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Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee

### Intentions

Invents excuses for the Muggle community for any magical accidents or occurrences

### Affiliation

* British Ministry of Magic
	+ Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes

> "*Level Three, Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes, incorporating the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad, Obliviator Headquarters and Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee.*"
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The **Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee** is a division of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes. Members of this committee think up excuses that will explain magical happenings to Muggles. Unlike the Office of Misinformation, who becomes involved in only the very worst magical-Muggle collisions and liaises with the Muggle Prime Minister, this committee deals with the more minor incidents.
Honeydukes Express

> "*Anything off the trolley, dears?*"
> ― Trolley lady to everybody on the Hogwarts Express
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The **Honeydukes Express** was the food trolley aboard the Hogwarts Express that enabled the students to purchase food on the long journey to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was pushed by a plump, friendly witch, and some of the sweets were likely supplied by Honeydukes Sweetshop. The service also sells *Daily Prophets*.

The trolley also supplied iced pumpkin juice. It is unknown if any other beverages were available.

## History

### 1990s

When Harry Potter first rode the Hogwarts Express at the beginning of his first year, he planned to buy "All of the Mars Bars he could eat", but the trolley didn't have any Mars Bars. Being new to the wizarding world Harry was amazed to find such items as: Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Bean, Cauldron Cakes, Chocolate Frogs, Drooble's Best Blowing Gum, Jelly Slugs, Liquorice wands, and Pumpkin Pasties.

Harry bought a little of everything and shared it with his new friend Ron Weasley. Over the years Harry and the others regularly used the food trolley whenever they travelled on the Express. Buying a bit of everything would cost about 11 sickles.

Upon the arrival of the trolley-lady, Harry, Ron and Hermione attempted to wake Professor Lupin, as they thought he looked like he could use feeding. They were unsuccessful, but the trolley-lady said that she would be up front with the driver if Lupin was hungry later. She handed Harry and the others a large stack of Cauldron Cakes. She also sold Ron Weasley a chocolate bar for 1 Sickle.

On their way to Hogwarts in September, Harry bought a stack of Cauldron Cakes for himself and his friends to share. At the end of the school year, Hermione Granger bought a copy of the *Daily Prophet* to check and see if there was anything about Voldemort's return.
International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee

> "*The ICWQC has the unlucky job of regulating this contentious and anarchic competition.*"
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The **International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee** (**ICWQC**) is an international regulatory body, subject to the International Confederation of Wizards, that oversees international Quidditch competitions, such as the World Cup. Namely, it locates suitable venues, arranges transportation for spectators, and provides policing for the games themselves. It is also the ICWQC that chooses the referees for World Cup matches.

The ICWQC was created following the implementation of the International Statute of Wizarding Secrecy in 1692, which made the Quidditch World Cup a security risk, as the mass congregation of so many wizards entailed exposure to Muggles. Following mass protests and threats to the International Confederation of Wizards, this committee was set up to deal with the most problematic logistical issues.

Regulations on the size and nature of national team mascots in the World Cups have long been a source of debate at the highest levels of the ICWQC. In 1995, a motion to restrict mascots to "*herbivores, creatures smaller than a cow and nothing that breathes fire*" was defeated by an overwhelming majority, and Quidditch supporters have been resistant to any meddling as far as team mascots are concerned.

The Committee frowns upon the ceremonial burning of their broomsticks by Japanese teams following a defeat as a waste of good wood.
Non-being

A **Non-Human Spiritous Apparition** (also known as a **non-being**) was a type of magical spirit created out of human emotions. They were notable for the fact that they had no real equivalent in the Muggle world, and their similarity to ghosts, despite never having been truly alive.

## Origins

Non-Human Spiritous Apparitions were something of a mystery even to Wizardkind. Being amortal, they were not born and could not be killed, only driven off. Non-beings were created from and sustained by human emotions, and new ones would always be created; in short, they grew somewhat like fungi in places where there was decay. Despite the fact that Dementors could not breed, Cornelius Fudge referred to their increase in number as "breeding". At least one type of non-being - the Poltergeist - was an "indestructible spirit".

## Powers

It seems that many non-beings were more difficult to perceive for Muggles than Wizards; Dementors were invisible to Muggles, Boggarts were more difficult for them to see and more easily dismissed as figments of imagination, and Poltergeists that formed in Muggle homes were usually invisible and incapable of materialising.

All known non-beings also showed the capability of flying without any form of physical aid.

## Defences

While non-beings were not truly alive and were unable to be truly destroyed, wizards invented various spells that could drive off these spirits using positive emotions. Their numbers could also be limited by reducing the conditions that would generate them.

Non-beings possessed sentience enough to have emotions, which wizards could use to negotiate with them to make them allies. Dementors were offered to be guards of Azkaban, in exchange for humans supplying them with prisoners to feed off of. Poltergeists could fear a certain authority figure of great power, as Peeves was afraid of the Bloody Baron and Albus Dumbledore, while he respected Fred and George Weasley enough to follow their order to annoy Dolores Umbridge.

## Known non-beings

* Boggarts
* Dementors
* Poltergeists
Leprechaun gold

> "*Leprechauns produce a realistic gold-like substance that vanishes after a few hours, to their great amusement.*"
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**Leprechaun gold** was a material that was produced by Leprechauns, that possessesed magical properties.

