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Exploding Snap

**Exploding Snap** is a wizarding card game in which the cards spontaneously explode. It appears throughout the *Harry Potter book series*.

## History

In December 1992, Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger played a game of Exploding Snap in Gryffindor Tower. Because Exploding Snap was loud, they were glad they couldn't disturb anyone because they had gone home for the holidays.

In April 1993, Fred and George Weasley challenged Harry and Ron to play Exploding Snap. Ginny watched subdued in a chair. Harry and Ron kept losing on purpose because they wanted to sneak out into the Forbidden Forest, but they had to wait until it was way past midnight when Fred and George finally went to bed.

In June 1993, Harry, Ron, Hermione, Fred, George and Ginny played the game on the Hogwarts Express when they were heading home for the summer holidays. In June 1994, Harry, Ron and Hermione played it again on the train.

In 1996, Fred and George were known to play the game at the back of their Defence Against the Dark Arts lessons. Educational Decree Number 26 was passed, stating teachers couldn't provide information to their students unless it was about the subject they teach. Lee Jordan pointed out to Professor Umbridge that she can't tell Fred and George off for playing it in lessons anymore because it wasn't related to her subject.

In December 1996, Fred and George played it with Ginny.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 15
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 18
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 22
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 25
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 16
Dementor's Kiss

A **Dementor's Kiss** is an act in which a Dementor sucks out a person's soul. It is a fate worst than death. It is used by the Ministry of Magic on a prisoner of Azkaban who escapes.

## About

When a Dementor's Kiss was performed, a Dementor will lower their hood, shut their mouth around their victim and suck their soul out until it is gone. The victim is abandoned in a permanent vegetative state, an empty shell which has no thoughts and feelings. The body is sustained by their heart and brain which continue working, but they can never be healed and brought back because their soul is gone forever.

## History

In February 1994, the Ministry of Magic gave Dementors permission to use it upon Sirius Black when he was found.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 12
Angus Fleet

**Angus Fleet** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

He was a Muggle who lived in a place called Pebbles. He phoned the police when he saw Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley flying in a Ford Anglia. It was reported in the newspapers.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 5
Belch Powder

**Belch Powder** is a joke product which Argus Filch despises. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In October 1993, Filch asked Harry Potter why he wasn't in Hogsmeade buying joke products including Belch Powder.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
Fat Lady

The **Fat Lady** is a character in the *Harry Potter book series*. She is a portrait at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who guards the entrance to Gryffindor Tower.

## Biography

The Fat Lady had her portrait installed at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry when she passed away. Her portrait is at the end of a corridor. When she caught Arthur and Molly Weasley trying to get back in the common room at 4am after taking a late-night stroll, she shouted at her.

### Philosopher's Stone

In September 1991, the Fat Lady refused to let Neville Longbottom in the common room because he had forgotten the password. He had to spend the night sleeping outside until Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley found him while they were sneaking out. Hermione Granger also run out to attempt to stop them. However, when she and Neville triedmto get back in the common room, they couldn't because the Fat Lady has gone to visit her friend in another portrait. She had returned when they tried to get back in later that night.

In December, Harry snuck out of the common room after curfew under the Cloak of Invisibility for the first time. The Fat Lady was very confused because didn't know how her portrait door had opened. She asked who was there but Harry couldn't speak.

### Prisoner of Azkaban

In October 1993, she was dozing off when Harry gave her a password to get in. He walked back out less than a minute later, causing her to ask what the point of waking her up was.

Later that evening, Sirius Black wanted to get in but she wouldn't let him. He started to get angry, ripping her portrait to shreds. Strips of the canvas fell and great chunks were torn away completely. She ran away to a fourth-floor landscape painting first, and was eventually found in a painting of the Map of Argyllshire on the second-floor.

Argus Filch fixed her portrait but was unwilling to get back in her portrait out of fear. Sir Cadogan was temporarily installed until he let Sirius Black in because he had the password. The Fat Lady agreed to return if she had security trolls to guard the door, which they did for a while.

