Auror Harry Potter

 Harry Potter a.k.a The Boy Who Lived Twice

Biographical information

Full Name

Harry James Potter

Date of Birth

31 July 1980, Godric's Hollow, Somerset, England

Blood status

Half-blood

Marital status

Married (c. 2000s)

Nationality

English

Also known as

• The Boy Who Lived

• Gregory Goyle (disguised by Polyjuice Potion in his second year)

• Barny Weasley (disguised by Polyjuice Potion)

• Albert Runcorn (disguised by Polyjuice Potion)

• Unnamed Muggle man (disguised by Polyjuice Potion)

• The Boy Who Died Twice

• The Chosen One

• The Boy Who Lived Twice

Title(s)

• Triwizard Champion

• Seeker

• Quidditch Captain

• Master of Death

Physical information

Species

Human

Gender

Male

Hair colour

Jet-black

Eye colour

Emerald green

Skin colour

Light

Family information

Children

• James Sirius Potter II (eldest son)

• Albus Severus Potter (middle son)

• Lily Luna Potter II (youngest daughter)

Parents

• James Potter I † (pure-blood, father)

• Lily Evans-Potter † (muggle-born, mother)

Aunts/Uncles

• Petunia Evans-Dursley (maternal Muggle aunt)

• Vernon Dursley (maternal Muggle uncle by marriage)

Cousins

• Tom Riddle Jr. (half-blood distant cousin through the Peverell family line)

• Dudley Dursley (first Muggle cousin)

Grandparents

• Fleamont Potter † (paternal pure-blood grandfather)

• Euphemia Potter † (paternal pure-blood grandmother) 

• Mr. Evans † (maternal Muggle grandfather)

• Mrs. Evans † (maternal Muggle grandmother)

Great-Grandparents

• Henry "Harry" Potter † (paternal pure-blood great-grandfather)

• Unnamed Paternal Pure-blood Grandmother †

Great-Great-Aunts/Uncles

• Charlus Potter † (paternal pure-blood great-uncle)

• Dorea Black † (paternal pure-blood great-aunt by marriage)

Ancestors

• House of Black (distant relatives)

• Peverell family † (distant relatives)

• House of Gaunt † 

• House of Weasley

• Longbottom family

Godchildren

Edward Remus Lupin (godson)

Relationships

Allies/Friends

• Hermione "Mione" Granger (best friend; sister figure)
• Ronald "Ron" Weasley (best friend; brother figure)
• Prof. Luna Lovegood (close friend; sister figure)
• Ginerva "Ginny" Weasley (closest friend, eventually becomes his wife)
• Prof. Albus Dumbledore † (killed by Snape, orders from Dumbledore himself)
• Sirius Black III (closest; he was killed by her own cousin, but was brought back by Tom Riddle later on)
• Prof. Remus Lupin
• Nymphadora Tonks-Lupin
• Arthur and Molly Weasley (closest/like his second family, eventually become his in-laws)
• Fred and George Weasley (like brother figures, but eventually become his in-laws)
• Dobby † (rescued them from Malfoy Manor but was killed by Bellatrix Lestrange)
• Prof. Horace Slughorn (his former potions professor)
• Prof. Severus Snape † (killed by Nagini, orders from Voldemort himself)
• Seamus Finnigan (was an Order member and fought against Voldemort)
• Draco Lucius Malfoy (he was his former rival, but they became allies later on)
• Narcissa Black-Malfoy (lied to Voldemort that he was dead)
• Prof. Tom Riddle (who helped them on many of their missions and eventually married his best friend, Hermione)
• Prof. Minerva McGonagall (his former professor)
• Helena Ravenclaw/Grey Lady (who helped him find her dialem)

Romances

• Ginny Weasley (wife; 3 children in the epilogue)

• Cho Chang (ex-girlfriend)

• Parvati Patil (date to the Yule Ball in their fourth year)

• Romilda Vayne (crush through on her side)

Enemies

• Lord Voldemort † (archenemy; killed by his own backfiring killing curse)

• Death Eaters (archenemies; imprisonment, most of them)

• Lucius Malfoy (archenemy; formerly)

• Draco Malfoy (archrival; formerly)

• Pansy Parkinson (wanted to give Harry to Voldemort, but others protected him)

• Narcissa Black-Malfoy (formerly)

• Prof. Severus Snape † (formerly, thought he was a traitor but wasn't)

• Bellatrix Black-Lestrange † (arch-enemy; killed by Molly Weasley in the Battle of Hogwarts)

• Peter Pettigrew † (strangled to death by his own silver hand, which Voldemort gave him)

• Fenrir Greyback † (killed her classmate Lavender Brown, but Hermione cursed him for it)

• Nagini † (Voldemort's pet who was killed by Neville eventually with Godric Gryffindor's sword)

• Rita Skeeter (writes rumors about him and Hermione together)

• The Troll (who attacked them in the Battle of Hogwarts, but Tom managed to cast an unknown curse to save them)

• Snatchers † (who were Voldemort's servants but possibly died when the bridge collapsed)

Magical characteristics

Boggart

Dementor

Wand

11", Holly, phoenix feather

Patronus

Stag

Affiliation

House

Gryffindor

Loyalty

• Potter family

• Evans family

• Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (H.S.W.W)

• Gryffindor

• Gryffindor Quidditch Team (G.Q.T)

• Trio

• Dumbledore's Army (D.A., 1995 - 1998)

• Slug Club

• Potions Club

• Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare (S.P.E.W)

• House of Weasley (in-laws)

• Albus Dumbledore

• Order of the Phoenix

• Granger-Riddle family

• Lovegood-Weasley family

Auror Harry James Potter (b. 31 July 1980) was an English half-blood wizard and one of the most famous wizards of modern times. The only child and son of James and Lily Potter (née Evans).

Seventh year

Ron's departure

Harry: "I thought you knew what you'd signed up for."

Ron Weasley: "Yeah, I thought I did too."

Harry: "So what part of it isn't living up to your expectations? Did you think we'd be staying in five-star hotels? Finding a Horcrux every other day? Did you think you'd be back to Mummy by Christmas?"

Ron Weasley: "We thought you knew what you were doing! We thought Dumbledore had told you what to do, we thought you had a real plan!"

— Harry and Ron have a violent and aggressive row before the latter's departure

After securing Slytherin's locket, the three friends took turns wearing it to ensure it was not lost. The locket had a negative influence on all of them, straining their relationships and causing them to act irritable and become inclined to engage in petty arguments. They overheard a goblin saying that the sword protected by Snape was a fake. They learned that the Sword of Gryffindor in Snape's office was a replica of the real sword and that they would have to trace the location of the original.

Harry and Hermione were excited at knowing what object they could use to destroy Horcruxes, but the locket's negative energy pushed Ron over the edge. Knowing that they now had something they were not close to killing, Ron and Harry got into a ferocious and savage row. Ron accused Harry of not knowing what he was doing and not being very concerned when they learned that Ginny Weasley had been punished for attempting to steal Gryffindor's sword on their behalf, along with Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood. Ron then abandoned his friends after being screamed at by Harry to leave and accusing Hermione of preferring Harry to himself.

Ron's departure left both Harry and Hermione depressed. Once he left, Hermione decided to go back in time without telling Harry what Dumbledore told her, and Harry let her because she trusted her. It was only a second, a minute, or an hour when Hermione returned with a sad look, which Harry asked about, but Hermione did not tell him, and Harry did not push her. However, a boy appeared nowhere, and it was no other than Tom Riddle, a future dark lord. However, Hermione told Harry the truth about what Dumbledore gave him a mission to change the dark lord's heart, and Harry was shocked.

Attack at Godric's Hollow

Hermione Granger: "Meanwhile, we went to Godric's Hollow and, let's think, what happened there, Harry? Oh yes, You-Know-Who's snake turned up, it nearly killed both of us, and then You-Know-Who himself arrived and missed us by about a second."

Ron Weasley: "What?"

Tom Riddle: "Actually, a lot has happened there!"

