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Irma Pince

**Irma Pince** was a character in the *Harry Potter book series*.

She was a witch, and the librarian at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Irma was very protective of her Library and the school's books, but she was very unlikeable to the students because she was very strict and unhelpful.

## Biography

By September 1991, Irma was a librarian at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In December, she caught Harry Potter going towards the Restricted Section. She asked why, but he couldn't tell her what he was searching for so she chased Harry away using a feather-duster.

In December 1992, she checked a signed permission slip Professor Lockhart gave Hermione Granger to get a book a student of her level couldn't access. She let her go and get it when she determined Lockhart's slip wasn't a forgery. A few days later, she gave Harry a glaring look because he caused a lot of noise storming out the Library when he and Ernie Macmillan had an argument. She was polishing a large spellbook.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 12
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 11
Headteacher's office

The **Headteacher's office** is a room in Hogwarts Castle belonging to the Head of Hogwarts at the time. It first appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## About

The office is on the second-floor of Hogwarts Castle. The entrance is a statue of a stone gargoyle that grants entry if it is given the correct password. The gargoyle slides to the side and the wall splits into two. Behind it is a spiral, stone staircase which works like an escalator which ends at an oak door with a brass knocker in the shape of a griffon.

The office is large and has spindle-legged tables. Professor Dumbledore has silver instruments whirring. The walls have portraits of every single Head in the history of the school, who speak and give advice to the current Head. The desk is huge and claw-footed and has a shelf behind it holding the Sorting Hat.

## History

In June 1943, Tom Riddle spoke to Professor Dippet in the office because he had sent a letter to Dippet asking for permission to stay at Hogwarts School during the summer. Dippet thought it was no longer safe enough because of the Chamber of Secrets opening and declined. He told Tom he was probably going to have to close the school down unless the culprit was found, forcing Tom to frame Rubeus Hagrid.

In December 1992, Harry Potter was taken to the office for the first time to speak to Professor Dumbledore. He spoke to the Sorting Hat who told Harry that he could have done good in Slytherin. He then noticed Fawkes on a golden perch behind the door. Fawkes was then reborn but Harry thought he was going to be held responsible for killing it. Rubeus Hagrid showed up to argue Harry's innocence in the second opening of the Chamber of Secrets but Dumbledore had known he was innocent. Dumbledore asked Harry if there was anything he wanted to tell him, but Harry wouldn't say.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 28
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 11
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
Hogwarts: A History

**Hogwarts: A History** is a book written by Bathilda Bagshot. It chronicles the history of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, starting with its founding in the tenth century until the nineteenth century.

## About

The book has these pieces of information:

* The ceiling of the Great Hall is bewitched to copy the sky above it outside.

## History

The book was written by Bathilda Bagshot. Hermione Granger loved the book and often mentioned it when she wanted to explain anything. At her Sorting ceremony, she told other students about the ceiling of the Great Hall. After the opening of thr Chamber of Secrets, a copy of the book in the Hogwarts library was borrowed so much it had a very long waiting list because everyone wanted to find out about it.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Hermione Granger had read the book by 1 September 1991 according to *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7 meaning the book needed to have been published in or by August 1991 in order for her to own and then read a copy before starting Hogwarts.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 9
Lionfish spine

**Lionfish spines** are used in potion-making. The fish have very long spines that are broken into a powder. First-year students in Potions use them for an unknown potion. They are purchased at Apothecary's.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 12
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 10
Magical Congress of the United States of America

The **Magical Congress of the United States of America** (shortened to **MACUSA**) is the governing body in charge of the American wizarding population throughout the United States of America. It is governed by the President and is the primary governing body in the United States. It appears in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*.

## About

The American wizarding community were subject to a higher persecution than anywhere else by Muggles.

In 1926, the government was involved in the fight against Gellert Grindelwald. Newton Scamander bought a suitcase of creatures intending to free a Thunderbird. A group of creatures escaped and caused an incident for MACUSA where the International Statute of Secrecy was broken. At that time, they had a curse-to-kill policy on every wizarding creature. He was helpful in thr capture of Grindelwald but President Seraphina Picquery told him to leave before she took drastic steps to have him arrested.