## Description

It was a gold-like substance produced by Leprechauns that looks and feels authentic as regular coins, that has the unique quality of disappearing after a few hours. Not many wizards and witches seem to be aware of this fact, as shown with the Pure-blood wizard Ronald Weasley. Although the coins seem identical to ordinary ones, Goblin experts can differentiate them from ordinary coins, as Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley overheard when they visited Gringotts Wizarding Bank in search of one of Lord Voldemort's Horcruxes in the Lestrange vault.

## History

> "*I didn’t know leprechaun gold vanishes.*"
> ― Ron Weasley's initial ignorance of its qualities[source]
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Ludo Bagman paid off bets to Fred and George Weasley, as well as many other winners, including Goblins, at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup using Leprechaun gold. Although Bagman refused to reimburse many of the gamblers for this deceit, the Goblins chased after him and took all of his winnings as compensation.

In 1995, Rubeus Hagrid used Leprechaun gold coins in a Care of Magical Creatures class where he was introducing the students to Nifflers, and Gregory Goyle's attempt to pocket them secretly was thwarted when he heard they would disappear eventually. Ron Weasley paid back Harry Potter in Leprechaun gold for the Omnioculars in the Quidditch World Cup, not knowing that Leprechaun gold would disappear until Hagrid told him later in Care of Magical Creatures class. Ron felt bad about this, but Harry told him it was no problem.
Office of Misinformation

> "*The Office of Misinformation will become involved in only the very worst magical-Muggle collisions. Some magical catastrophes or accidents are simply too glaringly obvious to be explained away by Muggles without the help of an outside authority. The Office of Misinformation will in such a case liaise directly with the Muggle prime minister to seek a plausible non-magical explanation for the event.*"
> ― Newton Scamander, Template:FB[source]
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The **Office of Misinformation** is part of the Ministry of Magic, answering to the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. The Office is only employed during the worst magical-Muggle collisions, when an incident is so obviously magical in nature that Muggle authorities have a hard time explaining it.

In such cases, the Office liaises directly with the Muggle Prime Minister to create a plausible, non-magical excuse for the incident. The Office of Misinformation has worked long and hard convincing Muggles that all photographic evidence of the Loch Ness Monster is fake, salvaging a situation that once looked to be extremely dangerous.

## Behind the scenes

* During the calamitous events involving the Death Eaters in 1996, the Office of Misinformation simply acted directly without the consent of the Muggle Prime Minister, pushing the explanation that the disastrous events in the West Country as being caused by a freak hurricane and modifying the memories of those who saw what really happened. The Muggle Prime Minister was only informed after the fact.
* The Magical Congress of the United States of America has a similar Department of No-Maj Misinformation.
Matilda Potter

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Mr Wright (father)
* Mrs Wright (mother)
* Brothers (Two)
* Malcolm Potter (Husband) †
* Ralston Potter (son) †
* ??? (née Fieldwake) (daughter-in-law) †
* Richard Potter (grandson) †
* Symond Potter (grandson) †
* granddaughter
* Margaret Potter (née Dippet) (granddaughter-in-law) †

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Potter family
* Wright family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Ravenclaw
Ignatius Tuft

**Minister Ignatius Tuft** was Minister for Magic from 1959 to 1962. Tuft was a hard-liner who capitalised on his mother Wilhelmina Tuft's popularity to gain election for a single term. He promised to institute a controversial and dangerous Dementor breeding programme and was forced from office in 1962.
Hufflepuff Quidditch team

## Quidditch team information

### Hometown

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Highlands, Scotland

### Rival(s)

* Gryffindor Quidditch team
* Ravenclaw Quidditch team
* Slytherin Quidditch team

### Known players

**Beaters**: * Maxine O'Flaherty(1993-1994)
* Anthony Rickett (1993-1994)
* Michael McManus (1993-1994)

**Chasers**:

* Malcolm Preece (1993-1994)
* Heidi Macavoy (1993-1994)
* Tamsin Applebee (1993-1994)
* Zacharias Smith (1995-1996)
* Cadwallader (1995-1996)

**Keepers**:

* Herbert Fleet (1993-1994)

**Seekers**:

* Cedric Diggory (1993-1994)
* Summerby (1995-1996)
Grimmauld Place

> "*The grimy fronts of the surrounding houses were not welcoming; some of them had broken windows, glimmering dully in the light from the streetlamps, paint was peeling from many of the doors, and heaps of rubbish lay outside several sets of front steps* [...]"
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**Grimmauld Place** is a street in the London Borough of Islington mostly inhabited by Muggles. The Black family residence was located at number twelve, and served as the headquarters of the Order of the Phoenix between 1996-1997. Since the Black House is hidden from most people, the residents of this street have accepted the "amusing mistake in the numbering that had caused number eleven to sit beside number thirteen".

## Etymology

* *Grimmauld Place* may be one of Rowling's play on words combining the words "grim", "old" and "place".
Louis Weasley

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Septimus Weasley (paternal ancestor) †
* Cedrella Weasley (née Black) (paternal ancestor) †
* Arthur Weasley (paternal grandfather)
* Molly Weasley (née Prewett) (paternal grandmother)
* Monsieur Delacour (maternal grandfather)
* Apolline Delacour (maternal grandmother)
* Bill Weasley (father)
* Fleur Weasley (née Delacour) (mother)
* Victoire Weasley (sister)
* Dominique Weasley (sister)

