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Walden Macnair

## Affiliation

### Occupation

Executioner for the Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures at the Ministry of Magic (formerly)

### Loyalty

Death Eaters

**Walden Macnair** is a canonical wizard and Death Eater; having claimed that his activities during the First Wizarding War were the result of the Imperius Curse, he found work as an executioner for the Ministry's Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures, and as such was called to Hogwarts in June 1994 to execute the hippogriff Buckbeak. After the return of Voldemort he participated in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries but was stunned and unable to retreat with the others; presumably he was found and sentenced to Azkaban, but if so he was soon broken out as he was at large in the summer of 1997. He participated in the Battle of Hogwarts but was again knocked unconscious, this time by Hagrid throwing him into a wall. He was still alive in the late 2010s when trainee aurors from the Statute of Secrecy Task Force interviewed him.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Walden Macnair** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
Macnair is described as tall and muscular, with a thin, black moustache; in the films he isn't very muscular and has no moustache, but in a brief appearance in GoF he is shown with a beard.

When he answered the call of Voldemort after the latter's rebirth, he was rebuked for not having stayed loyal and working for the Ministry instead of searching for his master, but was forgiven and allowed to rejoin him. It was he who convinced the giants to support Voldemort, and who murdered Broderick Bode by leaving a pot of Devil's Snare by his bed in St Mungo's.

## Non-canonical information

### A Godfather's Promise

Here he appears in Death Eater garb during the Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament, planning to kidnap Fleur Delacour and use her as a bargaining chip against Harry. She fights back, burning him and removing his mask, but is soon subdued and forced into a collar that blocks the use of her veela powers; however, he isn't prepared for her resorting to physical violence and so she claws his face, breaks his wand, bites off two fingers and beats his face long after he's turned unconscious until it is unrecognizable. Once they are found, Minister Fudge quickly makes sure he is given the Dementor's Kiss.

His wand is said to be made of ebony.

### Minor appearances

* In *Ignore the Dementor*, Macnair is present at the Battle of Longbottom Manor, where Harry in his dementor form eats his soul.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 19
2. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 20
3. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*, Chapter 25
Wizengamot

The **Wizengamot** is a canonical part of the Ministry of Magic, serving both as its main legislative body and as its highest tribunal. It has around fifty members, and little is said of how they are appointed.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Wizengamot** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
## Non-canonical information

In fanfiction, the legislative side of the Wizengamot is the most commonly shown, and the depictions vary widely from a modern parliamentary system to a purely aristocratic power structure populated by lords and ladies in inherited seats, and various variants inbetween.

#### Various notes

* In *The Girl Who Loved*, there "seemed to be over one hundred" people – mostly wizards, but also some witches – in a Wizengamot session. It is implied that sessions were held once a month, although the dates may vary.
* In *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Sirius is cleared of all charges in a trial before the full Wizengamot, by a vote of twenty-six over fifteen (meaning a total of 41 seats, unless there were abstentions that weren't mentioned).

### *A Godfather's Promise*

Here we have a parliament with actual political parties – the Wela Party and the Protectionist Party are the two largest – cut along slightly more complex dimensions than the usual "light" and "dark".

### *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*

In this story, the lords of non-minor Houses have a seat on the Wizengamot, although they must be seventeen to claim it themselves; if they are younger when they receive their lordship, they may name an adult to sit as their proxy. However, new members are only introduced on the solstice sessions.

### *Ignore the Dementor*

Here, the Longbottom family has an inherited seat – implying that there are also non-inherited ones – but Neville cannot take it until he is eighteen; until then, his grandmother holds it.

## References

1. ↑ The Girl Who Loved, Chapter 15
2. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 25
3. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 9
4. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 8
5. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*, Chapter 10
Sarah Freeson

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This article is about **the non-canonical Ravenclaw student born in 1977/78**. You may be looking for **somebody else named *Sarah***.

## Sarah Freeson

### Canonicity

None (*Ghosts, Mermaids, Clocks and Loonies*)

## Affiliation

### House

Ravenclaw

**Sarah Freeson** is a non-canonical witch and Hogwarts student mentioned in *Ghosts, Mermaids, Clocks and Loonies*; she is two years above Harry and was sorted into Ravenclaw. Little is known about her except that, according to housemate Jessie Tickes, she rarely leaves "her studious daze".

## References

1. ↑ *Ghosts, Mermaids, Clocks and Loonies*, Chapter 1
Whomping Willow

The **Whomping Willow** is a canonical sentient species of magical plant, known for its tendency to attack anybody and anything within reach of its branches.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Whomping Willow** at the *Harry Potter Wiki*

## Non-canonical information

* In The Family Clock, Jessie Tickes is said to have made a bonsai Whomping Willow at age twelve.
Shrinking trunk

### Usage

Shrinks itself and its contents (in volume and, presumably, mass) to fit in a pocket

### Owners

* Padma Patil
* Parvati Patil

A **shrinking trunk** is a magical object mentioned in *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*; it is a trunk that has been enchanted so that it (and its contents) can be shrunk enough to fit in a pocket. They are common enough that Pacha Patil gave his daughters one each.

