco Malfoy]]. Harry recovers the locket from Dumbledore's body, but is beside himself to learn it is just a plain bit of jewelery; a note inside revealed the real Horcrux was taken by someone called ''[[R.A.B.]].'' It appeared to him that Dumbledore had died in vain.
 
 
===[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows|Hunting the Horcruxes]]===
 
In [[1997]], Harry vowed to leave Hogwarts in order to search for and destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes. He was joined by Ron and Hermione, who left their families to accompany him. They were forced to break numerous wizarding laws to accomplish their goal of destroying Lord Voldemort.
 
 
Harry spent time studying his quest, which involved the past deeds and Last Will and Testament of Albus Dumbledore, the identity of [[Gellert Grindelwald]], and the legend of the [[Deathly Hallows]].
 
 
The first Horcrux they found was [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]], which Harry took from around [[Dolores Umbridge]]'s neck in a feat of great bravery and nerve. The trio was then forced to travel all over Britain to evade capture, as they had assaulted Ministry employees. This locket, full of evil energy,[[Image:Harry_and_Hermione.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Harry and Hermione in the Library]] caused strife among the friends and Ron Weasley temporarily left their team.
 
 
While in the Forest of Dean, Harry was led to the [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword|Sword of Godric Gryffindor]] by the light of a spectral doe which turned out to be the [[Patronus]] of Severus Snape. The sword had the capability to destroy the Horcrux which no other object was able to accomplish. It was during the struggle with the sword and locket that he and Ron were reunited.
 
 
The location of the second Horcrux was revealed to Harry through shrewd observation of Bellatrix Lestrange. He deduced the object was hidden in her family's Gringotts vault, although in acquiring [[Helga Hufflepuff's Cup]] Harry lost Gryffindor's sword and was unable to destroy it. Ron and Hermione would later eliminate the cup with a [[Basilisk]] fang.
 
 
A vision of Voldemort [[Image:MourningDumbledore.JPG|thumb|310px|Harry with [[Professor McGonagall]] mourning [[Albus Dumbledore|Dumbledore's]] death]] helped Harry realise [[Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem]], the third Horcrux, remained at Hogwarts. The trio returned to Hogwarts to obtain the diadem, which is secured in the [[Room of Requirement]] when the room takes on the form of a vast storage facility. The entire room is destroyed by [[Fiendfyre]], created by [[Vincent Crabbe]] in an attempt to kill Harry.
 
 
Events culminated in a final battle, as Voldemort demanded Harry and the Hogwarts community fight him. Harry uses the passage between the [[Whomping Willow]] and the [[Shrieking Shack]] to sneak up on Voldemort. Thus he witnessed the murder of Severus Snape at the hands of Voldemort, as Voldemort believed Snape was preventing him from being the true owner of the [[Elder Wand]]. Before he died, Snape gave Harry memories to view in the Pensieve which informed Harry that he must sacrifice himself to be killed by Voldemort. Harry learned he himself constituted a Horcrux that Voldemort wasn't even aware of. Because Voldemort's soul was so unstable, when he tried to kill Harry a part of Voldemort's soul was placed within Harry.
 
 
Heavy of heart, he courageously slipped off on his own to carry out this dreadful task. However, the "death" he met was not permanent: The blood Voldemort took from Harry to restore his physical form created a deep bond between them, and Harry's willingness to die triggered strong protections on the people of Hogwarts similar to the protections he received from his mother's sacrifice.
 
 
Voldemort, cocky and foolhardy as ever, advanced to Hogwarts grounds to fight students and faculty. In his folly, he underestimated the exceptional wizard [[Neville Longbottom]], who, in a rare act of blind courage, destroyed the giant snake (and the final Horcrux) [[Nagini]] with [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword]], which he pulled out of the [[Sorting Hat]] in the same way Harry had done it during his second year to defeat the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets.
 
 
Harry prepared himself to finally kill Voldemort. Unbeknownst to Voldemort, the Elder Wand, which he stole from Dumbledore's grave, will not obey the wizard who wields it, but the wizard who owns it; Harry became its rightful owner when he [[Expelliarmus|disarmed]] Draco Malfoy. This is after Malfoy gained ownership of the Wand from Dumbledore when he disarmed him upon Harry and Dumbledore's return to Hogwarts with the locket. The Elder Wand thus refuses to execute the Killing Curse on Harry, rebounding onto Voldemort, who finally is silenced forever.
 
 
Harry Potter, in an act of great humility and compassion, prevented the Deathly Hallows from ever being reunited by keeping the [[Invisibility Cloak]], dropping the [[Resurrection Stone]], and returning the [[Elder Wand]] to Dumbledore's grave.
 
 
In the destruction of Lord Voldemort and the subsequent diminishing of all his powers, Harry Potter lost the ability to speak Parseltongue<ref>Wizard of the Month, October 2007</ref> In addition, the scar on Harry's forehead no longer held magical powers, nor did it cause him pain from then on.
 
