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Early life
"Fred and George tried to get me to make one when I was about five. I nearly did, too, I was holding hands with Fred and everything when Dad found us. He went mental. Only time I've ever seen Dad as angry as Mum. Fred reckons his left buttock has never been the same since."

- Ron on his brothers' attempt to get him to make an Unbreakable Vow

Ronald Bilius Weasley was the sixth of seven children born to Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett). He was born at the height of the First Wizarding War. In the fighting his maternal uncles Fabian and Gideon Prewett, both members of the Order of the Phoenix, were killed fighting Death Eaters. While he was still a toddler, the wizarding world became peaceful again, for a time, after Lord Voldemort's first defeat on October 31, 1981.

Ron and his five older brothers - Bill, Charlie, Percy, and Fred and George — as well as his younger sister, Ginny, grew up in the Burrow in Ottery St. Catchpole in Devon. The Weasley family was poor, which they tried their best to make up for with love, though many other pure-blood families disdained them for their "blood traitor" beliefs and lack of wealth. The Weasley siblings were fond of teasing and playing pranks on each other, and Ron was a particular target for Fred and George. They once transfigured his teddy bear into a giant spider, sparking his arachnophobia, nearly got him to make an Unbreakable Vow on another occasion, which for once made their father truly furious, and they once got him to eat an Acid Pop which burnt a hole through his tongue.



First year
"Red hair, and a hand-me-down robe? You must be a Weasley!"

- Draco Malfoy meeting Ron for the first time.

Ron began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991 at the customary age of eleven. He was sorted into Gryffindor House, like every other member of his family. On his first trip on the Hogwarts Express, Ron met and became fast friends with Harry Potter, the famous Boy Who Lived. Harry showed Ron great generosity by purchasing a quantity of snacks from the Hogwarts Express food trolley to share with Ron, and that simple act set in motion a lifelong friendship. Examples of this included: Harry standing up for Ron against bigot bully Draco Malfoy, reassuring Harry that it was not his fault that Severus Snape, the Potions Master, gave him a hard time; agreeing to act as his second during what would be a midnight duel but was in actuality a dirty trick by Draco to get Harry and Ron in trouble.

Ron and Harry also first met Hermione Granger on the train but did not particularly like her. Ron, especially, was annoyed by what he saw as Hermione showing off her knowledge of magic, such as when she corrected him on the pronunciation of the incantation for a Hover Charm. Talking to Harry prior to the Halloween feast, he insulted her. Unfortunately, she overheard and went running to the girl's bathroom in tears. That evening, during the holiday feast, it was announced that a troll was loose in the school. Ron and Harry came to Hermione's rescue, and she, in return, lied to protect them from the professors. The three were best friends ever since.



During their First year, the three of them learned that the Philosopher's Stone was being hidden in Hogwarts and sought to protect it from being acquired by Severus Snape, who the young wizards believed to be working for Lord Voldemort. It turned out that Quirinus Quirrell was actually acting on behalf of Lord Voldemort. Ron's talent in Wizard's Chess, owed to an old and battered chess set that was passed to him from a grandfather, became a life-saving asset when the trio came to Professor 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, allowing Harry and Hermione to move on. Ultimately, the three succeeded in defeating Quirrell and protecting the Philosopher's Stone, and Ron was awarded 50 House points by Albus Dumbledore for "the best played game of chess that Hogwarts has seen these many years," contributing to Gryffindor winning the House Cup.

Second year
"Honestly sir, I think it did more damage to us than we did to it."

- Ron Weasley to Severus Snape in 1992.



Having not heard from Harry Potter during the whole summer of 1992, Ron and his older twin brothers, in a harebrained scheme to rescue him from 4 Privet Drive, drove their father's Flying Ford Anglia to the Muggle town of Little Whinging and tore the bars from Harry's bedroom window using the car's horsepower. Ron helped Harry get his things in the car, and they left for the Burrow. Upon landing Ron and his brothers were chastised by their mother for having taken such a risky course of action. At the start of that year's school term, Ron and Harry missed the Hogwarts Express due to 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 the tree retaliated, and the car jettisoned them and took off into the Forbidden Forest, where it remained.

Ron's wand was damaged in the crash, causing him problems for the entire school year. For instance, it backfired when Ron attempted to curse Draco Malfoy in retaliation for him calling Hermione by the extremely offensive term "Mudblood." Malfoy’s derision for Muggle-borns led Ron, Harry, and Hermione to suspect that he was the Heir of Slytherin who opened the Chamber of Secrets that year, unleashing a "monster" that began to attack Muggle-born students.

To investigate this theory, Hermione brewed Polyjuice Potion which greatly surprised Ron in that she was so overtly breaking the rules. When the time came to use the potion, Ron was made to impersonate Vincent Crabbe, and Harry impersonated Gregory Goyle, while Hermione's transformation was unsuccessful because she mistook hair from Millicent Bulstrode's cat for her own. Ron and Harry realised that Malfoy was not the Heir of Slytherin and were both greatly upset when Hermione became another victim of the "monster," ending up petrified in the hospital wing, though she left her friends a clue that led them to deduce that the monster was a basilisk.

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. When he and Harry learned that Ron's younger sister, Ginny, was dying in the Chamber of Secrets, they raced to save her, planning to give their information to Professor Gilderoy Lockhart. When the pair discovered that the professor was cowardly attempting to flee, they drew their wands on him and forced him to join them as they ventured into the Chamber of Secrets. Shortly after Ron, Harry, and Lockhart entered the Chamber, Lockhart attempted to wipe their memories in order to get out of the Chamber and take credit for their efforts in a bid for fame. Unfortunately for him, he used Ron's damaged wand, and the spell backfired, causing permanent amnesia in Lockhart. Ron was left behind to tend to Lockhart, as Harry delved deeper into the Chamber, saving Ginny and defeating Salazar Slytherin's Basilisk.

