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|born = In or prior to [[1979]]<ref>She must be at least 17 to work in [[1996]].</ref>
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{{Quote|There's a customer out here looking for a joke cauldron, Mr. Weasley and Mr. Weasley.|Verity talking to Fred and George.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
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{{Quote|There's a customer out here looking for a joke [[cauldron]], Mr Weasley and Mr Weasley.|Verity talking to Fred and George.|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince}}
 
'''Verity''' (fl. [[1996]]) was a [[Great Britain|British]] [[Wizardkind|witch]] and shop assistant that worked for [[Fred and George Weasley]] in [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]].<ref name="HBP6"/>
 
'''Verity''' was a shop assistant that worked for [[Fred and George Weasley]] in [[Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes]].
 
   
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
She seems to follow a chain of command; in the [[1996]] summer holidays, [[Harry Potter]] overheard her use the formal title "Mister" to address Fred and George<ref>''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''</ref>. When Fred and George went into hiding and closed the shop in [[Diagon Alley]], it is also possible she went into hiding if she was not already in hiding.
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She seemed to follow a chain of command; in the [[1996]] summer holidays, [[Harry Potter]] overheard her use the formal title "Mister" to address Fred and George.<ref name="HBP6">{{HBP|B|6}}</ref> When Fred and George went into hiding and closed the shop in [[Diagon Alley]], it is also possible she went into hiding if she was not already in hiding.
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==Physical appearance==
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Verity was young and had short blonde hair.<ref name=hair />
   
 
==Behind the scenes==
 
==Behind the scenes==
*Verity is seen very briefly during the [[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', she is seen working on the shop's till dealing with customers. In the film adaptation she has long brown hair instead of short blonde like she does in the books.
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*Verity is seen very briefly during {{HBP|FA}}, she is seen moving boxes with joke products upstairs and later she is working on the shop's till dealing with customers. In the film adaptation she has long brown hair instead of short blonde like she does in the books. In the film adaptation she looks very much like a teenager. 
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*It is unknown who portrayed her in the film adaptation.
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*In {{LEGO|Y2}} she has white hair and white clothes. She is seen on the staircase trapped by [[Fanged Frisbee]]s, possibly [[Fanged Flyer]]s.
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*Verity is given the [[love potion|love potion&nbsp;by]] [[Harry Potter]] in {{LEGO|Y2}}. 
   
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==
*The name ''Verity'' could be derived from the French word ''Verité'', which means truth. Both derive from Latin Veritas, also meaning truth.<ref>Dictionnaire Larousse 2001</ref>
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*The name ''Verity'' could be derived from the French word ''Vérité'', which means truth. Both derive from Latin Veritas, also meaning truth.<ref>Dictionnaire Larousse 2001</ref>
   
 
==Appearances==
 
==Appearances==
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' {{1st}}
 
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)]]''
 
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*{{LEGO|Y2}}
   
 
==Notes and references==
 
==Notes and references==
 
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Revision as of 20:57, 2 October 2019

"There's a customer out here looking for a joke cauldron, Mr Weasley and Mr Weasley."
— Verity talking to Fred and George.[src]

Verity (fl. 1996) was a British witch and shop assistant that worked for Fred and George Weasley in Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.[2]

Biography

She seemed to follow a chain of command; in the 1996 summer holidays, Harry Potter overheard her use the formal title "Mister" to address Fred and George.[2] When Fred and George went into hiding and closed the shop in Diagon Alley, it is also possible she went into hiding if she was not already in hiding.

Physical appearance

Verity was young and had short blonde hair.[3]

Behind the scenes

Etymology

  • The name Verity could be derived from the French word Vérité, which means truth. Both derive from Latin Veritas, also meaning truth.[4]

Appearances

Notes and references

  1. She must be at least 17 to work in 1996.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco's Detour)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Chapter 6 (Draco's Detour) - "A young witch with short blonde hair poked her head around the curtain;"
  4. Dictionnaire Larousse 2001
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Other services

Brews and Stews · Daily Prophet's main office · Diagon Alley stalls · GalleLoans · Gold Pole · Gringotts Wizarding Bank · The Ministry Press · Ollivanders Wand Repair and Re-Tooling · Peter Boat · TerrorTours

Locations

1 Diagon Alley · 129b Diagon Alley · 18a Diagon Alley · 275 Diagon Alley · 343 Diagon Alley South · 521 Diagon Alley · 59 Diagon Alley · 92 Diagon Alley · 93 Diagon Alley · 94 Diagon Alley · Penny Haywood's flat

Known residents and shop employees

Archibald Bennett · Broom Shop shopkeeper · Badeea Ali · Badeea Ali's uncle · Clutterbuck Crispe · Cranville Quincey · Daily Prophet personnel · Edwin Avarus · Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour attendant · Fred Weasley · Garrick Ollivander · George Weasley · Healer · Jimmy Kiddell · J. Pippin · Penny Haywood · Penny Haywood's flatmate · Madam Primpernelle · Manager of Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop · Mulpepper · Podric Batworthy · Ronald Weasley · Shimmy Hardoteer · Sugarplum · Unidentified florist in Diagon Alley · Verity · Villanelle