The Hufflepuff Guide

Through my extensive research, I have gathered the following information on each of the Hogwarts Houses. Not all of the people in each house are listed, just the most famous or most important. Hufflepuff Attributes: valuing hard work, honesty, dedication, modesty, tolerance, gentleness, generous, patience, loyalty, fair play, protective, (nice until provoked, then scary!) nice, common room by kitchens, Cedric Diggory , Nymphadora Tonks , and Newt Scamander are in this house! Ravenclaw Attributes: intelligence, curiosity, wit, wisdom, creativity, originality, individuality, acceptance, can mean dedicated, common room in Ravenclaw Tower, Luna and her father Xenophilius Lovegood , Cho Chang , Gilderoy Lockhart , and Sybill Trelawney are in this house! Slytherin Attributes: leadership, glory, honor, ambition, pride, endurance, fierce, cunning, dedication, resourcefulness, intelligence, common room in the dungeons, under the lake, Severus Snape , Draco Malfoy , Tom Riddle , and H...

J.K. Rowling herself thinks Hufflepuff is the best House. "In many, many ways, Hufflepuff is my favorite House..."

This content was copied from the official Hufflepuff page after you are sorted on the Pottermore website. This is the link, but I am not sure if it will work because it is through my profile. "Congratulations! I’m Prefect Gabriel Truman, and I’m delighted to welcome you to HUFFLEPUFF HOUSE. Our emblem is the badger, an animal that is often underestimated, because it lives quietly until attacked, but which, when provoked, can fight off animals much larger than itself, including wolves. Our house colours are yellow and black, and our common room lies one floor below the ground, on the same corridor as the kitchens. Now, there are a few things you should know about Hufflepuff house. First of all, let’s deal with a perennial myth about the place, which is that we’re the least clever house. WRONG. Hufflepuff is certainly the least boastful house, but we’ve produced just as many brilliant witches and wizards as any other. Want proof? Look up Grogan Stump, one of the most popular Mi...

Did you recently take the almighty Pottermore Sorting Hat Quiz , and receive.... Hufflepuff? Maybe you're feeling bad, not sure what Hufflepuff is all about. Maybe you're feeling shame because you were put in the "leftovers" house. Maybe you're feeling confused, because you grew up as a Ravenclaw, Gryffindor, or Slytherin, and now it feels like you're whole life has been a lie. That's what I'm here for. As a Proud Hufflepuff, I have gone through this same thing. My experience was confusion. I was a newborn Potterhead, already obsessed, and so excited to find out which House I was in. I was expecting to be a Ravenclaw because I already had the stereotype of being a nerd. I identified with the Ravenclaw attributes of creativity and intelligence and was wholly expecting to be Ravenclaw. I got Hufflepuff. I was not exactly ashamed, I was not feeling bad. I am not a stereotypical person, and I am not house-ist. As a pledged reader of the seven Har...