Luna Lovegood

Harry Potter

**Luna Scamander** (nee **Lovegood**) is a character in the Harry Potter franchise.

She is a very close friend of Harry Potter's, first meeting him in their fourth and fifth years respectively. At the end of the Wizarding War, Luna married Rolf Scamander, the grandson of Newt Scamander, and had two sons, Lorcan and Lysander.

In the films, Luna was portrayed by Evanna Lynch.

## Biography

### The Order of the Phoenix

Luna first appears in the series when she meets Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley. Hermione introduces them to her, calling her "Looney Lovegood" before stopping herself and says its Luna Lovegood. She expresses hope that there is pudding at the school-year opening feast and is seen enjoying some at Ravenclaw table.

Later, Harry approaches Luna as she feeds the Thestrals at the grounds. She and Harry can see them since both of them witnessed a death. Harry asks her what she saw, and Luna tells him she witnessed her mother's from Pandora's own spells. During their conversation, Luna believed in Harry's claims that Voldemort had returned. She also becomes a member of Dumbledore's Army, learning to defend herself against dark arts, taught by Harry.

Luna later accompanies her friends to the Department of Mysteries after Harry witnessed visions of his godfather tortured by Voldemort. During the battle, Sirius is killed by Bellatrix Lestrange.

At the end of the school year, Luna gives Harry her condolences at the loss of his godfather and found her shoes hanging from an archway in the hallway.

### The Half-Blood Prince

Luna finds Harry at the back of the train and attempts to fix his nose with magic. She supported Gryffindor when they were having a Quidditch game. In December 1996, Luna went to Slug Club's Christmas Party with Harry as friends. She later participated in the Battle of Astronomy Tower and paid her respects to Albus Dumbledore, who tragically was killed during the fight.

### The Deathly Hallows

Luna is the one who shows Harry where to find the Grey Lady, who knows where the diadem is kept hidden.

## Relationships

### Harry Potter

Luna and Harry considered each other very good friends. They first met each other on the way to Hogwarts during their 1994-1995 school-year. Luna was also the one who supported Harry's claims that Voldemort had indeed returned and willingly taught by him during their DADA training. She later accompanied Harry to department of Mysteries and comforted Harry for losing his godfather.

She later was Harry's date to the Christmas party in 1996 and later helped Harry find the Grey Lady. When Harry and Ginny had a daughter, they gave her Luna's name as a middle name for Lily in honor of her and Lily Potter, Harry's mother.

### Ginny Weasley

Luna and Ginny were best friends and were in the same age when they both began attending Hogwarts. Ginny was the one who introduced Luna to Neville and Harry (In the films, it was Hermione). It is shown that Ginny hates it when someone insults her. She told others not to call Luna "Looney", showing this protective side of her. Ginny and Luna led Dumbledore's Army, along with Neville. Despite them being in different houses, the girls were quite close. Ginny also wanted Luna to show Harry to where the Diadem might be over Cho, showing she did indeed know that Luna would not incite any clash of romance as Cho might have.

Ginny named one of her daughters, Lily Luna in honor of her.

### Hermione Granger

Hermione is one of Luna's best female friends. At first, Hermione thought that Luna was strange, but when she got to know her and saw her loyalty and bravery during the battle of the Department of Mysteries, the girls began growing close. In Hermione's sixth year, Luna comforted Hermione over her fight with Ron when she was crying in the bathroom; Hermione once tried to kick Ron in the leg for teasing Luna and defended her in front of the portrait of Phineas Nigellus Black.

## Powers and Abilities

### Magical Abilities

* **Defense Against the Dark Arts:** Luna was taught more defensive spells against the Dark Arts (Dark Magic).
* **Charms:** Luna was quite talented as a witch especially in charms.
	+ **Patronus Charm:** Due to being a pure soul, Luna is able to cast a patronus in the shape of a hare at the age of fourteen.
* **Non-verbal magic:** Luna can sometimes do non-verbal magic, able to stun Alecto Carrow during the Battle of Hogwarts.

### Non-Magical Abilities

* **Dueling** - Luna proved to be efficient at dueling, mostly from emerging out of a fight with Bellatrix as a survivor with her friends and also only receiving minor wounds from the Battle at the Department of Mysteries. Luna, Hermione, and Ginny were able to even hold off Bellatrix Lestrange for a while.

* **Care of Magical Creatures**: Luna became a famed magizoologist (someone who studies magical creatures).
* **Leadership skills**: At the age of sixteen, Luna co-led Dumbledore's Army along with her friends, Ginny and Neville.
* **Study of Ancient Runes:** In the July/August edition of The Quibbler in 1995, Luna was capable of reading that issue's segment written in Ancient Runes upside down, heavily implying she was able to understand and translate such Runes. This also implies that she may have studied the subject at Hogwarts

## Personality

Often thought to be a girl with an odd personality, Luna is actually a very intelligent young woman. Most people thought that she was odd, and even called her "Looney Lovegood" and often stole her things. Luna was quite accepting, as she didn't care that people were mean to her and stole her things, being taught to accept people for who they are. She is very strange but has a lot of friends who were protective of Luna. Despite not minding what people think of her, Luna's friends were protective of her and got angered whenever they insulted her. This was shown when Ginny nearly jinxed students mocking her. Finally, Harry scolded Romillda Vane and her friends for insulting both Luna and Neville when he was hanging out with them.

She was also exceptionally brave in the final book of the series, admitting bravery during the battle of Hogwarts and showing strong loyalty towards Harry and her friends during the battle. She is very optimistic and very friendly to people, including Harry Potter, who is very good friends with her, as well as being very perceptive.

## Trivia

* It is speculated she took on her husband's last name.
	+ It is confirmed in *Wizards Unite* she did indeed.

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