Sunday 9 March 2014

(DA) Describe a fictional Character

The second challenge given to me by my brother in-law was:

Pick a fictional character and describe everything you can about that person in explicit detail. Don't look that person up, just go on memory. Close your eyes and make it real in words. 

And the character I think I know best is Harry Potter. EDIT: this post was hard to write because I couldn't figure out what was personal information and what was plot points, so some part are very brief, others are long winded and detailed. 

Harry James Potter is the only son of James and Lily Potter. Before his birth, a prophecy was made about a boy born at the end of July and a terrible man who was known as Lord Voldemort. Born on the 31st of July, and Lord Voldemort assumed he was the prophesized person who could kill him. In an attempt to save his own life, Lord Voldemort hunted down the Potters. 

Harry and his parents were placed into a safe house in the English town of Godric's Hollow where Harry had a very happy and loving first year of life, until his family was betrayed by Peter Pettigrew, an old school mate of James'. Voldemort found out where they were hiding and killed James and Lily before attempting to kill Harry too and then disappearing. 

Harry survived the attack, with little more than a lightning shaped scar on his forehead, but was orphaned. He was sent to live with his only living relatives; his mother's sister Petunia, her husband Vernon Dursley and their young son Dudley at #4 Privet Drive in Surrey. 

Oh, and I should mention, James, Lily, Harry and Voldemort are wizards.

Harry was seen as a burden on the Dursley family and was forced to sleep in the cupboard under the stairs. He grew up as a small boy, thin and gangling, not ever getting enough to eat and having to wear old hand me downs from his overweight cousin Dudley. Living with the Dursleys Harry was expected to stay quiet and do the cleaning, the cooking, the washing up, and never got any nice presents or anything new. 

Harry is know for his black hair that refuses to be tamed by a comb and always looks messy and wind blown, for his bright green eyes that he's told are exactly like his mother's, his round spectacles and the lightning bolt shaped scar above his brow. 

When he is 11 Harry discovers he can talk to snakes when he accidentally sets a python loose at the zoo. Shortly after letters come to the house, inviting Harry to his first semester at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Upon learning he is a wizard and had wizard parents that were murdered, and the same man tried to murder him too, Harry learns he is known to most wizards as "the Boy Who Lived", and every wizard knows his name. He is famous.

Harry becomes fast friend with a half giant named Hagrid, who buys him a snowy owl as a birthday present. He names her Hedwig. Around the same time he discovers his parents left him a lot of money, and the wand that chose him has the same core as Lord Voldemort. DUN DUN DUN!

Harry goes off to school, is mesmerized by everything magical. He is sorted into Gryffindor, and meets his best friends Ron and Hermione in that house. Harry proceeds to spend the rest of his school career with mischief following in his footsteps. He is not an extraordinary wizard, but he has heart and determination to do what is right. He excels mostly because of his name and his good heart.

He meets a young Slytherin boy named Draco Malfoy, who becomes his least favourite person. They aren't enemies but they are the farthest thing from friends. Harry has no patience for bullies. While defending another Gryffindor from Draco, Harry learns he has a gift for flying on a broom and is recruited on to the Gryffindor Quidditch team at the age of 11, as the Seeker. Making him the youngest seeker in a century. His father was also a Seeker for the Gryffindor team in his youth.

Harry fight trolls, pixies, a giant three headed dog named Fluffy, mermaids, skrewts, a basilisk, infarie, Voldemort's snake Nagini, dragons; including a Hungarian Horntail, and a blind one in the basement of Gringotts Bank, Death Eaters and various incarnations and followers of Lord Voldemort. He has used poly juice potions to impersonate Ministry officials and classmates.

He later becomes a Triwizard champion, and faces Lord Voldemort, and is actually part of his "resurrection", watched Cedric Diggory die and becomes Triwizard champion (not for that reason, but it happens at the same time).

He fights Voldemort at least once a year during his schooling, then when his headmaster Dumbledore discovers the existence of horcruxes, Harry, Ron and Hermione leave school in pursuit of the hidden pieces of Voldemort's soul, so that they can destroy them and Harry can kill Voldemort.

Harry has a love interest in Cho Chang and later with Ginny Weasley.

During his adventures to find the Horcruxes, Harry discovers the existence of The Deathly Hallows and owns each of them at some point in his life.

His patronus is a stag, like his father.

He sacrifices himself for his friends at Hogwarts and lets Voldemort kill him. His selflessness saves his life, Voldemort kills the part of his soul that attached to Harry when he tried to kill him and gave him the lightning bolt scar. Harry survives and a fight to the death ensues. Harry wins. YAY!

Harry marries Ginny and has 2 boys, Albus Severus Potter and James Sirius Potter.

WORD VOMIT OVER!

*fewf*

-Brandolyn

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