Hermione Granger

* Young Adult
* Teenager
* Kid

Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures employee (formerly)
Deputy Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement (formerly)
Member and Co founder of Dumbledore's Army
Member of the Order of the Phoenix
Minster for Magic

### Goal(s)

To become a greater witch (succeeded)
Help Harry hunt down all Seven Horcruxes and destroy Lord Voldemort (succeeded)

### Romance

Viktor Krum (ex-boyfriend)
Cormac McClaggan

### Enemies

Voldemort †
Severus Snape † (formerly)
Draco Malfoy (formerly)
Bellatrix Lestrange †, Dolores Umbridge
Gregory Goyle
Vincent Crabbe
Lucius Malfoy (formerly)
Narcissa Malfoy (formerly)
Death Eaters, Rita Skeeter, Marietta Edgecombe, Argus Filch (formerly), Quirinus Quirrell †
Kreacher (formerly)
Griphook
Goblins

### Powers/Abilities

Magic
History of magic
Casting a patronus charm

### Paraphernalia

Her wand formerly)
Bellatrix Lestrange's wand

### Affiliations

* Gryffindor

British Ministry of Magic * Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures \*Department of Magical Law Enforcement

### Type of Heroine

Book Smart Witch

**Hermione Jean Granger** is the tritagonist of *Harry Potter* franchise.. She appears in all seven books and all eight Harry Potter films. She is the wife of Ron Weasley and mother of their children, Rose and Hugo. She was one of Harry Potter's best friends and later, sister-in-law.

## biography

Hermione Jean Granger was born with magic on September 19, 1979 to Mr and Mrs Granger, a pair of Muggle parents who work as dentists. Without realizing she was a witch, Hermione sometimes sets off her magic. When she was eleven-going-on-twelve years old, in summer of 1991, Hermione receives an acceptance letter into Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Though initially shocked, her parents are proud of Hermione. Before her first year along with her wand, Hermione read all about the history of Magic and her school and memorizes several spells.

## Concept and creation

Hermione was created by JK Rowling, who also based the character off herself as a child.

During early developments of the novel, Hermione was always called Hermione Granger. The reason of choosing such an uncommon name as Hermione for the character is because, according to Rowling, she did not bear getting any child mocked because of sharing a name with an "insufferable know-it-all" such as Hermione to live off the shore of the island that the Potters lived, where Hermione's father would have found an infant Harry Potter.

At one point, Hermione was also going to have a Muggle sister but she was cut during the fifth book, *The Order of the Phoenix*.

During an interview, it was revealed by JK Rowling that Hermione was given the name "Jane" as a middle name. However, she soon changed it to Jean because Rowling didn't want Hermione to

In her development in the films, Singer Katy B originally auditoned to play Hermione but was dismissed because she had not read the books and Charlotte Church was too old to play the part. So Emma Watson was cast instead. Emma Watson almost did not get the role because she refused to audition, unlike other girls at her school.

In the books, Hermione is described at having buck teeth before having them shrinked to a different size. She was intended to have buck teeh in the final version of the *Philosopher's Stone*. Emma Watson was going to wear the fake buck teeth. However, she could not be understood, so the buck teeth were removed altogether.

## Personality

Hermione is very intelligant and on the book smart side.Out of the three friends, she  takes school the one who initially takes the most seriousness of education rather than her friends. For example, when she, Harry and Ron suddenly saved themselves from Fluffy the Three Headed Dog, she showed more concern that they could have been killed or worse, expelled. Ron pointed out that she should have gotten her priorities straight. However, as an eleven-year-old, Hermione showed a rebellious side, as she covered for Ron and Harry after they saved her from a vicious Troll. According to both Sirius Black and Remus Lupin, she is one of the brightest witches of her age. However, Snape says that she is an "insufferable know-it-all," but she is actually very smart. Harry points out that she is the smartest witch to Horace Slughorn, who was impressed with Hermione.

