Michael Corner

History
Michael Corner is best known as Ginny Weasley's first boyfriend, and is friends with Terry Boot and Anthony Goldstein. His parentage is tentatively known from the interview special Harry Potter and Me. Ginny met Michael at the Yule Ball and began dating him at the end of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire; he was never mentioned in the fourth book, but this information was explained in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. His appearance is described only as "dark". It is perhaps because of his relationship with Ginny that he joined Dumbledore's Army. He initially thought Hermione only wanted to form the group so she would pass her Defence Against the Dark Arts O.W.L. later that year.

Ron often questioned Michael's intelligence, mainly due to his disapproval of Michael dating his younger sister. When Michael was duelling with Ginny during a D.A. meeting, he did not hit her, though it is unclear whether he did this because he did not know the spell or simply because he wanted to avoid cursing his girlfriend. Ginny later referred to Michael as a "fool," though not in his presence, when he nearly drew unnecessary attention to the D.A. during Dolores Umbridge's reign of terror. However, he was intelligent enough to achieve a high score on his Potions O.W.L., and was one of the few students (along with housemate Terry Boot) in Harry's year to matriculate in Slughorn's Advanced Potions class.

Ginny replaced Harry on the Gryffindor Quidditch team when he was permanently banned by Umbridge. After Gryffindor beat Ravenclaw in the Quidditch Final, Michael expressed his displeasure of the result and the relationship ended; she later called him a "bad loser." He began dating Harry's recent ex-girlfriend, the Seeker from his own team, Cho Chang.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Neville Longbottom recounts that Michael Corner was tortured by Alecto and Amycus Carrow for trying to free a first year boy from imprisonment. Subsequently, Michael is also one of the students found holed up in the Room of Requirement. He is one of several DA members that press Harry Potter to allow them to join in his conflict.