- "If she continues like this she is going to eat herself out of house and frame!..."
- — Giffard Abbott's portrait[src]
Damara Dodderidge was a witch.
Biography
Early life
Damara may have attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and may have been Sorted into Gryffindor House.
1992-1994
By 1992, she had a portrait hung in Hogwarts Castle's Grand Staircase, and another one in Gryffindor Tower in 1993.
1995-1996
By 1995, she guarded a shortcut leading from the Grand Staircase to the Clock Tower, she was seen frequently complaining about her hunger or tiredness. By then, her password was "Chops and Gravy".[2]
1996-1997
In the next school year, Damara's portrait was moved to another place in the Grand Staircase. Despite this move, she still guarded a passage to the Clock Tower, inaccessible to all who had not got the new password: "Dashing Cadogan".[3]
Personality and traits
Damara was known being always very hungry and tired.[2] Her portrait at Hogwarts Castle depicts her like so, but by 1996 she seemed to stop constantly daydreaming about food and complaining about her tiredness. She said to be hungry once at breakfast time, though. Also by this time, she seemed to have developed a crush on fellow portrait Sir Cadogan, calling him dashing.[3]
Etymology
Damara is the Celtic goddess of fertility.
Behind the scenes
- Damara Dodderidge may have died sometime prior to 1993, as many portraits hung at Hogwarts depict deceased individuals.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (film) (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (First identified as Damara Dodderidge)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
Notes and references
- ↑ A portrait of Damara hung in Gryffindor Tower in 1993 (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game), PS2 version
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)