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Wimbourne Wasps

### Most Glorious Hour

When one of their Beaters batted a wasps' nest towards the opposing Seeker, who was so badly stung he had to retire.

### Championships won

British and Irish Quidditch League Cup (at least eighteen times)

### Known players

Beater: Ludo Bagman (1970s)

The **Wimbourne Wasps** are a Quidditch team in the British and Irish Quidditch League, based in the town of Wimbourne, West Country. Founded in 1312, their robes are horizontal yellow and black stripes with a wasp on the chest. The team has won the League Cup at least eighteen times, and have twice been semi-finalists in the European Cup.

## History

The team was founded in 1312, and adopted the wasp as their emblem after a game against the Appleby Arrows in the mid-seventeenth century, in which one of their Beaters batted a wasps' nest towards the opposing Seeker, who was so badly stung he had to retire. Their fans are known as Stingers, and they make loud buzzing sounds to distract opposing Chasers taking penalties.

Ludo Bagman was originally a member of this team, and was congratulated by a juror during his trial for his performance in one of his matches for England against Turkey, but eventually left and became the Head of Department of Magical Games and Sports. The Wasps won the League Cup three times in a row when Bagman played for them.

## Gallery

A Wasps player wearing their team's uniform
Welcoming Feast

### Description

A feast to welcome foreign students to Hogwarts and kick off the Triwizard Tournament

The **Welcoming Feast** was a feast held at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry on 30 October, 1994. It signalled the official start of the Triwizard Tournament, as well as serving to welcome the delegations from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic and Durmstrang Institute to Hogwarts. During this feast, the Goblet of Fire was introduced to all those attending, and the specifics of how one was to sign up for the tournament were laid out.

## History

### Arrival of the guests

> "*The delegations from Beauxbatons and Durmstrang will be arriving at 6 o'clock on Friday the 30th of October. Lessons will end half an hour early. Students will return their bags and books to their dormitories and assemble in front of the castle to greet our guests before the Welcoming Feast.*"
> ― Announcement of the feast.[source]
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Around 6:00 p.m. on the 30th, the student body and staff of Hogwarts arranged themselves out in front of the front doors to Hogwarts Castle, awaiting the arrival of the foreign students. Lessons had ceased a half-hour earlier than normal to give adequate time for each school to arrive. Beauxbatons was the first school to arrive, in a carriage pulled by a dozen Abraxans. After greeting Dumbledore and making arrangements to have her horses cared for, Madame Olympe Maxime and her students entered the castle to warm up and wait for the arrival of Durmstrang. A few minutes later, Durmstrang arrived via their ship on the Black Lake. After greeting Dumbledore, Igor Karkaroff and his charges, as well as the other students and guests, entered the Great Hall to prepare for the feast.

### The feast

The Beauxbatons students took their seats at the Ravenclaw table, while the Durmstrang students chose seats at the Slytherin table. After a few words of welcoming from Albus Dumbledore, the feast began. It was much like other feasts at Hogwarts, but a greater variety of food was present than normal, as foreign dishes had been added to the selection, such as bouillabaisse and "*a sort of pale blancmange*". At some point during the feast, Bartemius Crouch Snr and Ludovic Bagman arrived as well.

At the conclusion of the feast, Albus Dumbledore gave a speech introducing the Goblet of Fire, outlining the procedure one must take to enter their name, and stressing that once a champion has been chosen, they may not decline.
Universal Brooms Ltd

**Universal Brooms Ltd.** was a broomstick manufacturing company. They released the Shooting Star in 1955, but their products lost popularity over time. Afterwards they incurred heavy losses. Eventually, the company went lower and lower on their charts, until the company went out of business altogether in 1978.
Pure-Blood Directory

The ***Pure-Blood Directory*** was a directory created in the 1930s that was published anonymously in Great Britain listing twenty-eight families judged to be pure-blood by the anonymous author, who is widely believed to be Cantankerus Nott. He dubbed these families the Sacred Twenty-Eight. A number of families appearing on the list deplored their inclusion, with many, including the Weasleys, proudly noting that they had Muggle ancestors. Others felt there was a certain prestige in being on this list, and adherents to the pure-blood supremacy doctrine made quite a big deal out of their inclusion on this list of "pedigree".

The directory seemed to have certain levels of bias and information inaccuracy, as the Potter family was excluded due to Henry Potter's outspoken pro-Muggle ideals and possible Muggle origins of their name, and the Ollivander family was included despite Garrick Ollivander's mother, a Muggle-born, was married into the family at the time of the directory's publishing.
Stephen Potter II

## Biographical Information

### Born

27 December, 1711 Godric's Hollow, West Country, England, Great Britain

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Spencer Potter (grandfather) †
* Sybil Potter née Crouch) (grandmother) †

* Richard Potter III (father) †
* Sophie Potter (née Longbottom) (mother) †
* Brother.
* Helena Potter (sister)
* Brother.

* Miriam Potter (née Dumbledore) (wife) †
* Herny S Potter (son)
* Anthonia Potter (daughter)

* Grace Potter (née Moody) (daughter-in-law)
* Daniel Potter (grandson)
* Katherine Potter (granddaughter)

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Potioneer
* Herbologist
* Quidditch referee

### Loyalty

* Potter family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
	+ Gryffindor Quidditch team
* Ministry of Magic
Patil family

The **Patil family** is a British-Indian wizarding family that was extant in the 1990s when at least two members of the family, identical twins Padma and Parvati, fought in the Second Wizarding War as members of Dumbledore's Army.

