Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets/Characters

Main Character Students
Note: not all characters appear in all versions of the game

Harry Potter
A brave 12 year old Hogwarts student. Main and only playable character. Harry lives with his unpleasant Aunt and Uncle [not featured] as he was orphaned after Lord Voldemort [principle evil character] killed his parents. Voldermort attempted to kill Harry however, his killing curse backfired destroying his body only leaving harry with a lightning shaped scar [a never before seen event] - this gave harry the nickname 'the boy who lived'. Harry only learnt that he was a wizard on his 11th birthday when Hagrid picked him up from his relatives to take him to Hogwarts for the first time. The story starts with him escaping his aunt and uncles via flying ford driven by the Weasley twins who deliver him at the burrow. Mrs Weasley [Ron's mother] is very maternal about harry fussing after him before school starts.

Ron Weasley
Harry's best friend, usually seen leading Harry to class or to the Quidditch stadium, or in cut scenes. He turns into Crabbe (not in PC version) when Harry turns into Goyle when he drinks the polyjuice potion. The game opens at the burrow - Ron's home. The Weasleys are one of the few pure-blood wizarding family. Like all Weasleys he has ginger hair. He is the 6th of 7 children. After missing the Hogwarts train he drives Harry and himself to Hogwarts, crashing into the whomping willow where harry has to rescue him from the violent tree's clutches.

Hermione Granger
An intelligent girl who is rarely with Harry for most of the game, except in cut scenes. She is one of Harry's closest friends at school. Hermione is a muggle-born meaning that although she is a witch and magical she has non-magical parents. Muggle-borns are looked down on by pure-blood wizarding families and she sometimes has to deal with insults from Draco Malfoy who is a pure-blood. The term 'mud-blood' is a derogatory term used to describe muggle born witches/wizards as dirty-blooded. She is Petrified (paralyzed, turned to stone) toward the end of the game.

Ginny Weasley
Ron's little sister, who Harry has to rescue at the end of the game when she is taken into the chamber of secrets. In the PS2, Xbox, and GameCube versions, Harry also has to find several things that she lost in Diagon Alley. Has a crush on harry.

Fred and George Weasley
Twins, older brothers of Ron and Ginny. They have a very minor role in the PC version, but in the PS2/Xbox/GC versions, they give Harry a refresher on the flipendo spell, teach him how to toss gnomes, and once back at Hogwarts, they open a shop in Gryffindor tower where Harry can purchase items like stink pellets and dungbombs, Famous Witches and Wizards cards, and the alohomora spellbook. The shop is only open at night.

Neville Longbottom
One of Harry's roommates; a clumsy, forgetful boy. In the PS2/Xbox/GameCube versions he gets trapped behind a tapestry, and Harry has to find the diffindo spell in order to free him.

Draco Malfoy
Harry's archenemy, usually found sneaking around at night. Son of Lucious Malfoy who gives Ginny Tom Riddles diary which opens the chamber of secrets. Malfoy is suspected of being or knowing who the heir of Slytherin is.

Oliver Wood
Gryffindor Quidditch Captain. He calls Harry to his first Quidditch practice of the year, and thereafter is always found at the Quidditch stadium during the day if Harry wants to try to improve his practice time for catching the snitch(PS2/Xbox/GBA only)

Percy Weasley
Gryffindor prefect, older brother of Fred, George, Ron, and Ginny. Percy can be found in the Gryffindor Tower study room at night; he does not like to be disturbed, and will throw Harry out of the room if he sees or hears him. Unfortunately, the only way to reach Fred and George's shop (see above) is through the study room (PS2/Xbox/GBA only)

Albus Dumbledore
Headmaster of Hogwarts. While normally absent from a good part of the game, he features prominently in a cutscene in which he tells Harry that he does not think that Harry is the Heir of Slytherin. He also appears at the end of each day to announce the latest house-point totals.

Professor Snape
Potions teacher. Known for being unusually strict, he is usually to be found in the dungeons, near his classroom. Harry and Ron hate him.

Professor McGonagall
Transfiguration teacher. Her classroom is located on the right side of the first floor. She is the head of Gryffindor.

Professor Flitwick
Charms teacher. His classroom is located on the right side of the second floor. Also head of Ravenclaw House.

Professor Lockhart
Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher. His classroom is located on the third floor. He is very vain and turns out to be a fraud taking credit for other wizard's accomplishments - his memory is wiped when a memory spell backfires [after trying to obliviate [wipe memory charm] harry and Ron's minds with Ron's faulty wand]

Hagrid
Very large half-man, half-giant, usually found in his cottage on the grounds. Was accused of opening the chamber of secrets 50 years prior to the game's present. However he was framed as people believed Aragog a giant spider was the monster from the chamber of secrets and was expelled from school however he was later disproved when harry and Dumbledore proved otherwise.

Professor Sprout
Herbology teacher. She teaches in the greenhouses, which are located on the right-hand side of the grounds. she is head of hufflepuff. She grows the mandrakes to make the draft and un-petrifies individuals attacked by basilisk

Madam Hooch
Flying teacher. She teaches a flying lesson in an outside lawn area, and thereafter is always found there during the day if Harry wants to try to improve his score on the flight training course (PS2/Xbox/GBA only)better grades on the flying course results in more house points.

Moaning Myrtle
a ghost who haunts the second-floor girls' bathroom. Very sensitive with an attachment to harry.

Nearly headless Nick [Sir Nicholas]
Gryffindor ghost who died when his head was almost completely severed from his body, due to it not being completely severed he continually fails joining the headless hunt much to his displeasure!