Ron was honored with a Special Award for Services to the School, as well as earning two hundred House points for Gryffindor for his work concerning re-sealing the Chamber of Secrets.

Third year


In the summer following Ron's second year at Hogwarts, the Weasleys won the Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw. Ron and his family used the money to travel to Egypt to visit Ron's eldest brother, Bill. News of their lucky break made the Daily Prophet, and Ron sent that newspaper clipping and a Sneakoscope to Harry for his birthday. They met on the last day of the summer, when Ron and his family visited Diagon Alley with Harry and Hermione and took up rooms in the Leaky Cauldron in preparation for catching the Hogwarts Express.

Also that summer, Sirius Black, the most notorious prisoner in Azkaban, escaped, and in light of this incident, security was stepped up at Hogwarts which Ron and his friends first noticed when the Hogwarts Express was stopped and searched. Once at the school, Dumbledore announced that Dementors would be stationed around the school to prevent Black from entering the school. This was done under the assumption that Harry was the target of Sirius Black's future misdeeds.

Upon starting the term, the Third years began taking new classes. Ron and Harry had chosen Divination and Care of Magical Creatures, while Hermione decided to take every possible class offered and began to exhibit strange behaviour that neither Ron nor Harry could figure out. The pair quickly decided that Divination was not a class they particularly liked and that the professor, Sybill Trelawney, was a fake. Ron's first Care of Magical Creatures was an outright disaster. Hagrid, the new Care of Magical Creatures professor, had planned what he thought to be a spectacular lesson on Hippogriffs, when a hippogriff named Buckbeak attacked Draco Malfoy after Malfoy had insulted the proud creature causing Malfoy to promise revenge. Also during that week, Ron had his first Defence Against the Dark Arts lesson with the new professor, Remus Lupin, and in short order Ron thought that Lupin was an excellent professor.

On Halloween, Ron and Hermione went on their first Hogsmeade trip. Harry, however, could not join them as his Uncle Vernon refused to sign his permission slip and had to remain in the castle. Meanwhile, Ron and Hermione visited every building in the village and brought back loads of sweets for Harry. That night while the students were in the Great Hall, Sirius Black snuck into the castle, and the students were forced to spend the evening in the Great Hall.

Just prior to Christmas, Hagrid received a formal complaint from the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures about Buckbeak. When he shared this with Ron, Harry, and Hermione, the trio promised to do everything in their power to help defend Buckbeak. Ron and Harry put the defence of Buckbeak on the back-burner when on Christmas Day, Harry received a Firebolt from a mysterious benefactor. When Hermione, fearing for Harry's safety, turned the broomstick in, Ron stopped talking to Hermione. The firebolt fiasco only added to the tension between the two, as Hermione's new cat Crookshanks had been continually trying to attack Ron's rat Scabbers. A few weeks later, when the two were on the verge of reconciliation, Scabbers disappeared and Ron blamed Crookshanks, perpetuating the row between them.

In the meantime, Black had yet to be found, and the night following the Gryffindor vs. Ravenclaw Quidditch match, he slipped into Gryffindor tower. Hearing the sound of shredding curtains, Ron awoke with a start to see Black standing over him brandishing a knife. He screamed, and Black fled. This incident made Ron temporarily famous within the walls of Hogwarts, but he came back down to Earth when Hagrid scolded he and Harry about their treatment of Hermione who Hagrid told them was in over her head with all of her classes and the work she was doing for Buckbeak. Abashed, the pair patched it up with her a few days later, when they got a letter from Hagrid saying that Buckbeak had been convicted and sentenced to death.



With exams bearing down upon them, the trio set about studying and attempting to help Hagrid with Buckbeak's appeal. The appeal took place on the last day of their exams. Upon hearing that Buckbeak was to be executed, Ron and his friends went to visit Hagrid in the evening just before the execution. They offered to help set the record straight, but Hagrid told them that they would be in more trouble if they were seen. While helping the sobbing Hagrid with some milk, Hermione found Scabbers. Soon they were ushered out the back of the hut, all the while they continued to lobby for a chance to set the record straight. When they heard what sounded like the execution, Ron and his friends set off for the castle in a slight state of shock.

Before they made it back there, Scabbers began to squirm in Ron's hands and escaped. Not wanting to lose his pet again, Ron chased after him with Harry and Hermione at his heels. He caught up to the rat, but not before they were in the shadow of the Whomping Willow. He looked up to see a large black dog bearing down upon him. The dog lunged at Ron and dragged him into the tunnel underneath the Willow, breaking Ron's ankle in the process. When the dog reached its destination, it released Ron and revealed itself to be Sirius Black, an Animagus. Hearing footsteps approaching, Ron called out a warning for his friends, but it was too late.



Black ambushed Harry and Hermione, disarming them when they entered the room where Ron was being held. Upon seeing him, Harry physically attacked Black with Hermione and the injured Ron helping in any way they could, but Harry could not bring himself to finish the job when he had Black in his power, and he was disarmed by Professor Lupin. Initially relieved at the sight of Lupin, Ron quickly became worried when Lupin and Black embraced like brothers and demanded that Ron turn over his rat, Scabbers. After Ron balked at the suggestion and Hermione accused Lupin of many terrible things including being a Werewolf, Sirius Black and Professor Lupin began spinning a long tale Ron, Harry, and Hermione of their youth at Hogwarts and how a wizard named Peter Pettigrew, who most believed dead, actually betrayed James and Lily Potter. Partially convinced, Ron handed over Scabbers when Lupin promised that if it were actually a rat, no harm would come to it, and Scabbers was revealed to be Pettigrew who confessed and begged for the mercy of his former friends.

