The Life of Gilderoy Lockhart (+What Happened to Him?) - Harry Potter Explained

Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re going to be discussing the twisted origins of Gilderoy Lockhart - five time winner of Witch Weekly’s Most Charming Smile Award. Specifically, we’re going to be taking a deep dive in to this enigmatic wizards life, peeling back the layers of his formative years and figuring out how and.. WHY he turned out the way he did. We’ll also be looking at what happened to him AFTER his last appearance in the books and films.

There’s a lot of information on Lockhart, so I’ve tried to narrow it down to just the most important stuff.

Let’s dive in to it.

Gilderoy Lockhart was a British half-blood wizard born in the year 1964 to a witch mother and muggle father. He grew up alongside his 2 sisters, but because they turned out to be Squibs, he inevitably became his mother’s favourite (being that he was the only other MAGICAL family member).

Lockhart was a clever, good-looking boy, and when he realized quite early on that he was magical it went straight to his head- inflating his already massive ego even further.

In 1975, at the age of 11, Lockhart first stepped foot through the doors of Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry to begin his wizarding education. However, Lockhart quickly realized that Hogwarts was not quite what he had expected.

Upon stepping foot in the magical castle he was met with sheer disappointment- suddenly coming to the crushing realization that at a school for witches and wizards- he was just another magical young boy. In the muggle world, Gilderoy was exceptional, but here he didn’t stand out, and that’s all he ever longed for.

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