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Special Award for Services to the School

The **Special Award for Services to the School** is an award given at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to students who achieve something notable. It is a large, gold shield kept in a corner cabinet in the trophy room. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## History

In 1943, Tom Riddle was given the award for supposedly capturing the student responsible for opening the Chamber of Secrets, Rubeus Hagrid. He had in fact framed Hagrid, but Professor Dippet thought he was telling the truth and gave him an award.

In September 1992, Ron saw the award when he was cleaning the trophy room and remembered it when he later heard Tom Riddle's name. In June 1993, Ron and Harry Potter proved Hagrid's innocence and Riddle's guilt, but it's unknown if the award was taken back. Professor Dumbledore gave an award to Harry and Ron for saving the school and slaying the Basilisk in the Chamber of Secrets.

## Known recipients

 Tom Riddle
 (1943)  Harry Potter
 (1993)  Ronald Weasley
 (1993)
## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 7
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 18
The Heir of Slytherin

This article is for **the chapter in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets**. You may be looking for **the actual title bestowed to descendants of Salazar Slytherin**.

## The Heir of Slytherin

### Next

Dobby's Reward

**The Heir of Slytherin** is the seventeenth chapter of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

## Events

Harry enters the Chamber of Secrets and finds an unconscious Ginny. He is surprised when the physical form of Tom Riddle at the age 16 shows up and picks up his wand. He tells Tom they need to go before the Basilisk arrives but Tom tells Harry he is responsible because he is the Heir of Slytherin. Tom admits to using the Diary to manipulate Ginny into sharing her heart and soul so he could possess and control her. He forces her to open the Chamber of Secrets, put warnings on the walls and kill roosters. Even though he originally wanted to purge the school using the Basilisk, he now has a new target once he learned about his future: Harry.

Dumbledore's phoenix Fawkes shows up to help Harry and gives him the Sorting Hat. Tom mocks it because he doesn't understand why Dumbledore sent something so unhelpful and unleashes the Basilisk. Harry begins running and falls over but Fawkes intervenes by tearing the Basilisk's eyes out. Harry puts the Sorting Hat on and begs it to help. The Sword of Gryffindor appears in the hat. Harry uses it to kill the Basilisk but in the process, a fang embeds in his arm.

Tom laughs because the fang is poisoning Harry and will kill him in less than a minute. Fawkes cries on the wound because the tears of a pheonix has healing powers. Harry's wound clears up and he is saved. He picks up the fang and intuitively stabs the Diary. It destroys Tom and the Diary. Ginny wakes up and Fawkes flies Harry, Ginny, Ron and Lockhart back to the school where they head to Professor McGonagall's office.
Nose-Biting Teacup

A **Nose-Biting Teacup** is a joke product sold at Zonko's Joke Shop. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In February 1994, Harry and Ron purchased a Nose-Biting Teacup apiece when they went to Hogsmeade for a day.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 14
The Dementor (chapter)

**The Dementor** is the fifth chapter of *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## Events

Harry Potter is woken up by Tom with a cup of tea when Ronald Weasley barges into the room to rant about his brother. Harry tried to tell Ron that the previous evening, he had overheard Arthur Weasley talking about Sirius Black wanting to kill him. However, he is interrupted throughout the morning. Harry does not get a chance to talk about it at breakfast or when they leave the Leaky Cauldron taking Ministry cars to King's Cross.

When he is boarding the Hogwarts Express, he is called to the side by Arthur. He tells Arthur that he overheard the truth about Black. Harry questions why he would go looking for someone who wants to kill him. Arthur asks Harry to promise that he won't go looking for Black but he couldn't reply because the train takes off. They search for an empty compartment but only find one that isn't full. Inside is a sleeping Professor called Remus Lupin. Harry finally tells his friends about Black to their shock.

While they talk, a Sneakoscope starts whistling in the luggage which signifies it has detected someone nearby being untrusthworthy. They couldn't figure out why so they thought it was broken. When they start talking about Hogsmeade, Harry reveals he can't visit it because he didn't get his permission slip signed. Hermione lets Crookshanks out of his cage. He pounces at Scabbers who hops into Ron's pocket.

After lunch, they are interrupted by Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle. When they start to tease Ron, they notice Lupin sleeping. Upon hearing he is a new teacher, they decide to leave. The rain outside is getting heavier while the hours slip by until the train suddenly halts to a stop. The lamps go out which leaves the train in darkness. Neville Longbottom falls into their compartment, followed shortly by Ginny Weasley.

