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Shrinking key

A **shrinking key** is a key in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*. It is enchanted to shrink in size until it disappears. They are often given to unsuspecting Muggles who will believe that they have lost the key when it disappears.

In the summer of 1992, Arthur Weasley and the Misuse of Muggle Artefacts Office conducted a raid and found a few shrinking keys.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 3
Owl Office

The **Owl Office** was a postal service in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. They provided witches and wizards with an owl to deliver a letter. Crookshanks could easily travel to the Owl Office when he was staying in Hogwarts Castle, so it was probably in Hogsmeade.

In 1993, Sirius Black used Crookshanks to take an order to the Owl Office in Harry Potter's name. They were instructed to take gold out of Vault 711 in Gringotts, so he could purchase a Firebolt for Harry.

## Trivia

* There is also a Hogsmeade Post Office. Though never verified, it is possible the Owl Office is the post office, or a section of that post office.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 22
Oakshaft 79

The **Oakshaft 79** is a racing broomstick created by Elias Grimstone.

## About

In 1879, Elias Grimstone invented a new racing broom called the Oakshaft 79, named for the year it was invented. However, the exceptional appearance of the broom never matched its power. The broom had a very thick oak handle for endurance, particularly in high winds. Unfortunately, it made the broom too heavy and it couldn't turn well at high speeds. For this reason, it didn't gain significant popularity because it wasn't good for sport like Quidditch. However, those who valued safety were interested in the broomstick.

In 1935, it gained fame when Jocunda Sykes used it when she was the first person to fly across the Atlantic. It was later a highly prized vintage broom.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Quidditch Through the Ages*: The Development of the Racing Broom
Toad

A **toad** is a non-magical amphibian animal. The toad have a variety of uses in the wizarding world and are often used to create potions. They are one of the animals that students have permission to bring to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

## About

A toad is a non-magical animal which has various uses in the wizarding world. They are often used in potions and to test spells on. If a chicken egg is hatched under a toad, it will produce a Basilisk.

## History

Having a toad used to be a very popular choice of pet. However, by 1991, Rubeus Hagrid told Harry Potter that owning a toad went out of fashion years ago. Even though it wasn't cool to bring a toad to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, students had the choice to do so.  Neville Longbottom had a toad called Trevor. During their first year, Professor Flitwick tested the spell Levitation Charm on Trevor during a Charms lesson.

In August 1993, the Magical Menagerie had purple toads for sale which were fed dead blowflies.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 7
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 10
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 16
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Travels with Trolls

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

Lockhart claimed it was a true story about his own travels. However, in reality he stole it off another witch or wizard whose memory he erased with a Memory Charm. When he taught Defence Against the Dark Arts at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, every student had to bring a copy of it to their lessons. It is sold at Flourish and Blotts. Lockhart gave Harry Potter a copy of the book with a collection of his work for free. Harry gave it to Ginny Weasley.

## Notes and sources

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

The **gnome** was a creature known to infest gardens of wizarding households. They were thrown from gardens using a process called de-gnoming.

## About

The gnome was a short creature that grew up to just 1 foot, and they have huge heads that were not proportional, and were knobbly and bald. They had tough, bony and horny feet, and were potato and leathery-looking.

They live in burrows underground called gnomeholes and dig up the roots of plants to eat. They were thought to be pests in the wizarding world, because they prefer to infest gardens.

They were able to speak, but they were not very bright because when they knew a de-gnoming was happening, they poked their heads up from their burrow to have a look, and will eventually get up and walk away. The Jarvey preyed gnomes and were thought be very brutal, hence why many do not opt to use Jarveys for de-gnoming.

## History

The Burrow had an infestation that the Weasley family took up de-gnoming a lot. Harry Potter helped them in the summer of 1992.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 3
3. ↑ Interview With J. K. Rowling - Scholastic.com
Nicolas Flamel book

This **unnamed book** appeared in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. It is used by Hermione Granger to research Nicolas Flamel.

## About

The book is ancient and huge and it says that Nicolas Flamel is the only known maker of the Philosopher's Stone which has legendary powers. It transforms metal into pure gold and produces the Elixir of Life which grants the drinker eternal life. There also personal details about Flamel, including his age of 665 at the time the book was written, he lives in Devon, he loves the opera and he has a wife, Perenelle Flamel who is 658 years old.

