Harry

Biodata

Background / History

Harry was orphaned as a baby and grew up attending a Muggle school. He endured ten years of bullying before entering Hogwarts. At Aunt Petunia’s house, he often helped with cooking; his access to toys sometimes depended on secretly retrieving things Dudley had discarded 7 8 39.

Before starting school, Harry was already famous in wizarding Britain. Newspapers reported his impending arrival at Hogwarts, and Zhang Chengdao understood that Voldemort’s earlier downfall had been connected to him. Harry himself remembered only green light and felt uncomfortable taking pride in a celebrated deed he could not recall 5 7 8 10.

Magic represented an escape from his unhappy childhood, but his awe of it initially prevented him from practising with his wand over the summer. Meeting Zhang Xiao on the Hogwarts Express gave him both an early demonstration of spellcasting and an unfamiliar experience of freely sharing something with a friend 7.

Dudley’s influence prevented Harry from having friends at his Muggle school, while strange occurrences around him led classmates to call him a freak. His childhood accidental magic included regrowing his hair overnight after Petunia shaved it and unexpectedly finding himself on his school’s highest chimney while fleeing Dudley. At ten, he also spoke to a snake during a visit to the zoo, without understanding that this ability was unusual 131 132.

Harry later learns that Sirius Black is his godfather and that Peter Pettigrew, rather than Sirius, betrayed his parents. Zhang Xiao explains that Sirius changed the Potters’ Secret Keeper in an attempt to protect James, only for Peter to reveal their hiding place and subsequently frame Sirius. The revelation gives Harry the prospect of a loving parental figure and changes his understanding of his parents’ deaths 212.

Harry carries a fragment of Voldemort’s soul and is identified as a Horcrux in Zhang Xiao’s analysis. This fragment accounts for his Parseltongue and is associated with considerable talent for dark magic. Harry himself remains unaware of the true connection between his scar and Voldemort, including his ability to occasionally glimpse Voldemort’s life through the fragment of Voldemort’s Po inside him 270 452.

The church crisis fundamentally complicates Harry’s view of the Dursleys. Petunia refuses Voldemort’s demand that she mutilate him and instead cuts his bonds, while Dudley returns his wand. Vernon dies during the crisis. At Vernon’s funeral, Petunia admits that jealousy of Lily and hatred of magic shaped her mistreatment of Harry, but also describes destructive accidental magic that frightened the family when he was very young. She explains that taking him in extended Dumbledore’s protective magic to their household 307 308 317.

After discussing these revelations with Zhang Xiao, Harry decides to speak properly with Petunia and Dudley rather than accept either a wholly hostile or wholly idealised interpretation of their relationship. By the following summer, all three are awkwardly trying to treat one another as family. Harry willingly shares household chores, exercises and spars with Dudley, and receives Petunia’s first spoken thanks after she obtains a good local job through help in which Malfoy was involved 343 352.

Appearance

• Build: Skinny 7.
• Hair: Untidy black hair, long enough at the front to cover his scar 7 8 20.
• Eyes: Emerald green 7.
• Glasses: Round 7.
• Distinguishing mark: A lightning-shaped scar on his forehead 8.
• School clothing: Black Hogwarts robes 8.
• Family resemblance: Petunia describes his face as resembling James and his eyes as resembling Lily 317.
• Later presentation: After Sirius enters his life, Harry becomes noticeably more stylish and popular, receiving numerous love letters at school 377.

Personality

Harry is polite and eager to learn about the wizarding world, asking Zhang Xiao about magic and Ron about unfamiliar sweets. He is also deeply affected by ordinary kindness: sharing a comic delights him, while the thought of having a mother make him a sandwich brings him close to tears 7 8.

His loyalty outweighs both house divisions and fear of punishment. He continues treating Zhang Xiao as a friend after the Sorting Hat places him in Slytherin, defends him when Hagrid objects to his house, and risks expulsion to help save his life 10 22 27.

