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Charles[10] "Charlie" Weasley was an English pure-blood wizard , the second eldest son of Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett), younger brother of Bill Weasley and the elder brother of Percy , the late Fred , George , Ron , and Ginny .
He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Gryffindor House . He was both a Prefect and Quidditch Captain during his time at school, after which he went to study dragons in Romania .
During the Second Wizarding War , Charlie was a member of the second Order of the Phoenix and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts , arriving with reinforcements during the final portion of the battle. He was also present when Harry Potter defeated Lord Voldemort once and for all.
Charlie survived the Second Wizarding War and continued his work with dragons . He never married and had no children,[11] but through his siblings and their respective marriages, he had many nieces and nephews.

Early life (1972–1983)

Charles Weasley was the second of seven children born to Arthur and Molly Weasley .[12] He was a child during the height of the First Wizarding War . In the fighting, his maternal uncles, Fabian and Gideon Prewett , both members of the Order of the Phoenix , were murdered fighting Antonin Dolohov and four other Death Eaters .[13] While he was still a child, the wizarding world became peaceful again (for a time) after Lord Voldemort 's first defeat on 31 October 1981 .

Charlie and his five brothers — Bill, Percy, Fred, George, and Ron — as well as his younger sister, Ginny,[14] grew up in the Burrow on the outskirts of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon , England . Like all his siblings, he was home educated in reading, writing, and simple maths by his mother.
The Weasley family was not wealthy compared to other wizarding families. Many other pure-blood families, particularly the Malfoys , disdained them for their "blood traitor", pro-Muggle beliefs and their lack of wealth.[15] They tried their best to make up for this with their love . It can be assumed that Charlie had a fairly happy childhood, as all the Weasley siblings did.
Charlie showed a keen interest in dragons from a young age. During a game of truth-or-dare with friends sometime during in 1989–1990 , Bill Weasley revealed that, in his youth, Charlie used to try and turn the family pets into dragons. Since this was before he started at Hogwarts and knew any spells, he would settle on sticking paper wings on Scabbers using Spellotape and on making Errol fly around with a dragon mask, and then following them around while jotting down his "observations of dragon behaviour".[16]

Hogwarts years (1984–1991)
On 1 September 1984 , Charlie started his first term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Gryffindor House like the rest of his family, and was in the same year as Hufflepuff Nymphadora Tonks .
By the end of his second year, Charlie became the Seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch team .[17] He greatly excelled in the position.
Third year
In his third year , Charlie elected to take Care of Magical Creatures [18] class, since he liked working outdoors, and Muggle Studies .[19] It was around this time that he sneaked into the Forbidden Forest , having become convinced that he could catch a dragon in there. Well aware of the dangerous creatures within, Bill reluctantly accompanied him so his little brother would not have to face such dangers on his own.[20]
He would later admit to Jacob's sibling how he had been sneaking into the Forbidden Forest more often than Bill or the teachers knew about. In the forest he had met and befriended a centaur by the name of Torvus , though he seldom talked about it because he did not want to brag or know where he sometimes went off to.
Fourth year
In his fourth year , Charlie was involved in Jacob's sibling's search for the Forest Vault , and joined them many times in searches in the Forbidden Forest.[21] He entered the Forest Vault along with Jacob's sibling, Rubeus Hagrid , Torvus and another student (either Rowan Khanna , Penny Haywood or Bill Weasley). In the vault, he was excited to see a dragon portrait.[2
Fifth year
By his fifth year , Charlie was appointed as a prefect.[13] Near the beginning of his fifth year, he joined a study session with his brothers Bill and Percy, as well as Jacob's sibling.[23] That year, he and Jacob's sibling also sold items and worked to get money to buy a dragon egg from the suspicious Alistair Fidgen , although this egg later turned out to be an Acromantula egg. However, as Charlie got a piece of a dragon, he was nonetheless satisfied.[24]
Later that year, Charlie, Bill, Percy and Jacob's sibling asked Nearly Headless Nick questions about the Marauder's Map. Charlie got excited when Sir Nicholas mentioned that Jacob had believed there had been a dragon in the castle. Later, Charlie and Bill went to the Prefects' Bathroom to look for Duncan Ashe . Charlie was disappointed when Duncan left before he had a chance to ask about the dragon.[25]
In the Buried Vault , when the Hungarian Horntail was out of its portrait, the students there were all terrified, although Charles Weasley was happy and amazed because of seeing this dangerous breed of dragon.[26]
Sixth year
Charlie eventually became Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team[27] at some point in his fifth year or later.[28] After he left Hogwarts, the Seeker position for the Gryffindor Quidditch team was taken by Harry Potter and the Quidditch Captain position was taken by Keeper Oliver Wood .

