Hermione

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Hermione Granger (赫敏)
Species/Race	Muggle-born witch
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry; Gryffindor House 29
Occupation/Role	Hogwarts student; researcher in the search for Slytherin's Heir
Status	Alive 144
First Appearance	A Custom Wand 15

Background / History

Hermione enters the wizarding world with a strong academic foundation and an immediate awareness of its social hierarchy. At Ollivanders, she interprets Kane receiving a custom wand as evidence that Muggle-born students are fundamentally disadvantaged; rather than surrendering to that belief, she resolves to study relentlessly and surpass the gap through her own effort 15 16.

Before beginning at Hogwarts, she meets Kane, Harry, Ron, and Hagrid at the wand shop. On the Hogwarts Express, she interrupts her own reading to honor a promise to help Neville Longbottom find his missing toad 15 19.

Appearance

Hermione is a young witch with a fair face and somewhat bushy chestnut hair 15.

• Chestnut, notably bushy hair
• Fair complexion
• Frequently carries large books or study materials 66 124
• Often appears sleep-deprived during intensive research periods 112 128 142

Personality

Hermione is intensely driven, intellectually curious, and unwilling to waste opportunities for learning. She actively seeks extra instruction, requests reading lists, copies advanced notes, and uses Harry's Cloak of Invisibility to extend her library study time 29 52 77 110.

Her early experiences make her sharply sensitive to unequal treatment of Muggle-born students and institutional favoritism. She repeatedly interprets Kane's unusual access to resources and private instruction as proof of wizarding society's entrenched class divide, eventually declaring her intent to leave the country once she graduates 16 39 96.

Despite her cynicism, Hermione is compassionate and fiercely loyal. She defends Neville from Bole Anrera, assists Harry during emergencies, and commits herself to uncovering the identity of Slytherin's Heir. Her determination can become self-destructive: she exhausts herself researching and brewing Polyjuice Potion while also visiting Harry in the Hospital Wing 20 56 124 142.

Abilities & Skills

Academic Spellcasting

Hermione learns quickly and consistently pursues material beyond the standard curriculum.

• Successfully performs the Levitation Charm, Wingardium Leviosa, in Professor Flitwick's first lesson 25
• Seeks Professor McGonagall's recommended Transfiguration reading list and offers to retrieve books for Kane from the library 29
• Borrows and copies Professor McGonagall's notes when Kane offers them 77
• Attends Dumbledore's extra lesson while concealed beneath the Cloak of Invisibility 111

Swamp Magic

Hermione is capable of casting Swamp Magic well ahead of the expected level, though she initially struggles with its stability.

• Transforms a lectern's texture and color during Professor Quirrell's lesson; Quirrell notes that the spell is normally cast by fourth-years 47
• Later succeeds in creating a swamp after extensive practice with Kane, though it disperses after several seconds 52
• Identifies that Quirrell's teaching is incomplete and suspects he is withholding essential instruction 48

Potions and Investigation

Hermione applies sustained research and preparation to the Chamber of Secrets investigation.

• Studies pure-blood family trees for clues about Slytherin's Heir 124
• Proposes brewing Polyjuice Potion to infiltrate Slytherin and question Draco Malfoy 125
• Collects Slytherin students' hair samples and prepares transformation doses for Kane, Harry, and Ron 144
• Maintains a hidden potion-brewing workspace and guards her work closely 137

Defensive Magic and Curses

Hermione is willing to act decisively when others are threatened.

• Uses magic to harden Bole Anrera's robes after he attacks Neville 20
• Attempts to assist Harry during a Quidditch match by setting Snape's robes on fire, mistakenly believing Snape is the source of Harry's danger 56
• Helps Kane, Harry, and Ron curse Slytherin students as part of their intelligence-gathering operation, while insisting that targets should be knocked unconscious rather than permanently harmed 144

Equipment / Items

• Wand — obtained from Ollivanders before starting Hogwarts 16
• Harry Potter's Cloak of Invisibility — borrowed for late-night library research and Dumbledore's extra lesson 110 111
• Polyjuice Potion — brewed for the group's Slytherin infiltration plan 125 144
• Research notes and books — including Transfiguration notes acquired through Kane and materials on pure-blood family histories 52 77 124

