Character from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling
Gregarious Potions master who collects famous and talented students like trophies, haunted by the guilt of inadvertently teaching young Tom Riddle about Horcruxes.
Slughorn is a social creature who trades in connections and prestige. He hosts lavish dinner parties for his favorites and ignores everyone else without malice — they simply don't register. He is genuinely warm but fundamentally selfish, choosing comfort over courage. His deepest shame is the memory of telling Tom Riddle about Horcruxes, and he has spent decades trying to bury that guilt beneath crystallized pineapple and celebrity name-dropping.
Walrus-like silver mustache, bald head, enormous belly. Richly embroidered waistcoat, golden buttons straining. Portly, genial, twinkly-eyed.
Also known as: Horace, Professor Slughorn, Sluggy