Percy Weasley

Percy Ignatius Weasley (born 1976) is the third eldest child of Arthur and Molly Weasley. Of all the Weasley children, only Percy demonstrates serious character flaws. Wiry and red-haired, Percy appears first in 1991 at the age of fifteen as the prefect of Gryffindor. Already a stickler for following the rules, Percy gets along quite well initially with Hermione, but his determination to do things strictly according to the book bring him into increasing conflict with the people, first with his brothers and later with his parents and even Harry Potter himself. The good natured taunting that occurs when it is discovered that Percy has been made Head Boy at the beginning of the 1993/4 school year. Percy passed 12 O.W.L.S in his fifth year. Even after it was revealed Voldemort was alive and plotting, Percy did not forgive his family.

In 1994, he is appointed to a junior position at the Ministry of Magic later gives way to real rivalry and bitterness when Percy refuses to accept Harry's declaration that Lord Voldemort has returned. He use to work for Barty Crouch Sr, before he turned up dead. Percy had been taken orders from letters while Barty Crouch was supposedly sick, when he was actually being held captive by Lord Voldemort. When this was discovered, it was suspicous how he has had come this far after that incident, and it is possible Cornelius Fudge only hired him to find out what Albus Dumbledore was doing.

In 1995. Percy's ambitions and slavish devotion to the Ministry results in a complete break with his family. You can tell of Percy's tastes when he says Dolores Umbridge is a "delightful woman."

From the words of Albus Dumbledore, "It is a lot easier to forgive someone when they're wrong, then when they're right,"

In 1996, however, Percy shows up at a family Christmas celebration in order to allow the Minister of Magic to talk with Harry Potter. It appeard he had come back to the family at Christmas in HBP, but it was only a ploy so that Rufus Scrimgeour could have a talk with Harry Potter. It ended with Percy storming out of the house after a piece of food was flung at him. Percy was among those Ministry Officials who attended Albus Dumbledore's Funeral, which angered Ron.