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The Knight Bus (chapter)

**The Knight Bus** is the third chapter of *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## Events

After walking several streets carrying his trunk, Harry stops to rest at Magnolia Crescent. He begins to panic, realising he has nowhere to go and expects to be arrested at any moment. He considers using magic to get to London, but his thoughts are interrupted by large, hulking figure in the thin alleyway behind him. Frightened, he steps back and trips over his trunk. In an attempt to break his fall, he sticks out his wand hand and accidently summons the Knight Bus. Harry meets Stan Shunpike, the conductor, and Ernie Prang, the driver. Harry pays thirteen sickles to get hot chocolate and go to London. En route, Stan reads a copy of the Daily Prophet and Harry recognises the face of Sirius Black on the front page. Stan explains that Sirius was a supporter of Voldemort and that, on the night of Voldemort's defeat killed a dozen Muggles on a street, but when the Ministry of Magic caught up with him, he went in quietly. Sirius was sent to Azkaban and was there for 12 years until just recently, when he became the first person to ever escape the prison. Stan says that he doesn't think Sirius has a chance against the guards, but Ernie finds the discussion too uncomfortable and asks Stan to change the subject.

When Harry is the only passenger left, the bus reaches London and Harry asks to be dropped off at Diagon Alley. They stop in front of the Leaky Cauldron where Harry is immediately greeted by Cornelius Fudge. Fudge brings Harry inside and assures him that he won't be punished for using magic on Marjorie Dursley because "circumstances change". Fudge then tells Harry he should stay at the inn for the rest of the summer, but not to go wandering into Muggle London.
Tessomancy

**Tessomancy** is the art of interpreting tea leaves to predict future events. It is the first thing taught to third-year Divination students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## About

To observe tea leaves, the cup has to be filled and drunk until there are just dregs left. The dregs are swirled around in the cup thrice with the left hand before it is turned up-side down on a saucer. The last of the tea is drained away and the patterns left in it can be interpreted. Pages 5 and 6 of *Unfogging the Future* provides guidance to readers on their interpretations.

## History

In September 1993, Harry and Ron interpreted their tea leaves in their first Divination lesson at Hogwarts. Harry told Ron he had a wonky cross for "trails and suffering" and a sun for "great happiness", deducing he was going to suffer but he would be happy about it. Ron saw Harry had an acorn, signifying a "windfall of unexpected gold" but struggled trying to interpret the pattern of a falcon. [Sybill Trelawney|Professor Trelawney]] saw the falcon and stated it signified a "deadly enemy", also finding a club for "an attack", a skull for "danger" and the Grim for "death", causing a stir in their lesson.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 6
Undetectable Extension Charm

"*Undetectable Extension Charm ... Tricky, but I think I've done it okay; anyway, I managed to fit everything we need in here.*"
— Hermione Granger expanding her handbag.

The **Undetectable Extension Charm** was a spell capable of extending the internal dimensions of the target object but keeping the external dimensions intact. It appeared throughout the *Harry Potter book series*.

## History

"*"Not a word to Molly", he whispered to Harry as he opened the trunk and showed him how it had been magically expanded so that the luggage fitted easily.*"
— Arthur and Harry in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*

In 1992, Arthur Weasley illegally used the spell to expand the space of his Ford Anglia. It was expanded to such an extent that he could take 8 people, 6 trunks and 3 pets in the car. On their drive to King's Cross Station, Molly Weasley did not notice it had an expansion charm and thought that the Muggles were more capable of things than wizards knew of.

## Notes and sources

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

A **pixie** (or the **Cornish pixie**) is a tiny creature in the wizarding world. Its first appearance is in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## About

It is a tiny, electric blue creature with a height of up to eight inches. They have pointed faces, and they speak in a high-pitched jabbering that is intelligible to each other but no-one else. They bear live young.

They are wingless but have the ability to fly. They have a very mischievous nature and are capable of lifting a human up by their ears, even to the top of tall trees and buildings.

## History

In September 1992, Gilderoy Lockhart let loose a cage of pixies during second-year Defence Against the Dark Arts. He was hopeless at rounding up the creatures, and used a spell, "Peskipiksi Pesternomi", that was wrong and didn't even do anything.

They lifted Neville Longbottom up by the ears, and he was hung on the candelabra. They grabbed Lockhart's wand and swung it out of a window, so he run and hid. Hermione Granger succeeded in using a Freezing Charm and they were put back in their cage. Harry Potter had to get one when it was dancing.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 6
Three-headed dog

The **three-headed dog** is a rare creature in the wizarding world. They appear in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* and *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*.

