Dumbledore's Army
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| Dumbledore's Army | ||
| Dumbledore's Army members as seen in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | ||
| Universe | Harry Potter | |
| Founded | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | |
| Location | Room of Requirement | |
| Leader(s) | Harry Potter (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix) Neville Longbottom (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows) | |
| Purpose | To learn and practice magical methods of self-defence Resistance against Death Eater activities in Hogwarts | |
| Affiliations | Order of the Phoenix | |
| Enemies | Lord Voldemort Death Eaters Dolores Umbridge Ministry of Magic (indirectly) Inquisitorial Squad | |
Dumbledore's Army (or D.A. for short) is a fictional student organisation in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series that is founded by the main characters, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, to stand up against the regime of Hogwarts High Inquisitor Dolores Umbridge, as well as to learn practical Defence Against the Dark Arts. It was founded in the fifth book, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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Synopsis
History
Members
| Character | House | Background |
|---|---|---|
| Hannah Abbott | Hufflepuff | A student in Harry's year described as "pink-faced" with blonde hair worn in pigtails. In Order of the Phoenix, Hannah is named a Hufflepuff prefect and joins Dumbledore's Army. In Half-Blood Prince, Hannah leaves Hogwarts after her mother is murdered by Death Eaters, but she returns in the series finale to take part in the Battle of Hogwarts. The adult Hannah becomes the landlady of The Leaky Cauldron, and has married Neville Longbottom. Charlotte Skeoch played Hannah in the film adaptations of Chamber of Secrets and Goblet of Fire, and voiced the character in the Order of the Phoenix video game. Louisa Warren voiced Hannah in Part 2 of the Deathly Hallows games and played her in the background of Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2. |
| Katie Bell | Gryffindor | A student who joins the Quidditch team in her second year (Harry's first) as a Chaser, and joins Dumbledore's Army in her sixth year. In Half-Blood Prince, Katie is badly cursed after accidentally touching a necklace Draco Malfoy intended to give Dumbledore, and is hospitalised for several months in St Mungo's Hospital. In Deathly Hallows, she re-joins the D.A. to participate in the Battle of Hogwarts. Katie was portrayed by Emily Dale in a non-speaking part in the first two films. She featured in an expanded role in Half-Blood Prince and a brief appearance in Deathly Hallows – Part 1 and Part 2, in which she was played by Georgina Leonidas, who also voiced the character in the Half-Blood Prince video game. |
| Susan Bones | Hufflepuff | A student in Harry's year. She is the niece of Ministry of Magic official Amelia Bones and deceased Order of the Phoenix member Edgar Bones. Eleanor Columbus (daughter of director Chris Columbus) portrayed Susan in a non-speaking role in the first two films, but she has a speaking role in the video games. |
| Terry Boot | Ravenclaw | A student in Harry's year who is close friends with housemates Michael Corner and Anthony Goldstein. |
| Lavender Brown | Gryffindor | See section below |
| Cho Chang | Ravenclaw | See section below |
| Michael Corner | Ravenclaw | A student in Harry's year. Michael and Ginny Weasley meet and begin a relationship after the Yule Ball, but after Gryffindor defeats Ravenclaw in a Quidditch Cup final, Michael expresses his displeasure of the result and the relationship ends. He then begins seeing Cho Chang, fresh from her split with Harry. In Deathly Hallows, Michael is tortured by the Carrows for trying to free a first-year boy from imprisonment during Snape's regime as Hogwarts headmaster, causing the D.A. to cease operations prior to Harry's return. |
| Colin and Dennis Creevey | Gryffindor | See section below |
| Marietta Edgecombe | Ravenclaw | Part of Cho Chang's cadre of giggling Ravenclaw girlfriends; her mother works for the Floo Network authority in the Ministry. Marietta reluctantly joins D.A. out of peer pressure from Cho. Marietta becomes an informant and betrays the group to Umbridge, which is not without consequences: the parchment that all the members signed back at The Hog's Head at the first meeting was jinxed by Hermione, causing anyone breaking the oath to have purple pustules spelling the word "SNEAK" to break out across their face. In the film adaptation of Order of the Phoenix, Marietta does not appear and her betrayal is instead committed by Cho, under the influence of the Veritaserum potion. |
