Ronald Weasley

"He says very funny things sometimes, doesn't he? But he can be a bit unkind. I noticed that last year."

- Luna Lovegood

Ronald Bilius Weasley, born March 1, 1980, is the sixth and youngest son of Molly and Arthur Weasley. He takes his middle name from his Uncle Bilius, who famously saw a Grim and died a day later.

Ron used his brother Charlie’s old wand until it was broken in 1992. After that, he used a 14" willow wand with a core of unicorn tail-hair. This wand was stolen by Fenrir Greyback in 1998. He took Peter Pettigrew's wand after Pettigrew died: 9.25 inches, chestnut and dragon heartstring ("brittle"). In his later years he would use a wand of Ash.

Ron flew an old Shooting Star broom until 1995, when he traded it for a Cleansweep Eleven.

Because of the successes of his older siblings, Ron felt pressure to live up to his family's expectations. As he grew older, Ron came into a league of his own as he partnered with Harry Potter and Hermione Granger on a quest to destroy the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort.

Ron Weasley went on to marry Hermione Granger and father two children, Rose and Hugo Weasley. He became an Auror for the Ministry of Magic after leaving Hogwarts.

First Year at Hogwarts
Ron Weasley first attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991 at the customary age of 11. He was sorted into Gryffindor House, like every other member of his exceptional family.

Ron quickly became friends with Harry Potter on their first trip on the Hogwarts Express. Harry showed Ron great generosity by purchasing a quantity of snacks from a cart to share with Ron, and that simple act set in motion a lifelong friendship.

Harry and Ron first met Hermione Granger on the Hogwarts Express, but didn't particularly like her. But at the Halloween feast, the two boys saved Hermione from a giant troll in the girl's bathroom. The three had been friends ever since.

Ron's skills in Wizard's Chess were owed to his old and battered chess set which was passed to him from a grandfather. These skills became a life-saving asset when Harry, Ron and Hermione came to Professor Minerva McGonagall's contribution to the protection of the Philosopher's Stone. During the life-sized game of Wizard's Chess, Ron sacrificed himself as a game piece so Harry could place the enemy king in checkmate. Because of that, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore rewarded Ron with 50 House Points for Gryffindor.

Second Year at Hogwarts
In the summer of 1992, Ron and his older twin brothers, in a harebrained scheme to rescue Harry Potter from 4 Privet Drive, drove their father's Flying Ford Anglia to the Muggle town of Little Whinging and tore the bars off the house's window using the car's horsepower. At the start of that year's school term, Ron and Harry missed the Hogwarts Express because of the meddling of the house-elf, Dobby, and were forced to use the Ford Anglia to travel to Hogwarts. At the end of their journey, the car malfunctioned, causing the boys to crash-land into the Whomping Willow. They were nearly killed when it retaliated, and the car jettisoned them and took off into the Forbidden Forest, where it remains to this day.

Ron's wand was damaged in the crash, causing him problems for the entire school year. During the events surrounding the re-opening of the Chamber of Secrets, Professor Gilderoy Lockhart (in a bid for fame) attempted to Obliviate Ron and Harry using Ron's wand. The broken wand caused the spell to backfire, causing permanent amnesia in Lockhart.

In that same year, Ron, Harry and Hermione successfully brewed a dose of Polyjuice Potion which they used to investigate the Basilisk attacks on students. Ron was made to impersonate Vincent Crabbe, while Harry impersonated Gregory Goyle. Ron showed incredible bravery during the course of their investigation by venturing into the Forbidden Forest to an Acromantula den led by Aragog, in spite of his extreme fear of spiders.

Ron was honoured with a Special Award for Services to the School, as well as earning 200 House Points for Gryffindor for his work concerning re-sealing the Chamber of Secrets.