The commotion wakes up Lupin who tries to walk out to speak to the driver. However, the door suddenly opens. Standing in front of everyone is a Dementor which attacks Harry until he collapses. He hears a woman screaming while he falls unconscious. Lupin saves him with the Patronus Charm. Harry wakes up later to find the train has restarted. The cloaked figure is gone but he discovers nobody else could hear the screaming. Lupin gives him a piece of chocolate which should help with his recovery, then leaves to talk to the driver.

When they arrive at Hogwarts Castle, Draco started teasing Harry for fainting but shuts up when Lupin shows up. He is checked out by Poppy Pomfrey with a concerned Minerva McGonagall. At the feast in the Great Hall, it is announced that Lupin will be the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher while Rubeus Hagrid is teaching Care of Magical Creatures.
The Man with Two Faces

**The Man with Two Faces** is the seventeenth and final chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

## Events

Professor Quirrell is waiting for Harry in front of the Mirror of Erised. He explains the Philosopher's Stone is inside it but he can't get it out. He tells Harry how he found Voldemort with whom he agreed to help. He takes off his turban to reveal he is possessed by Voldemort whose face is sticking out the back of his head.

Harry watched his reflection in the Mirror of Erised put the Philosopher's Stone in his pocket. Voldemort works out he has it and tells Quirrell to kill Harry and get it. Lily Potter's sacrifical protection protects Harry and inflicts pain on Quirrell when he touches him. Voldemort realises this and abandons Quirrell's body. Professor Dumbledore shows up and saves Harry who wakes up three days later in the Hospital Wing. Professor Dumbledore tells Harry what happened, revealing that Quirrell is dead.

At the End-of-Year Feast, Harry, Ron and Hermione are awarded 50 points and Neville is awarded 10 points for standing up to his friends. They win the the House Cup for Gryffindor. Before they head home for the summer, Rubeus Hagrid gives Harry a photo album with pictures of his parents.
Potions classroom

The **Potions classroom** is in one of the largest rooms of the Dungeons in Hogwarts Castle. It appears throughout the *Harry Potter book series*. The walls are lined with pickled animals in glass jars. It has a storeroom of ingredients and work stations. It is located in the room at the end of the stairs descending from a door in the Entrance Hall. It is very cold and nearly icy in the winter. It has two store-cupboards: a student store-cupboard and the teacher's store cupboard.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 12
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
Staff-room

The **staff-room** is located on the ground floor of Hogwarts Castle in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

## About

It is a long, panelled room which has mismatched dark wooden chairs and a large wardrobe for staff to keep their spare robes. The doorway is flanked by two stone gargoyles which challenge students whenever they attempt to enter the room.

## History

Professor Binns taught History of Magic. A long time ago, he passed away in a chair when he was taking a nap in the staff room. However, he woke up a ghost and simply got back up and continued to teach.

In 1992, Harry Potter went to the staff-room to get a book from Professor Snape. He opened the door to find Argus Filch healing Snape's leg and talking about Fluffy biting him. Harry run out the room when they shouted at him, which he thought was proof that Snape was trying to get the Philosopher's Stone.

The staff-room used to have a wardrobe and had a Boggart living in it on the 2nd to 3rd of September 1993. Professor Lupin used it to teach third-year students Defence Against the Dark Arts.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 7
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 16
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 17
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 11
Third-floor corridor

The **third-floor corridor** is a passage in Hogwarts Castle. It is also called the **forbidden corridor** when Fluffy was stationed there protecting the entrance to the underground chambers, where the Philosopher's Stone was kept.

## About

The corridor is adjacent to these corridors and rooms which are also on the third-floor:

* Charms corridor
* Gallery
* Trophy room

An unknown third floor corridor has a statue of a one-eyed witch which leads to a secret passageway under the school to Honeydukes in Hogsmeade.

## History

Professor Dumbledore put the Philosopher's Stone to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to keep it safe. It was put in the underground chambers that are accessed through a trapdoor in a corridor of the third-floor. He used Fluffy to guard the trapdoor. The corridor was entered through a door that was locked. It could be unlocked using the Unlocking Charm. He told students at the Start-of-Term Feast that the corridor was forbidden to enter unless they wished to die a painful death.

Two years later, the third-floor was searched when Sirius Black destroyed the portrait of the Fat Lady. In December, Harry wanted to use a hidden passageway behind the statue of the one-eyed witch to go to Hogsmeade. He found it using the Marauder's Map. He had to tap it and use the password "Dissendium" to open the entrance.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 9
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 14
The Smallest Bedroom

"*Mr H. Potter,
 The Smallest Bedroom,
 4 Privet Drive*"
— Harry Potter's acceptance letter

**The Smallest Bedroom** is the bedroom Harry Potter sleeps in at 4 Privet Drive. It is on the second floor. It used to be Dudley Dursley's second bedroom to put toys in ten years. Vernon and Petunia Dursley gave the room to Harry Potter when they moved him from the Cupboard under the Stairs.

