Ronald Weasley

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Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley (b. March 1, 1980) is a pure-blood wizard and the sixth son of Molly and Arthur Weasley. He takes his middle name from his Uncle Bilius, who saw a Grim and died a day later.

Ron began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991, and was sorted into Gryffindor house. He soon became best friends with fellow student Harry Potter and later Hermione Granger. Together, they faced many challenges during their adolescence, including keeping the Philosopher's Stone from Quirinus Quirrell, saving Ron’s sister from the Chamber of Secrets, forming Dumbledore's Army, and fighting in numerous battles of the Second Wizarding War, including the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, and the Battle over Little Whinging. Ron also became a Gryffindor Prefect and a Keeper on the Gryffindor Quidditch team during his school years. He skipped his last year of school in order to accompany Harry and Hermione on a quest to destroy the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort, and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998, in which he lost his brother, Fred.

After the war, Ron worked at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes with his brother George for a time, and later became an Auror. He and Hermione eventually married and had two children: A daughter named Rose and a son named Hugo Weasley. Ron is also the godfather to James Sirius Potter, who is the eldest child and son of Harry Potter and Ron's sister Ginny Weasley.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early Life 1.2 Education at Hogwarts 1.2.1 First Year 1.2.2 Second Year 1.2.3 Third Year 1.2.4 Fourth Year 1.2.5 Fifth Year 1.2.6 Sixth Year 1.3 Search for the Horcruxes 1.3.1 Battle over Little Whinging 1.3.2 Escape from the Burrow 1.3.3 Infiltration of the Ministry of Magic 1.3.4 Leaving and Returning to his Friends 1.3.5 Ambush at Lovegood House 1.3.6 Battle of Malfoy Manor 1.3.7 Gringotts Break-In 1.3.8 Battle of Hogwarts 1.4 Later Life 2 Physical Appearance 3 Personality and Traits 4 Magical abilities and skills 5 Possessions 6 Relationships 6.1 Family 6.2 Harry Potter 6.3 Hermione Granger 6.4 Draco Malfoy 6.5 Neville Longbottom 6.6 Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas 6.7 Luna Lovegood 6.8 Lavender Brown 6.9 Cormac McLaggen 6.10 Scabbers/Peter Pettigrew 6.11 Bellatrix Lestrange 6.12 Lord Voldemort 6.13 Rubeus Hagrid 6.14 Remus Lupin 6.15 Sirius Black 6.16 Fleur Delacour 6.17 Minerva McGonagall 6.18 Nymphadora Tonks 6.19 Severus Snape 6.20 Albus Dumbledore 6.21 Dumbledore's Army 6.22 Order of the Phoenix 6.23 Dolores Umbridge 6.24 Death Eaters and enemies 6.25 Children 6.26 Nieces and Nephews 7 Etymology 8 Behind the scenes 9 Appearances 10 External links 11 Notes and references

[edit] Biography

[edit] Early Life

Ron Weasley was the sixth of seven children born to Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett)^[2]. He grew up in the family home The Burrow, Devon and he was born during the height of the First Wizarding War, during which his his maternal uncles Gideon and Fabian Prewett, who were member of the Order of the Phoenix, both died fighting Death Eaters^[3]. The wizarding world became peaceful again, for a time, after Lord Voldemort’s first defeat on October 31, 1981.

Ron and his five older brothers - Bill, Charlie, Percy, and Fred and George – as well as his younger sister, Ginny, grew up in the Burrow in Ottery St. Catchpole in Devon. The Weasley family was poor,^[4] which they tried their best to make up for with love, though many other pure-blood families disdained them for their "blood traitor" beliefs and lack of wealth.^[5] The Weasley siblings were fond of teasing and playing pranks on each other, and Ron was a particular target for Fred and George. They once transfigured his teddy bear into a giant spider, sparking his arachnophobia, nearly got him to make an Unbreakable Vow on another occasion, which for once made their father truly furious, and they once got him to eat an Acid Pop which burnt a hole through his tongue.

[edit] Education at Hogwarts

[edit] First Year

Ron began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991 at the customary age of 11. He was sorted into Gryffindor House, like every other member of his family. On his first trip on the Hogwarts Express, Ron met and became fast friends with Harry Potter, the famous Boy Who Lived. Harry showed Ron great generosity by purchasing a quantity of snacks from the Hogwarts Express Food Trolley to share with Ron, and that simple act set in motion a lifelong friendship. Examples of this included: Harry standing up for Ron against bigot bully Draco Malfoy, reassuring Harry that it was not his fault that Severus Snape, the Potions Master gave him a hard time; agreeing to act as his second during what would be a midnight duel but was in actuality a dirty trick by Draco to get Harry and Ron in trouble.

Ron and Harry also first met Hermione Granger on the train, but didn’t particularly like her. Ron, especially, was annoyed by what he saw as Hermione showing off her knowledge of magic, such as when she corrected him on the pronunciation of the incantation for a Hovering Charm. He insulted her to Harry prior to the Halloween feast, which she overheard, and went running to the girl's bathroom in tears. In the evening, during the holiday feast, it was announced that a troll was loose in the school. Ron and Harry came to Hermione's rescue, and she, in return, lied to protect them from the professors. The three have been best friends ever since.

During their First year, the three of them learned of the Philosopher's Stone and sought to protect it from being acquired by Quirinus Quirrell, who was acting on behalf of Lord Voldemort. Ron's talent in Wizard's Chess, owed to an old and battered chess set that was passed to him from a grandfather, became a life-saving asset when the trio came to Professor McGonagall's contribution to the protection of the Philosopher’s Stone. During the life-sized game of Wizard's Chess, Ron sacrificed himself as a game piece so Harry could place the enemy king in checkmate, allowing Harry and Hermione to move on. Ultimately, the three succeeded in defeating Quirrell and protecting the Philosopher's Stone, and Ron was awarded 50 House points by Albus Dumbledore for "the best played game of chess that Hogwarts has seen these many years", contributing to Gryffindor winning the House Cup.^[2]

[edit] Second Year

In the summer of 1992, Ron and his older twin brothers, in a harebrained scheme to rescue Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive, drove their father's Flying Ford Anglia to the Muggle town of Little Whinging and tore the bars off of Harry's bedroom window using the car's horsepower. At the start of that year's school term, Ron and Harry missed the Hogwarts Express because of the meddling of the house-elf, Dobby, and were forced to use the Ford Anglia to travel to Hogwarts. At the end of their journey, the car malfunctioned, causing the boys to crash-land into the Whomping Willow. They were nearly killed when it retaliated, and the car jettisoned them and took off into the Forbidden Forest, where it remains to this day.

Ron's wand was damaged in the crash, causing him problems for the entire school year. For instance, it backfired when Ron attempted to curse Draco Malfoy in retaliation for him calling Hermione by the extremely offensive term “Mudblood”. Malfoy’s derision for Muggle-borns led Ron, Harry, and Hermione to suspect that he was the Heir of Slytherin who opened the Chamber of Secrets that year, unleashing a “monster” that began to attack Muggle-born students.

To investigate this theory, Hermione brewed Polyjuice Potion; Ron was made to impersonate Vincent Crabbe and Harry impersonated Gregory Goyle, while Hermione’s transformation was unsuccessful because she mistook hair from Millicent Bulstrode’s cat for her own. Ron and Harry realised that Malfoy was not the Heir of Slytherin, and were both greatly upset when Hermione became another victim of the “monster”, ending up petrified in the hospital wing, though she left her friends a clue that led them to deduce that the monster was a basilisk.

Ron showed incredible bravery during the course of their investigation by venturing into the Forbidden Forest to an Acromantula den led by Aragog, in spite of his extreme fear of spiders. When he and Harry realised that Ron’s younger sister, Ginny, was dying in the Chamber of Secrets, they raced to save her. Professor Gilderoy Lockhart attempted to wipe their memories in order to take credit for their efforts in a bid for fame, but he used Ron’s damaged wand. The spell backfired, causing permanent amnesia in Lockhart.

Ron was honoured with a Special Award for Services to the School, as well as earning two hundred House points for Gryffindor for his work concerning re-sealing the Chamber of Secrets.^[5]

[edit] Third Year

Ron’s third year would be marked by school-wide fear of Sirius Black, who had escaped from Azkaban and who was believed to be the wizard who betrayed James and Lily Potter to Lord Voldemort when Harry was an infant. Sirius was believed to be deranged and seeking to murder Harry. Ron, Harry and Hermione’s fear over this wasn't helped when Ron had a close encounter with Sirius, claiming that he stood over his bed with a knife, and when Professor Trelawney repeatedly predicted Harry’s demise in one of their new classes, Divination.

Ron, Harry and Hermione also suffered social strain, mostly revolving around Hermione’s new magical familiar, part-Kneazle cat Crookshanks, and Ron’s pet rat, Scabbers. Crookshanks behaved aggressively towards Scabbers multiple times, and when Scabbers went missing – and Ron found a blood stain and three ginger cat hairs on his bed sheets – Ron blamed Crookshanks, and ceased speaking to Hermione. There was more strain when Hermione turned in the new Firebolt Harry received anonymously to Professor McGonagall, suspecting that it had been jinxed and sent by Sirius.