In 1927, Scamander persuaded the President to create an edict to protect creatures. She enacted a Protective Order for Thunderbirds which eventually grew to protect every creature in America.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* *(2017 edition)*
Godric Gryffindor

**Godric Gryffindor** was a character in the *Harry Potter book series*.

Gryffindor was an English wizard and the co-founder of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He was the founder and leader of Gryffindor House. He was a good friend of Salazar Slytherin until they argued about teaching Muggle-born students and Slytherin left the school.

## Biography

Gryffindor was born and raised in a land in the West County that was eventually Godric's Hollow. He was thought to be the best duellist of the time. Being called the best wizards of their time for their brilliance, Gryffindor and three friends, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff founded Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry together. He prized students of courage, bravery and strength of heart and he was in favour of teaching Muggle-borns.

However, Gryffindor and Slytherin started arguing because Slytherin only wanted to teach half-bloods and pure-blood students. He was unable to convince the founders and he and Gryffindor eventually had a huge argument that involved a duel. Slytherin abandoned the school, but unknown to Gryffindor he had put a Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets to eventually purge the school of Muggle-born students.

At an unknown point, the four founders had to decide how to sort students into their Houses when they had passed away. Gryffindor invented the Sorting Hat, enchanting a hat to look into the minds of students and find out which House values they suit.

Gryffindor invented the Sword of Gryffindor at an unknown date.

## Notes and sources

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

**Gideon Prewett** was a character in the *Harry Potter book series*.

Gideon was the brother of Molly Weasley and the twin brother of **Gideon Prewett**. He and Fabian died fighting Death Eaters at the height of the First Wizarding War. He belonged to the Order of the Phoenix.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ In *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 9, he can be seen in a photograph of the Original Order of the Phoenix that was taken two weeks before Marlene McKinnon died. In *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 10, Lily sent a letter not long after Harry Potter's birthday which shows that it had been a week since she heard the news of her death. Fabian died between July and October 1981 when the First Wizarding War was over.
Hurling Hex

A **Hurling Hex** is a hex in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. It is applied to a broomstick. The effect is to presumably cause a broomstick to hurl its rider off.

In early 1994, Professor Flitwick told Professor McGonagall he thought Harry Potter's Firebolt could have been hexed using the spell. He found out in a stripping-down process that it had not.

## Trivia

* In *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Professor Quirrell uses an unknown broomstick jinx to try and knock Harry off. However, he could not have been using this hex because it is described to be a jinx and he didn't imbue it into the Nimbus 2000.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 12
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
Magical Menagerie

The **Magical Menagerie** was a pet shop in Diagon Alley. It was here that Hermione Granger purchased Crookshanks. It appeared in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## About

The walls in the shop had every inch hidden by cages belonging to creatures. People could buy a pet or take their pets to get checked at a counter if they were unwell and they were advised what treatment could help. They could buy products including treatment, e.g. Rat Tonic.

Pets included:

* Purple toads who were fed blowflies
* Jewel-crusted shell tortoises
* Poisonous snails
* Transforming rabbits
* Ravens
* Cats
* Humming furballs
* Intelligent, skipping black rats
* Owls

## History

Crookshanks lived at the shop for years because he failed to find a buyer.

In August 1993, Hermione Granger was given ten galleons to purchase an owl. Harry Potter suggested the shop and Ron Weasley wanted to get Scabbers checked because he was thinning. He took the rat to the counter and was advised to buy Rat Tonic. Crookshanks began chasing Scabbers who jumped down and run away. Hermione decided to buy Crookshanks instead.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Morag MacDougal

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

Morag was a witch who attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the same year of Harry Potter. In September 1991, she was at the Sorting ceremony when Neville Longbottom run off with the Sorting Hat. He had to run back to give the Sorting Hat back to Professor McGonagall for Morag's sorting, which was next.

It's unknown which one of the four Houses that Morag was sorted into.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
Grim

The **Grim** was the worst omen you could find because it was a sign of death. It took the form of a spectral, large black dog. It's unknown if it actually was a creature.
The Grim was a supposed creature which haunted graveyards. If seen, even in person, it was supposed to be a warning that you were going to die soon.

