Petunia Dursley

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Contents 1 Appearances 2 Description 3 Mentions 4 Notes 5 Trajectory

[edit] Appearances

1. HPPS(Ch. 1-4,6)
2. HPCOS(Ch. 1)

[edit] Description

1. Thin, blonde woman
2. Twice the normal amount of neck
3. Shrill voice
4. Horse-faced and boney

[edit] Mentions

1. HPPS(Ch. 5,7)
2. HPPOA(Ch. 1)
3. HPGOF(Ch. 2)

[edit] Notes

1. Resident of Number four, Privet Drive
2. Wife of Vernon Dursley, mother of Dudley Dursley
3. Sister of Lily Potter, but estranged
4. Aunt of Harry Potter

[edit] Trajectory

At the beginning of Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone, Petunia is living a normal life, until her infant nephew Harry Potter turns up on her doorstep with a letter from Albus Dumbledore. She treats Harry very poorly while he lives there, almost as a servant, compared to Dudley, whom she dotes on.

In HPPS 3, mysterious letters begin to arrive for Harry, and the Dursleys eventually flee from them. They take refuge on a hut on a rock in the ocean, but at midnight on Harry's birthday a huge man calling himself Hagrid bursts in and tells Harry that he's a wizard. Petunia angrily admits that she's known all along, but that she hated her sister being a witch, and resents that her parents were so proud. After Hagrid loses his temper and gives Dudley a pig's tail, the Dursleys retreat.