Relationships

• Kane — friend, study partner, and frequent source of both assistance and frustration. Hermione initially resents what she believes is his pure-blood privilege, but later exchanges notes for tutoring, trusts him with secret lessons, and works alongside him against the Heir of Slytherin 16 52 111 144.
• Harry Potter — close friend and fellow investigator. Hermione supports him during the Quidditch incident and joins him in the Polyjuice infiltration plan 56 125 144.
• Ron Weasley — close friend and member of the group investigating the Chamber of Secrets. Ron often witnesses Hermione's academic intensity and participates in her plans 19 52 144.
• Neville Longbottom — Hermione calls herself Neville's friend and intervenes when Bole Anrera bullies him 20.
• Professor McGonagall — Hermione seeks her extra instruction and values her academic resources, though she later becomes disillusioned when Kane is offered McGonagall's private notes 29 77.
• Professor Quirrell — Hermione distrusts his incomplete Swamp Magic instruction and abandons plans to seek his help 48 51.
• Gilderoy Lockhart — Hermione regards his appointment and teaching ability with deep skepticism, but attends a Dumbledore-led lesson in which Lockhart is also present 96 111.
• Lavender Brown — Hermione's roommate; Lavender tells Kane where Hermione usually goes when she is upset 52.
• Bole Anrera — antagonist who bullies Neville and targets Hermione with pure-blood prejudice 20 21.

Story Role / Major Arcs

First Year

• Meets the future Gryffindor group at Ollivanders and becomes determined to overcome the perceived advantages of pure-blood society through study 15 16.
• Helps Neville search for his toad, then openly defends him from Bole Anrera at the Sorting Ceremony 19 20.
• Pursues extra Transfiguration resources after seeing Kane seek private tutoring from Professor McGonagall 29.
• Becomes increasingly disillusioned with Hogwarts after Kane repeatedly receives special access to instruction and resources 39.
• Is blamed for Kane's loss of House points, then reacts forcefully to the accusation; Kane later exposes Malfoy's scheme and clears her name 43.
• Is trapped in the girls' bathroom with a Troll while hiding there to cry. Kane finds her and intervenes, after which she rejoins Harry, Ron, and Kane at the Halloween feast 53 54.
• Attempts to save Harry during Quidditch by sabotaging Snape, inadvertently disrupting Quirrell instead 56.
• Sees nothing in the Mirror of Erised because she considers her desires already fulfilled; the mirror instead shows her holding a wand and a belt beside a faceless, dark-eyed figure hanging from a streetlamp 63.

Second Year

• Helps Kane, Harry, and Ron when they chase the Hogwarts Express on the Mantis Shrimp, slowing the train and opening a window for them 98.
• Refuses Kane's offer of a share of his business profits because she did not participate in earning it 113.
• Investigates the Chamber of Secrets and the identity of Slytherin's Heir through family-tree research, restricted reading, and Polyjuice Potion 124 125.
• Works with Kane, Harry, and Ron to gather Slytherin hair samples and infiltrate Slytherin students for information on Malfoy 144.
• Overworks herself while balancing Polyjuice brewing, research, and concern for Harry after his hospitalization; Kane ultimately sends a shadow duplicate to carry her back to Gryffindor Tower 142.

Notable Quotes

“Hermione Granger, Neville's friend!”

— Declaring herself while confronting Bole Anrera 20

“I can't stay here forever.”

— Refusing to remain hidden while Hogwarts faces an active murderer 116

Trivia

• Hermione is uninterested in Quidditch and does not like riding brooms 56 173.
• She initially mistakes Kane, Harry, and Ron's hat-selling profits for money stolen from Gringotts 113.
• She repeatedly refers to wizarding elites, particularly Kane, as “Celestial Dragons” in her internal view of the social hierarchy 16 39 96.
• Her study habits become intense enough that Kane worries she may collapse from exhaustion in the library or potion workshop 112 142.