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* Gabrielle Delacour (maternal aunt)
* Ginevra Potter (née Weasley) (aunt)
* Harry Potter (uncle)
* James Sirius Potter (cousin)
* Albus Severus Potter (cousin)
* Lily Luna Potter (cousin)
* Ronald Weasley (uncle)
* Hermione Granger (aunt)
* Rose Granger-Weasley (cousin)
* Hugo Granger-Weasley (cousin)
* Fred Weasley (uncle) †
* George Weasley (uncle)
* Angelina Weasley (née Johnson) (aunt)
* Fred Weasley II (cousin)
* Roxanne Weasley (cousin)
* Percy Weasley (uncle)
* Audrey Weasley (aunt)
* Molly Weasley II (cousin)
* Lucy Weasley (cousin)
* Charles Weasley (uncle)
* Delacour family
* Weasley family

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Weasley family
* Delacour family
* Prewett family
* Potter family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
	+ Gryffindor Quidditch team
Goblin Liaison Office

The **Goblin Liaison Office** is part of the Being Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. It is the section which takes care of the magical economy and the relations between goblins and wizards. Cuthbert Mockridge headed the Office in 1994, but shortly after he was replaced by Dirk Cresswell. It appears to be a highly respected field, and the head of the office is a highly regarded post.

## Known heads of office

* Cuthbert Mockridge
* Dirk Cresswell †
Harry Potter's birthday cake from Molly Weasley

> "'*Out of the way, out of the way!' sang Mrs Weasley, coming through the gate with what appeared to be a giant, beach-ball-sized Snitch floating in front of her. Seconds later, Harry realised that it was his birthday cake, which Mrs Weasley was suspending with her wand, rather than risk carrying it over uneven ground.*"
> ― Molly brings in Harry's birthday cake[source]
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This **cake** was made by Molly Weasley to celebrate Harry Potter's seventeenth birthday. The cake was made in the form of a Golden Snitch, said to be beach-ball-sized, likely to celebrate Harry's status as star Seeker on the Gryffindor Quidditch team.

Upon seeing the cake, Harry stated that it looked amazing, and Molly replied fondly that it was nothing. Harry's comment earned him a thumbs-up and a mouthed "Good one" from Ronald Weasley, who had been reading *Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches*, not realising that Harry most likely gave the compliment due to his natural politeness.

Later, when Rufus Scrimgeour paid a visit to reveal the contents of The Last Will and Testament of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore and got into an argument with Harry regarding a possible message hidden in the first Golden Snitch that Harry Potter had ever caught, he suggested that the fact that Harry's cake was shaped like a Snitch could be significant, earning him more of Harry's contempt.
Henry S Potter

## Biographical Information

### Born

4 March, 1736Godric's Hollow, West Country, England, Great Britain

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Richard Potter III (grandfather) †
* Sophie Potter (née Longbottom) (grandmother) †

* Stephen Potter II (father) †
* Miriam Potter (née Dumbledore) (mother) †
* Anthonia Potter (sister)
* Grace Potter (née Moody) (wife)
* Daniel Potter (son)
* James M Potter (son)
* Katherine Potter (D)

* Elesha Potter (née Abbott) (daughter-in-law) †
* Thomas Potter III (grandson)
* Edith J Potter (granddaughter)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Potter family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
	+ Gryffindor Quidditch team
* Ministry of Magic
	+ Auror Office

Henry
Iola Black

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Arcturus Black I (uncle) †
* Cygnus Black I (father) †
* Phineas Nigellus Black (brother) †
* Sirius Black I (brother) †
* Elladora Black (sister) †
* Bob Hitchens (husband) †
* Ursula Flint (sister-in-law) †
* Sirius Black II (nephew) †
* Phineas Black (nephew) †
* Cygnus Black II (nephew) †
* Belvina Black (niece) †
* Arcturus Black II (nephew) †
* Black family
Harry Potter's fifteenth birthday

### Description

Hermione sends Harry a birthday card, and Ron and her sent him chocolates from Honeydukes

> "*In fact, he was so angry at them that he had thrown both their birthday presents of Honeydukes chocolates away unopened, though he had regretted this after eating the wilting salad Aunt Petunia had provided for dinner that night.*"
> ― Harry angry that his friends were having more fun than he was stuck at Privet Drive[source]
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**Harry Potter's fifteenth birthday** was only acknowledged by Hermione Granger and Ronald Weasley. Hermione sent Harry a birthday card from the Order of the Phoenix headquarters to Harry's room at 4 Privet Drive. Hermione and Ron both sent chocolate from Honeydukes, although he threw them away, as he was frustrated at the fact that they were both presumably having fun together. He later regretted this action as he had to eat Petunia Dursley's unappetizing salad the same night.
Oculus Potion

The **Oculus Potion** is a potion that restores the drinker's eyesight, including counteracting the effects of a Conjunctivitis Curse. It is a deep orange colour when completed.

The Ingredients to brew the potion include Wormwood, Stewed Mandrake, ground Unicorn horn, and crystalised water.

## Recipe

The following recipe can be used to successfully make the Oculus Potion

1. Shake and add wormwood until the potion turns green.
2. Stir the potion until it turns purple.
3. Add the ground unicorn horn until the potion turns red.
4. Allow the potion to heat until it turns yellow.
5. Add crystalized water until the potion turns turquoise.
6. Shake and add the wormwood until the potion turns pink.
7. Stir until the potion turns orange.
8. Add stewed mandrake until the potion turns green.
9. Add the ground unicorn horn until it turns turquoise.
10. Add the crystalized water until it turns indigo.
11. Stir until the potion turns orange.
12. Heat until the potion turns purple.
13. Shake and add the stewed mandrake until the potion turns orange.
Hospital Wing

### Permanent residents

Injured and sick staff and students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

### Affiliation

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

> "*No more than six visitors at a time!*"
> ― Madam Pomfrey's strict rules for the Hospital Wing[source]
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The **Hospital Wing** was a part of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It was run by Madam Poppy Pomfrey, the school's matron, from at least 1971.

