Harry Potter/Characters/Other Characters

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Wizards and witches

Rita Skeeter

Played by Miranda Richardson

A reporter for the Daily Prophet known for her "enchantingly nasty" and often slanderous writings. She is an unregistered animagus who can transform into a beetle, a fact that makes it easy for her to eavesdrop on people and reveal their darkest secrets to everyone.

Viktor Krum

Played by Stanislav Ianevski

A world-renowned Bulgarian Quidditch player and the Durmstrang Triwizard Tournament champion. He becomes romantically involved with Hermione during his stay at Hogwarts, much to Ron's fury. He later shows up at Bill and Fleur's wedding, where he is angered by Xenophilius Lovegood's Deathly Hallows necklace. He explains to Harry that the symbol was the mark of Grindelwald. He remains in contact with Hermione, but only as pen pals.

  • Badass Bookworm: While most of his time in the library was an attempt to get close to Hermione, he apparently does like books on his own.
  • Crewcut of Awesome: In the film.
  • Big Man on Campus
  • Famous-Named Foreigner: Krum was a famous Bulgarian king who ruled in the 9th century.
  • Husky Russkie: Well, a burly Bulgarian, to be precise.
    • or as Skeeter put it in the movies, a Bulgarian Bon-Bon
  • Ladykiller in Love: Surrounded by smitten girls because of his fame, he falls for Hermione, the one girl who mostly just ignored him.
  • The Quiet One: Especially in the film, where he only has about two or three lines of dialogue.
    • Nevertheless, in the book it's noted that when he's talking to Hermione at the Yule Ball, it's the first time Harry has ever actually heard him talk.
  • Troubled but Cute: Described as surly and glowering, he’s also….duck footed, and round shouldered. Yeah, he’s not actually described as handsome per say, but when he’s seen interacting with Hermione he shown to be very sweet. Also the not-so-handsome part can be explained by Harry’s opinion on the matter being skewed.
    • In the movie this is played straight, depending on personal taste.
  • Romantic False Lead
  • Shark Man: Transforms into one in the second Triwizard task.
  • White Sheep: He's probably not the only student to feel this way, he's against Durmstrang's Dark Arts heavy curriculum, preferring Hogwarts more friendly approach.
  • Wronski Feint: Uses the Trope Namer in the Quidditch World Cup.

Igor Karkaroff

Played by Predrag Bjelac

The Headmaster of the Durmstrang Institute. Karkaroff is a former Death Eater who avoided imprisonment in Azkaban by becoming an informant for the Ministry and selling out several of his former comrades. He arrives at Hogwarts in the fourth book as one of the judges of the Triwizard Tournament. When Voldemort returns, Karkaroff goes into hiding and is later found dead.

Olympe Maxime

Played by Frances de la Tour

The half-giantess Headmistress of the Beauxbatons Academy. Madame Maxime arrives at Hogwarts in the fourth book as one of the judges of the Triwizard Tournament and develops a relationship with Hagrid. When Voldemort returns, she goes on a mission with Hagrid to recruit the remaining giants in Britain to the fight against the Death Eaters.

Gabrielle Delacour

Played by Angelica Mandy

Gabrielle is Fleur's little sister, and looks exactly like a younger version of her. During the Second Task of the Triwizard Tournament, Gabrielle is placed in the lake as the person Fleur would miss most. Fleur is not able to reach her, so Harry Potter brings her to the surface alongside Ron. This gains Harry extra points for "moral fiber."

Thanks to this heroism, Gabrielle develops a crush on Harry, and is sorry to have to return to France at the end of the tournament. She returns for her sister's wedding to Bill Weasley. At the wedding, she gives Harry a "glowing look" that angers Ginny.

Xenophilius Lovegood

Played by Rhys Ifans

Xenophilius "Xeno" Lovegood is a rather mad wizard who edits the Quibbler and is the father of Luna. He lives in the area of Ottery St. Catchpole, not far from the Weasleys, in a house that looks like a black tower. He believes in things few other people do, such as the Deathly Hallows, the Crumple-Horned Snorckack, and government conspiracies.

Xeno is very close to Luna, especially after his wife (Luna's mother) died from an experimental spell. Therefore, when Voldemort takes over, he kidnaps Luna to try to silence Xeno and the Quibbler. Later on, Xeno himself is captured, though he is later released. Harry first sees the symbol of the Deathly Hallows when Xeno appears at Bill and Fleur's wedding wearing the symbol on a necklace.