## History

Even though Dudley Dursley had a bedroom and Harry Potter needed a bedroom, the smallest bedroom was not given to him while he was growing up. He was forced to sleep in the Cupboard under the Stairs while the second bedroom was a room for Dudley to put his toys in when he no longer wanted them.

In July 1991, Harry was sent an acceptance letter which he was not allowed to open. It was addressed to the cupboard and Vernon and Petunia Dursley panicked, thinking they looked bad for having Harry stay in the cupboard. The next day Harry was given moved into the smallest bedroom. Dudley was very upset and threw tantrums the whole day but then another letter arrived addressed to "The Smallest Bedroom".

In June 1992, Harry had to stay in the room until Vernon's business dinner had ended. He found Dobby waiting in it and he warned Harry that he shouldn't go to school for the second-year because he was in danger. Dobby kept getting upset and banging his head, causing Vernon to hear a noise upstairs. He hid Dobby in a wardrobe when Vernon told Harry to keep it down. Vernon later lost a good deal for Grunnings because of Dobby, and he and Petunia punished Harry by locking him in the bedroom for days and putting bars in the window. Ron, Fred and George later ripped the bars off when they helped Harry escape.

In July 1993, Harry done homework in bed in the night because he wasn't able to do it in the day.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 2
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 3
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 2
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 1
The Whomping Willow (chapter)

This article is for **the chapter in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets**. You may be looking for **the tree it was named for**.

## The Whomping Willow

### Next

Gilderoy Lockhart

**The Whomping Willow** is the fifth chapter of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

## Events

Harry has the best summer he has ever had at The Burrow. Mr Weasley kept wanting to be seated next to Harry at dinner to ask him about the Muggle world, and Mrs Weasley keeps trying to feed him because he is skinny.

It was soon time to go back to Higwarts in September. Harry and the Weasley family have to be at the train station before 11am but they keep having to go back to The Burrow because Fred and Ginny have forgotten things. By the time they get to King's Cross, it is nearly time for the train to leave.

Harry and Ron are the final two to go through the barrier but Dobby has blocked the entrance and causes them to miss the train. They decide the best way to get to school is to take the flying Ford Anglia but upon takeoff, the Invisibility Booster doesn't work and several Muggles watch the flying car.

Harry and Ron trace the train track for hours but the fun of flying fades and it begins to get very long and tedious. They eventually get to the school but the engine fails and they fall into the Whomping Willow. The car takes a beating and Ron's wand breaks, but the car suddenly springs back to life and escapes. Upon landing, the car throws Harry, Ron and their possessions out and drives into the Forbidden Forest.

Harry and Ron go into the school and briefly look through the doors into the Great Hall before Professor Snape appears. He shouts at Harry and Ron for breaking several school rules and wizarding laws, including the International Statute of Secrecy and says he will have them expelled them if he can. Professor Dumbledore lets Professor McGonagall decide their punishment. She tells them they will serve a detention.

Unable to attend the Start-of-Term Feast, Harry and Ron eat in a office but when they get to their House common room, a crowd cheers when they enter. Hermione looks furious but even though Harry knows he is in the wrong, he has to smile at their admiration.
Percival Dumbledore

**Percival Dumbledore** is a character in *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*. He is a wizard, the husband of Kendra Dumbledore and the father of Albus, Aberforth and Ariana Dumbledore. He is sentenced to Azkaban for attacking the Muggles who hurt Ariana.

## Biography

Percival married the muggle-born witch, Kendra Dumbledore in the later half of the 19th century and they had 3 children together: Albus, Aberforth and Ariana.

When Ariana was six, she was hurt by 3 Muggle boys who saw her using magic and was upset when she was unable to show them again when they asked. Ariana was left traumatised and no longer had no control of her magic. Percival was very upset by what happened and hunted the boys, and attacked them.

The Ministry of Magic sentenced Percival to Azkaban because he would not tell them why. He wanted Ariana to stay at home rather than go to St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries because she was a danger to the International Statute of Secrecy, which led to the idea that Percival hated non-magic even though he had married a woman from a muggle family. It also led to the idea that Ariana had no magic and that was why Kendra kept her in the house when she moved them to Godric's Hollow. Their neighbours had no idea of what Percival had done.