## References

1. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 36
Rite of Confidentiality

The **Rite of Confidentiality** is a non-canonical enchantment mentioned in *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*; it is placed on a courtroom to protect the privacy of witnesses and can only be activated by the Minister for Magic. When activated, it makes everyone present forget specific pieces of information one hour after they hear them.

Like most types of mind-magic in this story, it has little effect on werewolves and (presumably) other magical beings.

## References

1. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 26
2. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 30
Victoire Vigouroux

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This article is about **the mother of Charlus Potter**. You may be looking for **somebody else named *Victoire***.

## Relationship information

### Relatives

* †Richard Potter (husband)
* †Charlus Potter (son)
* †Dorea Potter, née Black (daughter-in-law)
* Clemence Vigouroux (great-grandniece) (likely)

### (non-canonical)

* †James Potter (grandson
* †Lily Potter, née Evans (granddaughter-in-law)
* Harry Potter (great-grandson)

## Affiliation

### School

Beauxbatons (likely)

**Victoire Potter**, née **Vigouroux**, is a non-canonical historical French pure-blood witch mentioned in *A Godfather's Promise*; she is the mother of Charlus Potter and thus in this story (contra-canonically) said to have been the paternal grandmother of James Potter. She volunteered in a muggle military aid station during the Great War, healing wounded soldiers, and met the British officer Richard Potter. At first she thought him "an uncivilized barbarian who though[t] more with his wand and rifle than his mind", but with time and the horrible experiences of war came a change in opinion. They became close friends after the wp:Battle of the Somme, where she had advanced to be in charge of several aid stations, and eventually married after the war. It is not known if they had any children beside Charlus.

Her home is said to have been in the southern parts of France. Since she was old enough to be accepted as a volunteer in a war zone in 1914, yet still young enough to have a son after 1920, she was likely born sometime in the 1880s or 1890s. She likely studied at Beauxbatons, similar to Clemence Vigouroux (who presumably is her great-grandniece).

## References

1. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 5
Sarah Tickes

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This article is about **Jessie Tickes' stepmother**. You may be looking for **somebody else named *Sarah*, or another member of the Tickes family**.

## Relationship information

### Relatives

* James Tickes X (husband)
* Robby and Davy Tickes (twin sons)
* Ian Tickes (stepson)
* Jessie Tickes (stepdaughter)
* Myron Tickes (father-in-law)
* Gardner Tickes (brother-in-law)

## Affiliation

### House

Hufflepuff

**Sarah Tickes**, née Whipkey, is a non-canonical witch mentioned in The Family Clock; she is the stepmother of Ian and Jessie Tickes, and the mother of Robby and Davy Tickes.

## Biography

Sarah was born sometime between November 1957 and October 1958 (she is thirty-eight in late October 1996). Her mother may have been single at the time, or her father may have died or divorced her mother; in any case, before Sarah turned seventeen, her mother had married a muggle – it is not known if her maiden name *Whipkey* came from him, her mother or her birth father. Sarah studied at Hogwarts, where she was sorted into Hufflepuff, but seems not to have finished her seventh year; she claims to have worked as a healer for the aurory from the day she turned seventeen, being the dedicated medic-on-call for Siobhan Tickes. This was at the height of the first wizarding war, and she received on-the-job training from the best, but she also experimented with using elements of muggle medicine – especially in the field of mind healing, which was being developed in secret among the auror healers as a complement to the physical treatments in order to treat combat fatigue and similar issues.

## Physical description

Sarah is described both as "tallish" and as "little" and shorter than Jessie (who is 5'6"). She is careful with her beauty regiment and in 1996 looked to be about thirty years old, instead of her actual thirty-eight.

## Personality

Jessie describes her as "one of the bluntest, most earthy creatures ever to walk the earth", but with fine taste in clothing. She is bisexual, and implies that she was sexually quite active while in Hogwarts.

## Trivia

* Within Jas. W. Tickes and Sons, she does drawings for new designs.

* She has improved on her mother-in-law's recipe for burn salve, making it very effective even compared to what is used by professional dragon handlers; it may be that her part was the addition of the muggle anesthetic lidocaine.

* She has an (unspecified) allergy which affects her breathing.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Family Clock, Chapter 30
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Family Clock, Chapter 26
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Family Clock, Chapter 10
4. ↑ The Family Clock, Chapter 28
5. ↑ The Family Clock, Chapter 1
6. ↑ The Family Clock, Chapter 2
7. ↑ The Family Clock, Chapter 10 "Maybe she has allergies like my stepmother."
Robert McClintock

**Robert McClintock** is a non-canonical pure-blood wizard and Hogwarts student mentioned in *A Godfather's Promise*; he is likely two or three years above Harry and was sorted into Slytherin. In mid-November 1994 he is part of a group of a dozen Slytherin wizards led by Adrian Pucey, who assault Fleur Delacour, trying to rape her, and would have been successful if not for Harry's intervention. As Harry enters the room Robert has ripped off her jacket and is in the process of tearing her blouse, while Adrian holds her by the elbows from behind, and Harry's immediate reaction is to use the Cutting Curse to lop off one of Robert's groping hands; this takes him out of the ensuing battle. The hand is later reattached; according to Lucius Malfoy this was a "minor miracle", especially since Robert was "barely alive due to blood loss", but to what extent these statements are exaggerated is not clear. Due to the political maneuverings of the Protectionist Party, Robert and the other perpetrators are not expelled, but they are suspended for the rest of the year.