## History

Hermione found this book in the Hogwarts library for a bit of light reading. She, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley were searching for Flamel but she didn't know he was in this book. Later, Harry found a Chocolate Frog Card about Albus Dumbledore and discovered they worked together on alchemy, leading Hermione to remember this book.

## Trivia

* In a very early draft of *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Hermione found out about Flamel in a book named *Alchemy, Ancient Art and Science*. However, in the published book, J.K. Rowling does not say what Hermione's book is called.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 13
2. ↑ JKR.com: Very early page of Philosopher's Stone (archived by HP Lexicon)
Quality Quidditch Supplies

**Quality Quidditch Supplies** is a shop in Diagon Alley. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## History

In the summer of 1992, Ronald Weasley saw a complete set of Chudley Cannons robes in the front window, and Hermione Granger had to drag him to an ink and parchment shop next door.

In the summer of 1993, it was Harry Potter's favourite shop. He was staying in the Leaky Cauldron and stopped by every day to look round. He saw a group of people staring in a window, and saw the Firebolt for the first time. It had a sign, telling customers about the new racing broom. Because the sign didn't have a price and customers had to go in and demand a price, Harry decided it had to be too pricey and turned away begrudgingly. The Irish International side purchased seven.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Slytherin vs. Ravenclaw (1994)

**Slytherin vs. Ravenclaw** was a game for the Inter-House Quidditch Cup. It took place in January 1994. It appeared ij *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

Slytherin narrowly defeated Ravenclaw and probably gained second place in the league, which concerned Gryffindor because they needed to win against Hufflepuff by enough points to be second in the league and have a chance at winning the cup. Cho Chang was probably Seeker for Ravenclaw, and Draco for Slytherin.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 12
2. ↑ Hufflepuff won their first game by 100 points, but lost by a high margin to Ravenclaw. Ravenclaw would go first, and Hufflepuff second, but Slytherin narrowly defeated Ravenclaw. If Slytherin gained higher than 100 points, they would go up to second place.
The Chamber of Secrets

This article is for **a chapter in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets**. You may be looking for **the actual place it was named for**.

## The Chamber of Secrets

### Next

The Heir of Slytherin

**The Chamber of Secrets** is the sixteenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

## Events

Professor McGonagall announces the Mandrake Restorative Draught will be ready that evening. Ginny looks very pale and is about to tell Harry and Ron something important when she is interrupted. Harry and Ron want to speak to Myrtle about how she died but they cannot find a way to sneak off because teachers have to supervise students.

Eventually, Harry and Ron manage to manipulate Professor Lockhart into letting them go through a corridor on their own. They sneak off but Professor McGonagall finds them and looks furious. Harry lies about where he was going by telling her he misses Hermione and wants to speak to her and tell her she will be okay. McGonagall gives them special permission to go in the Hospital Wing.

Harry finds a piece of paper in Hermione's frozen hand and reads her research about the monster. She has figured out the creature in the Chamber of Secrets is a Basilisk which is why spiders flee in fear, roosters are being killed because their cry is fatal to a Basilisk, that Harry is able to hear and understand it because it is speaking Parseltongue and nobody has been killed by it's gaze because they didn't look directly into it's eyes.

They head to the staff-room to tell the teachers but hear them talking about a new development. Ginny has been taken into the Chamber of Secrets with a warning "HER SKELETON WILL LIE IN THE CHAMBER FOREVER" written on a wall. The teachers get Professor Lockhart out the way by "giving" him the job of saving her because he told them he knew where the entrance was. Harry and Ron decide to go to Lockhart to help. However, they find him about to do a runner. He admits that he is a fraud who hasn't done anything he claims to have in his books. They force Lockhart to go anyway and talk to Myrtle who might know where the entrance is. She tells them she died near a tap and points to the one she is talking about.