— Hermione and Tom recount the attack at Godric's Hollow

They arrived on Christmas Eve. After seeing the memorial dedicated to his parents and himself, Harry, Hermione, and Tom searched the graveyard for the Potters' grave and came across the grave of Kendra and Ariana Dumbledore and that of Ignotus Peverell. Harry was filled with regret that Dumbledore had not shared this connection with him. Upon discovering Harry's parents' grave, Hermione called out to him and comforted Harry when he reached the grave. After placing a conjured wreath of flowers on his parents' graves, the three then met Bathilda Bagshot, who motioned for them to follow her into her home. Believing Bathilda wanted to give him Gryffindor's Sword, Harry accompanied her upstairs alone when she indicated that Hermione and Tom should stay downstairs.

Once there, she and Tom questioned Harry in what he did not realize was Parseltongue, revealing herself to be Nagini, Voldemort's snake. Voldemort had murdered Bathilda and animated her corpse to hide Nagini, who attacked Harry, biting and coiling herself around Harry. Hermione raced upstairs, but Tom was fast and disarmed the snake, while Harry's scar burned, alerting him to Voldemort's approach. The pair managed to escape, but Harry was knocked unconscious, and such a close call with Voldemort caused the connection to reopen, and Harry had a vision of his parents' demise. And in the scuffle, Harry's wand was accidentally broken by Hermione's Blasting Curse. Once he realized that Tom had helped them escape, he thanked him and learned to trust him from then on.

Ron's return and obtaining the Sword of Gryffindor

"Ron, stab it, STAB IT!"

— Harry and Ron confronting Voldemort's locket Horcrux.

After escaping from Voldemort, Harry, Hermione, and Tom camped out in the Forest of Dean, where Hermione healed Nagini's bite with Dittany. When they were camped out there, Harry, Hermione, and Tom read parts of Rita Skeeter's biography of Dumbledore, The Life and Lies of Albus Dumbledore, which Hermione had stolen from the home of Bathilda Bagshot. Upon reading, Harry felt betrayed and hurt because Dumbledore had not shared this information with him, which Tom had only. Hermione tried to convince Harry that Dumbledore had his best interests at heart, but Harry became quite disillusioned, doubting whether or not the Headmaster had even cared about him.

A couple of nights later, while standing guard outside the tent, Harry was led by a silver doe Patronus to a frozen pool into which someone had placed the Sword of Gryffindor, which prompted Harry to strip to his underwear and jump in the pool. While trying to acquire the sword, the locket attempted to strangle him, but he was rescued by Ron, who had returned through the use of his Deluminator.

During the brief, intense skirmish, the Horcrux created disturbing imagery as a last line of defense. Ron was shown his deepest fears, such as spiders and a voice telling him that he was the least loved by his mother, who craved a daughter. The final taunt was creating apparitions of Harry and Hermione. The naked Harry and Hermione began to kiss passionately, enraging Ron, who then destroyed the Horcrux with the sword, casting the two away. 

As Ron had saved his life, Harry forgave him for leaving and, after seeing the Horcrux torture Ron, explained that he had no feelings for Hermione beyond those of a sibling. Hermione and Tom, who had been inside the tent during the destruction of the Horcrux, Hermione, who was angry with Ron for a long time, and Ron also felt angry for replacing him with the Dark Lord from the past.

Visit to the Lovegood House

Hermione Granger: "'There were once three brothers who were traveling along a long, winding road at twilight — "

Ron Weasley: "Midnight, our mum always told us. Sorry, I just think it's a bit spookier if it's midnight!"

Harry: "Yeah, because we really need a bit more fear in our lives."

— The reading of The Tales of Beedle the Bard at the Lovegood House

On 30 December, at Hermione's request, the three friends and the former dark lord traveled to Luna Lovegood's home to question Xenophilius Lovegood. They asked about a triangular symbol Dumbledore had left them to decipher in the book he bequeathed to Hermione. After learning of the Deathly Hallows, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Tom discovered that Xenophilius summoned Death Eaters in an attempt to persuade them to return his abducted daughter. The trio and the former dark lord escaped the Death Eaters when Hermione blasted the floor open to show them Harry, but managed to keep Ron's alibi of being sick at home with spattergroit intact by covering him with the Invisibility Cloak.

Harry soon became obsessed with the Deathly Hallows. He spent every day brooding over the possibilities, forgetting about his responsibilities. With Harry's newfound obsession with the Hallows, he became more and more withdrawn and listless. He came to believe that the Resurrection Stone was enclosed within the Golden Snitch bequeathed to him by Dumbledore. He also surmised that Lord Voldemort was abroad in search of the Elder Wand. This obsession troubled his friends, and with the drop in Harry's attentiveness, Ron's leadership qualities flourished.

Skirmish at Malfoy Manor

"You're a lying, you filthy Mudblood, and I know it! You have been inside my vault at Gringotts! Tell the truth, tell the truth! What else did you take? What else have you got? Tell me the truth, or, I swear, I shall run you through with this knife! What else did you take, what else? ANSWER ME! CRUCIO!"

— Overheard parts of Bellatrix's interrogation of Hermione Granger

After listening to a broadcast of Potterwatch around Easter 1998, Harry determined that Voldemort was seeking the Elder Wand, and accidentally broke the Taboo on Voldemort's name. Captured by a gang of Snatchers led by Fenrir Greyback, the trio and former dark lord were questioned about who they were. Hermione had previously hit Harry in the face with a Stinging Hex in an attempt to conceal their true identities, but it all amounted to nothing as the Snatchers then found the Sword of Gryffindor. After Greyback and Scabior realized that they had caught Harry Potter, the trio and the previous dark lord were taken to Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire. The Snatchers decided to forgo taking Harry to the Ministry, but instead to go to Voldemort directly.

When Bellatrix Lestrange learned that Harry had been caught, she immediately sought to summon Voldemort. She planned to do this until she noticed one of the Snatchers had the Sword of Gryffindor, which was supposed to be in her vault at Gringotts. From her drastic change in tone of voice and her worries that they would all perish, Harry determined that another Horcrux was hidden there, as well. Bellatrix isolated Hermione for interrogation based on the knowledge that she was Muggle-born, stating that she wished to talk "girl to girl with her" and proceeded to brutally torture her with the Cruciatus Curse. While being tortured, Hermione lied, claiming that the Sword was just a copy. Harry convinced Griphook (a goblin prisoner) to support this story, knowing that Bellatrix would interrogate Griphook next, as she would want a goblin's opinion on the Sword.

In panic as Hermione screamed in pain upstairs, and Ron sobbed at hearing her, Harry called out for help — a cry heard by Aberforth Dumbledore through a fragment of a two-way mirror in the cellar. Aberforth sent Dobby the house-elf to rescue the prisoners. Harry had him take Luna Lovegood, Garrick Ollivander, and Dean Thomas to Shell Cottage, while he, Ron, and Tom went to rescue Hermione. On the way, they had to fight Peter Pettigrew, whose silver hand strangled him to death when he hesitated to kill Harry, who reminded him that he had once saved his life. A skirmish ensued upstairs, during which Harry took Draco Malfoy's wand from him, and he, Ron, and Tom saved Hermione and Griphook with Dobby's assistance.

Dobby's death

Harry: "Dobby, no, don't die, don't die —"

Dobby: "Harry... Potter...."

— Dobby's final moments in Harry's arms

As they escaped Malfoy Manor by Apparition, Bellatrix Lestrange threw a silver dagger to where they were Disapparating. Harry was initially relieved to realize he had managed to Apparate to Shell Cottage with Ron, Hermione, Tom, and Dobby in tow, but was horrified to see the knife protruding from the elf's chest. Harry managed to lie him on the grass, where Dobby collapsed and died in Harry's arms, his last words being Harry's name. Luna (whom he saved) told him it was better to close his eyes so he'd be sleeping.

Harry decided that he would not dig Dobby's grave with magic, opting instead to do so manually, using a shovel. This was his way of both repaying Dobby's bravery and ebbing his own grief, as his time, effort, and sweat went into the grave. As he dug, he got glimpses of Lord Voldemort furiously punishing Bellatrix Lestrange, the Malfoys, and the others who were present in the manor for their failure to keep him in their custody and allowing him and the other prisoners to escape.