When it was decided that Pettigrew was to be turned over to the Dementors, Lupin splinted Ron's leg, and the assembled company left for the castle. Along the way, the full moon broke through the clouds, and Lupin began to transform. In the confusion, Pettigrew stole Lupin's wand, attacked Ron, and escaped. Ron came to hours later in the Hospital wing, and was told that his friends had managed to save Sirius and Buckbeak from their fates. As a replacement for his lost pet, Sirius sent Ron Pigwidgeon, a tiny owl.

Fourth year
"Look, it’s always you who gets all the attention, you know it is. I know it’s not your fault. I know you don’t ask for it...but — well — you know, Ron’s got all those brothers to compete against at home, and you’re his best friend, and you’re really famous — he’s always shunted to one side whenever people see you, and he puts up with it, and he never mentions it, but I suppose this is just one time too many...."

- Hermione Granger on Ron after Harry's name came out of the Goblet of Fire

In the summer of 1994, Ron invited Harry and Hermione to accompany his family to the Quidditch World Cup which was being held in Britain for the first time in decades. While Hermione joined the Weasleys at The Burrow, Harry had to be picked up from the Dursleys. Ron's father arranged to pick up Harry via the Floo Network, not knowing that the Dursleys' fireplace was blocked, so when Ron, his father, and his brothers tried to fetch Harry they ended up stuck in the chimney, parts of 4 Privet Drive were destroyed before Harry returned to the Burrow. The following day, Harry, Hermione, and all the Weasleys except Molly left for the Quidditch World Cup, where they pitched camp and met many of their friends from school or work. They had prime seats for the match, thanks to Mr. Weasley who had helped Head of the Department of Magical Games and Sports, Ludo Bagman, out of jam. During the match, Ron watched his Quidditch idol, Viktor Krum, the Bulgarian Seeker, play an exceptional match, catching the Snitch to end the game.

That evening, while the Irish fans were still up celebrating, trouble began stirring. Those Death Eaters, former followers of Lord Voldemort, who had escaped punishment chose to let off a little steam. Donning their old uniforms, they attacked the campsite where Ron and his friends and family were staying. In the confusion, Mr. Weasley ordered Ron, Harry, Hermione, Fred, George, and Ginny to run for safety, while he and the older Weasley children set off to help the Ministry. Setting off into the woods, Ron, Hermione, and Harry quickly lost the others, but they did find Draco Malfoy. Malfoy menacingly suggested that Hermione could be a target of the Death Eaters, causing Ron to insist that she and Harry join him in going deeper into the woods.

In the summer of 1994, Ron 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 favourite 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 realising that it would later become useless. When the Death Eaters attacked the camp, Ron, Harry, and Hermione fled into the woods on the orders of Mr. Weasley. After the trio encountered Draco Malfoy and learned that the Death Eaters were seeking Muggles and Muggle-borns, Ron became protective of Hermione and suggested that they move deeper into the woods. A little later, Ron witnessed the casting of the Dark Mark by Barty Crouch Jr.

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, as well as students from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. Ron was highly tempted to try 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. Ron's relationship between both of his friends seemed rocky that year. When Harry was unexpectedly chosen as a fourth Champion, Ron was among the many students who suspected that Harry had cheated to get his name in the Goblet of Fire, and jealous of the fact that Harry, already famous and wealthy, was getting even more glory. This led to a temporary rift in their friendship, despite Hermione's attempts to reconcile them. After the First Task, however, Ron realised how truly dangerous the Tournament was and that Harry would never have willingly volunteered himself for it, and the friends made up.



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 realised they had put off asking any girls to accompany them and almost everyone had committed to dates. Charmed by the beauty of Fleur Delacour, the Triwizard Champion from Beauxbatons and a Part-Veela, Ron clumsily asked her to attend the ball with him, but fled in horrified embarrassment. He also offended Hermione first by not asking her, and then by suggesting that she didn't have a date and thus could accompany him. Harry was eventually able to get them both dates with Parvati and Padma Patil.

Ron's "traditional" dress robes were so old-fashioned and ugly that it embarrassed Padma to be seen with him, and the twins were further annoyed when Harry and Ron did not ask them to dance. While Harry watched Cho Chang, Ron was overcome with jealousy over Hermione attending the ball with his Quidditch idol, Viktor Krum. This led to a blazing row between them during the end of the Yule Ball; though their friendship did not suffer, it was clear that both held unresolved feelings for the other though it would be years before it became obvious to Ron.

During the Second Task of the Tournament, Ron was Harry's "hostage", while Hermione was Viktor's. Harry used Gillyweed to breathe water temporarily and successfully saved Ron. Harry also in a fit of what Hermione would deem his "saving people thing" saved Gabrielle Delacour. Ron told Harry off initially saying that it was a waste of time, but still enjoyed the benefits when Fleur kissed him on the cheek. In June, Ron and Hermione sat together to watch Harry participate in The Third Task. The Third Task, however, ended in tragedy - both Harry and Cedric Diggory touched the Triwizard Cup, unaware that it had covertly been turned into a Portkey by Barty Crouch Jr., who had posed a Defence Against the Dark Arts professor Alastor Moody all year. That evening, Cedric was murdered by Peter Pettigrew and Lord Voldemort was reborn.

Fifth year
"Weasley cannot save a thing, he can't block a single ring. That's why Slytherins all sing, Weasley is our king!..."