Third Year at Hogwarts
Ron Weasley underwent a painful maturation in his third year at Hogwarts when he discovered his pet rat, Scabbers, was actually an Animagus named Peter Pettigrew who had faked his own death 12 years earlier. Indeed, it was difficult for Ron to stomach that the animal companion who he had shared his bed with for years was really a murderous Death Eater. Especially since prior to this realization, Ron had accused Hermione of allowing her animal familiar, a cat named Crookshanks, to eat Scabbers. When Ron discovered Scabbers missing, along with a blood stain and three ginger cat hairs on his bed sheets, he ceased to communicate with Hermione, leaving Harry caught in the middle of them. They later reconciled to join forces in researching a defence for the hippogriff Buckbeak, charged with attacking Draco Malfoy during a Care of Magical Creatures class. Their efforts proved to be futile however, as Buckbeak was sentenced to death by beheading. While they comforted Rubeus Hagrid on Buckbeak's impending death, Hermione actually found Scabbers hiding in a milk jug.

As the three left Hagrid's hut to return to the school, Scabbers panicked, bit Ron and tried to run away. Scabbers was actually being hunted by Sirius Black who, in the Animagus form of a black dog, pounced on Ron and Scabbers and dragged them into a hidden passage under the Whomping Willow. Ron's leg was broken in the forray, leaving him unable to participate in the events that followed.

Harry and Hermione, closely followed by then-Professors Remus Lupin and Severus Snape, followed the passage to the Shrieking Shack. The true nature of Peter Pettigrew's involvement in the betrayal of Lily and James Potter was revealed, leaving Ron shocked and horrified.

Ron recovered from his injury in the Hogwarts Hospital Wing, and was given an owl by Sirius Black to make up for the loss of Scabbers. Ginny Weasley named the owl Pigwidgeon.

Late one night during that year, Ron had a close encounter with Sirius Black, in which he insisted Black stood over his bed with a knife. Ron enjoyed the attention, as he was accustomed to being an observer to the attention customarily given to Harry Potter.

Fourth Year at Hogwarts
In the summer of 1994, Ron Weasley invited Harry and Hermione to accompany his family to the Quidditch World Cup. The Weasley family obtained tickets from Ludo Bagman in thanks for help with a family problem. Ron was in awe of his favorite Quidditch Player, Viktor Krum, who was the seeker for the Bulgarian Team. During the match, Ron tried to repay Harry for all the generosity Harry had shown to the Weasley family over the years with the leprechaun gold given out by the Irish Team's mascots, not realizing that it would later become useless.

Ron was thrilled to learn that Krum and other students from the Durmstrang Institute would be attending Hogwarts that year to participate in the Triwizard Tournament. Ron was highly tempted to participate in the contest despite the age restrictions; the prospect of fame and the prize money of 1000 Galleons were very attractive to him. When Harry was chosen as a fourth Champion, Ron was extremely jealous and temporarily broke off their friendship. This rift was mended when later Ron realized Harry would never have willingly volunteered himself for such a dangerous contest as the Triwizard Tournament.

During that same year, Ron found himself baffled at the differences in maturity levels of girls and boys his age. When the Yule Ball took place before the Christmas holidays, Ron and Harry realized they had put off asking any girls to accompany them and almost everyone had committed to dates. Ron insulted Hermione by suggesting she didn't yet have a date and could accompany him. Charmed by the beauty of Fleur Delacour, the Triwizard Champion from Beauxbatons Academy, Ron clumsily asked her as well, but fled in horrified embarrassment. Harry was able to get them both dates with the Patil twins, Parvati and Padma. Ron's "traditional" dress robes were so old-fashioned and ugly that it embarrassed Padma to be seen with him. The party was entirely ruined when Ron, overcome with jealousy, found out Hermione had been asked to the Yule Ball by his idol, Viktor Krum.

Ron was forced to face the reality that there were bigger things at stake than his success with girls when his schoolmate Cedric Diggory was murdered in the course of the Third Triwizard Task. He was one out of only three people Harry Potter told the details of the murder to.

