Myrtle Warren was once a Hogwarts student, but after her untimely death, she stayed back as a spirit to eternally haunt the second-floor girls' bathroom. Myrtle had a hard time at Hogwarts, and was frequently bullied. Prone to wailing morosely, the ghost became known informally as Moaning Myrtle.
The Fat Friar was a wizard, who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in his youth, and was sorted into Hufflepuff. He was a jolly man and very forgiving. He devoted his life to religion and, after his death, returned to the school as the resident ghost of Hufflepuff House.
He was a wizard of the royal court as an adult. He was executed by an improper decapitation, after he had a magical mishap with Lady Grieve. He tried to straighten her teeth but it backfired and she grew tusks. Since then, he became the resident ghost of Gryffindor Tower at the Hogwarts Castle.
In order to become a ghost someone must really not want to die. Fred, however, while obviously not embracing it, died with a smile on his face. He died near his family and friends, protecting the place he loved and had spent a majority of his childhood in.
Because he wouldn't ever have wanted to. Sirius Black spent twelve long years suffering in prison for a crime he didn't commit. Once you become a ghost, it seems as though you will have shackled yourself to another kind of prison from which you can never move on. Sirius was done being confined.
Born in the late 1920s to Muggle parents, Myrtle Warren started her Hogwarts life in the early 1940s, where she was sorted into Ravenclaw. She had no friends, and was bullied relentlessly because of her glasses and acne. But she would soon have all of eternity to get her own back.
Peeves is a poltergeist, not a ghost, so he never died and was never a living person. A poltergeist in the Harry Potter universe is just a tangible manifestation of chaos/mischief. In Peeve's case, he's the manifestation of the chaos that results when you have a large group of students in one building.
1929 – June 1943), more commonly known after her death as Moaning Myrtle, was a Muggle-born witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from 1940 to 1943 and was sorted into Ravenclaw house. She was killed in 1943 by the Serpent of Slytherin, which had been released by Tom Riddle.
Rowena became fatally ill, and hoping to see her daughter one last time, sent the Bloody Baron, a man who harbored an unrequited love for Helena, to find her. The Baron killed Helena when she refused to return with him, before killing himself out of regret for what he had done.
Daughter of Hogwarts founder, Rowena Ravenclaw, Helena was jealous of her mother's gifts, stole her diadem and ran away to Albania. When her mother sent The Bloody Baron to bring her home, instead, he fell in love with her, then murdered her when she did not return his feelings.
Under the influence of her father, Dolores grew up despising her mother and brother for their lack of magical abilities. She was sorted into Slytherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and hated her time at the school due to never being given any positions of power.
With no one to claim him as their own, Tom lived in a Muggle-run orphanage where he felt abandoned and unloved. He slowly realized he was different from others and became obsessed with his powers, believing he was unique and elite.
6 December 1928) was an English half-giant wizard, son of Mr Hagrid and the giantess Fridwulfa, and elder half-brother of the giant Grawp. Hagrid stood at eleven feet, six inches tall. Hagrid attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1940 and was sorted into Gryffindor house.
Tom Riddle Senior was very handsome and this was what attracted Merope Gaunt. The latter's sixteen-year-old son, Tom Marvolo Riddle, later murdered him and his grandparents in cold blood. This was in retaliation for what Tom Marvolo Riddle saw as his father's abandonment of his family.
Sir Nicholas says in the Harry Potter novels that his death was the result of a botched beheading; however, the books don't delve too far into the details. This is likely because a detailed description of a near decapitation wouldn't fit with the very child-friendly tone of the series' earlier entries.
Evanna Patricia Lynch (born 16 August 1991) is an Irish actress and activist. She is best known for portraying Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter film series.
McGonagall was born a half-blood witch as her father was a Muggle and her mother a witch. McGonagall began her Hogwarts education at the age of eleven and was sorted into Gryffindor after being the longest ever Hatstall between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw.
Sorted into Ravenclaw house, Lockhart was soon achieving good marks in his schoolwork, but there was always a kink in his nature that made him increasingly unsatisfied. If he was not first and best, he would rather not participate at all. Increasingly, he directed his talents towards short cuts and dodges.
Sirius's early life proved unhappy; he had come to hate most of his relatives, in particular his mother. He rejected his family's pure-blood elitism and reverence for the Dark Arts.
His help at the Ministry of Magic might result in a smoother mission. Thanks for A2A. No. Sirius had no idea that Harry was a Horcrux, and I think that is one of the kindest things that was done.
Sirius's intense love for James, his grief after James's death, and his anger towards Peter drove him to insanity, getting him locked up in Azkaban for crimes he never committed.