However, the friends made up after Hagrid scolded the boys for their treatment of Hermione, and Ron offered to help her in her defence of the hippogriff Buckbeak, charged with attacking Draco Malfoy during a Care of Magical Creatures class. Their efforts proved to be futile, however, as Buckbeak was sentenced to death by beheading. While they comforted Hagrid on Buckbeak's impending death, Hermione found Scabbers hiding in a milk jug.

As the three left Hagrid's hut to return to the school, Scabbers panicked, bit Ron, and tried to run away. Scabbers was actually being hunted by Sirius Black who, in the Animagus form of a black dog, pounced on Ron and Scabbers and dragged them into a hidden passage under the Whomping Willow. Ron's leg was broken in the foray, leaving him unable to participate in the events that followed. Harry and Hermione, closely followed by Professors Remus Lupin and Severus Snape, followed the passage to the Shrieking Shack. It came out that Scabbers was in fact Peter Pettigrew – the true betrayer of Harry’s parents who framed Sirius for his crimes and faked his death by hiding in his Animagus form of a rat. Ron was shocked and horrified to learn that the animal companion who he had shared his bed with for years was really a murderous Death Eater.

While Ron recovered from his injury, Harry and Hermione saved Sirius from being given the Dementor's Kiss using Hermione’s Time-Turner – as well as Buckbeak, whom Sirius flew away on. Sirius sent Ron an owl to make up for his loss of Scabbers, and Ginny named him Pigwidgeon, or “Pig”.^[6]

[edit] Fourth Year

In the summer of 1994, Ron invited Harry and Hermione to accompany his family to the Quidditch World Cup. The Weasley family obtained tickets from Ludo Bagman in thanks for help with a family problem. Ron was in awe of his favourite Quidditch player, Viktor Krum, who was the Seeker for the Bulgarian Team. During the match, Ron tried to repay Harry for all the generosity Harry had shown to the Weasley family over the years with the Leprechaun gold given out by the Irish Team's mascots, not realising that it would later become useless.

Ron was thrilled to learn that Krum and other students from the Durmstrang Institute would be attending Hogwarts that year to participate in the Triwizard Tournament, as well as students from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. Ron was highly tempted to try to participate in the contest, despite the age restrictions; the prospect of fame and the prize money of 1000 Galleons were very attractive to him. When Harry was unexpectedly chosen as a fourth Champion, Ron was among the many students who suspected that Harry had cheated to get his name in the Goblet of Fire, and jealous of the fact that Harry, already famous and wealthy, was getting even more glory. This led to a temporary rift in their friendship, despite Hermione's attempts to reconcile them. After the First Task, however, Ron realised how truly dangerous the Tournament was and that Harry would never have willingly volunteered himself for it, and the friends made up.

During that same year, Ron found himself baffled at the differences in maturity levels of girls and boys his age. When the Yule Ball took place before the Christmas holidays, Ron and Harry realised they had put off asking any girls to accompany them and almost everyone had committed to dates. Charmed by the beauty of Fleur Delacour, the Triwizard Champion from Beauxbatons and a Part-Veela, Ron clumsily asked her to attend the ball with him, but fled in horrified embarrassment. He also offended Hermione first by not asking her, and then by suggesting that she didn't have a date and thus could accompany him. Harry was eventually able to get them both dates with Parvati and Padma Patil.

Ron's "traditional" dress robes were so old-fashioned and ugly that it embarrassed Padma to be seen with him, and the twins were further annoyed when Harry and Ron did not ask them to dance. While Harry watched Cho Chang, Ron was overcome with jealousy over Hermione attending the ball with his Quidditch idol, Viktor Krum. This led to a blazing row between them during the end of the Yule Ball; though their friendship did not suffer, it was clear that both held unresolved feelings for one another.

During the Second Task of the Tournament, Ron was Harry's "hostage", while Hermione was Viktor's. Harry used Gillyweed to breathe water temporarily and successfully saved Ron. The Third Task, however, ended in tragedy - both Harry and Cedric Diggory touched the Triwizard Cup, unaware that it had covertly been turned into a Portkey by Barty Crouch Jr., who had posed a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Alastor Moody all year. That evening, Cedric was murdered by Peter Pettigrew and Lord Voldemort was reborn.^[4]

[edit] Fifth Year

With Voldemort’s second rise to power, the Order of the Phoenix was reconvened. Ron, along with Harry and Hermione, became a member of sorts, although they were too young to become full-fledged members. Most of Ron’s family members were Order members, though his brother Percy became estranged from the family when he made it clear that his allegiance was to the Ministry of Magic, which was denying that Voldemort had returned and encouraging the press to portray Harry and Albus Dumbledore as either liars or nutters.

It came as a surprise to everyone, even Ron, when he was made a Gryffindor Prefect before the beginning of the school year, as was Hermione. Percy wrote Ron a letter congratulating him for this, as well as urging him to cut ties with Harry. Ron was furious with him.

The new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor during Ron’s fifth year was Dolores Umbridge, a Ministry official sent there more to keep an eye on Dumbledore than to teach. Umbridge refused to allow students to learn the subject in any practical way, forcing them only to read their textbooks and not to practice spells. Ron and Hermione encouraged Harry to undertake a project to teach their fellow students practical defence – leading to the formation of Dumbledore's Army.

During that same year, Ron tried out for the position of Keeper on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, which was left open when Oliver Wood graduated from Hogwarts. Ron achieved the position, but suffered from poor nerves, which were needled by Slytherin students. Draco Malfoy invented a song called Weasley is Our King to mock Ron’s abilities, and the Slytherins took to singing it during Gryffindor matches. Much to their dismay, however, Ron managed to block almost every single shot in the final match.

Later that year, Harry had a dream that Arthur Weasley was attacked by Nagini in the Department of Mysteries. That vision turned out to be a witnessing of an actual event. Ron was shaken by his father’s injury, but Arthur made a full recovery. When Harry had a similar dream of Sirius Black being tortured by Lord Voldemort at the end of the year, Ron, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom ventured to the Ministry of Magic by themselves to rescue him.

Harry's vision was in actuality a trick designed to lure Harry to the Department of Mysteries so Voldemort could obtain an orb from the Hall of Prophecies. The six D.A. members were ambushed by twelve Death Eaters, led by Lucius Malfoy. During the battle that ensued, Ron became separated from Harry and Hermione. He was hit with a jinx that made him highly disoriented and amused at everything. Because of this jinx, when the adolescents were reunited in the Thought Chamber, Ron was highly amused by a tank of brains under study and summoned them to himself. The brains, animated like jellyfish, attacked him. Though he received scars from the ordeal, he made a full mental recovery. But sadly, during the battle Harry's godfather and Ron's distant relative, Sirius Black was killed, but if some good did follow the traumatic events that occured int he Department of Mysteries it was that the Ministry of Magic finally believed that Lord Voldemort had indead returned and no longer slated Harry and Dumbledore as liars.^[3]

[edit] Sixth Year

During the summer following the battle, Ron learned he had received seven O.W.L.s, only failing Divination and History of Magic. Ron explained he didn't mind, as he wasn't planning to take those in his sixth year, regardless.

Ron would suffer much personal turmoil in his sixth year. He was nervous about Quidditch try-outs, but beat out Cormac McLaggen in saves, partly because Hermione cast a Confundus Charm on McLaggen in retaliation for him insulting Ron and Ginny. He was also envious when Harry and Hermione were invited to the Slug Club, while the new Potions professor Horace Slughorn ignored him. Ron was mollified about this when Hermione asked if he would like to attend the club's Christmas party with her, and he agreed.

Ron was also worried over his sister's increasing involvement with boys, and after stumbling upon her kissing Dean Thomas, he blew up at her. In retaliation, Ginny belittled him for his complete inexperience with the opposite gender, declaring that Harry and Hermione had also snogged people. The siblings treated each other coldly afterward, and Ron was so bothered by this — and by the revelation that Hermione had kissed Viktor Krum almost two years earlier — that he began to perform poorly in Quidditch. He even offered to resign from the team. To boost his confidence, Harry pretended to pour the potion Felix Felicis into Ron's Pumpkin Juice at breakfast. Harry even allowed Hermione to see the vial so she would object to the cheating. This convinced Ron that he had an edge in the game, which caused him to play excellently. However, when after the match Harry revealed it was a trick, Ron rounded on Hermione and accused her of having no faith in his abilities.