The students and staff who suffered mishaps and injuries during the school year, were sent or brought to the hospital wing for treatment. Poppy would prefer there be six visitors at one time for one person. There was a room adjacent belonging to the matron.

The hospital wing was well equipped to deal with all kinds of magical and mundane injuries, from broken limbs to regrowing lost bones. Only in the most severe cases were the patients sent to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries for further treatment, such as when Katie Bell touched a cursed Opal Necklace in 1996.

## Overview

Located on the first floor, and later one or two floors up, the hospital wing was where Hogwarts residents go to have their medical needs met. Within the hospital wing were many rows of beds with white sheets, privacy screens, and bedpans, which Ronald Weasley once had to scrub as the result of a detention from Professor Snape. The entrance had double doors. Madam Pomfrey’s office was part of the hospital wing complex.
Ministry of Magic Classifications

A **classification** is given by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures to all known Beasts, Beings and Spirits. These offer an at-a-glance guide to the perceived danger level of a creature. There are five categories.

## Ministry of Magic (M.O.M.) Classification

* XXXXX - Known wizard killer / impossible to train or domesticate
* XXXX - Dangerous / requires specialist knowledge / skilled wizard may handle
* XXX - Competent wizard should cope
* XX - Harmless / may be domesticated
* X - Boring

### Classified beasts

* XXXXX
* XXXX
* XXX
* XX
* X

* Acromantula
* Basilisk
* Chimaera
* Dragon
* Lethifold
* Manticore
* Nundu
* Quintaped
* Werewolf

- Centaur (should be treated with great respect)

- Demiguise

- Erkling

- Erumpent

- Graphorn

- Griffin

- Kappa

- Kelpie

- Merpeople (should be treated with great respect)

- Occamy

- Phoenix (only a few wizards and witches who already domesticated them)

- Re'em

- Runespoor

- Snidget (any wizard who captures this creature will be punished, due to their near-extinction from past hunting)

- Sphinx

- Tebo

- Thestral

- Troll

- Unicorn (should be treated with great respect)

- Yeti

- Ashwinder

- Billywig

- Bundimun

- Crup

- Doxy

- Dugbog

- Fire Crab

- Fwooper

- Glumbumble

- Hippocampus

- Hippogriff

- Jarvey

- Knarl

- Kneazle

- Leprechaun

- Lobalug

- Mackled Malaclaw

- Moke

- Murtlap

- Niffler

- Nogtail

- Pixie

- Plimpy

- Pogrebin

- Red Cap

- Salamander

- Sea Serpent

- Shrake

- Streeler

- Augurey

- Bowtruckle

- Chizpurfle

- Clabbert

- Diricawl

- Fairy

- Ghoul

- Gnome

- Grindylow

- Imp

- Jobberknoll

- Mooncalf

- Porlock

- Puffskein

- Ramora

- Flobberworm

- Horklump
Ogg

**Ogg** was the gamekeeper at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry during Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett's time at the school.

After Rubeus Hagrid was expelled in 1943, Albus Dumbledore convinced Armando Dippet to keep Hagrid and train him as gamekeeper. Hagrid presumably served as Ogg's assistant before Ogg left the position and Hagrid was promoted.

In 1995, Molly became intrigued by the Whomping Willow when she visited Harry Potter during the third task, and she reminisced at length about Ogg.
Hogwarts house-elves

**Ron Weasley**: "*Hang on a moment! We've forgotten someone! The house-elves, they'll all be down in the kitchen, won't they?*"
**Harry Potter**: "*You mean we ought to get them fighting?*"
**Ron Weasley**: "*No, I mean we should tell them to get out. We don’t want anymore Dobbies, do we? We can’t order them to die for us–*"
— The House elves during the Battle of Hogwarts[src]

A veritable legion of **house-elves** are enlisted by Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They work in the kitchens, preparing feasts for the entire school. They also move trunks and baggage to and from rooms, clean dormitories, and presumably other areas of the castle as well. They wear togas made of tea-towels bearing the Hogwarts crest. When asked nicely, they will accommodate the dietary requests of vegetarian students.

## History

### Helga Hufflepuff

Helga Hufflepuff brought the House-elves to work in the Hogwarts kitchens as a way of ensuring they could work and not be abused.

### 1994

> "*At least a hundred little elves were standing around the kitchen, bowing and curtseying as Dobby led Harry past them.*"
> ― The house-elves in 1994[source]
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In 1994, Dobby, a house-elf, was hired by Albus Dumbledore to work in the kitchens for a Galleon a week. Another house-elf named Winky, took up work at Hogwarts as well, but during her time there she had turned into a heavy drinker. They soon became titled as Hogwarts house-elves although the other House Elves were disconcerted by them.

In the same year, Hermione Granger set up the organisation S.P.E.W., she started coming to the kitchens in order to persuade them to be set free. This did not earn her any popularity, as most believe that house-elves enjoy their work; indeed, even the house-elves did not like her campaigning. She started knitting hats and socks, which she left lying around Gryffindor Tower, hoping to free some unsuspecting elf who picked them up while cleaning the common room, so as to grant them freedom. The house-elves did not appreciate this gesture; on the contrary, they took it for insult and refused to clean the Gryffindor Common Room, with the exception of Dobby. They became angry with Hermione Granger as she made these attempts to free them.