Percival was said to have died when he was in Azkaban, in or after 1890, and by the summer of 1996 when Albus had wanted to use the Stone to speak to a deceased Percival, and apologise to him. Kendra never spoke of what happened, and neither would Albus or Aberforth. When Albus died in June 1997, a book and many articles was wrote about the family.

## Appearance

Percival was said to be a "good-looking man" with the same kind of eyes that Albus had.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 35
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 2
3. ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 35 - "You know how my poor father [...] paid the price, died in Azkaban."
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 11
Unidentified owners of Riddle House

These **unidentified people** owned the Riddle House following the deaths of the former owners, the Riddles.

There are three groups of subsequent owners, including two families. They both left the house after a short period of time because they found it creepy. The third owner is a wealthy man who didn't live there and used the house for tax purposes. The three groups of owners kept employing the Riddles' gardener, Frank Bryce who lived in a cottage on the grounds.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire*, Chapter 1
Unidentified cursed book

This **unidentified book** is cursed to bewitch the reader so that they can't stop reading it. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*. The reader will be forced to walk around with their nose in the book with only one hand available do other things with.

An elderly witch who lived in Bath was cursed by the book until the Ministry of Magic confiscated it. Ronald Weasley had to tell Harry Potter about it so he knew how dangerous books like Tom Riddle's Diary could be.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
Redcurrant rum

**Redcurrant rum** is a beverage sold at the Three Broomsticks Inn. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*.

In December 1993, Cornelius Fudge ordered a redcurrant rum and was served by Madam Rosmerta at the Three Broomsticks Inn.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 10
Desastre Nuclear de Chernobyl

El **Desastre Nuclear de Chernobyl** fue un evento sucedido en el año 1986, cuando la planta nuclear de Chernobyl se derrite provoca el nacimiento de muchos niños mutantes, entre ellos Coloso.

## Proceso del Evento

### Acontecimiento

La planta de energía nuclear de Chernobyl se derrite, causando un aumento en la expresión de mutantes prematuros durante generaciones. Este evento causaría el nacimiento del mutante Coloso.
Ronald Weasley's first wand

**Ronald Weasley's first** **wand** is 12 inches long and made of ash wood and unicorn hair. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* and *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

Charlie Weasley, the first known owner of the wand, gave it to Ron when he graduated Hogwarts in 1991. It was broken by the Whomping Willow in 1992. Ron struggled to work with the broken wand during his second-year, with it creating mishaps, and eventually received a new wand.

## History

The wand was probably purchased in around 1984 and made in or prior to then. The first known owner of the wand was Charlie Weasley when he started Hogwarts. He graduated in the summer of 1991, and gave the wand to Ron. Because the Weasley family were poor, they could not afford to buy Ron new things. At that point, the unicorn hair was poking out of the wand.

In September 1992, the wand was damaged when Ron crashed the Ford Anglia into the Whomping Willow. It nearly snapped nearly in half and was kept together by a few splinters. Ron put it back together using Spellotape but it began crackling and sparking at random and any spells turned into a grey fog instead of working. It later destroyed Ron's homework when he used it to clean up ink. Ron later used it to try and curse Draco using the Slug-vomiting Charm but it bounced back and struck him instead.

In December, he attended a Duelling Club but it caused Seamus Finnigan to be left ash-faced during a duel. But in May 1993, it proved helpful. Professor Lockhart was forced by Harry and Ron to go into the Chamber of Secrets. He panicked when he saw shedded Basilisk skin and took Ron's wand. He performed a spell to erase their memory, but it bounced back and hit Lockhart instead, causing huge chunks of rocks to fall.

In July 1993, Arthur Weasley won seven-hundred galleons and purchased Ron a new wand. It's unknown what happened to the first wand.

## Trivia

* It's unknown who made the wand but it is probably Garrick Ollivander.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ JKRowling.com: Wands (archived)
2. ↑ It's unknown whether Charlie was the first owner of the wand. If he was then he would have purchased it in September 1984 or perhaps even later if he had no money at the time. If he was not the first owner, then the wand would have made and purchased perhaps even many years earlier.
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 6
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 5
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 6
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 9
7. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 7
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
9. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 16
10. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 4
Norberta

**Norberta**, born **Norbert**, is a character in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. She is a Norwegian Ridgeback adopted by Rubeus Hagrid hatched in Hagrid's Hut.

## Biography

In spring 1992, Professor Quirinus Quirrell gave Rubeus Hagrid a chance to get a dragon egg in the Hog's Head. Hagrid was very drunk and thought he was a stranger because he was wearing a hood. He won the dragon egg by playing a game of cards.

