Arthur Weasley

Arthur Weasley is the patriarch of the Weasley household and a major character in the Harry Potter series. He is the husband of Molly Prewett and the father of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny.
He was portrayed by Mark Williams, who also played Father Brown in 2013 TV show.
==Personality==
Arthur was best described as a fair, well-meaning and good-hearted man who opposed discrimination against Muggle-Borns, Muggles, Half-Breeds and Werewolves. At the same time, he was also a man of responsibility who cared for his family while juggling his work at the Ministry of Magic. 
Perhaps one of Arthur's most defining traits was his fascination with Muggles (non-magical people) as well as their livelihoods and manner of technology. He was fascinated by many Muggle artefacts including common-day objects such as a telephone and rubber duck. Another example is with him seen eagerly conversing with Hermione's parents in the Chamber of Secrets film. He was also friendly towards Vernon, Petunia and Dudley Dursley, despite their obvious and open disdain towards wizarding kind as well as their mistreatment of Harry. Unfortunately, this liking coupled with his strong sense of equality gave him a rather negative reputation with others, especially upon Pure-Blood supremacists such as Lucius Malfoy. Although he never had any bother with this, given that his idea of disgrace was very different from those of whom looked down on him and his family. He also drafted the proposition of the Muggle Protection Act, which many Pure-Blood wizards to offence to. Furthermore, he was outraged at Fred and George's prank on Dudley Dursley, although the twins did not do this due to Dudley being a Muggle but rather of him being a "bullying git".
Unlike his wife, who was very strict and rule-abiding with her children. Arthur had a more adventurous side when it came to Fred and George's shenanigans and did encourage them to try new things on occasion, albeit with obvious restrictions such as punishing the two for attempting to cast the Unbreakable Vow on Ron (with Ron saying that this time was the angriest his father had ever seen him). 
Arthur also had something of a broad temper, which is most clearly shown when he got into a physical fight with Lucius Malfoy at Flourish & Blotts. He was also outraged at his son; Percy Weasley, who had abandoned his family due to his promotion as secretary for Cornelius Fudge. Even in spite of this however, Arthur still loved and cared for his family and by extension; Harry Potter who he saw just as such.
==Biography==
===Background===
Arthur Weasley works for the Ministry of Magic in the Misuse of Muggle Artifacts office. Even though his Family is pure blood, He is obsessed with learning about Muggle customs and inventions and owns a large collection of things mostly used by Muggles. His department lacks funding, and his salary is only just able to provide for a vast family, leaving his family finances precarious. Unfortunately, his fascination with Muggle society makes him and his family Blood traitors in the eyes of Voldermort's, Death Eaters. During his time at Hogwarts, Arthur belonged to the house of Gryffindor. An affable, light-hearted man, he tends not to be the authority figure in the family; his wife Molly handles that area.
===Harry Potter Series===
Arthur first appears in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, when Harry stays with the Weasley family at The Burrow during the summer before the first term of Hogwarts begins. In this book, Lucius Malfoy tries to discredit Arthur when Harry and Ron are seen flying his enchanted car (due to barrier to Hogwarts is been sealed by Dobby in an attempt to prevent Harry going to Hogwarts) and by placing Tom Riddle's diary in Ginny's cauldron so that she can open the Chamber of Secrets and take the blame for the attacks on Muggle-borns. However, Lucius fails to fulfil his objective and the diary is destroyed.
At the start of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Arthur wins a large cash prize in a sweepstakes and uses it to take the whole family on a holiday to Egypt. After they return, Arthur thinks that Harry should know (what he [Arthur] then believes to be) the truth about Sirius Black.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, it seems that Arthur does not fully believe the stories of Harry's abuse at the hands of the Dursleys until he witnesses what they think about Harry and the Wizarding world and is stunned to see them so eager to say goodbye to him, before taking him to the Quidditch World Cup.
At the beginning of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Arthur is a member of the second Order and accompanies Harry to his visit in the Ministry. During one of his shifts in the Ministry guarding Sybill Trelawney's prophecy, Voldemort's pet snake Nagini attacks him. Harry, who is mentally connected with Voldemort, manages to see this in a vision and is able to warn the Hogwarts authorities. Arthur is subsequently saved just in time and sent to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, where he fully recovers. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Arthur has been promoted to Head of the Office for the Detection and Confiscation of Counterfeit Defensive Spells and Protective Objects.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Arthur is part of the group that moves Harry from Privet Drive for the last time, accompanied by his son Fred who acted as one of the seven Potters. Arthur continues to work in the Ministry, but all his movements are tracked. When it's discovered that Ron is travelling with Harry and not sick at home, the Weasleys are forced to go into hiding. Arthur reappears in the Battle of Hogwarts, in which he loses his son Fred, and is joined by his third son Percy. When the battle resumes with most of the Death Eaters killed with others fled in defeat, Arthur witness Bellatrix Lestrange (also recognizing her as the killer of Sirius Black, Nymphadora Tonks and Dobby) almost killed Ginny Weasley, igniting Molly's rage and hatred on Bellatrix, prompting to face her and calling her a bitch in the process, before killing her mercilessly for the death of Sirius, Nymphadora and Dobby.
After the war ends with Voldemort's defeat by Harry (due to former using the latter's own Elder Wand to cast the killing curse, but it rebounded as it refused to kill its master), Arthur lives on with his wife Molly and the two eventually become proud grandparents of their children's children.
==Trivia==
*JK Rowling has revealed that in the original draft for Order of the Phoenix she planned to kill Arthur. However, she changed her mind, saying that she couldn't kill him as he is one of the few good fathers in the series and didn't want to make Ron "half a Harry", as in losing one of his parents. However, as she wanted to kill parents, she spared Arthur's life in exchange for Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks.
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