Robert's age is not clear, but since Adrian in this story is said to be a sixth-year and the girls keeping watch outside are said to be seventh-years, he likely is one of those as well. How he is related to Catriona, Callum and Cameron McClintock, or their parents, is not known, but the former seem to have graduated Hogwarts in or around the 1980s and could perhaps be his cousins (of some degree).

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 7
2. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 8
3. ↑ *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 3
4. ↑ Callum McClintock at the *Harry Potter Wiki*; from his picture, he may be in his twenties in 1990.
Sex and the Soul

***Sex and the Soul*** is a non-canonical book mentioned in *The Power of Seven*; this is where Hermione found the (purely theoretical) formula for the soul bond ritual they use to remove the horcrux from Harry without killing him. It was written in the 1970s by an American muggle-born witch using the pseudonym "Michelle Wheeler".

## References

1. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 2
2. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 72
Twitchy

**Twitchy** is a non-canonical house-elf mentioned in *Harry the Hufflepuff*; he works at Hogwarts and during the 1993/94 school year, after fighting many other elves for the honour, won the right to disguise himself as Harry and take his place in History of Magic class (so that Harry would not be punished for not showing up to class). Finding himself actually interested in the subject, he considered it well worth the teeth lost in the fighting.

## References

1. ↑ *Harry the Hufflepuff 3*, Chapter 4

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *The Prisoner*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The Family Clock*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 *Harry the Hufflepuff*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *A Godfather's Promise*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*
6. ↑ *The Power of Seven*
7. ↑ *All the Dementors in Azkaban*
8. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*
9. ↑ *Breath Mints / Battle Scars*
Richard (disambiguation)

**Richard**, sometimes shortened to **Rich** or **Dick**, is a masculine given name that can refer to:

* Richard, a non-canonical auror in 1995
* Richard Carter, a canonical Gryffindor student and Quidditch captain attending Hogwarts sometime before the 1990s
* Richard Washburn Child, a canonical no-maj U.S. ambassador to Italy in the 1920s
* Richard Griffiths, a canonical muggle actor active in the 1990s
* Richard Jackdaw, a canonical Hogwarts ghost who died in the 1790s
* Richard Potter, a non-canonical name for the father of Charlus Potter
* Richard Sky, a canonical Gryffindor student interested in trying out for Quidditch

## References

1. ↑ Richard Carter at the *Harry Potter Wiki*
2. ↑ Richard Washburn Child at the *Harry Potter Wiki*
3. ↑ Richard Griffiths at the *Harry Potter Wiki*
4. ↑ Richard Jackdaw at the *Harry Potter Wiki*
5. ↑ Richard Sky at the *Harry Potter Wiki*
Welsh bronze

**Welsh bronze** is a non-canonical breed of dragon mentioned in *The Code*; a breeding pair is living in the Romanian Dragon Sanctuary, and the female (Rhiannon) became pregnant in late 1996 (this breed is said to lay their eggs first a few months after conception). This was the first time a pregnancy was observed in a Welsh bronze, and at first it wasn't noticed until Rhiannon, becoming more territorial than usual, blew fire at Charlie Weasley as he did his rounds.
Theo Malfoy

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This article is about **the contra-canonical son of Draco and Hermione**. You may be looking for **somebody else named *Theodore* or *Malfoy***.

## Relationship information

### Relatives

* Draco Malfoy (father)
* Hermione Granger (mother)
* Taura Malfoy (sister)
* †Lucius Malfoy (paternal grandfather)
* Narcissa Malfoy (paternal grandmother)
* Unnamed maternal grandfather
* Unnamed maternal grandmother
* Andromeda Tonks (paternal grandaunt)
* †Nymphadora Tonks (father's cousin)
* Teddy Lupin (second cousin)
* †Bellatrix Lestrange (paternal grandaunt)

**Theodore "Theo" Orion Malfoy** is a contra-canonical young wizard mentioned in *Isolation*; he is the son of Hermione and Draco, and the younger brother of Taura Malfoy. He is named after his father's friend Theodore Nott, who was killed by Lucius Malfoy during the Battle of Hogwarts, and is the godson of Blaise Zabini. His eyes are chestnut brown, and at least as a small child his hair was ashen blond.

At the start of the 2009/10 school year, Theo was not yet one year old but Draco's nine-month parental leave had ended "a couple of months ago"; thus, he must have been born in September 2008. At five months old, he suffered from blood poisoning, but eventually got better after being treated at St Mungo's; the final follow-up appointment was in late August 2009.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Isolation*, Chapter 49
2. ↑ *Isolation*, Chapter 44
3. ↑ *Isolation*, Chapter 46
Samantha (Ginny's dorm-mate)

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This article is about **Ginny's room-mate in *The Power of Seven***. You may be looking for **somebody else named *Samantha***.

