There are professors with more power, more polish and considerably better grammar. There is nobody at Hogwarts with a bigger heart.
Rubeus Hagrid arrived on a flying motorbike on the night of 1 November 1981, placed a sleeping infant on a doorstep in Surrey, and wept openly about it because that was who he was and he saw no reason to pretend otherwise. He returned ten years later to collect that same child and take him somewhere he actually belonged, and in doing so became one of the great introductory characters in all of children's literature — the enormous, bearded, tearful guide who leads Harry Potter, and the reader alongside him, into the wizarding world for the first time. We trusted Hagrid immediately. We were right to.
As Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts, Hagrid's official remit is reasonably modest. His actual role in the story is considerably larger: friend, protector, provider of contraband information, enthusiastic keeper of creatures that have absolutely no business being kept, and the living embodiment of the series' most consistent argument — that kindness is not weakness, and that the people the world overlooks are frequently the ones worth knowing best. His love for dragons, Hippogriffs, Blast-Ended Skrewts and one extremely large spider is undiminished by the fact that none of these creatures have ever made his life easier. Love rarely works like that.
Our Hagrid collection brings together officially licensed figures, accessories, homeware and gifts celebrating Hogwarts' most beloved half-giant — from Funko Pops and collector's pieces to mugs, prints and keepsakes for fans who have always felt that Hagrid deserved considerably more credit than he received.
You're a wizard, Harry. And Hagrid was the one who said it first.
