Lavender Brown

**Lavender Brown** (b. 5th January, 1980) was a pure-blood witch, the daughter of David and Kathryn Brown, and sorted into Gryffindor. She started her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991, the same year as the famous Harry Potter.

## Biography

### Early Life (1980-1991)

Lavender Brown was born 5th January, 1980 to David and Kathryn Brown, a muggle-born and half-blood respectively.

Her childhood was a happy one with her mother amazing her using magic to make fireworks or other colourful things she would also tell her about the wonder of the Wizarding World.

#### Trauma

However in 1983, Kathryn Brown was killed by a Death Eater remnant. This left a lasting impact on Lavender. This lead to in 1984, her father sexually abusing her out of his grief. The trauma induced by the death of her mother and this lead to the development of Lavender's brain being halted and slowed down. This meant that even when she was a teenager, she would still act like a child in some respects. It also meant that the abuse were memories not retained by her mind, however they were held in her sub-conscious.

David continued to abuse her and asked her to dress more and more like her mother, because she couldn't remember the true reason why her father asked her to dress like that, she believed that it was her paying homage to her mother.

When she received her Hogwarts letter in 1991, David was hesitant to let her go but let her anyway.

### Hogwarts Years (1991-1998)

#### First Year

*Main Article "1991-1992 Hogwarts School Year"*

Lavender began attending Hogwarts in 1991, the same year as famous wizard Harry Potter. On the Hogwarts Express she met Mandy Brocklehurst, Lily Moon and Sally-Anne Perks, all of whom became close friends over the years, despite being sorted into different houses. Lavender was sorted into Gryffindor and shared a dorm room with Hermione Granger, Parvati Patil, Sophie Roper and Alice Runcorn. With whom she became close friends with three of them.

However, she did not get along as well with Hermione as she did with the other three girls. Hermione was believed by most to be a loner and made friends with boys rather than girls. There were also personality clashes between Hermione and the other Gryffindor girls; Hermione, being rather studious, may have been better suited with Ravenclaw girls.

#### Second Year

*Main Article "1992-1993 Hogwarts School Year"*

In her second year, Lavender was one of the students present in Professor Binns' History of Magic class when Hermione asked about the Chamber of Secrets; like the rest of the class, Lavender paid much more attention at this point, even rising her head off her arms.

Lavender attended Professor Lockhart's Duelling Club, and when Lockhart was disarmed by Professor Snape, she handed him back his wand. It is likely that Lavender, given her nature had a crush on Professor Lockhart, as did many of the other female students even including Hermione Granger, and would be shocked to discover he was a fraud at the end of the year.

Towards the end of 1992, she began to date Roger Malone, the first person of her year to start dating someone, she would stay with him for 3 months before looking at others.

Over the years, Lavender would have many boyfriends, often having rather dramatic break-ups with them, remarked by Hermione in 1995 to have "dated half of the boys in our year and the one above". This is an exaduration but it is likely that the trauma she endured could have lead to her unsuccessful relationships.

#### Third Year

*Main Article "1993-1994 Hogwarts School Year"*

In her third year, Lavender started Divination and Care of Magical Creatures classes. When Divination Professor Sybill Trelawney saw a Grim (a death omen in the form of a spectral dog) while seeking divinatory insight in the dregs of tea in the bottom of Harry's tea cup, Lavender was amongst the very few students in the class who, like Harry and Dean Thomas (both students who grew up with Muggles and unaware of magic until their letters arrived), did not initially know what Grims were.

She soon developed a good relationship with Professor Trelawney, who accurately predicted — or guessed — the death of Lavender's pet rabbit named Binky. The professor said that what Lavender was dreading would occur on the sixteenth of October, and on that day, Lavender received news that her rabbit, who had been a baby at the time, had been mauled to death by a fox. Hermione pointed out that Lavender could not possibly have dreaded something unexpected and that the death must have happened days before the news arrived, but Lavender had faith in Trelawney's abilities and was upset by Hermione's rather tactless attempt at comforting her.

The divination classes were when Mandy started to notice something might not be quite right with Lavender. She saw a clue in the tea leaves seeing a sign of a cross, symbolising suffering. She would from then begin trying to subtly get information out of Lavender.

