History Characters / HogwartsLegacy

* DubNameChange: He's renamed Sebastian '''P'''allow in the French localization, presumably because "Sallow'' sounds exactly like a French insult ("'''salaud'''", which more or less translates as the non-literal meaning of "bastard").

* {{Delinquents}}: A low-key example. Sebastian freely and happily admits that he gets into detention quite often for some mischief, and he's also a member of Crossed Wands, an unsanctioned dueling club. There's also his interest in the Dark Arts, but [[FindTheCure he has a personal reason for that]].

* LipstickLesbian: [[https://twitter.com/HogwartsLegacy/status/1598014072003231744?cxt=HHwWgICgvZ7VpK0sAAAA Material]] from "The Art and Making of Hogwarts Legacy" about her that was released just prior to the game states that even if "the right witch" were to come along, she'd have to love Hogwarts as much as Mirabel.

* BlackSheep: While it's unknown where in the Rookwood family tree he falls into and what the rest of his family is like, he's nonetheless a practitioner of the Dark Arts and won't hesitate to use some of the worst spells in the Wizarding World on children, [[spoiler:having cursed Anne Sallow when she accidentally stumbled onto his and Ranrok's operation]]. This is in total contrast to his ancestor Charles Rookwood, one of the Keepers of the forgotten ancient magic and close friend of Percival Rackham.

* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Because they start so late at Hogwarts, the Ministry of Magic and the professors at Hogwarts loan them a magical Field Guide to help them catch up. In-game, the Field Guide not only helps keep track of any ongoing quests and organizes your equipment, but also has pages and documents on historical events, locations, etc.

* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:His transformation into a dragon as the FinalBoss echoes a Norse mythology quirk of dwarves becoming dragons at the end of their treasure hunts.]]

* BadPowersGoodPeople: Like the rest of his Gaunt family, Ominis turns out to be someone who can speak Parseltongue, the dark wizard-associated language of snakes and even knows Crucio. However, when it comes to Gaunts, Ominis is easily shown to be one of the more decent and sane people.

* {{Foil}}: To Sebastian. While Ominis grew up with a family who ''wanted'' him to use the Dark Arts and unforgivable curses, he wants nothing to do with it; and though he's a lot more emotional than Sebastian, he can always be talked to and the protagonist can make him see reason.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Sadly, audio files reveal nearly every character is either distrusting of Ominis or simply dislikes him, with only a handful of nameless students genuinely calling him a nice chap.

** The protagonist's circumstances before attending Hogwarts have also never been addressed. No family or history is ever mentioned, making it unclear if they are Muggle-born, a halfblood, or a pureblood.[[spoiler:in the game files however there are flags for wealth status and blood status these were dummied out but would have lead to different origins similar to Dragon Age Origins the default flags left behind are pureblood and wealthy]]

** The protagonist's circumstances before attending Hogwarts have also never been addressed. No family or history is ever mentioned, making it unclear if they are Muggle-born, a halfblood, or a pureblood.

* WhiteSheep: One of the few open-minded members of the Gaunt family.[[note]]In case you need a refresher, ''Voldemort'' hails from the Gaunts on his mother's side and they're all descendants of Salazar Slytherin, a Hogwarts founder who was staunchly against the presence of Muggle-born students to the point of hiding a deadly basilisk on school grounds in the hopes it will be used to purge them.[[/note]]

* TheWorfEffect: To display just how nightmarishly potent the power that Isidora had accumulated and stored in the repository, despite his already proven power and skill, Percival is barely able to hold his own against his former disciple in a clash of magical powers, and even with another Keeper backing him, he still proved unable to win, only able to hold her at bay, and would have probably lost had Bakar not killed her when she couldn't defend against him due to being preoccupied with fighting them both.

* ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for her father's death, as they were prancing about Matabel in their animagus forms when a Muggle hunter stumbled upon them. When the hunter aimed his gun at her, Natsai's father [[TakingTheBullet took the shot]] for her.

** In the conclusion montage, during class against a boggart, the creature turns into [[FaceYourFearswhat she fears most, the hunter who killed her father]]. She was able to use the riddikulus charm to turn him into a cat.

* MundaneMadeAwesome: His use of the otherwise utilitarian Reparo spell in the opening level fixes a lengthy, ancient, long-destroyed bridge, causing its components to storm through the air before setting themselves back in place.

* PointyHairedBoss: Despite being the highest ranked member of Hogwarts, he is terribly incompetent at his job.