They are very good guard dogs but fall to sleep if they hear a song. Rubeus Hagrid was once given a three-headed dog, Fluffy by a Greek chap in a pub. Professor Dumbledore used it to protect the Philosopher's Stone during the 1991-1992 school year.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
Susan Bones

**Susan Bones** was a half-blood witch and a member of Dumbledore's Army. Susan attended Hogwarts in Hufflepuff House and was a member of the prominent and powerful Bones family who were targeted by Voldemort. She fought bravely at the Battle of Hogwarts and survived.

## Biography

### Early life

Susan Bones was a member of the prominent and powerful Bones family and because of that, their were hunted by Death Eaters during the First Wizarding War. Many of her family members were killed. Susan was born between 1 September 1979 and 31 August 1980, and the First Wizarding War ended when she was around one year old. Her name was probably taken from her aunt Amelia, whose middle name was also Susan.

### Education

Susan began her education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in September 1991. Her name was the second to be called during the Sorting ceremony and the Sorting Hat sorted her into Hufflepuff. She then took a seat at the Hufflepuff table next to Hannah Abbott.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
2. ↑ In *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Voldemort took over Hogwarts and many students were pulled out of the school. Then after the Battle of Hogwarts, Susan was then in her seventh year anyway. It's unknown whether she wanted to take the year again (e.g. Hermione Granger went back to school the next year) or whether she graduated.
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 8
Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland

**Dragon Species of Great Britain and Ireland** is a book in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. It is a guide to dragons native to Britain and Ireland. Hogwarts library has a copy of the book in a section for dragons. It likely includes the Welsh Green and Hebridean Black.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 14
Start-of-Term Feast

The **Start-of-Term Feast** is an annual event in the *Harry Potter book series*. It is held every year on the first of September in the Great Hall at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It includes a welcoming speech by the Headteacher, the Sorting of new students into their Houses, a feast and any school announcements.

## About

Every first of September, the Start-of-Term Feast is held in the Great Hall during the evening. Those in the second-year and above take their seats at their House table. The first-years are brought in to be Sorted into their Houses. The Sorting Hat sings about the founding of the school or about each House. After the sorting, the Head gives an introductory speech and commences the feast. They might ask everyone to sing the school song if they wish. Food will magically appear on the table on gold plates and in gold goblets, and when the feast is over, the Head tells everyone any important school announcements, like new staff appointments or important rules and events taking place that year. When the feast is over, everyone will leave and head to their House common room.

### Food

The food is made by house-elves in the Hogwarts kitchens. The following food and drink are known to be served at the Start-of-Term Feast:

* Roast chicken
* Pork chops
* Lamb chops
* Sausages
* Bacon
* Steak
* Boiled potatoes
* Roast potatoes
* Yorkshire pudding
* Peas
* Carrots
* Gravy
* Ketchup
* Mint humbugs
* Pumpkin juice
* Chicken sandwiches

## Events

In 1991, Harry Potter attended his first Start-of-Term Feast. Albus Dumbledore commenced the feast by saying "*Nitwick, Blubber, Oddment, Tweak*". At the end of the feast, he gave out a few notices, including that the third-floor corridor was now out-of-bounds and should be avoided unless anyone was hoping for "a very painful death".

In 1992, Harry and Ronald Weasley couldn't attend the feast because they had illegally flown a car to school and damaged the Whomping Willow by crashing into it. They had to eat their feast in an office when Professor McGonagall used her wand to put food on the desk.

At the start of his third year, Harry missed the sorting ceremony because he was getting checked out by Poppy Pomfrey after he was attacked by a Dementor. He arrived in time for the food. At the end, Dumbledore informed the school that Rubeus Hagrid was teaching Care of Magical Creatures now. He also introduced Remus Lupin, the new Defence Against the Dark Arts Professor.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 6
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 5
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5
Tutshill Tornados

The **Tutshill Tornados** are a Quidditch team that play in the British and Irish Quidditch League. They had their greatest success in the early twentieth century.

They first appear in *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*.

## History

Founded in 1520, they were one of the thirteen best teams in the country and were invited to join the the British and Irish Quidditch League in 1674. The Tutshill Torandos had a great period of success in the twentieth century. Captained by Roderick Plumpton, their Seeker, they won the League Cup five times in a row, a record for their league.

In 1921, Roderick caught the Golden Snitch in three and a half seconds against Caerphilly Catapults, gaining the British record for the quickest capturing of the Snitch.

