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'''Seeker''' is a position in the wizarding sport of [[Quidditch]]. There is one Seeker per team. The goal of the Seeker is to catch the [[Golden Snitch]]. They play a crucial role in Quidditch, as a game does not end until the Seeker catches the Snitch. A team whose Seeker catches the Snitch receives 150 points. Seekers are generally the smallest and lightest players on a team, and there is a certain glamour attached to playing as a Seeker. Generally, the Seeker is also the most fouled player on the team.
  
   
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[[File:Tumblr_n619vuTJVq1qeijvdo6_r1_250.gif|frame|Gryffindor Seeker [[Harry Potter]] chasing the [[Golden Snitch]]]]
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In team portraits, the Seeker sits in the middle of the first row.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', ch. 10</ref>
  
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{{Quote|Usually the lightest and fastest fliers, Seekers need both a sharp eye and the ability to fly one- or no-handed|Description of Seekers|Quidditch Through the Ages (real)}}'''Seeker''' is a position in the wizarding sport of [[Quidditch]]. There is one Seeker per team. The goal of the Seeker is to catch the [[Golden Snitch]]. They play a crucial role in Quidditch, as a game does not end until the Seeker catches the Snitch. A team whose Seeker catches the Snitch receives 150 points, which almost always wins the match for that team.
   
 
==History of the Seeker==
  
==History of the Seeker==
 
The position of the Seeker, known as the ''Hunter'', was introduced in response to [[Barberus Bragge]]'s introduction of the [[Golden Snidget]] during a match in [[1260s|1269]] making it the newest position in the game.
  
The position of the Seeker, known as the ''Hunter'', was introduced in response to [[Barberus Bragge]]'s introduction of the [[Golden Snidget]] during a match in [[1260s|1269]] making it the newest position in the game.
   
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The 1269 game mentioned above was attended by [[Barberus Bragge]], the Chief of the Wizards' Council. As a nod to the sport of Snidget-hunting, which was also popular at the time, Bragge brought such a bird to the game and released it from its cage. He told the players that one-hundred fifty [[Galleons]] — a large sum of money, particularly in those times — would be awarded to the player who caught the bird.
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==Known Seekers==
  
   
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This was easier said than done: the Snidget is very fast, very small, and can make sudden changes of direction at high speeds. The considerable challenge posed by the flight patterns of the bird is what made Snidget-hunting so popular in the first place.
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What happened at the Quidditch game in question was rather predictable: the players totally ignored the game, and each and every one simply went off in pursuit of the Snidget, which was kept within the arena by the crowd using Repelling Charms.
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A witch named [[Modesty Rabnott]], who was also watching the game, took pity on the [[Snidget]] and rescued it with a [[Summoning Charm]] before rushing away with it hidden inside her robes. She was caught by a furious Bragge and fined ten Galleons for disrupting the game, but not before she had released the Snidget. This saved the life of this bird, but the connection with [[Quidditch]] had been made, and soon a Snidget was being released at every game. Each team had an extra player — originally called the ''Hunter'', later the Seeker — whose sole job was to catch and kill the Snidget, for which one-hundred fifty points were awarded in memory of the one-hundred fifty Galleons offered by Bragge in the original game.
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The quickly declining number of Snidgets led to a substitute for the bird, hence the [[Golden Snitch]] came into play, and the position was given the name Seeker instead of Hunter.
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==Traits==
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Seekers are generally the smallest and lightest players on a team, and there is a certain glamour attached to playing as a Seeker. Generally, the Seeker is also the most fouled player on the team.
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In team portraits, the Seeker sits in the middle of the first row.<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'', ch. 10</ref>
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==Known Seekers==
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[[File:Seeker Badge - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™.png|thumb|right|100px|A blue Seeker Badge.[[File:Seeker Badge (Brown and Maroon) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™.png|thumb|right|100px|A brown-maroon Seeker Badge.]]]]
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|[[Aidan Kiely]]
  