### 1998

> "*Fight, fight for my master, the defender of the house-elves! Fight for brave Regulus! Fight!*"
> ― Kreacher leading the house-elves during the Battle of Hogwarts[source]
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They participated in the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998 in an unusually bold move for their kind, although this may have been a manifestation of their extreme loyalty to their "masters". They fought with knives and cleavers, hacking at the shins of Death Eaters.
Graduation ceremony

The **graduation ceremony** is a yearly ritual performed at the end of the school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The graduate seventh year students leave the Castle in a poetic and symbolic way, as they leave via the enchanted boats that took them to Hogwarts prior to the start of their first year.
Gregory the Smarmy

> "*This is Gregory the Smarmy, you know. A fine wizard, but I hear tell he was a bit, well, smarmy.*"
> ― Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington
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**Gregory the Smarmy** (fl. 1189) was a medieval British wizard and Potioneer, who invented Gregory's Unctuous Unction, a potion that makes the drinker believe whomever gave the potion is his or her best friend.

## Biography

After inventing Gregory's Unctuous Unction, Gregory allegedly used the potion to worm his way into King Richard's confidence, earning him a fortune. He appears on a Chocolate Frog Card.

A secret passage out of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, found by Fred and George Weasley on their first week of school, is located behind a statue of Gregory the Smarmy. Early in the 1991-1992 school year, Lee Jordan discovered a secret passage that Fred and George suspected was probably this one.

A statue of Gregory the Smarmy is located on the first floor corridor.

A corridor on the fifth floor of the east wing was referred as "Gregory the Smarmy’s corridor". Whether this is because it held a statue of him, or some other reason, was unclear. In early 1996, Fred and George set off a Portable Swamp there to serve as a distraction so Harry Potter could use Dolores Umbridge's fireplace to communicate with his godfather, Sirius Black.

## Magical abilities and skills

* **Potions**: Gregory the Smarmy was a highly accomplished and successful Potioneer, having created Gregory's Unctuous Unction in his lifetime, a potion which fools the drinker into thinking the giver of the potion is their best friend. For this impressive achievement, he was included on a Chocolate Frog Card, showing his great talent and proficiency in the magical art and science of potion-making.

## Etymology

* The name *Gregory* is derived from the Latin *Gregorius*, meaning "watchful, alert".
* *Smarmy* means "excessively or unctuously flattering, ingratiating, servile".
Linfred of Stinchcombe

**Linfred of Stinchcombe** (also known by the nickname **The Potterer**) was a twelfth-century wizard and pioneering potioneer, credited with inventing many medicinal potions. He was the founding patriarch of the Potter family.

## Biography

In the 12th century, Linfred lived in the village of Stinchcombe, Gloucestershire, where he had a reputation as an eccentric, absent-minded man. Nonetheless, his helpful nature and affability made him universally liked and his Muggle neighbours often came to him seeking remedies for their ailments. He was always able to brew these potions for them, using ingredients readily-available from his garden.

The Muggles remained unaware that Linfred's remedies were magical and thus continued thinking of him as just a strange, lovable man who enjoyed "pottering about in his garden with all his funny plants." This lead to him being given the nickname "the Potterer", which over the years was corrupted into simply "Potter."

As his neighbours did not know he was a wizard, Linfred was able to conduct experiments in peace, inventing a number of medicinal potions (including ones which later developed into Skele-Gro and Pepperup Potion). He sold these potions to fellow witches and wizards, amassing great wealth in the process.

Linfred fathered seven children. He left each of them a significant amount of gold upon his death. His eldest son, Hardwin, married Iolanthe Peverell.
Greengrass family

> "*Astoria Greengrass, who had gone through a similar (though less violent and frightening) conversion from pure-blood ideals to a more tolerant life view, was felt by Narcissa and Lucius to be something of a disappointment as a daughter-in-law. They had had high hopes of a girl whose family featured on the 'Sacred Twenty-Eight...*"
> ― The pure-blood Greengrass family[source]
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**Greengrass** is the surname of a pure-blood They are related through marriage to the Longbottom family & .. Malfoy family and, more distantly, to the Black and the Lestrange families.

## Family history

The Greengrasses are known to have espoused the philosophy of Pure-blood supremacy. Following the horrors of the Second Wizarding War, Astoria Greengrass abandoned those beliefs in favour of a more tolerant world view. She even refused to raise her son to believe that "Muggles [are] scum", even though that created tension with her father-in-law, Lucius.

## Etymology

* The surname *Greengrass* seems to simply come from the words *green* and *grass*, emphasising Slytherin's house colours. This imagery would be appropriate if the Greengrass family has been traditionally sorted into Slytherin.
Kowalski family

**Kowalski** was a common surname of Polish origin. It is thus uncertain if known individuals bearing this surname were related.

## Known individuals with this surname

* Jacob Kowalski — an American No-Maj factory worker who befriended Newt Scamander
* Jan Kowalski — a Polish nobleman
* Mr Kowalski — brother of Jacob; killed in the First World War
* Quentin Kowalski — an American Quidditch player

## Etymology

Kowalski is a Polish surname meaning "smith's son," from the Polish *kowal*, "smith," and the patronymic suffix *-ski*. It may also be a habitational surname for someone from the village of Kowalskie in Poznań County in Poland.
Loch Ness Monster

> "*The world’s largest kelpie is found in Loch Ness, Scotland. Its favourite form is that of a sea serpent. International Confederation of Wizard observers realised that they were not dealing with a true serpent when they saw it turn into an otter on the approach of a team of Muggle investigators and then transform back into a serpent when the coast was clear.*"
> ― Newt Scamander, Template:FB[source]
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The **Loch Ness Monster**, as it was popularly known, was the world's largest Kelpie, that inhabited the deep waters of Loch Ness in the Scottish Highlands.

