Harry Potter

## Biographical Information

Full Name: Harry James Potter

Born: 31st July 1980 (Godric's Hollow, West Country, England)

Blood Status: Half-Blood

Hair: Jet Black

Eyes: Bright Green

Skin: Light

Family:

* James Potter (Father)
* Lily Potter (Mother)
* Ginerva Weasley (Wife)
* James Sirius Potter (Son)
* Albus Severus Potter (Son)
* Lily Luna Potter (Daughter)
* Petunia Dursley (Aunt)
* Vernon Dursley (Uncle)
* Dudley Dursley (Cousin)
* Vivienne-Rachel Henson (Cousin-in-law)
* Michael Dursley (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Jane Dursley (First Cousin Once Removed)
* Arthur Weasley (Father-in-law)
* Molly Weasley (Mother-in-law)
* Bill Weasley (Brother-in-law)
* Fleur Delacour (Sister-in-law)
* Victoire Weasley (Niece)
* Dominique Weasley (Niece)
* Louis Weasley (Nephew)
* Charlie Weasley (Brother-in-law)
* Percy Weasley (Brother-in-law)
* Audrey Rootstone (Sister-in-law)
* Molly Weasley (Niece)
* Lucy Weasley (Niece)
* Fred Weasley (Brother-in-law)
* George Weasley (Brother-in-law)
* Angelina Johnson (Sister-in-law)
* Fred Weasley (Nephew)
* Roxanne Weasley (Niece)
* Ronald Weasley (Brother-in-law)
* Hermione Granger (Sister-in-law)
* Rose Granger-Weasley (Niece)
* Hugo Granger-Weasley (Nephew)
* Fleamont Potter (Paternal Grandfather)
* Euphemia Potter (Paternal Grandmother)
* Richard Evans (Maternal Grandfather)
* Rose Evans (Maternal Grandmother)
* Ignotus Peverell (Paternal Ancestor)
* Linfred of Stinchcombe (Paternal Ancestor)
* Hardwin Potter (Paternal Ancestor)
* House of Potter
* House of Weasley
* House of Black
* House of Peverell
* House of Peverell
* House of Weasley
* House of Black

Alias:

* Boy Who Lived
* Chosen One
* Master of Death
* Undesirable No. 1
* Lightning (*Potterwatch*)
* Boy Who Lied (*Daily Prophet*)
* Gregory Goyle
* Barny Weasley
* Vernon Dudley
* Albert Runcorn
* Bloody Baron
* Neville Longbottom
* Roonil Wazlib
* Potty (*Peeves* and others)
* Potty wee Potter (*Peeves*)

Titles

* Triwizard Champion
* Seeker
* Quidditch Captain
* Leader of Dumbledore's Army
* Master of Death

Signature:

Wand: 11", Holly, Phoenix Feather

Boggart: Dementor

Patronus: Stag

House: Gryffindor

Occuaption:

* Auror
* Head of Auror Office
* Defence Against the Dark Arts Lecturer
* S.P.E.W Member

Portrayed by:

* Daniel Radcliffe
* Saunders Triplets

## Introduction

**Harry James Potter** (b. 31 July, 1980) was a half-blood wizard, the only child and son of the late James and Lily Potter (nee Evans), and one of the most famous wizards of modern times. In what proved to be a vain attempt to circumvent a prophecy that stated a boy born at the end of July of 1980 could be able to defeat him, Lord Voldemort attempted to murder him when he was only a year and three months old. Voldemort murdered Harry's parents as they tried to protect him, shortly before attacking Harry himself. This early, unsuccessful attempt to vanquish Harry led to Voldemort's first downfall, marking the end of the First Wizarding War and to Harry henceforth being known as the "Boy Who Lived". One consequence of Lily's loving sacrifice was that her orphaned son had to be raised by her only remaining blood relative. Harry was raised by his Muggle aunt Petunia Dursley in a home where he was neither welcomed nor nurtured, but would be protected from Lord Voldemort, at least until he was seventeen years old only because of a powerful charm Albus Dumbledore made. As the only known survivor of the Killing Curse (up to that point) Harry was already famous before he arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991.

Early on his eleventh birthday, Harry learned that he was a wizard via Hagrid, keeper of the keys. He began attending Hogwarts in 1991 and was Sorted into Gryffindor. While at school, Harry became best friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and later became the youngest Quidditch Seeker in over a century and eventually the captain of his house's team, winning two Quidditch Cups. He became even better known in his early years for protecting the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort, saving Ron's sister Ginny Weasley, solving the mystery of the Chamber of Secrets, slaying Salazar Slytherin's basilisk, and learning how to produce a corporeal stag Patronus at the age of thirteen. In his fourth year at Hogwarts, Harry won the Triwizard Tournament, although the competition ended with the tragic death of Cedric Diggory and the rebirth of Lord Voldemort though the Ministry refused to accept it. The next school year, Harry reluctantly taught and led Dumbledore's Army and fought in the Battle in the Department of Mysteries, during which he lost his godfather.

