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Dobby
Dobby intercepts Harry's mail all summer
In an attempt to protect Harry by making him feel he has no reason to return to Hogwarts for his second year, Dobby intercepts and keeps all mail being sent to Harry by his new friends from school (CS2). Read MoreDobby watches Harry from a hedge
When sitting on a bench in the garden after breakfast and ruminating on the bad start to his twelfth birthday, Harry gets a surprise when he notices two big eyes watching him from a hedge (CS1). Read More
Dobby tries to dissaude Harry from returning to Hogwarts
Dobby appears in Harry’s bedroom and tells Harry that his life will be in danger if he returns to Hogwarts for his second year. Between his excitement about meeting Harry, his sense of urgency in his mission to warn him, his astonishment at Harry’s kindness, and his guilt and fear… Read More
Dobby blocks the barrier at King's Cross
From a hiding spot where he has been watching for Harry, Dobby blocks the gateway to Platform 9 3/4 when Harry and Ron try to go through it, causing them to miss the Hogwarts Express (CS5, CS10). Read More
Dobby visits Harry in the Hospital Wing
Late at night in the Hospital Wing, Harry awakes to find that his brow is being sponged by Dobby. An emotional Dobby laments that Harry has returned to Hogwarts and accidentally reveals that he was responsible for both the closed gateway at King’s Cross and the rogue bludger. Dobby also… Read More
Dobby is freed
He is freed when Harry tricks Lucius Malfoy into throwing him a sock (CS18). Read MoreDobby starts searching for paid work
After being freed, Dobby begins searching for paid work. He travels all over the country looking for a job and being turned away by people who wanted nothing to do with a freed house-elf who wore clothes and wanted to be paid (GF21). Read MoreDobby and Winky decide to try getting work at Hogwarts
After an unsuccessful two-year search for paid work, Dobby visits Winky and learns that she, too, has been freed. Dobby proposes they team up and ask Professor Dumbledore to let them both work at Hogwarts (GF21). Read MoreDobby and Winky start working at Hogwarts
Professor Dumbledore agrees to let the dismissed house-elves Dobby and Winky work at Hogwarts, and even agrees to pay Dobby. Dobby is thrilled with his new situation, but Winky is deeply ashamed of being a free house-elf (GF21). Dumbledore originally offered Dobby ten Galleons a week plus time off,… Read More
Harry, Ron, and Hermione visit the Hogwarts kitchens
Harry and Ron accompany Hermione on her visit to the house-elves in the Hogwarts kitchens. Among the house-elves in the kitchen are Dobby and Winky, who have been working at Hogwarts for a week. Winky is still deeply upset about being sacked, Dobby is happy with his new situation, and… Read More
Dobby visits Harry's dormitory on Christmas morning
Harry wakes up on Christas morning to find Dobby staring at him, eager to give Harry his present. Harry’s startled response wakes up the other boys, and they start opening presents. Pretending he had thought to get Dobby a gift, Harry opens his trunk and gives the elf an ugly… Read More
Dobby learns about gillyweed from the fake Moody
Barty Crouch Jr. (while disguised as Moody) summons Dobby to the staffroom on the pretense of collecting dirty laundry and then makes sure the elfs hears him having a very loud discussion with McGonagall about the second task and the possibility of Harry using gillyweed to complete it (GF26,… Read MoreDobby retrieves gillyweed from Snape's office
After hearing the fake Moody’s staged conversation about gillyweed, Dobby darts to Snape’s office to get some gillyweed for Harry (GF35). Read More
Dobby prepares Harry for the second task
Dobby wakes Harry up ten minutes before the second task, tells him that he will have to rescue Ron, and gives him Gillyweed (GF26). Harry had fallen asleep in the library, where he was doing research trying to solve the egg’s riddle. Luckily, the Invisibility Cloak slipped off his… Read More
Dobby receives socks as a thank you
Shortly after breakfast, Harry, Ron, and Hermione visit the kitchens to give Dobby the outlandish socks they picked out as a thank-you present for giving Harry the gillyweed for the second task. They also see that Winky is unhappier than ever. Before leaving, Harry, Ron, and Hermione take some food… Read More
Dobby returns Hedwig to Harry
Harry, having fallen asleep in the common room, wakes up from his recurring dream to find Dobby before him. The elf is wearing a tower of knitted hats with a cured Hedwig on top of them. Dobby tells Harry that Winky is still drinking and struggling emotionally, and asks Harry… Read More
Dobby decorates the Room of Requirement for Christmas
Dobby takes it upon himself to decorate the D.A. classroom with mistletoe and one hundred golden ornaments bearing Harry’s face and the words “HAVE A VERY HARRY CHRISTMAS!” (OP21). Read More
Dobby and Kreacher discover that Malfoy is using the Room of Requirement
Late at night, Dobby and Kreacher appear in the common room to tell Harry what they have learned from tailing Draco Malfoy. Kreacher says only good things about Draco, but Dobby says that he has been visiting the Room of Requirment and using what seem to be several different students… Read More
Escape from Malfoy Manor
Narcissa brings the captives into the drawing room so Draco can positively identify Harry. He does so reluctantly and half-heartedly, but before the Dark Lord is summoned Bellatrix tortures Hermione and Griphook for information about the Sword of Gryffindor. During the torture Harry and Ron are brought to the cellar where… Read More
Dobby is killed
The elf dies from a knife wound he suffers while rescuing Harry and his friends from Malfoy Mansion. Bellatrix had kept the short, silver knife underneath her robes before she threw it toward where Harry and his friends are vanishing (DH22). It hits Dobby in the chest. His last… Read More