- Slytherins mock Ron about his Keeper abilities

With Voldemort’s second rise to power, the Order of the Phoenix was reconvened. Ron, along with Harry and Hermione, became a member of sorts, although they were too young to become full-fledged members. Most of Ron’s family members were Order members, though his brother Percy became estranged from the family when he made it clear that his allegiance was to the Ministry of Magic, which was denying that Voldemort had returned and encouraging the press to portray Harry and Albus Dumbledore as either liars or nutters. It came as a surprise to everyone, even Ron, when he was made a Gryffindor Prefect before the beginning of the school year, as was Hermione. As a reward for having been appointed Gryffindor Prefect, Ron's mother bought him a new broomstick, a Cleansweep Eleven. Percy later wrote Ron a letter congratulating him for this, as well as urging him to cut ties with Harry and telling Ron to get into Umbridge's good books. Ron was furious with him.

The new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor during Ron’s fifth year was Dolores Umbridge, a Ministry official sent there more to keep an eye on Dumbledore than to teach. Umbridge refused to allow students to learn the subject in any practical way, forcing them only to read their textbooks and not to practice spells. Hermione and Ron (somewhat reluctantly) encouraged Harry to undertake a project to teach their fellow students practical defence — leading to the formation of Dumbledore's Army.

During that same year, Ron tried out for the position of Keeper on the Gryffindor Quidditch team, which was left open when Oliver Wood graduated from Hogwarts. Ron achieved the position, but suffered from poor nerves, which were needled by Slytherin students. They made badges with "Weasley is Our King" engraved upon them. Harry and Hermione surmised that this could not mean anything good. In order to distract and protect Ron from the badges as he and Harry left for the pitch, Hermione kissed Ron on the cheek in the only overt act of affection between them in their fifth year. To go along with these badges, Draco Malfoy invented a song called Weasley is Our King to mock Ron’s abilities, and the Slytherins took to singing it during Gryffindor matches. Ron was distraught at his performance in the first match. He even wanted to take himself off the team, but was unable when he learned of the suspension of Harry and his brothers. Much to dismay of the Slytherins, Ron managed to block almost every single shot in the final match allowing Gryffindor to claim the Quidditch Cup.

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. Ron was shaken by his father’s injury, but Arthur made a full recovery. Ron stayed at 12 Grimmauld Place along with most of his family, Harry, and Hermione over the Christmas holidays that year, so that they could visit his father during his convalescence at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries. During one of their visits to St. Mungo's, Ron overheard Mad-Eye Moody theorizing that Harry was being possessed by Lord Voldemort. Ron was worried when Harry became reclusive after this visit and wanted to talk to Harry about it. He got his chance after Hermione arrived and convinced Harry to come downstairs. Ron, Hermione, and Ginny told Harry how worried they'd been and managed to divine that he was not being possessed. During a later visit to St. Mungo's Ron learned that his friend Neville's parents were tortured to insanity by Bellatrix Lestrange.

Ron continued to learn practical defensive magic from Harry at Dumbledore's Army meetings. He eventually learned to conjure the advanced Patronus charm. Ron's took the form of a Jack Russell Terrier. Ron managed to escape when the D.A. was discovered and suffered no consequences for being a member. He was angered when Dumbledore was driven from the school, but wary when his brothers Fred and George Weasley said they were going to do their part for him. After Fred and George's escape from Hogwarts, Ron was certain that his mother will blame him. He was saved from this fate when Harry revealed that it was he who financed Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

When Harry had a dream similar to his of Ron's father about Sirius Black being tortured by Lord Voldemort at the end of the year, Ron was initially sceptical, but Harry convinced him. When Hermione convinced Harry to do the prudent thing checking 12 Grimmauld Place to see if Sirius was there, Ron went to distract Umbridge while Ginny and Luna stood guard. Unfortunately, this plan came apart quickly as Umbridge was alerted to intruders in her office. Ron was taken to Umbridge's office where his wand was taken from him and he was restrained by Slytherin student Warrington. When Hermione and Harry lead Umbridge to the Forbidden Forest, Ron and the other D.A. members fought their way out. Soon, they found Harry and Hermione and set off to London on Thestrals. 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. The six D.A. members were ambushed by twelve Death Eaters, led by Lucius Malfoy. During the battle that ensued, Ron became separated from Harry and Hermione. He was hit with a jinx that made him highly disoriented and amused at everything. Because of this jinx, when the adolescents were reunited in the Thought Chamber, Ron was highly amused by a tank of brains under study and summoned them to himself. The brains, animated like jellyfish, attacked him. Though he received scars from the ordeal, he made a full mental recovery. But sadly, during the battle Harry's godfather and Ron's distant relative, Sirius Black was killed, but if some good did follow the traumatic events that occurred in the Department of Mysteries it was that the Ministry of Magic finally believed that Lord Voldemort had indeed returned and no longer slated Harry and Dumbledore as liars.

Sixth year
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 did not mind, as he wasn't planning to take those in his sixth year, regardless. Also during that summer, Ron learned that his brother Bill was engaged to Fleur Delacour. While this annoyed his mother, sister, and later Hermione, Ron took to defending Fleur and if she surprised him, he would still take on that dumbstruck look. His soft spot for Fleur particularly annoyed Hermione who was finding it harder to keep her feelings for him under wraps. When Ron and Hermione learned that Harry was in fact the "chosen one," Ron was shocked and amazed, but remained at Harry's side.



Ron would suffer much personal turmoil in his sixth year. He was nervous about Quidditch try-outs, but beat out Cormac McLaggen in saves, partly because Hermione cast a Confundus Charm on McLaggen in retaliation for him insulting Ron and Ginny. He was also envious when Harry and Hermione were invited to the Slug Club, while the new Potions professor Horace Slughorn ignored him, and when he was paid attention to, he usually got his name wrong.During this time Ron showed brief flashes of jealousy about Harry and Hermione's closeness. He would take exception whenever Hermione complimented Harry on something Ron thought was equally due to him. Ron was temporarily mollified about this when Hermione asked if he would like to attend the club's Christmas party with her, and he agreed.