Harry, his scar now burning temptingly, threatening to have Voldemort's thoughts engulf him, was finally able to learn control of denying Voldemort's entry into his mind. He attributed this to his grief and love for Dobby. While digging the grave, more understanding came to Harry. He realized that though the Deathly Hallows were tempting objects, Dumbledore had tasked him with destroying Horcruxes. He decided to trust Dumbledore, reaffirming his faith in his mentor. During the funeral, Luna Lovegood gave a short eulogy to Dobby, and Harry managed to say his final goodbye to one of his most loyal friends.

Stay at Shell Cottage

Harry: "He can have it after we've used it on all of the Horcruxes. I'll make sure he gets it then. I'll keep my word... I won't be lying... really."

Hermione Granger: "I don't like it."

Harry: "Nor do I, much."

— The solution to Griphook's demand for the Sword of Gryffindor

Following the death of Dobby, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Tom stayed at Shell Cottage for some time. During their stay, the trio formed a plan to break into the Lestrange Vault to obtain the Horcrux within, with the help of Griphook. Because Griphook would only help in exchange for Godric Gryffindor's Sword, Harry decided to word his request so that the handover would not take place until after Harry had used it to dispose of the remaining Horcruxes.

Harry also found out information regarding the Elder Wand from Ollivander. He learned that his hunch that the Elder Wand was real and that Voldemort was going abroad to search for it was correct. Harry also learned some complex wandlore, such as what happens when a wand's allegiance changes to that of another individual, and that a wand's allegiance doesn't necessarily have to change hands through murder, as most (including Lord Voldemort) believed concerning the Elder Wand.

Although feeling guilty for the deception, Harry knew that the sword was their only known weapon against the Horcruxes. The other residents of Shell Cottage could not fail to notice the trio's behavior. Bill Weasley took Harry aside and advised Harry to be cautious when making deals with Griphoo, whom Harry was increasingly disliking; Bill elaborated some wisdom that only one who lived in the company of goblins, such as himself, could impart. Namely, how a goblin saw the maker of an object as the latter's true owner and master, not whoever purchased it from the former. Harry started to defend that if the object in question was bought properly, then the new ownership of it must mean that the manufacturer acknowledged the transfer, rendering the buyer the new owner.

Bill cut him off, correcting the younger wizard's naive way of thinking, insisting that goblins would merely consider the item "rented" and must therefore be returned to the original maker at the death of the person it was sold to, and wizards and witches habitually passing such down as familial heirlooms, through their generations without intermittent pay to the goblins per subsequent ownership, basically equated to thievery in a goblin's judgement. Around the same time, Remus Lupin came to Shell Cottage bearing tidings of a new birth. He asked Harry to be the godfather of his newborn child, Edward Lupin. It seemed as if the incident between them at 12 Grimmauld Place had never occurred. As Harry thinks about his upcoming heist, he wonders if he's becoming as reckless a godfather to Teddy as Sirius had been to him.

Gringotts break-in

Harry: "The vault we need to get into isn't empty, and I'm guessing its protection will be pretty powerful. It belongs to the Lestranges."

Griphook: "You have no chance. No chance at all."

Tom Riddle: "We will have a c, chance and you're gonna help us!"

— Discussion of breaking into Gringotts

The trio, the previous dark lord and Griphook, left Shell Cottage early on the morning of 1 May to break into Gringotts. Hermione disguised herself as notorious Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange, using Polyjuice Potion, and Tom disguised himself as an unnamed dark wizard. The goal was to try to fool the goblins at Gringotts into believing that it was really Bellatrix who was entering the vault. The trio had Bellatrix's wand, which Harry had captured at Malfoy Manor as further proof for the disguise. Ron was transfigured to look like a foreign wizard named Dragomir Despard, and Harry had Griphook on his shoulders; both were under the Invisibility Cloak.

Their plan proceeded reasonably well; Hermione made a convincing Bellatrix, despite a close encounter with a Death Eater named Travers, whose suspicions seemed to be eased, and accompanied the group to Gringotts. Two human guards there had Probity Probes that detected concealment charms, and Harry used a Confundus Charm on them to get Hermione passed unchecked. Inside, the Goblins requested Bellatrix's identification. When Hermione hesitated, one nervously said that her wand was sufficient proof, though Hermione claimed it was new. Harry suspected the goblins knew that Bellatrix's wand was stolen and were looking for an impostor.

Griphook told Harry to use the Imperius Curse; he complied, and Bogrod then accepted the wand as being correct. Bogrod requested the Clankers and then led the trio, Griphook, and Travers into a passageway. The door slammed shut, and Harry sent Travers away to hide. Bogrod, still under the Imperius curse, summoned a cart that descended deep within Gringotts. After many twists and turns, the cart passed through Thief's Downfall, a security waterfall that washed away all illusion charms. When the cart overturned and dumped them out, Hermione and Ron reverted to themselves. Griphook believed the other Goblins knew they were impostors, but Harry wanted to continue and cursed Bogrod again.

The trio, the previous dark lord, and Griphook found the vault guarded by an aged, half-blind dragon. Griphook subdued it using the Clankers. Hearing pursuit approaching, Harry forced Bogrod to open the vault, which was filled with precious objects. Hermione screamed in pain, and they discovered that the vault's protective charms included the Flagrante and Gemino curses: the contents would multiply and become searing hot every time something was touched. Harry spotted Hufflepuff's Cup, the Horcrux, but it was out of reach. Hermione levitated Harry by the ankle, and he snagged the cup by using Gryffindor's swtoas to not be burned by the metal. Meanwhile, Hermione, Ron, Tom, Griphook, and Bogrod all struggled to stay above the searing-hot, rapidly multiplying objects below.

As Harry was setting himself down, he dropped both the sword and the cup. Griphook grabbed the sword and flipped Hufflepuff's cup up into the air. Harry caught it, ignoring the searing heat. Borne by a treasure avalanche spilling from the now-opened vault, Griphook ran off with Gryffindor's sword, yelling that thieves were in the vault. Harry, Hermione, Ron, and Tom hurled curses at the goblin throng. Harry released the half-blind dragon, and the three jumped on its back. The freed dragon took flight, and the four blasted holes into the ceiling for it to fly through as they made their escape.

Battle of Hogwarts

Harry: "Dumbledore left the three of us a job, and we weren't supposed to tell — I mean, he wanted us to do it, just the four of us."

Neville Longbottom: "We're his army. Dumbledore's Army. We were all in it together, we've been keeping it going while you four have been off on your own... Everyone in this room has been fighting, and they've been driven in here because the Carrows were hunting them down. Everyone in here's proven they're loyal to Dumbledore — loyal to you."

— The trio's return to Hogwarts and the D.A.'s loyalty to Harry

A vision from Voldemort helped Harry realize that the third Horcrux, whilst unbeknownst to him at the time, Ravenclaw's Diadem, remained at Hogwarts. Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Tom set out on their final mission to return to the school and obtain the diadem, inadvertently tripping the Caterwauling Charm upon Apparating to Hogsmeade and thereby alerting the waiting Death Eaters to their presence. Due to the trio being under the Invisibility Cloak, however, the Death Eaters resorted to unleashing Dementors into the streets to try to force the intruders out of hiding.

Having no choice, Harry conjured his Patronus while Tom conjured another one to protect themselves and their friends, automatically giving away their position and confirming their identities (the Death Eaters having been pre-warned that Harry Potter's Patronus and an unknown Patronus took the form of a stag and basilisk). As Death Eaters began to close in on the still invisible trio and previous dark lord, Aberforth Dumbledore emerged from the Hog's Head, hurriedly telling the four to enter his pub. While Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Tom did so, Aberforth remained outside, proclaiming to the Death Eaters that it was he who tripped the alarm (by letting his cat out) and conjured the Patronus to ward off the Dementor threat; mockingly contradicting a Death Eater, saying that what he had seen was a goat Patronus rather than a stag or basilisk. The incensed Death Eaters believed this and retreated.