By 1995, the Tornados gained further success and started winning the league. Cho Chang was a fan of the Tutshill Toranados. Ronald Weasley saw her wearing a Tornados badge and asked her, rather rudely, if she only started supporting the Tornados since they started winning the league. She responded that she had supported them ever since she was six.

## Uniform

The Tutshill Tornados had sky-blue robes, which had a dark blue "T" on the front and back.

## Sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 *Quidditch Through the Ages*: Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland
2. ↑ According to *Quidditch Through the Ages*, Chapter 7, they won five times in a row in the early twentieth century. In *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 12, Ron asked Cho if she only started supporting the Tornados "since they started winning the league". It implies they won the league at least once around their time too.
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 12
The Forbidden Forest (chapter)

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

## The Forbidden Forest

### Book

Harry Potter and the
 Philosopher's Stone

### Next

Through the Trapdoor

**The Forbidden Forest** is the fifteenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

## Events

Filch takes Harry and Hermione to Professor McGonagall. Draco and Neville, who has snuck out to warn them Draco knows what they are up, are also with her. She believes they lied to Draco about Norbert and Neville heard it. She gives the four detention after they get 50 house points each taken away. Three of the houses are upset in the morning because it puts Slytherin in the lead for the House Cup.

Later, Harry hears Professor Quirrell supposedly being threatened. He tells Ron and Hermione and they agree Snape is threatening him and that he is going to try and steal the Philosopher's Stone soon. Hermione tells Harry to tell Professor Dumbledore but he points out they need proof.

Professor McGonagall tells Harry and Hermione they will serve their detention at eleven that evening. Filch takes Harry, Hermione, Neville and Draco to Hagrid who needs their help finding a missing unicorn in the Forbidden Forest. He takes the four to unicorn blood and says something had previously killed another unicorn. He puts them into two groups: Draco, Neville and Fang in the first group, and Hagrid, Harry and Hermione in the other.
Hagrid, Harry and Hermione encounter centaurs Bane and Ronan but they are unhelpful. Draco scares Neville who sends red sparks up in the sky for help. Hagrid switches Neville with Harry. Draco requests Fang to walk with them on their own. They eventually find the dead unicorn but a cloaked figure is drinking it's blood. Draco and Fang run away but the figure heads towards Harry until Firenze saves him. He implies to Harry that the figure is Voldemort drinking the unicorn blood to sustain his bodiless life form until he gets the Philosopher's Stone.

Back at school, Harry tells Ron and Hermione what happened. He believes Voldemort has sent Snape to get the Philosopher's Stone. Hermione tells Harry that so long Professor Dumbledore is at the school, he is safe.
Rolanda Hooch

**Rolanda Hooch** was a witch and the Flying instructor at Hogwarts School and supervisor at Inter-House Quidditch games.

## Biography

In her youth, Rolanda first learned how to fly on a Silver Arrow broomstick. Then she eventually began working at Hogwarts School in at least the late 20th century, where she was the Flying instructor and the supervisor and coach of Inter-House Quidditch games. Part of her role of Inter-House Quidditch supervisor and coach was to take the names of students who wanted to try-out for their House team at the beginning of September. Rolanda kept the balls locked in her office until they were needed.

In September 1991, Rolanda taught Harry Potter and the other first year students how to fly for the first time. Her teaching was to the point but Neville Longbottom lost control and fell and had to be taken to the Hospital Wing. She gave the other students no permission to fly when she took him, but Harry and Draco Malfoy flew anyway.

During the first Quidditch game of the 1991-1992 school year, Rolanda supervised and asked for a fair game. Later, she awarded a penalty when Marcus Flint purposely blocked Seeker Harry Potter and he spun around.

In the first game of the 1992-1993 school year, Rolanda called for a break when Oliver Wood asked for it because Harry was being hunted by a rogue Bludger. Rolanda was not told about it because Harry thought they would have to forfeit the game for an investigation.

Before the first game of the 1993-1994 school year, Rolanda supervised Harry in training sessions in case he was potentially attacked by Sirius Black.

## Appearance

Rolanda had short, grey hair and yellow eyes similar to a hawk.