Ron was also worried over his sister's increasing involvement with boys, and after stumbling upon her kissing Dean Thomas, he blew up at her. In retaliation, Ginny belittled him for his complete inexperience with the opposite gender, declaring that Harry and Hermione had also snogged people. The siblings treated each other coldly afterwards, and Ron was so bothered by this — and by the revelation that Hermione had kissed Viktor Krum almost two years earlier — that he began to perform poorly in Quidditch. He also began to treat Hermione with a cold indifference. He even offered to resign from the team. To boost his confidence, 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 him 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 exhibitionist relationship with Lavender Brown. Hermione, incredibly angry and hurt by Ron's vindictive actions, conjured a flock of canaries to attack him; the birds scratched Ron badly, and he and Hermione ceased being on speaking terms. Hermione attended the Christmas party she had originally wanted to attend with Ron with his hated rival, Cormac McLaggen, while Ron snogged Lavender in public and made fun of Hermione's behaviour in Transfiguration class, reducing her to tears. By Christmas break, however, Ron was becoming disenchanted with his relationship with Lavender, who had become increasingly possessive, annoyed him with the nickname "Won-Won," and gave him a gift of a necklace that said "My Sweetheart." Hermione did not come to the the Burrow for the holidays, as she usually did, and Ron made an attempt to speak to her after returning to school, but she ignored him.

In March, Ron ate chocolate that he believed to be from his birthday presents, but was in fact a gift from Romilda Vane to Harry spiked with a Love Potion. Upon ingesting the chocolate, Ron became maddened with an obsessive need to see and be with Romilda. When he 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.

A panic-stricken Hermione arrived at the hospital wing, forgetting her anger with him. Ron said Hermione's name in his sleep upon hearing her speak for the first time all day, and the two quietly reconciled after his near-death experience. Ron also took to faking sleep whenever Lavender tried to visit him. His subsequent avoidance of Lavender and simultaneous spending more time with Hermione made Lavender suspicious; after she spotted him and Hermione leaving the boys' dormitories, seemingly alone (Harry was with them, but under his Cloak of Invisibility), Lavender ended the relationship, much to Ron's relief.

A little later, Ron was suitably impressed when Harry told him and Hermione how he managed to obtain the horcrux memory from Professor Slughorn. A few weeks later, when Harry used Sectumsempra on Draco Malfoy, Ron lent his potions book to Harry, so Professor Snape would not confiscate the Half-Blood Prince's book. Throughout this school year, Ron had defended Harry's use of the Half-Blood Prince's book. He thought that "the prince" had a good sense of humour and that the book was essentially harmless. Occasionally, he was jealous, because the book helped Harry cultivate the favour of Professor Slughorn, but even after the incident Ron called "the prince" a genius.

On the night of the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, Ron took Felix Felicis on Harry's instructions, along with Hermione, Ginny. Those three were joined by Neville and Luna who Hermione had summoned using the D.A. coins. While Hermione and Luna monitored Professor Snape's office, Ron and the others watched the Room of Requirement. Ron fought in the battle and survived without any major injuries thanks to the Felix Felicis. He was shaken by his oldest brother Bill's scarring at the hands of the vicious werewolf Fenrir Greyback. Shortly afterwards, Ron attended the funeral of Albus Dumbledore, where he comforted a sobbing Hermione. He and Hermione informed Harry of their intention to accompany him on a quest to locate and destroy the Horcruxes of Lord Voldemort, forgoing their seventh year of school.

Search for the Horcruxes
During the summer of 1997, Ron began planning ahead for his mission with Harry and Hermione. With the help of his father and Fred and George Weasley, Ron transfigured the family ghoul to resemble himself sick with spattergroit, which would serve as his alibi while travelling with his friends.

Battle over Little Whinging
In late July, he participated in the Order's operation to remove Harry from his childhood home, taking Polyjuice Potion to be one of the "seven Potters". He flew with Nymphadora Tonks; they were pursued by at least three Death Eaters during the battle, including Bellatrix and Rodolphus Lestrange. Ron stunned one Death Eater while flying. Ron reassured Hermione upon landing as she had been quite worried about him and he was saddened at the death of Alastor Moody. He was also saddened by the death of Harry's beloved pet owl Hedwig, which he comforted Harry over. Ron became concerned when Harry had a vision of Ollivander being tortured by Lord Voldemort.

Once Ron, Harry and Hermione were all convened at the Burrow, they made plans to leave, much to the displeasure of Ron's worried mother. During the preparations for Bill's wedding, Mrs. Weasley set Ron, Harry, and Hermione to separate tasks to prevent them from planning. On Harry's seventeenth birthday, Ron gave Harry a copy of Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches. Later that evening, Minister for Magic Rufus Scrimgeour visited the Burrow to dispense the contents of Dumbledore's will. He questioned the trio, and Ron let slip that they had no idea why Dumbledore would bequeath anything to him. Ron received Dumbledore's Deluminator.



Escape from the Burrow
The trio attended the wedding in which all summer they had been forced to prepare The Burrow for, the marrying couple was Ron's older brother Bill to Fleur Delacour on August 1. Ron was irked that Viktor Krum was a guest, especially since he immediately complimented Hermione, who Ron quickly asked to dance shortly afterwards. When Viktor asked a disguised Harry about the pair, he was disappointed to learn that they were "sort of" together. The celebrations were interrupted with the news that the Ministry of Magic had fallen to Voldemort, and Hermione Disapparated herself, Ron and Harry away from the danger to Tottenham Court Road. This was the starting point to the trio's adventure and search for the Horcruxes they needed to bring down Lord Voldemort. After they arrived at a small café they were ambushed by Death Eaters Antonin Dolohov and Thorfinn Rowle there and a skirmish broke out, after stunning and wiping the memories of the Death Eaters the trio took refuge in Harry's inherited house 12 Grimmauld Place left to him by Sirius Black.

