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The following are minor fictional characters from the ''Harry Potter'' series by J. K. Rowling in 'Gryffindor House' at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. For other Gryffindor characters, see Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, the Weasley family, Neville Longbottom, Rubeus Hagrid and Minerva McGonagall. For a list of both past and present Gryffindor students, see List of characters in the ''Harry Potter'' books. The Gryffindor House ghost, Nearly Headless Nick, is listed in the Hogwarts ghosts article.

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Lavender Brown

Colin and Dennis Creevey

Seamus Finnigan

Parvati Patil

Dean Thomas

Romilda Vane

Others

See also

References

External links

Lavender Brown

'Lavender Brown' is a Gryffindor student in Harry's year. She is a close friend of housemate Parvati Patil; they seem to enjoy the same classes, especially Divination, and share many common interests. The two also seem to have a reasonably close relationship with Professor Trelawney, comforting and supporting her in her various crises. Lavender initially believes the Ministry of Magic's smear campaign against Harry, but later joins Dumbledore's Army. When the Blast-Ended Skrewts run amok in the pumpkin patch during a Care of Magical Creatures lesson, Lavender is one of the few students who help round them up rather than take cover in Hagrid's hut. She attends the Yule Ball with Seamus Finnigan in their fourth year.
In ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'', Lavender and Ron begin dating, and she gives him the tacky nickname of "Won-Won" (much to Harry's relief, Ron never calls her "Lav-Lav" in return). Ron, on the other hand, is not particularly amorous of Lavender himself, but he maintains the relationship in order to instill jealousy in Hermione and to prove that he can "snog" people whenever he wants. Lavender becomes jealous of Ron's friendship with Hermione, and finally splits up with him when she sees him and Hermione leaving Harry's dormitory together, mistakenly under the impression that they had been alone together in there, but Harry was actually present under his Invisibility Cloak under the influence of Felix Felicis, so he could have inadvertently caused them to break up.
Lavender is gravely injured in the final battle against Voldemort and the Death Eaters after being blown off a high balcony and being attacked by Fenrir Greyback, but Hermione saves her by hitting Greyback with a Stunning Spell. At that point, she is moving feebly, though it is unknown if she ultimately survives the battle.
Jennifer Smith appeared briefly in a non-speaking role as Lavender in the film version of ''Prisoner of Azkaban''; she is among several of Harry's housemates standing over his hospital wing bed in the aftermath of the Gryffindor-Hufflepuff Quidditch match.

Colin and Dennis Creevey

'Colin and Dennis Creevey' are Muggle-born; their father is a milkman. Colin is one year younger than Harry and is in a regular state of excitement; he is delighted at the discovery that he is a wizard, and takes photographs of memorable people, objects and events to send home to his family. He is also starstruck of Harry and goes as far as possible to regularly pursue him for pictures, but Harry quickly tires of Colin's constant attention. During one of Gryffindor's early-morning Quidditch practices, Colin sits in the stands and repeatedly snaps pictures of Harry, and inappropriately photographs Ron vomiting slugs after his curse directed at Draco Malfoy backfires. Ironically, Colin's camera later proves to be a lifesaver when he attempts to take a picture of the Basilisk, therefore avoiding the creature's direct and fatal eye contact, and is only Petrified. He joins Dumbledore's Army in his fourth year.
Dennis is two years younger than Colin and shares his brother's near-constant enthusiasm; he can barely contain his excitement about having fallen out of his boat and into the lake on the way to the castle and being pushed back in by the resident giant squid. During the Triwizard Tournament, he and Colin try to rework a stack of ''"Support Cedric Diggory/Potter Stinks"'' badges into reading ''"Support Harry Potter,"'' but only succeed in changing the badges to ''"Potter Really Stinks."'' In ''Order of the Phoenix,'' both Creevey brothers join the D.A., even though Dennis is underage at the time and therefore disallowed from visiting Hogsmeade. At one D.A. meeting in the Room of Requirement, their attempts at the ''Expelliarmus'' Charm go awry and result in books flying off the shelves.
Colin does not return for his sixth year at Hogwarts in ''Deathly Hallows,'' and despite being too young to take part in the final battle against Voldemort and the Death Eaters, he sneaks back into the castle to participate, and dies in combat. His body is recovered by Neville and Oliver Wood, and Harry somberly notices how small he is in death. It is not stated whether or not Dennis was involved in the battle.
Hugh Mitchell played Colin in the film version of ''Chamber of Secrets.'' In the video game adaptation of ''Order of the Phoenix'', Colin has a relatively prominent role; Harry has to help him on three separate occasions.