## Behind the scenes

* In *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 13, Rolanda stated that she learned to fly on a Silver Arrow broomstick. *Quidditch Through the Ages*, Chapter 9: The Development of the Racing Broom, stated that the Silver Arrow went into production after 1901 but before 1926.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 13
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 9
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 9
Scintillation Solution

**Scintillation Solution** is a potion with an unknown effect. Madam Z. Nettles learned how to create the potion through her Kwikspell course. She needed help creating potions and because the course was a success, people begged her for her recipe. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## Trivia

* It is unknown what the potion does but scintillation means a flash of light. However, if something is "scintillating", it means it is "brilliantly and excitingly clever or skilful". In this case, the potion might possibly increase intelligence.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 8
2. ↑ Wikipedia: Scintillation
3. ↑ Dictionary: scintillating
Ted

**Ted** was a character in **Harry Potter book series**.

He was the Muggle newscaster who reported on the unusual behaviour of owls on 1 November 1981. He explained the experts were unable to find out why the owls, rarely seen at daytime, were seen heading in every direction since sunrise. He then asked Jim McGuffin for the weather report, wondering whether the shower of owls would continue. He did not know the wizarding world was celebrating the downfall of Voldemort. Vernon Dursley was watching the news, and he started thinking about the strange things he had noticed throughout the day too.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 1
Passageway under Whomping Willow

This secret **passageway** is under the Whomping Willow and leads to the Shrieking Shack. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## About

The passageway leads to the Shrieking Shack. The entrance at Hogwarts Castle is hidden by the Whomping Willow. It is subdued by tapping a knot in the base of the tree which stops it attacking long enough for a person to get through its roots to the passageway. A part of the passageway is on the Marauder's Map. However, it disappears at the edge of the paper when the path crosses into Hogsmeade, so it doesn't tell the viewer that it leads to the Shrieking Shack. The passageway is long but begins to slope up the closer it gets to the Shrieking Shack, then it twists around a corner where there is a hole into the untidy and dusty Shack.

## History

The passageway was built in the 1960s for Remus Lupin. He was supposed to keep it secret but he told his friends, James Potter, Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew. They used the passageway to help Lupin get to the Shrieking Shack whenever he was going to transform into a werewolf. They put the location in their Marauder's Map. Fred and George Weasley thought that nobody had ever used the passageway because it was under the Whomping Willow and was dangerous to get to.

In June 1994, Sirius dragged Ronald Weasley through the passageway to get Scabbers (who waa reallyPeter Pettigrew). Crookshanks helped Harry and Hermione subdue the Whomping Willow in their pursuit of Ron. Lupin and Snape later passed through to the Shrieking Shack too. Snape had found Harry's Cloak of Invisibility dropped near the passageway.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 17
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 18
Riddle family's maid

"*Lying there with their eyes wide open! Cold as ice! Still in their dinner things!*"
— The maid telling the villagers about the Riddles[src]

An **unidentified woman** is the Muggle maid of the Riddle family at their house in Little Hangleton. In August 1944, she found their bodies in the drawing room after Voldemort had murdered his father and grandparents in the night. She ran down into the village screaming about what she found to everyone she could.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 1
Pumpkin fizz

**Pumpkin fizz** is a beverage in the wizarding world. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In February 1994, Fred and George Weasley snuck into Hogsmeade and bought pumpkin fizz with butterbeer and Honeydukes confections for a party in the Gryffindor common room. They were celebrating Gryffindor's victory over Ravenclaw.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 13
Niffler

The **Niffler** is a beast which appears in *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix* and *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*. They are a friendly creature in the wizarding world with a penchant for shiny things and causing havoc trying to get them.

## About

### Appearance

The Niffler has a very long snout and black, fluffy fur. They have a pouch on their bellies which look small but is capable of storing lots of objects in it, kind of like having an Undetectable Expansion Charm placed on it.

### Character

Nifflers live in burrows up to twenty feet deep and produce six to eight young in one litter. They are kind and affectionate towards their owners and friendly towards people, but are destructive towards places and belongings when they scurry to get shiny objects, which is why they should never be kept in a house. The Niffler is native to Britain.

### History

They are known to be kept by goblins to burrow for shiny objects.

In 1994, Professor Rubeus Hagrid taught about Nifflers to fourth-year Care of Magical Creatures students. He hid leprechaun gold in the earth, and put each student in pairs. He promised a prize for whatever pairing found the most amount of the gold. Ronald Weasley won and was given a piece of Honeydukes chocolate. It may be possible to purchase a Niffler from a pet shop.