Shortly thereafter, Ron began his exhibitionist relationship with Lavender Brown. Hermione, incredibly angry and hurt by Ron's vindictive actions, conjured a flock of canaries to attack him; the birds scratched Ron badly and he and Hermione ceased being on speaking terms. Hermione attended the Christmas party she had originally wanted to attend with Ron with his hated rival, Cormac McLaggen, while Ron snogged Lavender in public and made fun of Hermione's behaviour in Transfiguration class, reducing her to tears. By Christmas break, however, Ron was becoming disenchanted with his relationship with Lavender, who had become increasingly possessive and annoyed him with the nickname "Won-Won" and a gift of a necklace. Hermione did not come to the the Burrow for the holidays, as she usually did, and Ron made an attempt to speak to her after returning to school, but she ignored him.

In March, Ron ate chocolate that he believed to be from his birthday presents, but was in fact a gift from Romilda Vane to Harry and spiked with a love potion. Upon ingesting the chocolate, Ron became maddened with an obsessive need to see and be with Romilda. When he was taken to Slughorn's office to get an antidote, he was nearly killed by poisoned mead intended for Albus Dumbledore. Harry managed to save Ron with a bezoar.

A panic-stricken Hermione arrived at the hospital wing, forgetting her anger with him. Ron said Hermione's name in his sleep and the two quietly reconciled after his near-death experience. Ron also took to faking being asleep whenever Lavender tried to visit him. His subsequent avoidance of Lavender and simultaneous spending more time with Hermione made Lavender suspicious; after she spotted him and Hermione leaving the boys' dormitories, seemingly alone (Harry was with them, but under his Invisibility Cloak), Lavender ended the relationship, much to Ron's relief.

On the night of the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, Ron took Felix Felicis on Harry's instructions, along with Hermione, Ginny, Neville, and Luna. He was shaken by his oldest brother Bill's scarring at the hands of the vicious werewolf Fenrir Greyback. Shortly afterwards, Ron attended the funeral of Albus Dumbledore, where he comforted a sobbing Hermione. He and Hermione informed Harry of their intention to accompany him on a quest to locate and destroy the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort, foregoing their seventh year of school.^[7]

[edit] Search for the Horcruxes

During the summer of 1997, Ron began planning ahead for his mission with Harry and Hermione. With the help of his father and Fred and George Weasley, Ron transfigured the family ghoul to resemble himself sick with spattergroit, which would serve as his alibi while traveling with his friends.

[edit] Battle over Little Whinging

In late July, he participated in the Order's operation to remove Harry from his childhood home, taking Polyjuice Potion to be one of the "seven Potters". He flew with Nymphadora Tonks; they were pursued by at least three Death Eaters during the battle, including Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange. Ron stunned one Death Eater while flying. Once Ron, Harry and Hermione were all convened at the Burrow, they made plans to leave, much to the displeasure of Ron's worried mother.

[edit] Escape from the Burrow

The trio attended the wedding of Ron's older brother Bill to Fleur Delacour on August 1. Ron was irked that Viktor Krum was a guest, especially since he immediately complimented Hermione, who Ron quickly asked to dance. When Viktor asked a disguised Harry about the pair, he was disappointed to learn that they were "sort of" together. The celebrations were interrupted with the news that the Ministry of Magic had fallen to Voldemort, and Hermione Disapparated herself, Ron and Harry away from the danger to Tottenham Court Road. After they were ambushed by Death Eaters Antonin Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle there, they took refuge in 12 Grimmauld Place.

[edit] Infiltration of the Ministry of Magic

There, the trio learned from Kreacher that Regulus Black had stolen the Horcrux Voldemort had made of Salazar Slytherin's Locket in 1979, and that it was now in the possession of Dolores Umbridge. They formulated a plan to infiltrate the Ministry, involving the use of Polyjuice Potion to assume the forms of Ministry employees. Ron, disguised as Reginald Cattermole, quickly found himself forced to separate from his friends, as Death Eater and new head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement Yaxley demanded that "Cattermole" fix the rain in his office. The trio reunited after Harry and Hermione stole the locket from Umbridge and freed some Muggle-born witches and wizards being held by the Muggle-Born Registration Commission, and then escaped, but were forced to abandon Grimmauld Place as a hideout.^[8]

[edit] Leaving and Returning to his Friends

Afterward, weeks passed with no further progress. This, as well as the locket's negative influence, caused great tension and animosity amongst the group of friends. When he wore the locket, Ron was sullen and suspicious, lashing out at his friends and continuously complaining. Ron abruptly abandoned his friends one evening after getting into a fight with Harry over the additional task of locating Godric Gryffindor's Sword in order to destroy the locket. He accused Harry of having no plan and of not being very concerned about Ginny, whom they had learned was punished back at Hogwarts. When Ron asked if Hermione was going with him and she told him that she was staying, he accused her of choosing Harry over him, and left, despite Hermione screaming for him to come back.

As soon as he was outside the influence of the Horcrux, Ron came to his senses and tried to return. However, he had a run-in with Snatchers first, who interrogated him. Ron claimed to be Stan Shunpike, and then took an opportunity to escape. He Apparated numerous times to try to find Harry and Hermione, Splinching fingernails off at one point, but could not find them. He then went to stay with Bill and Fleur at Shell Cottage. Soon after Christmas, Ron used the Deluminator Dumbledore bequeathed him to locate his friends.

Ron made his way to the Forest of Dean, where he arrived just in time to rescue Harry from drowning in a semi-frozen pond. When Ron attempted to use Godric Gryffindor's Sword to destroy the locket, horrible, spectral images came forth which cruelly mocked Ron to the point of tears. However, Ron successfully destroyed the Horcrux. This earned him Harry's forgiveness, but Hermione — who was unaware of what the Horcrux had done — was still furious with him for his abandonment for some time and attacked him mercilessly upon sight until Harry cast the Shield Charm to stop her.^[8]

[edit] Ambush at Lovegood House

The trio learned of the existence of the Deathly Hallows from Xenophilius Lovegood after they visited him near the end of the year. Xenophilius, worried for his daughter Luna, who was being held hostage by Death Eaters, tried to capture the trio. They narrowly escaped, Hermione engineering it in a way that preserved Ron's alibi of being sick at home. While Harry obsessed over the Hallows, Ron and Hermione thought they should focus on finding the Horcruxes, as Dumbledore had instructed them.

[edit] Battle of Malfoy Manor

During the Easter holidays of 1998, the trio was captured by a gang of Snatchers led by Fenrir Greyback after Harry broke the Taboo curse on Voldemort's name. They were brought to Malfoy Manor, where Ron tried to persuade Bellatrix Lestrange to take him for questioning instead of Hermione, but was forced into the dungeon with Harry, Dean Thomas, and others while Hermione was tortured above. Her screams reduced Ron to sobs. The group was saved by Dobby, who was sent by Aberforth Dumbledore and who freed Harry and Ron to run upstairs to save Hermione, who managed to lie under torture about where they had obtained Godric Gryffindor's Sword. Ron disarmed Bellatrix and pulled Hermione from the wreckage of the fallen chandelier, Disapparating them to Shell Cottage.

[edit] Gringotts Break-In

There, Hermione recovered and she, Ron, and Harry planned to break into Gringotts Wizarding Bank in order to take the Horcrux within the Lestrange Vault. Griphook the goblin agreed to help them in exchange for Gryffindor's Sword, and they snuck in with Hermione disguised as Bellatrix, Ron as a fictional foreign wizard named "Dragomir Despard", and Harry under his Invisibility Cloak with Griphook. Although they were betrayed by Griphook, the trio obtained Helga Hufflepuff's Cup and escaped the bank on the back of a dragon. They then headed back to Hogwarts, where another Horcrux was located.^[8]

[edit] Battle of Hogwarts

While Harry searched for Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, Ron and Hermione entered the Chamber of Secrets to retrieve Basilisk fangs. Ron mimicked the Parseltongue he had heard Harry use to open Salazar Slytherin's Locket and succeeded in gaining entrance to the Chamber. Hermione used the fangs to destroy the Horcrux of Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, and they then reunited with Harry. When Ron expressed desire to evacuate the house-elves from the Hogwarts Kitchens, Hermione, who had always been concerned for creatures so often mistreated by society, was so touched that she kissed him, much to Ron's delight. However, their kiss was interrupted by Harry, who pointed out that there was a war going on.

Harry, Ron and Hermione entered the Room of Requirement to find Ravenclaw's diadem, but were ambushed by Malfoy, Crabbe, and Goyle. When Crabbe unleashed a cursed fire, the trio escaped by means of broomsticks; Harry saved Draco, and Ron and Hermione saved Goyle. They then witnessed the death of Ron's brother Fred in combat, which devastated Ron, who wanted revenge. Hermione managed to calm him by reminding him that they would have to fight on their way to finding Nagini, Voldemort's final Horcrux. The trio made their way to the Shrieking Shack, and witnessed the snake kill Severus Snape on Voldemort's orders.