## Trivia

* Known passwords:
	+ 1 September 1991: caput draconis
	+ For mid-September 1991: pig snout
	+ September 1993: wattlebird
	+ September - October 1993: fortuna major
* J.K. Rowling says every portrait in Hogwarts are of dead people. This means the portrait of the Fat Lady was based on a woman who once lived. In that case, she had passed away when Arthur Weasley and Molly Prewett's attended Hogwarts 1961 to 1968.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 31
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 9
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 12
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 9
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 14
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 5
9. ↑ World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling
Davey Gudgeon

**Davey Gudgeon** is a character in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

Davey was a wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In 1971, after the Whomping Willow was planted, Davey was one of the students who kept trying to touch the trunk of the violent tree. When he nearly lost an eye, students were forbidden to go near it again.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10
1967

**1967** was a notable year.

## Events

* The Nimbus Racing Broom Company was founded.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Quidditch Through the Ages*: The Development of the Racing Broom

 For the general timeline of the *Harry Potter* universe, click here. Please go to one of the pages below for the events that happen in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* to *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*.
Break with a Banshee

**Break with a Banshee** is a book written by Gilderoy Lockhart. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

Lockhart claimed it was based on a true story about how he banished the Bandon Banshee. However, he had actually stolen it from a witch who had a harelip and used a Memory Charm on her so she couldn't remember it.

In 1992, when he taught Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he asked every student regardless of their school year to buy and bring a copy of it to their lessons. It could be purchased at Flourish and Blotts. Lockhart gave Harry Potter a copy of the book with a collection of his work for free, but Harry gave it to Ginny Weasley.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 6
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 16
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
Agrippa

**Agrippa** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*.

They were a famous person in the wizarding world who appeared on a Famous Witches and Wizards card found in Chocolate Frogs. In 1991, Ronald Weasley had collected hundreds of cards except for Agrippa and Ptolemy. Harry Potter bought a Chocolate Frog hoping to find Agrippa for Ron, but he got Albus Dumbledore instead.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
Cho Chang

**Cho Chang** was a character in *Harry Potter book series*.

Cho was a witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Ravenclaw House, for which she was a Seeker. She later joined Dumbledore's Army to fight in the Second Wizarding War. Cho dated Cedric Diggory when he was in the Triwizard Tournament, and later briefly dated Harry Potter. She fought in and survived the Battle of Hogwarts.

## Biography

### Hogwarts

In September 1990, Cho began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was Sorted into Ravenclaw House.

#### Fourth year

By her fourth year, Cho joined her House Quidditch team, being a Seeker. She flew using a Comet 260 and was the only girl playing for Ravenclaw. Oliver Wood thought she was very good but she was known to have had a few injuries. She healed in time to play in a February game when her opponent was Harry Potter.

She was a very good flier. She tailed Harry closely, but fell behind when he cut round a goalpost.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 13
2. ↑ In *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 26, Cho says she has supported the Tutshill Tornados since was six years old, implying she grew up in the wizarding world.
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 27
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 18
5. ↑ According to *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 13, Cho was a fourth-year in the 1993-1994 school year. She had to be attending Hogwarts since September 1990 for that to be true.
Butterbeer

**Butterbeer** is a popular beverage in the wizarding world. It is sold
in a number of establishments including the Three Broomsticks Inn. It first appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## About

Butterbeer is served hot in foaming cups. It warms up drinker on the inside.

## History

In October 1993, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger had Butterbeer in the Three Broomsticks Inn for the first time. In December, Harry Potter tried it for the first time and thought it was delicious. In February 1994, Professor Lupin bought a couple of Butterbeers to an anti-Dementor lesson for Harry because he had earned it. In the spring, Fred and George Weasley snuck into Hogsmeade to buy Butterbeer for a party their school house was holding at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 12
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 13
Derek

**Derek** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

He was a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He began attending in September 1993. In December, Derek and another first-year stayed at Hogwarts for the holidays. He attended a feast in the Great Hall where he looked nervous, and he was addressed by Professor Dumbledore asking if he had had any chipolatas. He blushed and was shaking when Dumbledore passed a platter.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 11
Ancient Runes Made Easy

**Ancient Runes Made Easy** is a beginner's book about Ancient Runes. In her second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Hermione Granger read a copy when she was considering taking Study of Ancient Runes in her third year.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 14
B. Dunstan

