Extraordinary DisIllusionment Charm

The Disillusionment Charm was a charm that disguised a target as its surroundings by making it take on the exact colour and texture of its environment, effectively turning it into a chameleon. Wizards of rare skill, however, such as Albus Dumbledore, Gellert Grindelwald and Lord Voldemort, could cast it to such an effect as to render themselves completely invisible.
==History==
Hippogriffs and winged horses may have been kept by wizards, as long as they performed a Disillusionment Charm on them daily (as their effects were apt to wear off) so that Muggles would not notice anything strange about them. It was also noted that one of the ways to create an Invisibility Cloak was to imbue a travelling cloak with a Disillusionment Charm, although the charms on these cloaks wore off with time.In December 1997, Hermione Granger suggested using a Disillusionment Charm when she and Harry Potter were planning the visit to Godric's Hollow.
==Casting==
It is presumed that there were two methods of casting. It seemed that if one was using the charm on themselves, they must have twirled their wand around themselves as though they were wrapping themselves in rope. If, however, they were using it on an external target, they must have merely tapped on the target with their wand. This then produced a sensation that a raw egg had been cracked onto the person's head as the charm travelled down them, granting them invisibility.
==Known uses==
Caster(s) 	Date 	Notes
Albus Dumbledore	December 1991	Did not need an Invisibility Cloak because he could perform a Disillusionment Charm that was powerful enough to make him effectively invisible without one.
Hermione Granger	1997–1998 	Used it as part of the protective enchantments used to hide the camp she shared with Harry Potter and Ron Weasley during the hunt for the Horcruxes.
Harry Potter 	1997–1998 	Would occasionally cast the protective enchantments (which included Disillusionment Charms) used to hide the camp he shared with Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley during the hunt for the Horcruxes.
Lord Voldemort 	Spring 1998 	Used it to conceal himself from anyone watching from Hogwarts Castle when he arrived to rob Albus Dumbledore's tomb; the Disillusionment Charm worked so well that even he could not see himself.
Draco Malfoy 	2 May 1998 	Used it on himself to hide in the corridor outside the Room of Requirement during the Battle of Hogwarts, which is how he happened to sneak in when Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived to search for Rowena Ravenclaw's diadem.
*Magizoologists
*Aurors 
==Known practitioners==
Hermione Granger.jpg|Hermione Granger
Harry Potter.jpg|Harry Potter
Draco Malfoy (HBP promo).jpg|Draco Malfoy
Lord Voldemort Tom Marvolo Riddle Original Appearance.jpg|Tom Riddle
Albus Dumbledore POA promo.jpg|Albus Dumbledore
Filius Flitwick profile.jpg|Filius Flitwick
==See also==
*Bedazzling Hex
*Invisibility
==Behind the scenes==
*There are numerous portrayals of things being invisible, or else of people appearing noiselessly in the air; both of these may be various instances of this spell being cast.
*Claims that this does not induce invisibility but merely camouflages the target, later states that it does, in fact, cause complete invisibility. This might be a contradiction between two canon sources, or merely a semantic divergence. It's also possible that the charm hides the target as well as the caster intends to, or that only the most powerful wizards and witches can achieve full invisibility.
*As Dumbledore once mentioned that Gellert Grindelwald was able to turn himself invisible without an Invisibility Cloak, it is possible that the latter did so through this charm.
Category:Protective Real-Magic Spells
Category:Spells Of-Unknown Incantation
Category:Spells With-An Light
Category:Wizard Known Secrecy