During the pause in the Battle of Hogwarts, Ron went to the Great Hall, where Bill comforted him over Fred's death and Hermione comforted Ginny. Harry made use of their distraction to slip out and confront Voldemort. Following his alleged death, the battle resumed, and Ron and Neville Longbottom brought Fenrir Greyback down together. Ron witnessed Harry defeat Lord Voldemort once and for all, and survived the battle without serious injury.^[8]

[edit] Later Life

Ron Weasley never received a seventh year of education at Hogwarts. Instead, he obtained brief employment with his brother George at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes on Diagon Alley. Following this, Ron obtained employment through the Ministry of Magic as an Auror, along with Harry. Their work in the Ministry revolutionized the Auror department, and, along with Hermione, they helped "make a new world" for the wizarding community.

Sometime between 1998 and 2006, Ron married Hermione, and the couple had 2 children: Rose and Hugo. Ron is also the godfather and uncle of Harry and Ginny's older son, James.^[9] At some point, Ron, Harry and Hermione were all featured on Chocolate Frog Cards for their accomplishments, which Ron considered his "finest hour".^[10]

In August of 2017, Ron obtained a Muggle driving-license^[11]. He also admitted putting a Confundus Charm on the Muggle driving inspector because he had forgotten to use his wing mirror properly, excusing this mistake because casting a Supersensory Charm would be more effective. That year, he and Hermione saw their daughter off for her first year at Hogwarts, and Ron encouraged Rose to be sorted into Gryffindor house and to beat Scorpius Malfoy in marks.^[11]

[edit] Physical Appearance

Ron inherited the typical Weasley family traits: fiery red hair and a freckled complexion. When he becomes embarrassed, his ears notably turn red. He has blue eyes, a long nose, and is described as being very tall and lanky, with big hands and big feet. ^[2] In this way, his stature is similar to those of his older brothers' Bill and Percy, rather than the stockier Charlie, George, and Fred. His sister Ginny once joked to Romilda that Ron had a Pygmy Puff tattoo^[7], though it is doubtful that the remark had any truth in it.

[edit] Personality and Traits

Ron is a very funny person, but often emotionally immature and insensitive^[12]. He has a sardonic, wisecracking sense of humour that often brought his friends laughter and relaxation. However, as Hermione Granger and Luna Lovegood have pointed out, his humour can occasionally be hurtful, even unintentionally.^[7] Hermione was frequently frustrated with Ron's immaturity, once commenting that he had the "emotional range of a teaspoon"^[3]. During his time searching for Voldemort's Horcruxes with Harry and Hermione, Ron matured greatly, and even took to leading the trio when Harry temporarily fell into a depressive mood^[8].

Ron's character is also marked by moodiness and insecurity. He can be argumentative, a trait particularly displayed in his bickering with Hermione. He also has a fierce temper, which is especially prone to provocation if his loved ones are insulted. Ron frequently demonstrated great bravery in attempting to protect those he loves, from facing his arachnophobia to stand by Harry in his second year^[5] to trying to take Hermione's place when Bellatrix Lestrange isolated her for interrogation with the Cruciatus Curse^[8].

As a boy, Ron was very sensitive about his family's poverty, and sometimes embarrassed by them. Many, if not all, of Ron's possessions were hand-me-downs, including his robes, school books, wand, and even a pet rat whom he called Scabbers. His family's lack of finances often made Ron a target for taunting by Draco Malfoy, a spoiled, arrogant Slytherin.^[2] Ron was also prone to insecurity about his abilities, when compared to his older siblings and to his famous best friend.^[4] Although passionate about Quidditch, especially the Chudley Cannons, and a fine flyer, Ron had a problem with nerves, and sometimes his playing ability suffered for it^[3]. Salazar Slytherin's Locket revealed that Ron's deepest fears were that his mother loved him least and that Hermione preferred Harry to him^[8]. He also suffers from arachnophobia, a fear originating from his brother Fred transfiguring his teddy bear into a spider when Ron was a child^[5].

Ron is particularly fond of food. He has a tendency to talk with his mouth full, often to Hermione's annoyance, and a great fondness for bacon sandwiches, though he dislikes Corned beef sandwiches, as mentioned in his first year.

Ron's point of views on many topics is often that of the stereotypical wizard which many times clashes with Harry and Hermione who were both raised by muggles. Examples of this are that while he liked Lupin the entire third year the moment he discovered he was a werewolf he exclaimed "Get away from me, werewolf", he was more shocked than Harry and Hermione at discovering that Hagrid was half giant and when he got into an argument with Griphook over wizards not giving goblins wands.

[edit] Magical abilities and skills

Wizard's Chess: Ron has a great talent for Wizard's Chess^[5]. It was he who taught Harry how to play. Ron and Harry often played Wizard's Chess together when they had free time. In his first year, his logistic ability helped him, Hermione, and Harry play past Professor McGonagall's magically Transfigured giant chessboard to get to the Philosopher's Stone and prevent it being stolen by Voldemort. As a result, he got fifty points for his house for "the best played game of chess that Hogwarts has seen these many years", as Dumbledore himself noted.

Tactical Ability/Creative Thinking: Ron was good with tactical thinking and showed a talent for thinking outside of the box. For example, it was Ron who suggested that Harry use Felix Felicis to try to get Horace Slughorn's memory of telling Tom Riddle about the Horcruxes^[7], and Ron's idea to go to the Chamber of Secrets in order to get Basilisk fangs to destroy the Horcruxes^[8]. Ron was also able to keep a level head in highly stressful situations, and was generally more pragmatic than either of his best friends.

Common Sense: As he is the only one of the trio to grow up in a magical family, Ron generally has more common knowledge about everyday magical topics and how the wizarding world works. Although sometimes pessimistic, he is probably the most down-to-earth of the trio.

Dueling: Ron's talent in battle was not shown until 1997, though it is notable that he survived both the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and the Battle of the Astronomy Tower before this. He fought well in the Battle over Little Whinging, stunning a Death Eater while flying. He also disarmed Bellatrix Lestrange, and saved Hermione during the Battle of Malfoy Manor, and took down Fenrir Greyback with Neville Longbottom and fought several other Death Eaters during the Battle of Hogwarts.^[8]

Defence Against the Dark Arts: Ron could produce a full Patronus by his fifth year (a feat many talented wizards cannot do) which takes the shape of a Jack Russell Terrier^[3]. Later in life, Ron became an Auror, further demonstrating skill in Defence Against the Dark Arts.

Intelligence: Although not as clever as Hermione, Ron is no less intelligent than Harry, receiving the same qualifications and grades as Harry, except in Defence Against the Dark Arts. He was also made a Prefect in his fifth year, above Harry, Neville, Dean, and Seamus. Much like Harry, he is mostly lazy in regards to school work, rather than actually unintelligent.

Quidditch: Ron has a talent for Qudditich, particularly being a Keeper. This is due to his older brothers forcing him to play Keeper for them when they were younger. He was good enough to make the Gryffindor Quidditch team in his fifth year. Unfortunately, despite his talents, he is very suseptible to nerves and insults from rivalling teams.

Imitation: Ron is quite skilled at imitating voices. While at Malfoy Manor, he was able to convincingly imitate Peter Pettigrew to avoid arousing the suspicions of Bellatrix and the Malfoys. He was also able to mimic Parseltongue effectively enough to open the Chamber of Secrets after previously hearing Harry do it.

[edit] Possessions

• Wand: Ron initially used his brother Charlie's old, chipped wand, made of ash with a unicorn hair sticking out of the end. He held the wand together with spello-tape after nearly breaking it in half at the start of his second year, but it malfunctioned dreadfully after this, backfiring spells, making strange noises, and emitting objects out from the wrong end. It eventually exploded.^[5] Before his third year, he received a new wand, fourteen inches, willow and unicorn hair. This wand seemed to suit him better.^[6]
• Spello-tape: He uses the Spellotape to hold together his first wand after nearly breaking it in half at the start of Chamber of Secrets, but it malfunctions dreadfully after this, backfiring spells, making strange noises, and emitting objects from the wrong end.
• Deluminator: Ron inherited the deluminator from Dumbledore.
• Watch: He received a watch on his 17th birthday from his parents.
• Sweetheart Necklace: Ron recieved the necklace from Lavender Brown as a Christmas present in 1996.
• Cleansweep Eleven: In the summer of 1995, Ronald Weasley was given a Cleansweep Eleven as a present from his parents for becoming a Prefect, and used it when he played as Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

[edit] Relationships

[edit] Family

Ron has a close relationship with his family members. Although he was sometimes embarrassed by their lack of wealth, Ron was also fiercely defensive of his parents if others insulted them, and was outraged when his brother Percy called their father a failure and greatly upset their mother with his estrangement^[3].

Ron looked up to his older brothers Bill and Charlie, though their accomplishments also made him feel insecure about what he had to live up to^[2]. Percy tried to be a role model for Ron, but he considered his brother rather stuffy, and took after Fred and George more in terms of personality. Notably, Ron was the only family member Percy contacted after his estrangement from his family^[3], and the one who comforted Ron over Fred's death during the Battle of Hogwarts^[8]. The twins delighted in teasing Ron, as did his younger sister Ginny, though they were all quite close. Ron was very protective of Ginny, particularly in disapproving of her love life, which sometimes led to them fighting^[7].