After Aberforth re-entered his pub and home, he scolded them for coming to Hogsmeade, advising them to leave the country. After Harry engaged in a brief and fierce argument with him, he led the grateful trio directly into Hogwarts through a secret entrance behind the portrait of his deceased sister, Ariana Dumbledore. Neville Longbottom (acting as their escort) then guided them into the Room of Requirement, where they were enthusiastically greeted by the reconstituted Dumbledore's Army, most of whom were beaten and bruised, yet ready to fight the Death Eaters controlling the school. Harry tried to tell them that he, Ron, Hermione, and Tom only returned to find something, but Neville contacted other allies with a call to arms. Harry was initially reluctant to allow the others to help, as he had developed trust issues. But in an attempt to be a better man than Dumbledore (whom he feared he was turning into) and after some discussion with Ron, Hermione, and Tom, he allowed it.

Harry hesitantly asked the room at large if they had ever heard of any sort of legendary artifact belonging to one of the Founders of Hogwarts. Luna Lovegood then elaborated on the fabled Diadem of Ravenclaw, pronouncing that a statue in Ravenclaw Tower depicted Rowena Ravenclaw wearing a diadem. Harry and Ron, having no idea of what the diadem looked like, were led by Luna to the Ravenclaw Common Room to observe the statue. Here, the pair were ambushed by Alecto Carrow, who pressed her Dark Mark immediately upon noticing Harry and Ron, summoning Voldemort, before Luna stunned her from under the Invisibility Cloak. Amycus Carrow attempted to force his way through the common room door, designed only to open after the door-knocker's question was correctly answered, by seeking the help of Minerva McGonagall, who easily allowed him entry by solving the door's riddle herself; by that time, Harry and Ron had managed to rejoin Luna under the Invisibility Cloak.

Amycus (in fear of his master's wrath) suggested framing Alecto's apparently mistaken summoning of the former on the Ravenclaw students; as he did, he spontaneously devised a lie that made it seem as though the students had forced Alecto to touch her Dark Mark at wand-point. In her outrage, McGonagall strongly insinuated that Amycus was a coward for proposing such an idea and that she would not allow it. Carrow spat in McGonagall's face in retaliation, utterly enraging Harry and Ron, who suddenly revealed themselves while momentarily casting the Cruciatus Curse on the surprised Carrow. The curse sent Amycus flying backward into the wall, where he crumpled and fell unconscious. Harry then told McGonagall about the mission Dumbledore had left him, and she offered to hold Voldemort and his invading forces off, buying him the time he needed to search for the Horcrux. All students of age, the D.A., and the members of the Order of the Phoenix who had arrived to fight prepared themselves for the impending siege. The Battle of Hogwarts began as Voldemort and his army approached the outer boundaries of the school.

On 2 May, Lord Voldemort, upon arrival at Hogwarts, demanded that the school turn over Harry, and the Battle of Hogwarts began. Harry realized that the positioning of Alecto Carrow in Ravenclaw Tower confirmed the Horcrux's identity. It was the lost diadem of Ravenclaw. After thinking about it for some seconds, he and Ron went to ask the Grey Lady about the diadem. From her information, Harry and Ron surmised that the Horcrux had been hidden in the Room of Requirement. Harry and Ron, in the meantime, were worried about Hermione and Tom, who seemed to have disappeared. They had gone into the Chamber of Secrets, where Hermione destroyed Helga Hufflepuff's Cup with basilisk fangs, which were one of the few weapons able to destroy Horcruxes.

The trio and the previous dark lord quickly headed for the Room of Requirement, where Harry remembered seeing the Diadem the previous year. However, Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle ambushed them. After a skirmish, the entire room was destroyed by the cursed fire Crabbe unleashed but could not control. Harry managed to fly himself and Malfoy out, while Ron, Hermione, and Tom grabbed Goyle, but Crabbe perished in the flames that also destroyed the diadem. With one Horcrux remaining, Harry, Ron, Tom, and Hermione continued their pursuit of Nagini, but before they could go search for it. This incensed Ron and Harry, but Hermione and Tom reminded them that only they could finish Voldemort and that to obtain the final Horcrux, they would have to do their share of fighting.

Snape's death

"Finally, the truth. Lying with his face pressed into the dusty carpet of the office where he had once thought he was learning the secrets of victory, Harry understood at last that he was not supposed to survive. His job was to walk calmly into Death's welcoming arms."

— Harry comes to the realization that he must die by Voldemort's hand

They fought their way to the Shrieking Shack. Along the way, Harry witnessed many scenes of horror. On the grounds, Voldemort's Dementors were waiting. After having seen so much pain and death, Harry could not summon the happiness required to conjure a Patronus. In fact, Harry almost welcomed the oblivion that would come with the Dementor's Kiss. But, after seeing the patronuses conjured by Luna Lovegood, Ernie Macmillan, and Seamus Finnigan, Harry summoned the will to conjure his and managed to drive the Dementors away.

Once the trio arrived at the Shrieking Shack, they witnessed Voldemort order Nagini to kill Snape, as he believed that Snape was preventing him from being the true owner of the Elder Wand. Dumbledore was the previous owner of the wand, and as Snape killed him, Voldemort believed that with Snape's demise, he would finally gain true mastery of the wand. Before he died, Snape gave Harry memories to view in the Pensieve and asked him to look into his eyes. Upon returning to the castle, Harry saw Remus Lupin and Nymphadora Tonks holding hands, whom Draco had saved earlier, and near Fred with the Weasleys, and he felt relieved. He left his friends behind to use Albus Dumbledore's Pensieve, welcoming the time in another's head to distract him from what was happening in his own.

During a one-hour ceasefire, Harry viewed the memories given by a dying Snape, which revealed to him that he had inadvertently been turned into a Horcrux himself. This occurred when Voldemort attempted to murder him as a baby. Because Lily Potter's loving sacrifice made Voldemort's Killing Curse rebound, and a fragment of his soul latched itself onto the only living thing it could find: Harry himself. This led to the awful truth being revealed, that Voldemort had to kill him to be rendered mortal. Harry was unwillingly tethering Voldemort to life.

Harry also learned that Snape was, all along, with Dumbledore because he loved Lily Evans, since before they started school. It was clear that Harry's life span had always been determined by how long it took to get rid of the Horcruxes, and that it was an elegant plan not to waste any more lives but to give the tasks to the boy who had already been marked for death, and whose death would not be tragic but simply another blow against Voldemort. Heavy of heart, Harry courageously slipped off on his own to carry out this dreadful task. He felt ghostly as he strode through the castle's empty halls, feeling as if he were already dead.

Harry's sacrifice

"He saw the mouth move and a flash of green light, and everything was gone."

— Voldemort hits Harry with the Killing Curse

As Harry passed the Great Hall, he could not see Hermione, Ron, Tom, or the other Weasleys, nor Luna. He felt he would have given anything for one last look at them, but then he thought he would never be able to stop looking. He also came to realize that Luna had become one of his closest and dearest friends. On his way to Voldemort, he saw the corpse of Colin Creevey, who snuck back into the castle to fight despite being underage, and remarked that Colin looked "tiny in death". Harry, in a moment's decision, told Neville to slay Nagini, if he could, as Ron and Hermione might be too busy to do so. He passed Ginny, who was comforting a small girl, and almost wished she could have seen him, but under the Invisibility Cloak, this was impossible. As he passed Hagrid's hut on the grounds, he emotionally remembered his trips there, particularly rock cakes, Ron vomiting slugs, and baby dragon Norbert.

Harry then entered the Forbidden Forest, where he managed to open the Golden Snitch, which said on it, "I open at the close"; and the words to open it were, "I'm about to die"; this revealed the Resurrection Stone contained within. Harry used it to speak to the spirits of his parents, Sirius Black, and Severus Snape, who gave him comfort and courage before he met Voldemort and offered to shield him from the Dementors. They set off, and the Dementor's chill did not overcome him; his companions acted like Patronuses, and Harry continued deeper in the forest to find Voldemort. As Harry approached the Death Eater camp, he dropped the Resurrection Stone. Harry offered no resistance as Voldemort struck him with the Killing Curse. His last thoughts were of Ginny: her red hair, blazing looks, and the feel of her lips upon his before everything went black.