 
===[[Between 1998 and 2017|1998-2017]]===
 
After Lord Voldemort's defeat, Harry went to work for the [[Auror]]'s Office at the [[Ministry of Magic]]. In [[2007]], he became head of the Auror Department. By [[2017]], Harry and Ginny were married and had three children, whom they named [[James Potter II|James Sirius]], [[Albus Severus Potter|Albus Severus]], and [[Lily Potter|Lily Luna]].
 
 
Harry also ensured that Severus Snape's portrait was hung in the Headmasters office at Hogwarts.<ref>[http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/1272 JK Rowling comments at Carnegie Hall]</ref> He was also on "Christmas Card" terms with Dudley and his family, and occassionally visited him, which were occasions dreaded by his own children.<ref>[http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=26]</ref>
 
 
==Magical Abilities & Skills==
 
[[Image:HarryOotP.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Harry defending himself against [[Dementor]]s at age fifteen.]]
 
'''Skilled in Defence Against the Dark Arts''': Harry Potter is "particularly talented" in [[Defence Against the Dark Arts]].
 
 
'''Flying Skill''': Harry shows immediate command of a [[broomstick]], which made him a naturally good Seeker in [[Quidditch]]. His flying ability also aided him in the Triwizard Tournament, when he had to steal a golden egg from a [[Hungarian Horntail]], and during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], where he managed to escape a Fiendfyre inferno in the Room of Requirement.
 
 
'''Skilled Duelist''': He is able to hold his own against Death Eaters and even Lord Voldemort and survive on several confrontations.
 
 
'''Patronus Charm''': He is able to produce a full [[Patronus]] at an early age. Harry's Patronus is a Stag, like his father's Animagus form.
 
 
'''Parselmouth (Formerly)''': Harry is able to speak and understand [[Parseltongue]], a language associated with [[Dark Magic]], because he harbours a piece of Lord Voldemort's soul. After Voldemort destroys that soul fragment, Harry loses the ability to speak Parseltongue. Harry "is very glad" to have lost this "gift."
 
 
'''Insight into Voldemort's mind''': Also due to the piece of Voldemort's soul in him, Harry is able to see things from Voldemort's point of view, and see into his mind. He uses this ability to find out where Voldemort is, and what he's up to.
 
 
'''Master of the Deathly Hallows''': Harry was master of all three of the [[Deathly Hallows]] for a time. Harry overpowered Draco Malfoy, and stole his wand at the Malfoy Manor; As Draco was the [[Elder Wand | Elder Wand's]] true master at the time, the wand's allegiance ultimately turned to Harry, to spite the wand's being in the possession of Lord Voldemort. The [[Resurrection Stone]] was left to Harry by Albus Dumbledore in his will; Dumbledore had hidden the stone inside of the snitch that Harry caught during his very first Quidditch match. The [[Cloak of Invisibility]] was rightfully Harry's as it was passed down to him through the generations from it's original owner, [[Ignotus Peverell]], who was Harry's ancestor. The Resurrection Stone was lost in the forbidden forest in [[1998]], while the Elder Wand was returned to the tomb of Albus Dumbledore in the same year. The only one of the three hallows that has not been lost or hidden is the Cloak of Invisibility, which is presumably still in Harry Potter's possession.
 
 
==Physical description==
 
{{Quote|Las' time I saw you, you was only a baby. Yeh look a lot like yer dad, but yeh've got yer mum's eyes.|[[Rubeus Hagrid]] to the eleven-year-old Harry Potter.|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}}
 
 
Harry Potter is a near-spitting image of [[James Potter I|his father]], having jet black, untidy hair,[[Image:HarryPOA.jpg|thumb|194px|Harry on his [[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban|third year]]]] although with brilliant green eyes that are identical to those of [[Lily Evans|his mother]]. Harry's physique as a boy was described as "small and skinny", with a thin face and knobbly knees, due to his poor quality of life in his childhood. In time he would grow to be "within an inch" of his father's height, and James was often described as tall. He wears round-rimmed glasses. Upon his forehead, covered by his unruly black hair, is a scar shaped like a lightning bolt. The scar is a result of the failed [[Avada Kedavra]] curse cast on him by [[Lord Voldemort]]. It burns when Voldemort is nearby or feeling particularly strong emotions, though this ceases after his death.
 
 
== Personality ==
 
Harry has two traits the common [[Gryffindor]] has, loyalty and kindness. He is also hot-tempered and proud. Also, he is very strong-minded and has never lied down for abuse.
 
 
==Possessions==
 
{{Quote|He's been left a house?|[[Vernon Dursley]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
 
 
'''Potter Inheritance''': When Harry's parents were murdered by Lord Voldemort, they left behind a somewhat large savings account in vault 687 of [[Gringotts Wizarding Bank]]. This inheritance became Harry's source of funding for all his Hogwarts textbooks, wizarding clothes, and spending money.
 
 
'''[[Wand]]''': As is the case with most wizards, his wand is among his most valued magical possessions. Harry's is made of holly, a wood with the powers to repel evil.<ref>JKR</ref> The wand is in deliberate contrast to the wand of Lord Voldemort, which is [[Yew]]. It broke in 1997 and was repaired in 1998.
 
