Lady Carmilla Sanguina• Character
Lady Carmilla Sanguina was a vampire who used her victims’ blood for bathing, in the hopes that it would help her stay young and beautiful (FW). Read Morelandlord of The Hanged Man• Character"Langlock"
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Incantations
A jinx that glues the target’s tongue to the roof of his or her mouth. Source: The Half-Blood Prince… Read MoreLate at night, Harry and Dumbledore view Slughorn's true memory• Event
Just after midnight on the same evening that Aragog is buried, Harry returns to the entrance to Gryffindor Tower to find the Fat Lady asleep. After the burial, under the influence of a fair amount of alcohol and a rush of sad memories, Slughorn had given Harry… Read MoreLeanne• Character
Leanne was a Hogwarts student and a friend of Katie Bell. Leanne went to Hogsmeade with Katie in October 1996 and the two of them spent some time in the Three Broomsticks. Leanne and Katie were walking back to Hogwarts when Katie touched the cursed opal necklace and was nearly killed… Read More
leek jinx
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Spells
The Leek Jinx results in leeks growing out of the target’s ears. A leek is a vegetable in the onion family. Read More
Leg-Locker Curse
— "Locomotor Mortis"
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Spells
Locks together the legs of the victim, making him or her unable to walk. … Read More"Levicorpus (non-verbal)"
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Incantations
Levicorpus is a spell which dangles the target person upside-down by the ankle in mid-air. The spell was developed by the Half-Blood Prince, the incantation for which was written down in his old Potions textbook without a description of the effects (but fortunately with the counter-jinx) (HBP12). The… Read More"Liberacorpus"
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Incantations
incantation Source: The Half-Blood Prince Counter-jinx to Levicorpus… Read More
library book spells
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Spells
Madam Pince puts a variety of spells and curses on the books in the Hogwarts library to make sure that kids don’t damage them. (At least, not twice…) c.f. THIEF’S CURSE. Read MoreI Must Not Tell Lies
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Glossary
When he was serving detention, Dolores Umbridge forced Harry to write this sentence using her own magical quill. The words were instantly cut into the back of his hand and the words appeared on the paper with his own blood as the ink. Read MoreLivius• Character
Livius was one of two wizards thought to have taken the Elder Wand from Loxias. It is unknown whether he or Arcus defeated him (DH21). Read MoreLootCrate goes Dark!• Article
LootCrate just announced the next installment of their spectacular “J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World” Crates: THE DARK ARTS Their website states: “There’s a darker side of magic and we’re exploring its depths with exclusively-created collectibles, apparel, replicas, and more showcasing the people, places, creatures, and things associated with the Dark Arts of… Read MoreLord Voldemort• Character
Lord Voldemort, born Tom Marvolo Riddle, was the son of Merope Gaunt (a descendent of Salazar Slytherin) and Tom Riddle, a handsome, wealthy Muggle from Little Hangleton whom Merope ensnared with a love potion. When her husband found out she was a witch, he abandoned her while she was pregnant… 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 MoreLupin teaches his Third Year class how to handle a Boggart• Event
Lupin, who believed that practical experiences were the best way to teach, brought his class of Third Years to the staff room where a Boggart had taken up residence in the wardrobe. The Boggart tried to scare a number of kids in the class, beginning with a very nervous Neville… Read MoreLyall Lupin• Character
Father of Remus Lupin, expert on Non-Human Spiritous Apparitions such as poltergeists and boggarts, later employed by the Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures in the 1960s (Pm). Born in the 1920s, he met his beautiful Muggle wife in the late 1950s. Hope Howell lived in Cardiff,… Read More