Gremlins are a fictional sapient species in the Harry Potter universe.
Description[]
Appearance and Biology[]
Gremlins are small humanoids with dome-like heads and pointed noses and ears, and long fingers.
History[]
Presumably relatives of House-Elves, Gremlins were once an independent group with access to magic. However, at some unknown point prior to the 18th century, they fought a war with human wizards who eventually beat them and took away their magic wands, tragically limiting their magical abilities. Gremlins, who had an affinity for metallurgy, turned to their craft as a last resource and quickly made themselves essential to wizards by creating artifacts and coins for them. Over the centuries, they rebelled many times, but their rebellions were routed, as they are primarily merchants and not warriors.
Gringotts[]
In recent times, Gremlins work for the Wizarding Bank, Gringotts, which both keeps money for the wizards and creates the needed coins.
Behind the scenes[]
In some ways, Harry Potter gremlins are similar to Northern Mythology's Dwarves, as small, deformed craftsman known for their metallurgy.