Fifth Year at Hogwarts


With Lord Voldemort's second rise to power, the Order of the Phoenix was reconvened. Ron became a member of sorts, though he was too young to be a full-fledged member. His entire family belonged to the Order. It came as a surprise to everyone, even Ron, when he was made a Gryffindor Prefect before the beginning of the school year. At the same time, Ron's brother Percy wrote him a letter urging him to cut ties with Harry Potter and encouraged him to view his father in an unfavourable light. Percy insisted their father was a pathetic failure, which Ron immediately dismissed.

At Hogwarts, that year's new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor was the Ministry of Magic official Dolores Umbridge. As she does not teach the students at all, and forces them to only read their textbooks in complete silence, Ron and Hermione encouraged Harry to undertake a project to teach their fellow students practical Defence.

"Weasley Cannot save a thing, He can't block a single ring. That's why Slytherins all sing, Weasley is our king!..."

- Slytherins taunt Ron.

During that same year, Ron auditions for the position of Gryffindor Quidditch Team Keeper, which was left open when Oliver Wood finished his education at Hogwarts. He successfully obtained the position, showing skill in an area he had never previously undertaken. Draco Malfoy preys on Ron's nervousness by teaching Slytherin House a jingle called "Weasley is Our King," which they chanted throughout Gryffindor matches. Much to their dismay, however, Ron managed to block almost every single shot in the final match.

Later that year, Harry had a dream that Arthur Weasley was attacked by Nagini in the Department of Mysteries. That vision turned out to be a witnessing of an actual event. When Harry had a similar dream of Sirius Black being tortured by Lord Voldemort, Ron, Harry, Hermione, Ginny, Luna Lovegood and Neville Longbottom ventured to the Ministry of Magic by themselves to rescue him.

Harry's vision was in actuality a trick designed to lure Harry to the Department of Mysteries so Voldemort could obtain an orb from the Hall of Prophecies. During the battle that ensued between the students and a squad of Death Eaters led by Lucius Malfoy, Ron was completely disabled with a jinx that made him giggle at everything. Because of this jinx, Ron thought a tank of brains under study was so funny that he summoned them at himself. The brains, animated like jellyfish, attacked him. Though he received scars from the ordeal, he made a full mental recovery.

Sixth Year at Hogwarts
During the summer following the battle, Ron learned he had received seven O.W.L.s, only failing Divination and History of Magic. Ron explained he didn't mind as he wasn't planning to take those in his sixth year, regardless.

That school year, Ron's beloved sister Ginny became more involved with boys. After a Quidditch practice, Ron came upon Ginny kissing Dean Thomas, and he scolded her for making unwise choices. She consequently belittled him for his complete inexperience with the opposite sex, insinuating that both Harry and Hermione had more experience than he had. He was so bothered by their quarrel that he began to perform badly in Quidditch. Ron played so poorly that he even offered to resign from the team. As a match against Slytherin neared, Ron was extremely nervous. Harry pretended to pour the potion Felix Felicis into Ron's pumpkin juice at breakfast. Harry even allowed Hermione to see the vial so she would object to the cheating. This convinced Ron that he had an edge in the game, which caused Ron to play excellently. However, when after the match Harry revealed it was a trick, Ron rounded on Hermione and accused her of having no faith in his abilities.

Shortly thereafter, Ron began his over-the-top exhibitionist relationship with Lavender Brown. Hermione was so angry and hurt by Ron's actions that she cast Avis at him, and later asked a boy named Cormac McLaggen on a date purely to retaliate against Ron. By Christmas break, however, Ron was avoiding Lavender, and their relationship began to sharply decline.

Twice in 1996 Ron consumed food that was poisoned or otherwise inedible. He ate a chocolate from a present sent to Harry from Romilda Vane which was super-saturated with a Love Potion. Upon ingesting the chocolate, Ron became maddened with a carnal need to see and be with Romilda. When Ron was taken to Slughorn's office to get an antidote, he was nearly killed by poisoned mead intended for Albus Dumbledore. Harry managed to save Ron with a bezoar. After Ron's near-death experience, he and Hermione quietly reconciled.

