Jack Sloper• Character
Jack Sloper was a Gryffindor Hogwarts student. He played on the Gryffindor Quidditch team as a replacement Beater when Fred and George were banned from playing (OP21). He was a poor substitute, so bad at handling his bat that he hit Angelina Johnson in the mouth with it during a… Read MoreJames Potter and Lily Evans are made Head Boy and Head Girl of Hogwarts• Event
James and Lily are both in Gryffindor. Lily Evans had very likely been a Gryffindor Prefect but James was not. Read MoreJames Potter publicly humiliates Severus Snape for Sirius Black's amusement• Event
During a break from testing in their fifth year, the group of Gryffindor friends known as the Marauders – James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black – are sitting outside on the Hogwarts grounds near the lake with their classmates. James releases and catches a stolen Snitch, Remus studies, and… Read MoreJames Sirius Potter boards the Hogwarts Express for his second year• Event
James Sirius Potter, the eldest son of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley, boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (JKR:Tw). Read MoreJames Sirius Potter starts his fourth year at Hogwarts• Event
James Potter boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts his fourth year at Hogwarts (CC1.4). Read MoreJames Sirius Potter starts his sixth year at Hogwarts• Event
James Potter boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts his sixth year at Hogwarts (CC1.10). Read MoreJames Sirius Potter starts his fifth year at Hogwarts• Event
James Potter boards the Hogwarts Express on Platform Nine and Three-quarters at King’s Cross and starts his fifth year at Hogwarts (CC1.4). Read MoreJames Sirius Potter starts his third year at Hogwarts• Event
After characteristically teasing his brother Albus about the possibility of his being a Slytherin on the platform at King’s Cross station, James Potter boards the Hogwarts Express for his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (CC1.1, CC1.4, DH/e). Read MoreJames Sirius Potter first travels on Hogwarts Express and is sorted into Gryffindor• Event
The eldest son of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley takes the Hogwarts Express from King’s Cross at 11 am. After traveling all day, he is transported by boat across the Lake and ushered into the Great Hall. There he is sorted into Gryffindor House, to the dismay of Teddy Lupin,… Read MoreKarl Jenkins• Character
Karl Jenkins was a Hogwarts student in the same year as Albus Potter and Scorpius Malfoy, to each of whom he referred by an unkind nickname (CC1.4). Read MoreJimmy Peakes• Character
Jimmy Peakes was a Gryffindor student from 1994 to 2001, and a Beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Read MoreJinx on the DADA position
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Hogwarts
When Professor Merrythought of Hogwarts retired after 50 years as professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts, Tom Riddle was a student at Hogwarts. Upon leaving school after his seventh year, he asked then-Headmaster Dippett for a position teaching at Hogwarts, but Dippet told him he wasn’t old enough yet. Read MoreJKR (website)• Source
JK Rowling surprised fans everywhere on May 15, 2004, by opening a new website. Previously the site had consisted simply of a list of publishers for the Harry Potter books. The new site featured never-before-revealed information, incredible graphics, delightful Flash animations, and a lot of little tricks and surprises. Not… Read MoreAngelina Johnson• Character
Angelina Johnson is a tall, black (GF16) Gryffindor girl two years older than Harry. Background Angelina is an excellent Quidditch player (a Chaser) (PS11) and was captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team during the 1995-1996 school year (OP12). Her birthday is in the… Read MoreGwenog Jones• Character
Gwenog Jones is the retired Captain and Beater of the only all-female professional Quidditch team, the Holyhead Harpies, and manager of the Welsh National Team in 2014. After a game she enjoys relaxing with friends, drinking butterbeer, and listening to The Weird Sisters (FW). Read MoreJottings• Source
DEPRECATED The following is a transcription of “More idle jottings (Page 1),” one of the Potterania extras found on Rowling’s original website. The manuscript contains a list of subjects, genders, and teachers’ names, a total of twelve: six male, six female. The page also contains musings on names for… Read MoreJuly at Hogwarts
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Timelines and calendars
Hogwarts is closed during July. The only member of staff who stays on in an official capacity is the Caretaker, Mr. Filch (SN). However, school-related work does get done, such as sending school letters inviting the incoming First Years. O.W.L results are mailed out by Owl Post, although… Read MoreJustin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick are petrified by the Basilisk• Event
While searching for Justin so he can explain his actions of the previous night’s dueling club Harry overhears a group of Hufflepuffs gossiping about him. He confronts them, but leaves abruptly in fury, causing him to blunder through the castle unfocused. Hurrying through a dark corridor Harry trips over a… Read MoreJustin Finch-Fletchley is sorted into Hufflepuff• Event
Justin Finch-Fletchley begins his first year at Hogwarts and is sorted into Hufflepuff (PS7). Read More
Hogwarts
James Potter publicly humiliates Severus Snape for Sirius Black's amusement
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During a break from testing in their fifth year, the group of Gryffindor friends known as the Marauders – James Potter, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, and Sirius Black – are sitting outside on the Hogwarts grounds near the lake with their classmates. James releases and catches a stolen Snitch, Remus studies, and… Read More
Jimmy Peakes
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Jimmy Peakes was a Gryffindor student from 1994 to 2001, and a Beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Read More
Jinx on the DADA position
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Hogwarts
When Professor Merrythought of Hogwarts retired after 50 years as professor of Defence Against the Dark Arts, Tom Riddle was a student at Hogwarts. Upon leaving school after his seventh year, he asked then-Headmaster Dippett for a position teaching at Hogwarts, but Dippet told him he wasn’t old enough yet. Read More
JKR (website)
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JK Rowling surprised fans everywhere on May 15, 2004, by opening a new website. Previously the site had consisted simply of a list of publishers for the Harry Potter books. The new site featured never-before-revealed information, incredible graphics, delightful Flash animations, and a lot of little tricks and surprises. Not… Read More
Angelina Johnson
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Angelina Johnson is a tall, black (GF16) Gryffindor girl two years older than Harry. Background Angelina is an excellent Quidditch player (a Chaser) (PS11) and was captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch Team during the 1995-1996 school year (OP12). Her birthday is in the… Read More
Gwenog Jones
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Gwenog Jones is the retired Captain and Beater of the only all-female professional Quidditch team, the Holyhead Harpies, and manager of the Welsh National Team in 2014. After a game she enjoys relaxing with friends, drinking butterbeer, and listening to The Weird Sisters (FW). Read More
Jottings
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DEPRECATED The following is a transcription of “More idle jottings (Page 1),” one of the Potterania extras found on Rowling’s original website. The manuscript contains a list of subjects, genders, and teachers’ names, a total of twelve: six male, six female. The page also contains musings on names for… Read More
July at Hogwarts
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Timelines and calendars
Hogwarts is closed during July. The only member of staff who stays on in an official capacity is the Caretaker, Mr. Filch (SN). However, school-related work does get done, such as sending school letters inviting the incoming First Years. O.W.L results are mailed out by Owl Post, although… Read More
Justin Finch-Fletchley and Nearly Headless Nick are petrified by the Basilisk
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While searching for Justin so he can explain his actions of the previous night’s dueling club Harry overhears a group of Hufflepuffs gossiping about him. He confronts them, but leaves abruptly in fury, causing him to blunder through the castle unfocused. Hurrying through a dark corridor Harry trips over a… Read More