A
Abbot,
Hannah
Hufflepuff
91-98
blonde pigtails,
pink face (SS7
friends with
Ernie Macmillan (CS11, 15
convinced
that Sirius Black
could turn into a flowering shrub (PA9)
collects chocolate
frog cards (GF19)
Ackerley,
Stuart
Ravenclaw
94-01
Agrippa
famous wizard,
face on a Chocolate
Frog trading card (SS6)
Archie
Old wizard
with a penchant for flowered nightgowns (GF7)
Avery
Death Eater,
"wormed his way out of trouble by saying he acted under the Imperius
Curse (GF27)," was punished by Voldemort with the Cruciatus
Curse (GF33).
B
Baddock,
Malcolm
Slytherin
94-01 (GF12)
Bagman,
Ludovic ("Ludo")
former Quidditch
player for the Wimborne Wasps
head of Dept.
of Games and Sports
Ludo has problems
with gambling -- he used Leprechaun
gold to pay off Witches, Wizards, and a few Goblins to whom he owed money
and spent quite a bit of time trying to avoid his angry creditors (GF)
He cheated
George and Fred Weasley this way and they spent most of the 1994-5 school
year trying to figure out how to get him to pay up.
Ludo was accused
of being a Death Eater because he gave information to Augustus Rookwood,
an old friend of Ludo's father. He claimed in his trial that he didn't
know that Rookwood was a spy for Voldemort. He was acquitted.
"ludo"
- L.: "play"
"bagman"
- Eng. slang: "one who collects money, as for racketeers."
Bagman,
Otto
Ludo's brother,
had an unusual lawnmower which Arthur Weasley helped take care of (GF5)
Bagman Sr.
Father of
Ludo and Otto, friends with Augustus Rookwood.
(GF
Baruffio
wizard who
mispronounced a charm and suffered for it (SS10)
Bashir,
Ali
Ali is a flying
carpet merchant who was very interested in importing flying carpets into
Britain. Arthur Weasley wouldn't allow it, so he tried to smuggle carpets
in. (GF7)
Basil
Ministry wizard,
wears a kilt and a poncho, works at the Portkey
terminus at the Quidditch World Cup (GF7)
Bagshott,
Bathilda
author: A
History of Magic (SS5)
Belby,
Flavius
Survived a
Lethifold attack while in Papua New Guinea in 1782. He wrote about the
experience, revealing for the first time the existence of this terrible
creature and also the fact that a Patronus Charm will drive the Lethifold
away. Belby had at one time been voted the president of the local Gobstones
Club. (FB)
Bell,
Katie
Gryffindor
(89-96), Q. Chaser
nearly tossed
off her broom by Montague of Slytherin (PA15)
Bilius
Uncle of Ron
Weasley, died after seeing a Grim (PA6)
see Weasley
Family
Binns
History of
Magic professor (ghost)
ref: Hogwarts
staff
Another name which is really
a subtle bit of wordplay is Professor Binns. I imagine him wearing very
thick lenses - "bins" (from binoculars) is a slang term for spectacles.
--Morag Traynor
Black,
Sirius
best friend
of Lily and James Potter, Harry's godfather
Bletchley
Slytherin
early 1990s
Q. Keeper
Bode
Works for
the Department
of Mysteries (GF7)
"To bode" is to portend
or be an omen for something. It has a somewhat sinister connotation, although
it can mean either good fortune or bad.
Bole
Slytherin
early 1990s
Q. Beater
Bones, Mr.
and Mrs.
grandparents
of Susan Bones (BN), killed by Death Eaters (SS4)
Bones,
Susan
Hufflepuff,
91-98 (SS
Susan
Bones was played in the film by the director's daughter, Eleanor Columbus
(SS/f)
Boot,
Terry
Ravenclaw,
91-98
a "T. Boot"
checked out Quidditch Through the Ages (21 August) (QA)
Borgin,
Mister
owner of Borgin
and Burkes of Knockturn Alley, an oily, smooth-talking fellow who fawns
on Mr. Malfoy (CS4)
Bozo
Rita Skeeter's
photographer and co-conspirator (GF24)
c.f. photographer
for Daily Prophet (CS4)
Bragge, Barberus
Chief of the Wizards' Coucil in
1262, attended a Quidditch match and offered 150 galleons to whomever caught
a Golden Snidget which he released onto the pitch. At that time, 150 Galleons
was the equivelent of over a million Galleons today. Madam Modesty Rabnott
of Kent took to the field in protest at the abuse of the small, defenseless
bird, and caught the Snidget with a Summoning Charm; she was fined 10 galleons.
This event started the practice of catching a live Golden Snidget bird
as part of the game of Quidditch. (QA)
"Barberus" is similar to
"barbarian" and "brag" means to boast about oneself. Each of these words
suggest his character, which is bullying and crude.