**B. Dunstan** was a witch or wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1990s. They borrowed *Quidditch Through the Ages* through the Hogwarts Library, which they had to give back by 16 May.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ They checked out *Quidditch Through the Ages* in the 1990s while the likes of Harry Potter, Oliver Wood, Cedric Diggory attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They had to be attending in 1991 to 1994, and born in or around 1980.
2. ↑ *Quidditch Through the Ages*: B. Dunstan signed the first page of the book to show they borrowed it.
Eeylops Owl Emporium

"*Eeylops Owl Emporium - Tawny, Screech, Barn, Brown and Snowy*"
— Sign outside the shop[src]

**Eeylops Owl Emporium** is a shop in Diagon Alley. At the Eeylops Owl Emporium, witches and wizards purchase owls and pet supplies like food. The shop has a sign outside telling passerbys what type of owls they have.

Rubeus Hagrid purchased Hedwig for Harry Potter from the shop for his eleventh birthday. Years later, Harry and Ronald Weasley purchased large boxes of owl nuts for Hedwig and Pigwidgeon.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 6
Elderly official

The **elderly official** is a character in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. He is a wizard who works at the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures.

## Biography

In June 1994, he attended the appeal hearing and execution of Buckbeak. He was joined by Walden Macnair and Cornelius Fudge who was going to be a witness. He told Fudge in a feeble voice he was getting too old to work. He checked if it was happening at two o'clock.

## Appearance

The wizard is very elderly, so ancient in fact he looks like he is withering away. He has a very feeble voice.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 16
Alicia Spinnet

**Alicia Spinnet** was a witch and skilled Chaser who was sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School. In her second-year, she was a reserve Chaser for the House's Quidditch team, and was upgraded in her third-year.

Alicia was in the same year of Fred and George Weasley and Angelina Johnson. She and Angelina were good friends. In her seventh-year, she joined Dumbledore's Army and she later fought in the Battle of Hogwarts. It's unknown if she survived.

## Biography

### Education

#### Early years

Alicia began attending Hogwarts School in September 1989. In her second-year, she joined the House Quidditch team in the role of reserve Chaser. In her third-year, Oliver Wood put her in the main team and Lee Jordan commented that he thought she was a good find.

#### Third year

Alicia was joined in the team by first-year, Harry Potter. In their first game together, she worked well with the other two Chasers, Angelina Johnson and Katie Bell and helped Angelina open the scoring. Then when Harry was fouled, she took the free shot they gained, scoring the second goal of the game. Harry then lost control of a jinxed broom and she and the team watched. Harry later won the game.

#### Fourth year

In her fourth-year, Alicia was woken up early by Oliver the first Saturday. Harry saw her nodding back to sleep against the wall. He told everyone about the new training programme he had put together, but Fred Weasley fell to sleep on her shoulder. Later, she would have saw the Slytherins taking the pitch and boasting about their new Nimbus 2001s.

In the first game of the year, Fred and George saw that Harry was being chased by a rogue Bludger, and neglected defending the Chasers. During a break, Harry asked Fred and George to stop because he needed space to find the Golden Snitch. Alicia thought that it was crazy to let Harry go undefended because he could get hurt, and suggested they ask for an investigation instead but Harry thought they would have to forfeit.

 Oliver eventually let Harry have what he wanted, and he won the game by catching the Golden Snitch, but at the price of a broken elbow. Alicia and the team later saw Harry in the Hospital Wing and bought cakes to eat round Harry's bed, but Madam Pomfrey told them they had to go.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
2. ↑ According to *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 7, Alicia was then a "fourth-year". Four school years earlier was 1989.
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 7
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
Gobstones

**Gobstones** is a wizarding game introduced in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. It is nearly identical to the Muggle game of marbles, but it is played with special stones which throws putrid liquid at the player who loses a point.

## History

In 1782, Flavius Belby conjured a Patronus Charm to fend off a Lethifold attack by remembering the happy memory of when he was voted President of a local Gobstones Club.

In August 1993, Harry Potter thought about purchasing a solid gold set of Gobstones in Diagon Alley but had to hold back because he didn't want to spend the money he would need for spell books. In December, Percy Weasley left a set of Gobstones at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the holidays when he went home. Close to June 1994, when the weather was improving, students of Hogwarts started playing Gobstones for fun outside on the grass.

In 1994, Gryffindor common room had a old set of Gobstones. In 1995, Harry Potter noticed old Gobstones (presumably the same set) in the common room one morning. Hogwarts also had a Gobstones Club. In the 1940s, there was a Hogwarts Gobstones Team which Eileen Prince was the Captain of.