Quirrell knew he wanted a dragon egg and used it to manipulate Hagrid into telling him how to get around Fluffy. Hagrid then went to the Library to borrow books on caring for a dragon. Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger found the section he was browsing and deduced why. Hagrid wouldn't pay any attention to their warnings about keeping a dragon in a wooden Hut, because he had wanted a dragon for years.

He sent them a letter in about April, telling them the dragon was hatching. They run down and watched it hatch, but Draco had heard them talking about it and was watching through the window. Hagrid later named the dragon Norbert, even though she was female. He fed her a bucket of brandy mixed with chicken blood every half hour.

It was illegal to have a pet dragon, and they worried Draco was going to tell a teacher and get Hagrid into trouble. Harry and Ron deduced a plan to send her to Charlie Weasley's dragon sanctuary in Romania. They sent a letter when Hagrid eventually agreed, even though he wanted to keep Norberta because he was her "mummy". Charlie agreed to send friends to pick her up on their way to Romania in a few days.

Norberta was getting very dangerous to keep when she was growing. She was getting too big for the Hut, bang her tail around and knocked things over. She would bite people, even Hagrid, and she eventually bit Ron on the finger. It got infected and grew to a very large size, and he had to go to the Hospital Wing. He wouldn't tell anyone what did it, but Draco went to speak to him because he knew. He found Charlie's letter that had a date for when he was sending friends to collect her. Norberta hurt Fang's tail too.

Hagrid was very upset when he was saying goodbye to Norberta, and wondered whether she would have any memory of her "mummy". He put Norberta and her teddy bear in a crate, and a drink of brandy for her. Harry and Hermione met Charlie's friends at midnight on top of the highest tower and gave them Norberta. Charlie's friends flew on brooms and flew Norberta to Charlie. Draco had attempted to tell on them, but Harry and Hermione managed to get round him by using the Cloak of Invisibility.

Charlie eventually found out that Norberta was in fact female, since they are very ferocious and violent.

## Appearance

The new-born Norberta looks like a "crumpled, black umbrella" that has bulging, orange eyes.

## Trivia

* Hagrid used to sing her a lullaby to get her to calm down. He is blind to the problems she causes which he blames for.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 14
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 17
Silver Arrow

The **Silver Arrow** is a popular broomstick produced by Leonard Jewkes.

Rolanda Hooch is a fan of Silver Arrows and learned how to fly on one. She thouht it was a pity that they stopped producing the broomstick.

## Trivia

* Hooch compared the Silver Arrow handles to a Firebolt handle, suggesting it was thin.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Quidditch Through the Ages*: The Development of the Racing Broom
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 13
Parseltongue

**Parseltongue** is the language of serpents and serpentine creatures. It is a very rare language because there are very few wizards who are able to speak it. It is usually inherited and nearly every wizard who speaks it is a descendent of Salazar Slytherin. In the wizarding world, it is considered a sign of the Dark Arts and speaking it indicated a Dark wizard.

It appear throughout the *Harry Potter book series*, first being heard in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone* and identified in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## History

Salazar Slytherin was very well-known for being able to speak Parseltongue. Slytherin's descendent, Tom Riddle learned he could speak Parseltongue when he was a child. When he started Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, he found out about the lineage and due to being the Heir of Slytherin, he opened the Chamber of Secrets. He opened it and controlled the Serpent of Slytherin through Parseltongue.

### Harry Potter

In October 1981, a piece of Voldemort's soul broke off when he nearly killed Harry Potter. It latched onto Harry, transferring powers to him including the ability to speak Parseltongue.

In June 1991, Harry first spoke Parseltongue when he was aged ten. He was at the zoo speaking to a snake and when it spoke back, he knew that the snake could understand him. He had no idea he was speaking another language and thought he was speaking English.

In December 1992, he spoke it for the second time during a Duelling Club. The snake was heading towards Justin Finch-Fletchley when Harry told it not to attack in front of everyone, shocking everyone in the school including Severus Snape. The other students even thought that he was telling the snake to hurt Justin, and thought Harry was the Heir of Slytherin and that it was a sign he was a Dark wizard.

Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger told Harry that he had spoken Parseltongue. Harry was shocked that he was able to speak a language he had never learned, and that he didn't even know he was speaking it in the first place. They told Harry that Salazar Slytherin could speak to snakes, and Hermione pointed out he could be a descendent of Slytherin. Due to the ability to speak and understand Parseltongue, he was the only one at Hogwarts who could hear the voice of the Serpent of Slytherin.

In May 1993, he opened the entrance to the Chamber of Secrets by telling a snake carving on a tap to "open up" in Parseltongue. A young Tom Riddle let the Serpent of Slytherin out through Parseltongue, and controlled it by speaking the language and telling it to attack Harry.