## Affiliation

### House

Gryffindor

**Samantha** is a non-canonical witch and Hogwarts student mentioned in *The Power of Seven*; she is in the year below Harry and was sorted into Gryffindor, and thus is a room-mate of Ginny, Demelza Robins (whose age is not specified in canon, but in this story is said to be in Ginny's year) and Sarah. After the secret of Ginny's and Harry's relationship being polyamorous became known, she condemned Ginny and Demelza for being "sluts", saying that "no decent man would want to be with them now".

It is possible that Samantha was intended to be the same character as Sarah but the name was misremembered; neither occurs in more than a passing mention.
Serapion Nott

**Serapion Nott** is a non-canonical pure-blood historical wizard mentioned in *The Family Clock*; in 1938 he defined "seven separate and distinct levels of pure- to Muggle blood". How he is related to Cantankerus Nott, the presumed author of the *Pure-Blood Directory*, is not known but it seems likely that he built upon the latter's work, which was published in the early 1930s.

The Nott system, as it was called, is not described in great detail but seems to have included not just bloodlines but also opinions: level six consisted of "first-generation half-bloods and vehement blood traitors", and just having a muggle-born friend moved one down a level. According to Charlie Weasley, who had read up on bigotry as background material for his new book, most people at the time didn't actually believe in the system, but many used it for seating charts and such.

Since he published a book in 1938, it seems likely that Serapion was born sometime between 1850 and 1920.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Family Clock*, Chapter 15
Rose Potter

**Rose Lily Potter** is a contra-canonical alternate personality developed by Harry Potter's female form in *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*. In this story, Harry is a metamorphmagus and therefore able to switch sex at will – or even involuntarily – but Dumbledore kept obliviating him to make him stop doing it. Instead, a separate personality emerged, and when the effect of the obliviation is removed Harry and Rose come to an agreement to share their joint body. Rose isn't really interested in controlling it full-time, finding that "far too bothersome", and is happy to leave everything to Harry as long as she is allowed to get out and play now and then. Of course, should he find himself unable to handle a life-or-death situation and she thinks she might do better, she will step in, but other than that she's "just here to have fun". Unfortunately, Harry doesn't ask her to define "now and then", so within just a few days she gets extremely bored, as well as annoyed at her insensitive "brother"; eventually she simply takes over, intending to introduce herself to his betrothed, Padma Patil and – especially – Daphne Greengrass.

As a metamorphmagus, Rose can change her physical appearance at will, but her default look is described as being very similar to her mother, with dark red hair past her shoulders.

Rose is gynesexual (attracted to women, no matter what sex she wears at the time), and in particular seems interested in Hermione; however, she is careful not to come between her and Harry, who have a special bond. She also finds Daphne quite attractive.

The signet ring of House Potter accepts Rose just as it does Harry, making her Lady Potter.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 4
2. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 5
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 12
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 38
Potency potion

**Potency potion** is a non-canonical potion mentioned in *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*; it helps men avoid performance issues when having sex. It is described as being "ocean-blue". It loses efficiency over time, but storage below room temperature will keep it fresh longer.

## References

1. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 14
2. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 32
Talon family

The **Talon family** is a non-canonical wizarding family mentioned in *Ignore the Dementor*; at least one member is secretly a roc masquerading as human, and given the family name she is likely not he only one (but comparison with other cases in the same story suggest that it is not certain). There may or may not be a connection to China.

## Family members

* Hestia Talon
* Hestia Talon's father

## References

1. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*, Chapter 24
2. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*, Chapter 22
Richard (auror)

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This article is about **the auror**. You may be looking for **somebody else named *Richard***.

## Affiliation

### Occupation

Auror

**Richard** is a non-canonical wizard and auror mentioned in *A Godfather's Promise*; in the summer of 1995 he is a subordinate of Amelia Bones but ranked sufficiently high in the hierarchy to select the guards on Harry's cell.

Given that auror training takes three years, he presumably graduated in or before 1991 and was thus born no later than the 1972/73 scholastic year (but likely several years before).
Severus Snape's assasination watch

### Physical appearance

Black face with chrome hands and green crystals marking the hours; band and casing in black-enameled stainless steel

### Usage

The crystals are poisonous and may be fired at a target

### Owners

Severus Snape

**Severus Snape's assassination watch** is a non-canonical magical object mentioned in *The Family Clock*; it is the only one that has been described in much detail out of a set of thirty watches that Jessie Tickes was asked to make for the Order of the Phoenix, each outwardly personalized for the wearer but inwardly identical and synchronized. The watches are all magic-proofed and linked to a master watch worn by Dumbledore, so that when he sets his watch all the others change as well.