Harry speaks Parseltongue to the tap and it opens a large pipe that leads underground. The three go through it until they eventually find large, shedded Basilisk skin. Lockhart panicks and wants to run away. He takes Ron's broken wand and attempts to erase their memories with the Memory Charm but the malfunctioning wand bounces the spell back and erases Lockhart's memory instead. The force causes rocks to fall and Harry is cut off from the others. He has continue moving forward on his own. He eventually reaches a wall which he speaks to in Parseltongue again and it opens up into the Chamber of Secrets.
Sneakoscope

A **sneakoscope** is a Dark detector which glows up, spins and whistles when it detected anything untrustworthy nearby. It appeared in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## Harry Potter's Sneakoscope

Ron Weasley purchased a Pocket Sneakoscope for Harry Potter's thirteenth birthday. Bill Weasley told Ron it was a piece of rubbish which wouldn't actually work but he was wrong. It was whistling at their dinner because Fred and George had put beetles in Bill's soup. Ron had trouble attaching it to Errol's leg because he wasn't supposed to be using the owl to send it to Harry so it glowed up and spun around.

In September 1993, it began whistling in Harry's trunk en route to Hogwarts. They couldn't figure out why it was whistling so he put in back in his trunk in a sock in case it woke Professor Lupin up, who was sleeping in their compartment. Ron thought Harry should get it checked at Dervish and Banges.

In December, he was keeping it in his trunk. It was knocked out by Ron while Crookshanks was trying to get Scabbers. It started shrilling. Crookshanks hated it and clawed at it.

## Trivia

* It's unknown how the sneakoscope works. It detects anybody doing something sneaky but it is unknown how close they have to be or if they have to be thinking specific something at the time. It didn't make a noise while in the presence of Peter Pettigrew until those around him started talking about his crimes.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 1
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 11
Enchantress

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Quidditch Through the Ages

This article is for **the in-universe book written by Kennilworthy Whisp**. You may be looking for **the book written by J.K. Rowling for charity**.

## Book information

### First appearance

*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*

**Quidditch Through the Ages** is a book written by Kennilworthy Whisp. It is a very popular book that many students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry borrowed from the Hogwarts library.

## About

The author is Kennilworthy Whisp who id a huge fan of the sport of Quidditch and has written a few books on the subject. He is a supporter of Wigtown United. The book was published in 1952.

The book was reviewed by prominent witches and wizards including:

* Bathilda Bagshot who thought it was a "veritable treasure trove".
* The editor of *Witch Weekly* who stated it was "throughly enjoyable" and thought fans of Quidditch would find it "instructive and entertaining".
* Brutus Scrimgeour thought it was "definitive work" and he "highly recommended" it.
* Gilderoy Lockhart found the author showed "promise" and they could take a photograph together if he "keeps up the good work".
* Ludovic Bagman bet it would be a "best-seller".
* Rita Skeeter had "read worse".

## Content

* 1473 World Cup and how every single one of the 700 fouls were committed in the game.
* Seekers are normally the smallest and speediest players in the team.

## History

### Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

A copy of the book is very popular at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Students fight to borrow it from the Hogwarts library.

In 1991, Hermione Granger borrowed it in preparation of her first Flying lesson to get advice. Harry Potter borrowed it in the lead-up to the first ever Quidditch game he was to play against Slytherin. However, he was caught reading it at the Quidditch pitch outside Hogwarts Castle by Professor Snape, who stated it was against school rules. However, according to Ronald Weasley, it could be taken outside and Snape was being unfair.

The following students borrowed the book:

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
2. ↑ *Quidditch Through the Ages*: About the Author
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 *Quidditch Through the Ages* - "Praise for *Quidditch Through the Ages"*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
Transmogrifian Torture

The **Transmogrifian Torture** is a curse in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*. It probably tortures the target until they are dead. Gilderoy Lockhart thought that Mrs Norris was killed by the curse in the when she was in fact Petrified. Lockhart thought he knew the counter-curse that could have spared her.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 9
Fudge

**Fudge** is a sugar candy. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In October on their first trip to Hogsmeade, Honeydukes had a new kind of fudge and was giving free samples to customers including third years Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
One Minute Feasts - It's Magic!

**One Minute Feasts – It's Magic!** is a book in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*. It is about cooking in the wizarding world. Molly Weasley owned a copy of the book in the summer of 1992 and had it stacked on the mantelpiece of The Burrow.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 3
Second Wizarding War

## Second Wizarding War

### Purpose

Gain power (Voldemort and the Death Eaters)

### Outcome

* Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore's Army victory
* Voldemort was killed and the Death Eaters defeated

### Notable participants

* Voldemort
* Death Eaters
* Order of the Phoenix
* Dumbledore's Army

## Book Information

### First appearance

*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*

### Last appearance

*Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*

The **Second Wizarding War** was an event in the *Harry Potter book series*.