Search for the Horcruxes
After the murder of Albus Dumbledore in 1997, Ron left Hogwarts to accompany Harry and Hermione on a quest to destroy the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort. They left on this journey after the wedding of Ron's older brother Bill to Fleur Delacour was interrupted with the news that the Ministry of Magic had fallen to Voldemort.

The trio reclaimed Salazar Slytherin's locket from the possession of Dolores Umbridge, but weeks passed after that with no further progress. The presence of the locket in the group caused great tension and animosity. Ron began feeling intense anger and senselessly lashed out at his friends, while the energy within the locket probed his thoughts and exploited his emotional weaknesses. Ron abruptly abandoned his friends one evening after getting into a fight with Harry over the additional task of locating the Sword of Gryffindor in order to destroy the locket. As soon as he was outside the presence of the Horcrux, Ron recovered himself and realized what had happened. He was unable to rejoin them, however, and continually failed to Apparate to the correct locations. Eventually, he received signals from Dumbledore's Deluminator with indications of where to locate his friends.

Ron made his way to the Forest of Dean where he arrived in time to rescue Harry from drowning in a semi-frozen pond. When Ron attemped to use Godric Gryffindor's sword to destroy the locket, horrible, spectral images came forth which cruelly mocked Ron to the point of tears. However, Ron successfully destroyed the Horcrux.

"I have seen your dreams, Ronald Weasley, and I have seen your fears. All you desire is possible, but all that you dread is also possible… Least loved, always, by the mother who craved a daughter… Least loved, now, by the girl who prefers your friend… Second best, always, eternally overshadowed…"

- The locket horcrux taunting Ron about his darkest fears

When the group is captured by Snatchers led by Fenrir Greyback and taken to Malfoy Manor, Ron tries to persuade Bellatrix Lestrange to take him for questioning instead of Hermione, but is forced into the dungeon with Harry, Dean Thomas and others while Hermione is tortured above. Her screams reduce Ron to sobs. When he and Harry go up to save her with assistance from Dobby, Ron disarms Bellatrix and pulls Hermione from the wreckage of the fallen chandelier, disapparating them to Shell Cottage.

During the Battle of Hogwarts, Ron and Hermione entered the Chamber of Secrets to retrieve Basilisk fangs. Ron mimicked the Parseltongue he had heard Harry use in 1992 and succeeded in gaining entrance to the Chamber. Hermione used the fangs to destroy the Horcrux of Helga Hufflepuff's Cup. When Ron expressed desire to evacuate the house-elves from the Hogwarts Kitchens, Hermione, who had always been concerned for creatures so often mistreated by society, was so touched that she kissed him, much to Ron's delight. However, Harry pointed out that there was a war going on.

Harry, Ron and Hermione entered the Room of Requirement to find Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem, but were ambushed by Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, and Gregory Goyle. When Crabbe unleashed a cursed fire, the trio escaped by means of broomsticks; Harry saved Draco and Ron and Hermione saved Goyle. They then witnessed the death of Ron's brother Fred in combat, which devastated Ron, who wanted revenge. The trio made their way to the Shrieking Shack, and witnessed Nagini kill Severus Snape on Voldemort's orders.

Following Harry's alleged death, the Battle of Hogwarts resumed, and Ron and Neville Longbottom brought down Fenrir Greyback. Ron witnessed Harry defeat Lord Voldemort once and for all, and survived the battle without serious injury.

Career Acheivements
Ron Weasley never received a seventh year of education at Hogwarts. Instead, he obtained brief employment with his brother George at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes on Diagon Alley. Following this, Ron obtained employment through the Ministry of Magic as an Auror, along with Harry Potter. Their work in the Ministry "revolutionized" the Auror department and "made a new world" for the Wizarding community.

