Pandora Moon

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Former Recordkeeper for the Administrative Registration Department, Ministry of Magic

### Loyalty

Lovegood family

**Pandora Lovegood** (née **Moon**) (16 July, 1956 - 27 October, 1990) was an English pure-blood witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1 September, 1967 to June of 1974. She was born in Primrose Hill, a district in Greater London, the only daughter of Silas Moon and Antiope Moon (née Greengrass).

She ran off to Ireland in June of 1980 at the age of 23, where she married Xenophilius Lovegood in Kinvara. Seven months later a daughter was born, Luna. The family later moved to Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon, to support Xenophilius's conspiracy magazine. It was there that her own spell backfired, when Luna was nine, killing Pandora.

## Biography

### Early life

Pandora Moon was born on 16 July, 1956, in Primrose Hill, Greater London. She was the only daughter of Silas Moon and Antiope Moon (née Greengrass). The Primrose Hill district is surrounded by St John's Wood to the west, Swiss Cottage to the northwest, Belsize Park to the north, Chalk Farm to the northeast, Camden Town to the east and Regent's Park itself lies adjacent to the south of the hill itself. Her paternal grandfather was Horace Moon, and her paternal grandmother was Sigourney Moon (née Bourdillon). She was the great-granddaughter of Cornelius Moon and his wife Òceane Moon (née Malfoy).

#### Family

Pandora's maternal grandparents were Ivor Greengrass and Petronia Greengrass (née Stebbins). She had a maternal uncle, Ignatius, and aunt, Odella Greengrass (née Burke). Pandora had four first cousins- Ignatius's children. They were Ignatius Greengrass II, who was five years older than her, Cyril Greengrass, who was four years older than her, Rosalind Greengrass, who was one year older, and Ambrose Greengrass, who was four years younger.

She likely came across Narcissa Black in her childhood as well, for she was a friend of her cousin Rosalind's. It is unknown what their relationship could have been like.

### Hogwarts years

Pandora Moon received her Hogwarts letter in the summer of 1967. Sometime before attending, she bought a wand made of silver lime and unicorn hair from Ollivander's Wand Shop in Diagon Alley.

#### First year (1967-1968)

She boarded the Hogwarts Express at King's Cross Station on 1 September, 1967, and sat in a compartment with her cousin Rosalind Greengrass and another girl, Narcissa Black. They were second years, and in Slytherin. Pandora's parents had both been in Slytherin as well.

During the Sorting Ceremony, Pandora was placed in Ravenclaw. Although it was disappointing for her father, Silas Moon, Pandora prospered there.

#### Second year (1968-1969)

Known for her interest in experimenting, she was apart of the Potions Club from her second year on. The Potions Club was a recreational club at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for students interested in Potions. Students would meet weekly and the club also functioned as a tutoring system for younger students. Pandora was apart of this club and in Charms Club, but it was her second year that she really began practicing and experimenting in spells and different Potions.

Her cousin, Rosalind, had been withdrawn from Hogwarts at the end of Pandora's first year at school, being gravely ill over the summer. On 10 October, 1968, during Pandora's second year, Rosalind passed away. It is unknown whether this affected Pandora to an extreme, but she was present at the funeral which took place in Bath, Somerset, to pay her respects.

#### Third year (1969-1970)

In Pandora's third year of school she undertook an experiment to see whether improving a simple Love Potion by adding ingredients that weakened its strength would result in a crush, rather than an infatuation. Her classmate, Chadwick Boot, walked in at just the moment in which the Potion exploded, singing both of their eyebrows. Both of them were given detention for the destroyed cauldrons and for the careless risk involved, but Boot insisted he did not do it.

#### Fourth year (1970-1971)

It is unknown what Pandora got up to this year.

#### Fifth year (1971-1972)

This year, Pandora Moon sat her O.W.L.s. She got the top marks in Potions, Charms, and Ancient Runes, with Outstandings in all three. However, she failed History of Magic, Divination, and Astronomy, and just barely passed Transfiguration. Her father was reportedly "not pleased."

#### Sixth year (1972-1973)

Pandora received six weeks of nightly detentions for a backfired spell which very nearly could have seriously injured her and another student, Tobias Peakes.

#### Seventh year (1973-1974)

This year, Pandora Moon sat her N.E.W.T.s. She received an Outstanding in Ancient Runes and Exceeds Expectations in both Potions and Charms. She failed Transfiguration. Her father was extremely angry with her.

### After Hogwarts (1974-1980)

Pandora began working in the records office for the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. She filed documents inside the Administrative Registration Department, and it was dreadfully dull work. The Administrative Registration Department is responsible for the registration of the wizarding population. The Animagus Registry is also found within this department. Once a witch or wizard has a child they must then register the baby as a member of the magical community of Great Britain through this department.

#### Marriage to Xenophilius Lovegood (1980)

Pandora became extremely bored by the work that she was doing, which lasted about six years. In the summer of 1980, she quit and took a holiday to the seaside in Galway, Ireland, where she became reacquainted with Xenophilius Lovegood. Xenophilius, nicknamed "Xeno," had been in her year at Hogwarts. He had a dream of publishing his own magazine which would enlighten the wizarding world of the "truth-" essentially another name for a conspiracy magazine.

They quickly fell in love, and married on 24 June, 1980, without the permission of either of Pandora's parents. Silas Moon effectively disowned Pandora after she ran away to Ireland.

#### Birth of daughter (1981)

Pandora gave birth to her daughter, Luna, in Kinvara, Galway, Ireland, on 13 February, 1981. Luna was born only about seven months after the wedding, which might suggest that Pandora and Xenophilius had been seeing each other for some time before that.

### Later life (1981-1990)

Pandora and Xenophilus later moved their family to Ottery St. Catchpole, Devon, England, to support Xenophilius's conspiracy magazine, in 1985, when their daughter Luna was four years old. Pandora continued to experiment with spells and potions on the side, convinced that one day she might discover the "cure to end all."

#### Death (1990)

It is unknown exactly what Pandora was working on which would eventually end her life. However, one day in 1990, one of these experiments went wrong, killing her in a "horrible" manner in front of Luna, who was subsequently able to see Thestrals because of it. Luna once told Harry Potter that she continued to feel sad about her mother's death from time to time and believed that she would see her again after death.

#### Post-mortem (1990-)

Luna apparently had a large photograph beside her bed at home depicting her and her mother hugging. She was described as looking very much like her daughter. Harry Potter once saw this photograph and made the observation that Luna looked more well-groomed than he had ever seen her, which suggested that Pandora was not as absent minded as Xenophilius, or that Luna's mother was more demanding about her personal appearance, as opposed to Luna's father, who was generally known as a scruffy, unkempt man.

## Etymology

*Pandora* is of the Ancient Greek and derived from πᾶν (= pān) => i.e. "all" and δῶρον (= dōron) => "gift", thus *"the all-endowed"*, *"the all-gifted"* or *"the all-giving"*. *Pandora* is said to be the first woman created by the gods in Greek mythology. She was given a box by them, and was told never to open it. Pandora, known for her intense curiosity, opened the box releasing things such as misery, sadness, etc. into the world, hence the phrase "*do not open Pandora's box"*. This could relate to her experimenting with spells, thus her curiosity, and her death, the consequence.

*Lovegood* is a real surname and a compound word (Love and Good). This could be translated to "loving the good" or "chivalry".