Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone Personalities Role with Basic Details 

Major Characters

Harry Potter

Harry Potter, the 11-year-old son of Lily and James Potter, is famous because he is the only wizard known to have survived an attack by the evil Voldemort. Since his parents died when he was one, Harry has lived in England with his mean aunt and uncle Dursley. He is a weak boy with glasses and messy brown hair. When he turns eleven, he is taken to Hogwarts, the school for wizards, where he learns to fly, makes friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and saves the school from Voldemort’s evil plan to steal the Sorcerer’s Stone. Even though he goes back to live with the Dursleys when school is out for the summer, he knows he is a strong and skilled wizard and is looking forward to learning more magic and making more friends when he returns the following year.

Rubeus Hagrid

Hagrid is in charge of the animals at Hogwarts and is a friend of Harry’s. He saves Harry from the Dursleys and takes him to Diagon Alley to meet other wizards and Hogwarts. Hagrid was once kicked out of Hogwarts for being stupid and clumsy, and he often said things that should have been kept quiet.

Voldemort

Voldemort is the bad guy in the book. He killed Harry’s parents and wants to kill Harry as well. Wizards rarely say his name, and everyone who thinks about him gets scared. He used to be a good wizard, but his ideas and powers turned terrible. Now he lives in different hosts, like Quirrell, who keep him alive until he can steal the Sorcerer’s Stone and become immortal.

Ron Weasley

Ron Weasley is one of Harry Potter’s friends. He is the youngest son of a big family of boys with red hair and freckles and the youngest son of the Weasleys. Even though his family doesn’t have much money, they can still send Ron to Hogwarts and give Harry gifts for Christmas. Ron is good at Wizard’s Chest but doesn’t like Hermione at first. As the three figure out what’s going on with the Sorcerer’s Stone, Ron’s help getting through the chess chamber is essential, and he gives up his power for Harry.

Hermione Granger

Hermione Granger is an intelligent, proud, bookish girl who does everything by the book. Even though she keeps her nose up and reads too many books initially, she eventually becomes friends with Ron and Harry. She is vital to their plan to eliminate Voldemort and save Hogwarts and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Her skills as a wizard in Herbology are needed to get through one of the rooms. She is among the few wizards who grew up in an average human family.

Professor Quirrell

Professor Quirrell is a shy man who stutters too much. He is one of the teachers at Hogwarts. Quirrell is the bad guy, even though he seems to be blackmailed and controlled by Snape. He follows Voldemort instead of Dumbledore and tries to kill Harry at the end. He always wears a turban, which hides the fact that Voldemort lives inside him.

Professor Snape

Professor Snape is the scary potions teacher at Hogwarts. He controls the Slytherin house and seems to hate Harry Potter. Snape is the one who tries to protect Harry from Quirrell and the evil spirit. At first, Harry and his friends think that Snape is the evil professor following Voldemort. Snape does dislike Harry, but only because he and Harry’s father, James Potter, were rivals at Hogwarts.

Albus Dumbledore

Albus Dumbledore is the headmaster of Hogwarts and the best wizard. He is old, wise, and respected. He is kind, generous, and a little bit crazy. He watched Harry Potter from when he was born until he told everyone about his heroic actions. At the end of the book, he gives the House Cup to Gryffindor.

Draco Malfoy

Draco Malfoy is Harry Potter’s worst enemy, and Harry fights with him throughout the book. Draco comes from a long line of spoiled wizards, some of whom have joined Voldemort. He always makes fun of Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville and often tricks them into getting into trouble.

Minor Characters

Mr. Vernon Dursley

Vernon Dursley is Harry Potter’s uncle. He works in a Drilling Factory and is a big, fat, average man. He hates Harry and does everything he can to ruin his life and keep him from knowing about his family history. When the letters start coming in, he takes his family away from home and goes crazy. Even though Vernon doesn’t like Harry, he still picks him up from school and lets him live at 4 Privet Drive.

Mrs. Petunia Dursley

Petunia Dursley is Lily Potter’s sister, a typically English wife. She hates Harry, just like her husband does, and puts him in the cupboard under the stairs to make his life miserable. She has always been very jealous of her sister, who seems perfect and strange, and she hides Harry’s true identity as much as possible.