It appeared in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## History

The Grim appeared on the cover of Death Omens: What to Do When You Know the Worst Is Coming. A wizard called Bilius saw a Grim and died less than twenty-four hours later.

Sirius Black's Animagus was a black dog which looked like the Grim, causing Harry Potter and Sybill Trelawney to misinterpret sightings and signs of Black for the Grim and thought Harry was going to die. He first saw Black in Magnolia Crescent, a hulking creature which had wide, gleaming eyes. He later saw a picture on the cover of a book.

In September, he had a Divination lesson for the first time where he was reading tea leaves. Professor Trelawney looked in Harry's cup and told him she could see the Grim. He was informed precisely what it was, and Harry had a lurching feeling when he thought back to the time he saw a spectral, black dog in Magnolia Crescent.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 6
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 3
Hogwarts Express

**Hogwarts Express** is a train in the *Harry Potter book series*. It transported students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry throughout the school year between two train stations, King's Cross and Hogsmeade station. It travelled at the start of the year, at Christmas, Easter and then the end of the year.

## About

### Schedule

Every year on 1 September, the train departs Platform Nine and Three-Quarters at 11am. If the train is missed, an owl should be sent to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. If a student is going home for Christmas, they had to book a place on the train in mid-December. The train brings these students back about fourteen days later. It also takes students home for Easter every spring. In June, the train takes students back to King's Cross for the summer holidays.

At lunch time, a trolley is taken to each compartment by an employee. The children could buy food and drink including pumpkin pasties, chocolate frogs and cauldron cakes.

### Appearance and layout

The train is a large scarlet steam engine. It has one long, small corridor adjacent to named compartments. For example, the Slug Club was held in Compartment C. Prefects had their own compartment at the front of the train.

## History

In September 1993, Dementors stopped the train and searched it for Sirius Black. A Dementor found Harry Potter's compartment, and gave him a Dementor's Kiss even though Remus Lupin, a Professor, told it that Black wasn't on the train. The train was very cold, and students taking it were scared. Draco Malfoy had been in a corridor and run into Fred and George Weasley's compartment to hide.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 19
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 17
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 5
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 6
Luna Lovegood

**Luna Lovegood** was a character in *Harry Potter book series*.

Luna was a witch, and the only child of Xenophilius Lovegood and Pandora Lovegood. She attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Ravenclaw. She was very eccentric and strangely perceptive. She joined Dumbledore's Army and participated in battles during the Second Wizarding War. She fought at the Battle of the Department of Mysteries and Battle of Hogwarts, which she survived. Luna later became a Magizoologist.
Killing Curse

The **Killing Curse** is one of three Unforgivable Curses. If it hits the intended victim, they suffer an instant, painless death. The only known protection from it is sacrificial protection and the only person known to have ever survived it is Harry Potter.

## History

In 1944, Tom Riddle used the Killing Curse to murder his father and his grandparents at the Riddle House.

On 31 October 1981, Lord Voldemort killed James Potter with the curse before doing the same to Lily Potter. He then attempted to use the Killing Curse on Harry Potter. Lily had sacrificed herself moments before after being offered the chance to step aside. It shielded her son with sacrificial protection, causing the curse to rebound onto Voldemort instead.

In 1994, Harry had a vision of Voldemort using the curse to murder Frank Bryce. Later that year, Barty Crouch Jr, disguised as Alastor Moody, taught fourth-year students about the Killing Curse in a Defence Against the Dark Arts class. He used the curse on a spider as a demonstration.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 33
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 14
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 1
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 10
Fudge Flies

**Fudge Flies** are a confection sold at Honeydukes. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

Scabbers loved Fudge Flies. In his third year, Ronald Weasley thought his pet rat was dead. He told friends at a party that Scabbers would have enjoyed Fudge Flies if he hadn't been killed by Hermione Granger's cat, Crookshanks.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 13
Mrs Scamander