## Known family members

* Padma Patil – a former Ravenclaw student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who was in Harry Potter’s year, and a member of Dumbledore's Army
* Parvati Patil – a former Gryffindor student at Hogwarts in Harry Potter's year and a member of Dumbledore’s Army best friends with fellow gossiper Lavender Brown
* Mr Patil – Padma and Parvati's father
* Mrs Patil – Padma and Parvati's mother

## Etymology

**Patil** is an occupational surname which means "village headman" in Marathi. It was a title given to village landowners and officials in the Deccan sultanates and the Maratha Empire. It is the most common surname in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Sacred Twenty-Eight

The **Sacred Twenty-Eight** were, according to the author of the *Pure-Blood Directory* (widely believed to have been Cantankerus Nott), the twenty-eight British families that were still "truly pure-blood" by the 1930s.

The Sacred Twenty-Eight comprised the families of:

* Avery
* Black
* Bulstrode
* Burke
* Carrow
* Crouch
* Flint
* Gaunt
* Greengrass
* Lestrange
* Longbottom
* Macmillan
* Nott
* Ollivander
* Parkinson
* Prewett
* Rosier
* Rowle
* Shacklebolt
* Shafiq
* Slughorn
* Travers
* Weasley
* Yaxley
Supreme Mugwump

The **Supreme Mugwump** is the name of the head of the International Confederation of Wizards.

## Known Supreme Mugwumps

* The first appointed Supreme Mugwump was Pierre Bonaccord. However his appointment was contested by Warlocks in Liechtenstein, due to his opinions on stopping Troll-hunting and rights for Trolls. Liechtenstein, who had been dealing with several nasty Troll communities at the time, refused to attend the first conference, creating difficulties for the new institution.
* Cottismore Croyne and Sidley Smirk Platter also served as Supreme Mugwumps of the International Confederation of Wizards.
* Albus Dumbledore was appointed Supreme Mugwump, but was dismissed from his position following the Ministry of Magic denunciation of Lord Voldemort's return. He was restored as a member of the Confederation after the Ministry's acceptance of Voldemort's return, but not as Supreme Mugwref>
* Dumbledore was succeeded by Uagadou graduate Babajide Akingbade.

## Etymology

The term *mugwump* may be derived from the Mugwumps, a group of nineteenth-century American politicians who were against political corruption. That term comes from the Algonquin word *mugguomp*, meaning "person of importance" or "war leader." There was also a group of British pacifists who joined the Labour Party after World War I who were called Mugwumps.

There is an Old English word spelled the same "mugwump". Which means “Mugwump is a derogatory word for somebody in charge who affects to be above petty squabbles and factions. So when your boss tries to make peace at the meeting table like an impartial angel, he is being a mugwump.”
Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic's office

This **office** belonged to the Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic and later, during the puppet administration of Pius Thicknesse, it served as the office for the Head of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission. The only known person to have been in these positions, and thus to have used this office, was Dolores Umbridge. It was found on Level One of the Ministry of Magic as part of the department of Minister for Magic and Support Staff.

## Description

While belonging to Umbridge, it was decorated it as she had decorated her office at Hogwarts. Its walls were made of pink-grey porcelain tiles, it had pink lace drapes, doilies, and dried flowers covering every available surface. On the walls, there were Frolicsome Feline plates. There was also a highly polished desk which had a flowery cloth covering it. In the desk there were quills, ink and Spellotape; enchanted paperclips that coiled snake-like around the drawer; a fussy little laced box containing spare bows and clips; also a little box containing pink paper with small cats at the bottom.

## Muggle-Born Registration Commission

During the puppet administration of Pius Thicknesse, this office also served Dolores Umbridge in her capacity as Head of the Muggle-Born Registration Commission. In this capacity, the office contained a filing cabinet behind the desk that Harry compared it to the one in Filch's office. It contained various files with the names of various workers at the Ministry. During this time, the office also contained a telescope attached to Alastor Moody's magical eye which Umbridge used to spy on the workforce in the outer office. Inside the desk were the books *When Muggles Attack* and *Mudbloods and How to Spot Them* by Barrett Fay, as well as *The Muggle Conspiracy* by Sinistra Lowe, though these books may have also been present during Umbridge's tenure as Senior Undersecretary and not just during her time as Head of the Muggle-born Registration Commission.

## Later occupants

After Umbridge was removed from power; it was occupied by Percy Weasley the next Senior Undersecretary to the Minister.
Vitamix Potion

> "*A race around the castle grounds against another student may result in the winner gaining a Famous Witches and Wizards Card. The use of a Vitamix potion is strictly against the rules, however, and not only due to the fact that this is un-sportsmanlike behaviour - the Vitamix potion may have unfortunate side effects on certain people.*"
> ― A Hogwarts library book on broom racing[source]
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**Vitamix Potion** is a potion that gives the drinker 'a burst of energy', greatly sharpening one's reflexes. The Vitamix potion can give certain people unfortunate side effects.

To brew a Vitamix potion, one has to mix Infusion of Wormwood, Powdered Root of Asphodel and Monkshood in a Copper Cauldron.

Because it enhances the drinker's reflexes, using a Vitamix potion in a Broom race is strictly prohibited.