Early in his sixth year , Charlie considered dropping out of Hogwarts due to what had happened in the Buried Vault in the previous school year . However, Jacob's sibling convinced him to finish his education.[29]
Sometime during the year, Charlie became a founding member of the Circle of Khanna , a group devoted to avenging Rowan Khanna and locating the final Cursed Vault . It was at the groups first meeting in the Hog's Head Inn that he learned of the malevolent organisation "R " and it's motives to locate the final Cursed Vault before them.[30]
Charlie that year also met with Jacob's sibling in the Three Broomsticks Inn and agreed to help them talk with the ghost of Duncan Ashe in the Prefects' Bathroom for information about their brother . Ashe told them both in the bathroom that he and Jacob often spent time in the Boathouse , when they then searched for information, eventually finding a letter written to Jacob's sibling from Jacob concealed as a Black Quill .[31]
Seventh year
Charlie took his Apparition test twice. He failed on the first attempt, materialising five miles south of his target location on top of an old Muggle woman doing her shopping. He passed on the second attempt. His brothers Fred and George made fun of this, but not to his face.[32]
He achieved at least one N.E.W.T. , having earned an Exceeds Expectations in Care of Magical Creatures .[33]
Prior to his graduation, Charlie was given a Quidditch Trophy.[34]

Studying dragons (1991–1995)
"Keep back there, Hagrid! They can shoot fire at a range of twenty feet, you know! I've seen this Horntail do forty!"— Charlie Weasley regarding the dragons for the First Task[src]

After leaving school, Charlie went to Romania to study dragons .[12] At some point, he acquired a new wand, and his old wand was passed down to his youngest brother, Ron .[14] However, many of his peers believed that, had he chosen to, he could have played Quidditch professionally and would have been good enough to play for the English national side .[35]

At Christmas in 1991 , Charlie was visited by his parents and his sister, Ginny .[36] During the early part of 1992 , Charlie received a letter from Ron, asking for help in getting rid of a baby dragon Rubeus Hagrid acquired off a man in a pub. The dragon, a Norwegian Ridgeback named Norbert , was being illegally kept, but Ron — along with his friends Harry Potter and Hermione Granger — did not want their friend to get into trouble. Charlie, who had always got on well with Hagrid because of their shared love of dragons, agreed to help and arranged for some of his friends to pick up Norbert and deliver him to the dragon sanctuary in Romania where he worked.[37]
In 1993 , Charlie joined the rest of his family for a holiday in Egypt after his father won seven hundred galleons in the annual Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw .[38]

During the summer of 1994 , Charlie returned to the Burrow to attend the Quidditch World Cup with the rest of his family. He also met Harry Potter for the first time.[39] During the Death Eater disturbance in the aftermath of the Irish victory, Charlie, along with his father, Bill , and Percy assisted the Ministry in attempting to stop it.[40] Charlie stayed at the Burrow for the summer and accompanied his siblings, Harry, and Hermione to King's Cross Station to see them off to Hogwarts on 1 September.[41]

During the Triwizard Tournament, which took place in the 1994–1995 school year , Charlie assisted in bringing nesting mother dragons to Hogwarts for use in the First Task. They were transported over using a Sleeping Draught , and he did not dare tell his mother about them considering that she was still angry about Harry being allowed to compete in the Tournament.[42] He remained on hand during the Task in case the dragons got out of hand, and congratulated Harry on beating the Hungarian Horntail .[43] He relayed Harry's performance to Bill, saying it was "incredible." He attempted to get time off of work to attend the Third Task, but was unable to.[44]

