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Basically, I would say the Next Gen/Cursed Era includes HPMA, some people choose to believe it doesn't, but since the HPMA main cast are either a year above or the same age as Teddy Lupin, I think it's only fair to include them. Abigail Grey, a HPMA background character, apparently even mentions wanting to be Teddy's friend. However, we kind of have to pull from all over the place, so some of these characters are from HPWU, FBCWW, DPNL and various other miscellaneous sources, including names that only appear in the damn themepark.

They're all really spread out though, and obviously a lot of them are related (Wotter's plus Scorpius has like three cousins). HPNG fans don't actually all necessarily take HPCC as gospel since the script has changed a few times, but HPCC is more of a basis for the kind of theming these characters have and also provides some other characters we can use, as well as canon characterisations.

It'll be a bit difficult to give a full explanation of every character, especially since they're pulled from so many random sources with different storylines, but the general theme of pretty much every established storyline is generational trauma, a general "I'm not my parents/namesakes vibe" and the impacts of authorities corrupting power (Harry, Hermione, Gareth and Grim all canonically do feel how power can corrupt people, although Harry and Hermione do at least eventually learn and acknowledge that while Gareth and Grim do not). Like, people generally agree that James Sirius Potter is a classic case of oldest sibling who is desperately trying to keep his little brother and sister out of trouble. Lily and Hugo are actually generally regarded as the troublemakers of this gen while James S and Fred II are quite often thought of as more nerdy.

The easiest way I can explain it's appeal is by comparing it to the other gens.

Knights of Walpurgis Era: You know how it ends, but you get to decide the beginning and middle.

Marauders Era: You know how it starts and how it ends, but you get to decide what changed.

Golden Trio Era: You get the full story, but you get to decide what makes that story important.

Cursed Era: You get the beginning and parts of the middle, and you get to decide how they move on from there.

I'll give you my list of characters, but it's actually not super exhaustive, the themepark names are mostly painfully generic so I only took the ones I liked (there's a dude named Christian Williams or some shit, like that's how basic they are), and I'll list their parents, if they have named parents, beside them. You can look at the fandom wiki so if anyone intrigues you, so you can see what the canon storyline is, but also you can probably just scroll through the #hp next gen tag and find a lot of stuff (recently it is mostly me, because the subfandom shrunk, but there's other people in there. Do watch out for people tagging random Dramione, Jegulus and Wolfstar posts with Scorpius Malfoy, Scorbus and Teddy Lupin though, it was a MASSIVE problem a few years ago and I blocked so many people I don't actually know how big of a problem it still is). I've got them in my age order, but there is some variation across the fandom. Skull next to a dead parent BTW.

Only including canon characters, characters we know exist but have no names (I think you can relate to that) or popular fanon characters that were created since we have such a small and wide reaching cast. Also going to include links for characters that are hard to get information for.

Character List:

Reggie Page -- Squib

Esme Page -- Squib

^ Ages too unclear for me to really have a definitive placement for, Reggie's in prison and Esme is her little brother Daniel's legal guardian, so they're quite a bit older and it's hard to place them. Like how some people would say Bilton Blimes is KOW Era or Marauders Era, and some people would say Felix Rosier is Marauders Era or Golden Trio Era.

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Mildred Banks

Chauncey Clearwater [Penelope Clearwater?]

Christopher "Chris" Cresswell [Dirk Cresswell 💀] -- Unnamed

Mortimer Dreadnaught

Eustace Fawley [no named parents but you might've seen me use Aspen Fawley who belongs to @luvieville and Vesta Glowick (Fawley) as his parents]

Coeus Grimshaw

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Mabel Gurnhart

Liza Loonifellow

Wenshi Scrivenshaft

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HPMA Muggle-Born Student/Player Character

Noah Cresswell [Dirk Cresswell 💀] -- Unnamed

Kevin Farrell [Milo Farrell and Zola (Farrell)]

Colby and Fischer Frey

Abigail Grey [Gerard Grey and Diana (Grey)]

Grimwold Jorkins [Albert Jorkins and Primrose (Jorkins)]

Daniel Page [Gorman Page and Kaleena (Page)]

Robyn Thistlethwaite [Huang (Thistlethwaite)?]