At some point Ron obtained a Muggle driver's license, perhaps indicating that, like his father Arthur, he had an interest in Muggle Studies. He also admitted to putting a spell on the Muggle driving inspector because he had forgotten to use his outside mirror properly.

Sometime between 1998 and 2006, Ron was married to Hermione Granger and was the father to two children: Rose and Hugo. He is also the godfather of Harry and Ginny's son, James.

Physical Description and Traits
"I'm the sixth in our family to go to Hogwarts. You could say I've got a lot to live up to ... Everyone expects me to do as well as the others, but if I do, it's no big deal, because they did it first."

- Ron Weasley



Ron Weasley takes after his fellow Weasleys, with red hair, pale skin and a freckled face. He is tall and slim, and would in time grow taller than his twin brothers Fred and George. His sister Ginny joked that Ron had a Pygmy Puff tattoo, but she "didn't say where."

Ron has a sardonic, wisecracking sense of humor and is more melancholy than his older brothers. He is also sensitive to the reality of his family's economic standing. Unlike many other pure-blood wizarding families, the Weasleys did not live in a mansion, nor did they rely on the comfort of generations of inheritances. Though the Weasley children always had clean clothing, shelter, and ample school supplies, they were far from rich, and Ron was embarrassed of this. He originally had his brother Charlie's old wand, a handed-down pet rat named Scabbers, hand-me-down clothes from Bill and very old fashioned dress robes. His family's economic standing was one of the many things that made him a target for bullying by Draco Malfoy.

Ron at times makes rash decisions, and was awkward with girls in his school years. He suffers from severe arachnophobia; his boggart takes the form of an Acromantula. This fear originated from an event in his childhood, in which his brother Fred transfigured his teddybear into a spider as punishment for breaking his toy broomstick.

Family Dynamics
As a boy, Ron was very protective of his younger sister Ginny. Ron admired his older brothers as role models, especially Bill and Charlie for their career acheivements after Hogwarts.

Friendships
Harry Potter was largely considered part of the Weasley family and became like another brother to Ron. Like all brothers, they sometimes fought. When Harry was chosen by the Goblet of Fire as Champion for the Triwizard Tournament, Ron believed Harry had indeed cheated to get into the contest. The two briefly fell out, but the friendship was repaired after the Tournament's First Task. By and large, Ron Weasley has been fiercely loyal to Harry Potter and risked life and limb on countless occasions for him.

Ron's relationship with Hermione Granger began as a rivalry, but evolved into a close friendship and, eventually, a romantic relationship culminating in marriage. During their school years, Ron at times took advantage of Hermione's intelligence and aptitude by having her finish his homework.

"Just because it's taken you three years to notice, Ron, doesn't mean no one else has spotted I'm a girl!"

- Hermione Granger

After failing to ask Hermione to the Yule Ball in 1994, Ron became jealous of Viktor Krum, who had invited Hermione before him. This jealousy extended in excess of three years, and was rekindled in Ron each time he had the misfortune of running into Krum at social gatherings.

Ron Weasley began dating Lavender Brown in 1996, purely to make Hermione jealous. His brief relationship with Lavender - and the resultant huge fight with Hermione - extended through the school term's Christmas break. After his poisoning on his seventeenth birthday, Hermione and Ron resolved their differences in private and resumed their friendship. Lavender's suspicions and accusations of romantic feelings between Ron and Hermione brought the relationship to an inevitable end.

Ron's relationship with Hermione inched toward romance through the end of the series, ultimately resulting in a kiss between them during the Battle of Hogwarts. It is revealed in the epilogue that the two later married.

Hermione Granger


Ron has been best friends with Hermione Granger since his first year at Hogwarts. His relationship with her has been this and that. The relationship between them has had immense sexual tension, but both haven't tried for anything more during the first 6 books, except for some unsucessful incidents.