**Mrs Scamander** was a character in **Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them**. She was a witch and the mother of Newton Scamander. She sold Hippogriffs for a living and it was her who encouraged Newt to pursue a career with wizarding creatures because he had grown up with the Hippogriffs.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Newt was born at the end of the 19th century, meaning Mrs Scamander could only be born in the same century.
2. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: About the Author
Miranda Goshawk

**Miranda Goshawk** was a character in the *Harry Potter book series*.

She was a witch and celebrated author who wrote a collection of books, The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1 to Grade 6, specialising in charms. Depending on their year group, students of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry had to bring one of her books every year. They would bring Grade 1 in the first year and Grade 2 in the second year etc.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
Hair-Raising Potion

The **Hair-Raising Potion** appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*. It causes the drinker's hair to stand up. The potion includes rat-tails.

Second years including Harry Potter who were studying Potions had write how many rat-tails the potion needed for their homework.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
Hugo Weasley

**Hugo Weasley** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*. He was a half-blood wizard, the younger child of Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger and the younger brother of Rose Weasley.

## Biography

Hugo Weasley was the younger child of Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger born in or after 1 September 2006. He was the younger brother of Rose Weasley.

In September 2017, he went to Platform Nine and Three-Quarters to say goodbye to Rose when she went to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry for the first time. He was close to Lily Potter and they had a very lively debate about which House they would be sorted into when they finally went to the school.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ He had an elder sibling who started attending Hogwarts in Sept 2017. He had to be born in Sept 2006 or later if he was to start the school later than her.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Nineteen Years Later
Heir of Slytherin

The **Heir of Slytherin** is a descendant of Salazar Slytherin in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*. They speak Parseltongue with which they open the Chamber of Secrets and control the Serpent of Slytherin. There are several Heirs throughout the centuries after Slytherin left the school. However, none unleashed the serpent until Tom Riddle did in the twentieth century.

## History

### Early years

In the tenth century, having failed to persuade the co-founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry not to accept Muggle-borns, Salazar Slytherin created the Chamber of Secrets and abandoned the school. He left within it the Serpent of Slytherin in the hope an Heir would eventually open it and purge the school of Muggle-born students.

The serpent could only be controlled by Slytherin and his heirs. However, the Chamber itself could be opened by anyone with the ability to speak Parseltongue. Knowledge of the Chamber's existence was passed through each generation and several descendants opened the Chamber in that time but it was a thousand years until an Heir let the Serpent of Slytherin loose in the school.

### 1942-1943 school year

In the 1942 to 1943 school year, Tom Riddle, an Heir of Slytherin, opened the Chamber of Secrets in order to complete Slytherin's "noble work". Riddle was a descendent of Slytherin through the Gaunt family. However, a student Myrtle Warren was killed when she heard Tom speaking to the Basilisk near the entrance of the Chamber and looked into its eyes. With the decision to close down Hogwarts, Tom knew he would have to go back to a Muggle orphanage where he was raised. He decided to close the Chamber of Secrets, framing Rubeus Hagrid and Aragog for what happened.

Before he graduated, Tom enchanted a diary into a Horcrux. It was capable of possessing anyone who wrote in it. It siphoned the life force of the writer to gain a physical body of its own.

### 1992 - 1993 school year

In the 1992-1993 school year, Tom Riddle's Diary possessed Ginevra Weasley and she opened the Chamber for the second time. She wrote a warning in paint on the wall of a corridor: "*THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS HAS BEEN OPENED. ENEMIES OF THE HEIR BEWARE*". When he spoke Parseltongue, a lot of students at Hogwarts thought Harry Potter was the Heir of Slytherin. He suspected it was Draco Malfoy until he discovered it couldn't be, and the Diary told Harry it was Hagrid, which Aragog denied. In June, Harry found the Chamber of Secrets and destroyed both the Basilisk and Diary.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 17
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 16
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 8
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 15
Hermes

**Hermes** was the pet owl of Percy Weasley. He was first seen in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## Biography

In the summer of 1991, he was purchased for Percy Weasley. Mr and Mrs Weasley wanted to get him a special gift when he was given the role of Prefect. The next year, he sent lots of letters using the owl to Penelope and would not let Ron borrow him to send letters to Harry Potter.

