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Diricawl

The **Diricawl** (known to Muggles as the **Dodo**), was a plump, fluffy-feathered and flightless magical bird, native to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.

## History

While Muggles believed this bird to be extinct, in reality, it existed and had the ability to disappear and reappear elsewhere as a means of escaping danger, similar to apparation, while Muggles remain unaware. The International Confederation of Wizards had not seen fit to reveal that the animal still existed, since it seemed to have raised Muggle awareness of the consequences of slaying their fellow creatures indiscriminately.

During the 1989–1990 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Silvanus Kettleburn taught his sixth year students in Care of Magical Creatures class how to handle these birds.
Christopher Potter

## Biographical Information

### Born

20 May, 1539 Godric's Hollow, West Country, England, Great Britain

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Richard Potter II (Mrs Wealsey A. name.) (grandfather)
* Mary Potter III (née  Dupont) (mother) †
* Frederick Potter (father)
* Nicole Potter (née Prewett) (mother) †
* Sarah Potter I (née Gore) (wife) †
* Ralston Potter (son)
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* Angelina Potter (née  MacDougal) (daughter-in-law) †
* William Potter II (grandson)
* Samuel Potter I (grandson)
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## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Chaser for Puddlemere United
* Quidditch captain for Puddlemere United

### Loyalty

* Potter family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
	+ Gryffindor Quidditch team
* Puddlemere United
Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes

The **Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes** is responsible for repairing accidental magical damage. Cornelius Fudge was once Junior Minister of this department prior to his promotion to Minister for Magic. It is located on the third level of the Ministry of Magic and houses the offices named below.

## Divisions

### Accidental Magic Reversal Squad

The Accidental Magic Reversal Squad is an organised team of wizards and witches whose job it is to correct mistakes in magic, such as spells or potions gone wrong. Mistakes are normally caused by inexperienced witches and wizards, those who have not learned to control their magic, or those who may not be very skilled in using specific spells or potions.

For instance, the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad was once sent to the scene of one such accident in 1993, when Harry Potter inadvertently used magic to inflate his "Aunt" Marge. They were able to successfully reverse the spell, deflate her, and modify her memory to remove any recollection of the incident. Presumably this memory modification was performed by Obliviators, according to their duty.

### Obliviator Headquarters

The Obliviator Headquarters is the main office for Obliviators, wizard who have the task of modifying the memory of a Muggle after witnessing incidents caused by magic.

The act of memory modification can be used by any wizard via the spell *Obliviate*. This is discouraged in wizarding society. Obliviators are professionals and those who not experienced in using *Obliviate* could cause harm to others.

One such example is author and former Hogwarts professor, Gilderoy Lockhart, who attempted to erase the memories of Harry Potter and Ron Weasley to cover his reputation. His spell backfired onto himself when he tried to cast the spell using a broken wand. He is still a patient at St Mungo's.

Another example of use of *Obliviate* is the Hogwarts student Marietta Edgecombe, whose memory of secret D.A. meetings was modified by the Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt in an emergency. Edgecombe had attempted to expose the secret meetings to the Ministry, when Shacklebolt prevented her from doing so with the spell.

### Muggle-Worthy Excuse Committee

This committee invents excuses for the Muggle community for any magical accidents or occurrences which cannot be magically cleared up or completely obliviated. Thus, the committee will inform the Muggles community with any kind of non-magical excuses for the accidents.

For example, Peter Pettigrew killed twelve Muggle bystanders and tore apart a city street with an immense explosion during an altercation with Sirius Black. The massive and obvious damage and mortality was explained to the Muggle community as caused by an explosion in the local gas main.

## Known employees

* Arnold Peasegood (Obliviator)
* Cornelius Fudge (Former, Junior Minister)
* Leonard Spencer-Moon (tea-boy)
* Mnemone Radford (Obliviator)
* Two unknown agents
* Unidentified Obliviator
* Unidentified Obliviator stationed at Roberts's campsite
Belvina Black

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Phineas Nigellus Black (father) †
* Ursula Flint (mother) †
* Sirius Black II (brother) †
* Phineas Black (brother) †
* Arcturus Black II (brother) †
* Cygnus Black II (brother) †
* Herbert Burke (husband) †
* Two sons †
* One daughter †
* Sirius Black I (uncle) †
* Elladora Black (aunt) †
* Iola Black (aunt) †
* Caractacus Burke (possible father-in-law) †
* House of Black

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* House of Black
* Burke family
Beater's bat

The **Beater's bat** is a piece of Quidditch equipment used by Beaters, in the game of Quidditch, to hit Bludgers away from their own team members and towards players on the other team. The bats are magically reinforced to give them greater strength.

## History

In the 15th Century, when Bludgers were made of rock, the bats would often shatter the rock, resulting in flying gravel. Experiments with lead Bludgers began in the early 16th century, but the bats proved to be too strong for them also, denting them when they were struck. The Bludgers made of iron were strong enough to not break when hit by the bats.

On 8 March 1997, during the Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff Quidditch match, Cormac McLaggen wrestled Jimmy Peakes' Beater's Bat out of his hands to show him how to hit a Bludger. In doing so, Cormac mis-hit the bludger straight at Harry's head knocking him unconscious and cracking his skull.
Attack on London

### Result

Florean Fortescue is murdered. Garrick Ollivander is kidnapped. Death Eaters destroy the Millennium Bridge, kill and cause panic on unsuspecting muggles.