Harry nevertheless has ordinary schoolboy shortcomings. He quietly agrees with Ron that Hermione should let them copy her homework, particularly when Quidditch practice leaves him struggling to finish his own work. Zhang Xiao later motivates him by appealing to pride in his parents’ achievements 32 38.

His proposed use for the Philosopher’s Stone is to give it to Dumbledore, believing that an immortal protector could help the wizarding world prosper 40.

Harry’s competitive pride can also become a strong incentive to improve. Learning that Malfoy has cast a Shield Charm makes him resolve to stop wasting time, become an Auror, and learn the spell before the end of his first year. His determination produces an actual breakthrough rather than remaining an aspiration 53 81.

Zhang Xiao regards Harry as naturally impulsive and inclined to follow clues into danger. In genuine combat, however, Harry displays extraordinary calm, quick reflexes, and an instinctive enjoyment of the challenge. During the church fight, he compares the ease of fighting to his first experience on a broomstick 79 308.

Harry’s anger at Pettigrew is tempered by a desire for public justice. Although he initially wants to kill him, he concludes that Peter should stand trial and have his betrayal exposed rather than retain a hero’s reputation 212.

The church crisis leaves Harry grieving and intensely committed to training. His apparent recovery conceals feelings he has buried rather than fully overcome. He remains troubled by Vernon’s death despite having hated him, and gradually adopts a more responsible attitude toward Petunia and Dudley, believing that his parents would want them to get along 318 325 342 458.

His affection for family is reflected in small gestures as well as dangerous rescues. Petunia’s gift of cologne and Dudley’s boxing gloves make him exceptionally happy, and he later offers to show Petunia around Hogwarts so that she can bring her unfinished childhood dream to a close 415 458.

Abilities & Skills

Broomstick Flying

Harry displays exceptional agility during the attempt to save Zhang Xiao from a fall 27 28.

• Repeatedly swoops around the falling Zhang Xiao, tugging him briefly to reduce his speed 27.
• Outmanoeuvres both Ron and Malfoy during the rescue 27.
• Receives praise for his talent and subsequently devotes substantial time to Quidditch practice 28 32.
• The school broom cracks during the rescue, causing him to lose his balance near the ground 27.
• Works with Malfoy to clear the Flying Keys room quickly and smoothly. His flying is described as that of one of Hogwarts’ finest Seekers in a century, with Malfoy only slightly behind him 81.
• Develops an intimate familiarity with his Nimbus 2000 through four years of flying and consistent maintenance, knowing every curve and twig and experiencing it almost as part of his body 393.
• Successfully catches a key during the competition, prompting celebrations among British spectators 394.

Spellcasting

Harry enters Hogwarts without having practised wand magic over the summer; his early combat contributions rely on basic spells rather than demonstrated advanced magic. He subsequently learns the Shield Charm and develops a small set of spells to an unusually high combat standard 7 48 49 81 325.

• Uses minor jinxes and sparks to draw a troll’s attention away from his companions 48 49.
• Drives his wand into the troll’s nostril and fires sparks inside, exploiting a vulnerable area when attacks against its body prove ineffective 49.
• Remains a novice in Potions during his first year, where Snape repeatedly criticises his knowledge and procedure. Potions continues to be a concern for his later ambition to become an Auror 20 21 357.
• Successfully casts the Shield Charm during the first-year obstacle course. Zhang Xiao judges it to appear slightly stronger than Malfoy’s 81.
• Retains the Shield Charm in his second-year repertoire, despite not yet knowing the Stunning Spell at the time of Cedric’s combat lesson 153.
• Uses Stupefy and Petrificus Totalus effectively against adult Death Eaters in the church 308.
• Repeatedly casts Shield Charms while retreating with Dudley, though concentrated enemy fire breaks those shields rapidly 308.
• Models a snow cannon on Muggle artillery and controls large snowballs as its ammunition during the students’ snow battle 415.

