"You are protected, in short, by your ability to love! The only protection that can possibly work against the lure of power like Voldemort's! In spite of all the temptation you have endured, all the suffering, you remain pure of heart, just as pure as you were at the age of eleven, when you stared into a mirror that reflected your heart's desire, and it showed you only the way to thwart Lord Voldemort, and not immortality or riches."

—Description of Harry's deepest nature^[src]

Harry James^[60] Potter (b. 31 July 1980^[1]) is a half-blood^[2] wizard, and one of the most famous wizards of modern times. The only child and son of James and Lily Potter (née Evans), both respected members of the original Order of the Phoenix, Harry birth was overshadowed by a recently made prophecy naming either him or his future classmate Neville Longbottom the sole person able to stop Lord Voldemort's regime was made and partially overheard by Lily's childhood best friend and then-Death Eater, Severus Snape. As a result, he was raised in Godric's Hollow, in a house protected by the Fidelius Charm for his and his parents' safety, only for their location to be divulged by its Secret-Keeper. In Voldemort's vain attempt to circumvent the prophecy, when the boy was only a year and three months old at the time, Harry witnessed the murder his parents as they tried to protect him, but an unsuccessful attempt to vanquish Harry led to Voldemort's first downfall, marking the end of the First Wizarding War and to Harry henceforth being known as the "Boy Who Lived."^[5]
One consequence of Lily's loving sacrifice was that her orphaned son had to be raised by her only remaining blood relative, his Muggle aunt Petunia Dursley. While in her care he would be protected from Lord Voldemort, due to the Bond of Blood charm Albus Dumbledore placed upon him.^[61] This powerful charm would protect him until he became of age, or no longer called his aunt's house home. As the only known survivor of the Killing Curse (up to that point), Harry was already famous before he arrived at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The Dursley family were quite cruel to Harry growing up even forcing him to room in a broom closet and to wear their son Dudley's hand me downs. They did not treat Harry as a son as Dumbledore had hoped, but as a burden. They (unsuccessfully) tried to stamp every ounce of magic out of him.
On his eleventh birthday, Harry learned that he was a wizard.^[62] He began attending Hogwarts in 1991 and was Sorted into Gryffindor House.^[63] While at school, Harry became best friends with Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, and later became the youngest Quidditch Seeker in over a century and eventually the captain of his house's team, winning two Quidditch Cups.^[64] He became even better known in his early years for protecting the Philosopher's Stone from Voldemort, saving Ron's sister Ginny Weasley, solving the mystery of the Chamber of Secrets, slaying Salazar Slytherin's basilisk, and learning how to conjure a corporeal stag Patronus at the age of thirteen. In his fourth year, Harry won the Triwizard Tournament, although the competition ended with the tragic death of Cedric Diggory and the return of Lord Voldemort. During the next school year, Harry reluctantly taught and led Dumbledore's Army. He also fought in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries, during which he lost his godfather, Sirius Black.
Harry played a significant role in many other battles of the Second Wizarding War. He, Ron, and Hermione hunted down and destroyed Voldemort's Horcruxes. During the Battle of Hogwarts Harry personally saw the deaths of Severus Snape and Fred Weasley, and learned that Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Colin Creevey, and many others had fallen in battle as well. He encountered Voldemort and sacrificed himself, knowing that his doing so was the only way to destroy the fragmen