Hogwarts
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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a fictional boarding school in J. K. Rowling's best-selling Harry Potter series. It is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and seventeen living in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
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[change] Hogwarts houses
[change] Gryffindor
- Gryffindor is one of the four houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and it was born under Godric Gryffindor, form whom it gets the name. The house especially values courage. Its symbol (animal) is the lion and its colours are scarlet(red) and gold. Nearly Headless Nick is the house ghost. The Gryffindors always rival with the Slytherins
- The Gryffindor Common Room (the place where the Griffindor studens spend their time and do their homework) is placed in one of the castle's towers, at the seventh floor. At the door, there is the Fat Lady, who let's the students in only aflet they give her the password (which changes for time to time). The Fat Lady is wearing a pink dress. In the room there is a fireplace, a lot of chairs and tables and two pair of stairs which take the girs and boys to their sleeping rooms.
- The head (ruler) of Gryffindor house is Minerva McGonagall.
[change] List of really known Gryffindors:
- Black, Sirius (1971 - 1978) - Harry's godfather
- Dumbledore, Albus Percival Wulfric Brian (1892)-(1899) - Headmaster at Hogwarts until Harry's sixth year
- Evans, Lily (1971 - 1978) - Harry mother
- Granger, Hermione J. (1991 - 1997) - Harry's best friend
- Hagrid, Rubeus (1940 - 1943) - now Gamekeeper (a kind of guard)
- Longbottom, Neville (1991 - 1998) - one of Harry's best friends
- Lupin, Remus (c. 1971 - c. 1978) - half human- half woolf, friend of James Potter and Sirius Black
- McGonagall, Minerva (1937 - 1944) - Griffindor's house present head (ruler)
- Pettigrew, Peter (1971 - 1978) - friend of James Potter when he was a teenager, but became a Death Eater when he finished school
- Potter, Harry James (1991 - 1997)
- Potter, James (1971 - 1978) - Harry's father
- Weasley, Arthur (1961 - 1968) - Ron's father
- Weasley, Bill (1982 - 1989) - Ron's oldest brother
- Weasley, Charlie (1984 - 1991) - Ron's brother
- Weasley, Fred (1989 - 1996) - Ron's brother and twin(identical) brother of George
- Weasley, George (1989 - 1996) - Ron's brother and twin(identical) brother of Fred
- Weasley, Ginevra Molly - Ginny (1992 - 1999) - Ron's only sister
- Weasley, Molly (1961 - 1968) - Ron's mother
- Weasley, Ronald - Ron (1991 - 1997) - Harry's best friend
[change] Hufflepuff
- Hufflepuff is one of the four houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and it was born under Helga Hufflepuff, from whom it gets the name. The house especially values hard work, patience, friendship and fair play. Its symbol (animal) is the badger and its colours are black and yellow. The Fat Friar is the house ghost.
- The Hefflepuff Common Room door (the place where the Hefflepuff studens spend their time and do their homework) is near the kitchens, in the dungeons. It is a quite cozy and welcoming place, not at all like a dungeon. In the room there are yellow hangings and fat armchairs, with little underground tunnels that take the students to their sleeping rooms. The tunnels have round doors like barrel-tops.
- The head (ruler) of Hufflepuff house is Pomona Sprout.
[change] Ravenclaw
- Ravenclaw is one of the four houses at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and it was born under Rowena Ravenclaw, from whom it gets the name. The house especially values intelligence. Its symbol (animal) is the raven and its colours are blue and bronze. The Grey Lady is the house ghost and when she was alive she was Helena Ravenclaw, daughter of Rowena Ravenclaw.
- The Ravenclaw Common Room (the place where the Ravenclaw studens spend their time and do their homework) is in Ravenclaw Tower, on the west side of the Castle. At the door the studens must answer a riddle that the eagle-shaped door knoker asks them.
- The head (ruler) of Ravenclaw house is Filius Flitwick.
[change] Slytherin
- Slytherin is one of the four houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and it was born under Salazar Slytherin, from whom it gets the name. The house especially values ambition and determination. Its symbol (animal) is the snake and its colours are green and silver. The Bloody Baron is the house ghost.
- The Slytherin Common Room (the place where the Slytherin studens spend their time and do their homework) is in the dungeons of Hogwarts and is placed under The Black Lake, in the school grounds.
- The house has a negative reputation, with a lot of people saying that it is the house from where almost all dark wizards in Britain, notably Tom Riddle (Voldemort), came from.
- The house is usualy in competition with the Griffindor house, as they "don't like each other on principle".
- The head (ruler) of Slytherin house is Severus Snape and in the sixth year Horace Slughorn.
[change] List of really known Slytherins:
- The Black family (with the exception of Sirius Black & Nymphadora Tonks)
- Vincent Crabbe
- Gregory Goyle
- Bellatrix Lestrange - Draco's aunt
- Draco Malfoy
- Lucius Malfoy - Draco's father
- Narcissa Malfoy - Draco's mother
- Pansy Parkinson
- Tom Riddle / Voldemort
- Horace Slughorn
- Severus Snape
- Andromeda Tonks - Draco's aunt