## Trivia

* Harry can't speak Parseltongue without talking to a snake and thought he had to be facing one in order to speak it. However, he later found a way to speak it when he needed to in order to open things.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 11
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 18
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 2
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 16
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 17
Petrification

**Petrification** was the process of being turned into stone. It was caused by the gaze of a Basilisk if you look in it's eyes through a reflection. Petrifictation could be undone using the Mandrake Restorative Draught.

## About

Those who were Petrified get turned into stone - completely paralysed and unconscious. It took careful examination to find out whether a person was in fact dead and whether they were just Petrified. It happened when they looked at a reflection of a Basilisk's eyes. It was possible for a ghost to be Petrified but they will turn a dark grey and will be trapped in the location they were Petrified unless a fan was used to take them to another. They could look into the eyes of a Basilisk, but since they were dead, they could not die for a second time.

The Mandrake Restorative Draught was capable of undoing petrification but it took until the Mandrake were at full size until it was possible. The Full Body-Bind Curse was similar but it was temporary and easily undone.

## History

Tom Riddle unleashed the Serpent of Slytherin in the Chamber of Secrets while he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It Petrified several students at Hogwarts until it killed Myrtle Warren. Half a century later, Riddle's diary possessed Ginny Weasley and reopened the Chamber of Secrets. It caused several Petrifications which included a cat, four students and a ghost, Nearly Headless Nick. The Mandrake Restorative Draught was eventually created at the end of the school year and the petrifications were undone.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 12
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 16
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 15
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 18
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 14
The Letters from No One

"*Yet here it was, a letter, addressed so plainly there could be no mistake ...*"
— J.K. Rowling

**The Letters From No One** is the third chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The chapter is named for the acceptance letters that Harry receives.

## Events

For his eleventh birthday, an letter is sent to Harry Potter which Vernon and Petunia Dursley immediately take away from him. They will not let him open it or tell him who the sender is. Harry realises out they are scared of whoever sent it. The address is "The Cupboard under the Stairs" which shocks Petunia because they knew where they are making Harry sleep. They move him into the second bedroom. When they wake up in the morning, they receive another letter now addressed to the second bedroom. The next day, Harry decided to get up early and get the next letter before anyone else could, but Vernon had the same idea and screams at him.

Vernon nails the letter box shut but the letters keep arriving in other ways. Twelve letters are put through the side of the doors and windows, twenty four are put in two dozen egg deliveries, thirty or forty through the chimney, and letters continue to follow them to the Hut-on-the-Rock. At midnight on Harry's eleventh birthday, Rubeus Hagrid knocks down the door of the Hut.
The Great Humberto

**The Great Humberto** is a television programme in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*.

Dudley Dursley watched it every Monday evening when he was eleven. When Vernon Dursley took the family away to escape the Hogwarts letters that Harry Potter kept receiving, Dudley was upset and cried to Petunia Dursley because he wanted to watch the show and stay in a place that had a TV.

## Trivia

* It's unknown what the TV show is actually about.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 3
St. Grogory's Primary School's Headteacher

**St. Grogory's Primary School's Headteacher** was a character in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*. They were the Muggle Headteacher of Harry Potter and Dudley Dursley's primary school.

## Biography

In between around 1984 and 1991, the Headteacher found Harry Potter on the roof of the school when he accidentally jumped that high when running away from Dudley Dursley. He had only intended to jump behind the bins to hide but the Headteacher was very angry. She sent Vernon and Petunia Dursley a letter saying that Harry was found climbing the school buildings and they punished him by locking him the the Cupboard under the Stairs.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 2
Slytherin Dungeons

The **Slytherin Dungeons** is the common room of students in Slytherin at Hogwarts. It is entered through a stone wall in the Dungeons of Hogwarts Castle. The concealed stone door opens when given a password.

## About

The common room is a long, low-ceiling underground room that has stone walls and green lighting hanging by chains. It has an elaborate-carved mantelpiece and carved chairs.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 12
Vampire

A **vampire** is a Dark being known for drinking people's blood by biting their neck.

## History

In August 1991, Quirinus Quirrell wanted to buy a book about vampires in Diagon Alley. Harry Potter asked Rubeus Hagrid if Quirrell always looked nervous. Hagrid replied that people say when Quirrell took a year off studying to get real experience, he encountered vampires in the Black Forest. Ever since he returned, he had acted nervous.

Quirrell's classroom at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry stunk of garlic. Everyone thought it was to ward off a vampire he had encountered in Romania. It's unknown whether he did encounter vampires, or if it was a cover story for finding Voldemort in Albania.