Commanders| * Fenrir Greyback
* Death Eaters (2)

Combatants| * Florean Fortescue
* Garrick Ollivander

Casualties| * Florean Fortescue
* Unspecified Muggles traversing the Millennium Bridge

The **attack on London** was a minor conflict that took place on 24 June, 1996, during the Second Wizarding War, in which a small group of Death Eaters led by Fenrir Greyback Apparated into London, stormed into Diagon Alley and destroyed several establishments, and then proceeded to tear the Millennium Bridge down.

## The attack

### Diagon Alley

On the day of the attack, the Dark Mark appeared over London and, moments later, the small group of Death Eaters stormed through Charing Cross Road and the Leaky Cauldron, and broke into Diagon Alley. For as of yet unknown reasons, they ransacked Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlour, killing Florean Fortescue himself. They also assaulted Ollivanders and the wandmaker chose to come with them quietly; no signs of struggle were left to be found. Taking stacks of wands to arm their fast growing legions with them, the Death Eaters proceeded to quickly Disapparate.
Annabelle Potter

## Biographical Information

### Born

30 March, 1942Godric's Hollow, West Country, England, Great Britain

### Died

30 April, 1968Le Bourg-Dun, Normandy, France

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Charlus Potter (father) †
* Dorea Potter (née Black family) (Mother) †
* Vincent Potter (brother) †

* Clovis Leroy (husband)

* Gordon Potter (paternal grandfather) †
* Amelia Potter (née Nettles) (paternal grandmother) †
* Cygnus Black II (maternal grandfather) †
* Violetta Bulstrode (maternal grandmother) †

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Potter family
* Leroy family
Bowman Wright

**Bowman Wright** (1492-1560) was a half-blood wizard and a skilled metal charmer who lived in Godric's Hollow sometime during the Middle Ages.

## Biography

Born to a witch mother and a Muggle father, he invented the Golden Snitch as a replacement for the endangered Golden Snidget, combining his interest in science, magic, and sports.

## Magical abilities and skills

* **Charms**: Being a professional Metal charmer, Bowman was highly gifted and skilful with charm-work, as he was the inventor of the famous Golden Snitch, a magical flying object used in Quidditch, casting the necessary charms needed to both craft and enchant the Snitch, which continued to last long after his death, showing his superb proficiency in this field of magic.

## Etymology

The English "wright" is a word referring to a skilled craftsman.
Druid

A **druid** was, in Celtic times, a member of the learned and priestly class (bards, magistrates, scholars, scientists, teachers, sacrificers, Seers, priests, etc.).

Druids were, apparently, skilled in wandmaking and, considering anything with a woody stem a tree, produced wands made of vine, a tradition that was still followed by Garrick Ollivander in the 20th century.

## Known druids

* Cliodna - Animagus, discoverer of the magical properties of Moondew.
Accidental Magic Reversal Squad

> "*You will be pleased to hear that we have dealt with the unfortunate blowing-up of Miss Marjorie Dursley. Two members of the Accidental Magic Reversal Squad were dispatched to Privet Drive a few hours ago. Miss Dursley has been punctured and her memory has been modified. She has no recollection of the incident at all. So that's that, and no harm done.*"
> ― The Squad's job[source]
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The **Accidental Magic Reversal Squad** (also known as the **Accidental Magic Reversal Department**) was a division of the Department of Magical Accidents and Catastrophes responsible for reversing the effects of magical mishaps caused by inexperienced witches and wizards, those who had not learned to control their magic, or those who may not have been very skilled.

Two members of this Squad were responsible for the puncturing and memory modification of Marjorie Dursley, after the incident at her brother's home in the summer of 1993.

As memory modifications are required, it is possible that Obliviators are included into the squad.
Exceeds Expectations

> "*Well done — a most creditable performance! We are impressed by the breadth of your magical knowledge and your level of insight into the wizarding world.*"
> ― 'Exceeds Expectations'-graded W.O.M.B.A.T.[source]
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**Exceeds Expectations** is one of the three passing grades, and one of six grades overall, in the Ordinary Wizarding Levels, Nastily Exhausting Wizarding Tests, and Wizards' Ordinary Magic and Basic Aptitude Tests. It is the second highest mark, immediately below 'Outstanding' and immediately above 'Acceptable'.

## Advancement

Most professors at Hogwarts set their N.E.W.T. classes entrance standards at 'Exceeds Expectations', meaning that the students must acquire such a grade in their O.W.L. in order to continue. Severus Snape however, required an 'Outstanding' from his Potions students. Professor Horace Slughorn, later however, accepted students with 'Exceeds Expectations' when Snape went on to teach Defence Ags.

In 1995, Fred and George Weasley joked that they should have earned "E's" in all of their O.W.L.s, since they exceeded expectations just by showing up for the exams.
Dugbog

The **Dugbog** is a marsh-dwelling magical beast found in Europe and the Americas.

## Description

It resembles a piece of dead wood while stationary. It has finned paws and sharp teeth, and glides through marshland, feeding on small animals, and occasionally attacking the ankles of humans who venture into its habitat. Its favourite food is the Mandrake, and due to this, Mandrake-growers have found their plants nothing more than a bloody mess when they pulled them out of the ground.

## History

In 1926, *The New York Ghost* reported the attack on a No-Maj by a Dugbog, whilst this person was hiking in Great Lakes.

