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Cedric Diggory
HufflepuffTriwizard champion

Cedric Diggory

Born:
1977
Died:
24 June 1995

A fair Hufflepuff seeker and Hogwarts champion. He shares the Tournament’s victory with Harry and is murdered in the graveyard the moment they arrive. His death is the proof the Ministry spends a year denying.

Appears in

  1. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
  2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

On the timeline

  1. 1977

    Cedric is born; Regulus takes the mark

    Cedric Diggory is born. Regulus Black becomes a Death Eater. Sirius is living away from Grimmauld Place.
  2. 1988

    Cedric starts at Hogwarts

    Cedric Diggory is sorted into Hufflepuff.
  3. 1994-10-31

    The Goblet names four champions

    Krum, Fleur, Cedric, and — impossibly — Harry. Crouch has bewitched the cup.
  4. 1994-11-24

    The first task

    Four dragons. Each champion takes a golden egg.
  5. 1995-02-24

    The second task

    The champions dive into the lake for the people they would miss most.
  6. 1995-06-24

    The third task; Voldemort returns

    The cup is a Portkey. Cedric is killed at once. Voldemort regains a body. The wands connect. Harry escapes with Cedric’s body, and Crouch Jr is kissed.