Brand,
Rudolf
Captain of
the Heidelberg Harriers who, at the end of a famous match with the Holyhead
Harpies, proposed marriage to the Harrier's team captain, Gwendolyn Morgan.
She whacked him over the head with her broom. (QA)
Branstone,
Eleanor
Hufflepuff
94-01 (GF12)
Brocklehurst,
Mandy
Ravenclaw,
91-98
Brown, Lavendar
Gryffindor,
91-98
friends with
Parvati
Patil
keen on Divination
(PA
had a pet
rabbit named Binky (PA
Bulstrode,
Millicent
Slytherin
91-98
"no pixie"
(reference to her size) - she's bigger than Harry
"face like
a pug"
mean girl
who resorts to a headlock when dueling with Hermione (CS
apparently
owns a black cat
has black
hair (the hair Hermione found on her robes was black)
"We know Millicent
Bulstrode's ugly..." -- Ron Weasley
an "M. Bulstrode"
checked out Quidditch Through the Ages (6 February) (QA)
Bundy, K.
Hogwarts student, 1990s
checked Quidditch Through The
Ages out of the school library (QA)
Of
course, this CAN'T be Kelly Bundy from the American sitcom "Married With
Children," since even if she were a witch, she wouldn't be bright enough
to qualify for Hogwarts, certainly.
C
Cadogan,
Sir
Inhabitant of a painting on a lonely
seventh floor landing. Sir Cadogan is something of a blowhard, but he is
unquestionably brave (PA, GF)
When he volunteered to take over
for the Fat Lady in guarding the entrance to the Gryffindor common room,
he liked to think up bizarre passwords and change them constantly.
Capper, S.
Hogwarts student, 1990s
checked Quidditch Through The
Ages out of the school library (QA)
Cauldwell,
Owen
Hufflepuff,
94-01 (GF12)
Chang, Cho
Ravenclaw,
90-97 Q. Seeker
"extremely
pretty"
Harry has
a crush on her (PA, GF
goes to the
Yule Ball with Cedric Diggory
(GF
Chubb,
Agatha
expert in
ancient wizarding artifacts who found twelve lead Bludgers from the early
16th century in peat bogs and marshes. (QA)
Circe (SEER-see)
famous witch,
face on a Chocolate
Frog trading card (SS6)
Clagg, Elfrida
She becme Chief of the Wizard's
Coucil in the mid-1300s; she made the Golden Snidget a protected species,
set up the Modesty Rabnott Snidget Reservation in Somerset, and banned
hunting it or using it in Quidditch
Cliodna
(CLEEV-nah)
famous druidess,
face on a Chocolate
Frog trading card (SS6)
Clearwater, Penelope
Ravenclaw,
88-95, prefect 92-3, 93-4?
girlfriend
of Percy Weasley
black curly
hair
Petrified
by Basilisk
May 8, 1993 (recovered: May 30th)
Connolly
Irish National
Side, Beater (GF8)
Crabbe,
Mr.
a Death Eater,
possibly the father of Vincent Crabbe (q.v.)
Mr.Crabbe
is a larger fellow and a bit dim (GF
Crabbe,
Vincent
Hogwarts student,
Slytherin, entered in 1991. Crabbe is one of Draco
Malfoy's "bodyguards," following him everywhere. Vincent is thickset and
mean (SS) He has a pudding-bowl haircut and long gorilla-like arms.
"crab"
- Eng. "complain"; to be "crabby" is to be in a bad mood
Creevey, Colin
Gryffindor,
92-99
Colin Creevey
is a very excitable, rather short boy who was just tickled to death to
discover that he was a wizard and to find out about Hogwarts. His father
is a Muggle milkman. He has a younger brother named Dennis. Colin is very
excited to know the famous Harry Potter and in his first year he took a
lot of pictures of his idol. He even asked Harry to sign one, but Harry
refused. Colin has been known to follow Harry around or to say "All right,
Harry?" every time he sees him, just to hear Harry respond. Colin's heart
is in the right place, certainly, but he does tend to get run over once
in a while in the rush of events. Colin and his brother tried to enchant
the magical badges to keep them from saying "Potter Stinks" but all they
could manage was making them say "Potter Really Stinks" (GF
Creevey, Dennis
Gryffindor,
94-01
brother of
Colin
very short
fell into
the storm-tossed lake on his way across to Hogwarts for the first time,
was rescued by the Giant
Squid, which seemed to him to be all good fun (GF12)
Croaker
Works for
the Department
of Mysteries (GF7)
Crockford,
Doris
A witch in
the
Leaky
Cauldron on July 31, 1991, who was just so delighted to meet Harry
Potter that she came back more than once to shake his hand (SS5).
Crouch
family
Bartemius
Crouch Sr., his wife, his son Barty Crouch Jr. (GF)