The war was fought from 1995 until 1998.
Pepperup Potion

The **Pepperup Potion** is a potion that instantly cures the common cold. However, the drinker will have steam in their ears for hours afterwards. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## History

In October 1992, Poppy Pomfrey had to give the potion to several students and teachers. Percy Weasley had to bully Ginny Weasley to take the potion when she looked peaky, but she actually looked that way because she was being possessed by Tom Riddle's Diary.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 7
Non-Tradeable Goods

**Non-Tradeable Goods** was a wizarding law that stated it was illegal to trade a dangerous and high value object. It first appeared in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*.

Each object was given a grade by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures to determine the penalty for illegal importation and selling of a dangerous object. Class A Non-Tradeable Goods had severe penalties if it was imported and sold. These included Acromantula eggs.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ It was mentioned in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, published in the wizarding world in 1926. For that to be possible chronologically, the law was enacted before then.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
Serpensortia

***Serpensortia*** is the incantation of an unknown spell that conjures a snake through a wand.

In 1992, Draco used the spell during a duel against Harry Potter in a Duelling Club founded by Professor Lockhart. The black serpent headed towards Harry but Lockhart intervened using an unhelpful spell and it headed towards Justin Finch-Fletchley instead. In an effort to help Justin, Harry spoke Parseltongue (even though he thought he was speaking English at the time) and shocked the whole club. The snake was then docile and vanished by Professor Snape.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 11
Vault 711

"*Crookshanks took the order to the Owl Office for me. I used your name but told them to take the gold from my own Gringotts vault.*"
— Sirius Black[src]

**Vault 711** is a vault in Gringotts which belongs to Sirius Black in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In December 1994, Sirius sent Crookshanks to an Owl Office to order Harry Potter a gift. He stated the gold should be taken out of the vault to pay for it, and he used Harry's name to get it.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 22
Spider

The **spider** is an eight-legged and eight-eyed arachnid of which there are various species. An Acromantula was a magical species of spider.

## About

Found throughout the wizarding and Muggle world, there were common, harmless spiders and poisonous, dangerous spiders. The Acromantula was the largest spider and it was bred in the wizarding world. Every spider had a fear of a Basilisk and would leave a building if it sensed a Basilisk.

## History

Ronald Weasley had a fear of spiders (arachnophobia) since the age of three, when Fred Weasley turned a teddy bear into a spider. He even had a Boggart that would turn into a spider.

In 1992 to 1993, spiders in Hogwarts School run away into the Forbidden Forest in fear when a Basilisk was unleashed. Harry, Ron and Hermione noticed their strange behaviour and Hermione later used it to deduce it was a Basilisk. In April, Rubeus Hagrid told Harry and Ron if they want to find out things about the Chamber of Secrets then they should follow the spiders. The spiders led them to an Acromantula colony led by Aragog.

In September 1993, Ron faced a Boggart which transformed into a spider and used Riddikulus to render it legless. Towards the end of September, Crookshanks found a spider and ate it.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 16
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 14
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 15
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 7
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
The Burrow (chapter)

This article is for **for the chapter in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets**. You may be looking for **for the place it was named for**.

## The Burrow

### Next

At Flourish and Blotts

**The Burrow** is the third chapter of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

## Events

Ron, Fred and George help Harry and Hedwig escape Privet Drive in a flying Ford Anglia. They break the bars on the window and collect Harry's possessions, including the things Vernon locked in the Cupboard under the Stairs. Vernon nearly catches Harry but he manages to escape.

En route to their house, Harry tells them about Dobby and they agree he probably works for the Malfoy family who are sending Dobby to Harry for a laugh. Fred tells Harry how Lucius used to work for Voldemort and told everybody he was forced into it to avoid getting punished. They get to The Burrow and Molly Weasley shouts at Ron, Fred and George for taking the car.

They have some food and Molly sends the three out to de-gnome the garden. Harry volunteers to help and at lunch, he is introduced to Arthur Weasley who is fascinated by the Muggle world. He has spent the evening conducting raids in search of Dark artefacts. He is shouted at by Molly for enchanting a car. Harry meets Ginny Weasley who is very shy and keeps hiding because she fancies Harry.
Trophy room

The **trophy room** is a room in Hogwarts Castle. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* and *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

It displays school awards, trophies, medals, cups, plates and shields. It is on the third floor and it is adjecent to a corridor that is a long gallery of knight armour. It has at least one window.