#### Fourth Year

*Main Article "1994-1995 Hogwarts School Year"*

During her fourth year, Hogwarts hosted the Triwizard Tournament. This tournament was a series of challenges for wizards to enter if they believed themselves capable. There was also an age restriction on who was allowed to enter the tournament. Fourth year Harry Potter was selected as the Hogwarts champion, along with Hufflepuff Cedric Diggory. As one of the traditions, the tournament held a ball and Lavender attended the Yule Ball with fellow Gryffindor student Seamus Finnigan, likely just as friends. Her best friend Parvati ended up going as Harry's date.

That same year, when Care of Magical Creatures professor Rubeus Hagrid attempted to see if Blast-Ended Skrewts hibernated (which they did not), Lavender demonstrated her Gryffindor courage by staying to help collect the runaways. She, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and other Gryffindors did this instead of fleeing into the hut like the Slytherins. The Skrewts singed her school robes in the process. It is safe to say that Lavender and her classmates did not enjoy this lesson.

Later that year, Barty Crouch Jnr, in disguise as Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Moody, used the Imperius Curse on her in class, thus forcing her to humiliate herself publicly by imitating a squirrel. Hermione Granger was not impressed that Barty Crouch Jnr had the nerve to teach the three Unforgivable Curses in school and was appalled when he demonstrated them on students. She didn't come to the aid of Lavender when she was being humiliated, but she did stick up for Neville Longbottom when he was horrified by the demonstration of the Cruciatus Curse on a spider.

At the end of the year, Lavender would attend the leaving feast. This feast was held as a memorial service to the late Cedric Diggory. Cedric was murdered by Peter Pettigrew on the orders of Lord Voldemort, during the third task of the Triwizard Tournament. During this service, Albus Dumbledore took the liberty upon himself to inform the students of Hogwarts that Lord Voldemort was at large once again. It is unknown how Lavender took this news after it was first announced.

#### Fifth Year

*Main Article "1995-1996 Hogwarts School Year"*

In her fifth year, when Harry Potter announced the return of Lord Voldemort, Lavender, like many others, initially believed the Ministry of Magic propaganda that Harry was lying, much to her room-mate Hermione's irritation. On the second day of the school year, Ernie Macmillan's public of support of Harry and his claims seemed to force her to begin to question her own beliefs.

It is possible that Seamus Finnigan, a fellow Gryffindor may have been putting doubts into her head also as he strongly supported the Ministry and Lavender was close with Seamus. The same year, Dolores Umbridge was appointed the new DADA professor as a way for the Ministry at large to keep tabs on Hogwarts.

However, despite the claims that Harry had been lying, Lavender was one of the first students to arrive at the Hog's Head for the first meeting of what would become Dumbledore's Army. She learned many different defensive and offensive charms from Harry. When the D.A. practised casting the highly advanced Patronus Charm, Lavender was only able to achieve puffs of silver vapour, and was becoming increasingly frustrated that she could not do it.

## Personality and Traits

Lavender was a somewhat silly and sentimental girl, though she was also brave, as she was sorted into Gryffindor house. She was lively and loved to be the centre of attention, but tended to react in an extreme way to everyday situations, either laughing or crying hysterically and could be easily offended or emotional. She was also known to squeal and giggle at certain things and did so frequently. She could also be insensitive and childish, acting very possessive and over-protective. Inevitably, her heart was always in the right place, but she had a tendency to offend or annoy other people, if not always deliberately.

She had a great interest in Divination despite the subject being "woolly" and had reverence for Professor Trelawney, even though she was something of a fraud. This implied that she was gullible, often taking Trelawney's words to heart. Additionally, she initially believed the Ministry's propaganda against Harry Potter, but she eventually began to doubt the Ministry's claims, hugely because of her friends' influence.

Much of her personality heavily implies that her social skills may have been poor; this is supported by the fact that in her younger years she was abused by her father.