The watch is made in stainless steel with a "black industrial enamel finish" and has a black face with tiny green crystals marking the hours, chrome hands and a metal wrist band. The crystals are copper ferrocyanide (said to be one of "the more deadly Muggle-style poisons", with skin contact leading to death within the hour, although no indication of this is found on Wikipedia); pressing the tiny second button on the side and holding it for three seconds opens the watch-glass and launches all twelve crystals at a target, then the clock face can be switched for a new one.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Family Clock*, Chapter 2
2. ↑ The article on ferrocyanide states that ferrocyanides tends to be *less* toxic than other cyanide salts, and the one on the Traube cell makes no mention of copper ferrocyanide being in any way dangerous; also, both Multicolor and Film tinting mention it being used for red colour, making it unlikely to occur as green crystals.
3. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 3
Tie-on watch

### Physical appearance

Ordinary watch case looped to a wide leather strap closed by two leather strings

### Manufacturer

Various; originally invented by Nicolas Flamel

A **tie-on watch** is a non-canonical wizarding object mentioned in *The Family Clock*; it is the traditional way to make a wristwatch in the wizarding world, invented by accident by Nicolas Flamel while researching possible new uses for dragon blood. When Flamel happened to half-way melt the back of his pocket watch, he dropped it onto his untied shoelaces, which got stuck to the watch as it cooled. Since the watch still worked, he simply tied it to his wrist and continued his experiments.

Tie-on watches are still in fairly common use; they are "rather more comfortable" than the ordinary kind, albeit somewhat inconvenient to put on. A tie-on watch is looped to a wide leather strap closed by two leather strings, and the proper way to tie it is to first tie each string separately, then tie the loops of the bows together and finally tuck the low loops in.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Family Clock*, Chapter 4
2. ↑ *The Family Clock*, Chapter 5
Tansy

**Tansy** (*Tanacetum vulgare*) is a non-canonical potion ingredient mentioned in Breath Mints / Battle Scars; it is a perennial, herbaceous flowering plant native to temperate Europe and Asia. It has a stout, somewhat reddish, erect stem, usually smooth, 50–150 cm (20–59 in) tall, and branching near the top; the leaves are 10–15 cm (3.9–5.9 in) long and divided almost to the center into about seven pairs of segments, or lobes, which are again divided into smaller lobes having saw-toothed edges. The flowers, blooming in mid-to-late summer, are yellow with roundish, flat-topped, button-like heads set in clusters and smell similar to camphor with hints of rosemary. The leaves and flowers are toxic in large quantities and have been used in traditional medicine, especially against parasites; it has also been used as flavouring.

Tansy flowers are used in Seek and Find potion, representing *hate*.

## References

1. ↑ Breath Mints / Battle Scars, Chapter 50
Sasha

**Sasha** is a non-canonical house-elf mentioned in *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*; she works for Minerva McGonagall, but was assigned to also care for Harry and Hernione when they moved to private quarters. McGonagall describes her as "quick, trustworthy and loyal",  and also notes that she speaks very good English for a house elf, using complex sentence structures and almost never speaking about herself in third person.

## References

1. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 5
2. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 14
3. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate* Chapter 35

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *The Prisoner*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The Family Clock*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 *Harry the Hufflepuff*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *A Godfather's Promise*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*
6. ↑ *The Power of Seven*
7. ↑ *All the Dementors in Azkaban*
8. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*
9. ↑ *Breath Mints / Battle Scars*
Softening Charm

The **Softening Charm** is a canonical charm used to make objects soft and springy.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Softening Charm** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
This spell is taught in both first-year Charms and second-year Transfiguration; it is included in *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1* by Miranda Goshawk, but there are also books devoted solely to this spell, perhaps delving deeper into the various ways the effect can be used. For example, casting it on a carpet or floor tile can create a make-shift trampoline.

This spell first showed up in a number of video games, where it was primarily used as a mechanic to let the player jump high enough to reach otherwise inaccessible areas, but this was not included in the spell description in *Pottermore*.

## Non-canonical information

* In *The Code*, it is said that the entire Hogwarts Quidditch pitch is enchanted with the Softening Charm to minimize injuries to players (and first-year students) falling off their brooms.
Zacharias Smith

**Zacharias Smith** is a canonical wizard and Hogwarts student who was sorted into Hufflepuff. He was most likely in the same year as, or the year below, Harry, but could theoretically be as much as three years younger. He played chaser on the 1995/96 Hufflepuff Quidditch team and was a member of Dumbledore's Army, but did not fight in the Battle of Hogwarts.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Zacharias Smith** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
Since his father was not stopped by the Hogwarts muggle-repelling charms, Zacharias can not be a muggle-born, but otherwise his blood status is not mentioned.

## Non-canonical information

### *Breath Mints / Battle Scars*

In the year after the war, during the Hallow's Eve ball, Draco – in costume – makes a public display of affection for Hermione, and when she doesn't want to tell her friends who it was Parvati assumes – based on the blond hair – that it was Zacharias. Hermione, wanting to keep the truth of her budding relationship hidden, says yes and the rumor quickly spreads. However, as it turns out, Zacharias is gay – but, in order to keep that secret, he suggests that they pretend to be a couple. Hermione agrees, but finds she dislikes living such a lie; however, when she wants to plan a scene for a public break-up his reaction is to threaten her: if she breaks off the sham, he will reveal the truth about her and Draco.

