Moaning Myrtle
creatureSquat teenage girl ghost with glummest face half-hidden by lank hair and thick pearly spectacles, silver tears, haunts toilet.
Moaning Myrtle, the melancholic ghost of a squat teenage girl who haunts a Hogwarts girls' bathroom, bursts into prominence in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* as a tragic victim of the Basilisk's predecessor, murdered fifty years prior for discovering the Chamber's entrance. Her perpetual moaning and silver tears provide crucial clues to Harry and Ron as they unravel the mystery of the Heir of Slytherin. Though her appearances dwindle in later books, she remains a quirky fixture of Hogwarts lore, occasionally offering ghostly insights amid her self-pitying wails.
Evolution
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Squat teenage girl ghost with glummest face half-hidden by lank hair and thick pearly spectacles, silver tears, haunts toilet.
Book Appearances
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
First appears Ch 7