Level Seven of the British Ministry of Magic headquarters housed the Official Gobstones Club.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 11
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 16
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 20
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 14
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 17
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 25
9. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 7
Bluebell Flames

**Bluebell Flames** are a charm with an unknown incantation. It creates a bright blue light. It was seen throughout the *Harry Potter book series*.

## About

The spell produces a bright, blue light with a wand and an unknown incantation. It provides light and warmth and it is possible to keep it confined to a small jar. It isnalso used to damage things by putting the light on a target, and proves useful against a Devil's Snare.

## History

In 1991, Hermione Granger created a small bluebell flame and kept it in a small jam jar. It kept her, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley warm when they were studying on the school grounds. Hermione later put Bluebell Flames around the hem of Professor Snape's cloak. In 1992, she used it by putting it on a Devil's Snare in the Underground chambers.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
Adrian Pucey

**Adrian Pucey** was a character in the Harry Potter books by J.K. Rowling. Adrian was wizard who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in Slytherin House. He was a Chaser for the House Quidditch team by the 1991-1992 school year to the 1995-1996 school year.

## Biography

### Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

In the 1991-1992 school year, Adrian was part of the Slytherin Quidditch team for the Inter-House Quidditch Cup in the role of Chaser. In the first game of the year, he was blocked when a Bludger when he was heading towards the goalpost. Then when he had the ball again, he dodged two Bludgers, Beaters and Chasers and sped towards the goalpost but when Lee Jordan pointed the Golden Snitch was going past him, he looked around and dropped the ball.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Adrian was a part of the Quidditch team during Harry Potter's first year according to *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, meaning he had to be at least a year above him. Four years later during Harry's fifth year during *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, he was put in the team again meaning he could only be two years above him tops. Even though he was not mentioned in *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, it's not known whether he had graduated prior to Harry's sixth year.
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
Dervish and Banges

**Dervish and Banges** is a shop in Hogsmeade which sells magical instruments and repairs broken objects. It first appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In September 1993, Ron Weasley told Harry Potter they could take a sneakoscope which they wrongfully thought was broken, to Dervish and Banges to get it repaired. In October, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger shopped here for the first time.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
Fawcett

**Miss Fawcett** is a character in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*. She is a witch and student of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

She attended a Duelling Club founded by Professor Lockhart. After he put everyone into pairings to duel each other, she was hurt and bleeding. Lockhart told her to pinch her wound until it stopped bleeding.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Fawcett was attending Hogwarts in the 1992-1993 school year according to *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 11, and to do that she had be at least 11. If she was in the seventh-year and final at the school, she had to be at least 17.
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 11
Animagus counter-spell

An unknown **Animagus counter-spell** was an untransfiguration spell which forced an Animagus back into a human.

The spell's light was a blue-white, and at least two people could be needed for it to work. The Animagus was frozen in mid-air until the spell was done again, and they would begin turning back. It won't have any effect if the animal was not an Animagus.

In June 1994, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin used the spell to undo a rat into Peter Pettigrew to prove to Harry Potter that Peter was guilty of being a traitor.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 19
Colonel Fubster

**Colonel Fubster** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. He was the Muggle neighbour of Marge Dursley.

In late July 1993, he lived in the countryside and had retired. He was a good friend to Marge and he agreed to care for her bulldogs for seven days when she went to visit Vernon Dursley. She broke a glass at Fubster's house before leaving.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 2
Aparecium

***Aparecium*** was the incantation to an unknown spell that revealed secret words written with invisible ink. To use the spell, you had to tap the target three times before saying the incantation.

Hermione Granger used the spell in her second-year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the hope of revealing hidden words in Tom Riddle's Diary.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
1965

**1965** was a notable year.

## Events

* The Ban on Experimental Breeding was enacted.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: About the Author

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Charles Weasley

**Charles "Charlie" Weasley** is a character in the *Harry Potter book series*.

Charlie is the second of seven children in the Weasley family. He is a wizard who works in Romania looking after dragons. He joins the Order of the Phoenix in the Second Wizarding War. He never marries or has any children.

## Biography

### Early life

When Charlie attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he befriended Rubeus Hagrid. He was fond of Charlie because he was good with animals. He studied Care of Magical Creatures.

