Penny Haywood (2024)

Penny Haywoodwas a witch who began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1984 and was sorted into Hufflepuff.

Biography[]

Early Life[]

Penny was born in London to a Muggle father and a Muggle-born witch mother. She had a younger sister named Beatrice Haywood who was born four years after her. Growing up, Penny was shy and would keep to herself reading books and brewing potions. Her step-grandmother Winifred Haywood started her interest in potions. Her step-grandmother encouraged her to open up and challenged her to games and scavenger hunts. Penny first performed magic while brewing a potion under Winifred's supervision, adding the finishing touch to the brew.

During the summer, Penny would go on vacations with her family to the country. On one of these vacations, a Muggle friend of Penny's, Scarlet Sparks, accompanied them. Scarlet and Penny went wandering through the woods during a full moon when they discovered a werewolf. Rather than being frightened by the creature, Scarlet was intrigued and wanted to follow it. Penny, however, had been paralyzed by the sight of it. By the time she came to and wielded her wand, Scarlet was killed by the werewolf before Penny had time to react. Feeling responsible for the death of her friend, werewolves had become the object of Penny's greatest fear, troubling her to the extent she brewed a Forgetfulness Potion to rid herself of the memory.

Hogwarts Years (1984-1991)[]

Year One[]

Penny was known for her impressive academic performance in Portions Class and her talent in Potion-making. Penny quickly becomes one of the most popular witches in her year. She befriends the Main Character and helps them create the Sleeping Draught they needed to break into the locked room where they were looking for the Cursed Vaults.

Penny and the Main Character share Flying Class and Herbology.

Beyond Hogwarts[]

Upon graduating from Hogwarts, Penny moves to Diagon Alley where she works at an Apothecary as a Potioneer. She is very happy.

Physical Appearance[]

Penny had long, blonde hair which she wore in two thick braids over her shoulders and a braid on her left side that formed a ponytail, giving her a half-up style. She often styled her hair differently for special occasions. Penny also had bright blue eyes and light skin. She almost never wore anything other than her plain Hufflepuff robes. She wore different garments for special occasions. Those outfits always featured yellow. In her seventh year Penny began wearing a casual outfit with a white shirt, blue denim jacket, yellow skirt, and boots.

Personality[]

Penny was sociable, approachable, and regarded as the most popular girl in her year while attending Hogwarts. As a result of her social standing and vast network of friends, she was very well-informed about the happenings at Hogwarts. Penny was often excitable, eager to hang out and help her friends, and sometimes easily distracted. Penny has shown to not be afraid of breaking the rules when deemed necessary and knew a variety of deadly potions. She was a Quidditch fanatic.

Abilities and Skills[]

• Potions: Penny was a skilled Potion-Maker, and was considered one of the most proficient in her year. She often enjoyed brewing experimental mixtures in her free time. She successfully brewed the Sleeping Draught and the Strengthening Solution in her first year and the Forgetfulness Potion in her third year. With the help of the Main Character, Penny brewed the advanced Draught of Peace in her fifth year. Other potions she made or claimed to be able to make were the Wolfsbane Potion, Polyjuice Potion, and the Animagus Potion. Professor Snape openly acknowledged Penny to be his most gifted student in the subject and deemed her the only one eligible to receive a private lesson from him on the highly advanced field of Alchemy. Penny earned an O.W.L. in Potions and continued the subject at N.E.W.T.-level.
• Charms: Penny was rather good with charm-work, as she was capable of successfully casting the Fire-Making Spell, Colour Change Charm, along with the Knockback Jinx, showing she was skilled with the casting of such charms.
• Duelling: Penny was a proficient duellist and would sometimes duel the Main Character.
• Herbology: Penny earned an O.W.L. in Herbology and continued the subject at N.E.W.T.-level.
• Astronomy: Penny earned an O.W.L. in Astronomy and continued the subject at N.E.W.T.-level.
• History of Magic: Penny earned an O.W.L. in History of Magic and continued the subject at N.E.W.T.-level.
• Transfiguration: Penny eventually learned how to ably cast the Lovebird to Love Note spell in her fifth year, and was also able to cast both the transforming spell Vera Verto and the Feather Duster to Ferret switching spell successfully in her O.W.L exam.
• Defence Against the Dark Arts: Penny earned an O.W.L. in Defence Against the Dark Arts and continued the subject at N.E.W.T.-level.
• Flying: Penny had some skill in flying as she constantly took flying lessons with the Main Character, although she had a fear of heights.
• Healing Magic: Penny had some skill in the field of healing magic.
• Dark Arts: Penny was shown to be possess a degree of skill in the Dark Arts, being able to successfully cast dark charms such as the Knockback Jinx, the Full Body-Bind Curse, and the Ear-Shrivelling Curse.
• Social Networking: Due to her remarkably pleasant and affable nature, Penny was able to easily befriend most people at Hogwarts and swiftly establish a rapport with them, which quickly earned her a long-standing reputation for being the most popular girl in her year, to the point that she is known for knowing all the gossip traveling at Hogwarts. This was notable through her awareness of the reason behind Merula Snyde's antics, Ben Copper's cowardice, the Main Character's public scrutiny, and Albus Dumbledore's school departures. Despite being frequently well-informed and thus being renowned for knowing everybody at Hogwarts, Penny's network and social contacts were not always a perfect source of information, as she was unfamiliar with abrasive Quidditch player Erika Rath, and had never heard of famed Curse-Breaker Patricia Rakepick up until the latter's arrival at Hogwarts.
• Apparition: Penny was able to Apparate at will.

Relationships[]

Beatrice Haywood[]

Penny and Beatrice are very loving sisters. Penny was very protective of her younger sister and was reluctant to let her join in uncovering the Cursed Vaults. Penny was distraught upon the discovery of Beatrice being trapped inside a painting on the Grand Staircase as a result of the Portrait Vault's curse. Penny became so overwhelmed with grief and dedicated almost every waking hour to saving her sister, that she fell behind in her classes and lost contact with her friends.

Mini-Games Answers[]

Meal With a Friend[]

Play Gobstones[]

Distract Penny![]

Prove How Well You Know Hogwarts' Gossip[]

Practice Potions and Gobstones[]

Drink Butterbeer[]

Hippogriff Club[]

Try Penny's Botanical Quiz[]

Pass Penny's Equine Exam[]

Trivia[]

• In Herbology lessons, Penny shared that the Hogwarts greenhouses reminded her of Kew Gardens, where her father used to take her to.
• Her favorite Quidditch team was Wigtown Wanderers. Her favorite player was Ethan Parkin. She had a beloved copy of The Wonder of Wigtown Wanderers.
• Penny's favorite Hufflepuff is Professor Sprout.
• In her fifth year, Snape's criticism of her handling of Beatrice's situation echoed his remarks towards then-fifth year Harry Potter on the principles of Occlumency, considering them weak for being openly emotional and wallowing in their grief. However, given that Snape's loyalties ultimately lay with the protagonists, this could be seen as having been for their own good, and the Main Character was spurred to support Penny and prevent her from a path of self-destruction.
• Penny's worst fear is werewolves.
• Penny is one of the characters available as a Romance option for all the relevant Achievements. She is one of the characters available for Dating.

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