Invisibility cloak: A rare and expensive item that makes the wearer invisible. Wands: Personalized sticks for performing magicīroomsticks: Primary means of transportation, also used in the game of Quidditch At one time the most powerful wizard, second only to Dumbledore Has a strong dislike for and animosity toward Harry An unfair teacher to those he doesn't like. Develops a close friendship with Harry, Ron and Hermione Rubeus Hagrid: Half-wizard, half-giant and Keeper of the Keys and Grounds.

Comes from a lineage of wealthy wizards who not only support Voldemort, but also believe that magic should be performed by pure-bloods alone Hermione Granger: Another friend of Harry's and a smart witch, though her parents are Muggles (non-magical folk)ĭraco Malfoy: Harry's nemesis.

Ron Weasley: Harry's friend who comes from a large and economically struggling family He becomes Harry's mentor and father figure It also helps Harry keep Voldemort from possessing the Stone, which Dumbledore agrees to destroy.Īlbus Dumbledore: Headmaster of Hogwarts. This protection is what allowed Harry as an infant to survive Voldemort's attack. Harry finds out that when she died, Lily Potter transferred to her son an ancient magical protection from Voldemort's lethal spells. After realizing that Voldemort might be after the stone, Albus Dumbledore had it moved it to Hogwarts for safekeeping. Perusing the restricted section in the library, Harry discovers that the Sorcerer's Stone produces the Elixir of Life, which gives its drinker the gift of immortality. Harry has a knack for the school sport, Quidditch, and is recruited onto the Gryffindor team as its star Seeker. At Hogwarts the three friends are all placed into the Gryffindor house. He meets two best friends, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and makes his first enemy, Draco Malfoy. Harry discovers that not only is he a wizard, but he is a famous one. On his 11th birthday, Harry receives a letter inviting him to study magic at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is then left at the doorstep of his boring but brutish aunt and uncle, the Dursleys.įor 10 years, Harry lives in the cupboard under the stairs and is subjected to cruel mistreatment by Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and their son Dudley. The curse inexplicably reverses, defeating Voldemort and searing a lightning-bolt scar in the middle of the infant's forehead. What happens in the book: After murdering Harry's parents, James and Lily Potter, evil Lord Voldemort puts a killing curse on Harry, then just a baby.

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