| Justin Finch-Fletchley | Hufflepuff | A Muggle-born student in Harry's year. In Chamber of Secrets, he is temporarily petrified by the basilisk after seeing it through Gryffindor House ghost, Nearly Headless Nick. Justin was played by Edward Randell in the film adaptation of Chamber of Secrets. |
| Seamus Finnigan | Gryffindor | See section below |
| Anthony Goldstein | Ravenclaw | A student in Harry's year. In Order of the Phoenix, Anthony is named a Ravenclaw prefect and joins Dumbledore's Army. In Deathly Hallows he is one of many D.A. members holed up in the Room of Requirement who enthusiastically greet Harry upon his return to Hogwarts, prior to entering the Battle of Hogwarts. |
| Hermione Granger | Gryffindor | Founder. Hermione thought of the idea of having a secret defense class. She encouraged Harry to be the leader. |
| Angelina Johnson | Gryffindor | A student two years older than Harry that has been a Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team since her second year, and replaces Oliver Wood as team captain in Harry's fifth year. At the end of Deathly Hallows, she returns to Hogwarts for the final battle. Rowling revealed that after the war she marries George and has two children, a son called Fred Jr (after George's late twin) and a daughter named Roxanne. Angelina was portrayed by Danielle Tabor in the first three films. Tiana Benjamin was recast for the role in Goblet of Fire, and voiced the character in the Order of the Phoenix video game. |
| Lee Jordan | Gryffindor | A student two years older than Harry, and a close friend of Fred and George. He serves as Hogwarts' Quidditch commentator. In Deathly Hallows, Lee becomes an undercover pirate radio anchor, broadcasting under the pseudonym of "River" on an anti-Ministry of Magic radio station called Potterwatch, which supports the activities of Harry and the Order of the Phoenix. He and George successfully take down Death Eater Yaxley in the Battle of Hogwarts. Luke Youngblood portrayed the character in the first two films and voiced the character on the fifth video game. |
| Neville Longbottom | Gryffindor | See section below |
| Luna Lovegood | Ravenclaw | See section below |
| Ernie Macmillan | Hufflepuff | A student in Harry's year, described as a stout boy, occasionally pompous but well-meaning and is descended from nine consecutive generations of pure-blood witches and wizards. In Chamber of Secrets, Ernie initially believes that Harry is the Heir of Slytherin and responsible for the attacks on Muggle-born students; However, after Hermione is Petrified, Ernie realises his mistake and apologises to Harry. Ernie becomes a Hufflepuff prefect in his fifth year, and joins Dumbledore's Army. He is among the few Hogwarts students who openly side with Harry's and Dumbledore's claims that Voldemort has returned. In Deathly Hallows, he participates in the Battle of Hogwarts. Louis Doyle played Ernie in Chamber of Secrets and Goblet of Fire, and voiced the character in the video game adaptation of Order of the Phoenix. |
| Padma Patil | Ravenclaw | A student in Harry's year, and the twin sister of Gryffindor student Parvati Patil. In Globet of Fire, Padma attends the Yule Ball with Ron, but he is completely uninterested on his date, instead spending the evening stewing in jealousy over Hermione's date with Viktor Krum. In Order of the Phoenix, Padma becomes a Ravenclaw prefect, and joins Dumbledore's Army along with her sister. They are taken home by their parents after Dumbledore's death at the conclusion of Half-Blood Prince, but in Deathly Hallows they return to take part in the Battle of Hogwarts. In the Harry Potter film series, Padma is a member of Gryffindor house instead of Ravenclaw, and she is portrayed by Afshan Azad. |
| Parvati Patil | Gryffindor | See section below |
| Harry Potter | Gryffindor | Founder. |
