Willow Evans

**Willow Marie Evans** (b. 31 January, 1960) was an English Muggle-born witch and the youngest daughter of Marion and John Evans. She was the younger sister of Petunia and Lily Evans. Willow attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1971-1978. She was Sorted into Gryffindor House and played on the Gryffindor Quidditch team as a Seeker. At Hogwarts, Willow met and befriended James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, who quickly became her closest friends. The five friends often got themselves into trouble, but were well-liked by their peers.

After Hogwarts, Willow fought in the First Wizarding War as a member of the Order of the Phoenix with her friends and sister, and together their fought against Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Willow accidentally became pregnant in early 1981, and gave birth to her only daughter, Violet Evans later that year. Lily and James were killed by Voldemort due to a prophecy about their son, and Willow briefly became the guardian of Harry Potter after their deaths.

Willow discovered Voldemort's secret in 1982 after discovering the remnants of Regulus Black's research. She embarked on a journey to destroy Voldemort's Horcruxes so that he would never return again. She was however tragically died by being burnt by Voldemort's Fiendfyre in attempt to steal Marvolo Gaunt's ring.

## Biography

### Early life

Willow Marie Evans was born to Marion and John Evans on 30 January 1960 in Cokeworth, England. Willow had an older twin sister, Lily Evans, and the girls had an older sister, Petunia Evans. Willow grew up with a supportive family and enjoyed the middle-class amenities she had. She played sports growing up and wanted to become a professional footballer in her earlier years.

When Willow was eleven years old, she, and Lily, were given a letter to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, revealing their nature as witches.

### Hogwarts years (1971-1978)

#### First years

Willow, Lily and the rest of their family travelled to King's Cross Station on 1 September 1971.

#### Fifth year

For Christmas, Sirius and James had teamed up to get Willow the gift of her life. They took her to London on Christmas Eve to attend *Queen: A Night at the Odeon*. Willow later claimed it was the best Christmas present she had ever been given.

#### Seventh year

Over the summer between their sixth and seventh years, Willow went camping with the Marauders, Lily, Marlene, Mary and Dorcas. They went camping in Somerset like Lily and Willow had frequently done when they were young. While there, they had visits from Alice and Frank Longbottom, who had eloped a few months prior.

### Between the wars (1981-1989)

Willow settled into a cottage adjacent with the Lupin family in rural Wales with Remus, Violet and Harry.

#### Horcrux hunt

Willow discovered the existence of Horcruxes in 1987 when she roamed about 12 Grimmauld Place trying to find clues that tied Sirius with Voldemort and his Death Eaters. Instead she found extensive research left behind by Regulus Black concerning Horcruxes. Willow immediately put two and two together that Horcruxes was what kept Voldemort at power and that a sliver of his soul might still be alive. She picked up where Regulus had seemingly left off and spent a few years figuring out where at least two of the Horcruxes were located: Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem and Salazar Slytherin's locket. After travelling to the cave where the locket supposedly was, she learnt it was the place that Regulus died getting the Horcrux. She went back to her research, but not before setting up a memorial for her old friend.

## Physical description

Willow was short and lean girl with short brown hair and deep brown eyes. Initially Willow had long hair that she frequently either kept in braids or a ponytail to keep it out of her face until her fourth year when she cut it off into a short pixie cut that gradually grew, but Willow never let it grow to it's full length again.

## Personality and traits

> I'm not fit to be a mother. I don't think before I do, I'm not selfless to a core, I don't want to be careful, I want to live my life as I see fit and a baby doesn't really fit into that scenario. If I do this, it'll be for you, not for me
>
> —Willow Evans after finding out she was pregnant, the Marauders

Willow was always described as having a colorful personality. She was outgoing, sarcastic, charismatic and popular amongst her peers. She was a savvy and no-nonsense woman with a sense of mischief.