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'''Romilda Vane''' (born [[Dates in Harry Potter|c. 1982]]) has long black hair, dark eyes and a prominent chin. In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', she is a [[Hogwarts Houses#Gryffindor|Gryffindor]] fourth year, meaning she must have entered [[Hogwarts]] at the time of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''. |
'''Romilda Vane''' (born [[Dates in Harry Potter|c. 1982]]) is a very smexi girl all the guys have crushes on her except Harry. She is very upset about this. She has long black hair, dark eyes and a prominent chin. In ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', she is a [[Hogwarts Houses#Gryffindor|Gryffindor]] fourth year, meaning she must have entered [[Hogwarts]] at the time of ''[[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban]]''. |
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Romilda has a celebrity crush on [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] throughout the sixth book, but unlike previous characters such as [[Colin and Dennis Creevey]] and [[Ginny Weasley]], whose hero-worshiping of Harry is not only harmless but often amusing, Romilda sometimes crosses the line. She introduces herself to Harry on the [[Hogwarts Express]] and invites him to join the group in her compartment, but not without implying that [[Neville Longbottom]] and [[Luna Lovegood]], with whom Harry is sitting, are uncool. Harry stands up for his friends and refuses her invitation. Later in the year she attempts to trick Harry into taking a [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Love Potion|love potion]], but while he takes the box of chocolates she gives him, he is wise enough not to eat them (He is forewarned by [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] that some girls, including Romilda, are planning to induce his with a love potion). Several months later, [[Ron Weasley]] accidentally eats several of Romilda's doctored chocolates and is affected by the love potion, forcing Harry to take him to [[Horace Slughorn|Professor Slughorn]] for an antidote — which leads to Ron being poisoned by accident. Following Gryffindor's [[Quidditch]] victory towards the end of the book, Romilda is outraged to see Harry kissing Ginny Weasley, whom he starts dating shortly thereafter. Later in the book, Ginny says that Romilda wants to know if Harry has a [[Hippogriff]] tattooed on his chest. Ginny jokingly answers that it is a [[Minor Harry Potter beasts#Hungarian Horntail|Hungarian Horntail]], claiming it to be "much more macho." |
Romilda has a celebrity crush on [[Harry Potter (character)|Harry Potter]] throughout the sixth book, but unlike previous characters such as [[Colin and Dennis Creevey]] and [[Ginny Weasley]], whose hero-worshiping of Harry is not only harmless but often amusing, Romilda sometimes crosses the line. She introduces herself to Harry on the [[Hogwarts Express]] and invites him to join the group in her compartment, but not without implying that [[Neville Longbottom]] and [[Luna Lovegood]], with whom Harry is sitting, are uncool. Harry stands up for his friends and refuses her invitation. Later in the year she attempts to trick Harry into taking a [[Magical objects in Harry Potter#Love Potion|love potion]], but while he takes the box of chocolates she gives him, he is wise enough not to eat them (He is forewarned by [[Hermione Granger|Hermione]] that some girls, including Romilda, are planning to induce his with a love potion). Several months later, [[Ron Weasley]] accidentally eats several of Romilda's doctored chocolates and is affected by the love potion, forcing Harry to take him to [[Horace Slughorn|Professor Slughorn]] for an antidote — which leads to Ron being poisoned by accident. Following Gryffindor's [[Quidditch]] victory towards the end of the book, Romilda is outraged to see Harry kissing Ginny Weasley, whom he starts dating shortly thereafter. Later in the book, Ginny says that Romilda wants to know if Harry has a [[Hippogriff]] tattooed on his chest. Ginny jokingly answers that it is a [[Minor Harry Potter beasts#Hungarian Horntail|Hungarian Horntail]], claiming it to be "much more macho." |
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Revision as of 08:43, 7 July 2007
The following are minor fictional characters from the Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling in Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For other Gryffindor characters, see Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Neville Longbottom, Ron Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Colin and Dennis Creevey and Minerva McGonagall. The Gryffindor House ghost, Nearly Headless Nick, is listed in the Hogwarts ghosts article.
Lavender Brown
Template:HP character Lavender Brown(born 1979 or 1980) shares a dormitory in Gryffindor Tower with Hermione Granger and Parvati Patil. Lavender is a close friend of Parvati and attends the Yule Ball with Seamus Finnigan in their fourth year. She and Parvati seem to enjoy the same classes and share many common interests. The two also seem to have a reasonably close relationship with Professor Trelawney, comforting and supporting her in her various crises.
Lavender initially believes the Ministry of Magic's smear campaign against Harry Potter, but later joins Dumbledore's Army, attending all meetings. When the Blast-Ended Skrewts run amok in the pumpkin patch during a Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Lavender is one of the few students who helps round them up rather than take cover in Hagrid's hut.