Evasion and Teamwork

• Keeps a slowed troll occupied by running from it until Zhang Xiao arrives 48.
• Follows Zhang Xiao’s plan to spread out and redirect the troll whenever it pursues another student 48.
• His close-range attack distracts the troll long enough for Zhang Xiao to attach additional offensive talismans 49.
• Instinctively catches the wand Dudley throws to him during the church escape, drawing on Duelling Club practice in catching disarmed opponents’ wands 308.
• Uses movement, a low sliding approach, spell deflection, and close-range physical attacks to overcome Death Eaters and reach Dudley 308.
• Coordinates with Hermione by phone during a later wand-recovery plan, locating his wand inside a cannon barrel and awaiting the group’s agreed retrieval and rendezvous 477.
• Disarms Death Eaters so that Malfoy can immediately follow up with his twin pistols 490.

Disarming Charm Mastery

Harry’s most developed spell is Expelliarmus. After the church crisis, Zhang Xiao estimates that his overall combat ability is roughly comparable to a sixth- or seventh-year student’s, despite his relatively limited spell repertoire. His strength lies in mastering a few spells so thoroughly that they seem tailor-made for him 325.

• Casts fast enough to disarm multiple newly promoted Death Eaters before they can effectively retaliate 490.
• Displays a Disarming Charm explicitly described as grandmaster-level, casting faster than an opponent who opens with the Killing Curse 492.
• Casts without a fixed wand movement and from varied positions, sending spells along difficult and unexpected angles 497.
• Intercepts hostile spells with his Disarming Charm, including the Carrow siblings’ Killing Curses 497.
• Suppresses both Carrow siblings as a fourth-year through precise, highly refined use of this single spell rather than a flashy or expansive repertoire 497.

Combat Instincts and Hand-to-Hand Fighting

Harry’s combat talent is presented as nearly as remarkable as his talent for Quidditch. The combination of nerves of steel and fast reflexes makes him seem like a natural Auror, and he is placed alongside Cedric as a contender for the Duelling Club’s second-strongest member behind Zhang Xiao 308.

• Calmly deflects a Death Eater’s Stunning Spell and considers whether he could redirect it into another enemy 308.
• Uses a kick to the back of an opponent’s knee when fighting at close range, following Zhang Xiao’s instruction that the body can sometimes be more useful than a wand 308.
• Learns basic force-generating techniques and dangerous close-combat moves through the Duelling Club 347.
• Spars with Dudley using boxing gloves, practising evasions, guards, and punches 347 352.
• Benefits from an instinctive magical distortion that reduces the impact of Dudley’s blows, although Harry himself does not understand why they hurt less than expected 347.

Accidental Magic and Parseltongue

• Regrows his hair overnight after Petunia shaves his head 131.
• Unexpectedly reaches a chimney more than ten metres above the ground while escaping Dudley 131.
• Experiences frequent and destructive magical outbursts as a small child. According to Petunia, these harmed the household from the age of two, and he destroyed his room at three while calling for his mother 317.
• Speaks to snakes in Parseltongue, initially assuming that most wizards can do the same 132.
• Briefly worries that Parseltongue means he was born bad, but rejects that conclusion by recalling Zhang Xiao’s example as a good Slytherin 132.
• Zhang Xiao first suggests that his scar may have retained some of Voldemort’s abilities; later analysis explicitly attributes his Parseltongue and considerable dark-magic talent to the soul fragment inside him, rather than descent from Slytherin 132 270.

Protective Magic and Connection to Voldemort

Harry’s mother left protective magic through the sacrifice of her life. Dumbledore explains this protection to Harry, and he later recalls his unique ability to harm Voldemort when Ron insists that he must survive the competition’s altar crisis 446.

• His scar can cause severe pain, particularly in Voldemort’s presence 237 307.
• Can occasionally glimpse Voldemort’s life through the fragment of Voldemort’s Po inside him, without understanding the mechanism 452.
• Provides information about Voldemort staying in a Muggle house, prompting Dumbledore to broaden his investigation beyond the wizarding world 452.
• Zhang Xiao deliberately leaves the fragment inside Harry untreated for a time because the connection may prove useful 452.

