Tom Riddle Sr. (Voldemort's father) was bewitched by Merope Gaunt, who used a love potion to make him fall for her, leading to their marriage and the birth of their son, Tom Marvolo Riddle (Voldemort). However, he truly had no genuine love for Merope and left her when she stopped the potion, believing he would stay out of duty. While at Hogwarts, the young Tom Riddle was considered attractive and might have had brief flings, but no specific "girlfriend" is named in canon, with his focus always on power, not love, notes Reddit users.
Merope Gaunt, Voldemort's tormented mother, used a powerful love potion to ensnare the handsome Muggle, Tom Riddle Sr. This magical deception coerced him into a marriage and a relationship entirely devoid of genuine affection, a union built on a lie.
Cecilia (fl. pre-1926) was a young, pretty Muggle woman who seemed to have been romantically involved with Tom Riddle Senior prior to his marriage to Merope Gaunt.
Delphini is the child of Lord Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange. She was born in secret at Malfoy Manor in 1998.
Kendra Dumbledore
Kendra was the wife of Percival and mother to Albus, Aberforth and Ariana. Her life was forever changed by the attack on her young daughter which left Ariana unable to control her magic.
The main LGBTQ+ character confirmed by J.K. Rowling is Albus Dumbledore, revealed to be gay and to have had a passionate, intense love relationship with the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald in their youth, though this isn't explicitly detailed in the books but rather in later interviews and supplementary materials. While not canon, some fans also interpret other characters like Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, or even Harry Potter as queer, but Dumbledore and Grindelwald are the key confirmed figures.
Hermione Granger became pregnant with her first child, Rose, after the Second Wizarding War, likely around 2005, and had her second child, Hugo, around 2007, both with Ron Weasley, after they settled down following the war, with Rose inheriting Ron's red hair and Hugo Hermione's brown hair.
In 1943, Tom Riddle, the "Heir of Slytherin", opened the Chamber of Secrets to conduct a purge on Muggle-born students. This resulted in the death of Myrtle Warren, who eventually returned as a ghost. Riddle opened the Chamber again in 1993 through the use of one of his seven Horcruxes, his diary.
Voldemort found Nagini in Albania after his initial defeat, likely while he was a weak spirit possessing snakes; she was a unique, powerful snake, possibly a Maledictus (a witch with a blood curse turning her into a beast), making her an ideal companion, and he eventually made her his final Horcrux by murdering Bertha Jorkins with her present. Their connection deepened as he used her venom to sustain himself and later made her a container for his soul, ensuring their bond was profound and twisted.
In the Cursed Child we find out that Bellatrix and Voldemort had a daughter, which means that Bellatrix would have been pregnant during the books.
There isn't a single character consistently mentioned exactly 432 times, as mention counts vary by analysis, but it's a number often associated with significant but secondary figures or specific discussions about character frequency, potentially pointing towards someone like Professor Vector or a deep-dive analysis detail on a fan site or quiz, but Harry is the most mentioned overall.
But later, in The Deathly Hallows, it's revealed that the "awful boy" was actually Severus Snape, whom Petunia knew in childhood, long before Lily went to Hogwarts. Petunia and Snape never got along.
Being intelligent or studious does not automatically mean you go into Ravenclaw; that would be ridiculous. A true Ravenclaw values being clever and scholarly over being brave and adventurous. Their founder's motto was "wit beyond measure is man's greatest treasure" and Hermione flat out disagrees with that sentiment.
Still in love with Dougal McGregor, Minerva turned him down. Elphinstone, however, had never ceased to love her, nor to propose every now and then, even though she continued to refuse him.
Tom Riddle's new name, Lord Voldemort, reflects an essential characteristic of narcissistic personality disorder. He chose “Lord”, highlighting his excessive self-importance and announcing his strong desire to dominate others. Like his ancestor Slytherin, he became obsessed with his evil quest for total domination.
The Riddle family was a very old Muggle family who had been established in the area around the Hangleton villages for quite some time. The family was very wealthy and owned much of the village of Little Hangleton, ruling over their lands from the handsome and large Riddle House.
Because some snakes could sense heat and movement in a way humans could not, Nagini was able to detect Harry and Hermione even when they were under the Cloak of Invisibility. Harry fought with Nagini, and the serpent bit him before coiling herself around Harry to hold him in place for Voldemort.
He trusted snape because snape had proven himself many times before. Voldemort took anyone that was magical and had his own ideas in common during his first crusade.
While Credence is a Dumbledore, he isn't the brother of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana. In fact, he's Aberforth's secret son! Aberforth met Credence's mother the same summer that Albus and Grindelwald met.
Harry is the heir of Gryffindor, although he had characteristics of both Slytherin (cleverness, resourcefulness, determination) and Gryffindor (bravery, honor, recklessness, chilvary). It is why Harry was able to claim the Sword of Gryffindor.
Salazar Slytherin
For many years, all was well among the four founders. Yet when shrewd Salazar Slytherin, 'from fen', suggested that only those from magical families deserved to come to Hogwarts, his three friends stood against him. Salazar Slytherin left the school.
The creator gave this unique wand the ability to sleep and to wake up again when instructed by speaking Parseltongue to it, a rare gift that gave one the ability to speak with snakes, and a trait that was passed on through Slytherin's family.
While no official ADHD diagnoses exist in the books, fans often point to Fred & George Weasley, Luna Lovegood, and Nymphadora Tonks as characters exhibiting traits of ADHD, like impulsivity, hyperfocus, restlessness, and disorganization, though some also see Hermione Granger as potentially neurodivergent due to intense focus and social challenges. These interpretations highlight common ADHD presentations like inattentive (Luna) or hyperactive/impulsive (Tonks, twins) types, showing how characters' behaviors resonate with real-world experiences of the disorder, notes the art of autism and UnlockingADHD.
Flick Miles (born c. 1992) is an actress who was Emma Watson's body double when playing Hermione Granger in the first three Harry Potter films.
Hufflepuff is often considered the worst house at Hogwarts because it hasn't contributed as much to magic as other houses, except for a few exceptions like Newt Scamander. Hufflepuffs are known for their hard work but it rarely leads to major magical discoveries.