## Notes and sources

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

**Magnolia Road** is a road in Little Whinging which appears in *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*.

One hot summer, Harry Potter walked through here to get to a park with a playground. Nearly every swing in the playground was broken by Dudley Dursley and his gang. He later spotted Dudley and his friends walking down Magnolia Road together on their way home and he chased after the group to talk to Dudley.

Like Privet Drive, the road had large square houses with perfect gardens. The neighbourhoods were very similar, with the owners of these houses driving cars like Vernon Dursley had.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 1
Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century

**Great Wizarding Events of the Twentieth Century** is a book about events in the wizarding world starting in 1900 until the date of publication. It only appears in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*.

It includes details 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 and read it.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ The book has details about Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort, meaning it has to be written after he first tried to kill Harry. Hermione read it before her first day at Hogwarts.
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
Mr Prewett

**Mr Prewett** is a character in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. He is a pure-blood wizard, the husband of Mrs Prewett, father of Fabian and Gideon Prewett and Molly Weasley, and the grandfather of her seven grandchildren including Ronald Weasley.

It is possible he owned a chessboard that was passed down to his grandson Ron. It is unknown which of his two grandfathers gave him the chessboard so it is possible it was Septimus Weasley instead.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 12
Invisible Book of Invisibility

The **Invisible Book of Invisibility** is a book in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

The book, like the name says, is completely invisible. Flourish and Blotts once stocked two-hundred copies of the book for which they had to pay a fortune. Because the books are invisible, they lost every single copy and couldn't find them. When Harry Potter went to the shop, the manager told him that he will not sell copies of it anymore.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Little Whinging

**Little Whinging** is the name of a Muggle town in Surrey where Vernon and Petunia Dursley, Dudley Dursley, Harry Potter and Arabella Figg live.

## About

Vernon and Petunia Dursley thought it was the perfect location to live and purchased a home in Privet Drive due to it being "normal". The other known roads in Little Whinging are Wisteria Walk and Magnolia Road.

Little Whinging was the location of many events in the wizarding world. In 1981, Albus Dumbledore dropped Harry Potter off at Vernon and Petunia's home. Then in the summer of 1995, two Dementors found and hurt Harry and Dudley Dursley in Little Whinging. That same summer, members of the Order of the Phoenix picked Harry up from Little Whinging. In the summer of 1997, the Battle of the Seven Potters began in Little Whinging.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 3
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 1
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 2
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 2
Magical Law Enforcement Squad

The **Magical Law Enforcement Squad**, or **Patrol**, are a sub-division of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Magic. They are a specialised team who uphold general law in the wizarding world. A specialised unit of Hit Wizards control very dangerous situations and high-profile arrests.

They appear in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## History

In 1981, they sent a unit of twenty Hit Wizards to stop Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew's dangerous duelling. When they arrived, Peter had disappeared and framed Sirius for murder. They arrested Sirius, who was hysterical, for these supposed crimes.

## Notes and sources

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

The **nettle** is a mundane stinging plant and a Potion ingredient in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. Dried nettles are used in the Cure for Boils which has to be weighed on scales first.

One of the underground chambers leading to the Philosopher's Stone had a potions riddle. In order to get through the next door, the drinker had to pick the right potion out of six options. The riddle indicated which one. In one of the six bottles was nettle wine.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
Murtlap

The **Murtlap** is a wizarding beast in *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*.

## About

The animal looks very similar to a rat and has a sea anemone on it's back. They eat animals including lobster and shrimp. They will also eat the feet of anyone foolish enough to step on them. They are found in coastal Britain. They are also eaten and pickled which keeps people safe from curses and jinxes. If they overdose, their hair will go purple.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
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Lacewing fly

The **lacewing fly** is a tiny, green insect used in potion-brewing. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

Stewed lacewing flies are an ingredient in the Polyjuice Potion. They havr to be stewed for twenty-one days. They are kept in the student store-cupboard near the Potions classroom. In 1992, Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger stole lacewing flies out of the store-cupboard to brew the Polyjuice Potion.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
Hand of Glory

The **Hand of Glory** is a Dark artefact in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets* and *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*. If a candle is inserted, it lights up. It is an old and shrivelled object that is available to purchase at Borgin and Burkes.