Power Progression

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Wand — A holly wand with a phoenix-feather core. Its core feather comes from the same phoenix as Voldemort’s wand; its dimensions are not specified in the supplied account. It remains lodged in the troll’s nostril after his first-year attack, and is later recovered for him by Dudley during the church crisis 49 308 382.
• School broomstick — Used during Zhang Xiao’s rescue; breaks near the end of the descent 27.
• Daoist Order Signal Firework — Given to him by Zhang Xiao before the Forbidden Forest search, with instructions to pull its cord if trouble arises 47.
• Nimbus 2000 — His long-serving broom, flown for four years and meticulously maintained. Harry cherishes it more than he cares for himself and knows its construction intimately 393.
• Invisibility Cloak — Inherited from his father and kept among his most treasured possessions 352.
• Boxing gloves — Gifts from Dudley associated with their sparring and improving relationship. Harry treasures the earlier pair and is delighted to receive another pair at Christmas 347 352 415.
• Penknife from Sirius — A Christmas gift with attachments capable of opening locks and undoing knots 415.
• Wand Care kit — A Christmas gift from Ron; Harry and Ron independently buy each other the same item 415.
• Cologne from Petunia — An expensive Christmas gift accompanied by a note suggesting that he wear it to the ball 415.
• Quidditch teams of Britain and Ireland — A book given to him by Hermione at Christmas 415.
• Weasley sweater — Receives a new knitted sweater from Mrs. Weasley at Christmas 415.
• Competition equipment and Water-Walking Potion — Wears the Hogwarts team’s specialised equipment and carries potion vials in prepared belt slots. Each vial of Water-Walking Potion lasts two hours 430.