## Biography

Its favourite shape was that of a Sea serpent. Wizard observers from the International Confederation of Wizards discovered it was a Kelpie when they observed it changing into an otter on the approach of a team of Muggle investigators, then back into a Sea Serpent. The Office of Misinformation has worked diligently, convincing the Muggles that all photographic evidence of "Nessie" is actually fake.
House Cup

> "*While you are at Hogwarts, your triumphs will earn you house points, while any rule-breaking will lose house points. At the end of the year, the house with the most points is awarded the house cup, a great honour.*"
> ― Professor Minerva McGonagall explaining the house point system and the House Cup[source]
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The **House Cup** is a yearly award given at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

## Description

It is given at the end of the school year to the House with the most House points. Points are given to Houses by teachers and prefects throughout the year for various things including answering questions correctly and doing good deeds. The winners of school Quidditch games also receive points. Points can be taken away for things such as misbehaving or rule-breaking.

Giant and enchanted hourglasses in the entrance hall keep track of the House Points. The hourglasses are filled with different jewels for each house - Gryffindor's are rubies, Ravenclaw's sapphires, Slytherin's emeralds and Hufflepuff's diamonds.

The House cup championship is also a part of Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, introduced a few years after the school's founding once there were enough students.

## Winners

* 1985 -  Gryffindor,  Hufflepuff, or  Ravenclaw
* 1986 -  Slytherin
* 1987 -  Slytherin
* 1988 -  Slytherin
* 1989 -  Slytherin
* 1990 -  Slytherin
* 1991 -  Slytherin
* 1992 -  Gryffindor
* 1993 -  Gryffindor
* 1994 -  Gryffindor
* 1995 - unknown
* 1996 - unknown
* 1997 -  Gryffindor (possibly)
* 1998 - unknown
Hope Howell

**Hope Lupin** (née **Howell**) (d. pre 1982) was a beautiful Muggle woman, the wife of Lyall Lupin, mother of Remus John Lupin and the grandmother of Edward Lupin. She worked in an insurance office in Cardiff before meeting Lyall.

## Biography

Hope had a job in an insurance office in Cardiff by the late 1950s.

One day, she decided to take a walk through a dense forest, and stumbled upon a Boggart, which took the form of a very large and vicious-looking man. Lyall Lupin, a wizard, heard her frightened scream and rushed to her aid, turning the Boggart into a field mushroom with a wave of his wand. He escorted her home afterward to ensure her safety.

A few months later, Lyall confessed to Hope that the Boggart had never posed any real danger to her, but this did not diminish her fondness of him — the pair had fallen in love with each other by this point. When Lyall proposed marriage, Hope accepted, and eagerly dedicated herself to planning their nuptials. The wedding took place in early 1959, the cake featuring a Boggart-shaped topper, a whimsical touch on Hope's part. A year later, on 10 March, 1960, Hope and Lyall's first and only child, Remus John Lupin, was born.

In early 1965, Fenrir Greyback attacked the Lupins' house, having been insulted by Lyall at the Ministry of Magic sometime prior. Her son was bitten and turned into a werewolf, and despite her husband's many attempts to revert the transformation, there was no cure. Thus, they moved from village to village, moving when their neighbours began to take notice of their son's strange behaviour.

Along with her husband, Hope worried that her son would not be able to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, due to his lycanthropy, but Albus Dumbledore made a special provision for him.

During his years at Hogwarts, her son would say Hope was ill and he had to go and visit her, as an excuse for his monthly disappearances which were actually caused by lycanthropy. In spite of Remus's elaborate lies, his friends, James Potter, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew guessed the truth in their second year. However, as Hope had already died by the defeat of Lord Voldemort in 1981, there may have been some truth to Remus's words of her being "ill".

## Personality and traits

She was noted to be a particularly imaginative and sensitive person. Her decision to crown her wedding cake with a Boggart-shaped topper would seem to indicate that she had a whimsical, offbeat sense of humour, and her steadfast support of her son after he was bitten by a werewolf demonstrated resilience and tolerance.

## Physical appearance

Hope was described as very beautiful in her youth. In her middle age, she grew thin with worry and fear as her son's lycanthropy negatively affected his health and future as well as her and her husband's safety. She might have had light brown hair like her son.
Malfoy family

> "*It is often said of the Malfoy family that you will never find one at the scene of the crime, though their fingerprints might be all over the guilty wand. Independently wealthy, with no need to work for a living, they have generally preferred the role of power behind the throne, happy for others to do the donkey work and to take the responsibility for failure. They have helped finance many of their preferred candidates’ election campaigns, which have (it is alleged) included paying for dirty work such as hexing the opposition.*"
> ― Description[source]
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**Malfoy** was the surname of a wealthy pure-blood wizarding family and one of the Sacred Twenty-Eight. They lived in Malfoy Manor in Wiltshire, England. The Malfoys were related to many other pure-blood families, including the Blacks, Lestranges, Greengrasses, and Rosiers. They were also related to the Tonks and Lupin families, of mixed wizarding and Muggle heritage, much to the Malfoys' disdain, although they were not against marrying Half-bloods.
Molly Weasley