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|[[Kenmare Kestrels]]
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|[[Ariel Singleton]]
 
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|[[Aidan Lynch]]
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|[[Maximus Brankovitch III]]
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|[[Irish National Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Ariel Singleton]]
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|[[Appleby Arrows]]
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|[[Gregory Cotton]]
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|[[American National Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Australian National Quidditch team]]
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|[[Benjy Williams]]
  
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|[[Puddlemere United]]
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|[[Lucy Karoonda]]
 
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|[[Bulgarian National Quidditch team]]
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|[[Blythe Parkin]]
  
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|[[Viktor Krum]]
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|[[English National Quidditch team]]
  
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[[File:Krum 002.jpg|thumb|198x198px]]
 
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|[[Cedric Diggory]]
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|[[Chudley Cannons]]
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|[[Galvin Gudgeon]]
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|[[Hufflepuff Quidditch team]]
  
 
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| rowspan="2" |[[English National Quidditch team]]
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|[[Charlie Weasley]]
  
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|[[Blythe Parkin]]
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|[[Gryffindor Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Cho Chang]]
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|[[Roderick Plumpton]]
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|[[Ravenclaw Quidditch team]]
  
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|[[Fitchburg Finches]]
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|[[Maximus Brankovitch III]]
 
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|[[Cybèle Peltier]]
  
 
|[[French National Quidditch team]]
  
|[[French National Quidditch team]]
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|[[Cybèle Peltier]]
 
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|[[German National Quidditch team]]
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|[[Dougal McBride]]
  
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|[[Pride of Portree]]
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|[[Konrad Weiss]]
 
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|[[Draco Malfoy]]
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|[[Grodzisk Goblins]]
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|[[Slytherin Quidditch team]]
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|[[Josef Wronski]]
 
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| rowspan="4" |[[Gryffindor Quidditch team]]
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|[[Eunice Murray]]
  
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|[[Charles Weasley|Charlie Weasley]]
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|[[Montrose Magpies]]
  
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[[File:Charlie1.jpg|thumb|149x149px]]
 
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|[[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]]
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|[[Galvin Gudgeon]]
  
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[[File:1NEW-OOTP-Promotionals-BWO-EXCLUSIVE-ginevra-ginny-weasley-5726450-389-540.jpg|thumb|178x178px]]
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|[[Chudley Cannons]]
  
 
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|[[Harry Potter]]
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|[[Gilderoy Lockhart]] (claimed)
  
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[[File:Harry Potter (HBP promo) 3.jpg|thumb|164x164px]]
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|[[Ravenclaw Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Unidentified Gryffindor seeker]]
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|[[Ginevra Weasley|Ginny Weasley]]
  
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|[[Gryffindor Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Glynnis Griffiths]]
  
 
|[[Holyhead Harpies]]
  
|[[Holyhead Harpies]]
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|[[Glynnis Griffiths]]
 
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| rowspan="2" |[[Hufflepuff Quidditch team]]
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|[[Gregory Cotton]]
  
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|[[Appleby Arrows]]
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|[[Cedric Diggory]]
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[[File:Cedric.jpg|thumb|205x205px]]
 
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|[[Harper]]
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|[[Summerby]]
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|[[Slytherin Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Irish National Quidditch team]]
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|[[Harry Potter]]
  
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|[[Aidan Lynch]]
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|[[Gryffindor Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Japanese National Quidditch team]]
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|[[Iñigo Fuente]]
  
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|[[Shizuka Watanabe]]
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|[[Spanish National Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Josef Wronski]]
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|[[Kenmare Kestrels]]
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|[[Grodzisk Goblins]]
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|[[Aidan Kiely]]
 
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| rowspan="2" |[[Montrose Magpies]]
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|[[Konrad Weiss]]
  
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|[[Eunice Murray]]
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|[[German National Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Lennox Campbell]]
  
|[[Lennox Campbell]]
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|[[Montrose Magpies]]
  