## History

Draco Malfoy was interested in buying the Hand of Glory when he was twelve years old. Mr Borgin took the opportunity to encourage Lucius Malfoy to purchase it, explaining it was popular with thieves and plunderers but Lucius was not interested in buying it and thought that Draco should find better things to do than be a thief.

Four years later, Draco purchased it anyway and used it to escape the Room of Requirement after unleashing Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder to make it impossible for anyone to watch him leave the room.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 29
Junior Minister

**Junior Minister** is a profession in the Ministry of Magic. They work for their own department, presumably in the role of deputy head, answerable to the Head of the department. It first appear in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In 1981, Cornelius Fudge was the Junior Minister for the Department of Magical Catastrophes. He was one of the first on the scene after Sirius Black and Peter Pettigrew's deadly duel.

## Notes and sources

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

An unnamed **Greek chap** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*.

In 1990, Rubeus Hagrid purchased Fluffy off him in the Leaky Cauldron. In 1991, Hagrid loaned Fluffy to Albus Dumbledore to guard the Philosopher's Stone.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
Madam Marsh

**Madam Marsh** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*. She was a witch who took the Knight Bus to Abergavenny in Wales. She wore a travelling cloak.

In August 1993, she took the Knight Bus the evening Harry Potter called for it. She was told by Stan Shunpike when it was her turn, and he helped her. She had travelling sickness and looked rather green when leaving. Stan threw her bag for her.

In 1996, she took the bus again when Harry, Hermione Granger and the Weasley family took it. She was sick again and threw up, causing the bus to drop her first.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 3
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 24
Flying (subject)

**Flying** is a subject taught at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It only appeared in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. First year students have to take it in order to learn how to fly on a broomstick. Professor Hooch was the teacher during Harry Potter's time at Hogwarts.

## About

Every first year student has to take the subject for a short time at the start of their education at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They learn the basics of flying on a broomstick. It is a very exciting subject for the first year students.

Because they do not given permission to bring their own broomstick, the school provides broomsticks. They are old and have twigs sticking out at odd angles. The broomsticks' performances are not very good. A few don't work properly and vibrate if they fly too high or slightly to the left.

## History

During the first flying lesson Harry Potter had, a few of the other student boasted about the flying they had done growing up. The students who hadn't flown were worried about it. Ron Weasley boasted about a time he nearly hit a hang-glider using Charlie Weasley's broomstick whhole Draco Malfoy had a lot of far-fetched stories to tell. During the lesson, Harry was a huge success. Hermione Granger's broom rolled over instead of going up at her command while Neville Longbottom's did nothing. Draco Malfoy was told he was holding the broom wrong even though he had boasted he was an expert at flying. When he was on the broom, Neville flew too high and fell off. He had a broken arm and had to be taken to the Hospital Wing. Hooch told the other students not go fly on their brooms when she was taking him, but Draco took Neville's Remembrall and chucked it in the sky. Harry chased after it and caught it and was given the role of Seeker on the House Quidditch team.

## Curriculum

* In the first lesson, students learn how to command a broom by saying "up" and catching it in their right hand. They also learn how to get on the broom. Finally, they kick up from the ground and levitate on the broom for a few seconds.

## Known timetable

* In the 1991-1992 school year, it was taught every Thursday afternoon.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 9
Draught of Living Death

The **Draught of Living Death** is a very powerful sleeping potion that puts the drinker into a death-like slumber. It is very difficult to brew. It is taught to sixth years studying Potions. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* and *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*.

## About

The potion is created by adding the powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood.

At Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it is taught to sixth year students taking Potions for their Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests. The recipe is in *Advanced Potion Making*. It should be a shade of lilac when the creator is half-way through making the potion. It is a complex potion.

