Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Characters/Penelope Clearwater
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| Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Character | |
| Penelope Clearwater | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Hair color | Curly |
| Eye color | Unknown |
| Related Family | Unknown |
| Loyalty | Unknown |
Contents |
[edit] Overview
Penelope Clearwater is a girl in Ravenclaw house. She is four years ahead of Harry, apparently, in sixth year when we first meet her in Harry's second year; and she is a prefect.
[edit] Role in the Books
[edit] Chamber of Secrets
Penelope Clearwater is first seen, although unidentified, at Christmas; Harry and Ron, disguised as Crabbe and Goyle, are wandering around looking for the Slytherin common room, and ask her for directions. Shortly after she rebuffs them; they run into Percy, who threatens them.
In April, Penelope Clearwater is petrified by the Monster in the Chamber of Secrets; Hermione is attacked at the same time. Percy is deeply shocked by this attack, possibly because he believed that Prefects would be protected by their office.
It is only at the end that it is revealed that Penelope is Percy's girlfriend; this explains the magnitude of the shock Percy feels when she is petrified, as well as explaining what she was doing in the school's lower levels at Christmas, near to where Percy was.
[edit] Prisoner of Azkaban
Ron complains of having to use Errol for his correspondence because Percy has been sending messages back and forth to Penelope all summer, fully occupying Hermes' time.
While all the Weasleys are staying at the Leaky Cauldron preparatory to departing for Hogwarts, Percy accuses Ron (who is sharing a room with him) of spilling tea on Penelope's picture; apparently the image has some spots on her nose and is trying to hide behind the frame.
[edit] Deathly Hallows
When Harry, Ron, and Hermione are trapped by Snatchers, Hermione claims to be Penelope Clearwater. Unfortunately, this ruse does not last, as her likeness in a newspaper clipping identifies her as one of the people believed traveling with Undesirable Number 1, Harry Potter.
[edit] Strengths
[edit] Weaknesses
[edit] Relationships with Other Characters
Penelope is the girlfriend of Percy Weasley throughout the first three books, although it is unsure if their relationship still stands because she has not directly appeared in any of the books since Prisoner of Azkaban.
In a family tree of the Weasleys created by the author following the publication of the final book, it is revealed that Percy marries one Audrey, therefore we can assume that their relationship didn't last.