## History

In mid-September 1991, Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley arranged to duel Draco Malfoy at midnight in the trophy room. However, it was a set-up and Draco instead sent Argus Filch and Mrs Norris to apprehend them for sneaking around at night. They were in the room when they heard Filch in the room next door and then run down the gallery. Neville Longbottom, who had joined them, fell over but they managed to get away.

In September 1992, Ron served detention by cleaning the trophy room for Filch.

## Known trophies

* Head Boy and Girl
* Special Award for Services to the School
* Medal for Magical Merit

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 7
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts

**The Rise and Fall of the Dark Arts** is a book about the Dark Arts. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. It includes a piece about Harry Potter and the defeat of Lord Voldemort in October 1981. When Hermione Granger found out she was a witch, she purchased the book.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ The book included the story of Harry Potter surviving Lord Voldemort when he was a baby, which happened in October 1981. Hermione had read it by 1 September 1991.
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
Unicorn horn

The **horn of a unicorn** is an important potion ingredient with magical properties. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*.

In 1991, the Apothecary's in Diagon Alley was selling silver unicorn horns for twenty-one galleons. Harry Potter looked at these when Rubeus Hagrid was purchasing potion ingredients. In 1992, the first year students in Potions used the horn to create a potion.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 15
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
Through the Trapdoor

**Through the Trapdoor** was the sixteenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

## Events

Harry realises that Hagrid's story for how he got a dragon egg was a strange coincidence. He asks Hagrid about the random stranger who gave it to him and he says he never saw the person's face but they asked about Fluffy and Hagrid let slip how to get past the dog. Harry, Ron and Hermione head to find Professor Dumbledore but Professor McGonagall told them that he was out of school for the day.

They tell her they know someone going to steal the Philosopher's Stone but she was shocked that they knew about Fluffy, and tells them that it was impossible for anyone to steal the Stone. They hatch a plan to get to the Stone first instead. They sneak out their common room that evening but Neville wanted to stop them and Hermione used the Full Body-Bind Curse to subdue him.

They get to Fluffy but he was sleeping. They go through the trapdoor and land in a Devil's Snare. Hermione panics because she can't remember how to get out but Ron encourages her and she used Bluebell Flames to escape. In the next room they encounter a bunch of flying keys and broomsticks. Harry found a silver key that had a broken wing and used it to unlock the next door.

They then face a giant chessboard and play Wizard Chess. Ron controlled the game and they won, but he had to be knocked out in the process. Harry and Hermione go to the next obstacle, but the troll in it was knocked out. The next room had seven potions and a riddle. Three would kill, two had nettle wine in it, one will send the drinker back and one would let the drinker go forward.

Harry took the potion that would enable him to go forward, and Hermione took the potion that would send her back to Ron. Harry goes through a purple flame and he was shocked at who he saw waiting.
Self-spelling wand

"*I don't care what Fudge keeps telling the Daily Prophet, we're no nearer catching Black than inventing self-spelling wands.*"
— Arthur Weasley[src]
**Self-spelling wands** are a hypothetical type of wand. They will presumably produce spells on their own, however, they are an unlikely creation.

Arthur Weasley once stated that Cornelius Fudge wasn't any closer to catching Sirius Black than they were to inventing self-spelling wands.  It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Norwegian Ridgeback

The **Norwegian Ridgeback** was a dragon from Norway. Rubeus Hagrid was given such a dragon in the spring of 1992 called Norberta, but he had to send her to a dragon sanctuary in Romania. It appeared in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* and *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*.

## About

The Norwegian Ridgeback was near identical to the Hungarian Horntail in appearance, except for the fact that it had prominent jet-black ridges down its back instead of spikes. Ridgeback eggs were black and by the age of 1-3 months, they develop flame-breathing skills (earlier than any other kind of dragon).

The new-born dragon looked like a "crumpled, black umbrella": it had large spiny wings, a skinny body, a long snout, large nostrils, stubs of horns, pointed fangs and bulging, orange eyes. They grow 3 times their length in just 7 days. They had poisonous fangs: if bitten, the wound will swell up twice its size and go green if untreated.