Relationships

• Zhang Xiao — Close friend and adviser from their first train journey. Their friendship survives separation into different houses 7 10 22. Zhang later explains Sirius’s innocence and Harry’s family history, teaches him combat techniques, and helps him interpret his complicated relationship with the Dursleys. Harry comes to regard his manner as resembling that of a dependable older brother 212 308 343.
• Ron Weasley — Friend, fellow Gryffindor, and companion in the rescue and troll battle 8 10 27 49. After the church crisis, Ron keeps pace with Harry’s punishing training to support him. During the competition’s altar crisis, he insists that Harry must survive and takes the dangerous sacrificial role himself 318 339 446 447.
• Hermione Granger — Friendship is strained by her refusal to share homework for copying. Harry is touched when she sets Snape’s robes on fire in an attempt to save him during Quidditch 32 38. He later admires her intelligence, particularly her discovery of the Chamber of Secrets, and relies on her planning during the group’s wand recovery 237 477.
• Rubeus Hagrid — Trusted friend whom Harry introduces enthusiastically to Zhang Xiao and Ron. Harry later comforts him after learning about Filch’s mistreatment 9 46.
• Severus Snape — Teacher whose hostility Harry notices at the opening feast. Zhang Xiao attributes it to a conflict involving Harry’s father; Harry later suspects Snape of sabotaging his broom and seeking the object guarded by Fluffy 20 21 22 39. Harry subsequently suspects that Snape’s unexpected emotional reaction has something to do with his parents, without imagining a connection to Lily. He remains a frequent target of Snape’s criticism and deductions 119 428.
• Draco Malfoy — Harry rejects his offer of friendship after he insults Ron and disparages other wizarding families 9. Their relationship gradually becomes a rivalry rather than outright enmity. Malfoy’s Shield Charm motivates Harry to improve, they cooperate in the Flying Keys room, and Malfoy’s equipment donation further softens Harry’s attitude 53 81 115 117. Harry considers him a decent person whose insults remain exasperating. Malfoy later assists with Petunia’s employment and fights alongside Harry against Death Eaters 237 352 490. Examination of the Black family tapestry leads Hermione to describe Harry and Ron as Malfoy’s maternal uncles under Chinese kinship conventions 242.
• His parents — Learning about his father’s Quidditch talent profoundly affects Harry. Their accomplishments also become a source of academic motivation 28 38. He sees his family around him in the Mirror of Erised, reflecting his deepest desire, and later learns that Lily’s sacrificial protection gives him a unique ability to harm Voldemort 65 446. His wish to honour his parents contributes to his decision to treat Petunia and Dudley as real family 458.
• Dudley — Associated with Harry’s deprived childhood; Harry regards returning to life with him as preferable to abandoning a friend in danger 7 8 27. During the church crisis, Dudley throws Harry his wand, and Harry risks himself to bring Dudley back to Petunia. They subsequently reconcile, share chores, and spar together, with Dudley giving him boxing gloves 308 347 352 458.
• Albus Dumbledore — A figure Harry believes could preserve peace in the wizarding world if given the Philosopher’s Stone 40. Dumbledore explains the Mirror of Erised and Lily’s protection, and later asks Harry to keep information concerning a prophecy secret 65 342 446.
• Sirius Black — Godfather and loving parental figure. After learning the truth about Sirius and Pettigrew, Harry gains an adult whom he can approach freely for guidance about dark magic and his scar. Sirius gives him gifts and remains concerned for his welfare, though Order of the Phoenix work keeps him busy during the summer 212 237 352 415.
• Petunia Dursley — Aunt and childhood guardian whose jealousy of Lily and fear of magic contributed to Harry’s mistreatment. She nevertheless defies Voldemort and frees Harry rather than accepting a bargain to harm him 307 317. Their reconciliation is slow and awkward, but includes gratitude, meaningful gifts, her attendance to support him in the competition, and Harry’s offer to show her Hogwarts 352 415 457 458.
• Vernon Dursley — Uncle whose bullying and hostility made Harry’s childhood miserable. His death leaves Harry grieving despite their poor relationship, and prompts a broader reassessment of the Dursleys’ courage and family loyalties 307 317 342 343 458.
• Peter Pettigrew — The true betrayer of Harry’s parents. Harry wants him exposed and tried rather than allowed to retain the public reputation of a dead hero 212.
• Voldemort — Enemy responsible for his parents’ deaths, linked to Harry through the soul fragment and scar. Voldemort later holds him captive at the church, where his presence causes intense scar pain. Harry remains unaware of the full nature of their connection 212 307 452.
• Astoria — Slytherin girlfriend. Her sustained love letters win Harry over during the summer after his third year, and she later accompanies him affectionately at Hogwarts 377 378.
• Cho Chang — Fellow Club participant with whom Harry often spends time, but without a romantic spark in this account 378.
• Bill and Charlie Weasley — Older friends whom Harry is delighted to meet again at the Burrow after spending Christmas with them at Zhang Xiao’s home. Both privately tell him that they have joined the Order of the Phoenix 353.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Arrival at Hogwarts

• Meets Zhang Xiao and Ron aboard the Hogwarts Express, sharing Dragon Ball, sandwiches, and wizarding sweets with them 7 8.
• Rejects Malfoy’s attempt to choose his friends for him 9.
• Is sorted into Gryffindor after the Sorting Hat also tries to persuade him toward Slytherin. He argues that Zhang Xiao’s placement in Slytherin does not make him a bad person 10.
• Continues checking on Zhang Xiao because he fears his friend may be bullied in his new house 14 17.

Potions and Hagrid’s Cabin

• Experiences Snape’s pointed questioning, ridicule, and unfair blame when Neville’s potion goes wrong 20 21.
• Invites Zhang Xiao to visit Hagrid with him and Ron, then defends his friend against Hagrid’s distrust of Slytherins 21 22.
• Notices that the Gringotts break-in occurred on his birthday and connects it with his own visit there 22.

Flying Rescue and Quidditch

• Defies Madam Hooch’s warning to help save Zhang Xiao as he falls after rescuing Neville 27.
• Faces further punishment despite the rescue’s success; McGonagall stresses that courageous actions still have consequences 28.
• Learns about his father’s flying ability and spends a long time beside the House Trophy Room’s display case afterward 28.
• Later wins a Quidditch match after Hermione intervenes during his broom’s loss of control 38.
• Welcomes the later broomstick donation because it removes Gryffindor’s equipment disadvantage against Slytherin, whose underhanded tactics have already ceased following the Azure Luan Society’s public appearance 115.

