Gryffindor

Natalie McDonald • Character Gryffindor, 1994 – 2001 (GF12). Natalie’s name comes from a Canadian girl who was very sick. She loved the Harry Potter books and contacted JKR. The author wrote her and told her some of the secrets of the books to come, but Natalie had died by the time… Read More

🎙️ Neville's Bravery • Article

Posted May 26, 2018 by Rosie Payne in Harry Potter Lexicon Minute

I wrote an essay recently about the timing of the attack on Neville’s parents, talking about how he must have been around five years old when it happened (give or take a year or two). This means he has an awareness of what happened and remembers his parents… Read More

Neville, Ginny, and Luna try to steal Sword of Gryffindor • Event During the fall of 1997, Neville, Ginny, and Luna are the leaders of the anti-Death Eater group of students at Hogwarts. At one point, probably during October, the three of them try to steal the Sword of Gryffindor out of the Headmaster’s office. They are caught, however, and given detention… Read More

Neville Longbottom • Character Neville Longbottom is the son of Frank and Alice Longbottom, famous and well-liked Aurors who were tortured into madness by the Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange. The Longbottoms are one of the few pureblood families in the wizarding world. Neville is a staunch friend of… Read More

Neville Longbottom is sorted into Gryffindor • Event Neville Longbottom starts his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Gryffindor (PS7). Read More

Nearly-Headless Nick • Character Nearly Headless Nick is the nickname of the ghost of Sir Nicholas de Mimsy Porpington, a wizard who died in a botched execution on October 31, 1492. He was hit forty-five times in the neck with a blunt axe, but a half-inch of skin and sinew remained connecting his head… Read More