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*William Melling has a non-speaking role in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|sixth movie]] and he is shown several times in the background.
 
*William Melling has a non-speaking role in the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|sixth movie]] and he is shown several times in the background.
 
*Nigel's last name was revealed to be "Wespurt" in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' on the [[Dumbledore's Army parchment]].
 
*Nigel's last name was revealed to be "Wespurt" in the [[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' on the [[Dumbledore's Army parchment]].
*It is speculated that Nigel will replace the death of Colin Creevey in film adaptation of [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]].
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*It is speculated on different forums such as Veritaserum to name one, that Nigel will replace the death of Colin Creevey in film adaptation of [[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (film)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]].
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==

Revision as of 15:59, 16 December 2009

Nigel Wespurt[2] was a student who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during the 1990s, and was Sorted into Gryffindor house in 1994.[3] He was an avid fan of the student Harry Potter.[4]

Biography

Education at Hogwarts

First Year, 1994-1995

Nigel: "Parcel for you Mr. Weasley"
Ron: "Oh, thank you Nigel ...not now Nigel, later, go on."
— Nigel delivers Ron's parcel in return for Harry's autograph.[src]

Nigel Wespurt began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the start of the 1994–1995 school year, he was shown amongst students wearing black ties and school robes after being sorted in the Great Hall, Nigel later during this term is shown to have his Gryffindor house tie, robes and jumper on. Nigel appeared to have a great deal of respect for the school headmaster, during Dumbledore's welcoming speech Nigel seemed completely captivated, where as other students around him were getting distracted by friends and floating candles.

Nigel

Nigel at the Great Hall wearing a black tie, after being sorted in 1994.

Nigel had also really shown an interest in Harry Potter dubbed 'the boy who lived' and had asked Ron Weasley if he could get him Harry's autograph. Nigel was seen as a supporting member to Harry Potter in the Triwizard Tournament in the stools during the first task. Later in the year Nigel delivered a parcel to Ron Weasley containing his dress robes, but didn't leave after delivering and stood waiting for Harry's autograph. Ron told Nigel to wait and shooed him away, he then explained to Harry that he had promised Nigel he would receive an autograph from Harry for helping him. Nigel supported Harry throughout the tournament and for doing so was often bullied by Draco Malfoy and his crew, when Nigel was cheering for Harry after he emerged from the lake Draco hit Nigel over the head and pulled his hat down over his face. Also during this year, despite being only a first year, Nigel attended the Yule Ball, meaning he must have been asked by someone much older than him, as Ginny Weasley, a third year, accepted Neville Longbottom's offer as she doubted she'd be asked by anyone else and being so young she wouldn't have been allowed to attend otherwise.

At the end of the year Nigel was supposed to have his first ever End-of-Term Feast but due to the circumstances surrounding the Triwizard Tournament and them resulting in the murder of Cedric Diggory this feast was cancelled and instead a memorial feast was held by Albus Dumbledore for students and staff to pay their respects to the late Diggory and grieve the loss. At the end of this year Dumbledore had declared, based on Harry Potter's word, that Lord Voldemort had returned to power. Nigel was amongst the students to believe this claim and not be persuaded otherwise by the Daily Prophet which in later months would slate Harry as a liar.

Second Year, 1995-1996

HoverCharm

Nigel having spells tested on him at a D.A. meeting.

Harry: "Stunning is sort of the wizard's bread and butter really. So, come on then Nigel, give it your best shot."
Nigel: "Er, STUPEFY!"
— Harry teaching the spell Stupefy to his D.A. class.[src]

The following year, Hogwarts would be put under the watchful eyes of Dolores Umbridge, she was making students lives a misery and was refusing to teach all students any practical forms of Defence Against the Dark Arts. When Harry Potter and Hermione set up an organisation against this Nigel joined and became a part of Dumbledore's Army. Nigel must have snuck out of the Hogwarts grounds to visit Hogsmeade in order to attend the first D.A. meeting, as Nigel was only in his second year at the time, making him too young to visit Hogsmeade. This would be the start of a rebellious year of events for Nigel surrounding him joining the D.A.

When attending the D.A.'s meetings Nigel would often stay close to Harry Potter whom he looked up to. With Nigel's enthusiasm in lessons Harry would often use Nigel as a 'test dummy' and was used to demonstrate performing the spells Stupefy and the Hover Charm. He also assisted Harry by acting as a look-out as the students left the Room of Requirement at the end of the meetings. When Dolores Umbridge and her Inquisitorial Squad broke open the door to the Room of Requirement where the D.A. met, Nigel was at the front of the class along with Harry Potter. He was among the students to serve one of Umbridge's 'medieval' detentions as punishment for being a member of Dumbledore's Army. Towards the end of the year shortly after Nigel had served detention with the other D.A. members Fred and George Weasley put their plans of escape into action and Nigel was amongst the crowd of students and staff to witness their departure and cheered them off after they disrupted Umbridge's O.W.L. observation. [5]

Third Year, 1996-1997

"He really is back? *Harry nods his head*"
— Nigel to Harry Potter at the Hog's Head regarding Voldemort's return[src]
Nigellunapomfrey

Nigel with Luna and Madam Pomfrey raising their wands to the late Dumbledore.

During Nigel's third year his idol Harry Potter would become the new Quidditch Captain for the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Nigel was present at the Quidditch tryouts that year but did not make the team, however he did not take the new badly and was quite happy with the selected students as he was later shown to be very supportive. Nigel was seen cheering loudly for Ron Weasley when he won his first Quidditch match. He also witnessed Ron and Lavender Brown passionately kissing for the first time in the common room, something which he showed disgust in by poking his tongue out and covering his face with his woolly hat to block his view. Being Nigel's third year, this year would have been the first time he was able to go out on a trip to Hogsmeade at the weekends, assuming he was given parental consent.

Nigel was also still present at Hogwarts when Professor Severus Snape killed the school's current headmaster Albus Dumbledore. After hearing the news and seeing the Dark Mark floating above the school he and a large group of students and staff gathered around the body of Dumbledore which had fallen from the Astronomy Tower, Nigel arrived at the scene with Luna Lovegood and stood with her and Madam Pomfrey whilst the crowd looked on at Harry who had crouched down to Dumbledore. When the time came, he followed Professor McGonagall's sign of respect and lit his wand and raised his arm in the air with the crowd of students to show their respects to the late headmaster, in doing so the combined faculty and students of Hogwarts managed to rid the sky of the over-looking Dark Mark. It is more than likely that Nigel attended the funeral service that followed afterwards unless his parents pulled him out of school before the year had finished, like some others had done. [6]

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. Nigel is shown to be younger than Harry, but must have been at least eleven years old in order to be attending Hogwarts in 1994.
  2. Harry Potter: The Exhibition report from ThePensieve.org
  3. In GoF film, Nigel's first appearance has him wearing a plain black tie, a plain black jumper and plain black school robes, after being sorted.
  4. Nigel is shown wearing a red and gold tie in the films.
  5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)
  6. Despite it not being shown in the film, students attended it and he was a student.

See also