Professor Neville Longbottom
Name Neville Longbottom
Position Herbology Teacher
Rank Professor
Character Information
| Gender | Male | |
| Hogwarts House | Gryffindor | |
| Wand Description | cherry and unicorn hair |
Physical Appearance
Family
| Father | Frank Longbottom | |
| Mother | Alice Longbottom | |
| Other Family | Grandmother Augusta Longbottom |
Personality & Traits
| Personal History | Neville is the son of Frank and Alice Longbottom, famous and well-liked Aurors who were tortured into madness by the Death Eater Bellatrix Lestrange. The Longbottoms are one of the few pureblood families in the Wizarding world. Neville is a staunch friend of Harry Potter's, and a true Gryffindor. A Gryffindor, but initially Neville's bravery is a different sort than Harry's. It is the bravery of children who keep trying even though they have repeatedly failed in the past. It is the bravery of the unpopular child who never succumbs to peer pressure, even from friends. And it is the bravery of a person who doesn't parade their personal tragedies even when it might make their life easier. Even during his most embarrassing blunders, Neville maintained a quiet dignity that eventually made him an effective leader. After his parents were institutionalized when he was an infant, Neville was raised by his grandmother Augusta. She and the rest of his elderly extended family worried that Neville was a Squib (a non-magical child of a wizarding family) because he showed so little aptitude for magic. Once at Hogwarts, this did not improve very quickly. Neville was rather forgetful and often had serious trouble performing magic; it didn't help that Professor Snape relentlessly singled Neville out for ridicule. Luckily, while broom-flying and Potions were problems, Neville excelled at herbology. Neville's turning point came when he joined Dumbledore's Army during his fifth year at Hogwarts. Under Harry's patient tutelage, Neville gained confidence and mastered quite a few Defense Against the Dark Arts spells. Mere months later, Neville, along with Luna, Ginny, Hermione, Ron and Harry took part in the running battle in the Department of Mysteries against a band of Death Eaters that included his nemesis Bellatrix Lestrange. Although Neville was wounded, in the end he was the only other student left standing besides Harry. He also fought bravely a year later when Hogwarts itself was infiltrated by Death Eaters and their minions. Naturally, it was Neville who protected the weak and led the resistance at Hogwarts while Harry, Ron and Hermione were hunting Horcruxes. He remembered how Harry's dogged assertiveness gave others hope and encouraged the same thing amongst the beleaguered students. In the final battle at Hogwarts, it is Neville who utterly defied Voldemort ("I'll join you when hell freezes over"), drew Gryffindor's sword from the hat, and slew Nagini – the last Horcrux. After the battle Neville, Ron and Harry were recruited to join Shacklebolt's progressive government as Aurors to clean up the department and finish the job of ending Death Eater power once and for all (PC/JKR1). After that he became a beloved Herbology professor at Hogwarts (DH/e). It is probably while a professor that Neville married former Hufflepuff Hannah Abbott, who eventually became the landlady of the Leaky Cauldron (OBT/CH). Neville still has his charmed coin from his Dumbledore's Army days |
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| Academic Record/Progress | OWL results: "Acceptable" in Transfiguration, "Outstanding" in Herbology, "Exceeds Expectations" in Defense Against the Dark Arts, "Exceeds Expectations" in Charms. |