Other relatives of Ron were also Gideon and Fabian Prewett, his maternal uncles and members of the Order of the Phoenix. They were very powerful and brave wizards, but they were killed by five Death Eaters, including Antonin Dolohov.

[edit] Harry Potter

Harry Potter was Ron's best friend and became like another brother to him. Like all brothers, they sometimes fought. When Harry was chosen by the Goblet of Fire as Champion for the Triwizard Tournament, Ron believed Harry had indeed cheated to get into the contest. The two briefly fell out, but the friendship was repaired after the Tournament's First Task, when Ron realised that Harry could possibly lose his life to an event he had genuinely not wanted to enter.^[4] The two had another falling out in 1997, when the negative energy in Salazar Slytherin's Locket affected Ron to the point of making him resentful of Harry and unreasonably jealous of Harry's relationship with their other best friend and Ron's love interest, Hermione Granger. Ron temporarily abandoned his friends, though he instantly regretted it, and returned to save Harry's life.^[8] By and large, Ron has been fiercely loyal to Harry and risked life and limb on countless occasions for him. The two eventually became brothers-in-law when Harry married his sister, Ron is the uncle of Harry's three children, and is godfather to Harry and Ginny's oldest child.

[edit] Hermione Granger

Ron's relationship with Hermione was rocky, but by and large, the two were good friends for most of their adolescence, with building romantic tension that culminated in a kiss during the Battle of Hogwarts. When Ron first met Hermione on the Hogwarts Express for their first year, he found her annoying for "showing off" in class and trying to stop him from getting into trouble. His first thought was that he didn't want to be in her house and he groaned when she was sorted into Gryffindor. He and Harry became friends with her after they saved her from a mountain troll and she lied to the professors to prevent them from getting into trouble.^[2] Ever since, the trio were best friends, in spite of Ron and Hermione's tendency to bicker, though neither seemed at all bothered by this.

Ron first began showing signs of romantic interest in Hermione in their 2nd year; he was irritated by her crush on Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Gilderoy Lockhart, he became so angry that Draco Malfoy called her a "Mudblood" that he tried to hex him, and was very upset when she became one of the victims of the basilisk, even more so than Harry^[5]. In their 3rd year, Ron and Hermione had their first real fight, when Ron accused Hermione's cat familiar Crookshanks of eating his pet rat Scabbers, which had gone missing. The two stopped speaking to each other for a time, but made up after Hagrid scolded Ron and Harry for their treatment of Hermione; Ron offered to help her with Buckbeak's trial, and Hermione hugged him.^[6]

In their fourth year, Ron and Hermione's romantic feelings for one another began to grow and become more obvious. Hermione was jealous of Ron's crush on Fleur Delacour, the part-Veela champion from Beauxbatons, and Ron became jealous of Viktor Krum when Hermione attended the Yule Ball with him after Ron failed to ask her quickly, and then offended her with his later clumsy attempt. They had a row about it, but their friendship only suffered slight strain.^[4] Hermione's frustration over Ron's failure to realise and act on his feelings continued into their 5th year, as she commented that he had "the emotional range of a teaspoon". Ron was visibly affected when Hermione kissed him on the cheek before his first Quidditch game and irked that Hermione maintained a correspondence with Viktor Krum.^[3]

Their sixth year would be a trying time for Ron and Hermione. When she and Harry were invited to the Slug Club, while Professor Slughorn ignored Ron, Ron became resentful and jealous. He brightened up considerably after Hermione asked him to go to Slughorn's Christmas party with her. However, Ron had a row with his sister over catching her snogging Dean Thomas, in which she revealed that Hermione had snogged Viktor Krum when they were seeing each other. Ron started acting coldly towards Hermione, much to her bewilderment. In an attempt to make Ron more confident in Quidditch, Harry pretended to slip him Felix Felicis, and although Ron initially believed Harry had given it to him as well, he accused Hermione of not having faith in his abilities for believing it.

All this caused Ron to begin a shallow relationship with Lavender Brown. Hermione was hurt and furious, conjuring a flock of canaries to attack Ron, after which the two did not speak for months. Hermione even retaliated by attending the aforementioned Christmas party with Cormac McLaggen, an older Gryffindor that Ron despised, purely to annoy Ron. By this time, he was growing disillusioned by his relationship with Lavender as well. When Ron was accidentally poisoned with mead, Hermione forgot her anger in her worry for him, staying by his side until he recovered, while Ron pretended to be asleep whenever Lavender visited him and said Hermione's name in his sleep. Afterwards, Ron and Hermione were closer than ever, and the former's romance with Lavender ended quickly when Lavender saw Ron and Hermione coming down from the boys dormitories together while Harry was with them under his Invisibility Cloak. At the end of the year, their growing closeness was shown when Ron gently comforted Hermione as she cried into his shoulder at Dumbledore's funeral.^[7]

Afterwards, the two grew much closer, though were only "sort of" together, according to Harry. They danced together at Bill and Fleur's wedding, where Ron also showed his continuing jealous dislike of Viktor Krum, who was a guest. During the hunt for the Horcruxes with Harry, Ron comforted Hermione several times by putting his arm around her, they held hands while sleeping, and were generally kinder to one another. When Ron temporarily left his friends, Hermione cried over him for weeks; Ron was able to return by hearing Hermione's voice saying his name come out of his Deluminator. When Ron destroyed the locket Horcrux, it taunted him with visions of his greatest fears, including that Hermione preferred Harry to him. Hermione was initially furious with Ron for his abandonment to the point of physically attacking him, though she eventually forgave him. Later on, when the trio was brought to Malfoy Manor and Bellatrix Lestrange isolated Hermione for torture, Ron begged to take her place. Bellatrix ignored him and tortured Hermione for information with repeated use of the Cruciatus Curse; hearing her screams made Ron repeatedly shout her name, and reduced him to tears. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione was touched when Ron expressed concern for the castle's house-elves, for whom she had always been concerned, and initiated a kiss.^[8]

Sometime after the end of the Second Wizarding War, Ron and Hermione married and had two children, Rose and Hugo Weasley^[11].

[edit] Draco Malfoy

Ron and his family were looked down upon by the Malfoy family for their lack of wealth and “blood traitor” status. Upon meeting Ron on the Hogwarts Express at the beginning of their first year, Draco Malfoy immediately expressed his disdain for the Weasleys. He was further irritated when Harry turned down his offer of friendship in favour of Ron’s.^[2] Like their fathers, Arthur Weasley and Lucius Malfoy, Ron and Draco despised each other and frequently exchanged insults.

In their second year, Ron tried to hex Draco to vomit slugs after he called Hermione a “filthy little Mudblood”, but the charm backfired due to a broken wand. He also attempted to physically attack him after Draco expressed a wish that Hermione was killed rather than petrified during the Chamber of Secrets affair. ^[5] In their fourth year, Ron was immensely amused when Alastor Moody (actually Barty Crouch Jr. in disguise) transfigured Draco into a ferret ^[4]. The following year, Draco invented the song Weasley is Our King to demean Ron’s abilities as a Keeper for the Gryffindor Quidditch team ^[3]. After he, Harry, and Hermione saved Draco and Gregory Goyle from the Room of Requirement, Ron punched Draco in the face and called him a “two-faced bastard” upon seeing him with a Death Eater.

By 2017, Ron and his friends’ enmity with Draco had faded, though none of them were friends. Ron discouraged his daughter Rose from becoming “too friendly” with Draco’s son Scorpius.^[8]

[edit] Neville Longbottom

Neville Longbottom became Ron's roommate in their first year at Hogwarts. Neville was too shy and nervous, and was being bullied by Slytherin students, such as Draco Malfoy. Ron encouraged Neville to be more confident and to stand up for himself, and they became friends, although not as close as Ron was with Harry. Both Ron and Neville became members of Dumbledore's Army in 1995, and fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, in 1996.

Ron was shocked when he learned that Neville's parents were patients at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, being tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange, Barty Crouch Jr, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, and felt pity for him. Ron and Neville also fought together in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in 1997.

After Ron, Harry and Hermione left Hogwarts to find Voldemort's horcruxes, and Alecto and Amycus Carrow, who were appointed professors at Hogwarts, tortured the students, Neville wrote slogans on Hogwarts's walls, and, along with Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood and other students, revived Dumbledore's Army, in order to oppose the Carrows. Neville also wanted to assist Ron, Harry and Hermione find an object that belonged to Rowena Ravenclaw, and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts, killing Nagini and destroying the last remaining horcrux. Ron and Neville also brought down Fenrir Greyback.

After the Second Wizarding War, Ron and Neville remained close, and saw each other, as Neville was appointed Herbology professor and taught Ron's daughter in 2017.

[edit] Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas

In addition to Harry and Neville, Ron’s roommates at Hogwarts were Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan. Although he was not as close to them as he was to Harry, Ron was nevertheless friendly with both of them. When he and Harry had a falling out over the Goblet of Fire drawing Harry’s name, Ron spent a lot of time with Seamus and Dean^[4].