Zacharias is described as cute, boyish and "almost baby-faced", with brown eyes and hair that is "a darker blond" than Draco's. Hermione initially summarizes his personality as "Scattered. Bashful. Unfocused and sporadic. Harmless. A bit like Luna, actually", but after he turns on her likens him to a wolf in sheep's clothing. It is worth noting that in this story, Zacharias seems not to have been a member of Dumbledore's Army, since Hermione is said to have "never practiced magic with [him] before", or even spent enough time with him to get to know him; possibly the author is basing their work more on the movies (where Zacharias is not identified in the DA scenes) than on the books.

## References

1. ↑ "World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling," *South West News Service*, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland."
2. ↑ *Breath Mints / Battle Scars*, Chapter 14
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Breath Mints / Battle Scars*, Chapter 15
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Breath Mints / Battle Scars*, Chapter 16
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Breath Mints / Battle Scars*, Chapter 18
Robby and Davy Tickes

**Robby and Davy Tickes** are non-canonical twin wizards (presumably) mentioned in The Family Clock; they are the sons of James Tickes X and his second wife Sarah, and half-brothers of Ian and Jessie Tickes. They are twenty-seven months old in late October 1996, meaning they were born in July 1994 (although this story is notoriously inconsistent when it comes to dates).

While their father is a half-blood, having a muggle-born grandmother, the blood status of their mother is less clear; if neither she nor her parents were muggle-born, they would be counted as pure-bloods.

## References

1. ↑ The Family Clock, Chapter 2
2. ↑ The Family Clock, Chapter 28
3. ↑ The Family Clock, Chapter 24
Push rune

A **Push rune** is a non-canonical magical symbol mentioned in *A Godfather's Promise*; its purpose is to create a physical force, and depending on the degree of severity used it may give anything from a light shove to a violent throw. Inscribing two opposing *Push* runes in the same rune cluster will cause a conflict between them, resulting in an explosion; Harry used this effect to destroy Draco's "Potter stinks" badges, placing their bearers in the hospital wing and actually breaking the Slytherin table in the Great Hall.

The *Push* rune is taught in early-fourth-year Runes class.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 3
Terry Boot

**Terry Boot** is a canonical wizard and Hogwarts student in Harry's year; he was sorted into Ravenclaw, was a member of Dumbledore's Army and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Terry Boot** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
Terry attended Hogwarts during the 1997/98 school year, suggesting that he is not a muggle-born (despite having been marked so on the original list of forty students), and he may be a descendant or other relative of Webster Boot (17th-century co-founder of Ilvermorny and founder of its Wampus House) and/or Albert Boot (18th-century Minister for Magic); there was also a D. L. Boot attending Hogwarts in the late 1970s.

In his second year, he was injured during Lockhart's ill-fated Dueling Club session. In his sixth year he was among the twelve students taking N.E.W.T.-level Potions. He was of age to take his Apparition test on 21 April 1997.

## Non-canonical information

### Minor appearances

* In *The Code*, he serenades fifth-year Ginny Weasley together with the Hogwarts show choir in order to ask her for a Valentine's Day date; however, she isn't interested.

* In *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, the House of Boot has a seat on the Wizengamot and Terry has grown up socializing with most of the children of the Great Alliance: Hannah Abbott, Susan Bones, Daphne Greengrass, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Ernie Macmillan and Padma and Parvati Patil.

## References

1. ↑ "World Exclusive Interview with J K Rowling," *South West News Service*, 8 July 2000 - "Hogwarts just serves Britain and Ireland."
2. ↑ *The Code*, Chapter 19
3. ↑ *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*, Chapter 29
Singapore Ministry of Magic

The **Singapore Ministry of Magic** is a non-canonical political body mentioned in *Ignore the Dementor*; when Rufus Scrimgeour is pressing Harry for an answer about what has happened to Dolores Umbridge, Luna claims that her father has said that she has been sighted in Singapore, and that "the Ministry there paid her to look into their flutterby infestation". (While her presence there is factiously incorrect – Umbridge is actually dead – it is not dismissed as an obvious lie, indicating that the Ministry in question does exist.)

It should however be noted that the Ministry is not named in the source, and that Singapore may share a Ministry with Malaysia.

## References

1. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*, Chapter 21
2. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*, Chapter 15
3. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*, Chapter 18
Sheiling

**Sheiling** (first name unknown) is a non-canonical witch and Ministry of Magic employee mentioned in *The Code*; she holds the position of Secretary, and would thus be the natural choice to succeed Haynesworth as Assistant Minister after his planned retirement in 1997, but she doesn't work well with Fudge and has "made it abundantly clear" that she is not interested.
Pure-blood

**Pure-blood** is a canonical concept related to blood purity; it refers to a wizard or witch without muggle ancestry (in practice, generally having no muggle or muggle-born parents or grandparents was seen as sufficient – in other words, their parents, grandparents and great-grandparents were all wizards and witches). How squib ancestors were handled is unclear, but it may be that they counted as well, as long as they were raised and lived among wizardkind.

In contrast, a muggle-born has two muggle parents, and anybody else is a half-blood.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Pure-blood** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
## Non-canonical information

* In *The Code*, it is said that four-generation pure-bloods make up seventeen percent of the wizarding population. The pure-blood society is said to rely heavily on the exchange of favours for favours – "a system of debtors and debt-collectors", as Bill Weasley puts it.

