Harry Potter (Series)

## Background

**Harry Potter** is a series of fantasy novels written by J.K. Rowling. One of the most popular novel series of all time, the franchise has spanned films, video games, spin-offs, theme parks, and even a professional play. The first novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, released in 1997 to critical acclaim.

The franchise follows the life of the orphaned wizard Harry Potter, responsible for the first defeat of the evil Lord Voldemort while he was only a baby. Harry is known as The Boy Who Lived due to being the only wizard to ever survive the Killing Curse, making him internationally famous. The story chronicles his discovery of his wizarding abilities at just 11 years old, and his schooling at the magical Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Each book in the series chronicles his seven years at Hogwarts, consistently thwarting Lord Voldemort, making allies and enemies, and growing his magical ability.

**Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them** is a prequel series to Harry Potter, following the adventures of magizoologist Newt Scamander. The Fantastic Beasts series also details the dark wizard Gellert Grindelwald’s rise to power throughout the 1920 to the 1930s. The series also seems to expand upon the connection between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald, previously established throughout the Harry Potter novels.

## Terms

* **Apparition:** Apparition is a complicated branch of magical transportation, in which the user almost instantly travels from one location to another, often equated with teleportation. Apparition is tricky to get right and carries severe consequences should a witch or wizard apparate incorrectly. Apparition is the fastest way to get from one location to another in the wizarding world.

* **Occlumency:** Occlumency is the magical branch of protecting one’s mind from external attack or penetration, such as telepathy. A highly obscure, but useful, branch of magic, Occlumency prevents wizards from accessing one’s thoughts, feelings, memories, or influencing them. It often requires the user to close their minds and empty themselves of emotion to get the best results.

* **Transfiguration:** Transfiguration is a common branch of magic, taught in many magical schools. Transfiguration focuses on the form or appearance of an object. Transfiguration can be performed on almost any object or being. However, the size of the object determines how difficult or easy it will be to transform.

* **Charm:** A Charm is a type of spell designed to change or add properties to an object or individual. Distinct from transfiguration, charms alter what an object *does*, rather than fundamentally changing what the object is.

* **Jinx:** A jinx is a form of spell whose effects are largely irritating but amusing. Many jinxes could be used for defensive capabilities, and so were taught at Hogwarts. While officially classified as Dark Magic, it is a relatively minor type and is therefore not illegal and commonly used by many duellists or students.

* **Hex:** A hex is another type of dark charm, yet its effects are generally more intense than jinxes. A hex’s effects on the victim usually caused moderate suffering, but also generally weren’t illegal.

* **Curse:** A curse is a very serious type of dark magic, and is the most heinous and violent of the three dark charms. Curses come in many strengths and forms, but many cause intense pain and suffering to the user. Three well-known curses, later referred to as the Unforgivable Curses, were highly illegal, causing mind-control, intense, torturous pain, or even instant death.

* **Deathly Hallows:** The three Deathly Hallows were three highly powerful magic artefacts, rumoured to have been created by Death himself. The Deathly Hallows consisted of the Elder Wand, the Resurrection Stone, and the Cloak of Invisibility. According to legend, the person who managed to unite all three Deathly Hallows was known as the Master of Death.

* + **Elder Wand:** The Elder Wand is one of the three Deathly Hallows and is the most powerful wand in the wizarding world, able to perform magic far beyond even the most skilled of wizards. Often believed to be unbeatable, the Elder Wand is highly sought after in wizarding society.

* + **Resurrection Stone:** The second Deathly Hallow, the Resurrection Stone is able to summon the spirits of the deceased back to Earth by turning it thrice inside one’s hand. However, the spirits summoned back were neither truly living or ghosts, almost like there was a veil separating the user and the deceased.

* + **Cloak of Invisibility:** The last Deathly Hallow, the Cloak of an Invisibility is a powerful artefact that allows the wearer to remain invisible if they wear it. As a Deathly Hallow, the Cloak couldn’t wear out or be damaged by spells, though they didn’t protect the user wearing it.

## Power of the Verse

The verse has fairly powerful characters, with most wizards reaching **City-Block level** to downscaling from **Multi-City Block** and **Massively Hypersonic** speeds. Several characters, such as Voldemort, Dumbledore and Grindelwald reach high into **Multi-City Block** to **Large Town level**. The verse also has a lot of powerful hax, including: Death Manipulation, Soul Manipulation, Mind Manipulation, One Hit Kill, etc.

The Elder Wand, unlike other wands in the verse, don’t form a bond with the user. As a Deathly Hallow, the Elder Wand only 'follows where the power is', as stated by J.K. Rowling, and gives its allegiance to the more powerful wizard. Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort’s theories about the wand’s allegiance were wrong. There are multiple instances where the owner of the Elder Wand is disarmed, but the wand, unlike Harry’s theory would suggest, doesn’t give itself to them. During the final battle, the Elder Wand recognises Harry Potter as being stronger than Lord Voldemort and gives its allegiance to him, scaling him to the top tiers of his verse and also scaling him to the **Multi-City Block** to **Large Town level** feats.

## Canon

The Harry Potter series is very sophisticated and organised, with a very clear set of events and continuity. The fim series of the same name largely follows the same narrative and should be used in conjunction with the book canon for feats and scaling, provided the book canon does not contradict said feats and scaling. As a prequel series that aims to expand certain elements in the original canon, the Fantastic Beasts series should be considered canon.

However, *Harry Potter and the Cursed Child* has many contradictions to the main Harry Potter book canon. It was not written by J.K. Rowling, many characters are out of character and, most egregious of all, the laws of time and time travel contradict the main book canon. The alternate timeline rule used in *Cursed Child* and the self-contained single timeline rule used in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban* cannot exist in the same universe, as these laws of time contradict each other. Because *Cursed Child* contradicts the laws of time and lore of the main Harry Potter series, the Cursed Child can not be canon. Characters from the Cursed Child should not scale to their canon counterparts. As such, the timeline is as follows (*Titles in italics refer to currently unreleased media*):

* **Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them** (2016)

* **Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald** (2018)

* *Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore* (2022)

* *Fantastic Beasts 4*

* *Fantastic Beasts 5*

* **Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone** (1997)

* **Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets** (1998)

* **Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban** (1999)

* **Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire** (2000)

* **Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix** (2003)

* **Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince** (2005)

* **Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows** (2007)

The Harry Potter video game adaptations and LEGO Games should be considered non-canon to the main continuity. They contradict many aspects of the original canon and often have different story beats. They should not be scaled to their canon counterparts, nor should the games and LEGO games be scaled to each other either.

## Calculations

Attack Potency Calcs for the Harry Potter verse

Speed Calcs for the Harry Potter verse

## Knowledgeable Members

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## Characters

### Protagonists

#### Gryffindor

Albus DumbledoreHarry PotterRon WeasleyHermione Granger