 
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|[[Nordic National Quidditch team]]
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|[[Lucy Karoonda]]
  
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|[[Tina Lundstrom]]
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|[[Australian National Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Puddlemere United]]
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|[[Maximus Brankovitch III]]
  
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|[[Benjy Williams]]
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|[[Fitchburg Finches]]<br />[[American National Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Regulus Black]]
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|[[Pride of Portree]]
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|[[Slytherin Quidditch team]]
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|[[Dougal McBride]]
 
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| rowspan="2" |[[Ravenclaw Quidditch team]]
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|[[Roderick Plumpton]]
  
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|[[Cho Chang]]
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|[[Tutshill Tornados]]<br />[[English National Quidditch team]]
  
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[[File:Cho-chang1.jpg|thumb|178x178px]]
 
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|[[Gilderoy Lockhart]] (claimed)
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|[[Shizuka Watanabe]]
  
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|[[Japanese National Quidditch team]]
  
 
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| rowspan="4" |[[Slytherin Quidditch team]]
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|[[Summerby]]
  
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|[[Draco Malfoy]]
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|[[Hufflepuff Quidditch team]]
  
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[[File:Draco-Malfoy-promo-draco-and-slytherin-22383964-1919-2560.jpg|thumb|177x177px]]
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|[[Harper]]
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|[[Regulus Black]]
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[[File:RegulusBlackCloseUp.jpg|thumb|159x159px]]
 
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|[[Terence Higgs]]
  
|[[Terence Higgs]]
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|[[Slytherin Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Spanish National Quidditch team]]
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|[[Tina Lundstrom]]
  
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|[[Iñigo Fuente]]
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|[[Nordic National Quidditch team]]
  
 
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|[[Viktor Krum]]
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|[[Tutshill Tornados]]
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|[[Roderick Plumpton]]
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|[[Bulgarian National Quidditch team]]
  
 
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==Behind the scenes==
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*In the [[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)|film version]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'', [[Harry Potter|Harry]]'s father, [[James Potter I|James Potter]], was said to have been a Seeker. However, [[J. K. Rowling]] has stated that James was a [[Chaser]].<ref>[http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2000/1000-scholastic-chat.htm About the Books: transcript of J.K. Rowling's live interview on Scholastic.com]</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
  
==Appearances==
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[[File:Seeker Badge - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™.png|thumb|left|100px|A blue Seeker Badge.]]
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''
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[[File:Seeker Badge (Brown and Maroon) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™.png|thumb|left|100px|A brown-maroon Seeker Badge.]]
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st}}
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film)]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (video game)]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (video game)]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film)]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
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* ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Building the Magical World]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)]]''
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* ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Characters of the Magical World]]''
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*''[[Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup]]''
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*''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]''
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* ''[[Quidditch Through the Ages (real)|Quidditch Through the Ages]]''
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* ''[[Harry Potter Trading Card Game]]''
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* ''[[LEGO Harry Potter|Harry Potter LEGO Sets]]''
   
 
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Gryffindor Seeker Harry Potter chasing the Golden Snitch

"Usually the lightest and fastest fliers, Seekers need both a sharp eye and the ability to fly one- or no-handed"
— Description of Seekers[src]

Seeker is a position in the wizarding sport of Quidditch. There is one Seeker per team. The goal of the Seeker is to catch the Golden Snitch. They play a crucial role in Quidditch, as a game does not end until the Seeker catches the Snitch. A team whose Seeker catches the Snitch receives 150 points, which almost always wins the match for that team.

History of the Seeker

The position of the Seeker, known as the Hunter, was introduced in response to Barberus Bragge's introduction of the Golden Snidget during a match in 1269 making it the newest position in the game.