In 1995, Lee Jordan used the Levitation Charm to put two Nifflers in Professor Umbridge's office and destroyed the place. Umbridge blamed Hagrid and continued to act unfair when judging Hagrid's teaching.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
2. ↑ *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, Chapter 9 - "Fluffy, black and long-snouted"
3. ↑ *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*, Chapter 9 - "The Niffler is a British beast." [...] "Nifflers are often kept by goblins to burrow deep into the earth for treasure."
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 28
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 30
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 31
Owl

**Owls** are a species of bird which featured throughout the *Harry Potter book series*. They were used in the wizarding world for sending and receiving mail. In the Muggle world, they were just a nocturnal, predatory animal. They were intelligent and capable of understanding people. An owl could be owned by a family or employed in the role of a postal owl.

## About

An owl was a very valuable part of everyday life in the wizarding world so many witches and wizards owned an owl. They could purchase owls in shops including Eeylops Owl Emporium. They were used for communication and delivery. Owls always knew where to go to find their owner or the recipient of their post. Owls probably had a code of conduct when delivering, because Hedwig disapproved of Pigwidgeon zooming around when he was happy about a successful delivery.

An owl also delivers newspapers with a pouch around their leg for a customer to put money for it if they don't pre-pay. Hogsmeade had a post office where customers could hire an owl to send a letter. They had at least two-hundred owls, colour-coded to show how fast your letter would get to the destination if you chose that owl.

## History

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had used owls for a very long time to send acceptance letters to their students, and to send letters every summer with the names of books and supplies they needed to bring for school that year. The acceptance letter also tells the student they could opt to bring an owl with them to the school.

In November 1981, the wizarding world celebrated the downfall of Voldemort and sent many owls to each other throughout the day. The increase in the number of owls sent in broad daylight was noticed by the Muggle world and reported in their news. In July 1991, Hogwarts started sending letters to Harry Potter. They were intercepted so Rubeus Hagrid was sent to deliver it in person. When he succeeded, he sent an owl to Albus Dumbledore telling him Harry finally a copy of the letter.

In June 1994, Sirius Black found a very eager owl, Pigwidgeon to deliver a letter to Harry Potter who was on a train when it arrived. Pigwidgeon was very proud of doing a successful delivery and flew around the train compartment, to Hedwig's dignified disapproval. Ronald Weasley had to stop Crookshanks eating the owl.

## Known owls

* Draco Malfoy's eagle owl
* Neville Longbottom's barn owl
* Errol - great grey owl
* Hedwig - snowy owl
* Hermes
* Pigwidgeon

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 22
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 4
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 1
Riddle family

**Riddle** was the surname of a Muggle family in the *Harry Potter book series*. They lived at Riddle House in Little Hangleton.

## History

The earliest known Riddles were Thomas and Mary Riddle. In the early twentieth century, they married and had a son, Tom. They were a very wealthy family. The Riddles lived in Little Hangleton in a manor house for quite some time before 1925. They were not popular in the village because they were snobby and rude. They had a gardener, cook and a maid.

In August 1944, they were having dinner in the dining room. Their house was broken into by Tom Snr.'s estranged son, Tom Jnr. who killed them with the Killing Curse. Their bodies were discovered the next day by the maid. The gardener, Frank was arrested for their deaths but the police couldn't prove he did it. The doctors who investigated their bodies couldn't find evidence they had been hurt whatsoever, and so to the Muggle world, it looked like they died of fright judging by the looks on their faces. They were buried in the little Hangleton graveyard.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 1
Unicorn

The **unicorn** was first introduced in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*.

It was an iconic creature of the wizarding world, and their existence was one of the worst-kept secrets from the Muggle world. They had many potent uses in the wizarding world: their blood was capable of keeping one stronger, and their tail hair was useful for creating wands.

## About

Unicorn blood was silver and shined. If drunk, it kept you living, but if the unicorn was killed, it granted the price of a cursed half-life.

## History

In or prior to the spring of 1992, Professor Quirrell began drinking the blood of unicorns in the Forbidden Forest. He was dying because Voldemort had possessed him and it was destroying their shared body. Drinking the blood of unicorns kept him strong. He killed at least two unicorns that were found by Rubeus Hagrid. The search for the second one was a joint effort of Hagrid, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom during their detention. Harry had saw Quirrell drinking the blood personally, but he was hooded at the time.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 15
Unidentified witch in Bath

This **witch** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

Before 1993, she was cursed by a book so she could not stop reading it. She had to walk around with her nose in the book, with one hand free to do things with. The book was eventually confiscated by the Ministry of Magic. Arthur Weasley knew about it and told Ronald Weasley about it, who relayed it to Harry Potter.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ She was "old" in 1993.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
Self-Shuffling playing cards

**Self-Shuffling playing cards** were wizarding cards in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

The cards had an unknown enchantment so they could shuffle on their own. Ronald Weasley owned a pack in the summer of 1992 that he and Harry Potter used at The Burrow.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 3
Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks

**Predicting the Unpredictable: Insulate Yourself Against Shocks** is a book about divination. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. It is sold at Flourish and Blotts in their divination corner. Harry Potter looked at the book when he was buying schoolbooks for his third year.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Self-stirring cauldron

The **self-stirring cauldron** is a cauldron that stirs a potion on its own, with the brewer having no need to do any physical work. It is considered a newer invention in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. It is sold at Potage's Cauldron Shop.