* In *The Family Clock*, it is said that Serapion Nott in 1938 defined "seven separate and distinct levels of pure- to Muggle blood"; however, the Nott system also took account of opinions, equating "vehement blood traitors" with first-generation half-bloods. Further, it is said that hard-core pure-bloods tended to add a class distinction, separating out "trade families" (merchants and craftsmen) as being "pure of blood but rough of hand", and thus socially acceptable as dinner guests but not as spouses.

## References

1. ↑ *The Code*, Chapter 17
2. ↑ *The Code*, Chapter 11
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *The Family Clock*, Chapter 15
Seamus Finnigan

**Seamus Finnigan** is a canonical Irish half-blood wizard and Hogwarts student in Harry's year; he was sorted into Gryffindor, eventually joined Dumbledore's Army (after initially doubting Harry's claim that Voldemort had returned) and fought in the Battle of Hogwarts. His mother is a witch, but his father is a muggle who was not told about the existence of magic until after they had married.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Seamus Finnigan** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
Seamus went to the 1994 Yule Ball with Lavender Brown, but there is nothing indicating that they were more than friends. In his sixth year, he attended N.E.W.T.-level classes in (at least) Charms, Transfiguration and Defence Against the Dark Arts, indicating that he had received high O.W.L. scores in these subjects. He is a close friend of Dean Thomas. He is a fan of the Kenmare Kestrels and the Irish National Quidditch team.

## Non-canonical information

* In *The Power of Seven*, Seamus and Lavender developing feelings for one another during the Spring term of 1997 is a major reason for the latter breaking up with Ron; Seamus (but not Lavender) also takes part in the final attack on Voldemort.

## References

1. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 26
2. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 78
Weaselwort

A **Weaselwort** is a non-canonical Lunacy (i.e. a creature that Luna Lovegood, but hardly anybody else, believes exists) mentioned in *The Power of Seven*; little is known about them except that their bites cause an overwhelming urge to dance.

## References

1. ↑ *The Power of Seven*, Chapter 18 (**Note:** Explicit scene!)
Vladimir Selnikov

**Vladimir Pavlovich Selnikov** (Владимир Павлович Селников) is a non-canonical wizard and magical watchmaker mentioned in The Family Clock; he works at Selnikov Chasovnik Mekhanichna and was called to Bern to sit his Chronologie Mechanique mastery in October 1996 (and thus likely born sometime in the 1970s). Gillian Lyon describes him as an eligible young man from a prominent house, but with nothing more than the prominent house to recommend him.

## Physical appearance

He is "almost as tall as Nielsen, but with hair darker than Prosser's and worn almost as long as Deroulede".

## Nationality

While the patronymic (*Pavlovich*, "son of Pavel") at first glance seems to be Russian, the name of the family firm is rather Bulgarian (see Selnikov Chasovnik Mekhanichna#Etymology), and even though a modern Bulgarian muggle would likely be named Vladimir *Pavlov* Selnikov instead wizarding families tend to stay a bit behind the times and the older forms may perhaps still be in common use.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Family Clock, Chapter 27
2. ↑ Bulgarian names#Bulgarian patronymics and family names at Wikipedia
Year-and-a-day

The **year-and-a-day** is an old Irish custom dating back to the early Middle Ages, which according to *The Family Clock* is still practiced by some Irish witches and wizards. It consists of a temporary marriage, lasting a year and a day, after which either spouse may end it if they so choose; if neither does, it turns into the normal non-temporary version.
Richard Potter

**"Point me!"**

This article is about **the father of Charlus Potter**. You may be looking for **somebody else named *Richard* or *Potter***.

## Biographical information

### Title(s)

* Major
* Lord

## Relationship information

### Relatives

* †Victoire Vigouroux (wife)
* †Charlus Potter (son)
* †Dorea Potter née Black (daughter-in-law)
* †James Potter (grandson)
* †Lily Potter née Evans (granddaughter-in-law)
* Harry Potter (great-grandson)

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Officer in the (muggle) British Army (at least 1914-1919)

**Richard Potter** is a non-canonical historical wizard mentioned in *A Godfather's Promise*; he is the father of Charlus Potter and thus (contra-canonically) in this story the grandfather of James Potter. He served as an officer in the muggle British Army during the Great War, fighting at the battles of the Frontiers, the Marne and Passchendaele, and retiring with the rank of major. During the Battle of the Frontiers, he met the French witch Victoire Vigouroux, who volunteered at a military aid station healing wounded soldiers. They met again shortly in a hospital in Paris, right before the Battle of the Marne, and came into extended contact before the Battle of the Somme when they had both advanced to positions of command. They married after the war.

Like every member of his family, there is a marble bust of Major Richard stored at Potter Manor, with a placard listing his achievements.

As the head of House Potter, Lord Richard was most likely a pure-blood, but given the Potter family's positive view of muggles (especially in this story) it is not impossible that he actually was a half-blood.