* GodzillaThreshold: Given how powerful Isidora was when the Keepers fought her, Bakar saw no choice but to use one of the Unforgivable Curses against her; specifically the Killing Curse, Avada Kedavra. That said, there are some implications that the Keepers lived prior to laws forbidding the use of the Unforgivables[[note]]The spells that would become known as the Unforgivable Curses were labeled as such in 1717; the game takes place in the 1890's, and the Keepers portrait's mention they've been around for a few centuries or so.[[/note]].

* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Averted as despite Shah being a witch and her sister Suchrita a Squib, the sisters are very close. This closeness is a result of a shared love of stargazing, one of the few subjects that witches and Muggles can study together.

* FamilyThemeNaming: Like the canon Weasleys, her name comes from British Royalty. Matilda was a very common name among royal women in the Medieval period. Its most famous bearer was the 12th century Matilda who was arguably the first Queen of England before being usurped by her cousin.

* ChildProdigy: Random conversations among the students and notes found around the school reveal that Garlick was one of the best students Hogwarts had regarding herbology. This is likely what contributed to her being hired on as the Herbology Professor and the youngest instructor among the staff.

* PunnyName: A double whammy even, in a sense. "Garlic(k)" is self-explanatory, and "Mirabel(le)" is the name of a subspecies of plum in some parts of the world, making her a herbology teacher whose entire name is made of up edible plants.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: When asked about his teaching methods, he tells the player character his own education was all but pleasant. Therefore, he stives to become the teacher he wanted to have in his own schooldays.

* WhiteSheep: One of the few decent, sane people to come out of the Gaunt family.[[note]]In case you need a refresher, ''Voldemort'' hails from the Gaunts on his mother's side and they're all descendants of Salazar Slytherin, a Hogwarts founder who was staunchly against the presence of Muggle-born students to the point of hiding a deadly basilisk on school grounds in the hopes it will be used to purge them.[[/note]]

* HatedByAll: Or at the very least heavily disliked. You'd be hard-pressed to find anyone who seems to like Phineas as Hogwarts' Headmaster, including Slytherins. Their dislike stems from Phineas' dismissive nature toward the students and having an ItsAllAboutMe attitude. Canceling the always-popular Quidditch Cup doesn't help either, to the point wizards in Hogsmeade have begun protesting in hope of getting him sacked. The sole exception is a racist background student, but only because he hopes Black will expel all the Muggle-born. Hilariously, even the Field Guide, which is implied to be written by Ministry personnel and other Hogwarts teachers, heaps thinly veiled scorn on him at every opportunity.

* OhCrap: If the protagonist acquiesced to his request and took a phoenix feather from Sharp's office for him, [[spoiler:the protagonist (while disguised as Headmaster Black) can elicit this reaction from Garreth when "Black" tells him "he" knows about the theft]]. If you've done his sidequest, his [[spoiler:'Oh, Crap!' moment is the "Headmaster" finding out that he stole Billywig stings from Honeydukes.]]

* HiddenDepths: Leander is a an outwardly bold and sometimes boastful individual who can often be heard parroting lines about courage, heroism and honor, specifically how these traits relate to House Gryffindor and its students. In truth, his confidence is often misplaced, using a false sense of bravado to mask his own shortcomings which contribute to a deepseated fear of not living up to Gryffindor standards.

* DoomedByCanon: BroadStrokes aside, Ranrok's Goblin Rebellion is a ForgoneConclusion of failure.

* TheArchmage: Like Percival, she could see traces of ancient magic and wield it. In one of the Pensieve memories, Percival notes she was quite skilled at Transfiguration. She even follows in Rackham's footsteps and becomes a teacher at Hogwarts, specifically teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts. One of the last Pensieve memories the protagonist finds showcases exactly how much she's grown by fighting nearly all the Keepers to a stand-still. Keep in mind that ''all'' of them are implied to be on par with Rackham, a wielder of ancient magic who has years of experience on Isidora. It took Bakar using the Killing Curse from behind to put her down.

* VillainousLegacy: While it's hard to call her an out-and-out villain, Isidora's actions were responsible for creating corrupted magic. That very same magic would later be found and corrupt Ranrok, who seeks the corrupted ancient magic to help aid him and his Goblin rebellion.

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* '''Dark Wizards''':Tempeste Thorne, Gwendolyn Zhou, Catrin Haggarty, Iona Morgan, Dunstan Trinity,
Alisa Travers, Silvanus Selwyn.