Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan browse Quality Quidditch Supplies• Event
Harry runs into his Gryffindor roommates, Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas, as they are shopping for their school things before the 1993-1994 school year in Diagon Alley. They were looking at the newly released Firebolt broom on display in Quality Quidditch Supplies (PA4). Read MoreDepartment of Magical Transportation
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Ministry of Magic
A department of the Ministry of Magic which has responsibility for wizard transportation and travel methods… Read MoreDevlin Whitehorn• Character
Devlin Whitehorn founded the Nimbus Racing Broom Company in 1967, revolutionising Quidditch with the speed and precision of his racing brooms (FW, QA9). Read MoreDevlin Whitehorn, founder of the Nimbus Racing Broom company, is born• Event
He would go on to found the popular broom-making company (FW). Read MoreDevon
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Regions, counties, and territories
Devon is a county located in England’s West Country. It was where Shuntbumps, a now-defunct broomstick sport, once rose to popularity (QA2). Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel make their home there as well (PS13). Locations in Devon Chudley, home of the Chudley Cannons Quidditch team… Read MoreDH4: The Seven Potters• Source
Mad-Eye arrives with Ron, Hermione, and various Order members in tow, announcing a change in plans. Six of them are to use Polyjuice Potion to act as decoy Harry Potters while seven act as protectors. Each protector/Potter pair would head to a different safe-house. Upon getting airborne and splitting up,… Read MoreDom
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Sports and competitions
The Dom is the “ball” (actually the gallbladder of a goat) used in playing Aingingein, a predecessor of the game of Quidditch. It may or may not have actually been an enchanted object (QA2). Read MoreDouble Eight Loop
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Quidditch
The Double Eight Loop is a Quidditch manoeuvre used by Keepers to defend all three goals (QA10). It involves flying in a figure eight formation around the goal posts at a very high rate of speed and is often used to protect the three goals during… Read More
Broomsticks
Dean Thomas and Seamus Finnigan browse Quality Quidditch Supplies
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Harry runs into his Gryffindor roommates, Seamus Finnigan and Dean Thomas, as they are shopping for their school things before the 1993-1994 school year in Diagon Alley. They were looking at the newly released Firebolt broom on display in Quality Quidditch Supplies (PA4). Read More
Devlin Whitehorn
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Devlin Whitehorn founded the Nimbus Racing Broom Company in 1967, revolutionising Quidditch with the speed and precision of his racing brooms (FW, QA9). Read More
Devlin Whitehorn, founder of the Nimbus Racing Broom company, is born
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He would go on to found the popular broom-making company (FW). Read More
Devon
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Regions, counties, and territories
Devon is a county located in England’s West Country. It was where Shuntbumps, a now-defunct broomstick sport, once rose to popularity (QA2). Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel make their home there as well (PS13). Locations in Devon Chudley, home of the Chudley Cannons Quidditch team… Read More
DH4: The Seven Potters
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Mad-Eye arrives with Ron, Hermione, and various Order members in tow, announcing a change in plans. Six of them are to use Polyjuice Potion to act as decoy Harry Potters while seven act as protectors. Each protector/Potter pair would head to a different safe-house. Upon getting airborne and splitting up,… Read More
Dom
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Sports and competitions
The Dom is the “ball” (actually the gallbladder of a goat) used in playing Aingingein, a predecessor of the game of Quidditch. It may or may not have actually been an enchanted object (QA2). Read More