When Ron Weasley was to write an essay on resisting Dementors in his sixth year for Professor Snape for the Defence Against the Dark Arts, due to the Spell-Checking Quill's effects eroding from time, the term "Dementors" on the essay changed to "Dugbogs".
Adeline Potter

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Mr Seddon (father) †
* Mrs Seddon (née Sullivan) (mother) †

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* Leopold Potter (Husband) †
* Cordelia Potter (daughter)
* Humfrey Potter (son) †
* Isobella Potter (née Ross) (daughter-in-law) †
* Edmund Potter (Grandson) †
* Charlotte Potter (née Lecuyer) (Granddaughter-in-law) †
* Nicholas Potter (Grandson) †
* Florence Potter (née Oddpick) (Granddaughter-in-law)

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* Potter family
* Seddon family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
Edmund Potter

* Eleanor Potter (née Lecuyer) (wife)
* William Potter (son)
* Leopold Potter (son)

* Isobella Potter (née Ross) (daughter-in-law)
* Richard Potter (grandson)
* Elena Potter (granddaughter)
* Thomas Potter (grandson)

## Affiliation

### Occupation

Herbologist, Arithmancer, Potioneer (collected a lot of books that are now in the Potter library.)

### Loyalty

* Potter family
* Ross family
* Lecuyer family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
Alderton family

**Alderton** is a known wizarding family. They have both magical and Muggle heritage.

## Known family members

* Arkie Alderton's alleged son - Wizard charged of "*stealing magic*" before the Muggle-Born Registration Commission in 2 September, 1997
* Arkie Alderton - Well-known broom-maker who is claimed to be Alderton's father
* Archibald Alderton - A cook famous for blowing up the hamlet of Little Dropping
* William Alderton - Allegedly pure-blood wizard who worked at the Ministry of Magic for thirty years
* William Alderton's alleged son - Wizard charged of "*stealing magic*" before the Muggle-Born Registration Commission in 2 September, 1997
Battle of the Department of Mysteries

### Location

Department of Mysteries, British Ministry of Magic Headquarters, Whitehall, London, England, Great Britain

### Cause

Voldemort wanting Sybill Trelawney's first prophecy, therefore planting a false vision in Harry Potter's mind in of Sirius Black being tortured in order to lure him to the Department of Mysteries

### Result

* Open war is declared on the wizarding community. Ministry of Magic accepts that Voldemort has returned
* The prophecy is destroyed
* Death of Sirius Black
* All Death Eaters except Voldemort and Bellatrix are arrested.

Commanders| * Albus Dumbledore
* Alastor Moody
* Harry Potter
* Lucius Malfoy
* Bellatrix Lestrange

Combatants| * Ron Weasley
* Hermione Granger
* Ginny Weasley
* Neville Longbottom
* Luna Lovegood
* Remus Lupin
* Sirius Black †
* Kingsley Shacklebolt
* Nymphadora Tonks
* Fawkes
* Rabastan Lestrange
* Mr Crabbe
* Mulciber (II)
* Antonin Dolohov
* Jugson
* Walden Macnair
* Avery (II)
* Augustus Rookwood
* Mr Nott
* Travers

Casualties| * Sirius Black
Evans family

**Evans** is the surname of a muggle family. They must have had some distant magical blood. At least one member, Lily Evans, was a Muggle-born witch. They are related by marriage to the wizarding Potter and Weasley families.

## History

The earliest known members of the family were Mr and Mrs Evans, who had two daughters, Petunia and Lily Evans. They lived near Spinner's End in Cokeworth, sharing residence with the Snape family. Lily's parents were Muggles, as was her sister Petunia.

Mr and Mrs Evans were proud of their younger daughter being a witch and appeared to have favoured her over their elder daughter because of it.

They were related to the Dursley family through Petunia's marriage to Vernon Dursley, and the Potter family through Lily's marriage to James Potter.

They were famous for being Harry Potter's maternal family, and were known in the wizarding world for Lily's loving sacrifice that saved Harry from Lord Voldemort when he was just an infant.

This family is extinct in the male line, but not in the female line. When Harry married Ginny Weasley, they became related to the Weasley family through their three children, James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna. Petunia's son Dudley Dursley had at least two children as well.

## Family members

### Evans relatives

 Ginevra Molly Potter(née Weasley)
 Vernon Dursley | Related through marriage, husband of Petunia, and father to Dudley Dursley

## Etymology

*Evans* is a Welsh or English surname derived from the given name *Evan*. As a Welsh name, Evan means "young warrior;" it can also be considered a form of the name *John*, meaning "God is gracious."

Both sisters in the Evans family, Lily and Petunia, are named after flowers.
Code of Wand Use

**Arthur Weasley**: "*Come off it, Amos. You don't seriously think it was the elf? The Dark Mark's a wizard's sign. It requires a wand.*"
**Amos Diggory**: "*Yeah. And she* had *a wand.*"
**Arthur Weasley**: "*​*What*?*"
**Amos Diggory**: "*Here, look. Had it in her hand. So that's clause three of the Code of Wand Use broken, for a start. No non-human creature is permitted to carry or use a wand.*"
— Arthur Weasley and Amos Diggory discover Winky with a wand following the Reappearance of the Dark Mark.[src]

The **Code of Wand Use** was a decree on wand usage, passed by the Wizards' Council in 1631. Clause Three of the Code (known as the Wand Ban) stated that "*No non-human creature is permitted to carry or use a wand*".

