Anne

Biodata

Background / History

Childhood and introduction to magic

Anne grew up in the Stark family, two years younger than William. Before discovering the wizarding world, she sent five letters of commission to Baker Street every week and proudly claimed to have received a reply. After meeting Hagrid, she redirected her enthusiasm toward Hogwarts, declaring that she would write Dumbledore seven times a week to request admission 2 3 277.

Her interest in William’s magical belongings frequently caused trouble at home. She secretly had a duplicate key made for his room, and one incident involving an exploding balloon produced enough smoke to bring out the fire brigade. Her early encounters with Hermione were similarly contentious: she exposed Hermione to William’s unfinished dark-circle glasses and stained her Encyclopædia Britannica with blotting ink, eventually having to apologize 100 101 102.

Anne also contributed financially to Akali’s Mystery Shop. William invested both his savings and hers in the business, and she later reminded him that he owed her money from that investment 101 237.

Hogwarts education

Anne received her Hogwarts acceptance letter while hiding inside the Lovegood family’s chimney during a game with Luna and Ginny. Before term, William checked her homework while Hermione supplied explanations and set challenging questions. Anne hoped to join William in Ravenclaw, but subsequently became a Gryffindor 222 225 258.

Despite her uneven preparation, Anne became a strong student under William’s instruction and through daily study with Hermione. She finished first in her year during her first year and maintained that position for several consecutive years. By her fourth year, Hermione was already pressing her to prepare for her O.W.L.s and warning her about slipping grades 369 810.

Werewolf Island

During a holiday in France, Anne took in a seemingly abandoned black dog and named him Dahei. She and Gabrielle later disappeared while playing near their hotel; William concluded that a powerful adult wizard must have abducted them, since Anne already knew numerous spells and carried defensive prank products 345 355.

Held in a werewolf cave, Anne comforted Gabrielle and used her overlooked storage pendant to set a trap for their guard, Rickon. The girls blinded and overpowered him, recovered Anne’s Safety Watch and wand, and escaped on her Nimbus 2001. Anne promised the other captive children that they would return for them 357.

Anne piloted through hostile spells and rammed a pursuing werewolf with the broom before escaping through Starlight Pool. A storm then threw the girls into a tree and broke the Nimbus. Continuing on foot, Anne used a Levitation Charm to lower Gabrielle safely from a high branch 357 359.

The girls subsequently encountered Thunderbird eggs and their protective mother. Anne’s wand warned her of the approaching danger, helping her evade repeated lightning strikes. A later account confirms that Anne and Gabrielle each took an egg from the island 360 1035.

Silver Wing

Anne’s egg hatched into a Thunderbird chick, which she named Silver Wing. She concealed him in a secret base shared with Ginny and Luna until William discovered them. The chick was affectionate toward Anne but threatened William with electrical discharges 458 1035.

William and Hermione decided that Anne could not yet raise a Thunderbird and proposed returning the chick to an adult Thunderbird’s care. Three years after Silver Wing went to the United States, Anne asked William to find him during his visit there 459 1035.

Work with Hermione and the Black household

After the Yule Ball, Anne became Hermione’s assistant as both a learning opportunity and a punishment. Her duties included preparing potion ingredients, collecting fan letters, feeding cats, and helping improve house-elves’ living conditions. She earned spending money through this work, but William refused her request to recruit an assistant of her own 660 662.

At Grimmauld Place, William asked Anne to spend time with Kreacher because he might know the whereabouts of a locket. Hermione urged her to treat him kindly rather than repeat Sirius’s hostile approach 735.

Anne’s relationship with Kreacher developed through contests over poisoned food and, eventually, genuine companionship. When she offered him Fizzing Whizbees as a gift between friends rather than an order, he accepted. After she suggested exchanging secrets, Kreacher produced a locket and asked her to destroy it; Anne responded by taking out a locket of her own 782.

She also attempted to reform Sirius’s mother’s abusive portrait. Using William’s enchanted painting supplies, Anne and Luna added frightening creatures to its frame whenever it cursed, demanding that it welcome visitors politely instead 782.