## Magical Abilities

* **Divination**: Lavender was very interested in the field of Divination, and shared a close relationship with Professor Trelawney. It was implied that she was good at Divination, and most likely took the subject to N.E.W.T.-level, given her keen enthusiasm expressed in class.
* **Transfiguration**: Lavender advanced to N.E.W.T.-level Transfiguration, showing aptitude in the subject. She must have achieved either an 'Exceeds Expectations' or an 'Outstanding' on her O.W.L. exam.
* **Charms**: Lavender attended N.E.W.T. Charms, meaning she achieved a high grade on her O.W.L. exam. She was also able to produce a non-corporeal Patronus, an incredibly advanced and powerful piece of magic and was able to cast the simple Locomotion Charm.
* **Defence Against the Dark Arts**: Lavender was a committed and loyal member of Dumbledore's Army which she joined in her fifth year, and therefore learned how to cast numerous defensive and offensive spells under Harry Potter's masterful teaching. She also received a high mark in her O.W.L. in the subject, which allowed her to study it further at N.E.W.T.-level, showing her proficiency in this field.
* **Duelling**: Lavender bravely fought in the Battle of Hogwarts against the Death Eaters, showing she was a skilled duellist to an extent with talent in martial magic, but she was unfortunately not strong enough to fend off Fenrir Greyback who had to be thrown off her by Hermione in the battle.

## Possessions

* **Wand**: Lavender's wand was of an unknown length, wood and core material. Like most wizards and witches in Great Britain, she most likely purchased her wand at age eleven from Ollivanders.
* **Binky**: Lavender owned a male rabbit called Binky as a pet, which she presumably got prior or in the early 1990s. In 1993, he was killed by a fox, which saddened Lavender very much.
* ***Unfogging the Future***: Lavender owned a copy of this popular Divination book, as a student of Divination at Hogwarts.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Kathryn Brown

Her mother Kathryn Brown was a witch and she had a good relationship with her daughter. Being the only child she had, she adored Lavender and would often show off magic to her. creating fireworks or other thing to amaze her. When she died in 1983 it struck her very deeply. Old photos of her mother tended to inspire Lavender's look throughout her teenage years, even after the discovery.

#### David Brown

Lavender had a good relationship with her father until 1983. His love for his wife and Lavender's similarity lead to in 1984 the first incident. One could say that the reason that Lavender was considered by some to be a bit 'stupid', is because of the trauma of the event haling the development of her brain. This also meant that reputation of it was blocked in Lavender's brain. The memories wouldn't be 'unlocked' for her until 1997.

### Mandy Brocklehurst

Mandy Brocklehurst was the first friend that Lavender made at Hogwarts. They met on the train and disputed being sorted into different houses, they remained close friends throughout their school years and beyond, fighting together in the Second Wizarding War. Mandy was the first person to suspect that something was wrong with her under the surface. She disagreed with many of her boyfriend chooses, however she respected her view of the subject until she asked Seamus Finnigan to ask her out in the hopes that he might discover what Lavender was hiding.

### Lily Moon

Lavender met Lily Moon on the Hogwarts Express before their first year. They would become very close over the next few years. Lily, being considered the second-smartest girl in their year, often helped Lavender studying for exams.

### Sally-Anne Perks

Lavender met Sally-Anne on the train to Hogwarts before the first year

### Parvati Patil

Parvati Patil was Lavender's best friend and room-mate, and was often seen in her company. The two seemed to share many interests and character traits, including a keen interest in Divination, as well as a fondness for more appealing types of magical creatures, like unicorns. They were also brave as they were both sorted into Gryffindor house.

The two were often seen giggling and gossiping together during their school days, and shared a friendship with Professor Trelawney. Parvati became very uncomfortable with how seriously Lavender took her relationship with Ron Weasley in their sixth year. Parvati was often embarrassed by the behaviour of her friend in regards to Ron, though despite this the two remained close.

### Hermione Granger

Lavender and Parvati were not nearly as close to their other room-mate, Hermione Granger, as they were to one another (though Alice and Sophie often tried to connect with Hermionie in their first year and became closer than the other two). Though the girls did not appear to dislike each other, they had very different interests and sometimes clashed as a result. For example, Hermione scorned Divination, Lavender and Parvati's favourite subject. She also became irked with Lavender for doubting Harry Potter's assertion that Lord Voldemort had returned in 1995.

Though Hermione was jealous of Ron and Lavender's relationship, she directed her anger mostly at Ron, perhaps indicating that Lavender was initially unaware of Hermione's feelings for him. Eventually, however, Lavender started to become jealous and suspicious of the time Ron and Hermione spent together, while her boyfriend was increasingly pulled away from her.