Infiltration of the Ministry of Magic
There, the trio learned from Kreacher that Regulus Black had stolen the Horcrux Voldemort had made of Salazar Slytherin's Locket in 1979, and that it had been stolen from 12 Grimmauld Place by Mundungus Fletcher. Under interrogation, he informed them that the locket was now in the possession of Dolores Umbridge. While they were waiting for Kreacher to fetch Mundungus, they were visited by Remus Lupin. He informed the trio about the goings on in the wider Wizarding world. He told them that Harry was now the most wanted wizard in Britain and that Muggle-born wizards and witches were being rounded up. Ron immediately said that he would vouch for Hermione causing her to affectionately touch his hand. The pair had fallen asleep holding hands during their first night at Grimmauld Place.

They formulated a plan to infiltrate the Ministry, involving the use of Polyjuice Potion to assume the forms of Ministry employees. Ron, disguised as Reginald Cattermole, quickly found himself forced to separate from his friends, as Death Eater and new head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement Yaxley demanded that "Cattermole" fix the rain in his office. Ron was in over his head, but may have found a solution to the problem after asking his father for help. The trio reunited after Harry and Hermione stole the locket from Umbridge and freed some Muggle-born witches and wizards being held by the Muggle-Born Registration Commission, and then escaped, but were forced to abandon Grimmauld Place as a hideout. Ron splinched himself during their escape into the countryside and was weakened by his injury. After receiving some treatment, Ron fretted over the fate of the Cattermoles.

Leaving and returning to his friends


Afterward, weeks passed with no further progress. This, as well as the locket's negative influence, caused great tension and animosity amongst the group of friends. When he wore the locket, Ron was sullen and suspicious, lashing out at his friends and continuously complaining. Ron abruptly abandoned his friends one evening after getting into a fight with Harry over the additional task of locating Godric Gryffindor's Sword in order to destroy the locket. He accused Harry of having no plan and of not being very concerned about Ginny, whom they had learned was punished back at Hogwarts. When Ron asked if Hermione was going with him and she told him that she was staying, he accused her of choosing Harry over him, and left, despite Hermione screaming and crying for him to come back.

As soon as he was outside the influence of the Horcrux, Ron came to his senses and tried to return. However, he had a run-in with Snatchers first, who interrogated him. Ron claimed to be Stan Shunpike, and then took an opportunity to escape. He Apparated numerous times to try to find Harry and Hermione, Splinching fingernails off at one point, but could not find them. He then went to stay with Bill and Fleur at Shell Cottage. Soon after Christmas, Ron used the Deluminator Dumbledore bequeathed him to locate his friends.



Ron made his way to the Forest of Dean, where he arrived just in time to rescue Harry from drowning in a semi-frozen pond. When Ron attempted to use Godric Gryffindor's Sword to destroy the locket, horrible, spectral images came forth which cruelly mocked Ron about his many insecurities including his fears about Hermione. This brought Ron to the point of tears. However, Ron successfully destroyed the Horcrux. Afterwards, Harry took Ron aside to assuage his fears about Harry and Hermione. Saving Harry's life earned him Harry's forgiveness, but Hermione — who was unaware of what the Horcrux had done — was still furious with him for his abandonment for some time and attacked him mercilessly upon sight until Harry cast the Shield Charm to stop her.

Ambush at Lovegood House
After Ron's return, he was happy to the point of giddiness, because Ron thought that they had an ally out there somewhere. He had to hide this happiness when around Hermione in an act of contrition. When Hermione proposed a trip to the Lovegood's house to investigate a recurring symbol, Ron wholeheartedly agreed. Harry privately accused Ron of only agreeing to get back on Hermione's good side, a fact that he did not deny stating, "All's fair in love and war, and this is a little bit of both." The trio learned of the existence of the Deathly Hallows from Xenophilius Lovegood. Xenophilius, worried for his daughter Luna, who was being held hostage by Death Eaters, tried to capture the trio. They narrowly escaped, Hermione engineering it in a way that preserved Ron's alibi of being sick at home. While Harry obsessed over the Hallows, Ron and Hermione thought they should focus on finding the Horcruxes, as Dumbledore had instructed them. During Harry's period of listless obsession, Ron's leadership qualities began to show. He suggested that they search many wizarding settlements for clues if only to be in motion and actively searching.

Skirmish at Malfoy Manor
During the Easter holidays of 1998, the trio was captured by a gang of Snatchers led by Fenrir Greyback after Harry broke the Taboo curse on Voldemort's name. Harry, Hermione, and Ron quickly lied and gave fake names; Harry being Vernon Dudley, Hermione being Penelope Clearwater, and Ron being Stan Shunpike. Ron was beaten, his mouth bleeding horribly, and was then forced to use another name, Barny Weasley. They were then brought to Malfoy Manor, where Ron tried to persuade Bellatrix Lestrange to take him for questioning instead of Hermione, but was forced into the dungeon with Harry, Dean Thomas, and Griphook, where they found Luna and Mr. Ollivander, who had been captured at an earlier time. Hermione was kept upstairs and tortured by Bellatrix, her screams reducing Ron to sobs. The group was saved by Dobby, who was sent by Aberforth Dumbledore. He freed Harry and Ron to run upstairs to save Hermione, who managed to lie under torture about where they had obtained Godric Gryffindor's Sword. Ron disarmed Bellatrix after she avoided a chandelier dropped by Dobby, and pulled Hermione from the wreckage of the fallen chandelier, Disapparating them both to Shell Cottage.

