| “ | Neville Longbottom's Pure-Blood and he barely knows which end of a cauldron to use. | „ |
| ~ Hagrid's opinion of Neville Longbottom. |
| “ | Harry's heart did beat for us--for ALL of us--and it's not over! | „ |
| ~ Neville standing up to Voldemort. |
Professor Neville Longbottom (b. 30 July 1980) is one of the protagonists of the Harry Potter series. He is a pure-blood wizard who began school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991, and was sorted into Gryffindor house.
He was portrayed by Matthew Lewis.
Biography[]
Neville was born on 30 July 1980 to Alice and Frank Longbottom, who were well-respected Aurors and members of the first Order of the Phoenix.
In late 1981, four Death Eaters named Bellatrix Lestrange, her husband Rodolphus, his brother Rabastan and Barty Crouch Jr. tortured Frank with the Cruciatus Curse in an attempt to get information about the whereabouts of Lord Voldemort (who disappeared after trying to kill a one-year-old Harry Potter, whom Voldemort believed would be a threat to him). When Frank refused to give them information, the Death Eaters used the Cruciatus Curse on Alice. This attack caused Frank and Alice ro become insane and not able to recognise Neville. The Death Eaters were arrested and sent to the wizard prison Azkaban for their actions whilst Frank and Alice were placed in the Janus Thickey Ward at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries, leaving Neville to be raised by his formidable grandmother, Augusta Longbottom. Neville and Augusta would visit Frank and Alice at St Mungo's. Despite not remembering Neville as her son, Alice would give him sweet wrappers as gifts. Despite Augusta insisting that the wrappers should be disposed of as Alice had given him so many, Neville would keep them.
Coming to attend Hogwarts, Neville quickly developed a reputation as being an incompetent and accident-prone dolt. Harry only learned the truth about him near the end of his first year. However, Neville having the courage to stand up to his own friends impressed Hogwarts' headmaster Dumbledore so much that he awarded just enough house points to him to allow Gryffindor to win the House Cup.
Neville would go on to be a part of Dumbledore's Army, where he came face-to-face with Bellatrix. When Voldemort's Death Eaters took over Hogwarts, Neville led the resistance against them, even suffering torture from the Death Eaters in response to his defiance. During the final battle, he proved himself to be a true Gryffindor by wielding Godric Gryffindor's sword and using it to slay Nagini, who was Voldemort's snake and final Horcrux, itself an act that sealed the Dark Lord's fate. Because of this, it could be argued that he was the one that ended up ultimately killing the Dark Lord.
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