The Brotherhood of Goblins were a group pressing for Goblin rights, which included the right to carry and use a wand.

## Breaches

The main well-known breach of the Code of Wand Use was a breach of Clause Three. When, at the Quidditch World Cup in 1994, the Dark Mark was conjured by Bartemius Crouch Jnr, using Harry Potter's wand, which he had stolen from Harry's back pocket. Members of the British Ministry of Magic arrived shortly after, and, unknowingly, Stunned him. Because he was wearing an invisibility cloak, however, when the Ministry official Amos Diggory who went to search the area where Harry, Ron and Hermione said they heard the incantation spoken did not see him, but instead found Winky, a house-elf belonging to Bartemius Crouch Snr, with  the wand in her hand. Upon reviving her, Diggory explained the law to everyone present.
Auror training

> "*Well, you'll need to demonstrate the ability to react well to pressure and so forth, perseverance and dedication, because Auror training takes a further three years, not to mention very high skills in practical defence. It will mean a lot more study, even after you've left school...*"
> ― McGonagall informs Harry Potter about the process to become an Auror[source]
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**Auror training** is a three year long programme set by the Auror Office that was established by Minister Eldritch Diggory sometime between 1733 and 1747 to train and evaluate potential Aurors. The programme is considered very stringent, and only the best wizards are accepted into it.

## History

Due to the intensity, few candidates have ever been accepted into the programme. In 1996, McGonagall noted that, the last acceptance had been in 1992.

However, after the Second Wizarding War was over, Minister for Magic Kingsley Shacklebolt temporarily relaxed the entry requirements due to the deaths of many Aurors. In order to resupply their forces immediately, Shacklebolt permitted anyone who participated in the Battle of Hogwarts on the grounds that having fought and survived in such a battle and not changing sides against such odds more than satisfied the character and skill requirements to qualify for the training.

## Qualifications

To qualify for Auror training, a witch or wizard must first have attained at least five N.E.W.T.s of no less than 'Exceeds Expectations'. Minerva McGonagall once recommended that Defence Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Charms, and Potions would be useful N.E.W.T. level classes for those wishing to pursue a career as an Auror.

Whereas the Ministry sets a series of character and aptitude tests to further test the worth of potential applicants, it is also possible for someone to be offered a job in the Auror Office if one of its high-ranking and influential members deems an individual to have displayed sufficient ability to be qualified, although they still have to undergo the required training programme in order to become a fully-fledged Auror. The Ministry also runs a background check into the records of new applicants; Dolores Umbridge once implied that wizards with a criminal record cannot become an Auror.

## Course of study

For those who are accepted, Auror training takes three years of further study after Hogwarts. Known subjects include Concealment and Disguise and Stealth and Tracking. Poisons and antidotes are also essential studies for Aurors. During the course of their training, they have access to a number of training rooms and in addition to getting on-the-job-training, they also have to participate in training duels and attend various lectures and seminars ministered by veterans at the Auror Office. It is also highly likely that they learn to detect and identify traces on places that has known magic, especially the traces of Dark Magic. They are presumably also taught about magical jurisprudence to make sure they apprehend criminals on legally valid grounds.
Comet 140

The **Comet 140** was a broomstick produced by the Comet Trading Company, and was released in 1929. It was designated the Comet 140 because it was the 140th model they had tested before its release. It was the first broom to incorporate the Horton-Keitch Braking Charm, which would mean Quidditch players would be less likely to stray offside or overshoot the goals. It quickly became the broom of choice for many British and Irish Quidditch teams.
Euphemia Potter

## Euphemia Potter (née Leroy family)

* Alexandre Leroy (father)
* Clovis Leroy (nephew)
* Annabelle Potter (nephew's wife.)
* Henry Potter (father-in-law) †
* Victoria Potter (née McKinnon) (mother-in-law) †

**Euphemia Potter** (died c. 1979) was a pure-blood witch born in Normandy France in ...... She was married to Fleamont Potter, with whom she had one son, James, thus making her the paternal grandmother of the famous Harry Potter, and the great-grandmother of James Sirius, Albus Severus, and Lily Luna Potter.

## Biography

Euphemia was the only child to the wealth ...... family of Normandy France. She attended Beauxbatons Academy of Magic. She went on to meet her future husband, Fleamont Potter, in Brazil durning their Grand Tour. She and her husband Fleamont lived a comfortable life due to their wealth. They had trouble having children and eventually gave up the hope of ever having a son or daughter of their own. However, in 1959, to the couple's shock and delight, Euphemia discovered she was pregnant, and gave birth to a son, James, on 27 March 1960.

When James's best friend, Sirius Black, ran away from home at age 15, he found refuge in the Potter household. Euphemia and her husband came to regard Sirius as something of a second son. After Sirius moved into his own flat, he kept in touch with the Potters, and was always welcome to have lunch with them on Sundays.

Advancing in age, both Euphemia and her husband Fleamont succumbed to Dragon Pox shortly after the marriage of their son James to Lily Evans, in 1978-1979, dying within days of each other. Euphemia never got a chance to meet her grandson, who would only be born after his grandparents' deaths, on 31 July, 1980, but she was among the relatives who Harry saw when he looked into the Mirror of Erised in 1991.