Lottie Turner [Ambrose Turner 💀]

Cassandra Vole

Ivy and Winifred Warrington [Unclear parents, father is a muggle, mother is a Warrington 💀?(or estranged), they're raised by their Grandmother]

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Hazel Fogg

Lavinia Fortescue [not a direct descendant of Florean but she is related to him]

Elliott Grey [Gerard Grey and Diana (Grey)] -- Unnamed

Granville Jorkins [Albert Jorkins and Primrose (Jorkins)]

Teddy Lupin [Remus Lupin 💀 and Nymphadora Tonks (Lupin) 💀, ends up in the care of Andromeda Black (Tonks)]

Janice Pepper

Delphi Riddle Diggory [Bellatrix Black (Lestrange) 💀 and Lord Voldemort 💀, raised in secret by Euphemia Rowle and kind of Rodolphus Lestrange once he gets out of prison]

Nienna Robins [Demelza Robins, unknown father, common headcanon is Colin Creevey 💀 since she has to be a teen pregnancy due to what I can only assume is a calculation error on the writers part]

Cara Tomansey

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Egmont Elvert Hobday [Hilliard Hobday and Violetta (Hobday)]

Griselda Harmonia Jorkins [Albert Jorkins and Primrose (Jorkins)]

Amber Noel

Hugo Pepper -- Muggle

Victoire Weasley [Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour (Weasley)]

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Gideon Grey [Gerard Grey and Diana (Grey)] -- Unnamed

Sage Kelleen

Trinity Lynn

Dominique Weasley [Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour (Weasley)]

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Jada Angela

Sebastian Grey [Gerard Grey and Diana (Grey)] -- Unnamed

Phelan Noel

Molly Weasley II [Percy Weasley and Audrey (Weasley), maiden name Xu is popular]

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Daisy Dursley [Dudley Dursley and Cho Chang (Dursley), Cho canonically marries a muggle man who is never named, Daisy as a concept existed prior to the Chodley ship] -- Fanon

Cereus Greengrass [Gareth Greengrass 💀 and Aquila (Greengrass) 💀, headcanon that she ends up in Daphne Greengrass's care since her only other living family is Astoria, who we know doesn't get her, and an imprisoned Death-Eater Uncle]

Rupert Grey [Gerard Grey and Diana (Grey)] -- Unnamed

Lucy Weasley [Percy Weasley and Audrey Xu (Weasley)]

Quinton Wood [Oliver Wood] -- Fanon, name is a poll result, he was only recently given an actual fanon name though, this also specifically refers to the ragebaiter boyfriend of Lucy Weasley, any other interpretation of a Wood boy will probably have a different name

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Craig Bowker Jr. 💀 [Craig Bowker Snr. presumably] yes there are dead characters in this era we're all crying about it

Frank Longbottom II [Neville Longbottom and Hannah Abbott (Longbottom)] -- Fanon

James Sirius Potter [Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley (Potter)]

Fred Weasley II [George Weasley and Angelina Johnson (Weasley)]

Louis Weasley [Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour (Weasley)]

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Sophia Barclay -- Semi-Canon, she's allegedly on the version of the CC script that actors get, but it's unclear if she's real

Polly Chapman [Has a dead relative, we don't know who though]

Yann Fredericks

Vincent Goyle [Gregory Goyle, mother unclear, sometimes Runcorn or Millicent Bulstrode, I use the Runcorn girl] -- Fanon

Rose Granger-Weasley [Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger]

Karl Jenkins

Alice Longbottom II [Neville Longbottom and Hannah Abbott (Longbottom)] -- Fanon

Scorpius Malfoy [Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass (Malfoy) 💀]

Albus Severus Potter [Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley (Potter)]

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Addison and Melody Fawley [Grim Fawley and Nel Padgett (Fawley)]

Aaron Goyle [Gregory Goyle and the Runcorn girl (Adelia Runconr, I've also seen Alice Runcorn suggested as a her name)] -- Not actually fanon, my OC that someone else decided they wanted to become fanon

Augusta "Auggie" Longbottom II, sometimes called Grace, Auggie used for the non-binary variant [Neville Longbottom and Hannah Abbott (Longbottom)] -- Fanon

