Well, some of the main characters are Harry, Ron, Hermione, Dumbledore, and Voldemort. But some minor characters that really help contribute to the story are the entire Weasley family, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Snape.
It can be called referencing, where you in/text reference a source or text you used to gain the information, but you rewrote it in your own words so there is a difference between them.
there's not a passage to read