## Etymology

Euphemia is a name of Greek origin. "Eu" means 'good', and "phemi" means 'to speak'; its full meaning is usually translated to mean "well-spoken, auspicious speech or good repute".

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Barnabas the Barmy

**Barnabas the Barmy** was a wizard who made a bizarre and foolish attempt to train trolls for the ballet.
A moving tapestry depicting his attempt hung on the seventh floor of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, opposite the entrance to the Room of Requirement.

## Etymology

* "Barnabas" is a Greek form of an Aramaic name. In Acts in the New Testament the byname Barnabas was given to a man named Joseph, a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys. The original Aramaic is unattested, but it may be from בּר נביא (bar naviya') meaning "son of the prophet", though in Acts 4:36 it is claimed that the name means "son of encouragement". As an English name, it came into occasional use after the 12th century.
* According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, the word "barmy" is an informal adjective, chiefly used in Britain that means mad, crazy or extremely foolish.
Ashwinder

The **Ashwinder** was a magical serpent that was created from the remains of any magical fire that was allowed to burn unchecked. As it was a serpentine creature, the Ashwinder may very well be susceptible to Parseltongue magic.

## Physical description

The Ashwinder was thin and pale-grey with glowing red eyes. They rose from the embers of the dying fire and slithered off into a dark corner to lay their eggs, leaving an ashy trail behind. Ashwinders only lived for an hour and will collapse to dust when they have laid their eggs.

Ashwinder eggs are red and give off intense heat. If frozen, they can be used in a Love Potion or eaten whole as a cure for ague.

## Habitat

Since Ashwinders were created by magical fires, they could be found in many magical residences. However, if they managed to roam free and lay their eggs, the eggs will ignite and may burn the building down within minutes.

## History

In the search for his escaped magical creatures, Newt Scamander met with Gnarlak, the goblin proprietor of The Blind Pig. Gnarlak was not immediately forthcoming with information, so Newt offered him a number of bribes, including a frozen Ashwinder egg.

During his escape, Gellert Grindelwald transfigured the scarf of the Auror riding the Incarceration Carriage into Ashwinders, which then attacked said Auror.

While Armando Dippet was Headmaster of Hogwarts, an Ashwinder was used to represent the "bloated and blind" worm that appeared in the retelling of 'The Fountain of Fair Fortune' during a Christmas pantomime. Unfortunately, the creature was enlarged using an Engorgement Charm, causing it to explode in a shower of hot sparks and dust.

This pantomime signalled the end of Hogwarts's pantomime tradition, as it resulted in the Great Hall catching fire caused in part by the tremendous heat from the Ashwinder's huge eggs, and a packed Hospital wing. Professor Silvanus Kettleburn, who taught Care of Magical Creatures and supplied the enlarged Ashwinder for the production, was put yet again on probation.

## Etymology

"Ash" comes from the colour of itself and ashes are connected to fire. "Winder" recalls the sideway movement of some snakes, which are aptly-named "sidewinders", such as the rattlesnake.
Blood-Replenishing Potion

> "*It seems there was some rather unusual kind of poison in that snake's fangs that keeps wounds open. They're sure they'll find an antidote, though; they say they've had much worse cases than mine, and in the meantime I just have to keep taking a Blood-Replenishing Potion every hour.*"
> ― Arthur Weasley.[source]
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The **Blood-Replenishing Potion** is a healing potion that replenishes blood lost from injuries or other means.

## History

During his stay at St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries at Christmas 1995, Arthur Weasley was required to drink the potion every hour after he was bitten by Nagini, while guarding the Hall of Prophecy, at least until an antidote for Nagini's venom was found.
Artemisia Lufkin

**Minister Artemisia Lufkin** (1754 – 1825) was a witch. A Hufflepuff in her Hogwarts years, Lufkin later became an accomplished Minister for Magic from 1798 to 1811. She was the first female ever to hold the office, being elected at least twice.

## Biography

### Early life

Artemisia was born in 1754,somewhere in the British Isles, to at least one magical parent. In her youth, she attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from around 1765 to 1772, where she was Sorted into Hufflepuff.

### As Minister for Magic

In 1798, Ms. Lufkin rose to the position of Minister for Magic of Great Britain, and Ireland, succeeding Unctuous Osbert, and became the first female ever to have held the office.

She established the Department of International Magical Cooperation and lobbied hard and successfully to have a Quidditch World Cup tournament held in Britain during her term.

She served as Minister for 13 years, being succeeded in the post by Grogan Stump in 1811.

### Death and post-mortem

Ms. Lufkin passed away in 1825, aged around 71. She was featured in a Chocolate Frog Card by the 1990s.

## Etymology

* Artemisia is a feminine form of Artemisios, a Greek name which derived from Artemis,the name of the Greek maiden daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She is the goddess of the moon, hunting, the wilderness, and the gift of taming wild animals.
* Artemisia is also the name of a genus of plants that includes sagebrush and wormwood.
* Artemisia Gentileschi was a pioneering Italian painter of the Baroque movement, the first woman to join the Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze, as well as one of the first to handle religious and historical subjects.
* Lufkin is a pet form of the Middle English given name Love, which derived from either the Old English girl's name *Lufu*, meaning "love", or its masculine equivalent *Lufa*.
Augurey

The **Augurey**, also known as the **Irish Phoenix**, was a thin and mournful looking magical bird, somewhat like a small underfed vulture in appearance, with greenish black feathers and a sharp beak.