| Zacharias Smith | Hufflepuff | A Chaser for the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, described as unlikeable and irritating. He joins the D.A. but is the most sceptical of Harry's claims. In Half-Blood Prince, Zacharias splits Quidditch match commentary duties with Luna during the term. After Dumbledore's death, his 'haughty-looking' father escorts him from Hogwarts before the funeral, implying that he was not supportive of Dumbledore and his policies. In Deathly Hallows, before the Battle of Hogwarts, he is seen pushing past younger students for the evacuation point rather than staying to fight alongside the D.A. Nick Shirm briefly appeared as Zacharias in the film adaptation of Order of the Phoenix. Shirm also voiced the character in the video game adaptation of Order of the Phoenix. |
| Alicia Spinnet | Gryffindor | A student two years older than Harry and a Chaser on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. Returns in the final book to defend the school in the Battle of Hogwarts. Alicia was portrayed by Leilah Sutherland in Philosopher's Stone, and by Rochelle Douglas in Chamber of Secrets. |
| Dean Thomas | Gryffindor | See section below |
| Fred and George Weasley | Gryffindor | See section below |
| Ginny Weasley | Gryffindor | Ginny suggested the name "Dumbledore's Army" in the first meeting of the group. During the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, in the absence of Harry, Ron and Hermione, she continued the DA along with Neville and Luna. |
| Ron Weasley | Gryffindor | Founder. |
Notable Dumbledore's Army members
Lavender Brown
Cho Chang
Colin and Dennis Creevey
Seamus Finnigan
Neville Longbottom
Luna Lovegood
Parvati Patil
Dean Thomas
Fred and George Weasley
Fred and George Weasley are the fun-loving, troublemaking twins of the Weasley family. Born on April Fools' Day, the two work together making pranks and are addressed as a single unit as opposed to two individual people. They are so similar that even their parents often have a difficult time telling the two apart. They first appear in Philosopher's Stone as third years and were always said to be the school clowns. Despite their poor results in their O.W.L. exams, the twins are intelligent and proficient wizards capable of sophisticated magic. In addition, they serve as Beaters for the Gryffindor Quidditch team.
The pair often come to Harry's assistance throughout the series; in Chamber of Secrets, they and Ron help him escape his house arrest from Privet Drive in a flying Muggle car, and give Harry the Marauder's Map during his third year. In Goblet of Fire, they begin selling novelties under the name "Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes". Though their mother wants them to work for the Ministry of Magic, the twins aspire to own a joke shop, and Harry provides their start-up capital by donating his winnings from the Triwizard Tournament. In Order of the Phoenix, the twins, like Harry, are permanently banned from Quidditch after a postmatch brawl with Malfoy. They join the D.A. and lead a student uprising against Umbridge towards the end of the book, leaving Hogwarts in dramatic fashion before the term ends. In Half-Blood Prince, Fred and George continue to run their joke shop despite the unrest in Diagon Alley.
In Deathly Hallows, the twins serve as two of Harry's six decoys when he escapes Privet Drive. George's ear is permanently severed by a stray Sectumsempra curse from Severus Snape, who was actually aiming at a Death Eater. Meanwhile, the twins are forced to abandon their shop due to the Death Eater-controlled Ministry of Magic's surveillance of the Weasley family, and instead operate another owl-order business out of their Great-Aunt Muriel's house. During this time, one of the twins, speculated to be Fred, shows up in the pirate radio station Potterwatch as "Rapier". The twins return to participate in the Battle of Hogwarts, during which Fred is killed in an explosion. Rowling said in an MSNBC interview that she always knew Fred would be the twin who would die, though she could not specify a particular reason She stated in a web chat after the release of Deathly Hallows that George never fully gets over Fred's death, but succeeds in turning Weasleys' Wizarding Wheezes into a "money spinner" with Ron, who eventually quits to become an Auror. Rowling also revealed that, by the time of the epilogue of Deathly Hallows, George is married to Angelina Johnson and has two children, Fred and Roxanne.
Identical twin actors James and Oliver Phelps played Fred and George respectively in the Harry Potter film series.
Fred and George were listed by IGN as eleventh top Harry Potter characters, saying that "taking umbrage at Umbridge and leaving Hogwarts with a bang in Order of the Phoenix showed us that these two weren't just goofy side splitters; they were brave and valiant freedom fighters".
