Molly Weasley

Molly Weasley (née Prewett) is the mother of the Weasley family, married to Arthur Weasley.

Molly Weasley is from a pure-blood family and is related to Sirius Black (and thus to Lucius Malfoy) by marriage. She attended Hogwarts and married Arthur Weasley shortly after finishing school. Molly was the mother of seven children: Bill, Charlie, Percy, twins Fred and George, Ron and Ginny.

Personality
Her character reflects her calling as a mother. She is devoted and hardworking, protective of her family, but not one to put up with too much nonsense from any of them. She is fiercely proud of her children's accomplishments, but scandalized by misbehaviour, and is not beyond sending a Howler to the school to humiliate one of them publicly for stepping out of line, evidenced by her reaction to the use of the unauthorized Flying Ford Anglia by Ron to reach Hogwarts at the start of the school year in 1992. Fred and George's antics, in particular, are a source of perpetual frustration for her. She sometimes finds it difficult as her children grow to maturity and strove out in their own directions. Not surprisingly, she initially considered Fleur Delacour completely wrong for Bill when they become engaged in 1996. Ironically, however, it is high achiever Percy who causes her the most pain when he breaks with the family in 1995 over their unwavering allegiance to Dumbledore.

For Harry Potter, Molly Weasley becomes his closest mother figure. Molly is appalled at the mistreatment that Harry suffers at the Dursleys, and is delighted to have Harry stay with the Weasleys at The Burrow where she could offer food, advice and general mothering. Starved for affection from his own Aunt Petunia, Harry finds warmth from Molly Weasley.

Molly has shown surprising and incredible skill at dueling, specifically when her family is threatened, as shown in 1997 when she single-handedly kills Bellatrix Lestrange (a highly dangerous and skilled duelist) after Lestrange nearly kills Molly's daughter, Ginny. This could have been urged by an emotional surge of grief and anger for the death of Fred.

Boggart
Her worst fears are seeing her family (including Harry) dead, as seen when she confronts a boggart in 12 Grimmauld Place.

Trivia
J. K. Rowling's notebook lists show Alice Longbottom as a Prewett by birth but how closely she may be related to Molly and her brothers is not known. Molly first name comes from the term Molly codlle