## Biographical Information

### Born

30 October, 1949/1950, England Great Britain

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Duncan Prewett (grandfather) (Muriel brother.
* Archiblad Prewett
* Mother
* Gideon Prewett (brother) †
* Fabian Prewett (brother) †
* Arthur Weasley (husband)
* Bill Weasley (son)
* Charlie Weasley (son)
* Percy Weasley (son)
* Fred Weasley (son) †
* George Weasley (son)
* Ron Weasley (son)
* Ginevra Potter (née Weasley) (daughter)
* Muriel (great-aunt)

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* Victoire Weasley (granddaughter)
* Dominique Weasley (granddaughter)
* Louis Weasley (grandson)
* Molly Weasley II (granddaughter)
* Lucy Weasley (granddaughter)
* Fred Weasley II (grandson)
* Roxanne Weasley (granddaughter)
* Rose Granger-Weasley (granddaughter)
* Hugo Granger-Weasley (grandson)
* James Potter II (grandson)
* Albus Potter (grandson)
* Lily Potter II (granddaughter)
* Harry Potter (son-in-law)
* Hermione Granger (daughter-in-law)
* Fleur Weasley (née Delacour) (daughter-in-law)
* Angelina Weasley (née Johnson) (daughter-in-law)
* Audrey Weasley (daughter-in-law)
* Septimus Weasley (father-in-law)
* Cedrella Weasley (née Black) (mother-in-law)
* Bilius Weasley (brother-in-law) †
* 2 brothers-in-law

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Prewett family
* Weasley family
* Potter family
* Order of the Phoenix
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
* Hogwarts Governor 2000, 2030.
Marius Black

**Marius Black** was the third child of Cygnus Black II and Violetta Bulstrode, and brother of Pollux Black, Cassiopeia Black, and Dorea Black. Marius was disowned and removed from the Black family tree tapestry for being born a Squib, a wizard-born person with no magical abilities. The Blacks were likely ashamed of his status, as Squibs are considered second-class citizens in the wizarding world and disregarded.

Marius's date of birth is unknown, but given when his siblings were born, Marius was likely born between 1915 and 1920.

## Etymology

Marius is a Roman name derived from Mars, the Roman god of war. It was the name of several Roman generals, a philosopher, and an emperor. One of those Roman generals was renowned for his revolutionary military reforms and for being elected consul an unprecedented seven times. The name is also sometimes used as a masculine version of the name *Maria*, which is derived from the Hebrew name *Miriam*, the meaning of which is usually theorised to be "sea of bitterness", or, alternatively, derived from the ancient egyptic *mry;* beloved, or *mr*; love. Marius is also the name of one of the main characters in Victor Hugo's *Les Misérables.*

Marius is also the name of a moon crater , which fits in with the Black family tradition of naming children after stars.
Hector Fawley

**Minister Hector Fawley** was Minister for Magic from 1925 to 1939.

## Biography

Minister Fawley was voted in because of his marked difference to his predecessor, Lorcan McLaird — while the latter was taciturn and an unlikely politician, Fawley was ebullient and flamboyant in character.

His term in office coincided with the beginning of Gellert Grindelwald's "For the Greater Good" revolution. Fawley did not take Grindelwald's threat to the world wizarding community sufficiently seriously, and his lack of response was openly questioned. The Daily Prophet once asked in 1926, whether "Flamboyant Fawley" was doing enough.

He was re-elected at least once, but the consequence of his lack of response to Grindelwald came in 1939, when he was forced from his office, being replaced with the more proactive Leonard Spencer-Moon.

## Behind the scenes

* Hector Fawley is the sitting Minister for Magic in Britain during the time setting of the film *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*.
* While the "British Envoy" portrayed by Richard Clothier in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* was speculated to be Fawley as Newt addresses him as Minister, Clothier's agency lists his role as Hector Podmore.
* Hector Fawley's inability to properly respond to the threat Grindelwald posed seems to mirror real-life British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who gave in to Adolf Hitler by signing the Munich Agreement and announced "*peace in our time*" in 1938, shortly before the outbreak of World War II. Regardless of Chamberlain's other achievements, he went down in history as a bumbler.
* The Fawleys (Aubrey and Julia) are characters in J. K. Rowling's novel *The Casual Vacancy*. In that novel, they are a rich aristocratic family and the owners of Sweetlove House, an historic manor in the outskirts of Pagford, whose ancestors were responsible for selling the nearby city of Yarvil a piece of Pagford land — one of the catalysts for the plot.
Hover Charm

> "*Aunt Petunia’s masterpiece of a pudding, the mountain of cream and sugared violets, was floating up near the ceiling. On top of a cupboard in the corner crouched Dobby.*"
> ― Description[source]
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The **Hover Charm** is a charm which makes the target hover in mid-air for a brief period of time. It is one of the many lesser variations of the Levitation Charm, and works on both objects and people.

## Known uses

 30 December, 1997 | Hermione used this charm to lift a dresser off of Ron Weasley at the Lovegood house after being ambushed by Death Eaters Travers and Selwyn.
Mudblood

> "*It’s a disgusting thing to call someone. Dirty blood, see. Common blood.*"
> ― Explanation of the term “Mudblood”[source]
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**Mudblood** was a highly derogatory term for a Muggle-born or half-blood, wizard or witch; that is, individuals with close Muggle relatives. While there did not appear to be any difference in the magical power of Muggle-borns and half-bloods compared to those who were pure-blood, pure-blood supremacists still considered them to be of "lower breeding" or worth, and undeserving of magic. The slur implied that the individual has "dirty blood" and was considered extremely offensive. There were apparently other, less commonly used terms with a similar meaning, such as "creature of dirt".