Ministry crisis and impersonation

The “Anne” who organizes the Ministry expedition is actually William in disguise. The apparent Anne challenges Harry’s assumptions, arranges reinforcements, distributes protective items, and enters the Department of Mysteries. The following chapter reveals that the real Anne has taken Polyjuice Potion to resemble Hermione and is attending the trial at Merlin Memorial Hall alongside Hermione, who is disguised as William 898 899 900.

The expedition leader’s Patronus, planning, and pursuit of the power needed to repair Ravenclaw’s Diadem therefore should not be attributed to Anne 898 899 900.

Later school and family life

Anne entered Gryffindor’s Quidditch tryouts with a Firebolt and subsequently played against William’s Ravenclaw team. She helped establish Gryffindor’s early lead with two goals and an assist, although Ravenclaw ultimately won when Cho caught the Snitch 813 830.

Her private combat lessons continued as war approached. William and Hermione taught her Apparition and other survival techniques, treating early preparation as more important than licensing restrictions 853.

Her mischief continued alongside those responsibilities. William caught Anne, Luna, Ygritte, and Fire Kiss stealing his koi and suspended them upside down with Levicorpus. In a later domestic scene, Anne prepared a successful dinner, then tried to make William choose between her cooking and Hermione’s 1010 1063.

Appearance

Anne resembles William, particularly in her dark green eyes. Cho calls her pretty after seeing her photograph 39 357.

• Eyes: Dark green, explicitly described as identical to William’s 101 357.
• Childhood hairstyle: Two topknots at age ten; she later wears her hair in a ponytail 100 590.
• Childhood clothing: Introduced at age ten wearing a floral dress extending below her knees and carrying a fake wand 100.
• Build: Noticeably shorter than William during her early Hogwarts years 277.

Personality

Anne is mischievous, competitive, and quick to turn an opportunity to her advantage. She sneaks into William’s room, negotiates over presents and mirror-rental payments, and tries to exploit his affection for her. William considers her an unreliable choice for a Quidditch spy because she would enjoy playing both sides and defeating Ravenclaw herself 101 237 258.

She dislikes being excluded from William and Hermione’s activities. She searches the school when they disappear for evening training, complains when their travels leave her behind, and frequently interrupts their private moments. Nevertheless, she recognizes Hermione’s feelings early and actively encourages William to invite her to the Yule Ball 277 535 597 643.

Her rivalry with Hermione conceals considerable loyalty. Anne attacks Malfoy for insulting her and becomes tearful when she fears Hermione has been attacked. With Gabrielle, she remains reassuring and resourceful during captivity; with Kreacher, she offers friendship that he has not experienced since Regulus’s death 258 284 357 782.

Anne is academically capable without sharing Hermione’s constant enthusiasm for revision. She complains about early study sessions and unfinished holiday work, yet repeatedly places first in her year and progresses to studying advanced magic 369 469 810 945.

Abilities & Skills

Spellcasting and magical study

• Levitation Charm: Uses Wingardium Leviosa to slow Gabrielle’s fall from a branch seven or eight meters above the ground 359.
• Wand illumination: Produces white light from her wand to search the forest 359.
• Transfiguration: Turns a list of Quidditch applicants into a feather 813.
• Advanced study: Studies a notebook on N.E.W.T.-level Transfiguration Charms while still in her second year; this establishes study, not confirmed mastery 469.
• Apparition training: Receives instruction from William and Hermione before reaching the usual licensing stage 853.

Flying and Quidditch

• Evasive flying: Dodges multiple spells while escaping the werewolf cave with Gabrielle 357.
• Close-quarters broom handling: Strikes a werewolf with her broom and uses the rebound to turn away 357.
• Quidditch scoring: Records two goals and an assist during Gryffindor’s strong opening against Ravenclaw 830.