Although Hermione was glad when they broke up, she tried to spare Lavender's feelings by not being openly affectionate with Ron. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Hermione saved Lavender being killed by Fenrir Greyback, blasting him away immediately.

### Seamus Finnigan

Seamus Finnigan could be said to be the best boyfriend to Lavender.

### Boyfriends

lavender ad relationships with most of the the boys in her year and the one above but most of them ended with 'messy' break-ups. The possible reason behind most of her relationships problems if the fact of her abuse as a child. This would have slowed down her brain's development causing her to have a lower impulse control, low self-awareness and personality disorders.

#### Roger Malone (December 1992-Febuary 1993)

In December of 1992, Lavender started dating Roger Malone for the simple reason of he was popular and considered handsome by most of the girls of their year. Their relationship would end in tears however, when Malone discovered that she had been cheating on him with Oliver Rivers.

#### Oliver Rivers (January 1993-February 1993)

In January 1993, Lavender cheated on her current boyfriend, Roger Malone as he caught her kissing Oliver Rivers on Valentines day in a broom closet. A fight broke out that was broken up by Professor McGonagall. The two dated until June 1993, when Oliver Broke up with her.

#### Terry Boot (October 1995-June 1996)

Terry Boot and Lavender first met when Lily Moon dated him in 1994. They started to date after meeting back up at the first DA meeting, although it was awkward for Lily they continued to date until Lavender began to look towards Ron Weasley.

#### Ron Weasley (November 1996-April 1997)

In 1996, during her sixth year, Lavender developed a crush on fellow Gryffindor Ron Weasley. She took to complimenting him and flirting with him, which Ron seemed surprised and flattered by, though he was interested in Hermione Granger at the time. However, after Ron became angry with Hermione, he entered into a romantic relationship with Lavender. The romance consisted mostly of snogging, often in public, much to the disgust of Hermione, who was jealous and hurt, and of Ron's younger sister Ginny, who considered him a "*filthy hypocrite*" because he insulted her for being caught kissing her boyfriend earlier in the year.

Lavender was very affectionate with, and possessive of, Ron, adopting the name of "Won-Won" for him and sending him a necklace for Christmas saying "*My Sweetheart*" on it, which he greatly disliked and was shocked that she would think it was to his taste. The romance began to cool on Ron's end after the Christmas holidays, which Lavender noticed and was very upset by.

She repeatedly pressed Harry Potter for details of Ron's feelings for her, and alarmed even her best friend Parvati with how obsessively she threw herself into the relationship. Lavender was infuriated when no one thought to inform her after Ron was poisoned, especially since Ron took to feigning sleep whenever she came to visit him in the infirmary, and reconciled with Hermione. After being released, Ron took to avoiding his girlfriend.

Ron was spared the difficult task of breaking up with Lavender when she ended things with him, convinced that there was something going on between him and Hermione. Afterwards, Ron was clearly content, but Lavender was upset for some time. For example, when Ron brushed fake snow off Hermione's shoulders soon after the break-up, Lavender burst into tears. Ron did show genuine guilt for breaking up with her.

### Sybill Trelawney

Lavender seemed to have a reasonably close and caring relationship with Divination professor Sybill Trelawney; she had an unwavering faith in the reliability of Trelawney's predictions and was often seen comforting or supporting her when she was experiencing difficult times. She and Parvati became offended on the professor's behalf when Hermione made her disdain for Trelawney and the subject she taught clear in 1993. When she was temporarily sacked by Dolores Umbridge, Lavender and Parvati brought Trelawney some daffodils.

### Dumbledore's Army

Lavender became a member of Dumbledore's Army during her fifth year. Dumbledore's Army was an organisation founded by Harry Potter, Ron and Hermione, and led by Harry, in order to teach the students Defence Against the Dark Arts, something that professor Dolores Umbridge did not; thinking that the students would use their magic against the Ministry of Magic.

Lavender was a friend of fellow members Neville Longbottom, Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan. Lavender may have been a friend of Luna Lovegood, too, although, when the two girls met each other, Lavender made fun of Luna for her strange earrings.