In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Lavender and Ron Weasley begin dating, and she gives him the nickname "Won-Won". However Ron does not seem to appreciate Lavender much even after they begin dating and she seems to be just someone Ron uses to make Hermione jealous, and to prove that he can 'snog' people if he wants to (he is jealous when he learns that his two best friends have both had their first kiss whereas he has not). Lavender is jealous of Ron's friendship with Hermione, eventually breaking up with him when she sees the two leaving Harry's dormitory together. She mistakenly believes that they have been alone together in there, as Harry – who had also been present – was under his Invisibility Cloak.
She is listed on J. K. Rowling's notes for students in Harry Potter's year as a pure-blood. However, the current accuracy of those notes is dubious due to their age and inconsistencies between them and certain canon information.
On Sunday 1st July 2007 at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, open auditions were held by Warner Bros. for a teenage girl between 15 and 18 to play Lavender Brown in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
Seamus Finnigan
Template:HP character Seamus Finnigan (born c. 1980) is a fictional character from the Harry Potter series. Of Irish descent, he has sandy hair and is a huge Quidditch fan. He shares his dormitory at Hogwarts with Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom and Dean Thomas.
He is present at the Quidditch World Cup, supporting Ireland against Bulgaria. Seamus supports the Kenmare Kestrels in club Quidditch. His best friend at Hogwarts is Dean Thomas and he attended the Yule Ball in his fourth year with Lavender Brown. His mother is a witch; his father is a Muggle, who only found out his wife's secret after the marriage. This was "a bit of a nasty shock" for him when he found out.
Like Lavender, when the Blast-Ended Skrewts run amok in Hagrid's pumpkin patch, Seamus helps round them up rather than take cover in Hagrid's hut like Draco Malfoy and the Slytherins. Seamus was influenced by his mother and by the The Daily Prophet's smear campaign against Harry but offered his apologies later on. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Seamus refused to allow his mother to take him home before Dumbledore's funeral.
In the Harry Potter films, Seamus is portrayed by Devon Murray and is depicted as having a penchant for blowing things up.
The name in Ireland is usually spelled with a fada ("Séamus").
Parvati Patil
Template:HP character Parvati Patil (born 1979 or 1980), is a very pretty Gryffindor girl in Harry Potter's year. She has an identical twin sister named Padma, who is in Ravenclaw. Parvati and her sister's names and appearance in the films implies they are of Indian descent. Patil is a common Maratha surname in the state of Maharashtra, India. Pārvatī is the name of a Hindu Goddess, consort of Shiva and daughter of the Himalayas. In Dean Thomas' opinion, Parvati and her sister are the best-looking girls in their year.
Parvati shares her dormitory with Hermione Granger and her best friend, Lavender Brown. Parvati attended the Yule Ball with Harry Potter in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire but spent most of the evening with a boy from Durmstrang due to the fact that Harry did not pay much attention to her and did not like dancing. She wore dress robes of shocking pink, gold bracelets and had gold braided into her hair.
Parvati's favourite class is Divination with Professor Trelawney, although she also enjoys Care of Magical Creatures classes when they are taught by Professor Grubbly-Plank as opposed to Rubeus Hagrid. Her greatest fear are mummies, as evidenced by her Boggart in the third book (her fear was changed to a cobra in the film adaptation).On numerous occasions she is seen asking questions to professors and is also seen arguing with Dolores Umbridge.
Parvati and Padma join Dumbledore's Army in their fifth year and at one point, she produced such a good Reductor Curse that she reduced a table to dust. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Parvati has to convince her parents not to take her and her sister out of Hogwarts, although they do return home the morning after Albus Dumbledore's death.
Parvati is played by Sitara Shah in the Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban film and by Shefali Chowdhury in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
Dean Thomas
Template:HP Character Dean Thomas (born 1979 or 1980), is noted for being good at drawing and forging signatures. He shares his dormitory with Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom and his best friend, Seamus Finnigan. Dean enjoys Defence Against the Dark Arts classes and his favourite teacher is Professor Lupin. Dean is impressed by Lupin's skill and stands up for him on numerous occasions when arguing with Dolores Umbridge.
Dean was born to a Muggle mother and a father who, though a wizard, never revealed this to his family. Unbeknownst to Dean, his father was killed by the Death Eaters when he refused to join them, and Dean was raised by his mother and stepfather. Dean has several half-brothers and sisters. Although this information has never appeared in the novels, it is considered canon because it has been mentioned on Rowling's official website and Rowling herself stated that it was a scrapped subplot for the original draft of Chamber of Secrets.[1] It is mentioned that Dean is a fan of the football team West Ham United.
Along with Seamus and Lavender, Dean helps round up the Blast-Ended Skrewts when they run amok in Hagrid's pumpkin patch during a Care of Magical Creatures lesson, rather than take cover in Hagrid's hut. He also believes Harry and Dumbledore when they insist that Lord Voldemort has returned and is one of the members of Dumbledore's Army in his fifth year. Dean's worst fear is a creeping severed hand.