In the History of Magic examination at the end of Harry Potter's first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the students had to give an answer about the inventor of the self-stirring cauldron.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
Vault 713

**Vault 713** is a high-level security vault in Gringotts. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. Albus Dumbledore put the Philosopher's Stone in here for storage. Rubeus Hagrid later collected the Stone to take to Hogwarts Castle, ensuring Voldemort didn't get it when he broke in.

## History

Albus Dumbledore put the Philosopher's Stone in the vault prior to the end of July in 1991. He was given it from Nicolas Flamel to keep it safe from Voldemort who Dumbledore thought was going to take the Philosopher's Stone. He increased the security at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and sent Rubeus Hagrid to collect the Philosopher's Stone the same day he took Harry Potter shopping for school supplies.

The goblin who worked at Gringotts had to take them a relatively deep to the vault, and then run it's fingers across the length of the door for it to melt away. Later that day, Quirinus Quirrell and Voldemort attempted to break in but they were too late. An investigation launched found that it was probably a Dark witch or wizard, perhaps even at least two of them, but they stated that nothing was taken and a goblin spokesperson stated that he was not going to tell anyone what was in it, and they that they should not keep asking.

If anyone attempted to get in and they had no permission, they could be sucked into the door and trapped in the vault. Griphook once laughed when he told Harry that they only check the doors every ten years.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 17
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
Vanishing cabinet

A **vanishing cabinet** is a very valuable piece of furniture in the *Harry Potter book series*. They are a pair connected to another to create a passageway from one location to another.

## History

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had a vanishing cabinet connected to Borgin and Burkes. Nicholas de Mimsy-Porpington dropped by Argus Filch's office to help Harry Potter escape punishment for dropping dirt in a corridor. The cabinet was broken for five years.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 8
The Writing on the Wall

**The Writing on the Wall** is the ninth chapter of *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## Events

Filch gets to the corridor where Mrs Norris is Petrified and he holds Harry responsible. Professor Dumbledore calms Filch down and takes Harry, Ron, Hermione, Filch, Professors Lockhart, Snape, and McGonagall to an office. Dumbledore tells Filch that Harry isn't responsible because Petrification takes a powerful Dark spell beyond the skill of a second-year to do.

Snape finds Harry's version of events strange, questioning why he is in that corridor at that time when logically he should be heading towards the Great Hall. He finds Harry is holding back and being untruthful. Harry didn't tell the teachers about the voice he heard in the walls that led him to the corridor. Having agreed a Mandrake Restorative Draught wik eventually bring Mrs Norris back, Dumbledore let Harry, Ron and Hermione go.

The three friends agree hearing voices even in the wizarding world is a bad sign and Harry shouldn't tell anyone. For a few days, the whole school talks about what happened to Mrs Norris and who the Heir of Slytherin is. Justin Finch-Fletchley and a few students decide Harry is the Heir of Slytherin and start avoiding him. Hermione is researching the Chamber of Secrets and eventually asks Professor Binns about it.
Professor Binns tells everybody about the legend. The four founders had an argument because Salazar Slytherin wants to exclude Muggle-borns from Hogwarts . He eventually abandoned the school but he built the Chamber of Secrets before leaving in the hope an Heir would one day unleash a creature inside and purge the school of Muggle-borns. He concludes it doesn't actually exist.

Harry, Ron and Hermione go back to the writing on the wall and notice lots of spider fleeing the school through a nearby window. Knowing Myrtle haunts a room near the warning, they ask her if she noticed anything strange that evening. She hasn't because she is too upset. Percy arrives and shouts at Harry, Ron and Hermione for going back to the warning. The three later decide Draco has to be the Heir of Slytherin.
Telephone

A **telephone** is a Muggle device used to communicate across long distances. They aren't used in the wizarding world because they have owls and a Floo Network instead, so witches and wizards don't know what it is.