It's one of the rarer kinds of dragon species because they fought their own kind. They ate large land mammals, but they have been known to carry a whole whale calf.

## History

In the spring of 1992, under the guise of a strange, Quirinus Quirrell gave Rubeus Hagrid a dragon egg of a Norwegian Ridgeback to get Hagrid to tell him how to get past Fluffy. Hagrid tended to the dragon to when it hatched but eventually had to send Norbert to a dragon sanctuary in Romania, because it was illegal to have a pet dragon and dangerous.

## Gallery

 Fully-grown Norwegian Ridgeback  Baby Norwegian Ridgeback
## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 14
Professor McGonagall's office

**Professor McGonagall's office** is a room in Hogwarts Castle on the first floor. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* and *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*.

It is a small room that has a very large fire, a desk and chairs. Harry Potter and Hermione Granger were taken there at the start of their third year after Harry had been attacked by a Dementor on the train there. She also had to talk to Hermione about giving her a time-turner.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Entrance Hall is on the ground floor. The school has seven floors. In *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5, Professor McGonagall takes Harry and Hermione up a staircase in the Entrance Hall, then down a corridor. This puts her office on the first floor up from the ground level.
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5
Septimus Weasley

**Septimus Weasley** is a character in J.K. Rowling's sketch of the Black family tree.

He is a pure-blood wizard. He is the husband of Cedrella Black, the father of Arthur Weasley and the grandfather of at least seven grandchildren including Ronald Weasley. Cedrella was shunned by the Black family probably for marrying him because the Weasley family were thought to be "blood traitors".

He may have owned a chessboard that he gave to Ron prior to December 1991. It's unknown which grandfather gave it to him. It could have been Mr Prewett.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ It's never been stated that Septimus was Arthur's father but from looking at J.K. Rowling sketch of the complete Black family tree and using *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 6, it can be worked out.
2. ↑ J.K. Rowling's sketch of the Black family tree
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 12
Salamander

The **Salamander** is a fire-dwelling lizard in the *Harry Potter book series* and *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*.

## About

Salamanders live in the flames they are born in. They also feed on the flames. They survive for however long it stays alight. They are scarlet or blue depending on the level of heat they have. They can survive up to 6 hours if they leave their habitat but they have to be fed pepper. Salamander blood has powerful healing properties.

## History

In 1992, Fred and George Weasley fed a Dr Filibuster Firework to a salamander they purportedly saved at Hogwarts. The firework caused it to spin around the room in sparks.

In 1993, Rubeus Hagrid taught a third-year Care of Magical Creatures class about salamanders. They had to collect wood and leaves to keep their fire going, and they scampered around the logs.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 8
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 12
Sugar Quills

**Sugar Quills** are a kind of wizarding sweet sold in Honeydukes on the "Special Effects" wall. If they are sucked during school lessons, it simply looked like the student is trying to decide what to write instead of eating. Ron Weasley told Harry Potter and Hermione Granger about it on the way to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for their third-year.

## 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 10
Unicorn hair

**Unicorn hair** is a powerful substance in the wizarding world that has a variety of uses. It is a popular core used by Garrick Ollivander.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 5
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Perenelle Flamel

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

She was the wife of the famed alchemist, Nicolas Flamel. He invented the Philosopher's Stone that granted him the power to create the Elixir of Life, and he used them to extend both their lives.

## Biography

Perenelle was born in or prior 1332. She was the wife of Nicolas Flamel.

Nicolas was a very successful alchemist who invented the Philosopher's Stone. From that, he was able to produce the Elixir of Life. For seven centuries, he and Perenelle drunk the Elixir that had granted them eternal life. Nicolas and Perenelle eventually went to Devon and lived a very quiet life.