  • Agent Mulder
  • Ambiguous Disorder: Similar to his daughter (see Hogwart's Students character sheet for details).
  • Cloudcuckoolander
  • Conspiracy Theorist
  • Intrepid Reporter
  • Knight Templar Parent: When the Death Eaters kidnap Luna and threaten to harm her unless he helps them capture the Golden Trio, he does. When they show up at his house, he puts on a Stepford Smiler act and pretends that everything is well and good at his house in an attempt to keep them there until the Death Eaters arrive. Unlike the ordinary portrayal of a Knight Templar Parent, he is meant to be sympathetic. Hermione even delays their escape so that the Death Eaters can see that he did indeed have the trio to present to them.
  • Loners Are Freaks
  • Meaningful Name: "Xenophilius" is Greek for "lover of the strange," opposite of "xenophobe." "Xeno" also sounds like "Zeno," the name of several Greek philosophers. The most famous one, Zeno of Elea, created several paradoxes, and was described as "the universal critic."
  • Morality Chain: Luna. The Death Eaters use it to their advantage.
  • Room Full of Crazy: His house.
  • Sanity Slippage
  • Stepford Smiler: After he publishes way too many supportive articles in The Quibbler supporting Harry Potter, the Death Eaters kidnap Luna and threaten to harm her unless he helps them get their hands on the Golden Trio. He does this by pretending that things are hunky-dory at their house, going so far as to pretend that Luna is still there, despite the fact that he is doing this to trap them and the fact that he is in misery over the fact that his Luna is in the hands of the Death Eaters.
  • Windmill Crusader

Gellert Grindelwald

Played by Jamie Campbell Bower, Michael Byrne

A dark wizard defeated by Dumbledore years before the events of the series. In the final book of the series, it is revealed that he and Dumbledore had previously been working together to find the Deathly Hallows, become masters over death, and put Muggles under the domination of Wizards. Their friendship ended when Grindelwald attacked Dumbledore's brother Aberforth and the fight that ensued killed their sister Ariana.

Merope Gaunt

The teenaged girl, abused by her father and brother (due to them thinking she was a Squib), who drugged Tom Riddle Sr. with a potion, marrying him when he was too infatuated with the potion to consent. When she became pregnant, she stopped giving him the drug, apparently believing he had fallen in love with her. He quickly left, and Merope, at 19, gave birth to Voldemort.

Walburga Black

Sirius's mother, who sympathized with Voldemort's goals but did not join the Death Eaters. She lives on through a portrait of herself in 12 Grimmauld Place which has a Permanent Sticking Charm applied to it.

House elves

Dobby

Played by Toby Jones

A house elf who initially serves the abusive Malfoy family. Unlike his masters, he admires Harry and tries to warn him and protect him when Lucius Malfoy orchestrates the opening of the Chamber of Secrets...in unfortunate ways. He is eventually freed thanks to Harry and gets new employment in the kitchens at Hogwarts, from where he occasionally lends Harry a hand.

Kreacher

Played by Timothy Bateson, Simon McBurney

A house elf who serves the Black family. He shares the same ideologies as many of the pure-blood wizards, and looks down on Muggle-borns. Sirius Black treats him harshly, which leads to some unforunate events at the end of Order of the Phoenix.

Winky

The Crouch family house-elf. She is extremely loyal to Barty Crouch, Sr. and very happy with her lot in life. For years, she cared for Crouch's imprisoned son, but she was freed as punishment for failing to keep him under control at the Quidditch World Cup. Winky eventually came to work at Hogwarts, where she was very unhappy and constantly worried about how her master was getting on without her. Remaining loyal to Crouch, Sr. even after he had sacked her, she refused to divulge any of his dark secrets.

Others

  • Apron Matron: Augusta Longbottom.
  • Berserk Button: Calling a centaur a "filthy half-breed" to its face isn't the wisest idea.
  • Butt Monkey: There are many across the series, but a notable background one is Dawlish the Auror. He's been knocked out by Dumbledore a few times, beaten by Dirk Cresswell (who wasn't carrying a wand), and was completely owned by Augusta Longbottom. Basically, if a character has to get away, Dawlish is the casualty.
  • Deadpan Snarker: Just about every speaking character, at some point in the series.
  • The Driver: Ernie Prang and Stan Shunpike.
  • Funetik Aksent: Stan Shunpike.
  • Kindhearted Cat Lover: Mrs. Figg.
  • Last-Name Basis: Two throwaway characters in "The Prince's Tale" are only referred to as "Avery" and "Mulciber".
  • Never Mess with Granny: Augusta Longbottom. Death Eaters thought they could take her. Turns out she sent Dawlish to St. Mungo's.
  • Not So Different: At some point in the series, nearly every main character has been shown to share at least one very distinct trait with a character who initially seems to be their polar opposite.
  • The Ophelia: Poor, poor Ariana...
  • Those Two Guys: Stan Shunpike and Ernie Prang
  • Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: Ron's one-hundred-and-seven-year-old great-aunt Muriel.
    • Some could argue that Augusta Longbottom is like this as well.
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