In or before 1992, Gilderoy Lockhart wrote a book called Voyages with Vampires. He alleged he after he had dealt with a particular vampire, he could only eat lettuce. Lockhart was eventually revealed to be a fraud who stole stories from other people. It's possible it was not Lockhart who experienced this.

In 1994, third-year students at Hogwarts were taught about vampires. Professor Lupin asked for an essay about vampires for homework. Neville Longbottom tried to get Harry to help him write it. Neville was confused about whether vampires have to eat garlic for it to have an affect on them.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince*, Chapter 15
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 5
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 8
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 10
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 16
6. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 14
Pigwidgeon

**Pigwidgeon** is an owl adopted by Ron Weasley when he loses Scabbers. He appears throughout the *Harry Potter book series*.

## Biography

In June 1994, Sirius Black had gone back into hiding and found an eager owl who was willing to deliver a letter to Harry Potter. Pigwidgeon found Harry on the Hogwarts Express when he was travelling home from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He was so proud of successfully delivering a letter that he flew around the compartment to Hedwig's disapproval. Ron saw Crookshanks looking at Pigwidgeon and held the owl in case he tried to eat it. Pigwidgeon affectionally nibbled Ron's finger. Sirius suggested that Ron keep Pigwidgeon now that Scabbers was gone. Ron decided to keep Pig once Crookshanks checked he wasn't an Animagus.

## Appearance

Pigwidgeon is a very tiny, fluffy grey owl.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 22
Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

**Snow White and the Seven Dwarves** is a Muggle fairytale.

In *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Hermione Granger talked about the book when Ronald Weasley wondered why she and Harry Potter had not heard of wizarding tales such as *The Tales of Beedle the Bard*
. Hermione reminded him that they grew up in the Muggle world reading stories such as *Snow White and the Seven Dwarves*.

## Trivia

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is mentioned by J.K. Rowling in the introduction of the real world version of *The Tales of Beedle the Bard*. She pointed out the differences between Muggle characters such as Snow White and fictional witches such as Amata. While magic was the problem in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, wizarding tales such as *The Tales of Beedle the Bard* portray magic as a tool that can solve problems.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows*, Chapter 7
2. ↑ *The Tales of Beedle the Bard*: Introduction
Mutantes Libres

**Mutantes Libres** (**Free Mutants** en inglés) es una organización de mutantes formada por Bishop como una banda de personas que le dicen "No" a los Centinelas y al racismo hacia los mutantes.

## Biografía

Después de escapar de el campamento X-Ray de Industrias Trask, Lucas Bishop construye una red global de resistencia mutante conocido como "Mutantes Libres". Ellos contarían con las habilidades de Kitty Pryde de mandar gente al pasado para escapar de los Centinelas Mark X.

Después de cambiar lo sucedido en 1973, la red global "Mutantes Libres" nunca fue fundada debido al heroísmo de Mystique en esa época.

## Miembros Conocidos

* Bishop - líder
* Warpath
* Sunspot
* Coloso
* Shadowcat
* Blink
* Hombre de Hielo
Parvati Patil

**Parvati Patil** was a character in the *Harry Potter book series*.

She was a witch who joined Dumbledore's Army. She was sorted into Gryffindor House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and she had a twin sister, Padma Patil who was sorted into Ravenclaw. In her fourth year, she attended the Yule Ball with Harry Potter.

## Biography

In 1991, Parvati began attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, when she was sorted into Gryffindor by the Sorting Hat. In her first Flying lesson, Parvati defended Neville Longbottom when he fell of a broom and the Slytherins made fun of him. Pansy Parkinson then laughed at her.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 9
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 7
3. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 7
4. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 9
The Boy Who Lived

"*He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting up in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: 'To Harry Potter - the boy who lived!'*"
— J.K. Rowling[src]
**The Boy Who Lived** is the opening chapter of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and the entire Harry Potter book series.

The chapter is named for Harry Potter. It is the first of four chapters that doesn't include Harry's point of view.

## Events

Vernon and Petunia Dursley are living a perfect, normal life raising their only child, Dudley at 4 Privet Drive. While out for work one day, Vernon notices strange things going on around him throughout the day. He notices a cat reading a road sign, people walking around dressed in cloaks and at lunch, he hears people talking about James and Lily Potter and their only child, Harry Potter. He panics and wonders whether they are speaking of Petunia's sister and nephew but decides that he has probably misheard it.