Ron stood up for Harry against Seamus when he and Harry argued about Lord Voldemort's return. Also, when Dean began dating his younger sister in 1996, Ron became irritated with him, especially after catching the two snogging^[7]. However, they became again friends.

Seamus and Dean were also members of Dumbledore's Army. Dean, as Ron, Harry and Hermione, left Hogwarts in 1997, because it was supposed that he was a Muggle-born. He was caught by a group of Snatchers, led by Fenrir Greyback, along with Ron, Harry and Hermione. They escaped from Malfoy Manor, where they had gone, and lived for a few days at Shell Cottage.

Seamus and Dean eventually fought along with Ron in the Battle of Hogwarts.

[edit] Luna Lovegood

Ron met Luna Lovegood in 1995 on the Hogwarts Express, and found her very odd. She found him very funny, but Ron suspected she was making fun of him when she laughed uproariously at a joke he made. After getting to know her better through Dumbledore's Army, Ron gradually became fonder of Luna, especially after she was one of the only D.A. members to come to the trio’s assistance when they ventured to the Ministry of Magic and a battle ensued, during which Luna protected a cursed Ron and his injured sister.^[3] Ron was very amused when Luna commentated on a Quidditch match the following year, and when she danced by herself at the wedding of his older brother Bill and Fleur Delacour. He thought highly of her bravery, but still teased her on occasion.^[8]

[edit] Lavender Brown

Lavender Brown, a Gryffindor in Ron's year, developed a crush on him when they entered their sixth year. At first, Ron seemed vaguely flattered, but not particularly interested in Lavender's flirtatious behaviour. However, after becoming angry with Hermione and being taunted by Ginny over his lack of romantic experience, Ron began an exhibitionist relationship with Lavender. The couple was frequently seen snogging in public, much to the disgust of a jealous and hurt Hermione as well as Ginny, who considered him a "filthy hypocrite" because he insulted her for being caught kissing her boyfriend earlier in the year. Lavender threw herself into the relationship almost obsessively, alarming even her best friend, Parvati Patil. Lavender called Ron by the annoying nickname of "Won-Won", pressed Harry for details of Ron's feelings for her, and gave him a necklace with the words 'my sweetheart' for Christmas. Ron found these traits irritating, and admitted to Harry that the relationship consisted of little talking and mostly snogging.

By his birthday, Ron was unhappy in the relationship; he feigned sleep whenever Lavender visited him in the infirmary after his poisoning and said Hermione's name in his sleep. He was spared the task of breaking up with Lavender when she became suspicious that something was going on between him and Hermione, and ended the romance. Ron was happy to see things finished, though he felt guilty for it, but Lavender was upset for some time afterwards.^[7]

[edit] Cormac McLaggen

In 1996, Ron's competition for the Keeper position on the Gryffindor Quidditch team was Cormac McLaggen, a Gryffindor a year above him. Before the tryouts, Hermione overheard McLaggen insulting Ron and Ginny, and placed a Confundus Charm on him that made him miss his last save. Ron thus beat him, though McLaggen claimed that this was due to favouritism. Ron greatly disliked him, which prompted Hermione to attend Professor Slughorn’s Christmas party with him to retaliate against Ron for his romance with Lavender Brown. Ron disliked McLaggen even more, and was happy when his date with Hermione did not go well and when McLaggen did not perform well as his replacement while he was in the hospital wing.^[7]

[edit] Scabbers/Peter Pettigrew

Scabbers the rat was originally a pet that belonged to Percy Weasley, Ron's older brother, but was passed down to him. Ron did not show much outwardly affection at first towards Scabbers, as the rat was uninteresting and was another hand-me-down, as with most of Ron's things. However, Ron truly cared for the rat and considered him his magical familiar. Ron was devastated when Scabbers faked his death in the 1993–1994 school year, believing that Crookshanks ate him, and nearly ended his friendship with Hermione Granger. When they discovered Scabbers hiding in Rubeus Hagrid's hut, Ron was overjoyed, but Scabbers continued to try to escape. When Sirius Black and Remus Lupin revealed that Scabbers was actually an Animagus named Peter Pettigrew, Ron refused to believe it until they forced the rat to transform back into his human form. At that point, Ron took this revelation as a personal insult and refused to listen to Pettigrew's pleas for mercy.

In 1998, Ron, Harry, and Hermione were captured and imprisoned in the cellar of Malfoy Manor. When the house-elf Dobby came to rescue them, Peter was sent to investigate the noise. Harry and Ron ambushed Pettigrew, and Ron took his wand. Harry reminded Pettigrew of the life-debt he owed him when he tried to strangle him, and Peter released Harry. However, the silver hand given to Peter by Voldemort turned on him instead, and, despite Harry and Ron's attempts to save him, Pettigrew was killed for showing the slightest bit of mercy.

[edit] Bellatrix Lestrange

Ron first met Bellatrix Lestrange, a Death Eater, in 1995, during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. They fought in different sides, and it is possible that he saw her murdering Sirius Black. Ron also met Bellatrix in 1998, when he, Harry and Hermione were captured and brought to Malfoy Manor. Bellatrix saw Godric Gryffindor's Sword, and tortured Hermione to tell her where they had found the sword (After Ron pleaded to take Hermione's place instead, which made Bellatrix hit him across the face), while Ron and Harry were imprisoned in Malfoy's cellar. Ron screamed to Hermione, and eventually ran upstairs, and disarmed Bellatrix. But, when Bellatrix told them to drop there wans or else she would kill Hermione, Ron threw the wand away. They were eventually saved by Dobby, who was killed by Bellatrix. Bellatrix also killed Nymphadora Tonks, Ron's friend.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Bellatrix was killed by Ron's mother.

[edit] Lord Voldemort

Ron was raised into a wizarding family, and learned to fear the name of the most dangerous Dark Wizard of all time, Lord Voldemort, as many other wizards and witches did. He was afraid to say it or even to hear it. When he heard Harry say the name of Voldemort, he thought Harry was very brave. Ron helped Harry to protect Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort at the end of their first year, when he won a game of Wizard's chess by sacrificing himself. Ron also helped Harry get into the Chamber of Secrets and save Ron's younger sister.

In 1998, Ron used Godric Gryffindor's sword to destroy Salazar Slytherin's Locket, one of Voldemort's Horcruxes. The locket tortured Ron, and then appeared a Riddle-Harry, and a Riddle-Hermione, and they told Ron that he was useless, and that they were happy without him. Ron showed his strong personality by stabbing the locket with Godric Gryffindor's Sword, destroying the Horcrux.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Ron saw Harry, who was representing the dead, and Voldemort lied that Harry was killed, while he was trying to save himself. Ron forgot his fear of Voldemort, and shouted that Harry had defeated him. Ron also witnessed the death of Voldemort by Harry.

[edit] Rubeus Hagrid

Ron first met Rubeus Hagrid, the gamekeeper for Hogwarts in 1991, during his first year at the school. Hagrid was a friend of Harry, and Harry met him to Ron and Hermione. Ron and Hagrid became friends, although no close as Hagrid was with Harry. However, Hagrid always cared about Harry, Ron and Hermione, and invited them at his hut for tea. Ron is openly incredulous of Hagrid's love of dangerous creatures, and got very angry with him, when his pet, Aragog, an Acromantula, tried to eat him and Harry. During Ron's fourth year, it was revealed to the wizarding world that Hagrid was a half-giant. This lead to Hagrid receiving much hate mail as his self-imposed seclusion in his hut. Through the efforts of Ron, Harry, Hermione and Albus Dumbledore, Hagrid became convinced that people still loved him and wanted him around.

Ron and Hagrid fought along in the Battle over Little Whinging and in the Battle of Hogwarts. After the Second Wizarding War, Ron and Hagrid probably remained friends

[edit] Remus Lupin

Ron was among the students who were very impressed by Remus Lupin's teaching when he was professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts, during Ron's third year at Hogwarts. Ron liked him, but when he learned he was a werewolf, he was scared. However, he realised that Lupin was a very good person, and that the fact he was a werewolf doesn't affect him at all. In 1997, when Harry shouted at Remus, for leaving temporarily his pregnant wife, Ron told Harry that he shouldn't have talked to Remus like this.

Ron and Lupin fought along side each other in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, in the Battle over Little Whinging, in the Attack at the Burrow and in the Battle of Hogwarts, where Remus was killed by Antonin Dolohov. Ron was devastated by his death, and, after the Second Wizarding War, he became friend of Remus's son, Teddy Lupin.

[edit] Sirius Black

Ron learned about Sirius Black, an Azkaban escapee, in 1993, by the newspapers. In fact, Sirius Black was Harry Potter's godfather and wrongfully convicted, and wanted to kill Peter Pettigrew, who impersonated Ron's pet rat, Scabbers. In the end of the school year, Harry, Ron and Hermione learned that Sirius was innocent, and Harry and Hermione helped him escape from Hogwarts, while Ron had broken his leg.

