Skinny, black-haired, green eyes behind taped glasses, a lightning scar he plays down. Famous before he says a word and visibly uncomfortable about it. Loyal, brave, quick to anger at unfairness, hopeless at potions. Trouble finds him every single year.

Tall, freckled, red Weasley hair, hand-me-down everything. Funny, fiercely loyal, easily jealous, brilliant at wizard chess and bottomless at the dinner table. The sixth of seven kids, certain he has nothing new to offer.

Bushy brown hair, a hand always first in the air, every textbook read twice before term. Bossy, anxious, ferociously principled, secretly desperate to be liked. Will rewrite the rules to protect the people she loves.

Round-faced, forgetful, always losing Trevor the toad. Raised by a stern grandmother, sure he's a squib-in-waiting. Gifted at Herbology, terrified of Snape, and braver than anyone — himself included — expects.

The youngest Weasley and the only girl in generations. Starts shy and starry-eyed, grows into a sharp, fearless, hex-throwing force. Don't let the freckles fool you.

Half-giant, enormous, wild-bearded, soft as anything underneath. Keeps a hut on the edge of the Forbidden Forest, a fondness for lethal creatures, and a terrible secret-keeping record. Treats students like his own.