The Guarded Object

• Tells Hagrid that he and Ron accidentally reached the fourth floor, saw Snape leaving the guarded room, and discovered a three-headed dog inside 39.
• Interprets what he overheard as evidence that Snape wants to steal the object beneath the dog 39.
• Picks up the name Nicolas Flamel when Hagrid inadvertently reveals his connection to the secret 39.
• Advocates moving forward when the students cannot return from the guarded-object route 79.
• Cooperates with Malfoy to pass the Flying Keys challenge and successfully uses the Shield Charm during the troll obstacle 81.
• Is reported to have faced Quirrell and remains in the Hospital Wing while Ron and Malfoy circulate competing accounts of the adventure 88.
• Later recalls that this adventure revealed his unique ability to harm Voldemort and led to Dumbledore’s explanation of Lily’s protection 446.

Forbidden Forest Troll Battle

• Helps Ron and Neville keep a troll occupied while Hagrid is fighting another elsewhere in the forest 48.
• Joins Zhang Xiao’s distraction strategy, then attacks the troll’s nostril directly during the final assault 48 49.
• Is thrown into a tree but survives. Ron helps him up afterward and reports that he is not hurt 49 50.

First-Year Growth and the Mirror of Erised

• Learns that Malfoy has cast a Shield Charm and resolves to become an Auror, make better use of his time, and learn the spell before term ends 53.
• Sees his family standing around him in the Mirror of Erised. Dumbledore explains that it reflects his deepest desire rather than providing knowledge or truth 65.
• Fulfils his Shield Charm goal during the guarded-object challenge 81.

Second-Year Dangers and the Chamber of Secrets

• Survives the incident involving the fallen flying car and Acromantulas. Dumbledore tells Harry and Ron that Zhang Xiao saved them, without revealing the details of the fight 117.
• Shares childhood magical experiences with Zhang Xiao and Hermione, leading to the identification of his Parseltongue 131 132.
• Questions whether his affinity for Slytherin means he is innately bad, then rejects the idea. Zhang Xiao offers the alternative explanation that Voldemort left abilities behind through his scar 132.
• Angrily objects to the legend that Slytherin intended a monster to purge Muggle-born and half-blood students from Hogwarts; Zhang Xiao cautions that the story may be distorted 178.
• Takes part in the students’ attempt to locate the Chamber entrance after Zhang Xiao has gone ahead into danger. When Ron calls Parseltongue a mark of Slytherin’s heir, Harry focuses instead on deciding their next action 182.
• The students’ efforts culminate in Parseltongue sounding throughout the castle and the Chamber opening, an achievement Dumbledore publicly credits to Hermione’s reasoning and willingness to risk everything 200.

Sirius and the Truth About His Parents

• Learns from Zhang Xiao that Sirius Black is his godfather 212.
• Hears the true account of the Secret Keeper change, Pettigrew’s betrayal, and Sirius’s framing 212.
• Is moved to tears by Sirius’s loyalty and suffering, while deciding that Pettigrew should face public trial 212.
• Later turns to Sirius when his scar hurts, recognising that he needs a caring adult who understands dark magic rather than trying to solve the matter through imagined conversations with his school friends 237.

The Church Crisis

• Is led out of a tent and through Hogsmeade while in a vacant, suggestible state, then finds himself captive at the church with Petunia and Dudley 307.
• Experiences agonising scar pain in the presence of the reborn Voldemort 307.
• Expects Petunia to accept Voldemort’s offer to harm him in exchange for her and Dudley’s lives, but she instead cuts his bonds and orders him to run 307.
• Catches the wand Dudley throws to him and directs Petunia to hide near the door while he retrieves Dudley 308.
• Overcomes several Death Eaters through fast spellcasting, calm reactions, movement, and close-range strikes 308.
• Retreats with Dudley under a barrage that repeatedly breaks his Shield Charms. Voldemort destroys the pew behind which the family shelters 308.
• Survives the crisis, but Vernon dies. Petunia’s subsequent account at the funeral forces Harry to confront both her mistreatment of him and the fear his uncontrolled childhood magic caused 317.

