Gilderoy Lockhart

## Gideroy Gavriel Lockart

### Title(s)

Order of Merlin, Third Class (First Class - from June 14th, 1993)Honorary Member of the Dark Force Defence League

Five-time winner of Witch Weekly's Most Charming Smile Award.

Headmaster of Hogwarts (from June 17th, 1993)

## Affiliations

### Occupation

Defense ProfessorAuthor

Traveling Adventurer

### Hogwarts Years

1972 - 1979

Gilderoy Lockhart is a Halfblood author and adventurer that taught Defense Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts during the 1992-1993 School Year. He is the son of the late Sigmund Lockhart. During 1942 to 1949 he was a Ravenclaw student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

## Early Life:

He grows up with his parents. His father, marked by the horrors of his childhood refuses to teach him how to fight at an early age insisting that Gilderoy should have the childhood that he never had. His parents emphasis the importance of happiness in life over grades.

## 1976:

On June 18th, looking at his end-of-year grades, Gilderoy Lockhart decides that it is high time, given the political climate, to actually further improve his grades and overall knowledge.

## 1977:

On October 2nd, while studying Transfigurations in the library, Lockhart ends up stumbling upon Saul Croaker. He other boy encourages him to think more for himself and points out a worthy study material for Lockhart's current Transfiguration essay. This conversation most likely lays the groundwork of their future friendship as up to this point the two were merely acquaintances.

Some months later, on December 16th, Saul Croaker and Gilderoy Lockhart stuck a deal to help each other improve academically, with he former being helped in Charms and the latter in Transfiguration.

## 1979:

While at home, on the early morning of July 4th, his parents are killed by Lady Voldemort. He is spared by her whist she expresses her regret and orders him to bury his father. Some days later, on July 10th, at Gringotts, he emerges from a pensive baffled by the relationship that his father had with Emily Riddle, firmly convinced that the Riddle that has returned to Britain was a different one than the one who left it many years prior.

Right after his father's funeral, on July 14th, he is approached by Giaus Weitts. The older man cautions the boy that living only for revenge is no way to live.

## 1981:

On the morning of November 1st, after reading the Daily Prophet that announces the end of Lady Voldemort, Gilderoy Lockhart shifts his goals deciding to focus on fighting werewolves.

## 1986:

Somewhere in Europe, on January 28th, Gilderoy's attempt at tracking Fenrir Greyback do not go as planned. He stumbles upon a troll and ends up dealing with it swiftly.

## 1987:

After managing to finally get rid of some yetti's following him, on February 6th, Lockhart muses that it might be an idea to write a book about his never-ending adventure.

## 1989:

Finally, on September 16th, in the Wagga Wagga District of Australia, Gilderoy Lockhart is finally able to track down and kill Fenrir Greyback. For his feat he receives the Order of Merlin, Third Class.

Now, with his goal of dealing with the notorious werewolf accomplished, he decides on October 15th to embark on his new passion, writing.

## 1992:

He receives a letter from Albus Dumbledore inviting him to take the position of professor against the dark arts at Hogwarts on July 5th. Some days later, on July 24th, in the Department of Mysteries, Gilderoy Lockhart meets with Saul Croaker. There he agrees to keep track of two students that are persons of interest and to keep an eye on the events at Hogwarts as the Unspeakables fear that future meddlings might occur at the school.

At some point during the summer of 1992 he accepts the position of Defense Against the Dark Arts Professor at Hogwarts. On August 19th, during a book signing of his bibliography, *Magical Me*, he announces his new position, this of course after taking a photo with Charlus Potter and his brother Harry.

He is announced by Headmaster Dumbledore as the new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor at the end of the welcoming feast on September 1st. Some days later, on September 3rd, he performs an initial assessment of the Second Year Slytherin Students. He then lectures his students on the importance of learning a wide range of spells. The next day, on September 4th, after another Defense class — this one with the second year Gryffindors — he ponders on the overall performance of the second year students. He finds himself overall disappointed in them, especially in Charlus Potter whom he realizes that would need to be much better in order for his plans to succeed. At the same time he is suspicious and mistrustful of Harry Potter due to his similarities to a dark haired girl that he had met at some point in the past.

The evening of September 19th, has Lockhart playing host for Charlus that is serving detention by answering his fan mail. After a couple of hours he stops the boy and asks him what he had learned from this experience. When Charlus is unable to answer he tries to make him understand that make isn't everything. After Charlus departure Gilderoy Lockhart's thoughts wonder once more on Charlus, and how he is so much less then what he would have hoped for.