## History

In 1981, Vernon Dursley was working at Grunnings and done a number of important phone calls. He wanted to phone Petunia Dursley when he heard people speaking about her family, but knew she wouldn't want to know and decided not to phone her. Jim McGuffin, who worked for a weather show, got phoned later that day about strange weather in Kent.

In 1991, Harry Potter observed Rubeus Hagrid using an owl like he was doing a normal phone call. In 1992, Arthur Weasley asked Harry about telephones and how they worked because he thought they were intriguing and ingenious. In 1994, Harry told Ron how to use a telephone so he could phone Privet Drive in the summer holidays. Ron later forgot its proper name and called it a "fellyphone".

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 1
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 4
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 22
Paracelsus

**Paracelsus** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. He contributed to the field of medicine. He was known for finding out about the language of Parseltongue. The work he done was notable in the wizarding world and he was given a Chocolate Frog Card which Harry Potter found in September 1991.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
The Deathday Party

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

## The Deathday Party

### Next

The Writing on the Wall

**The Deathday Party** is the eighth chapter of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

## Events

After training for Quidditch, Harry has muddy shoes which are falling on the floor in Hogwarts Castle while he is speaking to Nearly Headless Nick. Nick is upset he can't join the Headless Hunt. The caretaker, Filch notices the mud and decides to punish Harry. He takes him to his office to give him a detention slip. To help Harry, Nick causes a distraction by dropping a Vanishing cabinet nearby. Filch leaves Harry to sort it out.

Harry finds a confusing document in the office about a Kwikspell course which make it appear that Filch isn't very good at magic. Filch realises Harry has a clue that is a Squib so in embarrassment, he lets Harry go without detention. Harry is grateful to Nick for helping him so he agrees to attend his Deathday Party.

On the day of the Deathday Party, Harry wishes he hadn't agreed to go. Ron and Hermione join him but the party is dreary. Hermione wants to avoid speaking to Myrtle but fails and is stuck talking to her. They eventually leave the party but Harry hears a strange voice whispering about killing in the corridor. He follows it and finds Mrs Norris strung up Petrified with writing nearby on the wall: THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE". A huge crowd of students and teachers appear and find Harry by the cat. Draco shouts "Enemies of the Heir beware? You'll be next, Mudbloods!".
Order of Merlin

The **Order of Merlin** is an award bestowed upon those in the wizarding world who have achieved great and notable things. It hascthree levels: the highest rank is First Class, then there is Second Class, and finally Third Class. It is the highest honour to receive. A person could be rewarded posthumously. It first appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## History

In June 1994, Cornelius Fudge guaranteed Severus Snape an Order of Merlin (Second Class), but wanted to try and persuade people to give him a First Class instead. He had supposedly caught Sirius Black but after Black escaped, the award was cancelled.

## Trivia

* It is unknown if the award is rescinded if a person who received it is discovered to be a fraud. Both Peter Pettigrew and Gilderoy Lockhart received their award under false pretences.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 21
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 22
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 6
Tom

This article is for **the owner of the Leaky Cauldron**. You may be looking for **Tom Riddle**.

## Character information

### Occupation

Landlord of the Leaky Cauldron (by 1991 - ?)

## Book information

### First appearance

*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*

### Last appearance

*Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*

**Tom**  was a character in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* and *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. He was the landlord of the Leaky Cauldron.

## Biography

In July 1991, Tom welcomed Rubeus Hagrid when he arrived at the Leaky Cauldron and offered to make him his usual drink, but Hagrid declined because he was taking Harry Potter shopping. Tom was starstruck when he saw Harry and tearfully greeted him, saying it was an honour but Harry had no idea what to say.

In August 1993, Tom tended to Cornelius Fudge while he waited for Harry Potter to arrive at the Leaky Cauldron. He showed Fudge to a private parlour. Fudge later found Tom to ask if he had a room for Harry to stay in until September. Because Sirius Black had escaped, Fudge wanted him to keep an eye on Harry. He took Harry's luggage to a room and let Hedwig in. He told Harry to ask if he needed anything.

On 31 August, Tom put three tables together in the parlour for Harry, Hermione Granger and the Weasley family who had a five-course dinner. The next day, Tom woke Harry up and gave him a cup of tea.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 3
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5
Rubeus Hagrid's wand

Rubeus Hagrid has a **wand** which is 16 inches long, made of oak wood with an unknown core. Its creator is Garrick Ollivander. The wand is snapped when Hagrid is expelled from Hogwarts after which he puts the broken pieces in a pink umbrella.

