The Advance Guard arrives in Privet Drive and escorts Harry to number twelve, Grimmauld Place• Event
The Dursleys depart for what they believe to be the prize-giving of the All-England Best Kept Suburban Lawn Competition. The Advance Guard — “Mad-Eye” Moody, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Elphias Doge, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, Sturgis Podmore, and Hestia Jones — arrive at number four, Privet Drive to… Read MoreArkie Alderton• Character
Arkie Alderton is reported to be a well-known broomstick designer (DH13). In 1997, a man in front of the Muggle-born Registration Committee claims that “My father was a wizard, he was, look him up, Arkie Alderton….” (DH13) The use of past tense seems to indicate that Arkie… Read MoreAnnual Broom Race of Sweden
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Sports and competitions
The Annual Broom Race of Sweden is a dangerous 300-mile race between Kopparberg and Arjeplog, first run in the 900s, and which has since become a popular international event. The racers must travel through the dangerous dragon reservation that lies directly between the starting and ending points. The… Read MoreAnnual Swedish broom race begins• Event
A broom race is run in Sweden from Kopparberg to Arjeplog, a distance of well over 300 miles. The race is so popular it is made an annual tradition – one which still continues today, over 1000 years later. Read MoreAnti-Burglar Buzzer
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Security
Presumably this magical device or charm buzzes when anyone tries to steal the item it’s attached to (GF8). Read More
Anti-Jinx
— "various"
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Spells
Anti-Jinx spells are used to reverse Jinxes. … Read MoreArbroath
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Towns
A town on the east coast of Scotland. Guthrie Lochrin flew a splintery broomstick from Montrose to Arbroath (a distance of approximately 13 miles) in 1107 (QA1). … Read MoreArjeplog
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Place
A small city in the foothills of the mountains in northern Sweden, Arjeplog has for over a millenium been the location of the finishing line for the annual broom race of Sweden (QA2). It is also less than three hundred miles away from a Swedish Short Snout dragon reservation, which… Read MoreArkie Alderton's Kwik-Repair Shop
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Businesses, merchants, and shops
All we know about this shop is that JKR would recommend it to a wizard whose Nimbus 2000 “has a terrible knack of veering left,” according to her online chat (BLC). Read MoreAsh
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Wandmaking
A wand wood also used to make other magical objects. Read More
Broomsticks
The Advance Guard arrives in Privet Drive and escorts Harry to number twelve, Grimmauld Place
• Event
The Dursleys depart for what they believe to be the prize-giving of the All-England Best Kept Suburban Lawn Competition. The Advance Guard — “Mad-Eye” Moody, Remus Lupin, Nymphadora Tonks, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Elphias Doge, Dedalus Diggle, Emmeline Vance, Sturgis Podmore, and Hestia Jones — arrive at number four, Privet Drive to… Read More
Annual Broom Race of Sweden
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Sports and competitions
The Annual Broom Race of Sweden is a dangerous 300-mile race between Kopparberg and Arjeplog, first run in the 900s, and which has since become a popular international event. The racers must travel through the dangerous dragon reservation that lies directly between the starting and ending points. The… Read More
Annual Swedish broom race begins
• Event
A broom race is run in Sweden from Kopparberg to Arjeplog, a distance of well over 300 miles. The race is so popular it is made an annual tradition – one which still continues today, over 1000 years later. Read More
Anti-Jinx
— "various"
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Spells
Anti-Jinx spells are used to reverse Jinxes. … Read More