## Military service

In this story, the Potter family has a long-standing tradition of serving in the muggle military. As the Great War broke out, Richard was a Lieutenant in the British Army leading a platoon in the British Expeditionary Force sent to France in August 1914 under the command of General sir John French; his platoon consisted entirely of squibs, muggle-borns and muggle relatives of witches and wizards, and thus he and at least some of his men were to some extent able to use magic to support their efforts without breaking the International Statute of Secrecy. After the Battle of the Marne in mid-September he was promoted to Captain and "sent to the trenches", and sometime before July 1916 he became a "top-ranking Major" leading a battalion of his own. It is not known how long he continued to serve after the end of the war.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *A Godfather's Promise*, Chapter 5
Zoot Lovegood

**Zoot Lovegood** is a non-canonical witch mentioned in The Girl Who Loved and its sequel Violence Inherent in the System. She is the cousin of Luna Lovegood and attends Castle Anthrax, "a small all-witches' boarding school near Tintagel [...] known for its magical textiles program", with her twin sister Dingo during the 1996/97 school year. Due to the lack of peril at her school, she asks Luna for a grail-shaped beacon, which she later uses to fend off an attack on the school by vampires.

It is implied that Zoot is blonde, like Luna. Her age is not stated, but in the school year of 1996/97 she is an upper-year student and from the context (and the crossover source) it is clear that she is old enough to be (and wishes she were) sexually active. If certain speculations about the nature of the education given at Castle Anthrax are true, she is likely two years older than Luna (i e one year older than Harry).

## References

1. ↑ The Girl Who Loved, Chapter 15
2. ↑ Violence Inherent in the System, Chapter 5
3. ↑ *Monthy Python and the Holy Grail*
Study of Ancient Runes

**Study of Ancient Runes**, usually shortened to simply **Ancient Runes**, is a canonical subject taught at Hogwarts, although – since Harry never took it – little is actually said about it, leaving the field open for wildly divergent interpretations in fanfiction.

## Canonical information

Main article: **Study of Ancient Runes** at *The Harry Potter Wiki*
Ancient Runes is an elective class available from third year. It seems to be a primarily theoretical subject concerned with translating texts; Hermione complains about having mistranslated a word on her O.W.L. exam, and at least three out of the five known textbooks (*Advanced Rune Translation*, *Ancient Runes Made Easy*, *Magical Hieroglyphs and Logograms*, *Rune Dictionary* and *Spellman's Syllabary*) have titles that are clearly related to translation.

The use of runes from the Elder Futhark in the films, coupled with the mention of the names of two of them in the novels (albeit as words with quite different meanings than the rune names), suggests that this ancient script may still be in some use in the magical world, and part of the subject of Ancient Runes.

The following teachers are known: Bathsheda Babbling (1990s), Clodagh Dromgoole (2010s) and Elspeth MacGillony (2010/11, short-term substitute).

## Non-canonical information

### *The Code*

In this story, Bathsheda Babbling retires in 1996 and is succeeded by Bill Weasley; this choice was part of an Order of the Phoenix plot, but he turns out to be a good teacher anyway. The sixth-year N.E.W.T. class is composed of fourteen students: Draco Malfoy (one of the main characters), Hermione Granger, two further Gryffindor students, the Hufflepuffs Diedre and Patrick and eight Ravenclaws (including Darla Burgess, two transfer students – one of whom is actually Nymphadora Tonks in disguise – and at least one fifth-year); Timothy must be one of either the Ravenclaws or the Gryffindors. They study several different languages, including Ancient Greek and "the Cretan dialect" (possibly Mycenaean Greek?) which is written with "glyphs", and discuss how the historical changes in languages (this should possibly rather be *scripts*?) are affected by whether they are written or carved, suggesting that the course may cover non-runic scripts as well. Then again, *runes* are said to be "the ancient written language of magic – dating as far back as Muggle written language", and to have been used beside muggle scripts like cuneiform, hieroglyphs and hanzi, so it is not merely the Elder Futhark.

## References

1. ↑ *The Code*, Chapter 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The Code*, Chapter 3
3. ↑ *The Code*, Chapter 11
4. ↑ *The Code*, Chapter 8
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *The Code*, Chapter 1
6. ↑ *The Code*, Chapter 4
Testi

**Testi** is a non-canonical house-elf mentioned in *Harry the Hufflepuff*; she normally works at Hogwarts but during the summer of 1995 she stays in an extra-dimensional space attached to the kitchen at 4 Privet Drive in order to cook for Harry (and possibly do other work as well, but most likely she isn't allowed to hog all the fun for herself). At one point she contemplates turning Dudley into soup "using just a pair of tea spoons and a cake knife", but abstains because it might upset Harry.

## References

1. ↑ *Harry the Hufflepuff 5*, Chapter 2

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *The Prisoner*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The Family Clock*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 *Harry the Hufflepuff*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *A Godfather's Promise*
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 *Harry Potter: Neko's Mate*
6. ↑ *The Power of Seven*
7. ↑ *All the Dementors in Azkaban*
8. ↑ *Ignore the Dementor*
9. ↑ *Breath Mints / Battle Scars*