## Description

Its diet consisted of insects, fairies and flies, which it hunted for in the heavy rain. Intensely shy, the Augurey lived in a tear-shaped nest in thorn and brambles. The cry of the Augurey signalled approaching rainfall.

It was native to Great Britain and Ireland, but it had spread to the rest of Northern Europe. It was long believed that the mournful cry of the Augurey foretold death, and wizards would go to great lengths to avoid Augurey nests. However, research determined that the Augurey merely sings when it is about to rain. *Why I Didn't Die When the Augurey Cried*, written by Gulliver Pokeby, was published in 1824 by Little Red Books, and dispelled the myth that the cry of the Augurey signalled impending death.

Augurey feathers repelled ink, making them useless as Quill feathers.However, the magical Quill of Acceptance that recorded prospective students for Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the Book of Admittance was believed to come from an Augurey.

When it was learned that Augureys could foretell the coming of rain, they were used as weather forecasters. However, the continual moaning from them during the winter months was difficult to bear.

## History

Uric the Oddball once owned fifty pet Augureys. On one particularly rainy day, they all cried at once, leading Uric to believe that he had died and was now a ghost. This led to him giving himself a concussion by trying to walk through walls.

Jacob Kowalski encountered an Augurey Patrick in 1927, one of several kept in Newt Scamander's apartment.

The gloomy, oversized Augurey Hans was the mascot for the Liechtenstein National Quidditch team.

## Etymology

Augury was the ancient Roman practise of foretelling the future by observing the flight patterns of birds. Today the word more generally means, "a sign of what will happen in the future; an omen."

The Augurey itself is a bird, and thus a play on words. As is the fact that the cry of the Augurey is used to predict rainfall, and was once thought to foreshadow death.

The addition of "-ey" at the end may indicate a portmanteau with the word "grey". Rainwater is grey, the Augurey is a greenish-black, and grey is often shown to be a sad, mournful colour.
Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures

> "*Yeh don' know them gargoyles at the Committee fer the Disposal o' Dangerous Creatures! They've got it in fer interestin' creatures!*"
> ― Hagrid's opinion of the committee[source]
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The **Committee for the Disposal of Dangerous Creatures** is a part of the Beast Division of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. The Committee is responsible for the execution of any magical Creatures deemed to be a threat to the wizarding world.

## History

In 1722, the Committee sentenced a Hippogriff to death. The method of execution was described by Hermione Granger as "*disgusting*".

In a Care of Magical Creatures lesson in September of 1993, the Hippogriff Buckbeak injured Draco Malfoy's arm slightly after having been insulted by the boy. The Hogwarts board of governors brought the incident to the Committee's attention, and Buckbeak and Hagrid were summoned to a hearing on 20 April, 1994.

Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger spent many hours in the Hogwarts Library researching past cases. They did this in order to help Hagrid make a strong argument in Buckbeak's favour, but their efforts were ultimately in vain. Lucius Malfoy personally got involved in the case and frightened or bribed the Committee members into convicting Buckbeak. At the hearing, Lucius gave his testimony and the Committee immediately took his side.

After the hearing, the Committee set a date for Buckbeak's execution, even though legally there was still the possibility of another appeal. Albus Dumbledore attempted to intervene in Buckbeak's favour, but to no avail. On the appointed day, 6 June, 1994 Cornelius Fudge went to Hogwarts to act as a witness in Buckbeak's execution, along with an elderly Committee member and Walden Macnair, the executioner. Buckbeak predictably lost the appeal and was sentenced to beheading. When Macnair attempted to carry out the sentence, however, Buckbeak was nowhere to be found, having already been freed by Harry and Hermione, with the use of a Time-Turner.

## Known employees

* Walden Macnair: Death Eater. Worked for the Committee as an executioner.
* Elderly Committee member: Known to work for the Committee. Went with Walden Macnair to Buckbeak's execution, but seemed to be doing so against his wishes.
Benedict Potter

* Alfred Potter (father)
* Stephanie Potter (née  Fawley) (mother)

* **Mary Potter II** (née  Dippet) (wife)
* d
* Richard Potter II (son)
* son
* d

* Mary Potter III (née  Dupont) (daughter-in-law) †
* Frederick Potter (grandson)
* grandd
* Symond Potter II (grandson)

* Author his brother was a exploring and collecting, but died on one of his expeditions. Leaving Benedict to publish his work.

- he like it so continued on exploring and collecting

### Loyalty

* Potter family
* Sinclair family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Gryffindor
Fire crab

> "*Despite its name, the Fire Crab greatly resembles a large tortoise with a heavily jewelled shell. In its native Fiji, a stretch of coast has been turned into a reservation for its protection, not only against Muggles, who might be tempted by its valuable shell, but also against unscrupulous wizards, who use the shells as highly prized cauldrons. The Fire Crab does, however, have its own defence mechanism: it shoots flames from its rear end when attacked. Fire Crabs are exported as pets but a special licence is necessary.*"
> ― Newt Scamander, Template:FB[source]
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The **Fire Crab** is a large, tortoise-like crab magical beast native to the island of Fiji.

## Description

It has six legs, and a heavily jewelled shell, with different colours. It is able to defend itself by shooting flames from its rear end when it is attacked.The Fire Crab is a protected species, and a reservation has been created to protect this species from Muggles, who would value the jewelled shell, and wizards who use the shells as cauldrons.