## Etymology

Comes from the Latin word "vita" which means life, and the English word mix, roughly meaning "Life mix" alluding to its ability to induce vitality in the drinker.

## See also

* Invigoration Draught
* Girding Potion
Rubeus Hagrid

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Keeper of Keys and Grounds at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (c. 1968-?)
* Professor of Care of Magical Creatures at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry (1993-1995; 1996-?)

### Loyalty

* Hagrid family
* Albus Dumbledore
* Harry Potter
* Ronald Weasley
* Hermione Granger
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
* Order of the Phoenix
Septimus Weasley

**Septimus Weasley** was a pure-blood wizard who married Cedrella Black. Because he was considered to be a blood traitor by the Black family, the marriage caused Cedrella's removal from the Black Family tree. The couple had three sons, including Arthur Weasley. He was the father-in-law of Molly Weasley, paternal grandfather of Bill, Charlie, Percy, Fred, George, Ron and Ginny Weasley, great-grandfather to James, Albus and Lily Potter, Victoire, Dominique, Louis, Molly II, Lucy, Fred and Roxanne Weasley and Rose and Hugo Granger-Weasley.

## Etymology

Septimus is a name of Latin origin. It means seventh.
Peter Pettigrew's unidentified victims

These **murder victims** were a group of twelve Muggles killed by an explosion deliberately caused by Peter Pettigrew on 1 November, 1981. This event was one of the most infamous massacres in recent times.

## History

### Origins

Eventually, three of these Muggles became employed as a guard, guitarist, and officer respectively, while the others pursued unknown careers.

### Destroyed by Peter Pettigrew

After betraying the Potters, Pettigrew was pursued by Sirius Black, and was eventually cornered by him on a crowded London street. Pettigrew then loudly accused Black of betraying the Potters, created an explosion, and escaped, leaving behind a finger he had cut off to fake his death. This explosion claimed the lives of twelve Muggles, and left a deep crater in the street. Over fifty Muggle witnesses reported what Pettigrew said to Ministry of Magic officials. Black was imprisoned in Azkaban without trial. Before his capture, Black was found laughing like a maniac, seemingly confirming his guilt.

The Ministry of Magic had difficulty covering up this event given the extent of the damage and the number of Muggle casualties. They erased the memories of surviving Muggle witnesses and disseminated the story that the explosion had been caused by a leak in a gas main.

### Legacy

It was not until 1993 that Remus Lupin realised Black was innocent and convinced Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger to believe the truth. Nevertheless, Cornelius Fudge ignored their stories, and the Ministry continued to consider Black guilty until after his murder in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries on 18 June, 1996.

## Victims

* One Queen's Guard
* One guitarist
* One police officer
* Nine unknown Muggles
Secret Keeper

The **Secret Keeper** is the witch or wizard designated to hide a secret by means of the Fidelius Charm; the secret is embedded in their very soul. Once a Secret Keeper is selected, the person who told them the secret will find themselves unable to pass the information on again, as the Secret Keeper is the only one capable of revealing the secret, whether orally or written. The Secret Keeper can tell as many people as they like, but they must do so voluntarily and the secret cannot be blackmailed, bewitched or tortured out of them.

Being a Secret Keeper is a very dangerous position to be in; although it is impossible to bewitch or torture the information out of the Secret Keeper, many have in the past been subjected to the Imperius and Cruciatus Curses in attempts to find the secret. It is such a serious and binding enchantment that few would undertake it lightly.

If a Secret Keeper dies, all the people already aware of the secret information become Secret Keepers. This would, unfortunately, dilute the effect greatly as more people can pass the information at will.

## Known Secret Keepers

 Arthur Weasley (Aunt Muriel's House)
Vault 687

### Location

Gringotts Wizarding Bank, Diagon Alley, Charing Cross Road, London, England, Great Britain

### Affiliation

Potter family

> "*Inside were mounds of gold coins. Columns of silver. Heaps of little bronze Knuts.*"
> ― Description of the interior of the Potter vault[source]
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**Vault 687** in Gringotts Wizarding Bank belongs to the Potter family. It appears to be of moderate depth and deeper underground than the vault of the Weasley family, but not as deep as Vault 713. It is accessible only by a Mine Cart operated by one of the bank's goblin employees, and by using a small gold key.

## History

In the summer of 1991, Harry Potter was escorted to Gringotts by Rubeus Hagrid, and learned that his late parents had left him a small fortune in their vault, of which his guardians knew nothing. This was very fortunate for Harry, since they would have surely taken most, if not all, as "*proper compensation*" for "*opening their home*" to him.

In the summer 1992, when Harry went to withdraw some funds for his school supplies, he felt rather awkward with the Weasley family accompanying him, since his vault contains far more money than theirs, and he tried to cover up their view from the contents within his vault as he hastily shovelled money into his bag.

In 1994, Harry noted that he would have gladly split half the contents of his vault to the Weasleys, but he knows full well they would never accept it.

In the summer of 1996, due to the tightened security brought on by the Second Wizarding War, it was taking the public hours to access their vaults. Being a bank employee, Bill Weasley was able to circumvent this and obtained gold from this vault in order for Harry to buy school supplies.