Second Wizarding War (1995–1998) Recruiting foreign wizards
"Charlie's in the Order, too, but he's still in Romania. Dumbledore wants as many foreign wizards brought in as possible, so Charlie's trying to make contacts on his days off."— George Weasley explaining Charlie's part in the Order of the Phoenix[src]

When Albus Dumbledore reconstituted the Order of the Phoenix to oppose Lord Voldemort , Charlie joined alongside his family. While his brother Bill returned to England to better serve the Order, Charlie remained in Romania and was assigned to recruit foreign wizards to the cause.[45]

Bill and Fleur's wedding
In the summer of 1997 , Charlie once more returned to the Burrow, to serve as best man at Bill's wedding to Fleur Delacour .[46] During a birthday celebration for Harry the day before the wedding, he informed Hagrid that Norbert was doing well — and was now called Norberta since they had discovered, to Hagrid's surprise, that the dragon was actually a female.[47]
When the wedding was broken up by Death Eaters in the wake of the fall of the Ministry of Magic ,[48] he was questioned alongside his family but was unharmed. He presumably returned to Romania, as both his father and brothers were allowed to return to work.

Battle of Hogwarts
"And now there were more, even more people storming up the front steps, and Harry saw Charlie Weasley overtaking Horace Slughorn, who was still wearing his emerald pyjamas. They seemed to have returned at the head of what looked like the families and friends of every Hogwarts student who had remained to fight, along with the shopkeepers and homeowners of Hogsmeade. "— Charlie arriving with reinforcements during the second half of the final battle[src]

While the rest of the Weasley family answered Neville Longbottom 's call to arms to fight in the Battle of Hogwarts, Charlie did not join them immediately. This was possibly due to being out of the country at the time. During this time, his younger brother Fred was tragically killed during the first half of the battle. This was something Charlie was initially unaware of, as he was not present during the one-hour armistice.[49]
However, he did arrive toward the end of the battle alongside Horace Slughorn . He and Horace lead hundreds of reinforcements consisting of the residents of Hogsmeade and the friends and family of all the Hogwarts students who had chosen to stay and fight Voldemort and his Death Eater army. These reinforcements changed the tide of the battle in the favour of the Defenders of Hogwarts.[50]

Arriving just as Neville slayed Nagini , he led them into battle against Lord Voldemort 's Death Eaters , strengthening the weakened defenders of the castle. With the added fighters the defenders of Hogwarts were able to push Voldemort's army back, until only Bellatrix and the Dark Lord himself were the only two left. He also witnessed his mother killing Bellatrix Lestrange and Harry defeating and killing Lord Voldemort once and for all.[50] It can be assumed that after the battle ended he sat with his family and mourned Fred as well as the others that had fallen.

Later life
Following the war, Charlie did not marry or have children, as he was more interested in studying dragons than in forming a romantic attachment. However, he had many nieces and nephews through all of his living siblings.
As of the summer of 2014 , he was still unmarried, which prompted the nosy journalist Rita Skeeter to wonder what were the reasons behind his prolonged celibacy.[51]
In 2019 , at least one member of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force visited the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary to study dragons, where they ended up being grouped together with Charlie. While there, Charlie held a course that would allow them to spot weaknesses in dragon's hide, which would later help them in the field ,[52] along with aiding them in their study of the creatures to increase the amount of damage they can deal. In addition, he was also joined with said member in the grand opening of the Chinese Dragon Sanctuary , where they increased their damaging power as a result of witnessing the precision and power of a Chinese Fireball .
Charlie also invited a Calamity Investigator working for the Statute of Secrecy Task Force to the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary, where he informed them that manicured claws were especially potent potion ingredients and agreed to send them a shipment of clipped dragon claws after every pedicure for them to use, helping to reduce the brewing time of their Baruffio's Brain Elixirs .[53]