Limbo

Harry: "But you're dead."

Albus Dumbledore: "Oh yes."

Harry: "Then... I'm dead too?"

Albus Dumbledore: "Ah. That is the question, isn't it? Oh, the whole, dear boy, I think not."

— Harry meets Dumbledore in limbo

However, the "death" he met was not permanent: the blood Voldemort had taken from Harry to restore his physical form in 1995 still contained the Bond of Blood, anchoring him to life and protecting Harry from Voldemort's curse, and his willingness to die triggered protections on the people of Hogwarts similar to the protections he received from his mother's sacrifice. Also, since he had part of Voldemort's soul in him, Voldemort's Killing Curse unknowingly destroyed the part of Voldemort's soul, leaving one Horcrux.

Harry: "It was you who sent Tom with the Time-Turner here?"

Albus Dumbledore: "He changed. Haven't he?"

Harry: "Yes. He helped us."

                                                                                                            — Harry asks Dumbledore about giving time-turner to Tom

Harry entered a state of limbo, where he met the spirit of Albus Dumbledore and the piece of Voldemort's soul that had just been destroyed. Dumbledore explained everything to Harry, saying that he had "no more secrets from Harry", with Harry seeing a side of Dumbledore that no one else ever had. After reconciling with his mentor, Harry chose to return to the physical world. He had the option of boarding a train and continuing to the afterlife with Dumbledore.

Endgame

Harry: "There are no more Horcruxes. It's just you and me. Neither can live while the other survives, and one of us is about to leave for good..."

Lord Voldemort: "One of us? You think it will be you, do you, the boy who has survived by accident, and because Dumbledore was pulling the strings?"

Harry: "You won't be killing anyone else tonight. You won't be able to kill any of them ever again."

— The final confrontation between two mortal enemies

Harry woke up but feigned death. He was assisted in this by Narcissa Malfoy, who had secretly turned against Voldemort by telling him Harry was dead to protect her son, because she knew the only way she would be permitted to enter Hogwarts was with the rest of the Death Eaters in their victory march. Voldemort then triumphantly disgraced Harry's "dead" body with the Cruciatus Curse, then forced Hagrid to carry Harry's body back to Hogwarts, proclaiming Harry dead and demanding surrender. At first, the surviving fighters were heartbroken, especially Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Professor McGonagall. They screamed abuse at the Death Eaters in anger, remaining defiant. Harry's apparent death had spurred the defenders of Hogwarts on.

Neville Longbottom courageously stood up to Voldemort, and when the latter offered Neville a rank in his Death Eater society, Neville proudly refused and screamed to the high heavens, "Dumbledore's Army!" Voldemort cast the Full Body-Bind Curse, then summoned the Sorting Hat and placed it upon Neville's head. After he announced that there would be no houses and that the school colors would be those loyal to Salazar Slytherin, he caused the hat to burst into flames. As Neville cried in pain, a distant uproar came from the direction of the school boundaries. Centaurs, Thestrals, Buckbeak the Hippogriff, Hagrid's half-brother Grawp, and the families of the Hogwarts students who remained to fight, plus the shop and home keepers of Hogsmeade, joined the fight with a flourish.

This distracted Voldemort and his Death Eaters, and Neville was able to pull off the Sorting Hat, and from its depths he received the Sword of Gryffindor and sliced off Nagini's head in one swift, fluid motion. Harry slipped away in the ensuing mêlée under the Invisibility Cloak. Death Eaters started to fold under the sheer weight of numbers as the house-elves in the kitchens joined the battle, with Kreacher at its front, declaring war against the Dark Lord in the name of brave Regulus Black. Using his Invisibility Cloak, Harry protected the defenders of Hogwarts from attack, deflecting Voldemort's curses. Soon, only Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange were the only two remaining and fighting, with Voldemort dueling McGonagall, Slughorn, and Kingsley at once, and Bellatrix dueling Hermione, Luna, and Ginny. Harry was torn between the two until he saw a Killing Curse aimed at Ginny, the latter missing death by a mere inch.

Harry redirected his path to Bellatrix until he was roughly knocked aside by Molly Weasley, who dueled and ultimately killed Bellatrix. Voldemort's fury at the fall of his last, best lieutenant exploded with the force of a bomb, and Harry turned in to see McGonagall, Slughorn, and Kingsley blasted backward in pain and Voldemort directing his wand at Molly. Harry then cast a Shield Charm to protect her from Voldemort's wrath, revealing himself for the final duel.

Unbeknownst to Voldemort, mastery of the Elder Wand, which he had stolen from Dumbledore's grave, had not been taken from Dumbledore by Snape, but by Draco Malfoy, because Draco had disarmed Dumbledore on the night of his murder, before Snape killed him. Thus, when Harry had disarmed Malfoy in Malfoy Manor weeks earlier, he had become the true master of the Elder Wand.

When Harry and Voldemort faced off for the last time, Harry tried to tell him this and about the other mistakes he had made. Harry also asked him to feel some remorse for his actions, which Voldemort instantly rejected. Voldemort cast the Killing Curse, and Harry countered with the Disarming Charm. The Elder Wand refused to attack its master, and the Killing Curse rebounded, destroying Voldemort once and for all, as the most powerful wand in the world fell into the hands of its true master at last.

Immediately, Harry was surrounded by overjoyed fellow fighters; Hermione and Ron reached him first, and then Ginny, Neville, Luna, and Tom. Victory celebrations began, and Harry was an integral part of both the grief and the celebration.

The trio and Tom Riddle visited Albus Dumbledore's portrait, and along the way, he explained everything to his four friends. Harry decided to prevent the Deathly Hallows from ever being reunited again by keeping the Cloak of Invisibility, leaving the Resurrection Stone where it lay in the Forbidden Forest, and breaking the Elder Wand so that it never lands to wrong hands again, but not before using it to fix his wand.

When Voldemort destroyed the piece of his soul residing in Harry, Harry lost the ability to speak Parseltongue. It is possible, however, that he regained the ability later.

After Hogwarts (1998–2006)

"Harry, his friends, and even former dark lord, Tom Riddle, have their own history depicted on Chocolate Frogs cards."

— The trio and Tom Riddle were honored with their own Chocolate Frog Cards

Harry ensured that Severus Snape's portrait was hung in the Headmaster's office at Hogwarts. He also made occasional visits to the school with Tom Riddle to give lectures to the students on Defense Against the Dark Arts. At some point, the trio and the previous dark lord were featured on Chocolate Frog Cards for their accomplishments.

Harry was also on "Christmas card" terms with his cousin Dudley Dursley and his family, and occasionally visited him, which were occasions dreaded by his own children. Harry also made peace with his former rival, Draco Malfoy, something that his father and his friends were never able to do with Severus Snape. They were civil towards each other; however, their schoolboy enmity meant that they were still not friends at this stage.

Also, following the war, he aided in the care of his godson, Teddy Lupin, thus fulfilling the role that his own godfather, Sirius Black, had played. Harry and Teddy eventually became very close. Harry's children commented that they wanted Teddy to move in with the family. Harry mentioned that Teddy had already been coming to their home for dinner four times a week, and that he was practically living with them as it was. The Potters were also thrilled at the idea that Teddy, who was seen snogging Victoire Weasley, might officially become a part of their family.

Relationship

Family:

Parents

"Harry, you are so loved. Mama loves you. Dada loves you."

— Lily Potter's final words of support

James and Lily Potter died when their son was only a year old. Harry barely knew them; however, despite this, he regarded them with great reverence. He fiercely defended their memory if anyone spoke ill of them. In 1995, he punched Draco Malfoy for insulting his mother, and he frequently became furious with Professor Snape, who taunted Harry that James was not the great man others made him out to be.