Ron, Harry and Hermione visited Sirius in the cave he hid, bringing him food and learning about him. In 1995, Sirius lived at his house in 12 Grimmauld Place, the headquarter of the Order of the Phoenix. Ron liked Sirius, and got angry when Hermione told Harry that Sirius was living through them. Ron, along with Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood, went at the Ministry of Magic, when he though Sirius was in danger. Ron and Sirius fought along side each other in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, where Sirius was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange. Ron was devastated by his death, although not as much as Harry.

[edit] Fleur Delacour

Fleur Delacour was a very beautiful, French, part-Veela witch. Ron liked her when he met her, in 1994, during the Triwizard Tournament. He asked to go together to the Yule Ball, but she refused. However, after the death of Cedric Diggory and the end of the Tournament, Fleur kissed Ron and Harry and said goodbye, before she left. Fleur started dating Ron's brother, Bill. Bill sent her to live a few days with his family, to become more familiar with them. Ron said to Harry that it is difficult to get used of it when he saw her appear suddenly.

Fleur eventually married Bill, and stayed at their own house, Shell Cottage. While Ron was looking for Horcruxes, he abandoned temporarily Harry and Hermione to be sure that his family was safe. He lived for a few days at Shell Cottage, but returned quickly to his friends. Ron went again at Shell Cottage, after the Battle of Malfoy Manor, and Fleur cared about him and his friends, like a mother.

Eventually, Ron and Fleur fought along side each other and survived the Battle of Hogwarts.

[edit] Minerva McGonagall

Minerva McGonagall was the Transfiguration Professor, during Ron's time at Hogwarts. She was also the head of Gryffindor house, the house Ron was sorted. She was very strict, and, when Ron and Harry went at Hogwarts with Ron's flying car, she shouted at them, and told them that they could be expelled. However, she did not expell them, showing that she is also a good person. She also cared about Ron, as she cared about all of her students. Ron and McGonagall fought along during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower and the Battle of Hogwarts, surviving the Second Wizarding War. It is possible that Ron and McGonagall became some kind of friendly each other, after the war.

[edit] Nymphadora Tonks

Nymphadora Tonks was a young witch, a metamorphmagus, and an Auror. She became Ron's friend in 1995, when they both became members of the Order of the Phoenix. Ron liked Tonks, and thought she was a nice girl, but less beautiful than Fleur Delacour. However, he thought she was a good girl, funny and friendly.

Tonks and Ron fought along during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, the Battle over Little Whinging (where they were paired together and escaped from Bellatrix Lestrange), in the Attack at the Burrow, and in the Battle of Hogwarts, where Tonks was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange. Ron was devastated by her death, and, after the war, he became a friend of Tonks's son, Teddy.

[edit] Severus Snape

Severus Snape was the Potions master and head of Slytherin house. He was always unfair to the Gryffindor students, and had a dislike for Ron, probably because he was Harry's friend. He usually punished Ron, because he wasn't very good at potions, and because he didn't like him. In 1997, Ron fought in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower. After the Battle, Ron learned that Snape had killed Albus Dumbledore, and hated him even more than before. A few months later, during the Battle over Little Whinging, Snape accidentally cast Sectumsempra and cut George Weasley's ear, aiming another Death Eater. Ron witnessed Snape's death by Lord Voldemort during the Battle of Hogwarts. Ron eventually learned that Snape was on their side, and that Dumbledore's death was planned between him and Snape, and possibly stopped hating him.

[edit] Albus Dumbledore

Ron was raised into a wizarding family, and knew Albus Dumbledore, the Hogwarts headmaster and probably the greatest wizard of the world. Ron met Dumbledore when he first came at Hogwarts. Although he had never stayed alone with Ron, he liked him, and thought he and Hermione could be trusted the secret of him and Harry, about Voldemort's Horcruxes. After Dumbledore's death, it was discovered that the Headmaster had left Ron his Deluminator in his will. Unknown to Ron at the time, the Deluminator had the magical ability to return Ron to his friends if the time came, as Dumbledore had anticipated, when he might abandon them. This signifies Dumbledore's acknowledgement of Ron's insecurities and therefore his likelihood of deserting Harry and Hermione mid-quest. Yet the Deluminator's function as a homing device for Ron's friends also suggests that Dumbledore understood enough about Ron that he would "always want to come back". Ron, along with Hermione and Harry, visited Dumbledore's portrait after the Battle of Hogwarts to ensure the future of the Deathly Hallows.

[edit] Dumbledore's Army

Dumbledore's Army was an organisation led by Harry Potter, in order to oppose Dolores Umbridge in 1995. Ron and Hermione were also co-founders of the organisation. Six members fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries. Except the already mentioned Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Fred and George Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Lavender Brown, Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas, there were also eighteen known members.

The Gryffindor students who participated in the organisations were Colin and Dennis Creevey, Parvati Patil, the best friend of Lavender, Lee Jordan, the best friend of Fred and George, Alicia Spinnet and Katie Bell, two members of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team, and Angelina Johnson, the captain of the Team and eventually Ron's sister-in-law, after she married George. All of them fought in the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998. Ron was always on good terms with all of them. Fred and Colin Creevey were killed by Death Eaters in 1998.

The Hufflepuff students were Hannah Abbott, Ernie Macmillan, Susan Bones, Justin Finch-Fletchley and Zacharias Smith. Ron was friendly with all of them, except Zacharias, the only one who didn't fight in the Battle of Hogwarts.

The Ravenclaw students were Padma Patil, Cho Chang, Terry Boot, Anthony Goldstein, Michael Corner and Marietta Edgecombe. Ron attended the Yule Ball with Padma, who wasn't pleased. Ron also didn't like Michael Corner, because he was dating Ginny. However, they all fought in the final battle, except Marietta, Cho's best friend, who betrayed the Army to Umbridge.

After the Battle of Hogwarts, the members who fought and survived, could be Aurors if they wanted to.

[edit] Order of the Phoenix

The Order of the Phoenix was an organisation found and led by Albus Dumbledore. Except Ron's family, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Peter Pettigrew, Rubeus Hagrid, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Fleur Delacour, Minerva McGonagall, Nymphadora Tonks, Severus Snape and Albus Dumbledore, Ron has also met other members of the Order.

Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody was a member of the Order and the most famous Auror of modern times. He was also the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor in Ron's fourth year. However, he didn't manage to teach at all, because he was captured and imprisoned by Barty Crouch Jr and Lord Voldemort. Ron had a highly opinion of Moody, thinking that he is a powerful wizard, but a little mad. He originally met Mad-Eye in 1995, at 12 Grimmauld Place, the headquarter of the Order. Ron and Moody fought along in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and in the Battle over Little Whinging, where Mad-Eye was killed. Ron, like the other members of the Order, was devastated by his death.

Ron also knew Kingsley Shacklebolt, an auror and member of the Order. They were met in 1995, in 12 Grimmauld Place, and fought along in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and the Battle over Little Whinging. Ron liked Kingsley, because they both supported Muggles and Muggle-borns. They also fought in the Battle of Hogwarts. After the Second Wizarding War, Kingsley eventually became Minister for Magic.

Another member was Mundungus Fletcher, a criminal. Ron heard his tales about how he stole things, and laughed at them. However, Ron started to dislike Mundungus when he abondoned Moody during the Battle over Little Whinging, and let Voldemort kill him. He met again Mundungus when he, Harry and Hermione wanted information about Salazar Slytherin's Locket. He grabbed Mundungus when he attemped to escape, and, after he gave them information, Ron, Harry and Hermione let him leave.

When Ron, Harry and Hermione apparated at Hogsmeade, to find Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, they were found by Death Eaters. They were saved by Aberforth Dumbledore, Albus Dumbledore's younger brother, and owner of Hog's Head. He told Ron, Harry and Hermione about his family life and Gellert Grindelwald. Aberforth liked Ron, despite that he joked that Ron was a little "sluggish". Ron and Aberforth fought along during the Battle of Hogwarts.

Other members were Elphias Doge, Albus Dumbledore's friend, Arabella Figg, Dedalus Diggle, Hestia Jones, Sturgis Podmore and Emmeline Vance. Emmeline Vance was killed by Death Eaters in 1996, and Podmore was imprisoned because he attemped to get into the Department of Mysteries, under the Imperius Curse. Ron got angry when he learned it.

There were also some members who were killed by Death Eaters, such as Ron's uncles, Gideon and Fabian Prewett, Edgar Bones, who was killed along with his family, Caradoc Dearborn, who was dissapeared, who was killed and mutilated, Marlene McKinnon, who was killed along with her family by Death Eaters including Travers, Dorcas Meadowes, who was murdered, and James and Lily Potter, Harry's parents, who were killed by Lord Voldemort. There were also Frank and Alice Longbottom, who were tortured into insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange, Barty Crouch Jr, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange.

