Hufflepuff

"You might belong in Hufflepuff, Where they are just and loyal, Those patient Hufflepuffs are true, And unafraid of toil"

- The Sorting Hat

Hufflepuff is one of the four Houses at Hogwarts. Its students are known to be hard working, friendly, loyal, and non-judgemental. However, due to Helga Hufflepuff's policy of accepting any student and its usually poor performance in the House Cup, Hufflepuff is often thought of as the place where students are sorted when they don't have any of the qualities of the other three houses.

Hufflepuff is the most inclusive among the four houses, valuing hard work, patience, friendship and fair play rather than a particular aptitude in its members. Its emblematic animal is the badger, and yellow and black are its colours. Pomona Sprout was the Head of Hufflepuff. the current appointed Head of Hufflepuff is currently unknown. The Fat Friar is its ghost. Hufflepuff corresponds roughly to the element of earth. The Hufflepuff Dormitories and Common room are accessed through a painting near the kitchens. It is a quite cozy and welcoming place not at all like a dungeon. The room is filled with yellow hangings and fat armchairs, with little underground tunnels that lead up to the dormitories, which have round barrel-top like doors. Perhaps as a consequence of the broad principles of acceptance upon which it is founded, Hufflepuff has been stereotyped as the house of the unexceptional (or, more unkindly, as "a lot o' duffers"). In Harry's first year, Professor McGonagall stated that all four of the Houses had produced exceptional witches and wizards in their time, so, though the House is said to have forgone glory for centuries, it is not without its share of exceptional individuals.

One Hufflepuff of note is Cedric Diggory, who brought his house rare glory as its Quidditch captain and later as Hogwarts' champion in the Triwizard Tournament in 1994.

Known Hufflepuffs

 * Arthur
 * Cadwallader
 * Cedric Diggory
 * Eleanor Branstone
 * Ernie Macmillan
 * Hannah Abbott
 * Justin Finch-Fletchley
 * Kevin Whitby
 * Laura Madley
 * Marilyn
 * Pomona Sprout
 * Nymphadora Tonks
 * Summerby
 * Summers
 * Susan Bones
 * Zacharias Smith