He was very good at Quidditch and he was the Seeker and Captain of the House team. He helped them win the Inter-House Quidditch Cup at least once. He was said to be that good at the sport that he should have had a professional career and joined the England team.

### Philosopher's Stone

In June 1991, he graduated Hogwarts. By September, Charlie began working in a sanctuary in Romania to study and look after dragons. Hagrid asked Charlie's brother Ron how he was doing. He had purchased a new wand by then and gave the old wand to Ron. Mr and Mrs Weasley spent the Christmas holidays with Charlie in Romania.

In around April 1992, Ron sent Charlie a letter telling him about Rubeus Hagrid's baby dragon named Norbert. He asked Charlie whether he could fly to Hogwarts in order to collect it and take it to the sanctuary in Romania. Charlie agreed to send friends to pick Norbert up when they were on their way to Romania. He was worried they would get caught and get in trouble, so he asked Ron to meet them on the highest tower at midnight. Norbert was successfully sent to Charlie.

### Prisoner of Azkaban

In the summer of 1993, Charlie was invited on a month-long holiday with his family to visit Bill. They appeared in a photograph on the front of the Daily Prophet.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6 - "Charlie was captain of Quidditch."
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 9
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 14
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 10
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 12
9. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 14
10. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 1
Errol

**Errol** was a character in the *Harry Potter book series*. He was a great grey owl and one of the Weasley family's pets.

## Biography

### Chamber of Secrets

By the summer of 1992, he was owned by the Weasley family. In old age, he was proving to be very unhelpful. He would lose consciousness and collapsed during long deliveries.

In August, Ron thought that Errol was at fault when he sent letters to Harry that summer and he didn't get anything back, thinking that Errol had failed to deliver them. However, it was in fact Dobby's fault.

Ron sent a letter to Hermione Granger through Errol to tell her he was going to get Harry, but it took seven days for him to get back and give her letter to Ron. He fainted in a chair at The Burrow, and Percy Weasley nearly sat on him. Hermione told Ron to use another owl next time, because she was worried Errol wouldn't be able to take another delivery.

In September, Mrs Weasley used Errol to send Ron a Howler. Errol collapsed in the Great Hall and landed in Hermione's milk. Ron picked Errol up, who was slumped on the table unconscious, and saw the Howler.

### 1993

In July 1993, Ron sent Harry a card and Pocket Sneakoscope with Errol. When he tied the Sneakoscope to Errol's leg, it started shrieking. Ron wasn't supposed to send Errol because he was not good with long journeys. Errol collapsed on the way and had to be carried by Hedwig and Rubeus Hagrid's owl. Harry picked Errol up and he was put in Hedwig's cage. He opened an eye, hooted to say thank you and began drinking water. Errol recovered and was sent back to Ron with Hedwig, who Harry needed to stay at the Burrow for a while.

## Trivia

* Ronald Weasley called Errol a "bloody bird," "ruddy bird," and a "menace."

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ In *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 3, Ron says that Errol was "ancient".
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 3
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 6
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 1
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 2
Anti-cheating spell

An **anti-cheating spell** is a spell in the *Harry Potter book series*.

The spell stops a student cheating during an exam. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry enchants their quills and parchments for every end-of-year examination, including O.W.L. and N.E.W.T. exams.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 31
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes

The **Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes** is a department at the Ministry of Magic. It first appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## About

The department is responsible for attending to a scene of a disaster first and presumably repair any damage caused by magic.

## History

In 1981, Cornelius Fudge was Junior Minister of the department. He was one of the first on scene when Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew had a deadly fight. He arrived to find a crater in the center of a street where Muggles were screaming, twelve were dead, and Black standing by Pettigrew's blood-stained clothes and finger. The Magical Law Enforcement Patrol took Black prisoner while they repaired the damage.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10
Falmouth Falcons

"*Let us win, but if we cannot win, let us break a few heads.*"
— The slogan of the Falcons
The **Falmouth Falcons** are a Quidditch team in the British and Irish Quidditch League. They are known for breaking the rules and playing rough.

## Uniform

The Falcons have robes in dark grey and white and a falcon-head emblem across their chest.

