The Harry Potter series may be about magic on the surface but the real crux of the thing is about doing what is right for reasons of good. That’s why it’s important that not only magical folk but their non-magic, Muggle, counterparts also have noticeable leanings in those directions. There aren’t a whole host of muggles we get to meet extensively, but the ones we do veer into all manner of classifications regarding their relationship with the law and whether they have a propensity for selfish gains or selfless altruism. Luckily, Dungeons and Dragons alignment charts offer us the boxes to put these muggles into, classificationally speaking. Don’t actually put Muggles in boxes unless they’ve gone rabid.
A couple of things first. A little research established that Squibs are technically not, in fact, muggles. That’s why you won’t find Filch or Mrs. Figg on this list. Another exception is Mr. Roberts the Quidditch World Cup comptroller guy. He was probably a Lawful-something though, given that he had a clipboard. Lawful people love clipboards. That said, on to the Muggle-enboxening!
Mr. & Mrs. Granger: Lawful Good
We don’t get to see them in the books, and we don’t hear much about them in the movies, but the impression Hermione gives about them is pretty clear. Her parents are good-natured muggles who raised a studious, principled daughter. Her magical revelation didn’t faze them much from continuing along as they were if just a little wiser in the ways of the entire world with its new magical additions.
Both dentist parents to the buck-toothed bookworm we know so well come off very well from what we can glean and that plants them firmly in the Lawful Good column.
Vernon Dursley: Lawful Evil
It may be harsh to assign this guy as ’evil’ but aside from tolerating his wife’s nephew with bare minimum revulsion, he hasn’t got many good attributes to offer any other alternative. A lifetime of cruel treatment, favoritism that poisons his own son, cowardice, and selfishness mark the man irreparable.
Just as bad, he is a strict authoritarian who believes that his word should be law within his domain, cementing terrible habits and behaviors as normal just because he thinks it’s the best way to get what he wants most often. Follow his rules, absorb his cruel nature, Lawful Evil.
Petunia Evans-Dursley: Lawful Neutral
Petunia has a modicum of heart within her that saves her from that same harsh judgment of Vernon. If she had let him, Vernon has said he would’ve thrown the infant Harry into an orphanage, however, whatever intervention Petunia made, whether Dumbledore influenced or not, she made that small sacrifice. It may save her soul ultimately. She has let her husbands’ authoritarian ways run rampant though.
Both Dursley parents reinforce ridiculous rules upon Harry and believe that their ‘Ickle Duddykins’ is a saintly, rule-abiding angel despite ample evidence. Taking the entire book and movie saga into account, Petunia is at least understandable if not agreeable. Lawful Neutral.
Dudley Dursley: Neutral Good
Strangely, this was the one that took the most consideration. He undoubtedly behaves terribly to Harry more often than not, pretends to follow his parents and the schools rules despite being a bully and a miscreant, and will steal a momentarily set aside birthday cake at the drop of a hat, but… that last moment with Harry is just so hopeful that you have to allow Dudley the chance to change.
Shamefully cut from the movies, that early moment in the final book where Dudley utters ‘I don’t think you’re a waste of space’ and they shake hands is akin to The Grinch’s heart growing three sizes before our eyes. In some ways, he was as much a victim of terrible parenting as Harry was, and that means that, like his cousin, Dudley Dursley may know what not to be when it matters most. Neutral Good.
Tom Riddle Snr.: Lawful Neutral
The object of Merope Gaunt’s affections and the muggle father of Voldemort comes off as an aloof, situationally mean but not overtly cruel man taken advantage of. As an upstanding member of a wealthy family, he clearly follows the laws that continue to benefit his house.
He would’ve been ‘Good’ but his abandoning of his child, even under a spell as he was during its conception, marks him as less than that. Lawful Neutral.
Jacob Kowalski: Neutral Good
The heart and soul of the Fantastic Beasts films, Jacob brims with humor, hopefulness, courage, but also has a streak of impropriety. His willingness to eschew conventional rules in the name of what is right lets him follow along with Newt Scamander’s adventures as he discovers the magical world living right under their ‘No-Mag’ noses.
There’s something great about watching him consider over and over to return to normalcy only to jump into the next crazy instance, even if he’s overmatched and out of his league. A good egg. A Neutral Good egg.
Aunt Marge: Lawful Evil
Like her brother, Aunt Marge is filled with authoritarian cruelty. She treats Harry worse than the dogs she raises and has no concept of kindness at all in her brief, pre-balloon showing.
She clearly has no concept of empathy or sympathy to soften her squalid mental state and her ‘ballooning’ is the least of what she deserves. Lawful Evil.
The Prime Minister: Lawful Good
Being that we get internal monologue confirming that the new Prime Minister worked hard and as far as politicians go, earned his appointment, he must fall into the Lawful Good category. He may become impatient with Fudge’s exasperated intrusions but that seems an appropriate reaction to overwhelming bad news that you can do little about.
In any case, he appears aware of his constituents and doing his best to keep them safe from magical forces beyond his scope. Lawful Good.
Frank Bryce (The Gaunt House Gardner): Neutral Good
Continuing his life’s dedication despite rumors and innuendo circling his good nature, Frank Bryce didn’t deserve to come to an end the way he did. Frank has rightly come by his distrust of the law, having been falsely accused of murders he had nothing to do with, and while that episode may make him surly, it is understandable.
He keeps himself to himself right to the end, and the last thoughts he had were of turning murderers into the authorities regardless of his aversion. Neutral Good.
Mrs. Cole (Orphanage Matron): Lawful Good
Thoroughly overwhelmed by a child, Mrs. Cole at least gave Dumbledore the glimpse that ensured he kept a watchful, critical eye on young Tom Riddle. The poor women tasked with caring for the abandoned boy, his clandestine mischief and torturing of other children without getting caught no doubt contributed to her frazzled state. Nevertheless, even though she clearly wanted to be rid of Tom, she only released him into Dumbledore’s care after wanting to see written proof of his good intentions for the boy.
Dumbledore had to conjure a charmed piece of paper to bamboozle her, and that’s due to her sticking to her charge and looking out even for one she was scared of. Commendable and Lawful Good.