Gringotts break-In


There, Hermione recovered and she, Ron, and Harry planned to break into Gringotts Wizarding Bank in order to take the Horcrux within the Lestrange Vault. Griphook the goblin agreed to help them in exchange for Gryffindor's Sword. Ron, knowing that the sword was needed to destroy horcruxes was reluctant to let Harry part with it. He suggested that they delay handing the sword over until the horcruxes were destroyed. As the planning went forward, Ron along with Harry and Hermione found Griphook to be increasingly distasteful. On the morning of May, 1 1998, they broke into Gringotts with Hermione disguised as Bellatrix, Ron as a fictional foreign wizard named "Dragomir Despard", and Harry under his Invisibility Cloak with Griphook. As they were headed down into the vaults, the Gringotts defences were set against them, and Ron's disguise melted away. Once in the vault, it was discovered that all the treasure had Geminio and Flagrante spells put on them. Although they were betrayed by Griphook, the trio obtained Helga Hufflepuff's Cup and escaped the bank on the back of a dragon.

Battle of Hogwarts
Upon landing, Ron saw Harry having one of his visions. He was told that Lord Voldemort finally knew that they were hunting horcruxes and that the final one was at Hogwarts. To that end, Harry, Ron, and Hermione apparated under the Invisibility cloak to Hogsmeade looking for a way into Hogwarts. They were soon concerned by Death Eaters set to watch the town. Ron drew his wand ready to fight them, but Harry suggested that advantage lay in stealth and that attacking would give away their position. Once the Death Eaters ordered Dementors to search the town for the trio, they found refuge in the Hog's Head. After a heated discussion with the proprietor who turned out to be Aberforth Dumbledore, they were lead into Hogwarts by Neville Longbottom. They arrived in the Room of Requirement and found that the reformed Dumbledore's Army was hiding out there. Ron helped persuade Harry to let the others help.

While Harry searched for Rowena Ravenclaw's Diadem, Ron and Hermione entered the Chamber of Secrets to retrieve Basilisk fangs. Ron mimicked the Parseltongue he had heard Harry use to open Salazar Slytherin's Locket and succeeded in gaining entrance to the Chamber. Hermione used the fangs to destroy the Horcrux of Helga Hufflepuff's Cup, and they then reunited with Harry. 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, their kiss was interrupted by Harry, who pointed out that there was a war going on.

Harry, Ron and Hermione entered the Room of Requirement to find Ravenclaw's diadem, but were ambushed by Malfoy, Crabbe, and 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. Hermione managed to calm him by reminding him that they would have to fight on their way to finding Nagini, Voldemort's final Horcrux. The trio made their way to the Shrieking Shack, and witnessed the snake kill Severus Snape on Voldemort's orders.

During the pause in the Battle of Hogwarts, Ron went to the Great Hall, where Bill comforted him over Fred's death and Hermione comforted Ginny. Harry made use of their distraction to slip out and confront Voldemort. Following his alleged death, the battle resumed, and Ron and Neville Longbottom brought Fenrir Greyback down together. Ron witnessed Harry defeat Lord Voldemort once and for all, and survived the battle without serious injury.

Later life
Ron never received a seventh year of education at Hogwarts. Instead, he moved on to become an Auror, along with Harry, at the Ministry of Magic. Their work in the Ministry revolutionised the Auror department, and, along with Hermione, they helped "make a new world" for the wizarding community. At some point he worked with his brother George at Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes on Diagon Alley, which he helped turn into a real money-spinner.

Sometime between 1998 and 2006, Ron married Hermione, and the couple had two children: Rose and Hugo. Ron is also the godfather and uncle of Harry and Ginny's oldest son. At some point, Ron, Harry and Hermione were all featured on Chocolate Frog Cards for their accomplishments, which Ron considered his "finest hour".

In August of 2017, Ron obtained a Muggle driving-license. He also admitted putting a Confundus Charm on the Muggle driving inspector because he had forgotten to use his wing mirror properly, excusing this mistake because casting a Supersensory Charm would be more effective. That year, he and Hermione saw their daughter off for her first year at Hogwarts, and Ron encouraged Rose to be sorted into Gryffindor house and to beat Scorpius Malfoy in marks.

Ron also became close with Harry's children, whom one of them was his godson. Lily Luna Potter and Ron's son (Hugo) were close in age and good friends, as were Ron's daughter and Albus Severus Potter.

Third year
"I don't think Harry should be sneaking out of school with Black on the loose!"

- Hermione Granger's concern for Harry after Sirius Black's escape from Azkaban

In the summer of 1993, Sirius Black&mdash;who had been wrongly imprisoned twelve years earlier for allegedly betraying James and Lily Potter to Voldemort and killing twelve Muggles&mdash;escaped from Azkaban. This created a tense climate in the Wizarding world, and many believed that killing Harry was the object of Black's escape. As such, he was treated leniently when, late in the summer, he inadvertently engorged his "Aunt" Marge. That evening he ran away from the Dursleys, and after an enlightening journey aboard the Knight Bus, he arrived at the Leaky Cauldron, where Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge was awaiting him. After spending two happy weeks at the Leaky Cauldron, Harry met up with his friends Ron and Hermione along with the entire Weasley family, who had just returned from a holiday in Egypt. That night, Harry overheard Mr. and Mrs. Weasley arguing and learned of the Ministry's fears that Harry was the target of Sirius Black.