However, in or prior to the summer of 1991, Albus Dumbledore knew that Voldemort was probably going to try and steal the Stone. In June 1992, Nicolas and Perenelle have permission for the Stone to be destroyed, and had enough of the Elixir to grant them time to get their affairs together. They passed away prior to September 1996. Dumbledore thought it would feel like they went to sleep after a very long day.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ In *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 13 that was set in 1992, Hermione Granger found a book that said that Perenelle was 658 years old at the time of its publication. It's unknown when that book was published but it was said to be an "old book". She had to be at least a few years older than that at the time Hermione found the book.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 17
3. ↑ During the build-up to the publication of *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Rowling stated that Nicolas and Perenelle had "now died" prior to the events of the book, which began in the summer of 1996. Nicolas destroyed the Stone in June 1992.
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 13
Stan Shunpike

**Stan Shunpike** is a wizard and conductor of the Knight Bus. He first appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

He is sent to Azkaban for being a suspected Death Eater when he foolishly told people he had inside information. He was broken out by Death Eaters and forced to join under the Imperius Curse. It's unknown if Stan survived the Second Wizarding War, but if he did, he would have been freed of their control.

## Biography

### Prisoner of Azkaban

In August 1993, Stan was the conductor of the Knight Bus. He greeted Harry Potter when he unintentionally called for the bus. He found him on the ground and asked him what he was doing. He noticed Harry kept looking at a house, and asked him why. He informed Stan about a black dog he saw in the dark. Stan noticed his lightning-bolt scar and suspected he was the "Boy who Lived". Harry thought he was in already trouble for using magic on his aunt and thought he was on the run from the Ministry of Magic. He lied to Stan, telling him he was "Neville Longbottom" instead.

Harry was confused about what the bus was for so Stan explained how it worked. He told him the price for a ticket before helping Harry get onto the bus and giving him a bed. He introduced Harry to Ernie, the driver and asked where he wanted to go. The bus continued dropping passengers at their stop. Stan helped people get off while talking to Harry. He answered every question he asked.
Harry saw the front page of the Daily Prophet which was headlining the escape of Sirius Black. Stan told him how Black was a murderer who escaped Azkaban. He shuddered when he was talking about the Dementors which guard it. He unnerved Ernie who started shivering so he asked Stan to change the subject. Harry ordered a hot chocolate but Stan dropped it when he was bringing it to him. The bus eventually arrived at Harry's destination, the Leaky Cauldron. Stan was shocked to find Cornelius Fudge waiting for Harry and told Ernie. He was especially pleased to hear Fudge confirm the passenger really was Harry Potter like he suspected.

## Appearance

Stan has large, protruding ears. When he was a teenager, he had a few spots. He speaks in a professional voice at work where he wears a purple uniform.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ In *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 11, Stan was 21 years old. The chapter took place in September 1996. He had to be born in these years for that to be possible.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 3
Stink Pellets

**Stink Pellets** are a joke product sold at Zonko's Joke Shop. They appear in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In October 1993, Fred Weasley was running low on these and wanted to stock up during the students of Hogwarts' first trip to Hogsmeade that school year.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
Security troll

A **security troll** is a specially-trained troll who guards places in the wizarding world. They have higher intelligence than an average troll. They appear in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In February 1994, Professor Dumbledore hired trolls to guard the Fat Lady because she was too afraid to work after being attacked by Sirius Black. She agreed when he provided better security. The trolls spent their time pacing the corridor, communicating by grunting and comparing the sizes of their clubs, and by glaring at people who passed by.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 14
Opal Necklace

"*Caution: Do Not Touch. Cursed – Has Claimed the Lives of Nineteen Muggle Owners to Date*"
— Borgin and Burkes[src]

An **Opal Necklace** is a cursed Dark object. It is available for purchase at Borgin and Burkes.

## About

If someone touches the necklace, they get dragged up into the air. They are put in a trance of emptiness. It causes pain and anguish to such an extent, they begin screaming and spinning in the air until they get dropped back to the ground. If it is not combated with a counter-curse, it will eventually kill the target. It takes around six months to heal and they have to spend that time in an establishment capable of treating such extensive cursing. Katie Bell had to go to St. Mungo's Hospital.

## History

The necklace was purported to have taken the lives of nineteen Muggles. It was eventually taken to Borgin and Burkes and was available to purchase. Harry Potter saw it in the shop.

In 1996, Draco Malfoy purchased the necklace to give to Albus Dumbledore because Voldemort had given him the task of killing Dumbledore. He gave it to Rosmerta to give to Katie Bell under the Imperius Curse, and then Katie had to give it to Dumbledore. However, she opened the nacklace when she and Leanne had an argument about it, and it cursed her. It's unknown what happened to the necklace.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 12
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
Nicolas Flamel (chapter)

This article is for **the chapter in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone**. You may be looking for **the character it was named for**.

