An Fire-Making Spell

The Fire-Making Spell, also known as the Fire-Making Charm (Incendio) was a charm that conjured a jet of flames that could be used to set things alight.
==History==
This spell was mentioned in the lyrics of Celestina Warbeck's song "A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love".Inside the Magic: "Singing Sorceress: Celestina Warbeck and the Banshees in Diagon Alley at Universal Orlando" on Youtube
==Known uses==
Caster(s) 	Dates 	Notes
Albus Dumbledore 	1938 	Used it nonverbally combined with a Flame-Freezing Charm, to demonstrate his magical ability to eleven-year-old Tom Riddle in a Muggle orphanage.
Rubeus Hagrid 	31 July 1991 	Used it nonverbally to light a fire in the grate in the Hut in which the Dursleys and Harry Potter were staying to avoid the barrage of Harry's Hogwarts letters.
Minerva McGonagall	1 September 1992	Used it nonverbally to light a fire in the grate in Severus Snape's office before Dumbledore arrived when Harry and Ron smashed a Flying Ford Anglia into the Whomping Willow.
Arthur Weasley 	August 1994 	Used it to light a fire in the grate in 4 Privet Drive.
Peter Pettigrew 	24 June 1995 	Used it nonverbally to light a fire under Voldemort's cauldron in the Little Hangleton graveyard.
Harry Potter 	3 September 1997	He, too, used this spell to try and destroy the locket, though without any incantation (nonverbally).
Harry Potter 	31 October 1981 	Harry cast this spell nonverbally while duelling with Delphini after time-traveling.
Tom Riddle 	2 May 1998 	Used it nonverbally to burn the Sorting Hat on Neville Longbottom's head during the Battle of Hogwarts.
==Known practitioners==
Filius Flitwick profile.jpg|Filius Flitwick
Mcgonagall.jpg|Minerva McGonagall
Severus Snape.jpg|Severus Snape
CharlieWeasley.png|Charlie Weasley
600full-Albus-Dumbledore-the-prisoner-of-azkaban-photo.jpg|Albus Dumbledore
Arthur Weasley profile.jpg|Arthur Weasley
Colin Creevey OOTPG.jpg|Colin Creevey
Fred HS TDH promo-0.jpg|Fred Weasley
DH promo front closeup George Weasley.jpg|George Weasley
Harry Potter.jpg|Harry Potter
Hermione Granger.jpg|Hermione Granger
Neville Longbottom Promo OOTP.jpg|Neville Longbottom
Ron Weasley.jpg|Ron Weasley
Rubeus Hagrid.jpg|Rubeus Hagrid
Wormtail DH1.jpg|Peter Pettigrew
Lord Voldemort Tom Marvolo Riddle Original Appearance.jpg|Tom Riddle
==Etymology==
*In Latin, incendio is the dative or ablative singular of incendium, "fire", and can mean "to fire" or "for fire" (dative), "by fire" or "with fire" (ablative of instrument or means). Thus, the incantation is a way of calling upon fire to burn a desired object, since the spell caster wills harm to be done to an object "by (means of) fire."
*The magic word could also be a variant of the Latin incendo, "I set [something] on fire", with an "i" added before the final "o" for euphony.
*"Incendio" is the Spanish and Portuguese word for "wild fire". Also, in Italian, the word "Incendio" refers to a great fire similar to that one made by Thorfinn to Hagrid's house.
*"Incendio" is also the first person singular of the present of the Spanish, Portuguese and Italian verb "incendiar(e)", meaning "to set fire to".
==Behind the scenes==
 
*This may be the spell Remus Lupin used on the Hogwarts Express 1993, combined with a Flame-Freezing Charm when the lights went out as he is described as "holding a handful of flames" though it is more likely that he used the charm for Bluebell Flames.
*In the video game adaptations of Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets, and Goblet of Fire, Incendio is incorrectly called the Bluebell Flames, which is in fact an entirely different, but similar charm. It is used primarily to wilt dank-loving, threatening plants, burn through cobwebs and light torches. In the later games, it resumes its use as a spell to conjure a small burst of normal fire. 
**Also in the second game, the manuals, and in-game info states it can be used as a duelling charm, despite that in the console versions it is the last spell to be learned in the game, thus duels are no longer as abundant. However, proof of this can be seen in that if the player times it right, they can cast their own Disarming Charm on the incoming mis-cast Indencio (as it flies back to hit the player) and thus catching the spell and mitigating it. This also works with the Knockback Jinx.
*This spell is the first known spell to be cast in the series, although magical devices (Dumbledore's Deluminator), abilities (Animagi) and beings (Hagrid) appeared before.
*In , Bellatrix uses this spell to set Hagrid's hut on fire instead of Rowle.
*This spell's wand gesture given in is identical to its wand gesture given in the PC version of the Philosopher's Stone video game.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Charms
Category:Conjurations
Category:Fire
Category:An-The Fire-Based Real-Magic
Category:Herbology
Category:Spells With-An Light
Category:Spells With Incantations of Latin Known Origin
Category:Known Transfiguration Spells