Prior to their departure aboard the Hogwarts Express, Mr. Weasley pulled Harry aside and in no uncertain terms told Harry not to go looking for Black. Finding only one open compartment, Harry and his friends shared their ride with a new professor, Remus Lupin. The train suddenly stopped well before it should have and was searched by Dementors looking for Black. The reacted poorly to the appearance of the dementors, passing out, and beginning a pattern that would last most of the year. The following day, Harry and his classmates began their new classes. Among the first was Care of Magical Creatures in which, Hagrid, the new professor, taught them about Hippogriffs. Unfortunately, Draco Malfoy had not been listening when Hagrid lectured and was injured by the hippogriff, Buckbeak. In Harry's other new class, Divination, the professor, Sybill Trelawney made a habit of predicting Harry's demise. On the other hand, Professor Lupin soon proved to be an excellent teacher in Defence Against the Dark Arts, where he taught the students how to combat various dark creatures.

At Halloween, the third year students went on their first visit to Hogsmeade village. Harry was not allowed to go, as he had not had his permission form signed. In light of Harry's difficulties, Ron and Hermione who had been fighting over Hermione's new cat, Crookshanks put aside their differences. While his friends were enjoying themselves in Hogsmeade, Harry visited with Professor Lupin. A few weeks later, Harry played in the first Quidditch match of the year versus Hufflepuff. In the pouring rain and storms, the teams played until the Dementors invaded the field. In their presence, Harry tumbled off his broom fifty feet to the ground. His Nimbus 2000 was destroyed in the process. Knowing that Gryffindor would not win the Quidditch Cup, if he continued to collapse in the presence of the dementors, Harry asked Lupin to help teach him how to combat them.

Just before Christmas, the school had another Hogsmeade visit. This time Harry sneaked out of the castle using the Marauder's Map, which the Weasley twins presented to him in his time of need. During his illicit visit to Hogsmeade, Harry overheard a conversation between Minister for Magic Cornelius Fudge and several of the Hogwarts teachers. Fudge told them that Black had betrayed the Potters and that he was still Harry's godfather. This revelation caused Harry great distress. To relieve Harry of some of his troubles the trio went to visit Hagrid, where they learned that Buckbeak was to be put on trial, and they promised to help his defence. Soon after, on Christmas day, Harry received a Firebolt from an anonymous benefactor. Believing it to be from Sirius Black, Hermione reported it to Professor McGonagall, causing Harry and Ron to stop talking to her.

Following the break, Lupin began his lessons with Harry. While Harry made progress, he regretted his inability to create a true Patronus many lessons in. Soon after, Harry was given his Firebolt back by Professor McGonagall, and Harry decided it was high time to patch things up with Hermione. However, that same evening, Ron's rat, Scabbers, disappeared, and Crookshanks was blamed. The boys did not reconcile with her until after the next Hogsmeade visit, when Harry was almost caught. After receiving a stern talking to, Harry and Ron emerged from Professor Lupin's office to find Hermione standing there looking distraught. She told them that Lucius Malfoy had used his influence and Buckbeak had been convicted and sentenced to execution.

The Quidditch final was soon upon them, and Harry played in the dirtiest game of his career. He managed to catch the Golden Snitch after Gyrffindor was sufficiently ahead, and Gryffidor won the Quidditch Cup. They could not celebrate for long as finals were right around the corner. Harry did well enough in the tests, and following his last final in Divination, Professor Trelawney went into a trance and predicted that the servant would return to Lord Voldemort and help him return to power. The same day, Buckbeak's appeal had taken place in the castle, where the hippogriff was, again, sentenced to death. Against the advice of Hagrid, the trio went down to his cabin to comfort him. While there, Scabbers resurfaced. When he discovered that the Ministry officials were on their way, Hagrid rushed Harry, Ron, and Hermione out the back. While they made their way back to the castle, the sound of a swishing blade rent the air, and Buckbeak was apparently executed.

Immediately afterward, Scabbers bit Ron and attempted to escape, causing Ron to chase the rat into the shadow of the Whomping Willow. Once there, he was attacked by a large black dog who dragged Ron and Scabbers into a tunnel under the Willow. Harry and Hermione followed them into the tunnel, which led them to the Shrieking Shack. There, they followed the sound of Ron and discovered him in an upstairs bedroom, where they were ambushed by Sirius Black, who was a Animagus that turned into a dog. They were saved by Professor Lupin, but then the situation turned on its head when he embraced Black like a brother, and they began talking about the long dead Peter Pettigrew. When asked to explain, they revealed that Lupin, Black, and Pettigrew went to Hogwarts with Harry's father, James, that they had all become amimagi to help Lupin with his Lycanthropy, and that in fact Peter Pettigrew betrayed the Potters. This was proven when Black and Lupin forced Scabbers to become Pettigrew. after questioning he confessed, but Harry prevented Black and Lupin from killing him.

Determined to turn Pettigrew over, they whole group set off for the castle. Along the way, the moon came out, and Lupin transformed into a werewolf. Black used his animagus powers to protect Harry and his friends but was badly injured. When Harry and Hermione went to look for him, hundreds of Dementors fell upon them, trying to perform the Dementor's Kiss on Sirius. Harry passed out, but they were saved by a mysterious figure. Harry awoke to find himself in the infirmary and that Sirius was about to be subjected to the Dementor's Kiss. He and Hermione pleaded with Dumbledore who instructed them that nothing could be done without more time. With this clue, Hermione grabbed Harry and used her Time-Turner to send them back in time. Once there, they hid out until the time was right to rescue Buckbeak, who they saved just prior to his execution. Afterward, they waited for the appropriate moment to save Sirius. While they sat in the woods, Harry tried to tell Hermione that he thought that his father might have saved them. When she reminded him that his father was dead, Harry dropped the subject. They ran for safety to Hagrid's hut when the werewolf Lupin was on the loose, and Harry, desperate to see who saved him, left to observe the situation. The dementors attacked his former self as he watched, until in a flash of clarity, Harry realised that he cast the Patronus Charm that saved his life and stepping forward Harry drove the dementors back with a powerful stag Patronus. Once reunited with Hermione the pair rode Buckbeak to Sirius's window and rescued him.