Prompt by Korrin85 on Reddit: A snap happens and suddenly, half the Wizarding World disappears.

Since I've been wanting to do something like this since IW first came out, here goes. I furthermore extend this challenge to anyone reading this, if you've any interest. This is a fascinating concept to play with (mostly in small amounts, for me at least, since anything more would have to deal with societal collapse) and I haven't seen nearly enough.

I copied the Harry Potter characters list from Wikipedia, then went down the line rolling a die for each name. Even to live, odd to die. These are the results, from which I will be working for the Snapped series of oneshots. If anyone else wants to borrow the list since I already wore my hand out rolling for it, feel free.

DEAD:

Hannah Abbott, Bathilda Bagshot, Katie Bell, Amelia Bones, Susan Bones, Millicent Bulstrode, Charity Burbage, Alecto Carrow, Reginald Cattermole, Mary Cattermole, Cho Chang, Vincent Crabbe, Colin Creevey, Dennis Creevey, Dirk Cresswell, Bartemius (Barty) Crouch, Sr., Gabrielle Delacour, Mrs. Delacour, Dedalus Diggle, Amos Diggory, Cedric Diggory, Elphias Doge, Antonin Dolohov, Albus Dumbledore, Dudley Dursley, Marjorie (Marge) Dursley, Vernon Dursley, Marietta Edgecombe, Argus Filch, Seamus Finnigan, Marcus Flint, Mundungus Fletcher, Marvolo Gaunt, Merope Gaunt, Mr. Granger, Mrs. Granger, Gregorovitch, Fenrir Greyback, Gellert Grindelwald, Rubeus Hagrid, Rolanda Hooch, Mafalda Hopkirk, Angelina Johnson, Rabastan Lestrange, Rodolphus Lestrange, Alice Longbottom, Frank Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Xenophilius Lovegood, Remus Lupin, Draco Malfoy, Ernie Macmillan, Cormac McLaggen, Graham Montague, Theodore Nott, Bob Ogden, Padma Patil, Parvati Patil, Peter Pettigrew, Irma Pince, Lily Potter (née Evans), Quirinus Quirrell, Tom Marvolo Riddle – see Lord Voldemort*., Demelza Robins, Augustus Rookwood, Albert Runcorn, Newt Scamander, Rufus Scrimgeour, Stan Shunpike, Aurora Sinistra, Zacharias Smith, Alicia Spinnet, Pomona Sprout, Pius Thicknesse, Dean Thomas, Nymphadora Tonks, Travers, Bill Weasley, Charlie Weasley, Fred Weasley, George Weasley, Percy Weasley, Oliver Wood

Bogrod, Buckbeak, Crookshanks, Dobby, Fawkes, Firenze, Fluffy, Grawp, Hedwig, Magorian, Great Aunt Muriel, Nagini, Norbert/Norberta, Ronan, Scabior, Travers, Trevor, Winky

ALIVE:

Ludo Bagman, Sirius Black, Regulus Arcturus Black, Terry Boot, Lavender Brown, Frank Bryce, Amycus Carrow, Penelope Clearwater, Michael Corner, Vincent Crabbe, Sr., Bartemius (Barty) Crouch, Jr., Roger Davies, Dawlish, Fleur Delacour, Mr. Delacour, Aberforth Dumbledore, Petunia Dursley (née Evans), Arabella Figg, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Filius Flitwick, Florean Fortescue, Cornelius Fudge, Morfin Gaunt, Anthony Goldstein, Goyle Sr, Gregory Goyle, Hermione Granger, Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, Lee Jordan, Bertha Jorkins, Igor Karkaroff, Viktor Krum, Silvanus Kettleburn, Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black), Gilderoy Lockhart, Augusta Longbottom, Neville Longbottom, Walden Macnair, Lucius Malfoy, Narcissa Malfoy (née Black), Madam Malkin, Griselda Marchbanks, Olympe Maxime, Minerva McGonagall, Alastor (Mad-Eye) Moody, Garrick Ollivander, Pansy Parkinson, Sturgis Podmore, Poppy Pomfrey, Harry Potter, James Potter, Thorfinn Rowle, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Rita Skeeter, Horace Slughorn, Severus Snape, Andromeda Tonks (née Black), Ted Tonks, Sybill Trelawney, Wilkie Twycross, Dolores Jane Umbridge, Emmeline Vance, Romilda Vane, Septima Vector, Lord Voldemort (Born Tom Riddle*), Myrtle Warren, Arthur Weasley, Ginny Weasley, Molly Weasley (née Prewett), Ron Weasley, Corban Yaxley, Blaise Zabini

Aragog, Bane, Errol, Fang, Gornuk, Griphook, Kreacher, Peeves, Pigwidgeon, Madam Rosmerta

Obviously, the alive/dead is only in respect to the Snap, so some characters may be irrelevant depending on the timeline chosen. The Snapped series is not timeline restricted; that is, I'll be writing as though the Snap occurred at different points in time for several of the stories.

Whew. Now that's all compiled, I find it highly amusing that the entire original trio survived. I was expecting at least one of them to disappear. We keep McGonagall, Flitwick, and Snape, while losing Sprout. Draco's parents both survive, though he himself does not. Same with Nymphadora Tonks. Bellatrix is the last surviving Lestrange. Neville's parents both go, we lose all the older Weasley boys, and the Lovegoods are gone. The Ministry will have a bit of an upheaval, though Fudge and Umbridge both survive. :shudder:

*I rolled Voldemort as surviving before realizing that he'd already been rolled as dead under Tom Riddle. . . so his survival will vary. I'll probably just reroll him for each story.