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Description

Charles[10] "Charlie" Weasley was an English pure-blood wizard , the second eldest son of Arthur and Molly Weasley (née Prewett), younger brother of Bill Weasley and the elder brother of Percy , the late Fred , George , Ron , and Ginny .
He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Gryffindor House . He was both a Prefect and Quidditch Captain during his time at school, after which he went to study dragons in Romania .
During the Second Wizarding War , Charlie was a member of the second Order of the Phoenix and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts , arriving with reinforcements during the final portion of the battle. He was also present when Harry Potter defeated Lord Voldemort once and for all.
Charlie survived the Second Wizarding War and continued his work with dragons . He never married and had no children,[11] but through his siblings and their respective marriages, he had many nieces and nephews.

Early life (1972–1983)

Charles Weasley was the second of seven children born to Arthur and Molly Weasley .[12] He was a child during the height of the First Wizarding War . In the fighting, his maternal uncles, Fabian and Gideon Prewett , both members of the Order of the Phoenix , were murdered fighting Antonin Dolohov and four other Death Eaters .[13] While he was still a child, the wizarding world became peaceful again (for a time) after Lord Voldemort 's first defeat on 31 October 1981 .

Charlie and his five brothers — Bill, Percy, Fred, George, and Ron — as well as his younger sister, Ginny,[14] grew up in the Burrow on the outskirts of Ottery St Catchpole in Devon , England . Like all his siblings, he was home educated in reading, writing, and simple maths by his mother.
The Weasley family was not wealthy compared to other wizarding families. Many other pure-blood families, particularly the Malfoys , disdained them for their "blood traitor", pro-Muggle beliefs and their lack of wealth.[15] They tried their best to make up for this with their love . It can be assumed that Charlie had a fairly happy childhood, as all the Weasley siblings did.
Charlie showed a keen interest in dragons from a young age. During a game of truth-or-dare with friends sometime during in 1989–1990 , Bill Weasley revealed that, in his youth, Charlie used to try and turn the family pets into dragons. Since this was before he started at Hogwarts and knew any spells, he would settle on sticking paper wings on Scabbers using Spellotape and on making Errol fly around with a dragon mask, and then following them around while jotting down his "observations of dragon behaviour".[16]

Hogwarts years (1984–1991)
On 1 September 1984 , Charlie started his first term at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Gryffindor House like the rest of his family, and was in the same year as Hufflepuff Nymphadora Tonks .
By the end of his second year, Charlie became the Seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch team .[17] He greatly excelled in the position.
Third year
In his third year , Charlie elected to take Care of Magical Creatures [18] class, since he liked working outdoors, and Muggle Studies .[19] It was around this time that he sneaked into the Forbidden Forest , having become convinced that he could catch a dragon in there. Well aware of the dangerous creatures within, Bill reluctantly accompanied him so his little brother would not have to face such dangers on his own.[20]
He would later admit to Jacob's sibling how he had been sneaking into the Forbidden Forest more often than Bill or the teachers knew about. In the forest he had met and befriended a centaur by the name of Torvus , though he seldom talked about it because he did not want to brag or know where he sometimes went off to.
Fourth year
In his fourth year , Charlie was involved in Jacob's sibling's search for the Forest Vault , and joined them many times in searches in the Forbidden Forest.[21] He entered the Forest Vault along with Jacob's sibling, Rubeus Hagrid , Torvus and another student (either Rowan Khanna , Penny Haywood or Bill Weasley). In the vault, he was excited to see a dragon portrait.[2
Fifth year
By his fifth year , Charlie was appointed as a prefect.[13] Near the beginning of his fifth year, he joined a study session with his brothers Bill and Percy, as well as Jacob's sibling.[23] That year, he and Jacob's sibling also sold items and worked to get money to buy a dragon egg from the suspicious Alistair Fidgen , although this egg later turned out to be an Acromantula egg. However, as Charlie got a piece of a dragon, he was nonetheless satisfied.[24]
Later that year, Charlie, Bill, Percy and Jacob's sibling asked Nearly Headless Nick questions about the Marauder's Map. Charlie got excited when Sir Nicholas mentioned that Jacob had believed there had been a dragon in the castle. Later, Charlie and Bill went to the Prefects' Bathroom to look for Duncan Ashe . Charlie was disappointed when Duncan left before he had a chance to ask about the dragon.[25]
In the Buried Vault , when the Hungarian Horntail was out of its portrait, the students there were all terrified, although Charles Weasley was happy and amazed because of seeing this dangerous breed of dragon.[26]
Sixth year
Charlie eventually became Captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team[27] at some point in his fifth year or later.[28] After he left Hogwarts, the Seeker position for the Gryffindor Quidditch team was taken by Harry Potter and the Quidditch Captain position was taken by Keeper Oliver Wood .