Seamus Finnigan

'Seamus Finnigan' is a Gryffindor student in Harry's year who is described as having sandy hair. He is a huge Quidditch fan (he attends the Quidditch World Cup and supports the Kenmare Kestrels), and is best friends with housemate Dean Thomas. His mother is a witch and his father a Muggle, who only found out his wife's secret after their marriage; according to Seamus, it was ''"a bit of a nasty shock for him when he found out."''
He attends the Yule Ball with Lavender Brown in his fourth year, and they also help round up the Blast-Ended Skrewts after they run amok during Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class the next year. Seamus is initially influenced by the Ministry's smear campaign against Harry, and his mother nearly prevents him from returning to Hogwarts. He engages in a heated argument with Harry on the first night of the new term over the Daily Prophet's allegations that Harry had merely fabricated the story in a bid for further attention, but he later realizes his mistake, offers his apologies to Harry, and becomes a late addition of Dumbledore's Army. In ''Half-Blood Prince'', Seamus refuses to allow his mother to take him home before Dumbledore's funeral.
Seamus is first mentioned near the climax of ''Deathly Hallows'' as one of many D.A. members sheltered in the Room of Requirement during Snape's reign as Hogwarts headmaster when Harry, Ron, Dean and Hermione return before the final battle against Voldemort. He enthusiastically greets Dean at the entrance, yet his face is bruised so badly after being punished by the Carrows that Harry initially fails to recognize him until he speaks. During the battle, he, Ernie Macmillan and Luna Lovegood aid Harry in his fight with the Dementors by conjuring their Patronuses (Seamus's takes the form of a fox).
Devon Murray has played Seamus in all of the ''Harry Potter'' films to date.

Parvati Patil

'Parvati Patil' is a Gryffindor student in Harry's year and the identical twin sister of Ravenclaw student Padma Patil. Her best friend is Lavender Brown; they seem to enjoy the same classes, particularly Divination, and share many common interests. In ''Philosopher's Stone,'' she sticks up for the hapless Neville after Malfoy mocks him and steals his Remembrall during Madam Hooch's flying class. Parvati attends the Yule Ball with Harry in ''Goblet of Fire'', but her evening is a disappointment as Harry spends the evening jealously preoccupied with Cho Chang's date with Cedric Diggory and deigns to dance with her; she eventually abandons him to dance with some Beauxbatons boys.
In her fifth year, Parvati joins Dumbledore's Army along with her sister. During one meeting, she turns a table to dust with a successful Reductor Curse. In ''Half-Blood Prince'', the twins are almost removed from Hogwarts by their parents, but ultimately do return home after Dumbledore's death. Parvati duels with Death Eater Travers during the final battle of Hogwarts, and attacks Antonin Dolohov with a Body-Bind Curse after he attempts to retaliate at Dean for stunning another Death Eater.
Sitara Shah briefly appeared as Parvati in the film version of ''Prisoner of Azkaban''. Shefali Chowdhury assumed the role for ''Goblet of Fire'' and ''Order of the Phoenix''. In the latter two pictures, the Patils are portrayed as Gryffindor housemates and fraternal twins.

Dean Thomas

'Dean Thomas' is a Gryffindor student in Harry's year who is described as ''"a Black boy even taller than Ron."'' He is best friends with Seamus Finnigan and a football fan, which leads to his confusion about the complexities of Quidditch; during the Gryffindor-Slytherin match in ''Philosopher's Stone,'' Dean yells at Madam Hooch to send Marcus Flint off after he intentionally collides with Harry. Dean is also an avid West Ham United supporter; he puts up a poster above his bed (Ron initially can't understand why the players therein are immobile) and wears pajamas in the team colors.
Dean's mother is a Muggle and his father was a wizard, but he kept his blood status a secret and abandoned his family when Dean was very young; it is not until ''Deathly Hallows'' that Dean first makes mention of this. Unbeknownst to Dean, however, his father left as a measure of protection for his family against the Death Eaters, and was slain when he refused to join them. Dean was subsequently raised by his mother and stepfather, and has several half-brothers and sisters. [1]
In ''Goblet of Fire,'' Dean expresses his surprise to Harry and Ron about their Yule Ball dates with the Patil twins ''("'the best-looking girls in our year")''. He joins Dumbledore's Army in his fifth year, and also believes Harry and Dumbledore when they insist that Voldemort has returned, but when Harry and Seamus engage in a heated row on the first night of the new term over the ''Daily Prophet's'' allegations that Harry had merely fabricated the story, Dean refuses to take sides. At the end of the term, he begins dating Ginny Weasley, and becomes a temporary substitute Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team in ''Half-Blood Prince'' after incumbent Katie Bell is hospitalized in St. Mungo's. The relationship eventually ends after Ginny becomes annoyed with Dean when he tries to help her through the portrait hole, which leads to an argument. Harry, though jealous of the relationship from the start, is accidentally responsible for the split: under the Invisibility Cloak and the influence of Felix Felicis, Harry accidentally brushes Ginny as she and Dean pass through the portrait hole.
Dean's role is expanded in ''Deathly Hallows''. Unable to prove that he is actually a half-blood, he does not return to Hogwarts and goes on the lam from the Ministry, who are rounding up Muggle-borns upon Voldemort's orders. Harry, Ron, and Hermione first come across him during their mission as they eavesdrop on his conversation with fellow runaways Ted Tonks, Dirk Cresswell, and the goblins Griphook and Gornuk. The group is soon viciously attacked by Snatchers; Dean and Griphook are the lone survivors but are captured along with Harry, Ron, and Hermione and taken to Malfoy Manor. They are all bravely rescued by Dobby, who transports them to Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's isolated cottage for protection before dying from wounds suffered during the rescue attempt. The stay in the cottage appears to draw Dean and fellow inhabitant Luna Lovegood closer together; Dean pointedly takes Luna by the hand before heading out to prepare for the final battle of Hogwarts against Voldemort and the Death Eaters. He uses a Stunning Spell on an unnamed Death Eater, and when Antonin Dolohov attempts to retaliate, Parvati attacks him with a Body-Bind Curse.
Dean's original first name was Gary prior to the completion of ''Philosopher's Stone''. His description and Sorting are included only in the American version of the novel; Rowling explained on her website that Christopher Little, her UK editor, felt the chapter was already too long and that any extraneous detail thus had to be removed.^[1][2]
Alfred Enoch has played Dean in all of the ''Harry Potter'' movies to date.

