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Podric Piles
Biographical information
Died	Before 1993
Title(s)	Head of House[1]
Physical information
Species	Human
Gender	Male
Affiliation
Occupation	Head of Gryffindor House (? - before 1991)[1]
House	Gryffindor

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Podric Piles^[2] was a wizard that was depicted in a large painting that hung in Gryffindor Tower, at Hogwarts Castle. In his lifetime, he was Head of Gryffindor House.^[1]

In the painting, Piles is depicted as playing a game of Wizard's Chess with Uric Oapley, with Tobias Stump, standing, watching over the game, and Muldoon Cragg, in the background, absorbed in reading. Piles is depicted as sitting on a chair, wearing a long curly white powdered wig with a stripey pointy hat, a large red coat, a cravat, blue breeches and white stockings.

Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) (Appears in portrait(s))
• The Making of Harry Potter (Appears in portrait(s))

Notes and references