Early in his sixth year , Charlie considered dropping out of Hogwarts due to what had happened in the Buried Vault in the previous school year . However, Jacob's sibling convinced him to finish his education.[29]
Sometime during the year, Charlie became a founding member of the Circle of Khanna , a group devoted to avenging Rowan Khanna and locating the final Cursed Vault . It was at the groups first meeting in the Hog's Head Inn that he learned of the malevolent organisation "R " and it's motives to locate the final Cursed Vault before them.[30]
Charlie that year also met with Jacob's sibling in the Three Broomsticks Inn and agreed to help them talk with the ghost of Duncan Ashe in the Prefects' Bathroom for information about their brother . Ashe told them both in the bathroom that he and Jacob often spent time in the Boathouse , when they then searched for information, eventually finding a letter written to Jacob's sibling from Jacob concealed as a Black Quill .[31]
Seventh year
Charlie took his Apparition test twice. He failed on the first attempt, materialising five miles south of his target location on top of an old Muggle woman doing her shopping. He passed on the second attempt. His brothers Fred and George made fun of this, but not to his face.[32]
He achieved at least one N.E.W.T. , having earned an Exceeds Expectations in Care of Magical Creatures .[33]
Prior to his graduation, Charlie was given a Quidditch Trophy.[34]

Studying dragons (1991–1995)
"Keep back there, Hagrid! They can shoot fire at a range of twenty feet, you know! I've seen this Horntail do forty!"— Charlie Weasley regarding the dragons for the First Task[src]

After leaving school, Charlie went to Romania to study dragons .[12] At some point, he acquired a new wand, and his old wand was passed down to his youngest brother, Ron .[14] However, many of his peers believed that, had he chosen to, he could have played Quidditch professionally and would have been good enough to play for the English national side .[35]

At Christmas in 1991 , Charlie was visited by his parents and his sister, Ginny .[36] During the early part of 1992 , Charlie received a letter from Ron, asking for help in getting rid of a baby dragon Rubeus Hagrid acquired off a man in a pub. The dragon, a Norwegian Ridgeback named Norbert , was being illegally kept, but Ron — along with his friends Harry Potter and Hermione Granger — did not want their friend to get into trouble. Charlie, who had always got on well with Hagrid because of their shared love of dragons, agreed to help and arranged for some of his friends to pick up Norbert and deliver him to the dragon sanctuary in Romania where he worked.[37]
In 1993 , Charlie joined the rest of his family for a holiday in Egypt after his father won seven hundred galleons in the annual Daily Prophet Grand Prize Galleon Draw .[38]

During the summer of 1994 , Charlie returned to the Burrow to attend the Quidditch World Cup with the rest of his family. He also met Harry Potter for the first time.[39] During the Death Eater disturbance in the aftermath of the Irish victory, Charlie, along with his father, Bill , and Percy assisted the Ministry in attempting to stop it.[40] Charlie stayed at the Burrow for the summer and accompanied his siblings, Harry, and Hermione to King's Cross Station to see them off to Hogwarts on 1 September.[41]

During the Triwizard Tournament, which took place in the 1994–1995 school year , Charlie assisted in bringing nesting mother dragons to Hogwarts for use in the First Task. They were transported over using a Sleeping Draught , and he did not dare tell his mother about them considering that she was still angry about Harry being allowed to compete in the Tournament.[42] He remained on hand during the Task in case the dragons got out of hand, and congratulated Harry on beating the Hungarian Horntail .[43] He relayed Harry's performance to Bill, saying it was "incredible." He attempted to get time off of work to attend the Third Task, but was unable to.[44]