Snape, to Harry's horror, was proven to be right in the spring of 1996. Harry accidentally witnessed James bullying Snape using the Levicorpus spell in one of Snape's memories, with Dumbledore's Pensieve. However, Harry was relieved to know that his mother was a fair and kind person who neither participated in nor tolerated bullying and would stand up for those in need. Remus Lupin and Sirius Black later assured him that James had changed his ways, eventually becoming mature enough to win Lily over.

"Lily's smile was the widest of all. She pushed her long hair back as she drew closer to him, and her green eyes, so like his, searched his face hungrily, as though she would never be able to look at him enough."

— Description of Lily's spirit upon seeing Harry

The few times Harry ever saw his parents were through pictures given to him by Rubeus Hagrid, a vision within the Mirror of Erised, spectral forms which came out of Voldemort's wand during Priori Incantatem, stored memories within the Pensieve, and as lifeless corpses in a flashback that was triggered when he saw his now-ruined parents' house. The Mirror of Erised was the first time he had ever glimpsed what they looked like, as the Dursleys did not keep pictures of the couple, nor did they discuss them. As they hoped that in doing so, Harry would be less likely to turn out like them.

The last time Harry saw them was when he "summoned" them during the Battle of Hogwarts by using the Resurrection Stone. Both James and Lily's spirits had "loving smiles on their faces", and told their son that they were tremendously proud of him, for being so brave and strong despite all the suffering and pain that he had been forced to endure, and gave him the support he needed to sacrifice himself to Voldemort. Harry described their presence as his courage, the very reason why he was able to keep putting one foot in front of the other, with his mother smiling at him and his father nodding encouragement.

Albus Dumbledore maintained that Harry's greatest strength was his love for his parents and the love that they had for him, and in part, this literally translated to the protection afforded to Harry by his mother's sacrifice. Harry eventually named two of his children after his parents, a gesture that clearly stated that he would always keep the memory of his parents alive and honored. It was seen that both his parents called him a name of affection, as James called Harry "son" and Lily called him "sweetheart"; it is very possible that they had a nickname for Harry when he was a baby.

Wife and children

Ginny Weasley (wife)

At age eleven, Harry saw Ginny for the first time at King's Cross Station in 1991. However, they did not formally meet until the summer of 1992, at which point it became blatantly clear that Ginny had a huge crush on Harry. Though the feeling moderated over time, until 1995, she was too shy and nervous around him to speak to him comfortably. She became even further embarrassed after Harry saved her from the Chamber of Secrets in his second year, when she had been possessed by a fragment of Lord Voldemort's soul. Hermione helped Ginny by advising her to be more like herself around Harry, and perhaps even see other people. Ginny took this advice, and Harry came to see her as she truly was: strong-willed, funny, stubborn, and compassionate.

The two became good friends in Harry's fifth year. The same year, Harry started to enjoy her company as much as Ron's or Hermione's, and she was also able to tell him to shut up and cheer him up during his depression. Ginny would also defend Harry whenever she felt it was needed, such as in 1992 when she stood up to Draco Malfoy and told him "to leave [Harry] alone". She also told off Blaise Zabini in 1996 when he insulted Harry and even stood up to Hermione, her close personal friend, in defense of his use of the Sectumsempra curse on Draco Malfoy. In 1997, she told off her then-boyfriend Dean Thomas for laughing at the fact that Harry was injured by Cormac McLaggen during a Quidditch match. On 11 July 2014, Rita Skeeter remarked that Harry was "publicity-hungry" — just as Ginny was approaching and Rita was taken "unaccountably ill" with what some called "a jinx to the solar plexus".

Ginny was also possessive of Harry, as seen when she was visibly displeased with the attention Gabrielle Delacour paid him at Bill and Fleur's wedding, and spoke up when his ex-girlfriend, Cho Chang, volunteered to take Harry to see Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, insisting that Luna take him instead. Harry, in turn, was possessive of her as well. He disliked her relationship with Dean Thomas and warned Viktor Krum off of her during Bill and Fleur's wedding in 1997.

After his relationship with Cho "fell apart" and Harry spent a good deal of time with Ginny at The Burrow in the summer of 1996, Harry's feelings for Ginny began to deepen and change. In his first potions class with Slughorn, the love potion Amortentia revealed he was attracted to "something flowery he had smelled at The Burrow", which later turned out to be Ginny's hair. After witnessing her kissing Dean Thomas, Harry started to feel jealous and fantasize about kissing her himself, although he determinedly tried to convince himself that his feelings for her were "elder-brotherly". He began having dreams about her of a seemingly intimate nature, even reflecting once that he was very glad that Ron could not perform Legilimency.

"Harry looked around; Ginny was running toward him; she had a hard, blazing look in her face as she threw her arms around him. And without thinking, without planning it, without worrying about the fact that fifty people were watching, Harry kissed her. After several long moments — or it might have been half an hour — or possibly several sunlit days — they broke apart."

— Harry finally expressed his feelings in 1997

Shortly after Ginny and Dean broke up, she and Harry spontaneously kissed at a Gryffindor Quidditch Cup victory party. The two began dating, and Harry regarded this time as one of the happiest in his life. However, after the murder of Albus Dumbledore, Harry decided to end things with Ginny, fearing that Voldemort would target her if he learned of their blossoming/growing strong romance and knowing that he would be leaving with Ron and Hermione to find Voldemort's Horcruxes. Ginny was upset, but respected Harry's decision, knowing that it was for "some stupid, noble reason," and maintained hope that he would return to her.

"....and then she was kissing him as she had never kissed him before, and Harry was kissing her back, and it was blissful oblivion better than firewhisky; she was the only real thing in the world, Ginny, the feel of her, one hand at her back and one in her long, sweet-smelling hair —"

— Harry and Ginny share a passionate and heated kiss

The two soon saw each other again during the summer while Harry stayed at The Burrow. For Harry's seventeenth birthday, Ginny passionately kissed Harry as something for him to remember her by, but they were interrupted by Ron and Hermione. The former told Harry not to "mess Ginny around", as his sister had been "pretty cut up" when Harry ended their romantic relationship, though Hermione was more sympathetic towards the two of them.

The two were soon separated for months as Harry tracked down Horcruxes with Hermione and Ron, while Ginny returned to Hogwarts, but still harbored pretty strong romantic feelings for one another. After Ron abandoned his friends, Harry took to staring at Ginny's dot on the Marauder's Map, and was worried when he heard that she, Neville, and Luna had gotten in trouble for attempting to steal Gryffindor's Sword for him.

When the Battle of Hogwarts broke out, Ginny was fierce in her determination to fight and give Harry time to find the lost diadem. Harry, in turn, wanted Ginny to stay out of the fighting, but was forced to ask her to leave the safety of the Room of Requirement when he, Hermione, and Ron needed to search it for Ravenclaw's Diadem. When preparing to sacrifice himself to Voldemort, Ginny was the last person about whom Ginny thought. Harry's supposed death, the death of her one love, was enough to drive Ginny to attack the incredibly powerful Bellatrix Lestrange alongside Luna and Hermione. Near the end of the battle, after Ginny was nearly murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange, Harry ran at Bellatrix rather than Voldemort, though Mrs. Weasley got there first. When the battle was over, Ginny was one of the first to rush to hug him.

After the Second Wizarding War, Harry and Ginny resumed their strong romance. Sometime between 1999 and 2002, they married and later had three children: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. All three of the couple's children were named in honor of family members, friends, and allies (most of whom they are named after are deceased). Their marriage is shown to be mature and understanding. Harry also affectionately calls Ginny "Gin", rather than her full name.

It is also revealed that after the events in the Chamber of Secrets, the people shut Ginny out of their lives, but Harry came to her and played a game of Exploding Snap. Ginny claims that she also felt specific love from Harry since that day and that his love for her always made her feel stronger.

The couple was seen escorting their children to the Hogwarts Express in 2017. The two made Ginny's brother Ron and Hermione Granger the godparents to their eldest son and Neville Longbottom the godfather to their second son. It's unknown who Lily's godparent is, but it can be assumed that it's one of their closest friends. They also have several nieces and nephews, Harry's most likely closest to Ron and Hermione's children, Rose and Hugo Weasley.