## History

In 1694, the Falcons were one of thirteen teams thought to be the best and invited to join the British and Irish Quidditch League. They had a bad reputation in the League, due to their habit of playing tough. In 1958 to 1969, world-famous Beaters Kevin and Karl Broadmoor played for the club and were given at least fourteen suspensions by the Department of Magical Games and Sports.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Quidditch Through the Ages*: Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
Angelina Johnson

**Angelina Johnson** was a character in *Harry Potter book series*.

Angelina was witch. During her time at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, she was sorted into Gryffindor and she was Chaser and eventually Captain of her House Quidditch team. In her final year, she joined Dumbledore's Army. She fought in the Battle of Hogwarts and survived the Second Wizarding War. She married George Weasley. They had two children, Fred and Roxanne Weasley.

## Biography

### Early life

Angelina was born in October 1977 and when she was eleven, began attending Hogwarts School and was sorted into Gryffindor House. She was in the same year of Fred and George Weasley.

### Education

#### Early years

In her third-year, Angelina joined the House Quidditch team in the role of Chaser. In the first game of her third year, Harry Potter joined the team and she opened the scoring, gaining ten points to their team and dodging Bludger]s. Lee Jordan commentated that she was good at flying and that he thought she was good-looking, but was shouted at by Professor McGonagall.

Prior to their games during Oliver Wood's time being Captain, she would point out that the team had female players whenever he said "men" and "lads" during pep-talks.

In her fourth-year, Angelina was woken up early by Oliver the first Saturday of the year to tell everyone about the new training programme he had put together. Harry saw her yawning by Katie Bell. Angelina would have later saw the Slytherin team taking the pitch and boasting of their new Nimbus 2001s. In the first game against Slytherin, Fred and George saw that Harry was being chased by a rogue Bludger, and were not there to defend Angelina when she was about to score and another Bludger blocked her. Angelina and the team later saw Harry in the Hospital Wing when he broke an elbow getting the Golden Snitch and bought cakes to eat round Harry's bed, but Madam Pomfrey told them they had to go.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ In *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 16, Angelina started that "I had my birthday last week". It was spoken on 30 October.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 7
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
Agatha Chubb

**Agatha Chubb** was a character in **Quidditch Through the Ages**.

Agatha was a witch who studied ancient wizarding artefacts. In the 16th century, she studied Quidditch and found ancient balls that she deduced to be an ancient version of a Bludger. The balls chased her around her study to knock her down, and she noticed they had the indentations of a Beater bat.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Quidditch Through the Ages*: Changes in Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century
Daisy root

**Daisy root** is a potion ingredient in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. It has to be shredded for the Shrinking Solution.

In September 1993, Ron Weasley had to help shred Draco Malfoy's daisy roots in Potions because he was feigning an injury.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 7
Bludger

"*The Bludgers rocket around trying to knock players off their brooms.*"
— Oliver Wood[src]

A **Bludger** is a ball in the wizarding sport of Quidditch. It zooms around the pitch trying to knock players off their broom. Each team has two Beaters who protect their players by knocking Bludgers away and hitting it towards the opposing team's players.

## About

A Bludger is an iron ball about ten inches in diameter and enchanted to chase and knock every player on the pitch.

## History

The Bludger was originally called the Blooder in the eleventh century when it was a rock enchanted to zoom at players. It stayed the same until the fourteenth century when the rocks were carved into balls, but the Blooder had to be changed when Beater bats were enchanted and made stronger in the fifteenth century. The bats were cracking the Blooder and causing pieces of gravel to hit the players.

In the sixteenth century, Bludgers were made out of lead. However, they were too soft because the Beater bats were denting it and they couldn't fly straight. Eventually, they switched the lead Bludgers to iron instead. The historian, Agatha Chubb found out about sixteenth century lead Bludgers when she found one by digging an English peat bog.

In 1992, Dobby enchanted a Bludger to hunt Harry Potter and knock him down because he wanted to send Harry back home for safety.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Quidditch Through the Ages*: Changes in Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 10
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
Cauldron Cake

A **Cauldron Cake** is a popular wizarding cake in the *Harry Potter book series*. They are sold on the Hogwarts Express.

At the start of his first year, Harry Potter purchased Cauldron Cakes on the way to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the first time. He and Ron Weasley ate the cakes together. Two years later, he purchased a stack of Cauldron Cakes.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5
Diagon Alley

**Diagon Alley** is a popular shopping location in the *Harry Potter book series*. It is the perfect place for students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to shop for school supplies.