 
'''[[Invisibility Cloak|Cloak of Invisibility]]''': Another valued and useful possession is Harry's Cloak of Invisibility. In his first year at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], he received it as an anonymous Christmas gift. He later learned the gift came from [[Albus Dumbledore]], who obtained it in turn from Harry's father, [[James Potter]]. It was later revealed to be a family heirloom as well as one of the three [[Deathly Hallows]].
 
 
'''[[Deathly Hallows]]''': For a brief moment, Harry possessed all three [[Deathly Hallows]]: the Cloak of Invisibility, the [[Resurrection Stone]], and the [[Elder Wand]]. These three artifacts were the most powerful magical items in all of the wizarding-world and were so ancient that they were only the subject of [[The Tales of Beedle the Bard|fairy tales]]. When Harry lost the Resurrection Stone inside the [[Forbidden Forest]], he decided to leave it there. Harry also interred the Elder Wand in Albus Dumbledore's grave, so the power of the wand would be extinguished after Harry's eventual death. However, the portrait of Dumbledore that hangs in the [[Headmaster's Office]] advised Harry to keep the Invisibility Cloak, since it was his father's.
 
 
'''[[Hedwig]]''': Harry's magical familiar and animal companion, Hedwig, was vitally helpful in delivering messages and packages for Harry, especially while Sirius was in hiding from the [[Ministry of Magic]]. Hedwig is killed during the [[Battle over Little Whinging]] by a stray Killing Curse.
 
 
'''[[Godric Gryffindor's Sword]]''': A relic of the Founder of Harry's house, the goblin-made sword of Godric Gryffindor was left to Harry by his former Headmaster [[Albus Dumbledore]] in his will. However, the [[Ministry of Magic]] claimed that it was not Dumbledore's to give, and that it truly belonged to [[Hogwarts]]. Although the Ministry confiscated a replica of the sword, the true sword found its way into Harry's possession still through the machinations of [[Severus Snape]]. Soon after, [[Ron Weasley]] used it to destroy [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]], one of Voldemort's [[Horcrux]]es. Harry lost the sword to [[Griphook]] while stealing [[Helga Hufflepuff's Cup]] from the Lestrange vault at Gringotts. However, the sword reappeared in the hands of [[Neville Longbottom]] during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]]; he used it to kill [[Nagini]] and thus destroyed the last of the horcruxes. Neville was seen sitting beside the sword after the Battle of Hogwarts,
 
but it is likely that either Harry kept the sword in his family, or that it was returned to Hogwarts as a relic of the Founders along with the remains of the other Founders'
 
relics.
 
 
After Sirius died, all of his remaining possessions were passed along to Harry. This included:
 
 
'''[[Buckbeak]]/Witherwings''': The [[hippogriff]] Sirius acquired from [[Hagrid]].
 
 
'''The Black Family Residence''':
 
{{Quote|As you can see, Harry," said Dumbledore loudly, over Kreacher's continued croaks of "won't, won't, won't," "Kreacher is showing a certain reluctance to pass into your ownership.|[[Albus Dumbledore]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
 
 
Located at [[Number 12 Grimmauld Place]], it and all the contents and furnishings of the house, including [[Kreacher]] (the family [[house-elf]]) became Harry's. [[Mundungus Fletcher]] would later try to steal many of Harry's inherited possessions, including [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]].
 
 
'''Black Family Inheritance''': Harry also inherited the remainder of Sirius' wealth in wizard's gold at Gringotts.
 
 
'''Enchanted Knife''': This magical knife, with the power to open most mechanical locks and magical seals, was destroyed when Harry tried it on a locked door at the [[Department of Mysteries]]. The protective enchantments on the door were far stronger than the magic of the knife. (Harry received for Christmas).
 
 
'''Communication Mirror''': Harry also owns one in a pair of two-way mirrors, given to him by his godfather [[Sirius Black]]. The mirror was intended to be a means covert communication, but it was broken. Harry did not realize the mirror could still work, although he kept a shard out of sentimentality. When Harry and several friends are captured at [[Malfoy Manor]], at the time being used as a headquarters for Voldemort, Harry used the shard of mirror to communicate with [[Aberforth Dumbledore]], who had the other mirror. Aberforth sent [[Dobby]] to rescue Harry.
 
 
==Relationships==
 
===Parents===
 
[[Image:The potters hp.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Harry as an infant with his parents.]]
 
{{dialogue|Lily|You’ve been so brave.|James|You are nearly there. Very close. We are…so proud of you.|Harry’s parents speaking to him through the [[Resurrection Stone]]|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
 
[[James Potter I|James]] and [[Lily Evans|Lily Potter]] died when their son was one year old, thus he barely knew them, but nevertheless regarded them with great reverence and grew angry if anyone spoke ill of them. In [[1995]], he punched [[Draco Malfoy]] for insulting his mother, and he frequently became furious with [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape]], who taunted Harry that James was not the great man others made him out to be. Snape was, to Harry's horror, proven right in the spring of 1996, when Harry accidentally witnessed James bullying Snape in one of his memories during Harry's occulemency lessons. The few times he ever saw his parents were through pictures given to him by [[Rubeus Hagrid]]; a vision within the [[Mirror of Erised]]; spectral forms which came out of his wand during ''[[Priori Incantatem]]''; stored memories within the Pensieve; and more spectral forms as he succumbed to his "death" during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]]. He then, eventually, "called" his parents through the [[Resurrection Stone]]. He eventually named two of his children after James and Lily.
 