James II, Albus, and Lily II (children)

Albus Severus: "Dad, what if I am put in Slytherin?"

Harry: "Albus Severus Potter. You were named after two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin, and he was the bravest man I've ever known."

Albus Severus: "But let's say that I am…"

Harry: "Then Slytherin House will have gained a wonderful, young wizard. But listen — If it really means that much to you, you can choose Gryffindor. The Sorting Hat takes your choice into account. "

— Albus confides his fear solely to his father

Harry had three children with Ginny Weasley: James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. The eldest, James, was named after his paternal grandfather. He possessed an outgoing personality and was a troublemaker (like his namesake); he also liked to tease his younger brother. Albus, on the other hand, was quieter and more thoughtful, much like his father. Lily, the youngest, was very like her mother in terms of personality.

Harry had a very strong connection with James, even though his oldest son didn't want to show it in front of other people (especially his friends and girls). Still, Harry was permitted hugs before James boarded the Hogwarts Express.

It's shown that Harry's second son, Albus, liked to stay next to him and looked to him for advice and comfort. For example, when Albus confided to Harry in a "whisper that was for his father alone" how very real his fear of being Sorted into Slytherin was. Harry responded that Albus and Severus were the names of two former headmasters of Hogwarts; one was a Slytherin, and "the bravest man I ever knew". He also informed his son that the Sorting Hat would listen to the wearer's choice. Harry knew that for a fact because it had considered putting him into Slytherin; this was something Harry had not shared with any of his other children. When saying goodbye to him, Albus hugged him and appeared to be holding his arm "extremely tight". Albus also closely resembled Harry, having the same eyes and untidy hair. He also expressed an interest in Harry's past, asking why the people on Platform 9¾ were staring at Harry.

Albus's relationship with Harry became increasingly strained as his education at Hogwarts progressed. This was due to the increased pressure from those around him who wanted him to live up to his father, and it was only made worse by his lack of magical talent on a broomstick and in other areas of magic. The fact that he was Sorted into Slytherin did not help matters. Albus didn't want to be seen with his father or even speak to him at times. When Harry presented Albus with the blanket in which he was wrapped on his journey to the Dursleys', Albus lashed out at him in frustration and told him that he wished Harry weren't his father. Harry responded by saying that sometimes he wished Albus weren't his son, something that he regretted immediately.

Albus Potter: "I just wish you weren't my dad."

Harry Potter: "Well, there are times I wish you weren't my son."

— Harry and Albus have an intense disagreement

The two continued to have a cold relationship, despite Harry's attempts to reconcile with him, until they finally sat down and talked. It is demonstrated that despite the difficulty in their relationship, Albus forcibly told Scorpius to put "dad" on the blanket instead of Harry. Albus even risks his own life to save his father from Delphi, clearly demonstrating that he loves his father dearly. This dedication is returned when Harry jumps in front of his son when a Killing Curse is aimed at Albus. Harry is later found after the battle to be furious with Delphi for even attempting to murder his son. Harry insisted that he wanted to be a better father, and Albus wanted to be a better son. Albus also stays by his father's side as he watches the murder of his grandparents at the hands of Lord Voldemort. They embrace each other, reaching an understanding that they are going to try to do better by each other.

Harry and Lily love each other dearly and were seen holding hands while walking into King's Cross, much like Lily's mother and maternal grandfather. Lily was jealous of her brothers as they boarded the train for Hogwarts, exactly as Ginny had been in 1991. Harry comforted her by reminding her that she would be joining them in two years.

It is seen through Harry's actions that he loves and cherishes each of his children very much. Harry's difficulties as a father likely stem from his not having a stable father figure in his own childhood, thus having no role model to base his parenting style on

In-laws

Ron Weasley (best friend/brother-in-law)

Ron became Harry's best friend during their first year at Hogwarts. Ron, along with his mother, brothers, and sister, first met Harry at King's Cross Station, when Harry was unable to find platform 9¾. Ron sat across from Harry during the train ride, and the two almost immediately bonded over the ample sweets Harry purchased from the Hogwarts Express food trolley, which Harry happily shared with Ron, who was unable to afford any sweets himself. Harry cemented his friendship with Ron by turning down Draco Malfoy's offer to help Harry avoid making friends "with the wrong sort" after Draco insulted Ron's family.

After being sorted into Gryffindor House together and sharing the same dormitory, the two grew even closer, and eventually gained another best friend in Hermione Granger when they saved her from a troll on Hallowe'en. As Ron was raised in a wizarding family, he was often called upon to explain customs and items that were commonplace to wizards, but completely new to Harry and Hermione, who had both been raised in Muggle society.

In the summer of 1992, after Dobby had prevented Harry from receiving any letters, Ron and his twin brothers (Fred Weasley and George Weasley) flew their father's Flying Ford Anglia to rescue Harry from Privet Drive. After spending a few days less than a month at Ron's home, Harry and Ron were supposed to return to school on the Hogwarts Express with Ron's other siblings. However, Dobby had blocked the entrance to the platform, and Harry and Ron were unable to board the train. Panicking, the pair flew the enchanted car to Hogwarts; however, they landed on the Whomping Willow and lost the car, as well as broke Ron's wand.

Later on in the year, when Hermione had been Petrified by Slytherin's basilisk, Harry and Ron ventured into the Forbidden Forest together, where they were rescued from a clan of Acromantula by the missing Ford Anglia. Ron also accompanied Harry down to the Chamber of Secrets the same year to rescue his sister Ginny.

Harry and Ron had a major falling out in 1994 when Harry was made a Triwizard Champion; despite knowing it to be completely contrary to Harry's character, Ron's insecurities initially led him to believe Harry had cheated to enter the tournament, but left Ron out of the scheme to keep the resulting glory and attention for himself. However, Ron soon realized how badly he had misjudged the situation and apologized. Ron was later taken as the object Harry would "sorely miss" in the Second Task of the competition.

Ron Weasley: "I'm sorry. I'm sorry I left. I know I was a — a —"

Harry: "You've sort of made up for it tonight. Getting the sword. Finishing off the Horcrux. Saving my life."

Ron Weasley: "That makes me sound a lot cooler than I was."

— The two friends reconcile after Ron's return to the Horcrux hunt

Harry and Ron had an even more serious falling out in 1997, when they, along with Hermione, were hunting Voldemort's Horcruxes; the negative energy within Slytherin's Locket affected Ron more severely than the other two, causing him to temporarily abandon his friends before regretting his decision and returning to them as soon as he was able. During this outbreak, Ron thought that Harry and Hermione were in love, which momentarily disrupted Ron and Hermione's relationship.

Upon his return, Ron watched Harry follow the silver doe to the Sword of Gryffindor and saved Harry's life after he jumped into a lake to retrieve it. When Harry finally opened the locket, Ron saw the part of Voldemort's soul transform into a supposed Harry and Hermione kissing, and it almost led him to believe that the imagined relationship between Harry and Hermione was real. However, Voldemort underestimated how strong Ron really was, and so the locket was destroyed when Ron, in rage, plunged the Sword of Gryffindor into it and overcame his fears and worries. The hardships Ron and Harry faced together served to reinforce their bond, and they remained friends for life. Ron's fierce loyalty and sense of humor often helped Harry relax and have fun even in the darkest times of his life.

The two were like brothers and would eventually become brothers-in-law, ironically, when Harry married Ginny. Ron was an uncle of Harry's three children and became the godfather to Harry and Ginny's eldest son, James Sirius Potter. Harry also had a niece, Lena Weasley, and a nephew, Ron Weasley Jr., through Ron's marriage to Luna Lovegood. It can be assumed that out of all his nieces and nephews. Harry is closest to Tom and Hermione's children. It's also very likely that he might be the godfather to one or both of them.

Luna Lovegood (closest friend/sister-in-law)

Luna Lovegood: "People expect you to have cooler friends than us."

Harry: "You are cool. None of them was at the Ministry. They didn't fight with me."

Luna Lovegood: "That's a very nice thing to say."

