Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two characters

Appears from the start

The middle child of Harry and Ginny Potter, beginning his years at Hogwarts in the shadow of his famous father. Uneasy and self-doubting, he is sorted into Slytherin rather than Gryffindor, struggles to make friends beyond one, and comes to resent being the son of the celebrated Harry Potter. His prickly, wounded relationship with his father and his longing to matter drive much of the story.

Appears from the start

The only son of Draco Malfoy, a kind, bookish, and lonely boy dogged by a cruel rumor about his parentage. Gentle and quick-witted, with a fondness for sweets and history, he becomes Albus Potter's devoted best friend from their first meeting on the Hogwarts Express and remains loyal through every danger that follows.

Appears from the start

Now a grown man, husband to Ginny and father of three, and a senior official at the Ministry of Magic in charge of magical law enforcement. Still marked by the traumas of his youth, he finds fatherhood harder than any battle and clashes painfully with his son Albus, unsure how to reach a boy who feels nothing like him. The old scar and old enemies are not as distant as he would like.

Also known as Ginny Weasley

Appears from the start

Harry's wife and Albus's mother, working now as a sports editor at the Daily Prophet. Warm, level-headed, and quietly firm, she often mediates between her husband and their unhappy son, seeing both sides more clearly than either can.

Appears from the start

Harry's oldest friend and Hermione's husband, who runs Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, the family joke shop. Good-humored and affectionate, he is the comic, easygoing uncle of the group, devoted to his family and quick with a joke even when things turn serious.

Appears from the start

Harry's brilliant friend from his school years, now Minister for Magic and married to Ron. As capable and principled as ever, she carries the weight of governing the wizarding world, and a dangerous artifact recovered by the Ministry falls under her keeping.

Appears from the start

Harry's old school rival, now a wealthy widower and the father of Scorpius. Cold and proud in public, he is fiercely protective of his son and stung by the rumors that surround the boy. His long antagonism with Harry lingers, though both are older and wearier now.

Appears from the start

The elderly, embittered father of Cedric Diggory, living in a wizarding care home and consumed by grief for the son he lost long ago. He confronts Harry with a furious demand: that the Ministry use a rumored Time-Turner to go back and save Cedric from death.

Also known as Delphini

Appears from the start

A striking young woman introduced as the niece and caretaker of the elderly Amos Diggory. Warm, confident, and encouraging toward Albus, she takes a keen interest in his wish to put right an old wrong and offers herself as a friend and helper to the boys' secret plan, presenting herself as an ally to their cause.

Appears from the start

A Hogwarts student of Harry's generation, a well-liked champion who was killed years earlier during the Triwizard Tournament. He does not appear in the present, but his death and his father's grief set the whole story in motion, and he becomes the target of a scheme to reach back and change the past.

First appears in chapter 2

The long-dead former headmaster of Hogwarts, present now only as a portrait in the Ministry and at the school. His painted likeness counsels Harry on the burdens of the past and of fatherhood, though a portrait can offer only an echo of the man's wisdom.

First appears in chapter 3

The former Hogwarts professor, long dead in the world the boys know. He appears when their meddling with time conjures an altered reality, where he is alive and secretly working against a triumphant dark regime. Sardonic and brave, he aids Scorpius at great personal risk to help set the world right.