 
===Lord Voldemort===
 
[[Image:AvadaKedavra.jpeg|thumb|200px|left|Voldemort uses the [[Killing Curse]] against Harry after his return to corporeal form.]]
 
{{dialogue a-b-a|Harry|I don't want anyone else to help. It's got to be like this. It's got to be me.|Voldemort|Potter doesn't mean that. This isn't how he works, is it? Who are you going to use as a shield today, Potter?|Nobody. There are no more Horcruxes. It's just you and me. Neither can live while the other survives, and one of us is about to leave for good...|Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort's final confrontation|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
 
[[Lord Voldemort]] is Harry's mortal enemy. He lost his parents to him as an infant and battled him several times. Harry's destiny was locked with Voldemort's because of a [[prophecy]] concerning them; Voldemort also unintentionally embedded a piece of his [[Horcrux|soul]] in Harry when he attempted to kill him, as indicated by his famous lightning-bolt scar, giving the two a lifelong connection. This link made Harry a [[Parselmouth]], a trait Voldemort inherited from the [[Gaunt]]s, and allowed him to see into Voldemort's mind on occasion. Voldemort used this link to lure Harry to the [[Department of Mysteries]] in [[1996]] by giving him a vision of his [[Sirius Black|godfather]] being tortured. Throughout his hunt for the Horcruxes, Harry would see glimpses of Voldemort's perspective, and his scar would burn when the Dark Lord was angry. During the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], Harry tried to make Voldemort feel some remorse for his evil deeds, in vain, and defeated him.
 
 
===Albus Dumbledore===
 
[[Image:ProfessorDumbledore.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Albus Dumbledore.]]
 
{{dialogue a-b-a|Hermione|Harry, I'm sorry, but I think the real reason you're so angry is that Dumbledore never told you any of this himself.|Harry|Maybe I am! Look what he asked from me, Hermione! Risk your life, Harry!... And don't expect me to explain everything, just trust me blindly...even though I don't trust you! Never the whole truth! Never!|He loved you. I know he loved you.|Harry and Hermione discussing the secrets Dumbledore kept|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
 
[[Albus Dumbledore]] was a mentor to Harry. He arranged for Harry to be rescued from [[Godric's Hollow]] after his parents' murder and left him in the care of his aunt [[Petunia Dursley]] in order to give him the benefit of the magical protection of his mother's blood.
 
 
In Harry's fifth year, he admitted to Harry that he hadn't told him of the prophecy concerning Harry and Voldemort because he wanted to spare him the pain and responsibility of it. Harry was furious with him for this, but the two continued to be close. By Harry's sixth year, Dumbledore took on the role of providing Harry with additional insights into the origins of [[Lord Voldemort]], largely through the use of the [[Pensieve]]. He entrusted Harry with the task of getting a final, crucial memory from [[Horace Slughorn]] regarding Voldemort's knowledge of Horcruxes.
 
 
Dumbledore's death was devastating to Harry, and he perservered on the task Dumbledore had given him — that of destroying the Horcruxes — despite learning that there was much Dumbledore had not told him about his history with the [[Deathly Hallows]] and [[Gellert Grindelwald]], though Harry resented that Dumbledore kept things from him. When Harry was struck by the [[Killing Curse]] during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], his soul went to a place resembling [[King's Cross Station]], where Dumbledore was waiting to speak with him. The fact that Dumbledore himself was there to meet Harry in a place between life and death attests to the bond of fellowship between them.
 
 
Harry named his second son Albus, after the Hogwarts Headmaster.
 
 
===Dudley Dursley===
 
[[Image:Dudley dursley hp.jpg|thumb|left|150px]]
 
{{dialogue a-b-a|Dudley|I don’t think you’re a waste of space.|Harry|Well…er…thanks, Dudley.|You saved my life.|Harry’s farewell to the Dursleys|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
 
Harry and his cousin [[Dudley Dursley|Dudley]] didn't get along very well for most of their early lives. Dudley would constantly bully Harry during his childhood, but did his best not to provoke him after he found out Harry was a wizard. When the [[Dursley]]s were sent into hiding during the last year of the [[Second Wizarding War]], Dudley was the only one who expressed concern over Harry's safety, as well as remorse for his prior treatment of him. They eventually made peace when they grew up, and visited each other on occasion.
 