— Harry considers Luna and Neville Longbottom to be his friends

Harry met fellow Hogwarts student Luna Lovegood, a Ravenclaw, on 1 September 1995 on the Hogwarts Express. Although Harry found the younger witch rather strange, he was grateful when she told him that she believed his claim that Lord Voldemort had returned. She seemed to be one of the few students who did. Harry and Luna became friendlier through Dumbledore's Army. After they fought together in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, Luna comforted Harry over the loss of his godfather, telling him about her late mother.

The following year, Harry defended Luna and Neville Longbottom when Romilda Vane implied they were not worth spending time with, whereas the previous year, he found the two embarrassing to his standing in front of Cho Chang. Later on in the year, he invited Luna to attend Slughorn's Christmas Party with him, as a friend. Luna was excited, as she had never been invited to a party before, and told Ginny about the invitation. During the party, Harry reflected that inviting Luna had been a good idea and absolutely worth it merely to see the looks on the faces of Horace Slughorn, Severus Snape, and Sybill Trelawney when she mentioned the Rotfang Conspiracy.

During the year in which Harry, Ron, and Hermione went to hunt down Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes, Harry visited the Lovegood household and found that Luna had decorated her bedroom with pictures of her five friends: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, and Neville. Harry found this site to be very touching and felt great affection for Luna. Upon learning that Luna was being held hostage by the Death Eaters, Harry felt greatly worried, to the point of feeling some pity for her father for attempting to turn the trio in for ransom, but had confidence in Luna surviving nevertheless.

In the prelude to the final battle, Luna aided Harry in his search for Ravenclaw's Diadem, having been the one to inform Harry of its existence in the first place, and she stunned Alecto Carrow when Harry was too shocked to move, which probably saved him from being held captive until Voldemort's arrival. Later, when Harry was going to sacrifice himself, he realized that Luna was one of his closest friends and one of the people he would like to see before his death.

After the Battle of Hogwarts, Luna was the only one who noticed that Harry wanted to get away from the victory party and created a distraction so that he could go speak with Ron and Hermione in private. The two remained friends into adulthood, and Harry gave his daughter the middle name "Luna" in honor of his friend. Eventually becomes Harry's sister-in-law through marriage to his best friend, Ron.

Molly and Arthur Weasley (parents-in-law)

Beginning in the summer of 1992, Harry came to spend many of his holidays with the Weasley family at The Burrow. From then on, Arthur and Molly became the closest thing that Harry has ever had to living parents. Through his friendship with Ron and his later romance with Ginny, the Weasleys became far more of a family to him than the Dursleys ever were.

Molly Weasley announced to Harry's godfather that Harry was "as good as" one of her actual sons. Her boggart was of dead family members, one after another — including Harry. Molly was always keen to make sure Harry was taken care of; at one point, Harry noted that she "fussed over the state of his socks and tried to get him to eat fourth helpings at every meal". Her caring sometimes led her to become overprotective of Harry, something that he considered to be smothering. She strongly objected to the Order members giving Harry information regarding Voldemort during the summer of 1995. Molly even went so far as to give him her brother's watch for his coming-of-age. The watch was clearly a treasured family heirloom and a reminder of how much she had already lost in the struggle against Voldemort.

"Half our family does seem to owe you their lives, now I stop and think about it... Well, all I can say is that it was a lucky day for the Weasleys when Ron decided to sit in your compartment on the Hogwarts Express, Harry."

— Arthur Weasley expressing his gratitude

Arthur Weasley was a surrogate father to Harry, who (like his wife) treated him like one of his own children. He opened his home to Harry for months at a time and regularly invited him to family functions. Unlike most, Arthur would go as far as entrusting Harry with sensitive information others had felt him too young to understand. Arthur also liked to sit next to Harry during meals and frequently talked to him about Muggle devices. Harry once saved Mr. Weasley's life after seeing him being attacked by Nagini in the Department of Mysteries before Christmas of 1995.

When Ron was poisoned in Harry's sixth year, and Harry saved him with a bezoar, Arthur pointed out how he had saved several members of the Weasley family. He also said that it was a good day for the Weasleys when Ron decided to sit with him on the train in 1991.

Harry would eventually marry into the Weasley family through their only daughter, Ginny, becoming an official member of the family that had taken him in so many times. Through Harry and Ginny, Arthur and Molly would have three grandchildren. It can be assumed that Arthur and Molly remained very close with Harry throughout the years, and sometime after the war, Arthur repaired and passed on Sirius's motorcycle to Harry.

Outside family

Friends:

Hermione Granger (best friend/sister figure)

Harry and Ron initially found Hermione Granger to be stuck-up and arrogant. Eventually, the three became best friends after Harry and Ron saved her from a troll in 1991. Hermione, in turn, lied to keep them from getting in trouble. Her quick mind was at times the only thing that saved the three friends from potential failure in both life-threatening and everyday situations. Out of concern for her friend, Hermione often chided Harry for his recklessness; though this occasionally put some strain on their relationship, it often served to keep Harry on track, such as when he briefly considered pursuing the Deathly Hallows instead of the Horcruxes.

Hermione was always with Harry and was fiercely protective of him, from snapping at Lavender Brown when she doubted Harry's claim that Lord Voldemort returned to interceding when Dolores Umbridge was about to use the Cruciatus Curse on Harry. Hermione stood by Harry even when Ron doubted him during the Triwizard Tournament, accepting his story "without question". She also stood by him when Ron temporarily left them in 1997, despite her own romantic feelings for Ron. Harry, for his part, was quick to defend Hermione against Cho Chang, Draco Malfoy, and others who insulted her. Besides the time that she was called a mudblood, because Ron stood up for her then. He was also known to protect her physically on instinct when in dangerous situations. Hermione even saved Harry's life twice in 1997, first during the attack at Godric's Hollow on Christmas Eve and again during the ambush at the Lovegood House.

Ron Weasley: "What are you doing? Are you staying, or what?"

Hermione Granger: "I... Yes — yes, I'm staying. Ron, we said we'd go with Harry, we said we'd help —"

Ron Weasley: "I get it. You choose him."

Hermione Granger: "Ron, no — please — come back, come back!"

— Hermione is staying with Harry out of loyalty and friendship

Though their friendship remained entirely platonic, at times their closeness engendered jealousy or curiosity in others, especially those who had feelings for one or the other, including Cho Chang, Viktor Krum, and even Ron. When the two were briefly alone together during the search for the Horcruxes, Harry and Hermione experienced some "charged moments," in which the two "shared something very intense". However, the two chose not to act on those oments, and each remained devoted to Ginny and Ron, respectively.

As Harry himself described, Hermione was one of his best friends, akin to a sister. It could be further said that she was like his older sister, protective and always trying to keep him in line. The two were also close enough to share their feelings with one another before sharing those feelings with their significant other. They provided the other with comfort and support when in emotionally stressful situations, as shown when Harry brought Hermione her possessions when she left them behind in Transfiguration class after a nasty row with Ron. After Sirius Black's death, Hermione proceeded to keep a close eye on Harry, looking for signs of distress that usually come with the loss of a loved one.

Although Hermione did not marry Ron. She was very close and became the godmother of Harry's oldest son, James Sirius Potter. It can be assumed that Harry is closest to Hermione and Tom's children. It is also very likely that he might be godfather to one or both of them. Harry's son, Albus, is shown to have a close relationship with Tom and Hermione's oldest son, Abraxas, and Lily has a close relationship with Lucille. Harry and Hermione also saw their children off to Hogwarts together in 2017, standing side-by-side, waving and watching the train disappear.

Tom Riddle (trustful friend)

Tom is Harry's distant cousin through the Peverell family line. They met in 1992 in the Chamber of Secrets when he kidnapped young Ginny, but Harry managed to save her by destroying Tom Riddle's diary with a basilisk fang, and Tom disappeared after that. However second time was when Tom traveled to the future, 1998, where they hunted Horcruxes to destroy Voldemort. Harry trusted Tom somehow, and he helped them on many missions.

Eventually, Tom marries Harry's one of his best friends, Hermione Granger. It is also very likely that he might be godfather to one or both of their children.