Fire Crabs are sold and exported as pets in places such as the Magical Menagerie, but the owners require a special licence. The Ministry of Magic states that a competent wizard should be able to cope with this animal. Fifth years, for their Care of Magical Creatures O.W.L., had to demonstrate how to feed and clean out a Fire Crab cage without sustaining serious burns.

Different fire crab variants exist, which can be identified by the jewels in their shells. Noted variants include shells fitted with rubies, sapphires, and emeralds.
Rubeus Hagrid was somehow able to get Fire Crabs and Manticores to mate, creating the hybrid Blast-Ended Skrewts.

Fijian wizards sometimes used fire crabs to power the cooking pits during their luau feasts.

## See also

* Blast-Ended Skrewt
* Fire Dwelling Salamander
93 Diagon Alley

**93 Diagon Alley** was a building in Diagon Alley, London that housed Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes, a joke shop in which practical joke objects, such as Extendable Ears, Reusable Hangman, and Fred and George's special WonderWitch products, such as Love Potions, Ten-Second Pimple Vanisher, and Pygmy Puffs are sold. The building also housed a flat, on top of the joke shop, where Fred Weasley and George Weasley lived in.
Charm to insult Severus Snape

> "*Mr Moony presents his compliments to Professor Snape and begs him to keep his abnormally large nose out of other people's business.
> Mr Prongs agrees with Mr Moony and would like to add that Professor Snape is an ugly git.
> Mr Padfoot would like to register his astonishment that an idiot like that ever became a Professor.
> Mr Wormtail bids Professor Snape good day, and advises him to wash his hair, the slime-ball.*"
> ― An example of this charm's effect[source]
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This **charm** was among the spells placed by the four Marauders on their Marauder's Map along with the Homonculous Charm.

## Effect

It caused the map to, if attempted to be used by their nemesis Severus Snape, display a series of insulting messages from each Marauder rather than its normal contents. The spell appears to activate upon Snape stating his name for the map to hear while attempting to read it.

## History

During the 1993–1994 school year, Snape, who had unknowingly confiscated the Marauder's Map from Harry Potter during an investigation into his suspected illicit forays into Hogsmeade, activated this charm while attempting to determine the parchment's significance. The resulting insults caused him to consult Remus Lupin (ironically one of the map's creators) on the matter.
Albus Dumbledore

## Biographical Information

### Born

(1 September – mid-June), he must have been born in the summer, likely in either July or August, 1881Mould-on-the-Wold, England Great Britain

### Died

30 June, 1997 (aged 115).Astronomy Tower, Hogwarts Castle, Highlands, Scotland, Great Britain

### Also known as

* Dumbly-dorr (by Olympe Maxime)
* Your Headship (by Peeves)
* Professorhead (by Peeves)
* Crooked nosed, Muggle loving fool (By Tom Riddle)
* Crackpot Old Fool (By Vernon Dursley)

### Title(s)

* Professor
* Headmaster
* Grand Sorcerer
* Supreme Mugwump
* Chief Warlock of the Wizengamot
* Head Boy
* Prefect
* Secret Keeper
* Master of Death

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Percival Dumbledore (father) †
* Kendra Dumbledore (mother) †
* Aberforth Dumbledore (brother)
* Ariana Dumbledore (sister) †
* Honoria Dumbledore (aunt)

## Affiliation

### Occupation

* Professor of an unknown subject at Hogwarts (1910s)
* Head of Transfiguration department (?-pre 1955)
* Columnist for *Transfiguration Today* (1926-?)
* Headmaster of Hogwarts (pre 1971 -1997)

### Loyalty

* Dumbledore family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Transfiguration department
* Newton Scamander
* Rubeus Hagrid
* International Confederation of Wizards
* Elder Wand
* British Ministry of Magic
	+ Council of Magical Law
	+ Wizengamot
* Order of the Phoenix
* Harry Potter
* Dumbledore's Army
* Order of Merlin
Dugald McPhail

> "*Their puir wee braines couldnae cope wi' it.*"
> ― Dugald McPhail on why emergency meetings between the Minister for Magic and the Muggle Prime Minister never take place at the Ministry of Magic.[source]
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**Minister Dugald McPhail** was a wizard. A Hufflepuff in his Hogwarts years, he rose to the office of Minister for Magic, serving from 1858 to 1865.

## Biography

### Early life

Dugald McPhail was born on an unknown date, no later than 1841,to at least one magical parent. His surname, coupled with the fact that he spoke in a heavy Scottish brogue, implies he was from Scotland, or had Scottish ancestry. In his youth, he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was Sorted into Hufflepuff.

### As Minister for Magic

McPhail was appointed Minister for Magic, sometime after leaving Hogwarts, from 1858 to 1865.. He was elected Minister at least once, perhaps twice.

During his time as Minister, McPhail came up with the idea of mimicking the then-new Muggle bus service to provide underage and infirm witches and wizards with a discreet method of transportation, leading to the introduction of the Knight Bus in 1865.

His overall term in office was viewed as "successful" by Gabriel Truman in the 1990s.

### Legacy

On 1 September, 1991, Prefect Gabriel Truman welcomed the Hufflepuff first years to Hufflepuff Basement with a short speech in which he mentioned former Minister Dugald McPhail as one of the many notable Hogwarts students who were Sorted, like them, into Hufflepuff.