Panju Weasley [Ron Weasley and Padma Patil (Weasley), alternate universe baby, in a world where CC didn't happen I headcanon him as an IVF baby]

Roxanne Weasley [George Weasley and Angelina Johnson (Weasley)]

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Hugo Granger-Weasley [Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger]

Lily Luna Potter [Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley (Potter)]

Lorcan and Lysander Scamander [Rolf Scamander and Luna Lovegood (Scamander)]

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These are not fanon characters so to speak, but character archetypes that come up often enough without a decided upon name:

Yann Fredericks’s Two Older Sisters [I use Esther Fredericks (Molly II’s year) and Naomi Fredericks (Lucy’s Year)]

Lily Luna Potter’s Emo Bisexual Slytherin Boyfriend [I use Atlas Gloomy (Lily Luna’s Year), character is less common now that Lilysander is a more popular ship]

Theodore Nott’s Daughter [No consensus on age, blood status or personality, people just kind of agree he has the vibe of a girldad. I use Nora Nott, she ends up in the care of her Aunt once Theo goes to prison]

Very few of them have canon houses. Even the fanon characters aren’t always in the same house.

Official Houses:

Eustace Fawley: Hufflepuff

Coeus Grimshaw: Slytherin

Mabel Gurnhart: Ravenclaw

Liza Loonifellow: Hufflepuff

Wenshi Scrivenshaft: Slytherin

Kevin Farrell: Gryffindor

Colby Frey: Slytherin

Fischer Frey: Slytherin

Abigail Grey: Gryffindor

Robyn Thistlethwaite: Gryffindor

Cassandra Vole: Slytherin

Winifred Warrington: Slytherin

-- (MC, Daniel, Lottie and Ivy are all in the same house)

Hazel Fogg: Slytherin

Lavinia Fortescue: Gryffindor

Teddy Lupin: Hufflepuff

Cara Tomansey: Ravenclaw

Amber Noel: Gryffindor

Sage Kelleen: Gryffindor

Trinity Lynn: Gryffindor

Jada Angela: Gryffindor

Phelan Noel: Gryffindor

Daisy Dursley: Ravenclaw

Quinton Wood: Gryffindor

Craig Bowker Jr.: Slytherin

James Sirius Potter: Gryffindor

Sophia Barclay: Ravenclaw

Polly Chapman: Gryffindor

Yann Fredericks: Gryffindor

Vincent Goyle: Slytherin

Rose Granger-Weasley: Gryffindor

Karl Jenkins: Hufflepuff

Scorpius Malfoy: Slytherin

Albus Severus Potter: Slytherin

Aaron Goyle: Slytherin

Auggie Longbottom: Ravenclaw

Lily Luna Potter: Gryffindor

And literally anyone else could be anything. It’s unlikely any other Wotter’s are in Slytherin due to Albus Severus Potter facing bullying at Hogwarts specifically for being the odd one out, but some people like those headcanons anyway.

Canon Ships:

Kevthistle (Kevin Farrell/Robyn Thistlethwaite)

Tedoire (Teddy Lupin/Victoire Weasley)

Augurlight (Albus Severus Potter/Delphi Riddle) -- has been removed from the script

Scorose (Rose Granger-Weasley/Scorpius Malfoy) -- has been removed from the script

Scorbus/Starlight (Scorpius Malfoy/Albus Severus Potter) -- has been added to the script through heavy implication and actors choosing to play them that way, although they cannot legally full send it

Craipius (Craig Bowker Jr./Scorpius Malfoy) -- allegedly, was apparently removed from the script before it was ever released to the public

Yolly (Polly Chapman/Yann Fredericks) -- allegedly, it’s nowhere in the script and has never been, but actors play them as a couple

Scorpolly (Polly Chapman/Scorpius Malfoy) -- only occurs as a one sided crush in an alternate universe, kind of Dransy-coded

I’m pretty sure you follow me on Pinterest, but just because it's easier to convey character vibes and stuff through images and obviously most of these guys have no canon personalities, I'll link those ones since that might help.

Pinterest Links:

HPNG

HPNG Trios

HPNG Friendgroups

HPNG Ships

BrassSteel

Sources (Chronological Order, to the best of my abilities):