Harry Potter personality types

Was Snape a hero or just a bitter man with one good reason? Readers have argued about it since 2007, when the seventh book came out and settled the plot but not the fight. The series began in 1997 with an orphan sleeping in a cupboard under the stairs. Ten years and seven books later it ended with a war, a long list of funerals and a generation that still introduces itself by Hogwarts house.

Our profiles treat the books as canon and the eight films as a bonus. That matters more than you might think. Movie Ron loses a lot of his best moments to Hermione, and book Ginny has a sharp tongue the films mostly cut. Character by character, we look at what each person wants and fears, from Neville’s quiet courage to Voldemort’s terror of death. Expect spoilers for all seven books, including every death and who loved Lily all along. Then take the quiz and see where you land, house or no house.