Second Wizarding War (1995–1998) Recruiting foreign wizards
"Charlie's in the Order, too, but he's still in Romania. Dumbledore wants as many foreign wizards brought in as possible, so Charlie's trying to make contacts on his days off."— George Weasley explaining Charlie's part in the Order of the Phoenix[src]

When Albus Dumbledore reconstituted the Order of the Phoenix to oppose Lord Voldemort , Charlie joined alongside his family. While his brother Bill returned to England to better serve the Order, Charlie remained in Romania and was assigned to recruit foreign wizards to the cause.[45]

Bill and Fleur's wedding
In the summer of 1997 , Charlie once more returned to the Burrow, to serve as best man at Bill's wedding to Fleur Delacour .[46] During a birthday celebration for Harry the day before the wedding, he informed Hagrid that Norbert was doing well — and was now called Norberta since they had discovered, to Hagrid's surprise, that the dragon was actually a female.[47]
When the wedding was broken up by Death Eaters in the wake of the fall of the Ministry of Magic ,[48] he was questioned alongside his family but was unharmed. He presumably returned to Romania, as both his father and brothers were allowed to return to work.

Battle of Hogwarts
"And now there were more, even more people storming up the front steps, and Harry saw Charlie Weasley overtaking Horace Slughorn, who was still wearing his emerald pyjamas. They seemed to have returned at the head of what looked like the families and friends of every Hogwarts student who had remained to fight, along with the shopkeepers and homeowners of Hogsmeade. "— Charlie arriving with reinforcements during the second half of the final battle[src]

While the rest of the Weasley family answered Neville Longbottom 's call to arms to fight in the Battle of Hogwarts, Charlie did not join them immediately. This was possibly due to being out of the country at the time. During this time, his younger brother Fred was tragically killed during the first half of the battle. This was something Charlie was initially unaware of, as he was not present during the one-hour armistice.[49]
However, he did arrive toward the end of the battle alongside Horace Slughorn . He and Horace lead hundreds of reinforcements consisting of the residents of Hogsmeade and the friends and family of all the Hogwarts students who had chosen to stay and fight Voldemort and his Death Eater army. These reinforcements changed the tide of the battle in the favour of the Defenders of Hogwarts.[50]

Arriving just as Neville slayed Nagini , he led them into battle against Lord Voldemort 's Death Eaters , strengthening the weakened defenders of the castle. With the added fighters the defenders of Hogwarts were able to push Voldemort's army back, until only Bellatrix and the Dark Lord himself were the only two left. He also witnessed his mother killing Bellatrix Lestrange and Harry defeating and killing Lord Voldemort once and for all.[50] It can be assumed that after the battle ended he sat with his family and mourned Fred as well as the others that had fallen.

Later life
Following the war, Charlie did not marry or have children, as he was more interested in studying dragons than in forming a romantic attachment. However, he had many nieces and nephews through all of his living siblings.
As of the summer of 2014 , he was still unmarried, which prompted the nosy journalist Rita Skeeter to wonder what were the reasons behind his prolonged celibacy.[51]
In 2019 , at least one member of the Statute of Secrecy Task Force visited the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary to study dragons, where they ended up being grouped together with Charlie. While there, Charlie held a course that would allow them to spot weaknesses in dragon's hide, which would later help them in the field ,[52] along with aiding them in their study of the creatures to increase the amount of damage they can deal. In addition, he was also joined with said member in the grand opening of the Chinese Dragon Sanctuary , where they increased their damaging power as a result of witnessing the precision and power of a Chinese Fireball .
Charlie also invited a Calamity Investigator working for the Statute of Secrecy Task Force to the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary, where he informed them that manicured claws were especially potent potion ingredients and agreed to send them a shipment of clipped dragon claws after every pedicure for them to use, helping to reduce the brewing time of their Baruffio's Brain Elixirs .[53]

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