After the war Second Wizarding War, when Harry Potter return to **Vault 687**, it had drastically expanded. Containing mountains of gold, along with furniture and portraits, from Potter cottage that Dumbledore had re homed there after the murder of the Potters. Being able to comfortably accommodate 8 number 4 Privet Drive, this was because his late parents, didn't want to given their son all his inheritance until he was of age. Along with the gold he had inheritance from his godfather, Sirius Black.

Furthermore the vault had mored deeper down under Gringotts, to the location of the old Black family Vault 711. But still kept the name "**Vault 687**".
Peter Pettigrew

## Biographical Information

### Born

Between 1 September 1959 and 31 August,1960,Great Britain or Ireland

### Died

Late March, 1998 (aged 37 -38),Malfoy Manor , Wiltshire, England, Great Britain

### Also known as

* Wormtail (by Marauders, Harry Potter, & Lord Voldemort)
* Scabbers (by Weasley family & others)
* Wormy, by Lily Evans
* The Servant of Lord Voldemort
* Traitor (by Sirius Black)

## Physical Information

### Hair Colour

* Colourless and balding
* Mousy brown (formerly)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Pettigrew family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
	+ Marauders (betrayed)
* Order of the Phoenix (betrayed)
* Lord Voldemort
	+ Death Eaters
White Tomb

> "*Hogwarts should be Dumbledore's final resting place.*"
> ― Filius Flitwick regarding Dumbledore's burial[source]
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The **White Tomb** is the only grave at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Located on the shores of the lake, it is the final resting place of the Headmaster Albus Dumbledore, who willingly gave his life in the service of the Order of the Phoenix fighting Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters in the course of the First and Second Wizarding War.

## History

### 1997

> "*No Headmaster has ever done so much for us.*"
> ― Albus Dumbledore's accomplishments at Hogwarts[source]
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It was Dumbledore's wish to be laid to rest in Hogwarts' grounds, and his supporters, friends, and colleagues ensured that his wish was carried out. Despite the fact that no other Headmasters or Headmistresses had ever been laid to rest at Hogwarts before, the Ministry respected Dumbledore's wishes due to his great standing in the wizarding community. During his funeral, directly after a Ceremony official gave his eulogy, his body was encased in bright white flames that gave off smoke in strange patterns, and Harry Potter thought he saw the form of a phoenix fly out of the blaze. When it subsided, Dumbledore was closed in this tomb.

### 1998

> "*...or from breaking into your tomb.*"
> ― Lord Voldemort's theft of the Elder Wand[source]
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In 1998, Lord Voldemort, during his search for the Elder Wand, demanded the location of the wand from Gellert Grindelwald in his cell in Nurmengard prison. Grindelwald refused to tell him anything, possibly out of a desire not to see his old friend's grave desecrated, or as a sign of remorse for all the atrocities he committed earlier in his life. However, Voldemort eventually deduced that Dumbledore had won the Elder Wand from Grindelwald, who himself stole it from Gregorovitch. Voldemort flew to Hogwarts and used his own wand to crack open the White Tomb from head to foot, and then removed the sheets from around Dumbledore's body, allowing him to take the wand within, which had been buried with its owner. He did not realise that Harry Potter had won the allegiance of the wand from Draco during a skirmish in the Malfoy Manor not long before.

Following Voldemort's death on 2 May at the conclusion of the Battle of Hogwarts, Harry Potter, the one who had slain Voldemort utilising his mastership of the Elder Wand, returned the wand to the White Tomb, restoring it and ensuring Dumbledore's resting place would remain undisturbed.
Slowing Charm

> "*Chasers were also becoming increasingly irritated by the necessity of diving continually towards the ground to retrieve the Quaffle and so, shortly after the Quaffle's change of colour, the witch Daisy Pennifold had the idea of bewitching the Quaffle so that if dropped, it would fall slowly earthwards as though sinking through water, meaning that Chasers could grab it in mid-air.*"
> ― Description of the spell's invention[source]
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The **Slowing Charm** (*Arresto Momentum*) is a charm that can be used to slow the velocity of an object. It is taught in second year Charms class at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

## History

In 1927, the German wizard Rudolph Spielman used this charm to save his life after Gellert Grindelwald threw him and his wand from his Incarceration Carriage, using the spell to miraculously stop him from hitting the water at such a high impact, allowing him to fall into it safely.

In 1993, Albus Dumbledore used this charm wandlessly to slow down a falling Harry Potter after he was attacked by Dementors during a Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff Quidditch match.

## Etymology

* Likely the combination of two words; the Anglo-French "*arester*", meaning "to bring to a stop", and the Latin "*Momentum*", meaning "the force or strength gained whilst moving". Literal translation: "*bring its momentum to a stop*".
Triwizard Cup

> "*A trophy rewarded to those who win the Triwizard Tournament.*"
> ― Description of the cup[source]
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The **Triwizard Cup** is a shining cup that is awarded to the winner of the Triwizard Tournament and held as an honour by the victorious school until the next tournament.

## History

### Creation

The Cup was made no later than 1294, the date when the earliest known Triwizard Tournament took place. Ever since its creation, the Cup has been held by the victorious school until the next Tournament took place.

### 1994-1995 Triwizard Tournament

In the 1994-1995 Triwizard Tournament, the Cup was turned into a Portkey by Barty Crouch Jr (while impersonating Alastor Moody) that would transport the winner to the graveyard where Tom Riddle's father was buried and Lord Voldemort was waiting.

Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory then touched the Portkey both at the same time having not decided on who should take it, and they both appeared at the graveyard. Harry then used it to escape back to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry with Diggory's body after the duel in the graveyard in Little Hangleton. The fate of the Cup afterwards is unknown, but it has not been awarded since as the Triwizard Tournament was discontinued.
Potioneer

A **potioneer**, also known as a **potion-brewer** or **potion-maker**, is a witch or wizard who makes potions for a living, meaning that their primary source of income comes from making potions or in someway related to potions in general. This could include working as a professional brewer, studying or inventing potions, or teaching potions as a subject at a wizarding school.

A person who teaches potions is sometimes known as a potions master, one who has achieved a N.E.W.T. in the subject.

The Most Extraordinary Society of Potioneers was an organisation of potioneers led by Hector Dagworth-Granger.
Spirit Division

The **Spirit Division** was one of three divisions under the control of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. It dealt with all duties and problems concerning those magical creatures classified as a "Spirit" by the Ministry of Magic.

As mentioned by Newt Scamander, ghosts objected to the prejudice against the living-impaired implicit in their being classified as Beings (they consider themselves Has-Beens), so they're handled by the Spirit Division.
Sybill Trelawney

## Biographical Information

### Born

9 March, prior to 1960, Great Britain or Ireland

### Title(s)

* Professor
* Seer

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Mr Trelawney (father)
* Mrs Trelawney (mother)
* Higglebottom (ex-husband)
* Cassandra Trelawney (great-great-grandmother) †

## Magical Characteristics

### Wand

Hazel and unicorn hair, 9½ inches, very flexible

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Professor of Divination at Hogwarts School (1979 - 1996, 1997 - ?)
* Head of the Divination Workshop at Hogwarts School (possibly)
* Author

### Loyalty

* Trelawney family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Ravenclaw
* Slug Club
* Order of the Phoenix (during the Battle of Hogwarts)
* Dumbledore's Army (during the Battle of Hogwarts)
Wand Ban

**Griphook**: "*The right to carry a wand has long been contested between wizards and goblins.*"
**Ron Weasley**: "*Well, goblins can do magic without wands.*"
**Griphook**: "*That is immaterial! Wizards refuse to share the secrets of wandlore with other magical beings, they deny us the possibility of extending our powers!*"
— Griphook the Goblin[src]

The **Wand Ban** was Clause Three of the Code of Wand Use (passed by the Wizards' Council in 1631). This clause forbade other magical beings such as house-elves or giants to carry a wand; according to Amos Diggory, it was worded "*No non-human creature is permitted to carry or use a wand*". This clause of the Code of Wand Use was probably written as a consequence of the Goblin Rebellion of 1612, a bloody and vicious revolution that occurred in Hogsmeade. This law was one of the causes that contributed to the later Goblin Rebellions of the eighteenth century, given the anger expressed by some goblins, such as Griphook, about wizards denying goblins the right to use wands.

There was apparently a favourable distinction between non-human magical beings and part-human magical beings when defining one's right to carry a wand. For example, Hagrid was a half-giant, and while a pure giant would not be permitted to carry a wand under Clause Three, he had a wizard father and was therefore part-human and permitted to carry a wand. The same principle then applied to Filius Flitwick, who was a wizard with goblin ancestry and presumably to Fleur Delacour who had Veela ancestry. Vampires, hags, and other magical humanoids were not permitted to carry wands. Werewolves, on the other hand, were recognised as humans afflicted with lycanthropy and were permitted to carry wands, though in their transformed state they lost the ability to practise magic as a normal witch or wizard.
Pest Advisory Board

The **Pest Advisory Board**, referred to as the **Pest Advisory Bureau** or the **Pest Sub-Division** by Newt Scamander, is a service of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in the Ministry of Magic. Its role is to provide assistance with serious Bundimun infestations of wizarding homes, deal with serious infestations of Chizpurfles, take responsibility for the Ghoul Task Force, and maintain a pack of a dozen albino bloodhounds to deal with Nogtails.
William Potter II

## Biographical Information

### Born

2 August, 1606 Godric's Hollow, West Country, England, Great Britain

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Christopher Potter (grandfather) †
* Sarah Potter I (née Gore) (grandmother) †
* Ralston Potter (father) †
* Angelina Potter (née MacDougal) (mother) †
* Samuel Potter I (brother)
* Sister
* Sister
* Sarah Potter II (née Greengrass) (wife) †
* Mary Potter (D)
* Humfrey Potter (son)
* Harriet M Potter (née Prince) (D-in-law) †
* Spencer Potter (Grandson)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Potter family

Beater
Vane family

**Vane** is the surname of a family with both Muggle and magical members.

## Family Members

* Emma Vane — a student at Hogwarts in the 1990s
* Mrs Vane — mother of the witch Emma
* Romilda Vane — a Gryffindor student at Hogwarts in the 1990

## Etymology

The surname Vane is derived from Fayne, a nickname based on a Middle English word variously spelled as *fein*, *fayn*, and *fane*, which meant "glad" or "friendly."
Ulick Gamp

**Minister Ulick Gamp**, Previously head of the Wizengamot, Gamp had the onerous job of policing a fractious and frightened community adjusting to the imposition of the International Statute of Secrecy. His greatest legacy was to found the Department of Magical Law Enforcement. During Gamp's term, the Ministry outlawed the use of the Cruciatus, Imperius and Killing Curses, making them "unforgivable".

