Forbidden F Forest

> The forest hides many secrets.
>
> Ronan on the nature of the Forbidden Forest, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

The **Forbidden Forest**, also known as the **Dark Forest**, was a forest that bordered the edges of the grounds of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

## Location Known Information

### Location

Hogwarts Grounds, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain

### Residents

* Acromantulas
* ***Centaur***s
* Deer
* ***Dugbog***s
* Fluffy (formerly)
* Flying Ford Anglia
* ***Fox***es
* Grawp (formerly)
* ***Hippogriff***s
* ***Mooncalves***
* ***Thestral***s
* ***Thornback***s
* ***Troll***s
* ***Unicorn***s
* ***Werewolves***

### Affiliation

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

### Owner

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

As the forest's name suggests, it was strictly off limits to students — except in the case of detention, or ***Care of Magical Creatures*** lessons that occasionally took place there. Of course, with the various dangerous creatures living in the Forest, few students would even want to venture into it.

## Description

Described by Professor ***Silvanus Kettleburn*** as "massive", the forest was thick with trees, such as ***beech***, oak, ***pine***, ***sycamore***, and yew, as well as undergrowth such as ***knotgrass*** and thorns, but there were paths, brooks, and clearings throughout the forest as well. Off the path, the way was almost impassable, although people had moved through it and creatures as large as Acromantulas and a Ford Anglia had managed to get around. There were areas around the edges of the forest that were part of the Hogwarts grounds, but which were out of sight of the castle. Hagrid set up a paddock for ***Hippogriffs*** in an area like this and the ***dragons*** which had been brought in for the first task were confined here.

   It was hard to navigate the Forest at night, as there were tree roots and stumps that were barely visible in near blackness. Also, clothes were known to snag on low-slung branches and brambles. The forest was home to a wide and strange assortment of creatures. Anything wild and dangerous that needed a place to live was put there. The hut of gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid was located at the edge of the Forbidden Forest. Black flowers were also known to grow in the forest, along with ***Bubotubers***.

## History

### The ***unicorn*** case

Main article: Detention in the Forbidden Forest (1992)
> So Harry set off into the heart of the Forest with Malfoy and Fang. They walked for nearly half an hour, deeper and deeper into the Forest, until the path became almost impossible to follow because the trees were so thick.
>
> Detention in the forest, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

After a Quidditch match against Hufflepuff, Harry Potter secretly followed Severus Snape to the outskirts of the forest, where he overheard a furtive conversation about the Philosopher's Stone, in which Snape asked Professor Quirrell if he had found a way past the three-headed dog, and threatened him further.

   As part of their punishment for being caught out of bed at night by Minerva McGonagall, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Draco Malfoy and Ron Weasley were assigned to help the gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid find and rescue a badly-injured ***unicorn*** in the Forbidden Forest. They split into two parties, and Harry and Draco found the unicorn dead, surrounded by its own blood.

   A hooded figure crawled to the corpse and drank the blood, whereupon Draco fled, screaming. The hooded figure moved towards Harry, who was knocked out by an agonising pain spreading from his scar. When Harry regained consciousness, the hooded figure had gone and a ***Centaur***, Firenze, offered to give him a ride back to the school. Firenze told him that the hooded figure was Lord Voldemort, trying to regain strength by drinking the unicorn's blood.

### Visiting Aragog

> So they followed the darting shadows of the spiders into the trees. They couldn't move very quickly now; there were tree roots and stumps in their way, barely visible in the near blackness.
>
> Harry Potter and Ron Weasley following the spiders, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

    Following the re-opening of the Chamber of Secrets, Harry and Ron went to visit Hagrid and ask him about his possible involvement in the last opening, 50 years earlier, as described by Tom Riddle's diary. Before they could ask, Hagrid was taken away by Lucius Malfoy and Cornelius Fudge. Before leaving his hut, he advised Harry and Ron, hiding under the Invisibility Cloak, to "follow the spiders" which were streaming en masse towards the Forest.

    The spiders eventually led them to the ***Forest's acromantula colony***, headed by Aragog, the "monster" Hagrid had been accused of setting on other students 50 years ago. Aragog explained that Hagrid is innocent, but rather than letting Harry and Ron go, he decided to keep them ***as dinner for his children***. Mr Weasley's Ford Anglia came blasting through the layers of spiders, and rescued the boys.

    Remembering that Aragog had said that Salazar Slytherin's real monster had killed its last victim in a bathroom, it occurred to Harry that Moaning Myrtle was that victim.

### Battle of Hogwarts

When Harry later learned he had to die for Voldemort to regain mortality, he headed in to the Forbidden Forest and, using the Resurrection Stone, called his parents, James and Lily, his godfather, Sirius Black, and his close friend, ***Remus Lupin***, to give him the strength to face Voldemort for what he believed would be the last time.

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 , Chapter B, page 15
2. ↑ *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film) - Chapter 13 (*Nick and Other Residents*)
3. ↑ *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film) - Chapter 25 (*The Forbidden Forest*)
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (film) - Chapter 26 (*Aragog*)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 , Chapter 15 (*Rogue-Bludger*)
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9. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban* (film)
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15. ↑ *Harry Potter and The Order-Of-The Phoenix* (film)
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17. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire* (film)
18. ↑ , Chapter 14 (*About The Chamber*)

## Inhabitants

### Magical creatures

The Forbidden Forest housed or had housed any number of magical creatures. A few known examples included:

 Giant | Unknown

### Others

* Non-magical creatures: Alongside the numerous magical creatures that resided in the Forest, non-magical ones dwelt there as well.
	+ Deers
	+ ***Foxes***
* Flying Ford Anglia
	+ The Ford Anglia was an automobile owned and enchanted by Arthur Weasley. After a bad fright and an exhausting trip across the length of Britain, the Ford Anglia escaped into the forest. There it became wild and took to trundling around among the trees.

## Behind the scenes

* In the first two *Harry Potter* films, the forest is referred to as the Dark Forest.
* ***J. K. Rowling*** stated in ***J. K. Rowling: A Year in the Life*** that the forest is her favourite part of the grounds, and that could be the reason that Harry and his friends find themselves entering the forest in every book but *Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince* (film).
* In the film adaptations of *Philosopher's Stone* and *Chamber of Secrets*, the Forbidden Forest is located mainly to the North of the castle. However, in ***Prisoner of Azkaban*** and subsequent films, the forest is located mainly to the west. This is probably because of the relocation of Hagrid's Hut, the Whomping Willow and the additional areas of Hogwarts such as the ***Wooden Bridge***.

## Appearances

**The 5D-Shared-Combined Crossovers for An The-Good/Evil-Hybrid Wiki** has 10 images related to ***Forbidden F Forest***.
* *Harry-Potter and-the Sorcerer's S Stone* (film) (First Entire Appearance)
* *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* (film)
* *Harry Potter and the Prisoner Of Azkaban* (film)
* *Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire* (film)
* *Harry Potter and The Order-Of-The Phoenix* (film)
* *Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince* (film)
* *Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows (film)*

## Notes and references

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