It is possible that every member of the Order (except Mundungus, who abandoned the Order and Arabella Figg, who was a Squib, and couldn't fight) fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.

[edit] Dolores Umbridge

In 1995, Dolores Umbridge, a ministry employee, was appointed Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. She was a sadistic woman who liked to punish and tortured students as a punishment. Ron, like the most people at Hogwarts, disliked her very much, and thought she was mad. She had an obsession with pure-blood status and both hated and feared people she called half-breeds, like centaurs and half-Giants. She also hated muggle-borns, and probably half-bloods. In the end of the year, she was attacked by a group of centaurs and eventually brought to the hospital wing by Albus Dumbledore. She left Hogwarts like a thief. However, the students and Peeves the Poltergeist attacked and kicked her out of Hogwarts.

Ron met again Umbridge in 1997, when he was disguised as Reg Cattermole, a Ministry official. She imprisoned muggle-borns in Azkaban, along with the Death Eater Yaxley. Harry, Ron and Hermione freed all the muggle-borns, and Harry stunned Umbridge. After the Second Wizarding War, Umbridge was imprisoned in Azkaban.

[edit] Death Eaters and enemies

Death Eaters were Dark wizards and witches who served Lord Voldemort. Ron was raised in a wizarding family, and knew what Death Eaters were. Except Draco Malfoy, Peter Pettigrew, Bellatrix Lestrange and Severus Snape who were already mentioned, Ron had also met other Death Eaters and wizards who served Voldemort.

Ron met Quirinus Quirrell, a Dark Wizard who served Voldemort, in 1991, when the latter was the Defence Against the Dark Arts professor during Ron's first year at Hogwarts. Ron, along with Hermione, helped Harry protect the Philosopher's Stone from Quirrell and Voldemort in 1992. Quirrell was killed while trying to murder Harry Potter. Although he served Voldemort faithfully, Quirrell wasn't a Death Eater.

Lucius Malfoy was a snob, pure-blood Death Eater and the father of Draco Malfoy. Lucius didn't like Ron's father, because he was a 'blood traitor'(a wizard who loves muggles). Ron met Lucius in 1992, before his second year at Hogwarts. He and Arthur had a fight, because Lucius teased Arthur about his lack of wealth. Ron and Lucius fought in different sides during the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, and the Battle of Malfoy Manor, when Ron, Harry and Hermione were captured and send at the house of Lucius. However, Lucius changed sides during the Battle of Hogwarts, thinking that his family was more important for him than serving Voldemort.

Another Death Eater was Barty Crouch Jr, and a highly dangerous one. He was also one of the four Death Eaters who tortured into insanity Frank and Alice Longbottom. Barty Crouch met Ron in 1994, when he was disguised as Alastor Moody, and was appointed as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor. He was the one who put Harry's name into the Goblet of Fire, and the one who attemped to kill Harry after he escaped Voldemort. Barty Crouch was given the Dementor's Kiss in 1995, losing his soul.

Ron also learned about Regulus Black, who defected the Death Eaters when he realised what Voldemort would do to reach his aims. Regulus was also the first person who learned about Voldemort's horcruxes, and stole Salazar Slytherin's Locket, in order to destroy it. He didn't manage to do it. However, the Locket was destroyed by Ron in 1998.

Other Death Eaters were: Antonin Dolohov, who killed Gideon and Fabian Prewett, and Remus Lupin, Augustus Rookwood, who killed Fred Weasley, Travers, who killed the McKinnons, Walden Macnair, who was very violent and bloodthirsty, Thorfinn Rowle, who casted Killing Curses without caring who he would kill during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, Gibbon, who was accidentally killed by Rowle at the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, Yaxley, who imprisoned muggle-borns in Azkaban, Amycus and Alecto Carrow, who tortured students, Igor Karkaroff, a Death Eater defector and Durmstrang headmaster, who wanted Harry wounded, or dead, during the Triwizard Tournament, and Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, who tortured Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity.

Except Death Eaters, there were also Snatchers, wizards who captured muggle-borns for gold. Two known Snatchers are Scabior and Fenrir Greyback.

Ron also disliked very much Greyback, a sadistic werewolf who liked killing and torturing children. Greyback attacked Bill Weasley, Ron's brother in 1997, at the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, and mauled him. Greyback also attemped to torture, perharps kill, Hermione, during the Battle of Malfoy Manor. Ron and Neville eventually 'brought down' Greyback at the Battle of Hogwarts.

It is possible that every Death Eater, Snatcher and creature who was under Voldemort's orders, fought in the Battle of Hogwarts and was either killed or imprisoned in Azkaban (with the exception of Malfoy family and the people who were under the Imperius Curse).

[edit] Children

After the Second Wizarding War, Ron and Hermione had two children, Rose and Hugo. As Rose was preparing to leave for her first year at Hogwarts in 2017, Ron jokingly told her that if she wasn't in Gryffindor he'd disinherit her. He also told her to beat Draco Malfoy's son Scorpuis on their tests, and that he was grateful she had inherited her mother's brains.

Hugo was quite close to Harry's daughter Lily, and his cousin, and they talked about what house they will be put in at King's Cross Station.

[edit] Nieces and Nephews

After the Second Wizarding War, Ron had also many nieces and nephews, through his siblings. Bill and Fleur's children were Victoire, Dominique and Louis. Victoire was seen kissing Teddy Lupin in 2017, at King's Cross Station. The daughters of Percy and Audrey, his wife, were Molly, who was named after her grandmother, and Lucy. The children of George and Angelina Johnson were Fred, who was named after his late uncle, and Roxanne. Ginny and Harry's children were James, Albus and Lily. Ron was also James's godfather. Albus was most friendly with Rose, and Lily with Hugo. Ron also joked and said to Albus that he was very famous, when people stared at Harry. Ginny also told told James that he was just like Ron, when he spied on Teddy and Victoire kissing each other.

[edit] Etymology

Ronald is the Scottish form of the Scandinavian name Ragnvald, which was derived from the Old Norse Ragnvaldr, composed of the elements ragn, "advice", and valdr, "ruler"^[13]. It is a cognate of the name Reginald, which is derived from the Germanic form of the name, Raginwald, meaning "the prince's counsellor". All these names carry the meaning of a person who acts as a trusted advisor to a person in power, much as Ron acted as a friend and confidant to Harry Potter.

Bilius comes from the word "bile", as one of the four humours discussed by Ancient Greek philosophers. Yellow bile was connected to the element of fire, which is the element of Gryffindor house, and someone with an excess of it was believed to be bad-tempered, as Ron is. The English adjective "bilious" also applies to those who have an irritable temper^[14].

[edit] Behind the scenes

• Ron Weasley is played by Rupert Grint in the Harry Potter films. Rupert Grint is like Ron in that he comes from a large family, has red hair, and is an arachnophobic.
• Rupert Grint does not have a long nose, as Ron is described as having in the novels, but he does have freckles - make-up covers them and they aren't on his face, causing some fans to claim he has no freckles at all. He also has green eyes, in contrast to Ron's blue eyes. Ironically, co-star Daniel Radcliffe has blue eyes in contrast to his character's green eyes.
• Ron was one of the few characters who was created before J. K. Rowling began writing the series, and whose name never changed from the original drafts.
• In the movies Ron is shown as the one to lose his head in a crisis (early on) rather than Hermione.
• In the movie version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Ron supports Bulgaria instead of Ireland, which is who he supports in the book.
• In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Professor Horace Slughorn refers to Ron by several names, one of which is Rupert.^[7]
• Rowling described Ron's Patronus as a "really sentimental choice" on her part, since she has a Jack Russell.^[15]
• Rowling has also said that if she had a Boggart, hers would likely be the same as Ron's, as she also dislikes spiders^[16].
• Throughout most of the series, Ron does not like to hear Voldemort's name spoken out loud, and as such never says it even when Harry and Hermione do. However, he says the name three times in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, even after asking Harry and Hermione not to. The first is at the Burrow when Hermione is packing books to take with them, and Ron says, "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library". The second is at 12 Grimmauld Place when Remus Lupin tells them that Pius Thicknesse is Minister for Magic, and Ron says, "Why didn't Voldemort declare himself Minister for Magic?". The third is again at 12 Grimmauld Place when Harry has a vision of Voldemort killing a woman and her children in his hunt for Gregorovitch. Together, the three try to work out what it means and Ron says, "But according to you, Voldemort's got Ollivander locked up somewhere".

[edit] Appearances

• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
• 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's Copy of "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them"
• Hogwarts library's copy of "Quidditch Through the Ages" (Mentioned only)
• Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
• The Queen's Handbag

[edit] External links

• Harry Potter Lexicon page

[edit] Notes and references

Preceded by: Oliver Wood Keeper of the Gryffindor Quidditch team 1995-1997 Succeeded by: Unknown Preceded by: Albus Dumbledore Secret-Keeper of 12 Grimmauld Place (along with the other members of the Order of the Phoenix who knew the location of its Headquaters) 1997-? Succeeded by: Yaxley