Walden Macnair• Character
Walden Macnair was a Death Eater and Ministry of Magic employee who sported a black moustache. In the years between the first and second wars against Voldemort, Macnair worked as an executioner of dangerous creatures for the Ministry of Magic (PA16, PA21, GF33). MacNair was… Read MoreMad-Eye Moody is killed in battle with Death Eaters over Surrey• Event
Moody is attacked by Voldemort in the skies over Surrey during the Battle of the Seven Potters. Mundungus Fletcher, who is riding with Moody, panics and Disapparates, leaving Mad-Eye vulnerable. Voldemort’s Killing Curse hits Moody and his body falls from his broom. Later that night, when the battle is over, members… Read More
Magical barrier energy field
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Magical effects
A Magical Barrier Energy Field in the form of a protective bubble was placed around the entrance to City Hall subway station in 1926 New York in order to trap Obscurial Credence Barebone (WFT). It is also referred to as a “magical force field,” which appeared as a “luminous wall… Read More Magical brick wall
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Magic
The flying motorbike was equipped with a device which, when activated with a green button near the fuel guage, emitted a huge solid brick wall in the path of pursuers. The device was added to the bike by Arthur Weasley before the Battle of the Seven Potters and was used to good… Read MoreMagical Eyes
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Magical artifacts
Artificial eyes in the wizarding world seem to have unusual powers, as a rule. Read MoreMagical Law Enforcement Squad
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Ministry of Magic
A division of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Magic… Read More Magical net
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Magic
The flying motorbike was equipped with a device which, when activated with a button, emitted a magical net to entangle pursuers. The magical net was added to the bike by Arthur Weasley before the Battle of the Seven Potters (DH4). Read MoreDraco Malfoy• Character
Draco Malfoy is the son and only child of Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy and was a student at Hogwarts in the same year as Harry Potter. He is a rival of Harry, actively trying to undermine him in any way he can. Draco has white-blond hair and a pale,… Read MoreLucius Malfoy• Character
Lucius Malfoy is the patriarch of the prestigious pure-blood Malfoy family, father of Draco Malfoy and one of Voldemort’s top Death Eaters. Lucius was a Death Eater during Voldemort’s first “reign of terror.” However after the Dark Lord disappeared, Malfoy “came back saying he’d never meant any of it” (… Read MoreMaster Timeline• Page
Timeline of Events Select the range of years for the timeline you wish to view. Ancient Egypt and Greece – 3000 B.C. – 100 A.D. This is an era of Muggle/Wizard cooperation; many political and religious leaders were witches and wizards. Growing distrust and prejudice – 100 – 1692 AD… Read MoreMaster Timeline
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Timelines and calendars
Timeline of Events Select the range of years for the timeline you wish to view. Ancient Egypt and Greece – Before 100 A.D. This is an era of Muggle/Wizard cooperation; many political and religious leaders were witches and wizards. The Medieval Era – 100 – 1400 AD… Read MoreMinerva McGonagall• Character
Minerva McGonagall was the Transfiguration professor and Deputy Headmistress at Hogwarts for over forty years, and a powerful witch and Animagus (PS1, PS4). McGonagall has a stern exterior, keeping her classes strictly controlled and following the rules closely (PS8), yet has a warm heart and… Read MoreMemories in the Pensieve show Harry the true story of Snape's life and love• Event
After Snape dies in the Shrieking Shack (DH32), Harry takes the vial of his important memories to Dumbledore’s empty office and pours them into the Pensieve. Snape’s early childhood remembrances appear before him – starting in 1969, the first meeting of the lonely, ragamuffin-like boy at age nine with… Read More
Messenger spell
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Spells
This unnamed messenger spell sends the caster’s corporeal Patronus to bring a message to others. Read MoreMichael Corner• Character
Ravenclaw, 1991 – 1998 Michael is a dark-haired boy who met Ginny Weasley at the Yule Ball and began dating her at the end of the 1994 – 1995 school year; through Ginny, Michael and his friends joined the DA (OP16). Michael sulked so much after Gryffindor defeated… Read MoreMinistry of Magic falls to Voldemort's Death Eaters• Event
The Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeour, is tortured and murdered. Pius Thicknesse, who was put under the Imperius Curse a week or two before, is installed as the new Minister. With the power of the Ministry behind them, Death Eaters openly attack Order of the Phoenix… Read MoreMNA: Magic in North America (essays)• Source
MNA refers to a series of essays written by Rowling originally for Pottermore detailing the history of magic on the North American continent as well as the background of the Magical Congress of the United States and of Ilvermorny, the North American school of magic. The Magical Congress of… Read MoreFive Moments That Show off Rowling's Storytelling Magic• Article
I haven’t read the books for awhile now. I mean really read them, as opposed to looking things up. I have a feeling that’s true for a lot of us. So when I do read passages in the course of my research, I often spot things that I had forgotten, little… Read MoreMontague• Character
Montague was a Hogwarts student in Slytherin House c. 1989-1996. He played on the Slytherin Quidditch Team as a Chaser (PA15) and later became their team’s Captain (OP19). He was also appointed by Professor Dolores Umbridge to be a member of her Inquisitorial Squad (… Read MoreMad-Eye Moody• Character
Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody is a retired Auror, considered one of the best Dark Wizard catchers the Ministry has ever had. Moody came on staff for a year at Hogwarts, but spent it at the bottom of a magical trunk, unbeknownst to anyone but the imposter who put him there (… Read More
Movement Magic
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Spells
Charms magic, or even hexes, can be used to move objects in various ways. Locomotion Magic The basic spell for moving an object is Locomotor, which comes from two Latin words meaning roughly “move from its place.” First years learn to move objects by magic; the practical part of Flitwick’s… Read MoreMundungus Fletcher• Character
Mundungus Fletcher is a rather dodgy character, a crook whose shady business dealings are always getting him into trouble. However, he’s also a member of the Order of the Phoenix. Read More