Gamp was elected Minister at least twice before resigning or being voted out of office in 1718.

He was depicted in a portrait hung at the Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street and, most likely, at the office of the Minister for Magic at the Ministry of Magic. It is highly probable that a Permanent Sticking Charm was placed on it, as the Muggle Prime Minister could never get the portrait off his wall, even with a builder to help. It served as a messenger between the Minister for Magic and the Muggle Prime Minister.

There was also a portrait of Ulick Gamp at the Leaky Cauldron. After a mountain troll that had been kept in Percival Shacklehorn's charmed tent escaped and smashed much of the pub, the bartender mistakenly hit the portrait with a Confundus Charm. The charred painting was subsequently retrieved and restored during the Ministry investigation that followed the disturbance, by Mathilda Grimblehawk and her partner.

## Physical appearance

Gamp was described as *"little"*, *"froglike"* and wore purple robes and a silver curly wig.

## Etymology

Ulick is the Anglicised form of the Irish names Uilleac and Uilleag. There have been several Irish politicians and noblemen named Ulick.
Unctuous Osbert

**Minister Unctuous Osbert** was a British wizard who was Minister for Magic from 1789 to 1798. His term in office was somewhat controversial, as he was accused of having been a puppet in the hands of Septimus Malfoy. Osbert was elected at least twice.

## Biography

### Early life

Unctuous was born a wizard into the Pure-blood or Half-blood Osbert family, somewhere in the British Isles. It is likely he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in his youth.

### Minister for Magic

Unctuous Osbert was elected Minister for Magic of Great Britain sometime into the late eighteenth century.

Septimus Malfoy, a member of the powerful and wealthy Malfoy family, was an enormously influential wizard at the Ministry in the day and Minister Osbert was, during the course of his tenure, influenced to some degree by Malfoy's interests. Many claimed that Minister Osbert was little more than a puppet of Malfoy's, who would have been the *de facto* head of the Ministry.

Osbert left the office in 1798, to be succeeded by Artemisia Lufkin.

## Etymology

*Unctuous* is an English word deriving from the Latin *ungō*, meaning "I anoint with oil". The English word means "to be insincerely polite and earnest".
Ottaline Gambol

**Minister Ottaline Gambol** was a British Minister for Magic who was in office from 1827 to 1835. Fascinated with Muggle technology, she was "daring and controversial" and proposed the train as a solution to the age-old dilemma of how to transport hundreds of students to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry without attracting non-magic attention, leading to the creation of the Hogwarts Express.

## Biography

### Early life

Ottaline Gambol was born sometime prior to 1810, somewhere in the British Isles, to at least one magical parent. It is likely she attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in her youth.

### As Minister for Magic

Ms. Gambol rose to the office of Minister for Magic in 1827 and proved to be effective in the solution of the problem of how to transport hundreds of students to and from Hogwarts Castle without attracting the Muggles' attention.

Gambol was elected Minister at least twice by the British and Irish Wizarding community.

Portkeys had been arranged at collecting points all over Britain and Ireland ever since the imposition of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1692. However, Portkeys proved not to be the ideal solution to the problem of school transportation (up to a third of students would fail to arrive every year, as well as many students were prone to Portkey-sickness). A return to the unregulated travel of the past was impossible, as well as other magical routes into the school (like the usage of Floo Powder) were strongly resisted by successive Headmasters, who were concerned the security of the Castle would be breached.

Three years into her time in office, in 1830, Minister Gambol made a daring and controversial suggestion to solve the problem: intrigued by the Muggle technology, the Minister saw the potential of using a train as a secure and comfortable alternative to Portkeys. Thus the Hogwarts Express came to be. Where the locomotive was actually obtained from remains unknown, but there are classified files at the Ministry of Magic pertaining to a large-scale operation involving one hundred and sixty-seven Memory Charms, as well as the biggest Concealment Charm ever performed in Britain. The morning after this operation, the residents of Hogsmeade awoke to find a railway station that had not been there previously and Muggle railway employees in Crewe had the feeling they had misplaced something, which stayed with them for the rest of the year.

During her tenure around the year 1830 she hired the Trolley witch to both sell sweets and ensure all students arrived at Hogwarts.

Gambol left office in 1835.

## Behind the scenes

Ottaline Gambol may have been related to the founder of Gambol and Japes.
St. Grogory's Primary School

**St. Grogory's Primary School** was a Muggle primary school located in or near Little Whinging, Surrey, England named after Saint Grogory. The school's headmistress in the early 1990s was C. Roemmele.

## History

Harry Potter attended St. Grogory's from the mid-late 1980s to early 1990s. He was teased for wearing broken spectacles, repaired with tape, and his cousin Dudley Dursley's old, oversized clothing. He also had no friends there since he was the favourite victim of Dudley, who was the most feared bully in the school, and his gang.

One time, Harry was being pursued by Dudley's gang and tried to escape from them by ducking behind some rubbish bins outside the school's kitchens, but unintentionally flew on top of the chimney instead. Headmistress Roemmele sent an "angry" letter to Harry's uncle and aunt, Vernon and Petunia Dursley, telling them that their nephew had been "climbing school buildings."

Another time, Harry had to take home a school report, which told of how he had turned his teacher's wig blue.

On 22 June, 1991, Headmistress Roemmele awarded a certificate to Dudley for "always eating up his lunch."