Because of her efficiency, Hermione was known to read for recreation and for fun and did things on the side. Hermione was the first in the trio to master any spell and used them beyond her own educational level. Even though Harrywas well-versed in spells, he acknowledged Hermione as the best witch in their year.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Magical aptitude:** Hermione was the first in the trio to master any spell and used them beyond her own educational level. Even though Harry was well-versed in spells, he acknowledged Hermione as the best witch in their year, being able cast multiple spells and curses, and expresses them in various ways: ​​
	+ **Non-Verbal Magic:** Hermione learned how to cast a spell without uttering words or the use of a wand. She demonstrated this at best in her sixth year.
		- Wandless magic: In addition to that, Hermione was skilled in wandless magic, even before her sixth year.
	+ **Defense Against the Dark Arts:** Magic dealing with defending a person or person(s) from any form of dark magic, i.e. a curse. Hermione was well versed in defending dark magic, as she was able to use it to free Ron from the devil's snare. Harry taught Hermione how to defend herself better in this part.
		- **Dueling:** Hermione was a capable wand duelist, using defensive and offensive spells against her opponents. Hermione was even able to sustain Bellatrix Lestrange, but only for a short while, even though Hermione had help from Ginny and Luna Lovegood.
		- **Casting Charms:** Hermione casts charm quite easily. She enchanted a small bag to contain much with the Undetectable Extension Charm (the same spell that Newt scamander uses on his suitcase) and even performed memory charms to her parents and two Death Eaters.
			* **Patronus:** Due to having a good heart and soul, Hermione could create a patronus by her fifth year, which took form of the otter.
	+ **Transfiguration:** Power focusing on how to alter the form or appearance of another object.
	+ **Healing Magic:** The ability to heal any visible wound and/or illness. Hermione also had an idea on how to heal other people with a poiton as well.
	+ **Apparation:** Ability to transport from one place to another. However, it does not work on Hogwarts ground (unless you are the Headmaster of Hogwarts). She succeeded in Apparating in The Deathly Hollows when transporting herself and Harry to multiple locations.
* **Herbology:** Hermione was well-versed in Herbology, as she knew the Devil Snare’s weakness while saving Ron. Even in the first year, Harry points out that Ron was lucky Hermione studied well in herbology.
* **Potioncraft:** Hermione had high knowledge to create potions, being surpassed by Severus Snape. She was able to make Polyjuice Potion. Only Harry could best her in the sixth year (but this was because he had Severus Snape's journal)
* **Arithmancy:** Hermione has a magical discipline that studies the magical properties of numbers, including predicting the future with numbers and numerology
* **History of Magic:** Hermione knows the history of magic and studied it even before she went to Hogwarts. For example, she knew how witches made the ceiling to look like the night sky in Hogwarts (The Philosopher's Stone).
* **Care of Magical creatures:** Hermione had excelled in Magizoology, having knowledge in how to take care of other creatures in magic. It was one of her favorite classes because her friend, Hagrid taught it.

## Relationships

### Ron Weasley

Hermione first met Ron on the Hogwarts express during their first year. She was extremely hurt by Ron when he insulted her about having no friends and defined her as a "nightmare," and spent the whole afternoon in the bathroom crying. He and Ron later saved her life later that evening from a mountain troll. The aftermath caused them to become friends, and Ron and Hermione often had playful banter between each other, shown when they are studying for their finals.

During their second year, Ron was deeply annoyed by Hermione’s crush on Gilderoy Lockhart, indicating he may have had a crush on her even then. He also made fun of her when she accidentally consumed cat hair in her Polyjuice Potion. However, Ron was immensely sadden when Hermione was an unfortunate victim to the Basilisk and was relieved to see her alright. Though the two wanted to hug each other, they just resorted into a handshake, where Ron welcomed her back warmly.

Later, in the *Prisoner of Azkaban*, Hermione and Ron encountered each other in Leaky Cauldron, fighting about Crookshanks chasing Scabbers (who was in reality, Peter Pettigrew). During one of Care for Magical Beasts lessons under Hagrid, Hermione quickly grabbed onto Ron’s hand, which turned into an awkward situation. The relationship was getting worse during Christmas, when Ron accused Hermione's cat of eating Scabbers.

They are said to have "sort of" dating by the time of *The Deathly Hallows*, as pointed out by Harry multiple times. During their stay at Grimmauld Place, Hermione and Ron laid next to each other where their hands found one another and played on the piano together. Later, when Ron temporarily abandons Hermione and Harry due to the influence of the Slytherin locket, Hermione is visibly distraught. When he returned, Hermione was understandably upset at him.

### Victor Krum

Hermione dated Viktor Krum when he asked her to the Yule Ball held that Christmas, even though Hermione supported Harry during the Triwizard Tournament. Before he left, Viktor gave her his number and asked to visit him at Bulgaria over the summer. Though the relationship was never serious, they still remained in contact via exchanging letters between one another. They were reunited during the Second Wizarding War, where they met at Fleur's and Bill's wedding, where Krum was disappointed to see Hermione had "sort of" begin a romance with Ron.

## Gallery

See Hermione Granger/Gallery for all images.

## Trivia

* Hermione fears failure, which is her boggart.
* Hermione is an avid book reader in the films and novels, just as Belle, another portrayal made by Emma Watson in the 2017 re-make of *Beauty and the Beast*.
* In a sense, Hermione is similar to Twilight Sparkle, as they both have a love a book and are very intelligent. Also out of all their friends, they both use logic and reason rather than depend on magic to solve thier problems.