Dobby



Dobby was a house-elf who, serving the Malfoy family, desperately wanted to be free and eventually Harry Potter tricked Lucius Malfoy into giving Dobby an old sock, which meant that Dobby was free.

Dobby has since come to work at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he actually receives payment – a Galleon a week – for his services (working in the kitchen). He has given each Christmas socks to Harry and has helped him many times like in the Triwizard Tournament he gave Harry the Gillyweed he needed to breathe underwater.



Dobby has huge, green tennis-ball sized eyes and a long thin nose like a pencil. He is quite short, like all house-elves, coming up only "to Harry's navel". He is devoted to Harry Potter and to Ron Weasley, who he refers to as Harry's "Wheezy."

Dobby is particularly fond of socks, and he has begun to use his earnings to buy yarn and knit them himself.

Dobby's character achieves importance in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix when he tells Harry about the Room of Requirement and warns him when Umbridge finds out about the DA. He is also asked to keep a watch on Kreacher to make sure he behaves.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Dobby rescues Harry and the others trapped in Malfoy Manor but is killed by Bellatrix Lestrange as he Disapparates. After he dies outside of Bill and Fleur's cottage, Harry takes pains to dig a comfortable grave for Dobby without using magic, and buries the house-elf under a headstone that reads "Here lies Dobby, a free elf".