He is alongside the Headmaster and some of his colleagues when they go and look into the debacle caused by the petrification of the Caretaker's cat on the evening of October 31st. From the start, he accuses Harry Potter as the guilty party. Even after Severus Snape makes a compelling case against Potter's guilt his still maintains his opinion on the boy's guilt. The informs the Headmaster that he will run his own independent investigation.

After class, on November 6th, he holds Charlus back and proceeds to asks him questions about the House of Potter. He claims that Harry at the point is his main suspect and he ought to further investigate, unless Charlus is certain that Harry could not be behind the attack. As Charlus is still doubting Harry he is unable to do so. Lockhart asks him about any possible connection to Salazar Slytherin — connection that Charlus denies — and then urges him to look closely into his family history for a linkage with the Slytherins.

On November 7th, after the DADA class with the second year Slytherins, he decides to hold Harry Potter back. When alone, he accuses the boy again of being the Heir of Slytherin. He warns him that he is watching him and that he will catch him in the act.

After the Defense class with the first year Slytherins, on December 16th, he asks Charlotte Weitts to stay behind. In private, Lockhart asks her to thank her grandfather on his behalf for what he has done for his family and for having a conversation with him some years past that most likely ended up saving his live.

## 1993:

After another DADA class, on January 7th, Lockhart instructs Harry to stay behind. When the two are alone Lockharts ends up accusing Harry of teaching Charlus Dark Magic, which the boy refutes. Their conversation comes to an end with Harry accusing Lockhart of acting akin to the Dursleys and denying that he is a Parseltongue. Later that night, in the privacy of his office, Lockhart vows to himself to get Charlus Potter into shape.

He summons Charlus Potter to his office on the evening of January 16th. There he offers the boy the opportunity to tutor him in the starting phases of Occlumency — the meditative stages, and in DADA. Charlus agrees. The training intensifies after the expulsion of Albus Dumbledore on March 12th.

The evening of May 30th, in his office, after another training session, he informs Charlus Potter that unless the curse of the DADA position is miraculously removed, then this would be their last session. As parting words he encourages the boy to focus on the theoretical aspects of his classes as well, as they are also of great importance.

He is contacted on June 4th, by the Unspeakables to inform him of their imminent arrival at Hogwarts. His wait for them is interrupted by the arrival of Charlus Potter and Hermione Granger who reveal that they know how to enter the Chamber of Secrets. The three proceed to its entrance, that is, Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. There, he hastily places some wards and after Charlus opens the Chamber he tries to stun the two students. He fails in that endeavour and in the confrontation ends up sliding down towards the Chamber. He is shortly afterwards followed by Charlus and the two proceed to confront the Heir of Slytherin. Soon afterwards he ends up battling Emily Riddle, and after the ritual to bring her back is completed, and she lays unconscious, he stops Harry from killing her. Lockhart then proceeds to stall by promising Harry to tell him a bit about the diary, about soul magic, but not before he talks about the Legacy of Katalysator. The professor informs Harry that he will not stop him to kill her if his opinion has not changed after he tells his story.

Finishing his story about Katalysator, he does not proceed to tell them as promised about the diary and soul magic, but instead he tries to convince Harry to spare Emily's life. His plan succeeds due to the intervention of Grace Weitts to informs him of the symbolism of murder, to his protest that is. The students agree to leave Emily's fate to the Aurors, with Lockhart deciding to not reveal the fact when the agrees to the deal that the Aurors have vacated Hogwarts in favour of the Unspeakables. The group returns to Hogwarts proper with the help of Fawkes, there they stumble upon the Unspeakables. They reconvene to his office, where they tell what happened down in the Chamber of Secrets and they are forced to take a vow of silence.

On the evening of June 17th, in the Department of Mysteries, he meets with Mister Black — commonly known as Soul — to inform him of something that the latter might find of interest presenting him with the still-intact diary that had caused so much trouble at Hogwarts the previous year.

## Achievements:

For killing the infamous werewolf Fenrir Greyback, he is awarded in 1989 the Order of Merlin, Third Class.

For his involvement in solving the Chamber of Secrets problem and ensuring the safety of Hogwarts' students, he receives an Order of Merlin, First Class on June 14th, 1993.