Post by hagrid on Sept 23, 2008 16:14:57 GMT -5
Character Name:Rubeus Hagrid
Approx. Age: Same as Tom Riddle/Voldemort
Description:
Hagrid is mentioned as being twice as tall as the average man (roughly 3.5 metres, 11½ feet) and nearly three times as wide but in the movie his height is mentioned as 8 foot 6 (roughly 2.6 metres). Hagrid is known for his thick West Country accent. Being a half-giant, he is less vulnerable to jinxes and spells than full-humans. In Order of the Phoenix, when Umbridge and some other wizards come to remove him from Hogwarts he fights back. They try to jinx and stun him, but the spells just bounce off him because of giant-inherited resistance to magic. Hagrid is once again showing this resilience at the end of Half-Blood Prince, during the chapter Flight of the Prince, withstanding a Death Eater's powerful curses. Some of the potions are also ineffective against him, such as Polyjuice Potion, which is designed for human-only use.
Subject: Keeper of Keys and Grounds; Gamekeeper
Personality:
Hagrid has a friendly, softhearted personality and is easily driven to tears. He is very loyal to his peers, especially Dumbledore, to whom he refers as the greatest wizard and gets extremely angry whenever anyone insults Dumbledore around him.
JKR description "Hagrid was always supposed to be this almost elemental force. He's like the king of the forest, or the Green Man. He's this semi-wild person who lives on the edge of the forest."
Brief History: Formerly Expelled Gryffindor Student
Hagrid was a student at Hogwarts at the same time as Tom Marvolo Riddle, the wizard that later became Voldemort. Hagrid was expelled during his third year, after being caught in possession of Aragog, a dangerous acromantula: this already grave crime was worsened due to the belief that it was "The Monster of Slytherin," and that Hagrid had released it from the Chamber of Secrets and, either intentionally or unintentionally, allowed it to attack and petrify (and in one case, kill) other students.
Hagrid is of mixed wizard and giant parentage, his mother having been the giantess Fridwulfa, who left his wizard father when Hagrid was a baby. Since giants have a reputation for being horribly brutal, and were once allies of Voldemort, Hagrid keeps his parentage a secret and allows people to imagine other reasons for his great size (drinking a bottle of Skele-Gro when he did not need it). Grawp is the giant half-brother of Hagrid. Grawp and Hagrid were born of the same mother, the giantess Fridwulfa; Hagrid's father was a wizard, whereas Grawp's father was a giant. The death of his father when Hagrid was in second year at Hogwarts was one of his saddest memories.
Following his expulsion from Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic broke Hagrid's oak wand and forbade him from performing magic. Hagrid keeps the pieces of his wand in a pink umbrella, and performs small spells from time to time; however, he was technically forbidden to do magic until the third book, and since he is not a fully qualified wizard, he "will always be a bit inept" as compared to other adult wizards, but "occasionally surprises everyone himself included by bringing off more impressive bits of magic".
RP Sample (Preferably a lesson):
Dumbledore trusts me with his life, and I carry out his secret tasks. And then when he dies I get to carry his body at the funeral, don't you love me?
Approx. Age: Same as Tom Riddle/Voldemort
Description:
Hagrid is mentioned as being twice as tall as the average man (roughly 3.5 metres, 11½ feet) and nearly three times as wide but in the movie his height is mentioned as 8 foot 6 (roughly 2.6 metres). Hagrid is known for his thick West Country accent. Being a half-giant, he is less vulnerable to jinxes and spells than full-humans. In Order of the Phoenix, when Umbridge and some other wizards come to remove him from Hogwarts he fights back. They try to jinx and stun him, but the spells just bounce off him because of giant-inherited resistance to magic. Hagrid is once again showing this resilience at the end of Half-Blood Prince, during the chapter Flight of the Prince, withstanding a Death Eater's powerful curses. Some of the potions are also ineffective against him, such as Polyjuice Potion, which is designed for human-only use.
Subject: Keeper of Keys and Grounds; Gamekeeper
Personality:
Hagrid has a friendly, softhearted personality and is easily driven to tears. He is very loyal to his peers, especially Dumbledore, to whom he refers as the greatest wizard and gets extremely angry whenever anyone insults Dumbledore around him.
JKR description "Hagrid was always supposed to be this almost elemental force. He's like the king of the forest, or the Green Man. He's this semi-wild person who lives on the edge of the forest."
Brief History: Formerly Expelled Gryffindor Student
Hagrid was a student at Hogwarts at the same time as Tom Marvolo Riddle, the wizard that later became Voldemort. Hagrid was expelled during his third year, after being caught in possession of Aragog, a dangerous acromantula: this already grave crime was worsened due to the belief that it was "The Monster of Slytherin," and that Hagrid had released it from the Chamber of Secrets and, either intentionally or unintentionally, allowed it to attack and petrify (and in one case, kill) other students.
Hagrid is of mixed wizard and giant parentage, his mother having been the giantess Fridwulfa, who left his wizard father when Hagrid was a baby. Since giants have a reputation for being horribly brutal, and were once allies of Voldemort, Hagrid keeps his parentage a secret and allows people to imagine other reasons for his great size (drinking a bottle of Skele-Gro when he did not need it). Grawp is the giant half-brother of Hagrid. Grawp and Hagrid were born of the same mother, the giantess Fridwulfa; Hagrid's father was a wizard, whereas Grawp's father was a giant. The death of his father when Hagrid was in second year at Hogwarts was one of his saddest memories.
Following his expulsion from Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic broke Hagrid's oak wand and forbade him from performing magic. Hagrid keeps the pieces of his wand in a pink umbrella, and performs small spells from time to time; however, he was technically forbidden to do magic until the third book, and since he is not a fully qualified wizard, he "will always be a bit inept" as compared to other adult wizards, but "occasionally surprises everyone himself included by bringing off more impressive bits of magic".
RP Sample (Preferably a lesson):
Dumbledore trusts me with his life, and I carry out his secret tasks. And then when he dies I get to carry his body at the funeral, don't you love me?
