Harry James Potter is the titular protagonist of J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The majority of the books' plot covers seven years in the life of the orphan Potter, who, on his eleventh birthday, learns he is a wizard. Thus, he attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to practice magic under the guidance of the kindly headmaster Albus Dumbledore and other school professors along with his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

Harry Potter’s scar is in the shape of a lightning bolt. He got it when he was a baby, although the most he remembers is the green light of Avada Kedavera, the killing curse, it became a big thing in the wizarding world. The curse was sent by Lord Voldemort, he also shot one at each of his parents, killing them. Harry Potter soon became The boy who lived. Almost everyone knew about him and how he defeated Lord Voldemort. He had to live with his last living family, his Aunt and Uncle The Dursley’s, 13 years later he went to Hogwarts. Soon Voldemort came back.

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