Training, Grief, and Family Reconciliation

• Begins punishing training after the church battle, with Ron accompanying him throughout 318.
• Reaches combat ability that Zhang Xiao estimates to be comparable to a sixth- or seventh-year student’s, particularly through his refined Disarming Charm 325.
• Maintains that the group must remain prepared for Voldemort’s next scheme, while outwardly appearing to have recovered more fully than he actually has 325.
• Agrees to Dumbledore’s request to keep prophecy-related information secret, despite Ron’s distress at being excluded 342.
• Confides his conflicted feelings about the Dursleys to Zhang Xiao and resolves to have a proper conversation with Petunia and Dudley 343.
• Spars with Dudley and spends a quieter summer reading, exercising, and sharing household work. Their emerging family life remains awkward and shadowed by Vernon’s absence 347 352.

Summer Gathering and Fourth-Year Relationships

• Joins the gathering at the Burrow and reconnects with Bill and Charlie, who tell him about their new work for the Order of the Phoenix 353.
• Attends the Quidditch World Cup campsite with his friends. Discussion with Malfoy exposes Potions as a significant obstacle to his hoped-for Auror career 356 357.
• Enters a relationship with Astoria after her stream of letters during the summer after his third year 377 378.
• Watches Zhang Xiao and Moody’s rapid duel and recognises that the Death Eaters he fought at the church did not approach their casting speed 367.

Goblet of Fire Competition

• Demonstrates exceptional flying on his Nimbus 2000 and catches a key during a competition round, earning enthusiastic public acclaim 393 394.
• Receives unusually thoughtful Christmas gifts from Petunia and Dudley, reflecting the changing family relationship 415.
• Competes as part of the specially equipped Hogwarts team, carrying Water-Walking Potion vials 430.
• During an altar crisis, Ron reminds him of his mission and ability to harm Voldemort, then cuts his own arm with the ritual knife to open the stone door. Malfoy pulls Harry onward while promising to return with help for Ron 446 447.
• Supplies information about Voldemort living in a Muggle house, which prompts Dumbledore to investigate that sphere more closely 452.
• Continues practising whenever he has spare time and prepares with his fellow competitors in the Room of Requirement, with McGonagall permitting unusually broad use of magic for their training 457.
• Receives Petunia’s support in person before the third round and offers her a tour of Hogwarts. He explains that, although they are not yet especially close, he wants to treat her and Dudley as genuine family 457 458.

Later Battle Against Voldemort’s Forces

• Follows Hermione’s coordinated plan to recover the students’ wands, finding his own inside a cannon barrel 477.
• Rapidly disarms Death Eaters while Malfoy follows with pistol fire, demonstrating the effectiveness of their combined tactics 490.
• Navigates a battlefield obscured by the disorientation talisman’s mist, where others become visible only within six metres. His grandmaster-level Disarming Charm outpaces an enemy’s Killing Curse 492.
• Suppresses the Carrow siblings through perfected Disarming Charms cast from unpredictable positions and angles, intercepting even their Killing Curses 497.

Notable Quotes

“If it's a choice between a friend's life and being expelled, I'd rather live with Dudley!” 27

“I think I can tell the wrong sort for myself.” 9

“We don't have time to waste. I need to make every moment count. At the very least, I want to be able to cast a Shield Charm before the end of term!” 53

“Zhang, just tell me everything plainly. I can take it!” 212

“Hide behind the pew by the door. I'll get Dudley!” 308

“Thank you, Zhang—I think I understand now. Don't worry. I'll have a proper talk with Aunt Petunia and Dudley.” 343

“I think I should at least try to treat Aunt Petunia and Dudley like real family—I think Mum and Dad would want to see us getting along, too.” 458

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