## About

There are a few known entrances to Diagon Alley, one being through a wall in the Leaky Cauldron. By tapping three times on one of the bricks, the wall opens into an archway onto to the cobblestone alley. Another entrance is via the Floo Network. The nearest shop to the pub is Potage's Cauldron Shop. Gringotts is snowy-white and towers over the other buildings with bronze doors. Madam Malkin's is not very far from there. It is a long, cobbled street.

## History

In August 1991, Rubeus Hagrid took Harry Potter to Diagon Alley for the first time. In August 1992, Harry used the Floo Network to join the Weasley family for a day of shopping but got out at the wrong crate in Knockturn Alley. Hagrid found Harry and took him to the correct location. Mr and Mrs Granger took Hermione too. She, Harry and Ron spent a hour walking round together.

In August 1993, Harry stayed at the Leaky Cauldron until September. He had run away from Privet Drive and headed that way so he could get funds at Gringotts. Cornelius Fudge told Harry to stay there and not to wander any further. He spent every day wandering around the shops, purchasing new school supplies, doing homework and dining at cafés. He saw a few school friends when they did their shopping and was eventually joined by Ron and Hermione for the final day of summer.

## Known buildings

* Apothecary's
* Eeylops Owl Emporium
* Flourish and Blotts
* Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour
* Gambol and Japes Wizarding Joke Shop
* Gringotts Wizarding Bank
* Madam Malkin's Robes for All Occasions
* Magical Menagerie
* Potage's Cauldron Shop
* Leaky Cauldron
* Twilfitt and Tattings
* Ollivanders
* Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes
* Quality Quidditch Supplies

### Unknown

Harry notices these products being sold at unidentified shops:

* The broomstick shop selling the new Nimbus 2000
* Robe shops (at least one was a seller of second-hand robes)
* The shop selling telescopes and strange silver instruments
* Place to purchase Lunascopes
* Place to purchase further Astronomy devices
* The place selling bat spleens and eel eyes
* The place selling spell books, quills, rolls of parchment and a bottle of ink that changed colour when writing
* The potion bottle shop
* An old shop selling broken wands, broken brass scales and old cloaks
* Cafés that had bright-coloured umbrellas

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5 determined that a shop (Ollivanders) was established in that year.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Chocolate

**Chocolate** is a confectionary which appears throughout the *Harry Potter book series*. It could help someone recover when they have suffered the ice-cold, depressive effect of a Dementor. It instantly causes a warmth to spread to their fingers and toes.

On route to his first year, Harry Potter was attacked by a Dementor. Professor Lupin gave him a piece of chocolate. Harry instantly began to feel better. Poppy Pomfrey was impressed and thought Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had finally employed a Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor who knew what they were doing. He supplied chocolate to Harry, including Chocolate Frogs, when they had their anti-Dementor lessons.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 12
Cornelius Agrippa

**Cornelius Agrippa** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. He was a German wizard and author who wrote books about the wizardkind and magic.

## Biography

Agrippa was born in Germany in 1486. He wrote many books about wizardkind and magic but when the persecution of witches and wizards increased, many Muggles claimed the work was evil. Agrippa died at the age of 48 or 49 in 1535. By September 1991, he had a Chocolate Frog Card in memory of him which was one of only two that Ron Weasley had not found yet.

## Notes and source

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
Augusta Longbottom

**Augusta Longbottom** was a character in the *Harry Potter book series* by J.K. Rowling.

Augusta was a witch and the formidale grandmother of Neville Longbottom. She wife of Mr Longbottom, and they had one child, Frank Longbottom. Frank and Alice Longbottom were incapacitated at the end of the First Wizarding War, and Augusta brought up their only child, Neville.

## Biography

In her school years, Augusta failed Charms at Ordinary Wizarding Level which caused her to think it was a "soft option". Augusta later married Mr Longbottom and they had one child, Frank Longbottom. Frank later married Alice Longbottom and they gave her one grandchild, Neville Longbottom in July 1980.

At the end of the First Wizarding War, Frank and Alice Longbottom were tortured into insanity by Death Eaters including Bellatrix Lestrange. They were taken to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries where they would stay for the rest of their lives. Neville was left in the care of Augusta who raised him. She was exceptionally proud of Frank and Alice.