## History

In September 1991, Professor Snape asked Harry Potter what potion he would make if he added the root of asphodel to the infusion of wormwood. Harry was only a first year student who couldn't have known the answer. However, Hermione Granger put her hand up because she appeared to have read about it.

Horace Slughorn, who taught for Potions for fifty years, told his sixth year students, including Harry, that he had only ever known one student get close to making it in their hour long lesson. Using a copy of *Advanced Potion Making* which had notes written inside it, Harry also nearly made it within the hour.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
Riddle family's cook

An **unidentified woman** was a cook for the Riddle family at their house.

## History

In 1944, she found out that the family she cooked for, the Riddles, had been murdered at the Riddle House. She found out that the gardener Frank Bryce had been arrested for the murders and in a dramatic fashion, entered the Hanged Man, the local pub, to tell the other villagers.

They began buying her drinks and on her fourth sherry, she started to talk negatively about Frank. She told the others that she always thought he was unfriendly and unwilling to talk to her. A woman at the bar tried to defend Frank but she barked that the murderer had to be Frank because he had a spare key and there was no sign of a break-in.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 1
Hallowe'en Feast

The **Hallowe'en Feast** is an event in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. It is an annual dinner held at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry every 31 October in celebration of Hallowe'en.

## About

The dinner is held in the Great Hall which is festooned. It has candy-filled pumpkins, cauldrons of lollipops, orange streamers and live bats flying above. The food is absolutely delicious and is served on golden plates. Students look forward to the feast every year.

Entertainment is sometimes booked. Professor Dumbledore once booked a troupe of dancing skeletons. Rubeus Hagrid once carved large lanterns out of pumpkins. School ghosts perform for students including popping out of the walls and doing formation gliding.

## History

In 1991, the feast was interrupted by Professor Quirrell who had let a troll loose in the school. He used the distraction to try and get past Fluffy in a third-floor corridor but he was noticed by Professor Snape who intervened. Harry and Ron and Hermione defeated the troll.

In 1992, Harry agreed to go to Nearly Headless Nick's Deathday Party instead and regretted it when he saw the Great Hall decorated and heard Professor Dumbledore had booked a troupe of skeletons. Ron and Hermione joined Harry but they later decided to leave and head to the feast. En route, they found a Petrified Mrs Norris and when the feast ended, students leaving found Harry at the scene and thought he did it.

In 1993, Harry and Ron attended the feast for the first time in two years while Hermione attended for the first time. Sirius Black broke in to the school during the feast and slashed the Fat Lady's portrait to get to Peter Pettigrew. That evening, students had to sleep in the Great Hall.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 8
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 10
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 8
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 17
Kendra Dumbledore

**Kendra Dumbledore** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*.

Kendra was a Muggle-born witch, the wife of Percival Dumbledore and the mother of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana Dumbledore.

## Biography

### Deathly Hallows

Kendra was a Muggle-born witch who married Percival Dumbledore in the late nineteenth century. They had three children together: Albus, Aberforth and Ariana. When Ariana was six, she was attacked by Muggle boys who saw her using magic. They wanted her to show them how to do it, and was upset when she couldn't.

The trauma caused Ariana to lose control of her powers and she became a danger to the International Statute of Secrecy. Kendra and Percival decided to keep the truth hidden because they wanted Ariana to stay at home than be locked away in St. Mungo's Hospital. However, Percival was so angry that he hunted the three boys and hurt them for what they done, which broke the International Statute. He wouldn't say why to the wizarding authorities and they sentenced him to Azkaban.

Kendra moved the family to Godric's Hollow to escape people who knew what Percival did. She kept Ariana in the house and she, Albus and Aberforth never told anyone why. Their neighbours, including Bertha Jorkins didn't even know she had a daughter. In the future, people thought Ariana was a Squib and Kendra was embarrassed, so she hid her.

When Ariana was fourteen, she lost control of her magic again and the force killed Kendra. Ariana was then under the guardianship of her elder brothers. A few years later, she was killed by a duel between her brothers and Gellert Grindelwald. When Albus died nearly a hundred years later, the wizarding world investigated whag happened to Kendra and her family.