## Known alumni

* Dennis
* Dudley Dursley
* Gordon
* Malcolm
* Piers Polkiss
* Harry Potter

## Known staff

* C. Roemmele (headmistress)
* Unidentified wig-wearing teacher

## Etymology

While there is no real St. Grogory, there is a St Gregory: Pope Gregory I. He is considered the patron saint of, among other things, students and teachers, making him a prime candidate to name a school after.
Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic

### Seat

Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic's office, Level 1, Ministry of Magic, Whitehall, London, England, Great Britain (Scotland Pl, Westminster, London SW1A 2BD, UK)

### Formation

1707 (possibly) This is when the British Ministry of Magic was founded, so it is possible that this posision was founded at this time too.

The **Senior Undersecretary to the Minister for Magic** was a high-ranking position in the bureaucracy of the Ministry of Magic, serving as the principal assistant to the Minister for Magic.

Dolores Umbridge was the only person known to have held the title, serving under Cornelius Fudge, Rufus Scrimgeour, as well as then Pius Thicknesse, until she was arrested and imprisoned in Azkaban for her crimes against Muggle-borns in 1998.

Under Kingsley Shacklebolt term as Minister for Magic, Percy Weasley was his **Senior Undersecretary**. Until 2008 when Percy was appointed Head of the Department of Magical Transportation.

## Known Senior Undersecretaries

* Dolores Umbridge c. 1994 - 2 May, 1998
* Percy Weasley 2 May, 1998 - 2008
Richard Evans

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* Vernon Dursley (son-in-law)
* Dudley Dursley (Grandson)
* Georgia Dursley (née Bones) (Granddaughter-in-law)

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* James Potter (son-in-law) †
* Harry Potter (Grandson)
* Ginevra Potter (née Weasley) (Granddaughter-in-law)

Was a doctor.

Worked for ***Médecins Sans Frontières*** (**MSF) in** English, **Doctors Without Borders**, for a year in 1972.
Pollux Black

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Phineas Nigellus Black (grandfather) †
* Ursula Black (grandmother) †
* Cygnus Black II (father) †
* Violetta Black (mother) †
* Cassiopeia Black (sister)
* Marius Black (brother)
* Dorea Black (sister)
* Charlus Potter (brother-in-law) †
* Irma Crabbe (wife) †
* Cygnus Black III (son) †
* Walburga Black (daughter) †
* Alphard Black (son) †
* Orion Black (son-in-law/second cousin, once removed) †
* Sirius Black II (uncle) †
* Hesper Gamp (aunt) †
* Phineas Black (uncle) †
* Belvina Black (aunt) †
* Herbert Burke (uncle) †
* Arcturus Black II (uncle) †
* Lysandra Black (aunt) †
* Sirius Black (grandson) †
* Regulus Black (grandson) †
* Druella Rosier (daughter-in-law)
* Bellatrix Lestrange (granddaughter) †
* Andromeda Tonks (granddaughter) †
* Narcissa Malfoy (granddaughter)
* House of Black
Stephanie Potter

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Edward Potter (father-in-law)
* ? Potter (French) (mother-in-law)
* sister-in-law
* sister-in-law
* Louis Potter ? (brother-in-law) ?
* **Alfred Potter** (husband)
* Benedict Potter (son)
* Mary Potter II (née  Dippet) (daughter-in-law)
* grandd
* Richard Potter II (grandson)
* grandson
* granddaughter

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Artist (inherited a lot of gold from her parents.)
* Healer ??

### Loyalty

* Potter family
* Flawley family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Hufflepuff
Werewolf Capture Unit

**Cecil Lee**: "*I'm here by Headmaster Dumbledore's request on behalf of the Werewolf Capture Unit. We're a part of the Beast Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures charged with —*"
**Jacob's sibling**: "*Capturing werewolves.*"
**Cecil Lee**: "*Affirmative.*"
— An exchange between Cecil Lee of the Werewolf Capture Unit and Jacob's sibling.[src]

The **Werewolf Capture Unit** is a part of the Beast Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures tasked with the capture of any werewolves deemed to be a threat.

On a case-by-case basis, the Unit had to determine if the werewolf in question could, once returned to human form, be released back into society (as in the event of an otherwise well-meaning wizard loosing control during the full moon), or if they were "too far gone" in the sense that they were attacking people intentionally (such as Fenrir Grayback and his followers), in which case it was implied that they might be disposed of.

According to Cecil Lee, hunting werewolves was a very dangerous line of work, with many of the unit's members ending up bitten, eaten or lost in the woods or in towns while in process of hunting them down. Members of the Werewolf Capture Unit were capable of detecting if werewolves had been present in an area, being able to recognise a certain distinct smell that they left behind, distinguish werewolf saliva by its appearance and texture and recognise werewolf hair with a glance. When they searched for clues of werewolf activity, they would look for 'werewolf bits and bobs', such as pieces of their fur, fangs, as well as look for paw prints and claw marks. They would also use howls similar to those made by werewolves to draw them out. While the Werewolf Capture Unit are adequate at capturing werewolves, they are not very good at holding them; as a result, werewolves escaping custody from the Werewolf Capture Unit are commonplace.

## Uniform

The Werewolf Capture Unit uniform comprised a purple tailcoat with two rows of decorative polished silver buttons, a matching custodian helmet, and white gauntlet gloves.