 
===Ron Weasley===
 
[[Image:Ronald Weasley.jpg||thumb|right|150px]]
 
{{dialogue a-b-a|Ron|I'm sorry. I'm sorry I left. I know I was a — a —|Harry|You've sort of made up for it tonight. Getting the [[Godric Gryffindor's Sword|sword]]. Finishing off the [[Horcrux]]. Saving my life.|That makes me sound a lot cooler than I was.|Harry and Ron reconcile after Ron returns to the hunt for the Horcruxes|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
 
[[Ron Weasley]] became Harry's best friend during their first year at Hogwarts. Due to his background, he was often called on to explain customs and items that were commonplace to wizards to Harry, who was raised by [[Muggles]]. They became like brothers, and were close friends who sometimes fought. They had a major fallout in [[1994]]{{HP4}} when Harry was made a [[Triwizard Tournament|Triwizard Champion]]; Ron initially believed that Harry cheated in order to become one so that he could achieve more attention and glory. They also briefly fell out in [[1997]]{{HP7}} due to the negative energy within [[Salazar Slytherin's Locket]], which led to Ron temporarily abandoning Harry and Hermione on the search for the [[Horcrux]]es. However, he immediately regretted leaving, and returned to save Harry's life. These events only served to reinforce their bond and they remained friends for life. Ron's sense of humour and enjoyment of [[Quidditch]] often helped Harry relax and have fun even in the darkest times of his life. The two would eventually become brothers-in-law.
 
 
===Hermione Granger===
 
[[Image:Hermiona w HP i ZF.jpg|thumb|left|150px]]
 
{{quote|I love her like a sister and I reckon that she feels the same way about me. It’s always been like that.|Harry explains his friendship with Hermione to Ron|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
 
[[Hermione Granger]] became Harry's friend after they faced a [[Troll|Mountain Troll]] together in [[1991]]{{HP1}}. Harry admitted in [[1997]]{{HP7}} that he loved Hermione like a sister. Her quick mind was at times the only thing that saved the three friends from failure in many endeavours, both life-threatening and in the every-day. Hermione often chastised Harry when he wouldn't obey rules and when she believed he was wrong, such as when Harry briefly considered pursuing the [[Deathly Hallows]] instead of the [[Horcruxes]]. However, she always stuck by him and was fiercely protective of him, snapping at [[Lavender Brown]] when she doubted Harry's claim that [[Lord Voldemort]] returned and interceding when [[Dolores Umbridge]] was about to use the [[Cruciatus Curse]] on Harry. Hermione stood by Harry even when Ron doubted him during the Triwizard Tournament, accepting his story "without question", and when Ron temporarily left them in [[1997]], despite her own romantic feelings for Ron. Hermione also gave Harry advice rather often, such as when he was romantically interested in [[Cho Chang]]. Like Harry himself described, Hermione is his closest female friend and akin to a sister, and it could be futher said she is like an older sister, protective and always trying to keep him in line. Most appropriately, through her marriage to [[Ron Weasley]], she becomes his sister-in-law through his marriage to Ron's sister, [[Ginny Weasley | Ginny]].
 
 
===Severus Snape===
 
[[Image:SeverusSnape.jpg|thumb|135px]]
 
{{Dialogue a-b|Severus Snape|. . .mediocre, arrogant as his father, a determined rule-breaker, delighted to find himself famous, attention-seeking and impertinent. . .|Albus Dumbledore|You see what you expect to see, Severus. . . Personally, I find him an engaging child.|Snape and Albus Dumbledore, about Harry.|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
During his years in school, Harry's relationship with [[Potions]] master [[Severus Snape]] was nothing short of deepest loathing. When Harry first saw Snape in the Great Hall at Hogwarts, he got the initial feeling that Snape disliked him; only after his first Potions lesson did Harry realize the resentment dug much deeper. Harry soon learned that Snape saw Harry as a younger version of [[James Potter I|his father]] — a self-centered boy who enjoyed the attention paid to him, and "so arrogant that criticism simply bounce[d] off him."
 
 
When Snape was killed in [[1998]], Harry felt remorse for why and how Snape had died. His hatred of Snape also began to ebb away after learning of Snape's loyalty to the [[Order of the Phoenix]], as well the inspiration for his decision — the lifelong unrequited love for [[Lily Evans|Harry's mother]]. By [[2017]], Harry's dislike of Snape was almost nonexistent: he considered Snape to the one of the bravest men he had ever known, and gave his [[Albus Potter|younger son]] the middle name "Severus."{{HP7}} In time, Harry ensured that a portrait of Snape was hung in the Headmaster's office at Hogwarts.
 
 
===Sirius Black===
 
[[Image:SiriusBlack.jpg|thumb|left|150px]]
 
{{Quote|It was cruel that you and Sirius had such a short time together. A brutal ending to what should have been a long and happy relationship.|[[Albus Dumbledore]]|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
 
Filling in as a father figure/big brother, [[Sirius Black]] was Harry's most frequent and trusted confidant as well as his godfather. When Harry's scar hurt in [[1994]], he acknowledged that he could ask Sirius anything without feeling foolish. During [[Dolores Umbridge]]'s dictatorial rule over Hogwarts in [[1995]]-[[1996]], Sirius supported Harry's plan to teach other students practical defensive magic, telling Harry that he and [[James Potter I|James]] would have done the same thing.
 