Harry played a significant role in many other battles of the Second Wizarding War and hunted down and destroyed Voldemort's Horcruxes along with Ron and Hermione. During the Battle of Hogwarts he personally witnessed the deaths of Severus Snape, Lavender Brown and Fred Weasley and learned that Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Colin Creevey and many others had fallen in the battle as well. He encountered Voldemort and sacrificed himself, knowing that his doing so was the only way to destroy the fragment of Voldemort's soul that was inside of him. In limbo, after Voldemort cursed him in the forest clearing, Albus Dumbledore gave Harry advice and background information on the Dark Lord. When told he could choose to live or to "move on", Harry chose to live. After he awoke he confronted Voldemort and defeated him once and for all.

Harry was also notable for being the only known Master of Death, having united the three Deathly Hallows at the mere age of seventeen.

After the war, Harry became an Auror and helped reform and revolutionise the Ministry of Magic. At some point he married Ginny Weasley, with whom he had three children: James Sirius (named after his father and godfather), Albus Severus (named after Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape), and Lily Luna (named after his mother and Luna Lovegood). He was also named the godfather of Edward Remus Lupin. Eventually Harry became Head of the Auror Office in 2007, at the record age of 26, and occasionally delivered Defence Against the Dark Arts lectures at Hogwarts. He later went on to be head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement by the summer of 2020.

## Family Lineage

"*The Potter family is a very old one, but it was never (until the birth of Harry James Potter) at the very forefront of wizarding history, contenting itself with a solid and comfortable existence in the backwaters.*" - Description of the House of Potter

## Early Life (1980-1981)

### Birth

"*This boy will be famous, a legend. I wouldn't be surprised if today was known as Harry Potter day in future. There will be books written about Harry, every child in our will know his name!*" - Minerva McGonagall regarding Harry's future

Harry Potter was born on 31 July 1980, to Lily and James Potter, members of the original Order of the Phoenix at the height of the First Wizarding War; he was born only hours after his classmate-to-be Neville Longbottom.

Lily had a christening which was quiet and quick with only Harry, James, Lily and Sirius present.

For his first birthday, Sirius got him a toy broomstick and the family also owned a cat. From birth, he lived in hiding with his parents after Voldemort marked them for death. They lived in the village of Godric's Hollow in a home put under the Fidelius Charm by Albus Dumbledore to keep them hidden. They also had planned to make Sirius Black their Secret Keeper, but on his advice, changed this designation to Peter Pettigrew, whom they thought would be less suspicious. In a terrible turn of fate, it happened that Pettigrew was a spy for Voldemort. He betrayed James and Lily, then faked his own death, and framed Sirius for both.

### Attack at Godric's Hollow (1981)

Main Article: Attack on Godric's Hollow (1981)

On the evening of Hallowe'en in 1981, Lord Voldemort arrived at Godric's Hollow and murdered James and Lily.

He murdered James first, who tried to act as a distraction to the Dark Lord; unfortunately he did not have his wand with him and was killed immediately. Voldemort then advanced on Lily, who died trying to protect Harry. Her sacrifice prevented the Killing Curse from working on Harry, resulting in her love for Harry becoming a barrier protecting him. When Voldemort attempted the curse on Harry it backfired on the caster and instead of murdering Harry, Voldemort lost all his powers and his physical form was obliterated, but was saved from death by the five Horcruxes he had made up to that point. These included his diary, Marvolo Gaunt's Ring, Slytherin's Locket, Hufflepuff's Cup, and Ravenclaw's Diadem. Later, this also included Harry himself because Voldemort not only gave part of his abilities to Harry, he also accidentally gave Harry part of his soul. This event made Harry the only person to have survived the Killing Curse, thus giving him the title the "Boy Who Lived".

The failed curse left a lightening-bolt scar on his forehead. The scar would be a bane and also a blessing to Harry in the years to come, as it opened a telepathic link between Lord Voldemort and himself.

Rubeus Hagrid rescued Harry from the house, (destroyed by Voldemort's faulty killing curse) and was given specific orders from Albus Dumbledore to take him to his aunt and uncle, but he was intercepted by Sirius Black, a close friend of the Potters, who pleaded for Hagrid to give the baby to him, as he was the chosen guardian in the event of James and Lily's death.

    Hagrid refused, saying that he was under orders from Dumbledore to get Harry to his relatives as quickly as possible.

Sirius, though reluctant, relented and gave Hagrid his flying motorcycle to take Harry to Privet Drive. Dumbledore left a letter of explanation to the Dursleys, but they never relayed it to Harry. Instead, Harry spent the next decade of his life in their strict and miserable home without knowing that he was a wizard.