## Behind the scenes

* This character shares his name with the historical figure D(o)ugald McPhail (1840—1941). Born in Iverary, Argyll, Scotland, the real-life McPhail immigrated to KwaZulu-Natal and was one of the original founders of the town of Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal. McPhail served as a Quartermaster for the Buffalo Border Guard during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. He later fought for the British in the Second Boer War (1899-1902). He died at the age of 101, in 1941.
Beast

A **Beast** was one of the three classifications used by the British Ministry of Magic to catalogue the various magical creatures that inhabited the wizarding world (the others being Spirit and Being).

## Description

Loosely defined, a Beast was a magical creature that did not have sufficient intelligence to understand the laws of the magical community, nor bear part of the responsibility in shaping those laws. This definition was laid down by Minister for Magic Grogan Stump in 1811, and the Beast Division was formed as part of the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures. There were even extremists who campaigned for muggles to be classified as Beasts.

However, there were exceptions. Centaurs and Merpeople both requested to be classified as Beasts, refusing "Being" status because they objected to some of the other creatures they would have to share "Being" status with, such as Hags and Vampires. With this in mind, information on them noted that they were to be treated with great respect.

Acromantulas, Manticores, the Sphinx and Erklings would have all qualified for Being status since they were capable of intelligent speech, but since they would try to eat any person that goes near them, and were vicious and bloodthirsty, became dangerous when the things they were guarding were threatened, or when they were given the wrong answer to their puzzles or riddles, and would try to eat children and shoot darts at people respectively, they were classified as Beasts. Additionally, werewolves were only classified as Beasts in their transformed state. When there was no full moon they retained their Being status like any other human. However, they were still also classified as sentient by the Ministry of Magic.
Callidora Black

## Family

### Immediate Family

* Arcturus Black II (father)
* Lysandra Yaxley (mother)
* Charis Black (sister)
* Cedrella Black (sister)
* Caspar Crouch (brother-in-law)
* Septimus Weasley (brother-in-law)
* Arthur Weasley (nephew)
* Phineas Nigellus Black (paternal grandfather)
* Ursula Flint (paternal grandmother)
* Sirius Black II (paternal uncle)
* Phineas Black (paternal uncle)
* Cygnus Black II (paternal uncle)
* Belvina Black (paternal aunt)
* Harfang Longbottom (husband)
* Son
* Daughter
* House of Black

## Affiliation

### Loyalty

* House of Black
* Longbottom family
* Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
	+ Slytherin
Department of Magical Transportation

The **Department of Magical Transportation** is responsible for various aspects of magical transport. Madam Edgecombe was an employee of this department. It is located on the sixth level of the Ministry of Magic.

## Offices

### Floo Network Authority

The Floo Network Authority is responsible for setting up and maintaining the network. They also regulate the distribution of Floo powder.

The network is composed of the fireplaces of all the wizarding buildings, which are interconnected, and it allows the user, or "passenger", to transport themselves to any other fireplace on the network.

The Floo Network is subject to intense scrutiny by the Ministry. Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry's fireplaces were at one time closely monitored for any "questionable activity."

The Floo Network may sometimes temporarily set up a connection between a wizarding building and a Muggle building. One such temporary connection was put in place between 4 Privet Drive and The Burrow.

### Broom Regulatory Control

The Broom Regulatory Control has the authority to determine what factors allow an individual to use and ride a broom. If a broom has been determined to be dangerous or tampered with to cause damage, this office will confiscate the broom.

The broomstick regulations are presumably relevant to the work of the office.

### Portkey Office

The Portkey Office regulates and authorises objects that are turned into portkeys as well as the network in which they are used. This would be slightly similar to the Floo Network Authority.

During the Quidditch World Cup, the Portkey Office was involved in regulating the thousands of portkeys used to bring witches and wizards to the game.

### Apparition Test Centre

The Apparition Test Centre grants Apparition licences to qualified witches and wizards. One must be 17 to obtain such a licence. Licensure is required to prevent the likelihood of splinching. One is usually taught and tested by a qualified Ministry employee, such as is the case at Hogwarts. One such educator in the skill of Apparition was Wilkie Twycross. However, in the case of Side-Along Apparition, the accomplice does not require a licence provided they are taken by a licenced wizard.
Berry Ocky Rot

**Berry Ocky Rot** was a fruit wine containing 17% alcohol. It was made from berries, which the label boasted were picked and pressed by the "fair hands" of "our best house elves," and aged in oaken bungbarrels for a thousand years.

The beverage was sold at the Hog's Head pub in Hogsmeade, as well as the Leaky Cauldron. Horace Slughorn and Rubeus Hagrid got drunk on a bottle of it after Aragog's funeral in 1997.

## Etymology

*Berry ocky* is a Newfoundland English term for a drink made from wild berries (especially lingonberries)."Rot" may be related to *rotgut*, an English slang word for cheap, low-quality liquor. "Rot" is also German for *red.*
Attack on Harry Potter in Hogsmeade

Combatants| * Harry Potter
* Ron Weasley
* Hermione Granger
* Aberforth Dumbledore
* Dementors

This **attempted attack** occurred in Hogsmeade after Harry Potter, Ronald Weasley, and Hermione Granger Apparated into Hogsmeade, unintentionally triggering a Caterwauling Charm. They were narrowly rescued from receiving the Dementor's Kiss by Aberforth Dumbledore.