 
When Sirius was killed in the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]], Harry refused to believe he was dead; only after realizing that Sirius would never leave him alone, while screaming for him as if his life depended on it, Harry was forced to accept that Sirius was indeed gone. For the following months, Harry avoided talking about Sirius if he could; whenever the subject came up, he would busy himself in some way to avoid joining the discussion. When Harry prepared to sacrifice himself to Voldemort in 1998, Sirius was one of the spirits called to him by use of the [[Resurrection Stone]]. Sirius assured Harry that dying was "quicker and easier" than falling asleep.
 
 
Harry was also very protective of Sirius. Knowing that the Ministry believed him guilty of mass murder, Harry refused to put Sirius in danger if it could be avoided. When Harry was mysteriously entered into the Triwizard Tournament, he tried everything to convince Sirius to remain in hiding instead of returning to England. During Umbridge's year at the school, Harry asked Sirius not to come to Hogsmeade as [[Padfoot]], since he didn't want to risk Sirius getting thrown back into Azkaban; while Sirius obeyed Harry's wishes, he observed that James would have been willing to take the risk.
 
 
===Rubeus Hagrid===
 
{{Quote|There's no Hogwarts without you, Hagrid.|Harry, after Hagrid's return from Azkaban|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)}}
 
[[Image:Hagrid.jpg|thumb|right|150px]]
 
[[Rubeus Hagrid]] was Harry's first friend in the wizarding world. In effect, he rescued Harry twice: once from the wreckage of his destroyed home, as a baby; second, from the Dursleys' to take him back into the wizarding world. Harry constantly defended the half-[[giant]] Hagrid against name-calling and mockery, and for that, Harry was dear to Hagrid. Hagrid was the one who carried Harry out of the [[Forbidden Forest]], when he was pretending to be dead at the [[Battle of Hogwarts]] in [[1998]]. Both orphans, Hagrid had a sort of fatherly caring for Harry that could be compared of an uncle.
 
 
===Cho Chang===
 
[[Image:Cho Chang promo.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Cho Chang.]]
 
{{quote|Well, obviously, she’s feeling very sad, because of Cedric dying. Then I expect she’s feeling confused because she liked Cedric and now she likes Harry, and she can’t work out who she likes best. Then she’ll be feeling guilty, thinking it’s an insult to Cedric’s memory to be kissing Harry at all…|Hermione on Cho Chang after the latter’s kiss with Harry|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
 
 
As a young boy ([[1993]]-[[1996]]), Harry found [[Cho Chang]] very pretty and was attracted to her as a peer in [[Quidditch]]. In his fourth year, he wanted to ask her to the [[Yule Ball]], but when he finally plucked up the courage, she told him she had already agreed to go with [[Cedric Diggory]]. In his fifth year at Hogwarts, they shared a kiss, but adolescent hormones raged and Cho found herself unable to maintain a relationship while mourning Cedric. She was also unreasonably jealous of Harry's friendship with Hermione, mistaking their camaraderie for romantic attraction. The last straw was Cho's friend [[Marietta Edgecombe]] betraying the [[D.A.]] to [[Dolores Umbridge|Umbridge]]; Cho defended Marietta and called the jinx Hermione had placed on the D.A. parchment a "horrible trick", both of which angered Harry. The two stopped speaking to one another, and Cho was soon dating [[Michael Corner]]. However, any animosity seems to have vanished by [[1998]], as Cho was among the former D.A. members who returned to participate in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]]. In fact, there are signs that Cho wants to restart a romantic relationship with Harry. Just before the Battle of Hogwarts she offers to show Harry the Ravenclaw common room and looks disappointed when Ginny "fiercely" suggests Luna do so instead.
 
 
===Ginny Weasley===
 
[[Image:GinnyWeasly.jpg||thumb|right|150px]]
 
[[Ginny Weasley]] and Harry first met at [[King's Cross Station]] in [[1991]], though they did not formally meet until the summer of 1992, at which point it became blatantly clear that Ginny had a huge crush on Harry. Until [[1994]] she was too shy and nervous around him to even speak to him comfortably; he was a celebrity in her eyes, and to him she was his best friend's little sister.
 
 
Hermione helped her in a sisterly way by advising her to be more like herself around Harry and perhaps even see other people. Ginny took this advice, and Harry came to see her as she truly was, strong-willed and compassionate. He started fantasizing about kissing her, and had dreams about her of a seemingly intimate nature, as he said to himself that the ways she appeared in his dreams made him very glad that Ron couldn't perform [[Legilimency]]. In [[1996]]{{HP6}} Harry realized his feelings for her and they spontaneously kissed at a Gryffindor [[Quidditch Cup]] victory party. They began dating, and Harry regarded this time as one of the happiest in his life. Following the murder of Albus Dumbledore, Harry reluctantly ended their relationship to protect her from the wrath of Lord Voldemort.
 
 
The two of them saw each other again, when Harry came over to the Burrow a few months later. While he was there, he and Ginny remembered the time they had spent together, demonstrating the strength of their feelings for each other. On Harry's 17th birthday, the two of them passionately kissed in Ginny's bedroom as something for him to remember her by. The two were separated for several months while Harry tracked down [[Horcruxes]] with Ron and Hermione while Ginny returned to Hogwarts, but they still held feelings for one another.
 