Around the time Neville was eight, he had not shown any magical talent and the Longbottom family started to worry that he was a Squib. Neville's great-uncle Algie hung him out the window to push him into using magic and dropped him by accident. Neville bounced down the garden to the road, proving he was in fact a wizard. Augusta was so happy she cried. In childhood, Augusta did't let Neville go on a broomstick because he was prone to getting hurt. At one point prior to September 1992, she sent him a Howler but it's unknown why.

### Philosopher's Stone

In September 1991, she took Neville to King's Cross in order to get the train to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He lost Trevor on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters. Harry heard her scorning him when he passed them. Knowing how forgetful Neville was, she sent him a Remembrall.

### Prisoner of Azkaban

In August 1993, Augusta took Neville shopping to Diagon Alley where he lost a note of books he needed to get. Harry saw her berating Neville for losing it.

## Trivia

* Augusta and Minerva McGonagall could have attended Hogwarts at the same time. In *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, she knew that Augusta had failed her Charms exam at O.W.L. level. She couldn't have taught Augusta because both were in their elderly age at that time. If they attended school together, she could have known Augusta's grade.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 25
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 6
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 9
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Arsenius Jigger

**Arsenius Jigger** is a character in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. He is a wizard and author who specialises in the field of potions and wrote a well-known book, Magical Drafts and Potions.

## Biography

Not much is known about him other than the fact that he wrote Magical Drafts and Potions. The book is very helpful for creating potions. The book is purchased by every first year starting Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
Firebolt

The **Firebolt** is a world-class racing broom. It is the best in the world when it is released. It first appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## About

The broomstick is state-of-the-art. The handle is updated, with it being slimmer than Cleansweeps. It is sleek and polished with fine ash. It glitters when it is picked up. It has a hand-numbered, golden registration number. The broomtail has individually selected birch twigs with a perfected aerodynamic.

Its balance, precision and braking charm are unbeatable. It accelerates up to 150 miles an hour in ten seconds. It will levitate in the air of its accord to the height of its rider. It has a built-in auto brake and precision-balance. They are sold at a high price. It turns with the lightest touch of the rider, obeys their thoughts rather than their grip and speeds at such a high rate that everything around them is a blur.

## History

In August 1993, the broomstick appeared in shops including Quality Quidditch Supplies for the first time. It was very popular and seven were immediately purchased by the Irish International side. Harry Potter saw it through a window and was very tempted to purchase it but he knew he couldn't waste funds buying things he didn't need.

In December, Harry lost his Nimbus 2000 in the Whomping Willow. Sirius Black sent Crookshanks into Hogsmeade Post Office with an order for the Firebolt for Harry. When he received it, he had no idea who sent it. Hermione Granger was concerned because she thought if Sirius had sent it, he did so to try and kill Harry with it. She told Professor McGonagall who confiscated it to check it hadn't been jinxed.

Harry and Oliver Wood kept trying to get it back, but McGonagall was determined to have it completely checked by Professor Flitwick and Madam Hooch. It was fine and he was given it back. He started practicing to ride on it and he let Ron have a go. Madam Hooch supervised his training and was impressed, commenting on how the broom has perfect balance.

*Which Broomstick?* wrote that it was going to be the choice of broom for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland at the 442nd Quidditch World Cup that year.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 13
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 11
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 12
Biography of Harry Potter (seven volumes)

A **biography of Harry Potter** is a seven volume book series released between 1998 and 2008. In-universe, they could be the wizarding world equivalent of the *Harry Potter book series* by J.K. Rowling. It appears in *The Tales of Beedle the Bard*.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Harry Potter defeated Voldemort in 1998. The biography hadn't been written then. *The Tales of Beedle the Bard* in the 2008 edition stated the book series had now been published. So it happened in 1998 to 2008.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The Tales of Beedle the Bard*: Introduction
Blood-flavoured lollipops

**Blood-flavoured lollipops** are a brand of sweets in the wizarding world. They are sold at Honeydukes where it is under a sign called "Unusual Tastes". It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In December of their third year, Ron Weasley was going to purchase a lollipop for Harry Potter but Hermione Granger thought Harry wouldn't enjoy it and thought they were for vampires.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10