Romilda Vane

'Romilda Vane' is a Gryffindor student two years younger than Harry. She has long black hair, dark eyes and a prominent chin, and makes her lone series appearance in ''Half-Blood Prince''. Along with Cormac McLaggen, she is one of the few unpleasant Gryffindors in the series: she harbors a crush on Harry but is extremely disappointed when the feeling is not mutual, and unlike Harry's previous adorers, such as Ginny and the Creevey brothers, whose hero-worshipping was harmless and often amusing, Romilda's pursuits of Harry border on obsessive. She introduces herself to Harry on the Hogwarts Express and invites him to join her and her friends, but not without regarding Neville and Luna (who were sharing his compartment) with utmost disdain. Harry turns down her invitation, prompting Luna to comment, "''She expects you to have cooler friends than us."''
Later in the term, she attempts to trick Harry into taking a love potion by giving him a box of spiked chocolates, but Harry doesn't eat them after being warned in advance by Hermione. However, Ron consumes several of the chocolates several months later and is affected by the potion, forcing Harry to take him to Professor Slughorn for an antidote, which in turn leads to Ron's accidental poisoning and a stint in the hospital wing. Following Gryffindor's victory over Ravenclaw in the Quidditch Cup final, Romilda takes umbrage with Harry kissing Ginny, whom he starts dating shortly thereafter. Ginny also tells Harry that Romilda wants to know if he has a hippogriff tattooed on his chest, and jokingly replies that it is a Hungarian Horntail, claiming it to be ''"much more macho"'' than a hippogriff.

Others

It has been speculated^[3] that, just as there are five students in the Gryffindor boys' dormitory, there are five in the girls' dormitory. Thus, in addition to Parvati Patil, Lavender Brown, and Hermione Granger, there are a further two unnamed girls. There is no solid support in the books for this; most notably, there has never been a reference to any such girls.
Outside the books, however, are circumstantial suggestions that the girls may exist, or, at least, have once existed in Rowling's plans. In the early years of the conception of the novels, Rowling intended Harry's year to contain 40-42 students,^[4] which, if divided evenly, would result in 5 students per dormitory, with the final two, if they are not mistakes on the list, then allocated into one of the houses. Some of this information has since been changed (for example, Queenie Greengrass became Daphne Greengrass); if the names and numbers are still valid, however, there are certainly unattributed students who could potentially be further members of Hermione's dormitory.
In 2004, Rowling was asked in an interview, ''"Who are the two 'unknown Gryffindor girls' in Harry's year?"'' Her reply was, "''Oh, I've just understood what you mean. I haven't got the notebook to hand and I can't remember! That's terrible. I'll try and remember before the end of the chat!"'' However, she failed to address the issue again that day.^[5]
The question of the missing students was later again addressed to Rowling, this time by The Leaky Cauldron webmistress Melissa Anelli:
'Anelli': ''Have you discovered the two missing Gryffindor students?''

'Rowling': (Covers eyes) ''Ohh!'' (Frustrated) '' was going to go and get that for you, I'm sorry I haven't got it, I'll put it on my [web] site''.^[6]
No such information has yet appeared on Rowling's website, nor has she made any further elucidation regarding the existence or non-existence of any further Gryffindor girls in Harry's year.

See also

★ Minor Hufflepuffs

★ Minor Ravenclaws

★ Minor Slytherins

★ Minor characters associated with Quidditch

★ Students in Harry Potter's year

★ List of characters in the Harry Potter books

References

1. A field guide for curious Muggles
2. Dean Thomas's background (Chamber of Secrets)
3. Gryffindor House: Two Unidentified Gryffindor Girls
4. Harry Potter and Me
5. ''JK Rowling's World Book Day Chat'', March 4, 2004
6. Anelli, Melissa and Emerson Spartz. "The Leaky Cauldron and Mugglenet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Three," The Leaky Cauldron, 16 July 2005

External links

★ 'Wizards & Witches A to Z' from The Harry Potter Lexicon website