 
{{dialogue a-b-a|Ginny|I’d like you to have something to remember me by, you know, if you meet some [[veela]] when you’re off doing whatever you’re doing.|Harry|I think dating opportunities are going to be pretty thin on the ground, to be honest.|There’s the silver lining I’ve been looking for.|before Ginny kisses Harry for his seventeenth birthday|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows}}
 
 
Both of them took part in the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], although Harry was reluctant to let Ginny participate. During his "sacrifice" to Voldemort, Harry thought of Ginny, and later in the battle, after Ginny was nearly killed by [[Bellatrix Lestrange]], Harry ran at Bellatrix, rather than Voldemort, but was beaten to it by [[Mrs. Weasley]]. After Voldemort's defeat, Harry and Ginny were free to continue their relationship. Between 1998 and [[2017]], they married and had three children: [[James Potter II|James Sirius]], [[Albus Severus Potter|Albus Severus]], and [[Lily Potter|Lily Luna]]. Albus was Harry's only child who inherited his [[Lily Evans|grandmother]]'s <!--NOTE: This comment refers to Albus, not Harry. "Grandmother" is grammatically correct. --> eyes (and, in turn, Harry's eyes), while Lily was the only one who inherited Lily and Ginny's red hair.
 
 
===Draco Malfoy===
 
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{{dialogue a-b-a|Draco|You’re dead, Potter.|Harry|Funny, you’d think I’d have stopped walking around.|You’re going to pay. I’m going to make you pay for what you’ve done to my father… You can’t land my father in prison.|Draco and Harry after the [[Battle of the Department of Mysteries]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
 
 
[[Draco Malfoy]] became Harry's rival almost from the moment they met at [[Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions|Madam Malkin's]] on [[Diagon Alley]]. Draco came from a family that believed strongly in the importance of [[blood purity]], thus he considered himself superior to most people, bullying and insulting [[Muggle-born]]s and [[Gryffindor]]s in particular. He was bitterly jealous of Harry's seemingly effortless heroism. Draco bit off more than he could chew in his ambition to be like his father, [[Lucius Malfoy]], when he became a [[Death Eater]] at a young age. Although he let Death Eaters into Hogwarts in [[1997]], he was unable to kill [[Albus Dumbledore]], as he had been ordered to do by Voldemort, who threatened his parents to ensure his compliance. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry, Ron & Hermione inadvertently saved his life twice: against Crabbe's Fiendfyr & from a masked Deatheater. Because of his family's switching of sides during the [[Battle of Hogwarts]], Draco was not sent to [[Azkaban]] for his crimes. By [[2017]], he was married and had a [[Scorpius Malfoy|son]]. He saw Harry, Ginny, Hermione and Ron at King's Cross Station when sending their children to [[Hogwarts]], and gave them a curt nod. J.K. Rowling has confirmed that Draco and Harry have made peace, but are still not friends.
 
 
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===Weasley Family===
 
Besides the already mentioned Ron and Ginny Weasley, Harry had a close relationship with the [[Weasley]]s, who were more of a family to him than the Dursleys ever were. [[Molly Weasley|Molly]] even mentioned that Harry was like a son to her, and her [[Boggart]] - of dead family members, one after another - included Harry. [[Arthur Weasley|Arthur]] liked to discuss [[Muggle]] things with Harry, and twins [[Fred Weasley|Fred]] and [[George Weasley|George]] helped Harry out by passing him the [[Marauder's Map]] and as [[D.A.]] members. Harry spent many of his holidays at the Weasley home, [[the Burrow]]. Fred and George are Harry's close friends. It is also mentioned that Harry liked Percy Weasley least of Ron's brothers. Harry officially became part of the Weasley family when he married Ginny and had children with her.
 
 
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===Minerva McGonagall===
 
Harry also had a good relationship with Professor McGonagall. While during his first three years it was just a student teacher relationship, after Harry was selected to become a Triwizard Champion, she became warmer towards him, and began to look out for him. Several occurences of his closeness to her was when [[Umbridge]] gloated that she was too ill to talk to anyone after being hit by four Stunners, Harry felt a powerful surge of anger. McGonagall also stood up for him to Umbridge, promising to help him become an Auror if it was the last thing she did.
 
And in [[Deathly Hallows]], her depth of her care is revealed, when she says proudly that Harry is in her house, and he reciprocates by using [[Crucio]] on [[Amycus Carrow]] after he spat in her face. Her care is also shown when [[Voldemort]] has Harry's seemingly dead body brought out from the Forest, and she gives a terrible cry nearly equal to that of Ron, Hermione and Ginny. She also shows her devotion to Harry by arming Hogwarts on Harry's request, and then fighting Voldemort head on in the final battle.
 
 
=== Petunia Dursley ===
 
Harrys's relation with his aunt has never been soft. Petunia considers her nephew a waste of space and treated him badly the years he lived with her family. When the Dursleys were taken to a safer place when Harry turned 17, she seems to have affection to Harry , because she wanted to wish him good luck.
 