## Appearance

By the time she was killed, Kendra was "not as young as she was". Harry Potter saw a photo of her in which she looked "formally composed". Her face was of a "carved quality" and she looked Native American, perhaps indicating her heritage.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 28
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 2
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 11
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 35
Ottery St Catchpole

**Ottery St Catchpole** is a village in Devon, a county in England. It is surrounded by fields and trees and has at least one hill called Stoatshead Hill. To the south of the village is The Burrow.

## History

When they married, Mr and Mrs Weasley purchased a piece of land near the town and built The Burrow. It was located down a main road.

## Notes and sources

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

**Pumpkin Pasty** is a type of wizarding food which could be purchased on the Hogwarts Express.

On the way to his first year at Hogwarts, Harry Potter bought them and ate them for the first time. He shared them with Ronald Weasley.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
Sleeping Beauty

**Sleeping Beauty** is a Muggle book written by the Brothers Grimm.

In *The Tales of Beedle the Bard*, the story of Sleeping Beauty is highlighted to show the differences between Muggle characters including Sleeping Beauty and the fictional witch Amata. While Sleeping Beauty took a "prolonged nap", characters such as Amata were much more active in seeking their fortunes by taking their own fates into their own hands.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *The Tales of Beedle the Bard*: Introduction
Trevor

**Trevor** was a toad and the pet of Neville Longbottom. He was given to Neville by a great-uncle, Algie when he finally proved he was a wizard and was accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Neville took Trevor to Hogwarts, but he kept losing him until eventually, Trevor joined the other toads in the Black Lake.

## Biography

Trevor once belonged to Algie but when Neville finally proved he was a wizard and was accepted to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he gave Trevor to Neville to commemorate the achievement.

Neville and Trevor never developed a close bond, and he kept losing Trevor. In July 1991, he was heading to Hogwarts to start the first-year when he lost Trevor on Platform Nine and Three-Quarters and then on the train. Hermione Granger helped him search for the toad, and she asked Harry Potter and Ronald Weasley but they hadn't seen a toad. Rubeus Hagrid later found Trevor and asked everyone who he belonged to, and Neville was very happy to have him back.

In one of Neville's Charms lessons that year, Professor Flitwick demonstrated the Levitation Charm by causing Trevor to fly around the room. In around June 1992, a croaking Trevor was being held by Neville when he saw Harry, Ron and Hermione sneaking out past curfew. Trevor hopped away when they were arguing.

In the 1993-1994 school year, Professor Snape thought Neville was an incompetent student at Potions. He saw Neville's awful Shrinking Solution and announced he would feed it to Trevor to see if it worked. Hermione helped Neville save the potion and fortunately it worked. Trevor was turned into a tadpole, and was later given an antidote.

In the 1994-1995 school year, Harry was competing in the Triwizard Tournament and practiced the Summoning Charm by using Trevor. The next year, Trevor was struggling to escape from Neville's hold on him when Harry found them in the final carriage of the train. Neville then gave Trevor to Harry in order to show him the defence tactic of a Mimbulus Mimbletonia. When Cho Chang dropped by to speak to Harry, he was embarrassed to be "clutching a toad and dripping in Stinksap".

In the 1996-1997 school year, Trevor nearly escaped again on the train but Neville stopped him.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 10
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 7
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 20
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 10
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 7
Passageway behind a mirror

The secret **passageway** is behind a mirror on the fourth-floor of Hogwarts Castle. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

It is largely unknown but it was found by James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew when they attended Hogwarts. They put it in the Marauder's Map. It presumably leads to Hogsmeade and is one of the three secret passageways that Argus Filch didn't know about. Fred and George Weasley found it using the Marauder's Map in their first-year. They used the passageway until winter three years later when it caved in.

## Notes and sources

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

The **porcupine quill** is a product in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. It is a sharp spine taken from porcupines. It is a potion ingredient in the Cure for Boils.

In his first year at Hogwarts, Neville Longbottom added them to his potion too early during his first Potions lesson. He had to be taken to the Hospital Wing when the potion splashed over him causing him to develop boils.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8