## Nicolas

### Book

Harry Potter and the
 Philosopher's Stone

### Next

Norbert the Norwegian Ridgeback

**Nicolas Flamel** was the thirteenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

## Events

Draco performed a Leg-Locker Curse on Neville and Harry tells Neville he's "worth ten of Malfoy". Neville gave Harry a Chocolate Frog Card and remembers he had read about Nicolas Flamel before. He finds Albus Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog Card and reads that he and Nicolas were Alchemy partners.

Hermione found a book that explains Nicolas was the creator of the Philosopher's Stone that could produce an Elixir of Life and extend a person's lifespan. They deduce that's what Fluffy was guarding. During their next game against Hufflepuff, Harry finds out Professor Snape was going to be supervising and refereeing causing him to worry he was going to be bias. He's proven correct during the game but Harry caught the Snitch in five minutes. In that time, Draco had a fight against Ron and Neville.

Harry flies on the Nimbus 2000 to escape celebrations that evening, and saw Snape going into the Forbidden Forest. He goes in to find out why and heard a conversation he and Professor Quirrell had about someone stealing the Philosopher's Stone. He thought it was Snape wanted to steal it and he was forcing the other Professor to help because he wanted to be rich. Ron and Hermione agree.
The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection

**The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection** is a guide book in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. It was written by Quentin Trimble. It has information on the Dark forces, including Dark creatures.

It is a set book every first-year and fourth-year student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has to bring for Defence Against the Dark Arts. Harry Potter purchased the book before his first year. In his fourth year, Barty Crouch Junior, pretending to be Professor Alastor Moody, asked Defence Against the Dark Arts students to put the book away for their lesson.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 14
Second year

This article is for **the year of education every student took**. You may be looking for **Harry Potter's second year**.

The **second year** is a year of education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for students aged twelve to thirteen. They continue to study the seven subjects they started in their first year for which they take examinations in June.

Harry Potter's second year takes place in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## About

In the summer before their second year, every student is sent a letter with new books they have to purchase and bring to school that year. In April, every second year is given a list of new subjects they start in their third year. They have to choose at least two.

## Subjects

### Set books

* The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 2) by Miranda Goshawk

### Gilderoy Lockhart's tenure

During the second-year of Harry Potter's education, Defence Against the Dark Arts is taught by Gilderoy Lockhart. He is incompetent at performing magic, while his teaching is subpar. In his arrogance, he likes to teach the students stories about his life which are later proven fraudulent. Due to his teaching, it's unknown what an average, second year education in the subject is supposed to be like.

He has written seven books which he asks every student regardless of their year to bring. He asks for answers for things like what his favourite colour is or his personal hopes for the future. He eventually has students acting out scenes in his books. It is not rooted in fact about defence or Dark creatures. These books were:

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 14
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 6
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 16
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 11
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 9
Toothflossing Stringmints

**Toothflossing Stringments** are a wizarding sweet sold at Honeydukes on the "Special Effects" wall. They are strange and splintery.

In December during her third year, Hermione Granger wanted to purchase these sweets at Honeydukes to send to her parents, who were Muggle dentists.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10
Polyjuice Potion

**Polyjuice Potion** is a potion which appears throughout the *Harry Potter book series*. It transforms the drinker's appearance into another person temporarily. It is very advanced and takes around thirty days to brew before it is ready.

## About

The recipe for the Polyjuice Potion is in the book Moste Potente Potions. It is a very complicated potion that includes the ingredients of lacewing flies, leeches, powdered bicorn horn, knotgrass and shredded boomslang skin. It is a bubbling, treacle-thick potion when ready. It enables the drinker to take another appearance for an hour.

It can't be used for animal transformation. Hermione Granger partially transformed into a cat and had to stay in hospital taking a dose of medicine every evening until she returned to normal.

## History

The potion is known to second year Potions students but it is not taught. Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger wanted to brew the potion to take the appearance of Draco Malfoy' friends. They thought he could tell Gregory Goyle and Vincent Crabbe whether he was the Heir of Slytherin. They found a few of the ingredients in the student store-cupboard, but had to steal a couple in the teacher store-cupboard.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13