The 1269 game mentioned above was attended by Barberus Bragge, the Chief of the Wizards' Council. As a nod to the sport of Snidget-hunting, which was also popular at the time, Bragge brought such a bird to the game and released it from its cage. He told the players that one-hundred fifty Galleons — a large sum of money, particularly in those times — would be awarded to the player who caught the bird.

This was easier said than done: the Snidget is very fast, very small, and can make sudden changes of direction at high speeds. The considerable challenge posed by the flight patterns of the bird is what made Snidget-hunting so popular in the first place.

What happened at the Quidditch game in question was rather predictable: the players totally ignored the game, and each and every one simply went off in pursuit of the Snidget, which was kept within the arena by the crowd using Repelling Charms.

A witch named Modesty Rabnott, who was also watching the game, took pity on the Snidget and rescued it with a Summoning Charm before rushing away with it hidden inside her robes. She was caught by a furious Bragge and fined ten Galleons for disrupting the game, but not before she had released the Snidget. This saved the life of this bird, but the connection with Quidditch had been made, and soon a Snidget was being released at every game. Each team had an extra player — originally called the Hunter, later the Seeker — whose sole job was to catch and kill the Snidget, for which one-hundred fifty points were awarded in memory of the one-hundred fifty Galleons offered by Bragge in the original game.

The quickly declining number of Snidgets led to a substitute for the bird, hence the Golden Snitch came into play, and the position was given the name Seeker instead of Hunter.

Traits

Seekers are generally the smallest and lightest players on a team, and there is a certain glamour attached to playing as a Seeker. Generally, the Seeker is also the most fouled player on the team.

In team portraits, the Seeker sits in the middle of the first row.[1]

Known Seekers

Seeker Badge - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban™

A blue Seeker Badge.

Seeker Badge (Brown and Maroon) - Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince™

A brown-maroon Seeker Badge.

Team Name
American National Quidditch team Ariel Singleton
Maximus Brankovitch III
Appleby Arrows Gregory Cotton
Australian National Quidditch team Lucy Karoonda
Bulgarian National Quidditch team Viktor Krum
Krum 002
Chudley Cannons Galvin Gudgeon
English National Quidditch team Blythe Parkin
Roderick Plumpton
Fitchburg Finches Maximus Brankovitch III
French National Quidditch team Cybèle Peltier
German National Quidditch team Konrad Weiss
Grodzisk Goblins Josef Wronski
Gryffindor Quidditch team Charlie Weasley
Charlie1
Ginny Weasley
File:1NEW-OOTP-Promotionals-BWO-EXCLUSIVE-ginevra-ginny-weasley-5726450-389-540.jpg
Harry Potter
Harry Potter (HBP promo) 3
Unidentified Gryffindor seeker
Holyhead Harpies Glynnis Griffiths
Hufflepuff Quidditch team Cedric Diggory
Cedric
Summerby
Irish National Quidditch team Aidan Lynch
Japanese National Quidditch team Shizuka Watanabe
Kenmare Kestrels Aidan Kiely
Montrose Magpies Eunice Murray
Lennox Campbell
Nordic National Quidditch team Tina Lundstrom
Puddlemere United Benjy Williams
Pride of Portree Dougal McBride
Ravenclaw Quidditch team Cho Chang
File:Cho-chang1.jpg
Gilderoy Lockhart (claimed)
Slytherin Quidditch team Draco Malfoy
File:Draco-Malfoy-promo-draco-and-slytherin-22383964-1919-2560.jpg
Harper
Regulus Black
RegulusBlackCloseUp
Terence Higgs
Spanish National Quidditch team Iñigo Fuente
Tutshill Tornados Roderick Plumpton

Behind the scenes

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, ch. 10
  2. ↑ About the Books: transcript of J.K. Rowling's live interview on Scholastic.com
Game of Quidditch
Quidditch pitch
Officials: Quidditch referee
Player positions: Beater • Chaser • Keeper • Seeker
Playing equipment: Beater's bat • Bludger • Broomstick • Golden Snitch • Quaffle
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