In each Harry Potter novel, we learn a little bit more
about the ghosts of each house. Of course, there are ghosts which do not belong to any
house in particular. The are the headless horsemen are featured in one novel and
Moaning Myrtle is featured in several. There is also the constant appearance of Peeves
the poltergeist who does not belong to a house. In general, each house is associated
with one main ghost.
Gryffindor's ghost is Sir Nicholas de
Mimsy-Porpington, otherwise known as nearly headless Nick. We learn a little more about
this ghost than some of the others because he is part of the same house as the main
characters. He is a friend and confidant of Harry, Ron, and Hermionie. Harry even
attends Sir Nicholas's death day party one year.
Hufflepuff's ghost is the Fat Friar. The main characters
don't often interact with the Fat Friar alone. He is usually in a scene with many other
ghosts, therefore we do not know much about
him.
Ravenclaw's ghost is known as The Grey Lady. Since
Harry interacts with her one on one in an important scene, we learn a little more about
her. She was the daughter of the founder of Ravenclaw house. She defied her mother and
ran off with her diadem. Her mother sent a man deeply in love with her to try and bring
her home. Unfortunately the meeting went awry. The daughter was killed, the man killed
himself out of remorse, and the diadem was lost.
The man sent out
after Helena Ravenclaw, aka the Grey Lady, is the ghost of Slytherin house. He is known
as the Bloody Baron. He is usually one of the only ghosts referred to as intimidating.
His robes are covered in silver blood and he wears great chains as punishment. We can
see the respect the Bloody Baron commands since he is the only one able to control
Peeves.
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