## History

### Use by prejudiced witches and wizards

> "*No one asked your opinion, you filthy little Mudblood.*"
> ― Draco Malfoy throwing the slur at Hermione Granger[source]
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Many older wizarding families placed great emphasis on blood purity and rejected association with Muggles and Muggle-borns, both of whom they considered greatly inferior to themselves. The notion was foremost in the minds of Dark Wizards, Death Eaters, and other followers of Lord Voldemort. It is possible that some well-meaning pure-blood families espoused this prejudice as well, but to a less virulent degree. Notably, some pure-bloods, such as members of the Weasley family, rejected these prejudices and were labelled "blood traitors" or "Mudblood-lovers" as a result.

The term "Mudblood" was generally not used in polite society, as it was considered highly offensive and vulgar, on par with the racial epithets often heard in the Muggle world. When Draco Malfoy called Hermione Granger a Mudblood in 1992, he was nearly attacked by several members of the Gryffindor Quidditch team and was nearly cursed by Ronald Weasley. However, when Voldemort was in control of the Ministry of Magic in 1997, the term became more prevalent, appearing even in the *Daily Prophet* and Ministry propaganda. This was in line with Death Eater ideology being disseminated to the general public, which claimed that Muggle-borns were not "real" wizards and witches.

### Use by Muggle-borns

**Hermione Granger**: "*I’m hunted quite as much as any goblin or elf, Griphook! I’m a Mudblood!*"
**Ron Weasley**: "*Don't call yourself —*"
**Hermione Granger**: "*Why shouldn’t I? Mudblood, and proud of it!*"
— Hermione's refusal to let the word bother her[src]

There were some Muggle-borns who refused to allow the term to be degrading to them. For example, Lily Evans told her former friend Severus Snape that if he was going to refer to other Muggle-borns as "Mudbloods", then he had to use the term for her as well, and Hermione Granger declared that she was proud to be a "Mudblood" in 1998.
George Weasley

## Biographical Information

### Also known as

* Gred
* Georgie (by Molly Weasley)
* Harry Potter
* Tentacula (*Potterwatch*)

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Septimus Weasley (paternal grandfather)
* Cedrella Black (paternal grandmother) †
* Mr Prewett (maternal grandfather)
* Mrs Prewett(maternal grandmother)
* Arthur Weasley (father)
* Molly Weasley (mother) (née Prewett)
* Bill Weasley (brother)
* Charlie Weasley(brother)
* Percy Weasley (brother)
* Fred Weasley (twin brother) †
* Ron Weasley(brother)
* Ginevra Potter (née Weasley) (sister)

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* Angelina Weasley (née Johnson) (wife)
* Fred Weasley II (son)
* Roxanne Weasley (daughter)
* Gideon Prewett(uncle) †
* Fabian Prewett (uncle) †
* Paternal uncles
* Bilius Weasley (uncle) †
* Uncle
* Cousin
* Fleur Weasley (née Delacour) (sister-in-law)
* Victoire Weasley (niece)
* Dominique Weasley (niece)
* Louis Weasley (nephew)
* Audrey Weasley (sister-in-law)
* Molly Weasley II (niece)
* Lucy Weasley (niece)
* Hermione Granger (sister-in-law)
* Rose Granger-Weasley (niece)
* Hugo Granger-Weasley (nephew)
* Harry Potter (brother-in-law)
* James Potter II (nephew)
* Albus Potter (nephew)
* Lily Potter (niece)
* Weasley family

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Dumbledore's Army
* Order of the Phoenix
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
	+ Gryffindor Quidditch team
* Weasley family
* Prewett family
* Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
Knut

The **Knut** (pronounced ca-nut) or **Bronze-Knut** () is the least valued coin in wizarding currency. There are 29 Knuts in one silver Sickle, and there are 493 Knuts in one golden Galleon. Witches and wizards are not averse to laborious calculations, as they can do them magically, so they do not find it inconvenient to pay for goods in Knuts, Sickles and Galleons.

A Knut is also approximately equal to one British Penny.

## History

In 1991, the Daily Prophet Wizarding newspaper cost Rubeus Hagrid five Knuts when it was delivered by owl.

Harry Potter's vault at Gringotts Wizarding Bank had mounds of Knuts on his first visit on 31 July 1991.

Beetle Eyes cost 5 Knuts a scoop in Diagon Alley.

Harry's first purchase from the Hogwarts Honeydukes Express cost eleven silver Sickles and seven bronze Knuts.

Fred and George Weasley bet Ludovic Bagman thirty-seven Galleons, fifteen Sickles, and three Knuts that Ireland would win, but Viktor Krum would catch the Golden Snitch at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup.

Individuals would toss Knuts and other coins in the British Ministry of Magic's Fountain of Magical Brethren which would be donated to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries.

Hermione Granger paid one Knut to the *Daily Prophet* delivery owl for delivering the paper to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Hermione bought a new quill at Scrivenshaft's Quill Shop which cost fifteen Sickles and two Knuts.

Albus Dumbledore used the expression "It’s like losing a Knut and finding a Galleon" when convincing Cornelius Fudge he should arrest him instead of Harry for Dumbledore's Army.

Fred and George Weasley gave their brother Ron a one-Knut discount on their merchandise at Weasley's Wizard Wheezes, although this discount was applied to the entire purchase and not per-item.

When discussing the Deathly Hallows, Ronald Weasley notes that invisibility cloaks are "not exactly ten a Knut".
In his forward to Template:FB, Dumbledore notes that since 1985 Comic Relief has raised 174 million pounds or thirty-four million, eight-hundred and seventy-two Galleons, fourteen Sickles, and seven Knuts.