## History

Rubeus Hagrid purchased the wand at Ollivanders before he started Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in September 1938.

During his third year at Hogwarts, he was framed by Tom Riddle for opening the Chamber of Secrets. Hagrid was expelled but because he didn't grauate, his wand had to be snapped in half. Hagrid kept the broken pieces and he put them in a pink, flowerly umbrella. Hagrid's broken wand was not very good and it had limitations. It's unknown whether it was because of the damage or Hagrid's incomplete education but he couldn't get the spells to work properly. When he attempted transfiguration by turning Dudley Dursley into a pig, he only managed to produce a pig's tail.

In July 1991, Hagrid took Harry Potter to Ollivanders. Garrick still knew the wand he had sold to Hagrid'. He asked him whether they broke it when he was expelled. Hagrid said he kept the pieces and Garrick was sceptical when Hagrid tried to say he hadn't used the wand since. By September 1992, Hagrid began using the umbrella to use the Engorgement Charm and enlarge the pumpkins he was growing in the vegetable patch at the Hut.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 7
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 4
Quaffle

The **Quaffle** is a ball in the wizarding sport of Quidditch that the Chasers has to carry and pass to each other to score in a golden hoop. Each goal is worth ten points.

## About

The ball is a scarlet, leather-covered ball about ten centimetres in diameter, approximately the size of a football. It has to be caught and held using one hand and passes only to the other two Chasers who have to score in a golden hoop. The earliest known use of the ball is in the 11th century when Gertie Keddle wrote about about the leather ball falling into her cabbage patch. At the time the ball was not enchanted and was simply a patched leather ball. There is a one-hand only rule so Quaffles in this time period have lots of finger holes and many have a strap.

Even though the ball was patched in its earlier history, it became smoother in time. In the winter of 1711, it was given the colour scarlet for the first time to make it noticeable when a game is played in bad weather which was making it near-impossible to see where it was dropped. The ball is the only one in the sport that is immobile but it has two enchantments. Around the time of the colour change, Daisy Pennifold had the idea of bewitching the Quaffle to make it fall slowly downwards and easier for Chasers to catch because they complained about having to dive to ground to get it. The second enchantment is the Gripping Charm that is put on the ball after the charm was invented in 1875. The new charm makes finger holes and straps unnecessary.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 10
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Quidditch Through the Ages*: Changes in Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century
4. ↑ *Quidditch Through the Ages*: The Game From Queerditch Marsh
Study of Ancient Runes

**Study of Ancient Runes** is an elective subject taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It involves the theoretical study and translation of ancient runic scriptures. It first appeared in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## About

The subject is an elective which could be chosen in the second year to begin studying in the third- year. Harry Potter thought it sounded easier than Arithmancy. It was taken until at least the fifth-year. If an acceptable pass grade is achieved at O.W.L. level, it was an option for study in the sixth and seventh-year for N.E.W.T.s.

Homework included rune translation.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 14
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 9
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 12
Spell

A **spell** is an action done with magic typically with an incantation and a wand. It is performed by wizardkind and various creatures in the wizarding world. They appear throughout the *Harry Potter book series*.

## About

"*And saying the magic words properly is very important, too — never forget Wizard Baruffio, who said 's' instead of 'f' and found himself on the floor with a buffalo on his chest.*"
— Filius Flitwick on the pronunciation of spells

For a spell to work, a witch or wizard has to do four things: use a wand properly, say the correct incantation clearly, concentrate and cast with intention. If they fail to do these things, the spell will fail and potentially cause damage, injury or death. Known incantations are usually derived from the Latin language (e.g. "Wingardium Leviosa") but there are a few incantations in English.

Spells usually produce a flash of light in varying colours with a lightning spark. However, there are spells which have no light. Spells produced incorrectly have loud bangs and intermittent sparks. The length of time a spell works depends on what the spell is. "Expelliarmus" is very brief, "Stupefy" wears off in time, a counter-curse could be needed, certain Dark spells caused permanent damage if done using strong intent (Cruciatus Curse) and a few were final (Killing Curse).

Spell invention is rare and difficult. Pandora Lovegood was killed during her effort to invent a new spell. There is a lot more to inventing a spell than waving a wand and saying what Harry Potter called "a silly word".

## Known spells

A spell is a generic term for a piece of magic. Spells can be put into a few sub-branches of magic.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 10
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 23
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 38
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
5. ↑ J.K. Rowling's website - Spell Definitions