 
==Etymology==
 
[[Wikipedia:Harry (name)|Harry]] is the Middle English form of the name [[Wikipedia:Henry (given name)|Henry]], derived from the Germanic name ''Heinrich'', from the words ''heim'', meaning "home", and ''ric'', meaning "power, ruler". It has been a very popular name in the English-speaking world for centuries. Harry can also be a diminutive form of the name Harold, from the Old English name ''Hereweald'', meaning "leader of the army". It has been the name of five kings of Norway, three kings of Denmark, and two kings of England.<ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=harry Behind the Name: Harry]</ref><ref>[http://www.behindthename.com/name/harold Behind the Name: Harold]</ref>
 
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
*Harry is played in the films by [[Daniel Radcliffe]]. By the time ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)|Deathly Hallows]]'' is released, he will have been playing the role for ten years consecutively.
 
*Harry the character has green eyes, but Daniel Radcliffe has blue eyes. This is due to the fact that Daniel Radcliffe cannot stand contact lenses.
 
*Harry has black hair, while Daniel has brown.
 
*Harry's face is supposed to be thin, while Daniel's is broad-wide.
 
*Harry is portrayed as a very slim boy in all of the books, though Daniel has a strong physical body.
 
*Harry was [[Wizard of the Month]] on [[J. K. Rowling]]'s website for the month of October 2007.
 
*In the first book, Harry mentions that his 11th birthday was July 31st, on a Tuesday. That date was on a Wednesday in 1991, the year when he's supposed to be 11.
 
*Harry is the inspiration for the [[Wizard Rock]] band, Harry and the Potters.
 
*When Harry is cleaning out his school trunk in 1997, he finds a "Support Cedric Diggory!" badge in there. Considering the badges were only created by [[Draco Malfoy]] to get a rise out of Harry in 1994, it seems out of place that Harry has it, although he may have it by accident, or out of respect for Cedric.
 
*When Harry and his friends lose 150 [[House points]] in 1991, Harry loses favor with the Gryffindor Quidditch team. While understandable, it seems odd that Fred and George Weasley both turned on him.
 
*While Harry repeatedly states [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] is the best student in his year in all classes, he has beaten her in two of the three Defence Against the Dark Arts exams they had together, with Hermione only beating him in their first year exam. Part of this can be put down to [[Remus Lupin|Professor Lupin]]'s way of teaching, as it seemed to help bring out Harry's own talent at the subject. It is probably more accurate to say that Hermione is the best student in every subject but DADA, in which Harry is strongest, hence in Harry's mind she is the best student overall.
 
*In [[The Mirror of Erised]], Harry saw his family, a lot of people with untidy black hair, his own noses, mouths and knees. However, he also saw some people with almond-shaped green eyes, which could indicate that he saw his [[Muggle]] family as well, even though he did not see the [[Dursley family]]. All people were smiling at him, so there is a thought that all of his family, Wizards and Muggles, are proud of him.
 
*Throughout the films, Harry's hair grows longer and longer (the longest point was in the Goblet of Fire) until it was cut for the Order of the Phoenix. It has since grown to about the same length as it was for the Prisoner of Azkaban.
 
* In the films, Harry's scar is off-center on his forehead; this was apparently done at [[J.K. Rowling]]'s request: because of the books' artwork, many fans believe the scar is in the center of his head. But it is never explicitly mentioned where the scar is located.
 
*Daniel Radcliffe and Harry were both born in July- Harry on the 31st and Daniel on the 23rd.
 
 
==Appearances==
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st}}
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
 
*''[[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 Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (video game)]]''
 
*''[[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]]''
 
*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)]]''
 
*''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (video game)
 
*''[[Wizard of the Month]]''
 
 
==Notes and references==
 
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|predecessor=[[Angelina Johnson]]
 
|position=Captain of the [[Gryffindor Quidditch team]]
 
|years=[[1996]]-[[1997]]
 
|successor=Unknown
 
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|predecessor=[[Draco Malfoy]]
 
|position=Master of the [[Elder Wand]]
 
|years=[[1998]]-
 
|successor=Incumbent
 
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|predecessor=Unknown, eventually [[Gawain Robards]]
 
|position=Head of the [[Auror|Auror Office]]
 
|years=[[2007]]-
 
|successor=Incumbent
 
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|predecessor=[[Fred]] and [[George Weasley]]
 
|position=Owner of the [[Marauder's Map]]
 
|years=[[1993]]
 
|successor=[[Remus Lupin]]
 
}}
 
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|predecessor=[[Remus Lupin]]
 
|position=Owner of the [[Marauder's Map]]
 
|years=[[1994]]-
 
|successor=[[James Potter II]]
 
}}
 
{{Succession box
 
|predecessor=Unknown, eventually [[Charlie Weasley]]
 
|position=[[Seeker]] of the [[Gryffindor Quidditch team]]
 
|years=[[1991]]-[[1995]]
 
|successor=[[Ginny Weasley]]
 
}}
 
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|predecessor=[[Ginny Weasley]]
 
|position=[[Seeker]] of the [[Gryffindor Quidditch team]]
 
|years=[[1996]]-[[1997]]
 
|successor=[[Ginny Weasley]]
 
}}
 
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harry ptooter is an ugly freak who cant affor new glasses, gotaa tape em. (this was said by my friend not me)