In his first year, Hermione Granger was nuisance and annoyance to Ron, trying to stop him from getting in trouble and being "show-offy" in class. She tried to stop Ron and Harry from getting in trouble, but got on the bad side of Ron. He was nasty towards her until he and Harry save her from the Troll. From that they become friends. They become best friends as they go through the year.

In Ron's second year they are still best friends. Hermione still tries to stop them from getting in trouble, but goes off that rule when people are attacked. When Hermione is Petrified by the basilisk, he becomes less cheery and becomes gloomy and fixated on anything that will help Hermione.

In his third year, sexual tension is built up more. There is a friction between the two when Hermione buys a cat named Crookshanks and Crookshanks is repeatingly trying to get Scabbers, Ron's pet rat. Later, in the school year, Harry receives a firebolt, but Hermione suspects foul play and takes it for inspection. This caused a bigger strain on their relationship and when Scabbers goes missing and Ron thinks Crookshanks ate him, this widens it. Though, the strain was repaired, somewhat, when Buckbeak was sentenced to die and a trial was ready to consider if he were to. They eventual make up.

In his fourth year, they are still best friends, but when Hermione creates S.P.E.W. and Ron opposes saying how house-elves like serving and she shouldn't do S.P.E.W.. Their friendship becomes somewhat frictioned. Though, they are on talking terms. When Hermione goes to the Yule Ball with Viktor Krum, he is furious and jealous. He wanted to ask Hermione, but failed to do so in time. They argued bitterly over it. The two made up, but Ron was still somewhat mad that he didn't ask Hermione out in time.

In his fifth year, they are still best friends. They go through D.A. meetings, Ministry, and other things. When, Ron heard Hermione was "pen-pal buddies", he was subdued for most of the day he learned so.

In his sixth year, they are still friends. But, when Hermione and Harry are invited to Slug Club parties, he becomes envious. And when Hermione is able to ask someone to a special Slug Club party, Ron becomes jealous. They talk about this during Herbology and it is revealed that Hermione was going to ask Ron out to it. Ron's attitude changes, but he has already done damage to her asking. When, Ron catches Ginny making out with Dean Thomas, it's revealed that Hermione has snogged Viktor Krum. He becomes gloomy and acts coldly toward her. When Hermione accuses Harry that he slipped Felix Felices, it's proven that Ron wasn't slipped with lucky potion, after his great game, Ron makes fun of her. Later, in the commom room Harry and Hermione see, at different times, Ron making-out with Lavender Brown shoved against her. Harry sees lastly and goes to find Hermione, who is in a spare classroom. She is sad and hurt. At this time Ron comes in with Lavender laughing and holding her by the wrist dragging her in. Lavender leaves leaving Ron, Hermione, and Harry alone. Ron leaves and Hermione conjures a flock of yellow birds at Ron, chasing him. Ron was shown having a very public relationship with Lavender Brown, showing that it was mainly snogging. The two ceased on speaking. As revenge, Hermione asked Cormac McLaggen to the Slug Club party. Ron is mad because she asked him and that she asked the one person who almost became Gryffindor keeper.

Etymology
Ronald comes from the Old Norse Rögnvaldr meaning "Having the Gods' Power." Bilius comes from the word bile, as one of the four Medieval "humours." The humour bile controls anger and irritation. Weasley was a name chosen by J.K. Rowling because of her fondness for stoats.

Behind the scenes

 * Ron Weasley is played by Rupert Grint in the Harry Potter films.
 * Rupert Grint is like Ron in that he comes from a large family and is also arachnophobic.
 * In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Professor Horace Slughorn refers to Ron by several names, one of which is Rupert.
 * J.K. Rowling indicated that Ron, along with Harry and Hermione, got their own Famous Witch or Wizard cards, which was the "greatest point in Ron's life."
 * Ron was one of the few characters who was created before J.K. Rowling began writing the series.
 * Ron is usually the one that explains anything to do wih the Ministry of Magic besides Hermione.

Appearances

 * Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
 * Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
 * Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
 * Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
 * Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
 * Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
 * Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

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