Their helmet plate had the silhouette of a howling werewolf against a white full moon. They wear formation patches on their uniform tailcoats, showing a black paw-print on a white oval, embroidered on both their upper arms just below the shoulder seams.
Walburga Black

* Melania Black (née Macmillan) (mother-in-law/first cousin-in-law once removed) †
* Arcturus Black (father-in-law/first-cousin-once-removed)
* House of Black (paternal family)
* Crabbe family (maternal family)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* House of Black
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Slytherin
* Death Eaters (indirectly)
Plimpy

The **Plimpy** was a small, round and magical fish with two legs ending in webbed feet. It lived in deep lakes, and fed on water snails. The Plimpy was not dangerous, but would nibble on the feet and clothing of unsuspecting swimmers. Plimpy eyes were used in potion-making.

Merpeople considered the Plimpy to be a pest, and they dealt with it by tying its legs into a knot and letting it drift away.

## History

A Plimpy was one of the creatures in the Magical Creatures Reserve.

When Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger visited Xenophilius Lovegood in 1998, he covered the kidnapping of his daughter Luna by saying she was out fishing for freshwater plimpies near Bottom Bridge. Xenophilius later notes that people are always requesting the Lovegood's recipe for freshwater plimpy soup after he explains the Deathly Hallows to Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

## Etymology

"Plimpey" is an English word for "being a plump".
Quidditch team

A **Quidditch team** consists seven players: three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper, and one Seeker; two Quidditch teams play against one another in Quidditch, the most popular sport in the wizarding world. Here is the **list of known teams**.

## National Quidditch teams

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* Armenia
* Australia
* Brazil
* Bulgaria
* Burkina Faso
* Canada
* China
* Cote D'Ivoire
* Egypt
* England
	+ Under-17
* Fiji
* Flanders
* France
* Germany
* India
* Ireland
* Italy
* Jamaica
* Japan
* Liechtenstein
* Luxembourg
* Madagascar
* Malawi
* Mexico
* Moldova
* Morocco
* New Zealand
* Nigeria
* Norway
* Peru
* Poland
* Portugal
* Romania
* Scotland
* Senegal
* Spain
* Syria
* Transylvania
* Turkey
* Uganda
* United States of America
* Wales
* International

## Regional Quidditch teams

* Patonga Proudsticks (Uganda)
* Sumbawanga Sunrays (Tanzania)
* Tchamba Charmers (Togo)

Asia* Toyohashi Tengu (Japan)

Oceania* Moutohora Macaws (New Zealand)
* Thundelarra Thunderers (Australia)
* Woollongong Warriors (Australia)
* Braga Broomfleet (Portugal)
* Gorodok Gargoyles (Lithuania)
* Grodzisk Goblins (Poland)
* Heidelberg Harriers (Germany)
* Karasjok Kites (Norway)
* Quiberon Quafflepunchers (France)
* Vratsa Vultures (Bulgaria)

North America* Fitchburg Finches (United States)
* Haileybury Hammers (Canada)
* Moose Jaw Meteorites (Canada)
* Stonewall Stormers (Canada)
* Sweetwater All-Stars (United States)

South America* Tarapoto Tree-Skimmers (Peru)

## British and Irish Quidditch teams

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* Appleby Arrows (England)
* Ballycastle Bats (Northern Ireland)
* Banchory Bangers (Scotland)
* Barnton (England)
* Caerphilly Catapults (Wales)
* Chudley Cannons (England)
* Cork (Ireland)
* Falmouth Falcons (England)
* Holyhead Harpies (Wales)
* Ilkley (England)
* Kenmare Kestrels (Ireland)
* Lancashire (England)
* Montrose Magpies (Scotland)
* Pride of Portree (Scotland)
* Puddlemere United (England)
	+ Puddlemere United reserve team (England)
* Tutshill Tornados (England)
* Wigtown Wanderers (Scotland)
* Wimbourne Wasps (England)
* Yorkshire (England)

## Hogwarts Quidditch teams

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* Gryffindor
* Hufflepuff
* Ravenclaw
* Slytherin
The Standard Book of Spells

***The Standard Book of Spells*** is a collection of books written by Miranda Goshawk for a variety of subjects at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The series includes seven books, apparently for each year at Hogwarts, covering the spells students are taught. They are used by Professor Filius Flitwick in Charms, and by Professor Severus Snape in Defence Against the Dark Arts during the 1996–1997 school year. The Standard Book, or at least the second Volume, costs 1 Galleon at the Flourish and Blotts bookstore.

## Books in the collection

* *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1*
* *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2*
* *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 3*
* *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4*
* *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 5*
* *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 6*
* *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 7*

## Known contents

* The Fire-Making Spell, Severing Charm, Softening Charm, Mending Charm, Levitation Charm and Locking Spell are all found in *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1*, along with the Wand-Lighting Charm.
* The Unlocking Charm is found in Chapter 7 of *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 1*.
* The second volume contains information on powering up spells.
* The Dancing Feet Spell, Disarming Charm, Engorgement Charm, Freezing Charm, General Counter-Spell, Memory Charm, and Tickling Charm can all be found in *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 2*.
* The Summoning Charm is covered in the *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 4*.
* *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 5* contains a description of the Substantive Charm.
* A section on nonverbal spells is found in *The Standard Book of Spells, Grade 6*.