However, he is not wrong. He mentions it to Petunia that evening but she refuses to give it another thought. While they are sleeping that night, Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall gather in Privet Drive and talk about the celebrations in the wizarding world due to the downfall of Voldemort at Godric's Hollow. He has killed James and Lily Potter the night before he disappeared, which many believe is evidence of his death, when he attempted to kill their one-year old son.

Rubeus Hagrid brings Harry to Privet Drive who is to be left in the care of the Dursley family given that Petunia is Harry's aunt. McGonagall protests because she has observed the family throughout the day, telling Dumbledore they are not nice people. Dumbledore tells her they have to leave him there away from his newfound celebrity so he can have a normal upbringing. They say their goodbyes to Harry and put him on the doorstep of Petunia's house with a letter. The next day, Petunia opens the door and screams when she finds Harry.
Slug-vomiting Charm

The **Slug-vomiting Charm** was a spell that forced the target to cough up slugs. It first appeared in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## About

The spell had a green light that induced sudden vomiting of slugs. It was not simple to cure and the best thing to do was wait until it eventually stopped.

## History

In September 1992, Ronald Weasley used the spell to try and curse Draco Malfoy for calling Hermione Granger a "Mudblood". However, he had a broken wand and the spell bounced back at Ron instead. The Slytherins howled in laugher when he began coughing up slugs. Harry Potter and Hermione took Ron to Rubeus Hagrid and he had to wait until it eventually ended.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 7
2. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 19
Valentine's Day

**Valentine's Day** is an event which appears in the *Harry Potter book series*. It is celebrated every year in the Muggle and wizarding world on 14 February. It is a day to show love for someone by sending cards and giving presents, especially flowers.

Professor Lockhart has a special Valentine's event at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, hiring flying dwarves for the students to deliver poetry and songs to each other.

## History

In February 1993, Professor Lockhart held a special, Valentine's Day event at Hogwarts. He decorated the Great Hall in pink: the walls had large, pink flowers and heart-shaped confetti was falling out of a pale blue ceiling. He was wearing pink robes and gave a speech. He gave his appreciation to the 46 people who had sent him a Valentine's card and introduced dwarves that had golden wings and harps to deliver Valentines. He also encouraged students to ask Professor Snape for help brewing a Love Potion, who looked very unhappy at the prsopect, and Professor Flitwick for advice on using Entrancing Enchantments.

The dwarves kept interrupting every classroom to give Valentines. Ginevra Weasley sent a dwarf to sing Harry Potter a poem. The dwarf pushed and kicked people to get to Harry who dropped a bag running away, and it began playing a harp in a threatening way to sing:

 "His eyes are as green as a fresh pickled toad,
 His hair is as dark as a blackboard.
 I wish he was mine, he's really divine,
 The hero who conquered the Dark Lord."

The crowd thought it was very funny and had to be pushed into leaving the scene by a Prefect. Harry was very embarrassed and that evening, Fred and George Weasley kept singing the song. Draco taunted Ginny and told her that "Potter" was not impressed by her song.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
Prefects Who Gained Power

**Prefects Who Gained Power** is a book about the history Prefects at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry who had successful careers after they graduated. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

## About

"*A study of Hogwarts Prefects and their later careers*"
— the back cover

The book is a history of successful Prefects after they graduated Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. It is very small and looks very boring. Percy Weasley read a copy of it in a shop before his seventh year.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
Shrake

The **Shrake** is a type of fish covered in spines. They first appear in *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*.

## About

The Shrake is a fish which has a body covered in spines. They live in the Atlantic Ocean. A group is referred to as a shoal.

## History

In the early 1800s, the Shrakes were thought to be wizard-bred for revenge against Muggle fisherfolk after they insulted a group of sailing wizards. Now whenever Muggles try to fish in a patch of the Atlantic Ocean where these fish dwell, their nets are ripped up and emptied.

## Notes and sources

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

A **Revealer** is a device in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*l It reveals invisible ink. It has the same appearance as a Muggle eraser. They are bright red in colour.

Hermione Granger used a Revealer in her second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the hope it would reveal hidden words in Tom Riddle's Diary.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 13
Second-hand robe shop

"*Mrs Weasley and Ginny were going to a second-hand robe shop.*"
— *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*

A **second-hand robe shop** is a shop in Diagon Alley in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*. They sell second-hand robes for a lower price.

Molly Weasley took Ginny Weasley to the shop to get her school robes for her first year of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 4
Phoenix tears

**Phoenix tears** have powerful healing powers and is the only known antidote to Basilisk venom because it is capable of curing anything. It appears in *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*.

In May 1993, Fawkes healed Harry Potter when he was stabbed in the arm by Basilisk venom, saving him seconds before he would have passed out. It sealed the wound and eliminated the venom in a second.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 17