At the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Dean begins dating Ginny Weasley, however, they break up before the end of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Harry, who wanted to date Ginny himself, actually was partially responsible. While Harry was invisibly sneaking out of the Gryffindor common room under the influence of Felix Felicis, the luck potion, he accidentally brushed Ginny as she and Dean passed through the portrait hole. Ginny thought that Dean was trying to help her through the portrait hole, became annoyed with him and they start to fight.
In the sixth book Dean becomes a reserve Chaser for the Gryffindor Quidditch team after Katie Bell is injured.
In the UK edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Dean Thomas is not mentioned during the Sorting ceremony. He is, however, correctly sorted in the American edition as a Gryffindor, just after Harry and before Lisa Turpin. According to Rowling, her UK editor felt the chapter was too long and had to trim it down with any extraneous detail he could find.[2]
He is played by Alfred Enoch in the Harry Potter movies.
Romilda Vane
Template:HP character Romilda Vane (born c. 1982) is a very smexi girl all the guys have crushes on her except Harry. She is very upset about this. She has long black hair, dark eyes and a prominent chin. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, she is a Gryffindor fourth year, meaning she must have entered Hogwarts at the time of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.
Romilda has a celebrity crush on Harry Potter throughout the sixth book, but unlike previous characters such as Colin and Dennis Creevey and Ginny Weasley, whose hero-worshiping of Harry is not only harmless but often amusing, Romilda sometimes crosses the line. She introduces herself to Harry on the Hogwarts Express and invites him to join the group in her compartment, but not without implying that Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood, with whom Harry is sitting, are uncool. Harry stands up for his friends and refuses her invitation. Later in the year she attempts to trick Harry into taking a love potion, but while he takes the box of chocolates she gives him, he is wise enough not to eat them (He is forewarned by Hermione that some girls, including Romilda, are planning to induce his with a love potion). Several months later, Ron Weasley accidentally eats several of Romilda's doctored chocolates and is affected by the love potion, forcing Harry to take him to Professor Slughorn for an antidote — which leads to Ron being poisoned by accident. Following Gryffindor's Quidditch victory towards the end of the book, Romilda is outraged to see Harry kissing Ginny Weasley, whom he starts dating shortly thereafter. Later in the book, Ginny says that Romilda wants to know if Harry has a Hippogriff tattooed on his chest. Ginny jokingly answers that it is a Hungarian Horntail, claiming it to be "much more macho."
Others
It has been speculated[3] that, just as there are five students in the Gryffindor boys' dormitory, there are five in the girls' dormitory. Thus, in addition to Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown, and Hermione Granger, there are a further two (as yet unnamed) girls. There is no solid support in the books for this; most notably, there has never been a reference to any such girls.
Outside the books, however, are circumstantial suggestions that the girls may exist, or, at least, have once existed in Rowling's plans. In the early years of the conception of the novels, Rowling intended Harry's year to contain 40-42 students,[4] which, if divided evenly, would result in 5 students per dormitory, with the final two, if they are not mistakes on the list, then allocated into one of the houses. Some of this information has since been changed (for example, Queenie Greengrass became Daphne Greengrass); if the names and numbers are still valid, however, there are certainly unattributed students who could potentially be further members of Hermione's dormitory.
In 2004, Rowling was asked in an interview, Who are the two "unknown Gryffindor girls" in Harry's year?. Her reply was, Oh, I've just understood what you mean. I haven't got the notebook to hand and I can't remember! That's terrible. I'll try and remember before the end of the chat! However, she failed to address the issue again that day.[5]
The question of the missing students was later again addressed to Rowling, this time by The Leaky Cauldron webmistress Melissa Anelli:
Anelli: Have you discovered the two missing Gryffindor students?
Rowling: (Covers eyes) Ohh! (Frustrated) I was going to go and get that for you, I'm sorry I haven't got it, I'll put it on my [web] site.[6]
No such information has yet appeared on Rowling's website, nor has she made any further elucidation regarding the existence or non-existence of any further Gryffindor girls in Harry's year.
See also
- Minor Hufflepuffs
- Minor Ravenclaws
- Minor Slytherins
- Minor characters associated with Quidditch
- Students in Harry Potter's year
- List of characters in the Harry Potter books
References
- ^ http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/extrastuff_view.cfm?id=2 JKrowling.com Retrieved on 05-29-07
- ^ Rowling, J. K. "Dean Thomas's background (Chamber of Secrets)". J. K. Rowling Official Site. Retrieved 2007-01-24.
- ^ "Gryffindor House: Two Unidentified Gryffindor Girls". The Harry Potter Lexicon. Retrieved 2006-12-25.
- ^ "Harry Potter and Me". The Harry Potter Lexicon. 2001-12-28. Retrieved 2006-12-25.
- ^ "JK Rowling's World Book Day Chat, March 4, 2004". Accio Quote!. 2004-03-04. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
- ^ "Anelli, Melissa and Emerson Spartz. "The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Three," The Leaky Cauldron, 16 July 2005". Accio Quote!. 2005-07-16. Retrieved 2006-12-25.
