[Snowflake]

My 2 knuts, 4 sickles and 1 galleon:

Reprieve: Hermione or Ron

Biting it: McGonagall or Snape
Mr. or Mrs. Weasley or Hagrid

I'm not quite sure if Tonks or Lupin would count toward the major characters or not.

Does Harry return to Hogwarts next year if it remains open?

Is Snape still one of Dumbledore's good guys? (I think so) Will there be some other surprise revelation about Snape in the last book?

This does not lessen in any way my complete lack of patience having to wait for the final installment to hit the bricks sometime mid-late 2007.