Random Things You Didn't Know About The Battle Of Hogwarts (15 items)

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  (#1) The Malfoys Escaped Justice Due To Narcissa's Lie In The Forest

  The Malfoys would have been easy inmates for Azkaban after Voldemort's defeat due to their role in assisting the Death Eaters. However, all of them managed to weasel their way out of prison due to Narcissa's lie to Voldemort in the forest about Harry not being alive. It was this fib that got the family off the hook since it ultimately allowed Harry to defeat Voldemort.
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  (#2) More Than Fifty People Perished During The Battle 

  It's unclear just how many perished in the Battle of Hogwarts within the movie, but the novel provides more insight here. In addition to Fred Weasley, Tonks, Lupin, and Colin Creevey, there were more than fifty people that were confirmed to have died. These have become known as the Fallen Fifty and don't include the list of Death Eater deaths.

   

   
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  (#3) Winky Was Among The Elves Who Fought In The Battle

  Winky ultimately overcame her addiction to butterbeer and started taking an active role. One of these was partaking in the Battle of Hogwarts, with Winky being part of the House-Elves that Kreacher led into the battle.
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  (#4) Harry Felt Justified In Torturing Amycus Carrow

  Harry crossed the ethical line when he used the Cruciatus curse to torment the Death Eater Amycus Carrow after he had spat on Professor McGonagall when the Battle of Hogwarts was about to begin. While this was a one-off move of cruelty on Harry's part, J.K. Rowling revealed that Harry didn't feel any remorse for it.

  According to her:

  Harry is not, and never has been, a saint. Like Snape, he is flawed and mortal.

   Harry’s faults are primarily anger and occasional arrogance.

   On this occasion, he is very angry and acts accordingly. He is also in an extreme situation, and attempting to defend somebody very good against a violent and murderous opponent.
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  (#5) The Centaurs Arrived In The Nick Of Time To Aid The Heroes In The Battle

  The centaurs were openly hostile toward humans in the series and refused to help when the Battle of Hogwarts began. However, they did spring to action after Hagrid accosted them for their inaction when he thought Harry had perished. Although not shown in the movie, the centaurs arrived just in the nick of time to attack the Death Eaters to provide Harry the opening to reveal that he was still alive. The centaurs charging into battle also pushed the Resurrection Stone Harry had left in the forest into the ground and buried it forever.
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  (#6) Neville Longbottom

  • Fictional Character

  The movies made it appear as if Harry extracted the sword from the Sorting Hat in Chamber of Secret on his own, with Neville's move also looking similar in Deathly Hallows - Part 2. In truth, both of them had to request the Sorting Hat for help. Upon seeing Nagini during the Battle of Hogwarts, Neville had asked the Sorting Hat that was perched on his head at the time for assistance and received the sword since he was a true Gryffindor.
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  (#7) Professor Kettleburn Participated In The Battle Of Hogwarts From Hogsmeade

  Professor Kettleburn was the Care of Magical Creatures teacher who retired before Harry started studying the subject. He moved to Hogsmeade after retirement and played a small hand in the Battle of Hogwarts. As revealed in Chapter Four of Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies, Professor Kettleburn threw his stock of Flobberworms at the Death Eaters that crossed his house as a way of distracting them.
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  (#8) It Occurred On 2 May 1998

  The Harry Potter books generally begin in July and end in June the following year. Deathly Hallows is an exception as the last event of the major plotline actually falls on May 2. This was revealed by J.K. Rowling, who also confirmed that the year was 1998.
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  (#9) Snape's Abandonment Of His Postion As Headmaster In The Battle Meant He Didn't Get A Portrait In The Office

  Snape was ousted by Minerva McGonagall at the beginning of the Battle of Hogwarts when she and the rest believed him to be a Death Eater. Although he turned out to be a good guy, Snape's escape meant that it was considered an abandonment of his role as Headmaster and disqualified him from being considered among the previous Headmasters, with his portrait denied from inclusion in the office. However, Harry eventually ensured that Snape's heroics became well known and Snape's portrait was eventually placed in the Headmaster's office.
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  (#10) Ron And Hermione's First Kiss Was Due To Ron's Concern For House-Elves During The Battle

  In Deathly Hallows - Part 2, Ron and Hermione's first kiss happens out of relief when they survive destroying the Hufflepuff Horcrux. In the canon of the novel, though, things were different. Hermione initiated the kiss after she was overwhelmed by Ron's concern for the Hogwarts House-Elves as he wanted to help them evacuate rather than use them for battle. Hermione realized Ron had changed his views about House-Elves as she had been asking him to do so for years and decided to make her feelings for him known, which he reciprocated. 

   
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  (#11) Colin Creevey

  • Fictional Character

  Colin Creevey was a Muggle-Born and was thus barred from attending Hogwarts during Deathly Hallows when it was under the Death Eater regime. He still showed up for the Battle of Hogwarts despite being underage, even partaking in the conflict. Colin ended up perishing and it turns out he had not only snuck into the battle but had snuck into the school itself since no one had called him to fight.
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  (#12) Remus Lupin And Tonks Were Slain By Antonin Dolohov And Bellatrix Lestrange

  The deaths of Tonks and Lupin hit Harry particularly hard during the Battle of Hogwarts and he never learned who was responsible for their demise. It turns out that Lupin was eliminated by Antonin Dolohov while Tonks was slain by her own Aunt, Bellatrix Lestrange.
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  (#13) The Death Eaters' Hideout Was The Lair Of The Acromantulas

  The Acromantula's seemed to come out of nowhere during the Battle of Hogwarts, but the reason for their arrival had to do with the Death Eaters. The place where Voldemort used the killing curse on Harry was actually the very same lair that he had visited with Ron in Chamber of Secrets to talk to Aragog. The Death Eaters had attacked the Acromantulas to drive them out of their home to use as their own lair as well as divert the spiders toward the Battle of Hogwarts.
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  (#14) Harry Was In Limbo When He Spoke With Dumbledore

  Deathly Hallows makes it ambiguous if Harry did indeed speak to Dumbledore or if had all been a figment of his imagination. J.K. Rowling revealed that their interaction was indeed genuine and that Harry's time at King's Cross station was actually him being in limbo and that he could have chosen to die if he wanted to.
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  (#15) Crabbe Is The One To Perish During The Room Of Requirement Fire Instead Of Goyle

  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 had Gregory Goyle conjure the Fiendfyre curse in his attempt to eliminate Harry and his friends. While the movie had Goyle perish in the fire, the book actually had Vincent Crabbe be the one to commit this act and become one of the casualties of the Battle of Hogwarts. The actor Jamie Waylett, the actor who had portrayed Crabbe, was fired by the studio, which led to Goyle getting Crabbe's canonical role.

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