Combat and self-defense

• Improvised weapons: Uses a bouncing egg, a Beater’s bat, and coordinated attacks with Gabrielle to incapacitate Rickon 357.
• Physical self-defense: Applies techniques taught by Lyanna, including targeting an attacker’s groin 357.
• Swordsmanship: Receives instruction from William after he acquires goblin-made swords 614.
• Continued training: Builds on an existing foundation through private combat lessons from William and Hermione 853.

Other skills

• Swimming: Learns quickly enough to outpace Hermione’s progress during their seaside holiday 350.
• Painting: Learns from Hermione’s mother, Emily, and draws a lifelike Fluffy inside the Black portrait using enchanted supplies 347 782.
• Potion preparation: Grinds blaze powder and prepares other ingredients as Hermione’s assistant 662.
• Cooking: Prepares a successful dinner for William and Hermione 1063.
• Divination practice: Performs tea-leaf readings and writes predictions with Ginny and Luna; the passages do not establish reliable prophetic ability 590.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Wand: Eleven inches long, supple cedar wood with a Thunderbird tail-feather core taken from Newt Scamander’s Thunderbird, Frank. It produces an electrical arc when Anne first tries it 234.
  • Ollivander describes Thunderbird-feather wands as difficult to master, powerful, and suited to Transfiguration.
  • The wand’s danger warnings help Anne evade the Thunderbird mother’s lightning on Werewolf Island 360.
• Safety Watch: A storage item that holds her wand, broom, clothing, and other supplies. Its interior is large enough for Anne, William, and Hermione to enter 357 359 890.
• Silver storage pendant: Made by William with an Undetectable Extension Charm because Anne dislikes rings. Keeping supplies in it after obtaining the watch proves crucial when her captors confiscate the more conspicuous item 357.
• Two-Way Mirror: Used to communicate with Dumbledore and later William. Anne refuses William’s attempt to trade chocolates for her mirrors and demands payment when he borrows one for research 55 223 237 748.
• Nimbus 2001: A birthday gift from William; used in her escape with Gabrielle and broken during the storm 237 357 359.
• Firebolt: Her later broom, used for Gryffindor tryouts and matches 813 830.
• Prank products: Carries defensive distractions including bouncing eggs, Dungbombs, and smoke bombs 355 357.
• Locket: Possesses a locket when Kreacher reveals his own; its identity is not established in the supplied passage 782.

Relationships

• William Stark — Older brother, teacher, and frequent target of her schemes. He provides equipment and combat training, while Anne persistently seeks inclusion in his adventures 237 277 355 853.
• Roy and Lyanna Stark — Parents. Roy discourages her experiments with William’s belongings; Lyanna teaches her practical self-defense 100 357.
• Hermione Granger — Rival, friend, tutor, and later supervisor. Their constant bickering coexists with Anne’s fierce defense of Hermione and support for her relationship with William 258 284 643 660.
• Luna Lovegood — Close friend and partner in secret projects, including the base where Anne hides Silver Wing 225 458.
• Ginny Weasley — Close friend and fellow troublemaker. She joins Anne in games, excursions, and concealing Silver Wing 225 230 414 458.
• Gabrielle — Friend and fellow captive on Werewolf Island. They cooperate despite speaking different languages, and Gabrielle later becomes part of Anne’s usual friendship group 357 360 645.
• Albus Dumbledore — Longstanding correspondent. They exchange letters daily and have lengthy mirror conversations; Anne offers to care for him at the Stark home after his retirement 223 548.
• Kreacher — Initially an adversary in poisoned-food contests, later someone Anne reaches through kindness and shared confidences 735 782.
• Sirius Black / Dahei — Initially adopted by Anne in his dog form. After learning his identity, she treats his attempts to ingratiate himself with conspicuous irritation 345 469.
• Silver Wing — Her Thunderbird, hatched from an egg taken on Werewolf Island. Anne remains concerned about him years after he is sent to the United States 458 1035.
• Sorting Hat — An unusual friend whom Anne often takes out during holidays. McGonagall asks her to influence its decision if William is sorted again 875.