Dudley Dursley

Vernon and Petunia Dursley only have one child, and his name is Dudley. Dudley is a fat, mean kid who picks on Harry at home and school. He is spoiled and self-centered. He always wants attention and things, and when Hagrid gets mad at him, he ends up with a pig’s tail as part of his body.

McGonagall is a professor.

Professor McGonagall is in charge of the Gryffindor dorm and is one of the wizards who cares significantly about Harry’s health. At the beginning of the book, she turns into a cat and works hard to keep Harry and his friends fit and out of trouble. After they give away the dragon, she catches them without the Invisibility Cloak and docks each of them 50 points from Gryffindor.

Lily and James Potter

Lily and James Potter are Harry’s parents. They are also wizards and have done well for themselves. Voldemort killed them when Harry was a baby, and Lily’s sister, Petunia Dursley, took care of him after that.

Dedalus Diggle

A customer of the Leaky Cauldron who is thrilled to see Harry Potter in the store. Before Harry knew who he was, he had seen Harry in town and bowed to him.

Griphook

A goblin who works in the Gringotts bank shows Harry and Hagrid the way to their accounts and safe rooms. Hagrid gets the sorcerer’s Stone, while Harry finds much gold.

Hedwig

Hedwig is Harry’s owl. Hagrid gave it to him as a birthday present. It keeps him company while he’s stuck with the Dursleys and acts as a messenger for Harry while he’s having adventures at Hogwarts.

Wood

Wood is the captain of Gryffindor’s Quidditch team and is thrilled to have Harry on the team as the Seeker. He has led the team to many wins and has given them many pep talks.

Scabbers

Ron Weasley’s pet rat is named Scabbers. He plays with it on the train to Hogwarts, and it stays with him and Ron the whole time they are at Hogwarts.

Madame Hooch

Madame Hooch is the flying teacher at Hogwarts. She teaches the kids to get on their broomsticks and fly to play Quidditch.

Neville

Neville is the little boy who lost his toad on the train. He is in Gryffindor with Ron, Hermione, and Harry. He often gets hurt by magic or by being clumsy. He warns the three friends about McGonagall when they run away to free the dragon, and at the end of the year, he earns the points that Gryffindor needs to win the House Cup.

Ronan, Bane, and Firenze

In the forest, he helps Hagrid, Harry, and Hermione. Harry is upset when Firenze tells him how great he is and offers to fly him out of the forest.

Madame Pomfrey

The Hogwarts nurse is in charge of the hospital ward. She takes care of an injured and famous Harry Potter and is very prompt and overprotective of him. His friends can only visit him for fifteen minutes at a time.

Norbert

Norbert is Hagrid’s Norwegian Ridgeback dragon. Hagrid wins him as a dragon egg that hasn’t hatched yet, and he’s excited to raise him as a pet. He gets more extensive and bites Ron’s hand, so he has to be taken away. Since dragons are against the rules at Hogwarts, Harry, Ron, and Hermione send it to Ron’s brother Charlie, who works with dragons in Romania.

Nicholas Flamel

Albus Dumbledore and Nicholas Flamel have known each other for a long time, and Harry, Ron, and Hermione want to know more about him. He made the Sorcerer’s Stone, and even though he never appears in the book, he becomes a powerful force. At the end of the book, when the Stone is broken, they realize that Nicholas Flamel will die since he no longer has eternal life.

Fluffy

The Sorcerer’s Stone at Hogwarts is guarded by Fluffy, a monster dog with three heads. It bites Snape, and the only thing that makes it calm down is the music. Harry, Hermione, and Ron must go through it to get to the room where the Stone is kept safe.

Filch

Filch is in charge of keeping Hogwarts safe and clean. He also acts like a librarian, watching all the kids who come and go and ensuring they do everything correctly. Mrs. Norris, his cat, is always with him, and he always talks to her. Most kids are scared of Filch, and when they go to the library or walk through the halls, they hope to avoid seeing him.

Mrs. Norris

Filch’s cat, Mrs. Norris, is always with him. He often talks to her when he is sad or by himself.

Piers Polkiss

Piers is a friend of Dudley’s and a member of the same gang. He hates Harry. They beat him up and devise plans to ruin his life. Piers goes to the zoo to celebrate Dudley’s birthday.

Reference – “Official Book” from “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone.”